Chapter 22: Big Boss Gains a New Abstract Ability

「I almost thought you'd forgotten about this, hehe. 」Lilith shook her head proudly: 「Right, Level 20, I can give you skills and equipment now, still pick one of three. 」

「Hmm, probably the Heavy Greatsword, Fire Ring, and a one-time Crab Cage, which one do you want? 」

「None of them. 」Big Boss shook his head: 「Don't you have any of those junk ones? Like Life Blessing. 」

「You still want those junk skills? 」Lilith pouted her mouth into an O shape: 「Are you sure you want that kind of thing? You've done so well up front, I can actually give you better rewards. 」

「You want to swap the reward? What do you mean? 」Death Qi rose from Big Boss's body again, and his voice grew colder.

「Stop stop stop, I'm not questioning your judgment! 」Lilith had been with Big Boss for two days and already knew this guy had an abnormal obsession in some respects, and hurriedly said: 「I misspoke, okay okay okay, I'll dig through the junk pile for you, is that fine? 」

「I really can't figure you out, leaving high-level abilities unused and insisting on using this junk. 」

Saying that, Lilith stuck out her tongue, rummaging in her pocket, and in no time pulled out three Magic Books.

【I Have No Opinion (Junk): You are the ancient Greek god in charge of vehicles. When someone asks you a question and you say you have no opinion, the vehicle you ride will directly explode.】

【I Bet Your xx Has No Bullets (Junk): When you say similar words to a target, whatever they are firing will forcibly stall, but the bullets remain. Can only be used once per hour.】

【Chase the Snail: You can summon a snail anywhere within a radius of fifty meters that will continuously hunt you. The snail's attack power is the same as an ordinary snail, it exists for five minutes, and can only be used once per hour.】

Big Boss looked at the new Magic Books and furrowed his brow.

Come to think of it, these three new abilities, although they are also test version abilities.

But their function actually fits the positioning of junk skills quite well.

The first ability is comparable to a Self-destruct Divine Art; used well it can drag enemies to explode together, betting on who survives, but Big Boss has never liked betting on his own luck.

The second skill looks very powerful, especially with so many mages in this game, this ability could be very useful, but he can only use it once per hour, which is a bit too rib-like.

And the third option, a perfectly ordinary snail that hunts him...

This skill is purely abstract, not even a bit of use.

「I told you, don't keep thinking about these junk skills! 」Lilith crossed her arms and scolded: 「Yes, I admit, your head is more flexible than ordinary people, but that has to be based on these abilities being useful, right? 」

「Look now, these three skills, which one is useful! 」

Hearing Lilith's words, Big Boss surprisingly didn't talk back, just held his chin, deep in thought.

Lilith's eyes rolled around.

Big Boss was at his wit's end? Hahaha, this is the best chance to regain my dignity! 「Big Boss, even you can't make use of these three abilities. 」Lilith snorted coldly, hands on her hips, and began her Color Art performance again: 「How about this, as long as you call me the most beautiful, kind, cute Lilith Goddess Adult in the world, there is no one better than you. 」

「I'll swap the reward back for you, how about it? 」

Big Boss looked at her: 「Do you really think there's no useful ability among these? 」

「Ah? 」

Lilith was stunned, could it be, is there something I didn't notice?

She looked at Big Boss's certain face, hugged her head and thought for half a day.

Right, these three abilities are indeed all junk, although it can't be said they are completely useless, but they can be considered almost useless.

Obviously, Big Boss was forcing himself, saving face.

Thinking of this, she shook her head and smiled mockingly.

This Big Boss really has personality, his mouth is the hardest part of his whole body.

「Looks like you really can't think of it, after all, it's too hard for you to let a system keep up with a player's thinking. 」Big Boss shrugged.

Lilith:???

「Fine, I'll choose this one. 」Under Lilith's bewildered gaze, Big Boss grabbed that 【Chase the Snail】

「Hey hey hey, what are you doing! 」Lilith immediately panicked: 「Once you take it you can't swap rewards! Ahhh, I can't avoid this rule either! 」

「I don't plan to swap. 」Big Boss pulled his hand out in one go.

