"Ah, it's a nostalgic ceiling."
Early the next morning, Jean Stardust woke up and stretched lazily. She had slept on an ice bed in Esdeath's cave for a month. Leaving aside whether it was cold or not, it was really hard.
It was much more comfortable sleeping on the bed woven by Shiraori; its firmness and elasticity were perfect.
She sat up and looked around. Although there were traces of 'D' nearby, she was nowhere to be found.
Recalling that she had said she would upgrade the system for her yesterday, Jean Stardust hurriedly opened the system interface. A huge update notification was marked with golden special effects, as if afraid that people wouldn't see it.
[Update Notes]
1. Item Grade System integrated.
The item grade system evaluates based on both rarity and energy level.
Rarity: Common, Magic, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythical, Out-of-Bounds, corresponding to white, blue, yellow, purple, orange, red, and black, seven colors respectively.
Rarity does not represent strength, only rarity.
Energy Level: 1~12 stars. From ordinary people to Creation-level. This system is adapted from the duel card star system.
Please see the attached table for details.
2. Character Level: Paper, Parallel, Strong, Fierce, Mad, God, Out-of-Category.
3. Communication System integrated: Now you can chat via text within the system!
— — End — —
After Jean Stardust re-appraised the standard outfit that Shiraori had given her:
[Item Appraisal]
Name: Shiraori's Special Knight Outfit for Jean Stardust
Grade: Mythical — 6 Stars
Details: (Omitted) Carefully woven using deified spider silk, it is enough to reduce the power of anti-army tactical attacks.
— — Appraisal Complete — —
It made Jean Stardust very happy that the appraisal system could finally be put to use.
The [Body Attributes] section had a big 'NEW' on it. Clicking into it, she found that under Traits, Greed was highlighted. Selecting it again, brand new information popped up.
[Trait: seven deadly sins · Greed: Ability specialization, learning speed significantly increased, ability mastery speed greatly increased, speed of integrating and re-creating existing abilities increased.]
"So Greed manifested in the desire to become strong quickly, huh? That's really gratifying. Synesthesia doesn't have any abnormalities when used, which I guess is also related to this."
Getting a common protagonist cheat made her very happy; at least the vow she made now had a visible day of realization.
Morning exercise, bathing, breakfast—after finishing the routine, the next step was to devote herself to developing new abilities.
First was Stardust Dragon's Stardust Wind. This wind, containing special energy crystals, possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities. According to the manual included in the system, Jean Stardust even thought of the invincible state of the Hypostasis monsters in Genshin Impact when they were wrapped in an elemental shell.
Stardust Wind could naturally achieve invincibility too, but this invincibility had limits. As the number of crystals in the wind increased, its performance would multiply.
According to the instructions, after concentrating for about an hour, the first crystal was finally born, but at this moment, Jean Stardust was exhausted and panting.
This crystal, not even the size of a snowflake, almost drained Jean Stardust. This didn't refer to elemental power, but mental energy.
Such delicate handiwork actually required the ability to create countless ones simultaneously, even reaching an instinctive level.
When resting, flipping through the descriptions of various ultimate moves later was even more headache-inducing. "Is this even something humans can do?"
To change her mood, Jean Stardust decided to switch tasks.
That was naturally the happy Gale Sword Technique. The demonstration and tutorial appeared naturally in her mind, and would only disappear once completely mastered.
Using the room's ability to manifest items, she created a sword shaped similar to white wind and practiced these moves.
To be honest, Yasuo's sword techniques applied wind at a level several tiers higher than Jean Stardust's.
Not just those moves using wind, but also how to flexibly use wind to adjust her movements during combat, using wind to offset recoil, and so on.
At the same time, there was an explanation about Yasuo's headache-inducing wind wall, which naturally made Jean Stardust think of a synergy with Stardust Wind. But for now, she could only think about it; even making one crystal was difficult as hell, let alone synergy.
— — —
Just like that, after a day of learning, Jean Stardust finally understood one thing: "Is my trait fake or what?!"
What "learning speed significantly increased," what "ability mastery speed greatly increased"—it took a whole day to barely manage to create two crystals simultaneously, not to mention letting them flow in the wind; they would shatter the moment they moved.
As for Gale Sword Technique, it was okay. After all, it was just about technique, and through the learning process, Jean Stardust discovered that her elemental manipulation should be more flexible than Yasuo's, so she could directly perform many moves that others had to compensate for with other actions.
Having gained something, Jean Stardust drifted off to sleep with a fatigued mind.
The second day was another day busy with cultivation. Finally, thanks to unremitting efforts, she managed to increase the two crystals to four. The quantity actually doubled! However, the four crystals put together were only the size of a rice grain.
The third day, because she pushed too hard yesterday, her head hurt a lot. So she practiced sword techniques in the morning, and after relieving the pain in the afternoon, she threw herself into the struggle of making crystals again. However, it seemed she entered the zone, and actually reached a quantity of eight crystals in one afternoon.
The fourth day, damn it! Writing the practice process like a diary—who writes a diary anyway!
However, just as Jean Stardust was about to throw away the notebook recording the practice status, her phone suddenly rang. She answered it and heard Ryza's energetic voice.
"Jean Stardust! It worked!!!"
— — Underworld Theater — —
Shiraori: How is Jean Stardust?
'D': Hmm? Her sleeping face is very cute, makes one want to kiss it.
Shiraori: Is that so? No, I meant her trait.
'D': Greed, huh. Greed's performance isn't as good as your initial Pride, but her Greed excels in versatility. It's just a pity that it's missing a little something; it doesn't increase comprehension. You have to know that many things, even if learned for 10,000 years, if you don't understand, you still don't understand.
Shiraori: Simply increasing mastery speed and learning speed, huh? She must have been very anxious at the time.
'D': Can she be more anxious than you? You directly pierced through two layers of the world barrier to save that woman's soul, causing me to be lectured for a long time during meetings.
Shiraori: I didn't know that Milim would show mercy. To think a Creation-level attack could still leave a soul behind.
'D': Don't think I didn't do anything. I opened a gate in the Underworld over there, so there won't be any problems. Instead, you go and plug that hole... Eh? Where is she? She just ran off like that?!
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