Chimaera's Conquest: The Legend Of The Devourer
Chapter 213: Time For Rewards

Chapter 213: Time For Rewards

Adrian stood in the dimly lit room, surrounded by the bodies of his fallen enemies. The Chimaera Goblin lord lay motionless at his feet. Next to it was the mutated Shaman, its grotesque features frozen in time.

However, the monsters weren’t the only ones there. The bodies of the five human hunters lay scattered around him, their lifeless eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

Since [Gluttony] won’t leave a single drop of blood behind, Adrian wouldn’t have to worry about cleaning up the mess or leaving any evidence behind, per se.

Following the fight between him and the White Tigers in the dungeon, Adrian had stored the corpses to consume them later. However, he decided to leave the Shaman’s corpse as it was.

’Shinon might find it useful in creating weapons. And With Vesper nearly healed, she’d also need a weapon. Hm... I should visit him soon.’

With that thought, Adrian retrieved the Shaman’s corpse, piling up the rest together. Since he could only use [Gluttony] once a day, he had to ensure he targeted all of them simultaneously.

A violently swirling vortex emerged from Adrian’s arm following the skill’s activation. One after another, the corpses were devoured and turned into stats for him.

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The User’s stats have increased due to the effects of [Gluttony] Skill:

Strength: +27

Defence: +21

Agility: +17

Precision: +17

Intelligence: +16

Magic Affinity: +12

Luck: +12

Charisma: +7

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[The higher entity, Faithful Spouse In Unfaithful Marriage, complains about the broken skill as it undermines the value of their ’sponsorships’.]

[Countless entities nod in agreement.]

[Many entities sigh, uninterested in a particular entity’s yapping.]

Adrian could understand their frustration. Back when he started out his second life, he did a lot of ridiculous things to entertain the entities, only for them to give him a small amount of stat points.

But with the [Gluttony] Skill, he no longer felt the need to go out of his way to entertain the entities for some stats. As long as he has access to the corpses of strong enemies, the stats would come flying to him.

’Seeing how I got 129 stat points from doing nothing for them must have triggered the entities. I can’t say I mind their bickering all that much until it affects me somehow.’

That said, Adrian wasn’t planning on sitting idly without trying to sway their opinion, mainly because a particular entity named [Faithful Spouse In Unfaithful Marriage] had been giving him a hard time ever since he and Sophia became a thing.

The bitch had been riling up everyone to give him a ’punishment’ for going back on his word. Although some entities were concerned and didn’t want to piss her off, most of them didn’t take her seriously. At least most higher entities didn’t.

"I don’t really see the problem with [Gluttony]?" Adrian shrugged, staring at the holographic panels.

[The entity, Broken Through Gacha Mechanics, asks the User to elaborate.]

"The stronger I get, the more entertainment I can give you guys. Is that not what you want?" Adrian replied, acting all innocent. "That was the entire reason I want to get strong, but if you people have problems with it, then... I won’t use [Gluttony]."

He went on, "I’m stuck at level 30. If I don’t level up, getting stronger will be tough. That’s why I wanted to use the [Gluttony] skill to keep getting stronger without levelling up."

[The higher entity, Thundering Pervert With a Pet Eagle, nods, agreeing with the User and says, Watching a weak champion won’t entertain someone like him.]

[The entities under a certain pantheon agree with their ruler.]

[The higher entity, Faithful Spouse In Unfaithful Marriage, urges her husband not to fall for the User’s lies.]

[The higher entity, Thundering Pervert With a Pet Eagle, rolls his eyes, ignoring his wife as usual and asks the User to continue using his skills as he pleases.]

"Thank you!"

Adrian even went the extra mile and bowed when he said that, only to rub it in [Faithful Spouse In Unfaithful Marriage]’s face. She wanted to mess with him, but it cost her a bit of her reputation instead.

’Rage all you want, you won’t be able to do shit as long as I have enough support from the rest.’

However, a strange pop-up appeared before him as he was about to return. It was a notification urging him to complete the rest of the Harmony trial.

Adrian thought about it for a moment as he looked around the cold storage. The place was secure enough to handle his potential outbursts. But before that, he had something else to do.

"Those lootboxes... I never opened those."

Quickly checking the inventory, Adrian retrieved five boxes from within. Each box had been marked with a number reflecting their level. Adrian started with the first loot box he got from killing the Ratling during the first stage.

Inside were some low-tier crafting components and a low-grade healing potion. It didn’t seem like a big deal, but considering he got them as a reward for defeating a Ratling, it meant a lot.

It was the same with the slime’s loot box, an intermediate-grade health potion and some monster cores. However, the following boxes were filled with unexpected things.

"I wasn’t expecting to get gear from these boxes..." Adrian mumbled when he opened the Troll’s loot box and got a pair of gloves from it.

As for the Ogre’s loot box, Adrian received a body armour that had a set effect with the pair of gloves he had obtained before.

Upon checking the stats using [Analysis], the gear was pretty decent. In fact, they were tailored for someone like him who had a habit of going against multiple enemies at once.

"No point not trying them on right now..."

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>> Blackened Aegis Plate

Quality: Rare

Material: Obsidian-infused Steel

Armour Type: Heavy

Armor Class: Plate Armor

Level Requirement: 30

Stats:

-Physical Defence: +25

-Magical Defence: +15

-Strength: +10

-Vitality: +25%

Special Ability:

-- Obsidian Shield: Upon activation, it creates a protective barrier around the wearer that absorbs incoming damage, reducing it by 30%.

Duration: 10 seconds.

Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Enchantment Slots: 2/2

Enchantments:

1. Adamantine Fortification: Provides additional resilience against physical attacks, reducing incoming physical damage by 15%.

2. Arcane Warding: Enhances magical resistance, reducing incoming magical damage by 15%.

>> Blackened Aegis Gauntlets

Quality: rare

Material: Obsidian-infused Steel

Armour Type: Heavy

Level Requirement: 30

Stats:

-Physical Defence: +12

-Magical Defence: +8

-Strength: +5

-Agility: +15

Special Ability:

-Obsidian Grasp: Upon activation, channels the power of the wearer’s grip, temporarily immobilising the target enemy for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 45 seconds.

Enchantment Slots: 2/2

Enchantments:

1. Iron Grip: Enhances the wearer’s hold, increasing the effectiveness of grappling and resisting enemy attempts to break free by 25%.

2. Precision Strikes: Increases accuracy and effectiveness in combat, granting a 15% chance to deal double damage with melee attacks.

Set Effect: Obsidian Vanguard:

When the Blackened Aegis Plate and Blackened Aegis Gauntlets are equipped together, they unleash the full potential of the obsidian-infused armour, granting the following synergy effect:

** Obsidian Retribution: Upon taking damage from three or more enemies simultaneously, the wearer becomes empowered with obsidian energy, retaliating with a shockwave of force that knocks back and damages nearby enemies.

This shockwave deals damage equal to 20% of the wearer’s maximum health and stuns affected enemies for 2 seconds.

This effect only triggers once every 60 seconds.

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