Advancing to Calamity Bringer was effortless, as if this Class was made for Luo Shu.
Upon becoming a Calamity Bringer, a flood of information instantly surfaced in Luo Shu's mind. The most crucial among them was the abilities he had gained.
Both his previous Wind Element Manipulation and Combat Intuition—Subconscious Manipulation—were now consolidated into a core ability: Misfortune. Wind Element Manipulation was categorised under the bestowal of Misfortune, while Combat Intuition and Subconscious Manipulation fell under its perception.
As a Calamity Bringer, Luo Shu could bestow, perceive, and absorb misfortune. The bestowal ability was the most straightforward—he could randomly inflict natural disasters, such as lightning strikes, fire, windstorms, or blizzards, upon enemies, or curse them with bad luck, making their every subsequent action fraught with peril.
As for his perception, it wasn't vastly different from his previous intuition, only more direct. It allowed him to keenly sense misfortune befalling him or those around him, making evasion easier.
The absorption ability, however, Luo Shu preferred to call damage transfer. It could effortlessly absorb misfortune from himself or others, or even take in the damage they suffered, storing it within his body before transferring it out through bestowal.
To Luo Shu, this technique was nothing short of a life-saving cheat—almost as if it had digitised him. As long as an attack didn't kill him outright, he could absorb the damage and hurl it back at the enemy, making it an infuriatingly unfair ability.
In essence, as long as his spiritual energy held out, Luo Shu could keep misfortune absorption active indefinitely, rendering assassination attempts against him utterly futile. Any attack that didn't exceed his tolerance threshold would be absorbed and then reflected onto others through bestowal.
Yet the most awkward part was that, as a Calamity Bringer, Luo Shu's sensitivity to danger was heightened to an extreme. The moment someone intended to harm him within a certain range, he could sense it—even foresee the future, directly witnessing how they might inflict misfortune upon him.
"No wonder my intuition told me Calamity Bringer was the most suitable Class for me. A Class with such strong survival skills and a knack for underhanded tactics really does suit me..."
As he spoke, Luo Shu ran his hand over the half-severed bottle in his grasp, sliced earlier by a Wind Blade. A faint sense of emptiness washed over him, and the cut-open water bottle instantly restored itself to pristine condition in his hand.
Placing the bottle on a nearby table, only the spilt water on the floor remained as evidence—no one would ever know what Luo Shu had just done to it.
At that moment, Luo Shu perceived that his misfortune storage now contained the Wind Blade's severing effect. It imposed a slight mental burden, but nothing unbearable.
"So that's how it is. The bestowal of misfortune isn't entirely random—it can be specified, as long as I've stored the corresponding misfortune."
Shaking his head, Luo Shu then turned his gaze to Kisara, who lay on the bed. After becoming a Calamity Bringer, he had gained a god's-eye view invisible to ordinary people.
This allowed Luo Shu to visually perceive the misfortune of others and utilise it to a certain extent.
At this moment, Luo Shu spotted three instances of misfortune on Kisara's body.
One was located on her chest - the stab wound from being pierced by the Sealing Blade. After the seal was lifted, given that Kisara's body hadn't consumed anything for years, such an injury was healing extremely slowly.
Another instance of misfortune spread throughout her entire body, essentially being the medication injected by Luo Shu and the SDS medical nurse, which was the primary reason for forcing Kisara into deep sleep.
The final remaining one was moderate malnutrition caused by prolonged sealing.
Considering how many years Kisara had been sealed away - evident from the stone armour covering her from neck to knees like actual plate mail - one could imagine the passage of time she'd endured.
To only suffer moderate malnutrition after such prolonged starvation demonstrated the superiority of her demon bloodline.
Having identified the misfortune on Kisara's body, Luo Shu felt a surge of novelty from his newly acquired ability.
This prompted him to decide to absorb these two instances of misfortune from Kisara.
He reached out and grasped her delicate hand. While bestowing misfortune could be done through visual or psychic perception, absorption required physical contact.
This flaw wasn't irreparable, but it clearly wasn't something a mere Calamity Bringer could supplement.
In just a breath, the sedatives in Kisara's system, the wound on her chest, and her malnourished state vanished without a trace.
With the disappearance of the three misfortunes, her body temporarily regained health, and Kisara's eyebrows twitched slightly.
At the same time, Luo Shu, who felt slightly heavier as if wearing an extra-thick coat, released his grip while preparing to throw the misfortune back at any moment.
Just as Luo Shu braced himself, Kisara slowly opened her eyes. Her crimson pupils blinked as she stared vacantly at the ceiling, her expression blank and numb.
Seeing her gaze fixed dully on the ceiling, Luo Shu couldn't help but raise his hand and clear his throat:
"Ahem!"
Hearing the sound, Kisara slowly turned her head to look at Luo Shu.
And the moment she saw him, her empty eyes focused for the first time.
She opened her mouth and called out in a clear, melodious voice:
"Ah~ ah! Ah!!"
Luo Shu, who had been somewhat expecting her to say something, stiffened.
"Can't speak?"
"Ah?" Kisara blinked blankly, tilting her head slightly.
"This is a bit troublesome... Wait, no, there's still a way."
Luo Shu stroked his chin in thought before suddenly closing his eyes. A few seconds later, a translucent, brown-hued book materialised in his hand.
Grasping the fragment of the Authority of Knowledge, Luo Shu took Kisara's hand again.
She didn't resist—in fact, when he held her hand, Kisara gripped his even tighter.
Nearly startled into throwing the misfortune back at her, Luo Shu gave her a helpless look before using the book's power. Closing his eyes, he extracted his basic life knowledge and then infused it into himself.
The sudden flood of common sense was clearly more harmful than beneficial.
And this perfectly met the activation condition for misfortune's ability.
In that instant, Luo Shu opened his eyes, locking gazes with Kisara.
At this moment, he bestowed upon her the misfortune known as "common sense."
Abruptly, Kisara's pupils lost focus again—but this time, it was to process the knowledge Luo Shu had poured into her.
Since a demon's body was fundamentally different from a human's, bearing this misfortune was effortless for her.
After several minutes of silent staring, Kisara closed her eyes suddenly. When she reopened them, they sparkled with newfound liveliness, as if they could speak.
And at that moment, with Luo Shu's reflection clear in her bright eyes, Kisara uttered her first complete sentence in a crisp, clear voice.
"...Are you my master?"
"Wait, no—can I be your dog?"
Luo Shu, who had been waiting to hear what she'd say, froze completely.
Had he just implanted some... inappropriate common sense?!
This can't be happening!!!