[I shouldn't need to spell it out any further at this point, right?]
Actually, the System didn't need to explain. Aaron had already figured out exactly what it meant.
Raiden Mei was undoubtedly a Servant as well, and Kiana Kaslana had indeed become a Teigu user.
Aaron had no intention of making a move on them, but they were indeed 'scoring targets' within the judgment range.
"You're truly deranged, actually trying to encourage me to attack my own teammates."
[Hey, the System is genuinely suggesting you grab these points.]
[After all... heh, saying more is just wasted breath. Those who know, know. Let's just move on to the next segment.]
[First, finalizing the Hidden Mission rewards.]
[Hidden Mission—Servant Killer, final completion progress reached Stage Three. Excluding the Stage One reward already obtained, you will receive two 'Pick One of Four' rewards.]
[I won't elaborate on the options. The usual attribute Buffs like 'Significantly increases drop rate of high-grade items, skills, and templates' are there, of course. The option to directly upgrade a skill by two levels is also present—though you probably won't pick that.]
[Additionally, among the two 'Pick One of Four' rewards, only one contains the 'Significantly increases drop rate' attribute Buff.]
[Since Stage One of the Hidden Mission was completed, the Main Mission completion reward for Tester 233 and his matched teammate for this session will be increased from their respective 60% to 100%.]
[And since this Main Mission is a bit special—simply completing it counts as 100%—the reward is naturally only 100% as well.]
[Standard 'Pick One of Four' rules apply. Because you couldn't break through the 100% completion rate like in a previous mission, you can only perform one 'Pick One of Four' draw with 'Massively increased drop rate for high-grade items, skills, and templates.' Choosing to enhance a skill will directly raise that skill's level by two.]
[However, as compensation, you may choose to convert all temporary skills granted by the System for this session into permanent skills—oh, this is a waivable reward. It's up to you.]
"Screw you. Why was the first mission so simple, yet the second one, which was far more dangerous, has reduced rewards?"
[Nonsense, wasn't the first one the newbie welfare package? This is the normal reward level. Even that compensation is only being offered because you did a good job this time; otherwise, you wouldn't even get that.]
[It's not personal. Everyone gets maxed-out rewards for the first time, then it goes back to normal. Of course, if you encounter some special dungeons later, I won't rule out the possibility of 'welfare matches' appearing.]
"...Forget it, pretend I didn't ask."
"But about the optional rewards... for the skills, do I have to choose to keep all or discard all?"
[How is that possible? Even the System can see that among the three skills sent to you—'Magecraft: Basic (Type-Moon World)', 'Mana Conversion', and 'Presence Concealment'—two and a half of them are garbage. If you kept them all and clogged up your skill slots, making future upgrades more annoying, the System would suspect you had brain damage.]
"Two and a half, huh... So the Magecraft is somewhat useful?"
[It's useful after upgrading, I suppose. Also, before you get used to using magnetic field forces, healing magic and hypnosis magic have some minor utility.]
"I see... Then I'll keep the Basic Magecraft. As for the 'Pick One of Four'..."
"Although my combat power has skyrocketed with the magnetic field power, looking at the current situation, I've only just awakened this power. I can only use it to amplify my offense and defense."
"The remaining functions need to be slowly excavated. Cell reorganization, emotion amplification... these feel like such a hassle—by the way, since you even gifted the Perfect Realm, did you not consider gifting a user manual or something?"
[The ability 'Magnetic Field Rotation' produces wonderful variations depending on the user's own path of research. Therefore, in principle, the System will not interfere with the user's training and strengthening path.]
[Of course, if you want to draw for it, you can try the skill gacha. But this thing doesn't have a high judgment value in the System. Out of the three draw chances you gained in this dungeon, two have extremely high drop rates. Unless your luck is abysmal, you won't pull a 'Magnetic Field Rotation User Guide' with those.]
"Isn't there one more chance?"
[That remaining one is a standard draw with a very low probability for high-grade items and skills. The problem is... haven't you ever drawn from a non-rate-up banner?]
[It's not like you haven't played FGO. Can you reliably pull a Kaleidoscope from the Friend Point summon?]
"...Fine, forget I said anything."
"I'll use a high drop-rate chance first. Let's draw a skill."
[Skill Draw in progress... Loading...]
[Ding! Drawn Support Skill — Power of Dominance (Castlevania)!]
[Power of Dominance (Castlevania) — Automatically Learned.]
[Description: One of the special abilities from the 'Castlevania' worldview. Can dominate the souls of other living beings to a certain extent.]
[Note 1: Souls of beings killed by the holder of this ability will inevitably be dominated by the user.]
[Note 2: The holder of this ability will receive a significant increase in soul strength.]
[Note 3: The holder of this ability can perceive other soul bodies in the vicinity and dominate them.]
[Note 4: Please note, if the strength of the dominated soul far exceeds the soul strength of the ability holder, there is a probability that the target will break free from dominance.]
[Note 5: There are other hidden abilities to be excavated. Please explore them yourself.]
After reading the introduction to this ability, Aaron didn't immediately proceed with the subsequent draws.
Power of Dominance. In the source material, this was also another manifestation of the Demon King Dracula's power.
In the two Castlevania games where the Power of Dominance appears, the protagonist Soma Cruz could dominate the souls of monsters by defeating them in the Demon Castle, thereby combining with the monster souls to unleash various abilities.
"But speaking of which, in the original, he could only manipulate the souls of monsters, right? Is this a magical modification?"
