After a sparring match ended, Ye Qiyan called Villain over.
He looked at his first Mech, which had followed him for so long.
Thinking back, when he had obtained it that day, it had been nothing more than an ordinary Mech at a mere level 5.
"It really has been a while since I last upgraded you. I said I'd give you new power once you could stay fully lucid even in Frenzy. Right now, hmm... you're not quite there yet, but..."
The [Incantation Rites Core] glimmered in his hand.
A series of soft hums came from Villain.
It was the resonance produced by its Divine-Core Armament as it sensed the imminent arrival of a new Divine Core.
"Consider this a reward for your progress."
Ye Qiyan raised the B-Rank core and slammed it against Villain's body!
The next instant.
The core shattered!
Then it surged into every part of Villain's body!
A shield shrouded in black smoke gradually condensed into shape until it appeared before Ye Qiyan.
[God Core Shield · Incantation Rites] [When attacked, inflicts a curse on the attacker] [Ding-dong-] [God Core equipment resonating] [Mech · Villain: all capabilities increased] [Additional usable energy: Curse Power]
"Roar!!"
Villain felt the new power it had gained!
It opened its enormous, beastlike metal maw and roared toward the sky.
Several shields floated around it.
As the number of armaments transformed from God Cores grew, they would gradually influence one another and grow continually stronger.
"They may be False Gods, but their divinity isn't fake."
Ye Qiyan murmured to himself.
The system had always called those creatures False Gods.
Yet it had never denied the divinity they possessed.
To a Top-Level Train Conductor, a God was like a dungeon boss that could drop good equipment.
At least, that was