「You, you, you don't regret it! 」Lilith glared at him discontentedly.

To be honest, she no longer had the initial arrogance to prove herself, but more wanted to help Big Boss.

But seeing Big Boss's dead duck with a hard mouth look, she couldn't help but be furious.

Patting her chest again, Lilith then felt she had calmed down a bit, and also revealed a schadenfreude smile.

A blessing in disguise. Anyway, this is also a Level 20 reward, not too important, let him be stubborn once.

Big Boss is so smart, after suffering this loss, he'll be able to see reality clearly in the future and won't be interested in junk skills! What Lilith didn't notice was that Big Boss's face was now beaming with joy.

Those familiar with Big Boss know he only shows this kind of smile when discovering a new Faction/School.

Right, just looking at 【Chase the Snail】, it is indeed a completely meaningless ability.

But that's for Ordinary Players.

In Big Boss's view, there are no junk abilities in this world, only junk people.

He had already thought of how to use this ability.

No, to be precise, it should be that this ability will change his current combat style, make up for his biggest shortcoming, and let him complete the task below the Dragon Daughter one hundred percent.

This is a great Faction/School comparable to Crooked Mouth Archmage Style! — Storm Royal Capital.

This is the city only a dozen kilometers from Abyssal Eye Witch's Witch Prison.

Also the largest city in the south of Tianming Continent.

Its importance is even not inferior to Moonlight Ancient Capital where Full Moon Academy is located.

Prosperous, stable, and magnificent.

This is the first impression all travelers who reach Storm Royal Capital have of this city.

It's hard to imagine that one of the witches everyone shouts to beat on Tianming Continent — Abyssal Eye Witch — would build her lair around such a mighty city.

As for the reason Abyssal Eye Witch did this, it's actually very simple.

Storm Royal Capital's true master — Queen Liu Li from Hurricane, is not only a Giant Dragon cursed by Dragonblood Curse, but also Abyssal Eye Witch's best friend.

Every day in Storm Royal Capital is full of vitality and hope.

And today, in the Arena at the city center of this city, inside that always chaotic Underground Casino filled with all kinds of profanity and alcohol stench, a hooded man walked in.

His arrival did not cause any stir.

The gamblers in the casino, or those gangster thugs, merely glanced at him once before withdrawing their gazes.

This is the Storm Royal Capital Arena.

It is the Night City where every person who wants to get rich overnight chases their dreams.

The upper-level gladiators, in order to obtain high bonuses, raise their sharp blades again and again.

And the lower-level gamblers, just like them, push forward their chips again and again.

Win, take everything; lose, lose everything.

This is the rule of Night City, whether upper level or lower level, it is all the same.

Every day familiar people die, and every day new faces appear.

Life is the cheapest thing here.

The hooded man treated everything around him as if he neither saw nor heard it; he strode forward with great strides, as if rushing for time, and quickly walked to the counter, pointing a finger at a portrait on the wall.

"I bet he will achieve ten consecutive wins."

"Okay." The receptionist with rabbit ears smiled with curved eyes: "Newcomer Duelist Li Cheng, ten consecutive wins, is that right?"

"Correct."

"How much do you want to wager?"

The hooded man did not speak, took out a pouch, and poured out all the magic badge stones inside.

"1, 2, 10, 30... 43 badge stones!" The bunny girl's volume suddenly rose: "Guest, are you sure you want to bet this many?"

And this messy casino, at this moment, became utterly silent.

Everyone's gazes gathered on the hooded man, even breathing sounds seemed to have disappeared.

Only the bunny girl attendant's trembling voice was incomparably clear: "40 badge stones can be exchanged for over forty thousand gold coins... such a large amount, I cannot decide, I need to ask the supervisor to come."

"No need for so much trouble." Under the hood, Li Cheng said softly: "I'm in a hurry."

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