The system's prompt made Fenric overjoyed.
Without hesitation, he slipped the Ring of Thor onto the ring finger of his left hand.
Zi! Zi!
Electric currents crackled from the ring, surging through his body.
Fenric closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes.
The feeling was identical to when he held Thor's Hammer. He could clearly sense that, with just a thought, he could summon thunder at will.
It was even more convenient than wielding the hammer!
With the Ring of Thunder on his finger, Fenric essentially possessed thunder's power permanently.
When he opened his eyes, a smile curved his lips.
"What a treasure."
He looked at the smart furnace with satisfaction. In the future, whenever he found an item he liked but disliked its form, he could use the furnace to reshape it as he pleased.
"Master, what is that thing? How can it reshape metal so quickly? This is unscientific!"
Skynet, now in her little loli form, tilted her head, curiosity sparkling in her eyes.
Fenric chuckled. "Unscientific? There are countless things here that defy science. The world I live in is an unscientific world. From now on, don't use your past knowledge to measure everything here."
Skynet pouted, clearly confused, though her face brimmed with questions.
Fenric ignored her and instead reached for the golden treasure chest. With a flick, he opened it.
"Congratulations! You opened the Golden Treasure Chest and obtained a special item: Trident – False!"
The system's voice continued:
"This trident is said to be modeled after the weapon of the Sea God, Poseidon. When wielded, it can stir massive waves, summon storms and tsunamis, sink continents, and shatter the world.
This replica, crafted by a god, carries a fragment of Poseidon's power.
Note: It can be fused with the real Poseidon's Trident, transforming the original into a special item."
"This…"
Fenric froze.
He peered into the chest. A golden trident lay quietly within.
Its shape resembled a harpoon, but its body gleamed with golden metal, radiating a sacred aura.
"Master, what's this? I'm detecting a strange energy from it!"
Skynet, ever the curious child, leaned closer again.
"Why do you ask so many questions?" Fenric flicked her forehead lightly and reached into the chest, lifting the trident.
The moment he gripped it, a strange force surged into his body.
—---
Two minutes earlier, outside the Samsara Tower.
Crowds of people still lingered beneath the Global Masters Ranking, gazing up in awe.
Most eyes were fixed on the name Uvall, one of the legends at the top.
But then—suddenly—the list shifted.
When Fenric had donned the Ring of Thor, a new name appeared.
"Shura" – Rank 84.
The change sent shockwaves through the onlookers.
"Holy sh*t! Look at rank 84—the Great God Shura just entered the list!"
"No way… It really is Shura!"
"Rank 84?! That's insane!"
"He must have been close for a long time. Remember when he fought the Golden Sage King from Willowland Republic? He held his own. This dungeon must've given him something incredible!"
"The guy just cleared the 13th floor, and now he's top 100?! He's about to enter the 14th, the One Piece arc! If he gets a Devil Fruit, his power will skyrocket even more. Imagine what his strength will be after that!"
"I heard he's still just a high school student. That's terrifying… compared to him, we're basically trash."
"Bro, forget 'almost.' We are trash."
—--
Back in his warehouse, Fenric lifted the trident.
In that instant, his ranking soared again.
From 84th… straight to 10th place.
The onlookers outside the Samsara Tower were stunned into silence.
Some rubbed their eyes repeatedly, thinking they were hallucinating.
Just moments ago, Fenric's rise to 84th had shocked them. But now? To leap into the top ten—that was beyond comprehension.
This was the Global Master List!
The ranking of the strongest hundred Samsaras in the world!
And unlike Uvall, who had betrayed his people and earned the Lord of Hell's favor, Shura had climbed here through his own strength alone.
That fact alone was more terrifying than anything.
"Top… top ten?!"
"This has to be a mistake! The system must've bugged!"
"Impossible—the Samsara system never makes mistakes. His strength really rose that fast!?"
"It must be some heaven-defying item! Nothing else could explain such a leap!"
"Wait… doesn't this mean Shura just knocked out the top master of the Mistvale Kingdom? Wasn't he in 10th before? Now he's been pushed to 11th?"
"Yeah, that guy's basically royalty over there. He married a princess, even the Prime Minister treats him with respect. And Shura just surpassed him?"
"My god… Shura's status now is above that of a national figurehead…"
"I have a friend about to challenge the 14th floor. I'm warning him now—if Shura's there, he better stay out of the way!"
"What in the world did he get to make his power explode like this?!"
"I'd kill to know…"
—--
Inside his personal warehouse, Fenric tightened his grip on the trident, carefully feeling the changes within.
The replica trident radiated overwhelming power. Even as a forgery, it carried divine might.
At that moment, Fenric felt that if he were cast into the ocean, he would be its undisputed emperor.
Truly, it was an artifact worthy of legend.
Compared to Thor's Hammer, the trident's power boost was on an entirely different level.
"Not only that…" Fenric's eyes gleamed. "The system said this replica can fuse with the real Poseidon's Trident, turning it into a special item. Isn't that practically telling me to hunt down the real one? The only question is—what dungeon level holds Poseidon's Trident?"