The Draw

"No, wait, I was just thinking about something." Xiahou hurriedly grabbed the young man, who was about to leave.

This was a reward delivered right to his doorstep! How could he let the man get away?

"You want to see me conjure a steamed bun, right? Wait, I'll show you right now!" With that, he immediately accepted the quest, bought another steamed bun, and retrieved it into his hand.

The young man grew excited at the sight of another steamed bun appearing in Xiahou's hand!

"Hey! Are you a magician? That didn't look like a magic trick! By the way, what did you say? Was it a spell? Can you teach me? I can pay tuition!"

The quest had shown as complete the moment he took out the steamed bun. At the same time, Xiahou realized there was a problem: although he could understand spoken and written English, he couldn't speak it!

Everything he said was in Chinese, and these foreigners might not understand him! So the language system was a trap too? He could listen and read, but he couldn't speak (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Seeing that Xiahou had fallen silent again, the white young man also got the impression that this Asian man didn't seem to speak English and was strange all around.

"If you can't, forget it. But can I buy the steamed bun in your hand and take it back to study? Hmm, if you don't object, I'll take that as a yes! Here's your money!"

After rattling off all that at breakneck speed, he took the steamed bun straight from Xiahou's hand, put twenty dollars in it, and ran off.

Looking at the money in his hand, Xiahou said quietly, "Did you give me a chance to answer? And I never said I wanted to sell it!"

"Come to think of it, was that a beginner's tutorial NPC, here to hand out freebies? And will I have to wait for other people to come to me for future quests, or can I try to trigger them myself?"

"Whatever, let's claim the reward first. Speaking of which, why does a random draw sound like such a trap?"

With the fifty energy he'd just received and the ninety-eight he had left after buying two steamed buns, his personal assets had reached 148. It was still very little, but at least he had some income now, didn't he?

He also had twenty dollars in hand, so he wouldn't need to buy food from the shop the next time he got hungry.

He then opened the draw screen. Its visual style was completely different from the shop's, with just two slot-machine-like icons, one labeled random draw and the other designated draw.

A random draw cost 300 energy and could yield any item sold in the shop.

A designated draw, on the other hand, cost 1,000 energy, but let him choose a category, such as functional consumables, skills and bloodlines, weapons and armor, vehicles, or special items.

Seeing the number of available random draws was one, Xiahou clicked it without hesitation. (Asking why he didn't hesitate would be disrespectful to an African Grand Onmyoji.)

The images on the slot machine began changing so fast that he couldn't make out what was on them.

With a ding, the image froze instantly. There was none of that suspense-building effect other games had, where it gradually slowed down before stopping.

It was all about simplicity and clarity, with no gimmicks at all, leaving Xiahou stunned.

But when he saw what the image displayed, he was so excited he couldn't speak.

In the image, a sword and a revolver were intertwined.

The sword combined black, red, and silver. Its blade was enormous, and the point where the hilt joined the blade had many intricate mechanisms. Three conspicuous pieces of red metal on the blade gave off a dazzling crimson glow, while faint flames drifted around the entire sword.

The revolver, meanwhile, had two barrels. Thorn patterns were engraved all over it, converging into a blue rose at the center of the gun. A faint blue halo surrounded it.

"No way? No way! I can actually draw something like this? Red Queen and Blue Rose! Σ(っ °Д °;)っ"

Both weapons cost over 400,000 each in the shop! Xiahou couldn't believe he'd actually drawn them outright!

"Am I the Lucky Emperor himself? Then why wasn't I this lucky when I played other games before? Ow, that hurt!" He even slapped himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

After he confirmed the claim, two weapons appeared in his inventory:

Red Queen:

Red Queen was Nero's greatsword, appearing in "Devil May Cry 4" and "Devil May Cry 5."

It was a custom-made greatsword, modified by Nero himself. Although it used technology similar to that of the Order's knights' swords, it had a unique structure and significantly improved performance.

Its "EX" system made the sword so powerful that only Nero could wield it proficiently. It was hailed as "the best equipment a warrior could have."

EX Mode:

A mechanism in the grip activated Red Queen's energy injection system, awakening the weapon's latent power and greatly increasing the power of the next attack. (Modified: the combustion furnace system had unlimited energy, but required time to charge.)

The EX Gauge had three levels of power, with the charge indicated by the three pieces of red metal on the blade.

Blue Rose:

A ranged weapon designed by Nero himself, modified from a Smith & Wesson M500 revolver. It also belonged to "Devil May Cry."

It had six chambers instead of the Model 500's five. (It was also granted infinite ammunition, but after every six shots, the user had to go through the motion of reloading, whereupon the bullets would automatically refill. Special ammunition had to be loaded manually and was not infinite.)

The gun had further improved sights and a pair of cylinders on each barrel to reduce recoil and muzzle rise.

A conspicuous additional barrel allowed it to fire two shots.

The cylinder had been modified to swing out on the right rather than the usual left when fired with the left hand.

The gun had a molded wooden grip and an intricate blue rose pattern engraved on its left side.

Special energy could be loaded into the gun to make it more powerful. The charge had three levels, indicated by different colors: blue for level one, purple for level two, and red for level three.

Even without special energy loaded, it would still deal special damage to dark creatures.

After reading the descriptions of the two weapons, Xiahou was so excited he turned into Lord Guan. (Lord Guan: Don't @ me, thanks.)

Now all he needed was a trench coat, white hair dye, and a high-quality replica Devil Bringer glove, and he could debut on the spot cosplaying Nero himself (●'◡'●).

Just as he was about to take the weapons out for a good look at what they were like in person, footsteps sounded ahead. A woman walked past him, glanced at him, and silently left.