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Chapter 929: 759: the Baseless One

Chapter 929: Chapter 759: the Baseless One

[Based on the results of your script performance this time]

[Rewards obtained are as follows: Performance Value 59,000, “Pope of Light” Character Card.]

[Special Skill “Crown of the Sun”]

[Special Artifact “Psychic Power Boost”]

[Special Artifact “Blessing of Snow”]

[Special Artifact “Dawn’s Curse Mark”]

[Special Artifact “A regular bayonet”]

[Special Artifact “The Baseless One’s Spell Collection”]

A total of one special skill and four special artifacts were awarded. The unchanging “Psychic Power Boost” artifact card can be ignored.

But looking at this string of script rewards.

Xu Shuo slowly furrowed his brows.

Why is there only one special skill?

The rewards players get from the script are tied to the roles they perform. The Pope of Light may not have much in terms of tricks, but the Light Magic and Power of Faith he wields are already the most formidable weapons.

Originally, Xu Shuo thought that based on his performance, he should have obtained a skill related to Power of Faith.

But after opening “Crown of the Sun” to inspect it…

It turned out not to be the case.

[Special Skill “Crown of the Sun”: The radiance of the sun is supreme, and its crown can rest on anyone’s head. Use this skill on a designated target to grant them divine blessings, increasing their ability attributes by 50%.]

This is a skill similar to the augmentation class skill in the Blind Girl Character Card, but significantly more powerful.

Augmentation skills cannot be deemed completely useless.

But they also cannot be considered overly useful.

All in all, there’s a missing element of utility here.

Moving on to special artifacts.

Only two were script rewards; the other two were things Xu Shuo snatched.

[Special Artifact “Blessing of Snow”: This is a small blessing from the Ice and Snow Elf Holy Maiden, wishing that in the remainder of your days, you will continue to feel the chill of snowy winds. Using this artifact summons a Snow Magical Beast, with a summoning duration of 10 minutes.]

This artifact appears in the form of a card.

The card features a familiar, gray-white furred, massive Magical Beast—it is unmistakably Catalina’s Guardian God’s Acolyte.

Holding the card in his hand.

Xu Shuo could already feel a chill washing over him.

He even felt as though there was an icy breeze blowing all around him, causing goosebumps to rise all over his body, as though he was walking naked in a land of ice and snow.

Xu Shuo wordlessly stored this artifact in his Player’s Handbook.

Thanks, but I don’t particularly want to spend the rest of my life shivering from the cold.

However, putting aside Catalina’s peculiar contribution of this artifact.

The other artifact was even more absurd.

[Special Artifact “Dawn’s Curse Mark”: Although creatures have become more inclined toward the radiance of the sun, the first light of dawn remains this world’s breakthrough. You have brought an end to the last dawn. When this divine curse descends, upon using this artifact on a designated target, both the user and the target will suffer divine punishment. One-time use artifact.]

This artifact takes the shape of an icy blue leaf.

Unlike Catalina’s card, it doesn’t feel quite as freezing to the touch, but the information attached to it is chilling.

Xu Shuo was rendered even more speechless.

How much does the Dawn Belief despise him? The script is already over, yet it still managed to chase him out to deliver lasting curses. Also, wasn’t the Script World just a copy of a Subspace?

It shouldn’t be so serious.

It really shouldn’t.

The artifact information does not explicitly explain what form the ensuing “divine punishment” from using this artifact would take.

But given that…

It’s labeled as a divine curse…

There’s certainly no way this will be easy to deal with!

Xu Shuo decisively tucked the leaf away into the depths of his storage.

Then, as he reflected on this script run’s rewards.

He realized that the income from this round was, frankly, negligible.

Two absurd special artifacts, one augmentation-type special skill—all of which pales in comparison to the gains from completing a Second Level Script.

If he hadn’t snatched two artifacts from others—

This journey would’ve been even more of a letdown.

As for “a regular bayonet”—it really is just a regular bayonet, albeit slightly sharper than usual. Upon wounding a target, it does inflict lingering damage.

But the effect is minimal.

Thinking back to the times Wald XVIII attacked him, to be honest, Xu Shuo doesn’t even recall experiencing lingering damage.

This thing—Xu Shuo casually tossed it into the pile of disposable fruit knives.

Aside from that.

Xu Shuo also snatched back the magical Wordless Book.

[Special Artifact “The Baseless One’s Spell Collection” Fragment: A legendary magician created countless spells deemed miraculous and recorded them within the Wizard Tower. You can learn the spells contained within this volume, but the fragmented collection only allows you to master ten Minor Spells per day. Until you gain the Wizard Tower’s favor, you will not be able to learn additional spells.]

The Baseless One…

Again, an artifact bearing the name “The Baseless One.”

Xu Shuo carefully inspected the book.

Now that it belongs to him, when Xu Shuo flips through the pages, he no longer sees blank spaces—instead, the pages are densely packed with brown text.

But these brown characters are jumbled glyphs.

They appear to resemble a kind of wild cursive script.

The text is mostly written in continuous strokes, with few breaks in the penmanship, and the lengths of the spell incantations are mostly brief.

However, the lines are undeniably entangled.

Xu Shuo examined them closely.

Only to find that he still couldn’t understand them.

“Huh? This is the Baseless One’s Spell Collection? You actually managed to acquire this?”

A voice suddenly chimed in from the side—it belonged to Hong Rao.

Xu Shuo paused, then turned to her with a hint of inquiry, asking, “What exactly is the Baseless One?”

Hong Rao didn’t rush to answer.

Instead, she lifted her small teacup and took a light sip, her expression turning nostalgic as her gaze shifted towards the Script Space’s blank expanse, as if contemplating a distant horizon.

“He, in his own world, was a tremendously powerful magician. To the extent that he could be said to have reached invincibility, standing at the apex of the hierarchy, revered as a god by his people.”

Hong Rao slowly spoke with a wistful glint in her eyes.

Xu Shuo remained momentarily stunned: “That impressive? So was he also a player in the Script Space?”

“He once was,” Hong Rao mused.

“Once?”

“Yes, because now… he’s dead.”

“…”

“…”

An abrupt silence descended upon the scene.

After finishing half her tea.

Hong Rao set down the teacup and continued, “Most of his abilities have been reduced to fragments scattered across the Script World. Apart from this Spell Collection, there’s also a cloak that’s fairly well-known.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Shuo casually pulled out a pitch-black, tattered cloak that looked as though it belonged to a scavenger.

Hong Rao paused: “Ah… yes, that’s the one.”

Xu Shuo: “Another fragment.”

Hong Rao took the shoddily rugged cloak and unfolded it in her hands for a moment, her smile carrying a trace of reminiscence.

“Fragments are to be expected, especially since it followed his world in shattering. The only intact relic left is probably the Wizard Tower, still drifting who-knows-where.”

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