Clay Room and the Brass Knuckle

. . .

[Blood point deducted]

[Blood point deducted]

[Blood point critically low! 8 remaining!]

[Mutated King Raven Has been killed]

[400+ Battle exp gained]

[World-class beast core gained]

[Core weapon: Crystal Red gained]

[Blood point gained]

. . .

Set had been lying in the toxic waste for more than half a day. The peak was surrounded by green toxic gas that could kill any living being in a matter of seconds. It looked as if a green fog had descended on the top of the mountain. But that wasn't the most poisonous side of the case, summit floor was coated with hot red lava that could corrode anything in a matter of seconds. This was no exception to Set's Damaged Armor. Even though it took a while, by Set's active participation of not moving an inch, his armor was slowly being corroded. If Set was awake, he would have been shocked to the core by what saw. That was because a lava fall had formed, carrying Set's lifeless body, slowly approaching the edge. The previous paradise had now become a wasteland. There wasn't even a single tree left.

[Blood point deducted]

[Blood point critically low 4 remaning]

The system sent notifications, but Set didn't hear any of them. Even though it was slow, Set was being carried to the edge of the summit, slowly taking him to his imminent death.

[Blood point deducted]

[Blood point storage has been emptied]

Set was doomed! Without his precious blood points, he was going to die! Set's breathing hastened, his face turned crimson. He coughed up a mouth full of blood, but that was all he could do. Set now was mere inches away from the edge, in a few seconds he was going to fall to his death.

But of course, the destined child wouldn't die that easily. The Dragon Emporer ring appeared, and with a just a glow from it, the Crimson Curse appeared. Set took in a deep breath of fresh air, all thanks to the Oxygen ability of the Crimson Curse. But he wasn't going to be rescued by fresh air alone. Set was taken away from the edge of the summit, falling effortlessly to his grave. Set was falling, and due to a little law known as gravity, he was constantly accelerating. As Set approached the belly of the mountain, the system loudly sent a notification.

[Host has gained an innate ability]

[Air: ability to control air]

Set hearing this was happy beyond words. Oh, wait, he's still unconscious and falling to his death! Set was already going down. He was nearing the end... the end of his short life. But then something happened. The sun mark on his wrist shone with blinding light. At the summit floor that was covered entirely in lava, a bright light shown. Covering the entire peak.

"WOSHHHHH"

A flash was seen flying towards Set, leaving a red haze in its wake. Even though the gap between them was large, the flash was already a meter away from Set. It flew under the falling Set as if it was carrying him. It gradually slowed down its dissent, saving Set from a truly horrifying death.

Of course, the flash was the Titan Blade, rushing to save its leader. It flew a safe distance away from the mountain before it slowly landed on the ground and waited for Set to wake up. After a few hours, Set eventually woke up from his deep slumber.

*Yawn *

As Set opened his eyes, they were met with the dark sky and the bright stars that illuminated the night. Set looked around with tears in his eyes that came about from yawning. He looked around observing his surroundings, but he was shocked by what he saw. His precious World-class Armor was corroded to the extent that it was as thin as a fingernail. By the looks of it, the World-class armor would be broken by a single hit from a Demon-class beast.

Set looking at his Damaged... Damaged Armor was about to cry. He immediately asked the system what had happened, and the system proceeded to display the proceedings of the previous hours.

After a few minutes of watching, Set was speechless. He almost died a couple of times, and the times he didn't almost die, he was well on his way. By this point, he didn't know if he should laugh or cry.

He had no Blood points left, his World-class armor had been destroyed, he had gained another innate ability... but that was a good thing, wasn't it? Nop, it wasn't! If his theory about leveling up was correct, he would have another burden to bear.

Set removed his armor and attempted to summon the Battle Armor he had gained from the four thugs that attacked Mio, but that was to no avail. It was as if the armor had disappeared into thin air. He tried to summon the other Battle Armor, but the result was the same. The weird thing was that he still felt their presence, even though it was a little different from before, he still felt them. Set decided to question the system, and the answer surprised him.

[It is because of your Unholy Knight ability]

Set wasn't expecting that. He asked, "So, what is its ability?"

[. . .]

"???"

[. . .]

After a few minutes back and forth, Set gave up. The system didn't say anything about the Unholy Knight ability, and Set wasn't active enough to question further. Surprisingly, the Battle Armors were not the only items missing, the Battle Weapons had also vanished.

Set checked his inventory and saw the Crystal Red teeth of the Mutated King Raven, trying to figure out a way to use them. After a while of thought, Set decides to consult the system.

"How can I use the Red Crystal?"

[You can transplant your teeth into your jaw, but ...] the system trailed off. Set was interested, and a little down, he knew that any time there was a but followed by a pause, the words that followed were bad news.

[The procedure is agonizingly painful]

Set hearing this laughed. "Of course, it is going to be painful! I have been hunted by a whole gang of Horny Goats, I have fought against an entire family of Sleeper snakes, I was attacked by a World-class King Raven... which I managed to kill, and after that, I was attacked by the child of that damned Raven... which also happened to be a World-class beast. You think I'm a wimp that is afraid of pain?!"

[Yes]

Set's expression changed, "Hahaha! You know me too well, tell me the other options." After a while of thought, the system replied.

[You could reform it in the system's Clay Room function]

Set was amazed, as he had never heard of the Clay Room function before. And from the sound of it, it could reform objects. The function is going to come in handy someday. He quickly agreed and sent the Crystal Red to the Clay Room, thinking, 'The system was true to its word. Such a nice... System' But as if reading his mind, the system sent a notification.

[Random selection has been initiated]

After that, a holographic wheel appeared, with all sorts of weapons, ranging from a spear to a sword and an armor varying from berserk to a knight's, on it.

At the center of the wheel was an arrow pointing at twelve o'clock. The wheel started spinning clockwise, but no matter how much it spun, the arrow always pointed at twelve O'clock.

After a few breaths, the wheel started to slow down. By the speed, it was going, Set calculated that the arrow would fall on a meter long sword. As the wheel slowed down, the arrow slowly passed by an axe, a shield, and finally reached a meter long sword. But things didn't go as Set estimated, it did reach the sword, but as if there was a breeze, the wheel sped up by a slight margin and landed on the brass knuckle located directly to the left.

[Brass knuckle set, reformed in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Done]

As Set watched the happening with wide eyes, the red mist permitted from his right hand. He stared at his hand completely covered in the red mist, and after a while the mist dissipated, exposing a crystal-red brass knuckle. The tip was decorated with what looked like Raven's beak, making it look frightening.