[Blade of Nihility (Hero Level): Can be bound to one owner as exclusive personal equipment.
It is a divine weapon crafted by a Great Craftsman at the request of the Barbarian Hero Gluck.
Gluck intended to give it to his son so that he could have more choices and not necessarily have to become a warrior.
When the user’s class is Thief, Critical Rate increases by 20% and Critical Damage increases by 50%.
When performing Stealth with this blade, concealment increases by 50%.
When performing Backstab with this blade, damage increases by 50%, while inflicting continuous damage of the ‘Nihility’ attribute to enemies, with the damage value being 15% of the owner’s Strength attribute.]
This weapon had no special evaluation.
Firefly couldn’t help but gasp when she saw these stats.
This was too ridiculous!
These were noble double-crit and percentage attribute bonuses!
It was practically a divine artifact for a Thief!
Moreover, Thief was a very versatile class.
Firefly had taken the Thief class in her previous life; only those who had used the initial class skills Stealth and Backstab knew how good they were—it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them god-tier skills.
As an ultimate ‘African Chief’ who could fail to land a critical hit ten times in a row even with a 60% crit rate, a skill like Backstab, which ‘guarantees a critical hit when sneak attacking from behind,’ was practically a salvation for her.
So the moment she saw this dagger, Firefly decided—she was definitely going to be a Thief!
Even Jesus couldn’t stop her, Sam said so!
As if holding a precious treasure, Firefly placed the ‘Blade of Nihility’ into her system inventory.
Then she stood up, found a safe corner at random, continued rubbing her hands together like a fly, and summoned a panel.
[Combat Mission: Fight the Hero Level individual Gluck for thirty minutes.
The mission has been over-completed.
Rewards are being issued…]
[Five items have been randomly drawn from Gluck’s specialties and skills.
Please choose two from them.]
[Barbarian Fighting Techniques: When using giant weapons such as maces or battle-axes, guaranteed to deal True Damage.]
[Watcher Gruk: Gluck’s exclusive specialty.
HP increases by 25%, Defense increases by 15%, and Health Regeneration Rate increases by 10%.]
[Feral Roar: Active skill.
After use, performs a stun check on enemies based on the user’s Spirit attribute.]
[Feral Instinct: When encountering a crisis, perceive the source of danger two seconds in advance.]
[Legendary Painting Skills: When painting, there is a high probability of gaining inspiration, with a higher possibility of creating excellent artworks.]
Firefly took one look and chose [Watcher Gruk] and [Feral Instinct] without hesitation.
It was all thanks to the comparison provided by the others.
“This Hero’s exclusive specialty is way too weak, isn’t it?” she couldn’t help but complain.
But she couldn’t really blame Gluck.
In fact, some specialties were class-restricted.
For example, Gluck’s Watcher specialty was very likely an exclusive specialty for Barbarians.
Since Firefly didn’t have the Barbarian class, the system would automatically remove the bonuses specific to the Barbarian class and adjust it into a general specialty.
Therefore, when undertaking such Hero Level combat missions, it was best to choose individuals of the same class as oneself.
However, having obtained the Barbarian Heart and the Blade of Nihility, Firefly was already very satisfied.
Moreover, the main prize of this combat mission wasn’t these specialties, but the Character Descent Card.
[Character Descent Card • Gluck: After use, Strength attribute increases by 1000 points, HP × 400%.
Uses available: 0/3]
Even though she had expected it, Firefly still couldn’t help but gasp when she saw this massive attribute boost with her own eyes.
A simple and crude numerical bonus!
Nothing fancy at all!
Firefly felt like she could even slay a god.
If she had these stats earlier, why would she have needed to be a micro-management player?
High damage in my left hand, high damage in my right hand—even Inner Guard Levels would just be speed bumps!
“If my main body used this Character Descent Card and then transformed into Sam…
hiss, wouldn’t I become the first player in history to defeat a royal court level?” Firefly’s heart surged with excitement.
To go from being a nobody in the top hundred of a prefecture-level city competition to an rule-breaking player of Meng Lei’s caliber who would be recorded in history—those Hall of Fame big shots needed to put in persistent effort, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a bit of luck.
But for her, just one Sam was enough.
Firefly stared at the Character Descent Card on the panel, her gradient-colored eyes seemingly sparkling with little stars, and she even began to drool.
Closing the panel with satisfaction, Firefly thought of the cute little girl, Shiro, and her mood improved even further.
She skipped along the path back, her steps light enough to fly.
Using Blade of SAM to cut through the door that blocked the room, Firefly entered the small, collapsed room.
She saw the girl with short black hair and red eyes hiding in the small pit she had cut out.
Hearing the noise, the girl poked half of her little head out.
“Big sister, you’re finally back.
An iron-headed knight just passed by here, I was so scared~” She put on a pitiful expression.
Firefly felt like she was about to get a nosebleed from the cuteness.
She hurried to the girl’s side, reached out to pat her little head, and comforted her softly: “Little Bai, don’t be afraid.
What iron-headed knight?
Your sister is very strong.
If he dares to come and hurt us, I’ll cleave him to death with one sword strike.”
Heh, keep bragging.
Shiro sneered inwardly.
Although she quite looked down on that iron-headed knight, he was still an elite level, perhaps even reaching the threshold of the Inner Guard Level.
He wasn’t someone a mere grunt whose only asset was her chest size could handle.
But while thinking this, on the surface she clasped her hands together and showed a look of admiration: “Wow!
Big sister, you’re so amazing!
Then when are we going to the prison gate to leave this place?”
Shiro had made up her mind.
Once they reached the prison gate, she would ditch this stupid woman, let her attract the iron-headed knight’s attention, and then take the opportunity to escape herself.
“We’re leaving now.”
With Gluck no longer blocking the way, Firefly naturally wanted to leave the prison immediately.
She took Shiro’s small hand and walked with her toward the drawbridge outside the prison.
At the same time, she was wondering who that “iron-headed knight” was.
It sounded like a guy with a very big head; could it be an Undead Knight from the Soul Sect?
After thinking for a while without a clue, Firefly couldn’t be bothered to ponder further.
For her, the most important thing right now was freedom!
The two soon arrived at the prison gate.
Shiro poked her head out and saw that the iron-headed knight was actually gone.
She was uncertain.
She suddenly remembered Firefly saying earlier that she was going to deal with the monster at the prison gate.
Could Firefly be that iron-headed knight?
Impossible, that iron-headed knight was a man.
And…
Shiro looked around and noticed that the Barbarian Hero’s mace was gone, obviously taken by the iron-headed knight, but Firefly didn’t have any weapon on her.
She didn’t even have any spatial items.
So she dismissed the suspicion.
It seemed this stupid woman had bragged about dealing with the Barbarian Hero, but instead hid while waiting for the iron-headed knight to solve the problem, and finally seemed to want to take the credit for herself.
Heh, what an ugly woman.
She thought.
At that moment, Firefly seemed to remember something.
She gave a gentle smile and said to Shiro:
“By the way, you don’t know my name yet, do you?
I’m Firefly.
Time flies like light, but the firefly’s glow remains.
Remember this name, because we’re going to be living together for a long time from now on.”
Shiro blinked and gave her an innocent, radiant smile: “Is that so?
Then I’m looking forward to it, Sister Firefly!”