[Nonsense. In the original, aside from those few humans, weren't all the other creatures demons? If we didn't modify it a bit, all Testers might not encounter a dominatable existence in their entire lives, making this skill useless.]
"...I get the feeling that you only had this thought after some senior became a sacrifice."
[...Sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing, Tester 233.]
"...Seems I already know the answer."
"Anyway, this ability..."
"Does this ability really improve me that much?"
"Soul strength increase... but I'm not a Shinigami; I don't fight with soul pressure."
"If the souls of creatures I kill can be dominated by me... Damn, isn't this encouraging me to go chop up more people?"
[After all, it is the power of a Demon King. Isn't it normal to have such a violent ability?]
"And searching for souls... So I can search for Kallen's soul, make Otto bow down to me, and then start working hard to save the world?"
[A soul Otto hasn't found in five hundred years—guess if you can find it?]
"And if the opponent's soul strength is too high, they can break free? Do you have the nerve to call this the Power of Dominance?"
[Give me a break, it's just a probability. If your soul strength is unworthy yet you could ignore the massive gap and dominate the opponent's soul, that would be what's wrong.]
"I'm truly convinced. Don't tell me this is considered a high-grade reward?"
[Sorry, although the Power of Dominance can't compare to those super cheats, it is indeed in the highest tier of abilities.]
[So, are you going to do the rest of the draws or not? If not, the System will randomize it.]
"Let me think thrice... No improvement in ability... is this a rhythm telling me to draw another ability?"
"But my equipment is also falling behind a bit."
"During the previous fight, the Teigu played an increasingly smaller role. I feel like apart from serving as a key to undergo Honkai Beast transformation, the Teigu is leaning more and more towards support."
"Forget it, let's just go for the second draw... I'll draw an Item this time."
"Since I have the pity guarantee anyway, you wouldn't give me some rusty needle or something, right? Just one more item... you wouldn't give me some inexplicable thing again, would you?"
[Item Draw in progress... Loading...]
[Ding! Drawn Item — Revive Hourglass!]
[Description: One of the special items from the 'Kamen Rider Zi-O' worldview. Compresses and extends time to generate powerful strength and swift speed. However, due to its time-manipulation characteristics, usage places a tremendous burden on the user's body and reduces the user's lifespan to a certain extent.]
[Note 1: Since this item is a modified version, the user can take out the hourglass and use its abilities without transforming.]
[Note 2: Users with extremely high talent can adapt to the negative effects of this item by increasing usage frequency, thereby reducing the negative effects. Additionally, the amplification multiplier of this hourglass can be adjusted up or down; the burden borne by the user will scale accordingly.]
[Note 3: Although switching between the two major forms of [Gale] and [Power] still requires turning the hourglass, the user can stop the ability at any time through willpower. Furthermore, if the user loses consciousness, the hourglass will also stop functioning.]
[Tester 233, this item should be pretty good, right? Why have you gone silent?]
"What do you want me to say?"
[Although the ability provided by this item is simple, the amplification is indeed quite good, right?]
"Right."
[Unlike magnetic field power, which requires talent and time to hone, this is ready to use—isn't this kind of simple and convenient item exactly what you crave?]
[Then what are you dissatisfied with?]
"I've had a small question ever since Ittou Shura, and today, I finally understand it completely."
"Actually—you just want me dead, don't you? Why are there so many things that burn through my life in the stuff you give me!"
"Do you think my lifespan is very long and I can spend it freely? (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻"
[Look at you talking. Can't these negative effects be overcome? Ittou Shura is also a modified version; it's not as life-threatening as the original.]
"Damn it, a certain savior could quickly overcome the negative effects because it was his exclusive equipment. As for me..."
[Just say whether you'll use it or not.]
"Fine. Then the final draw—no pity guarantee this time, look at what I should pick."
"Let's draw a skill. I have enough enhancements; let's see if my luck can pull a life-extending skill."
[Ding! Drawn Support Skill — Pure Eyes (Tsukihime)!]
[Pure Eyes (Tsukihime) — Automatically Learned.]
[Description: One of the special abilities from the 'Tsukihime' worldview. Considered eyes possessed by high monks, used to see things that should not exist. Humans with high spirituality can easily display the characteristics of Pure Eyes.]
"Alright then, you want me to go down the spiritual energy route, is that it?"
[You drew these yourself. The System has said it before: in principle, the System will not interfere with the user's training and strengthening path.]
"Forget it. Overall, the improvement isn't small, it's just a bit life-risking."
After completing the reward draws, Aaron looked at his body and slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Regardless, he had at least returned safely to this world.
"And new power... as long as I have some time to adapt to this power, I should be able to increase my combat power significantly again."
"Wait, I have one more question—Sys, come out!"
[What?]
"Next dungeon—"
[I won't let you go to the next dungeon anytime soon. Even if your survival instinct is strong, doing another dungeon after just one day is too exaggerated.]
[Just focus on dealing with the matters of this world for now. Of course, the System still suggests you find time to relax a bit. Tester 233, this world isn't so fragile that it can't function without you.]
"Well, thanks for the reminder."
After getting the answer he wanted, Aaron looked at Yuno beside him. After confirming she was still sleeping, he slightly closed his eyes.
Although he couldn't sleep yet, closing his eyes for a moment shouldn't be a problem.
With that thought, Aaron closed his eyes, only to suddenly feel the space around him distort.
In the next instant, Aaron regained consciousness and suddenly discovered...
—Wait, where is this???
"No, didn't we agree on no dungeon transfers for a short while?"
"I feel like I need an explanation."
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