Bai Mu took out the two Script treasure chests. Two quaint wooden boxes with dod tops appeared on the black square table in front of him. Before opening the chests, he glanced at Xiao Wei, who was watching cartoons nearby.
On the screen, Tom was chasing Jerry in a chaotic frenzy. Struck by a sudden whim, Bai Mu pressed the pause button on the remote control and called Xiao Wei over. "Xiao Wei, try and see if you can open this chest."
"Open the chest?"
"Yes, just opening this chest will do."
She did not quite understand why Bai Mu had specifically asked her to open it. She had no idea what a Script treasure chest even was, but she still did as he asked.
Bai Mu rubbed his hands together. Logically, since Xiao Wei was currently in her beginner's protection period, her luck should be at its peak right now. Usually, this ant pulling so good items. Even if she didn't get anything good, it did not matter; he still had two roulette spins to test his own luck. Besides, he only had the Script treasure chests that he could let Xiao Wei help open. If the results were poor this ti, the worst-case scenario was that he would just do it himself in the future.
A flash of white light shone, and Bai Mu heard the notification chi from the first chest.
[You have received a reward: "Permanent Skill Card (Magic Missile)" x1.]
The very first chest gave Bai Mu a pleasant surprise. It actually yielded a permanent skill card. Among the myriad of items, the value of a skill card was considered quite high, and judging by the na, it was an offensive skill to boot.
Rare grade items were also divided into good and bad. For instance, even though both were Rare grade Garden Plant Cards, the difference between a Wall-nut card and a Cherry Bomb card was like night and day.
[Skill Na: Magic Missile]
[Type: Active Skill]
[Quality: Rare]
[Effect: Depending on charging ti, consus 10 to 20 points of Mana to launch tracking magic missiles at the target. The number of missiles depends on the charge duration, up to a maximum of 6. Hitting the sa target repeatedly will gradually increase the damage dealt.]
[Learning Requirents: Unlocked Mana, Spirit of 15 points or higher.]
[Note: Eat my giant magic missile!]
It was an unpretentious ranged attack skill with slightly demanding learning requirents. However, both Bai Mu and Xiao Wei easily t them. Or rather, for soone like Xiao Wei, the prerequisites for this kind of magic skill card could be completely ignored. After all, she possessed a magical aptitude; she was a natural-born mage.
Bai Mu glanced over the details and let Xiao Wei learn the skill card.
Mainly, this skill would not provide much of an upgrade for Bai Mu himself. He already had a gun in his hands, and the "automatic tracking" attribute was practically useless to him since his marksmanship was already incredibly accurate.
Since he now had a bound teammate, he wanted to nurture Xiao Wei's growth. Although his Mana was 135 points higher than Xiao Wei's, if he factored in the passive skill "Mana Surge", Xiao Wei's effective Mana would actually be multiplied by another thirty points or so.
Furthermore, if Xiao Wei did not learn any skills, her 100 points of Mana would rely be for decoration. Letting her learn Magic Missile ant Bai Mu effectively gained an extra 100 points of Mana specifically dedicated to launching missiles.
[Your Summon "Viola" has used "Permanent Skill Card (Magic Missile)" x1.]
Following the notification, a new option appeared in Xiao Wei's active skills. However, this skill could not be used within the Community; they would have to head to the Training Room to test it out.
Therefore, Bai Mu urged Xiao Wei to quickly open the second chest. He felt that Xiao Wei's hands were much luckier than his. In many online gas, a raiding party would always have a designated player for looting corpses, and this player was usually a girl.
Perhaps this was a special privilege given by male players to retain rare female gars, but everything that exists has its reason. After Xiao Wei opened the second treasure chest, Bai Mu silently decided that from now on, the task of opening chests would be entirely entrusted to this slightly silly, underage girl from the Middle Ages.
[You have received a reward: "Chef's Stew Pot" x1]
[Na: Chef's Stew Pot]
[Type: Special Item]
[Quality: Rare]
[Effect: The food cooked in this stew pot becos a special consumable. Depending on its deliciousness and the rarity of the ingredients, it will randomly generate a positive or negative buff for the consur, with a very small probability of granting a permanent buff.]
[Note: An iron pot with a charred bottom. Even if you throw in black bread and expired wild vegetables, it can still boil a stew that tastes like at.] Although this was neither a piece of equipnt nor a skill card, it was far more valuable than consumables like Healing Bandages, Witch's Health Potions, or Witch's Mana Potions. As long as he could cook a "at stew" that boosted his base attributes even once, he would make an absolute profit.
Judging from its appearance, this was exactly the sa iron pot used by the invisible chef in the kitchen. He had personally experienced that chef's extraordinary nature. Even the black cat could not affect reality, yet the chef was able to chop off human hands one by one in the kitchen.
To so extent, perhaps the chef held a higher status than the black cat. Of course, it was also possible that it was not a demon from hell at all, but rather a creation similar to a Magical Familiar.
However, the chef possessed self-awareness, could act autonomously, and had a deep understanding of the mansion. From this perspective, Bai Mu leaned more toward the idea that the chef and the black cat shared so sort of equal, cooperative relationship.
This iron pot was absolutely considered a top-tier minor item from the Haunted Ancient Mansion Script. It felt only slightly inferior to the Book of the Witch. In gaming terminology, this second treasure chest was a god-tier drop.
Even Bai Mu, who wore a perpetual look of indifference all year round, revealed a faint smile when he saw that stew pot.
He patted Xiao Wei's head, bought so milk candies, potato chips, and cola from the Community store, and stuffed them into her arms. At the sa ti, he handed her the TV remote and resud the cartoon for her.
She stared blankly at the bizarre snacks in front of her. Bai Mu had even torn open the packaging for her and stuck a straw into the opened cola can. Bai Mu then went to the side to busy himself with the "Player Panel" that she could not see. She tasted the dark, fizzy water and the cucumber-flavored potato chips, murmuring to herself, "So I can still taste things."
She repeatedly studied the images printed on the snack packaging. This kind of sweetness was sothing she had never tasted before. To her, sweetness almost exclusively existed in the wild honey her father brought back once every few years. As for dried berries, they were mostly just tart and astringent. The apples and pears from her small town were also tiny and sour.
This was the first ti she had tasted such pure sweetness. Not even the tea pastries Ellen had served her were this sweet. Although she still had not completely grasped her current situation and felt that everything was chaotic.
After all, her ho was suddenly gone, and her friend had suddenly betrayed her. Various parts of her body still seed to throb with phantom pains. Just a few minutes ago, she had been standing in the ruins of the house where she grew up, feeling as if she could still see her father's back. She felt a sorrow far heavier than what she had experienced while trapped inside Ellen's body, like she was drowning in freezing water.
But right now, she found a small sense of belonging. She silently picked up a potato chip, placed it in her mouth, and chewed slowly, savoring that special, unprecedented flavor.
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