Chapter 5: Elixirs and Enhancements

"Savior of Destiny"

"Physique: 0.8"

"Spirit: 1.5"

This was Fang You's own panel; aside from the basic attributes, everything else was nonexistent.

Compared to Black Blade, he really stood out—for being pathetic.

The blank slate of blank slates.

However,

"I still have my awesome points, though."

"My title is... no, it's my Spirit attribute that's high, a whopping 1.5, stronger than Black Blade."

He, Fang You, was stronger than Black Blade.

That statement wasn't entirely incorrect, was it?

It's just that the use of the Spirit attribute was still unclear at the moment.

Fang You, filled with anticipation, opened the item list.

Previously, his attention had been all on Black Blade, and he'd neglected the other items. He only remembered they were plain white, just ordinary white.

Under the blue light, they seemed so dull and lightless.

But,

no matter what, they were from the Savior game; surely they must be useful... right?

"Novice Wooden Sword (Common)"

"Physical Fitness Elixir (Common) ×2"

"Skill Training Card (Common) ×4"

"Double Profit Card (Common) ×2"

Four types of items.

Fang You looked them over one by one.

"Double Profit Card, its effect is to double the profit while carrying out dispatch missions... I can try it tomorrow."

"Novice Wooden Sword, it's probably similar to Black Blade's Novice Saber."

Even with the word novice in its name, he didn't feel it was inferior.

The sharpness of Black Blade's saber might not be evident when slaying Mysterious Evil, but it was clearly demonstrated when Black Blade was "picking locks."

Novice weapons, your trusty lockpicking tool.

Just, how does one physically acquire this weapon?

If the game is indeed real, then these items should also be able to materialize in reality, right?

Fang You fiddled with it.

Suddenly,

"Prompt: Do you want to equip the 'Novice Wooden Sword' for the Angel Envoy 'Savior of Destiny'?"

He chose yes.

The unremarkable wooden sword disappeared from the item bar, appearing in the game character's hand.

At the same time, countless particles of light appeared and converged in front of Fang You, assembling inch by inch, as if a 3D printer was creating the wooden sword in three seconds.

It was exquisite, with a faint scent of wood.

He held it in his hand and swung.

The wooden sword whistled through the air, accompanied by the sound of cloth tearing.

Oh, it cut through the blanket.

Wait a minute!

Fang You looked at the big gash in his quilt and fell into contemplation.

...

"Novice Wooden Sword (Common): A training wooden sword that deals a slight bonus damage to Mysterious Evil... probably, please don't expect too much from a training wooden sword."

The wooden sword in his hand was exquisite, but relying on it to face Mysterious Evil... for survival, was still far from sufficient.

However, he now possessed at least some offensive ability.

From 0 to 0.001.

Fang You opened another item.

"Physical Fitness Elixir (Common): Use on a target character to slightly improve their physique."

"Note: A Physical Fitness Elixir of the same grade can only be used on the same target once."

He chose to use it.

The target was himself.

After a while,

Fang You sat on the edge of the bed, stunned. He seemed to feel no change, with only a prompt about 'Savior of Destiny's' increased physique popping up on the game interface.

Could it be that this slight improvement was really very slight?

As he thought this, a warm current surged out from within his body, flowing through his limbs and bones.

Warm, comfortable.

Like soaking in a hot spring, or like enjoying a massage from a highly skilled masseuse.

Unwittingly, his eyelids grew heavy, and Fang You fell into a deep sleep.

...

The next day,

As the belly of the fish turned white in the sky, threads of sunlight pierced through the window, casting down on his sharply cut face.

Fang You's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes.

The sunlight was not blinding.

After sleeping half-propped up all night, he didn't feel any soreness in his neck, just a fullness of spirit and strength throughout his body as if he could jump up and do a hundred and eighty rounds of morning exercises.

He had never felt so energetic before.

"What's this..."

"Right, I used the Physical Fitness Elixir yesterday... and the Savior game that can manifest in reality!"

Fang You busily opened up the game.

It was still there!

The game interface and characters, items, there was no difference; last night wasn't a dream!

He hurriedly opened the character panel.

'Savior of Destiny'

'Physique: 1.3'

'Spirit: 1.5'

"My physique actually went from 0.8 to 1.3, that's a significant boost."

"And the boosting process was without any pain, unlike many novels out there, love it."

Fang You tried swinging his fists.

He did dozens of push-ups, releasing his surging energy.

He felt as if he could take on two of himself from before.

Overjoyed.

But he soon calmed down.

"This physique of mine is now comparable to a strong man, but not up to the real experts, let alone... facing Mysterious Evil."

Black Blade's physique was far greater than his, yet in the face of Mysterious Evil, what really allowed Black Blade to triumph were two skills.

Fang You thought back to yesterday's not-so-long battle, and to the Mysterious Evil that he could still only see a hint of claw marks despite the 'Mysterious Evil Tracking'.

He guessed that physique alone was not enough.

Skills, skills that could inflict damage on Mysterious Evil, were the key to killing them.

And he didn't have them.

"The novice Wooden Sword might be able to hurt Mysterious Evil, but at most it's just scratching the surface."

"Of course, it's still better than ordinary weapons, which are probably entirely immune."

Fang You went through an analysis and summary.

He had improved a lot, but his chances of survival against Mysterious Evil were still...

Zero!

(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!

"To survive, I at least need the Mysterious Evil Tracking skill to capture traces of the Mysterious Evil, and to defeat them, well, I need a physique like Black Blade's and lethal skills."

"I'm still far off."

"I hope the next time I draw a card, I can get a Skill Book... wait, there are Skill Books in the card pool, right?"

The second ten-draw for destiny requires "3" destiny points.

No single draws allowed.

I'm one destiny point short, but that's not a problem; I've still got big brother Black Blade, sending him to exorcise Mysterious Evil should do it.

According to the instructions, dispatching on missions can earn rewards, including destiny points.

And the dispatch chance for Angel Envoy· Black Blade, had refreshed this morning.

It seems the refresh time is at midnight... hmm, or maybe at four in the morning; I'll check tonight.

Fang You didn't rush to go on a mission.

You have just one opportunity per day, there's no use in hurrying.

He opened Black Blade's panel, and under the much more luxurious stats were various commands that could be issued.

'①: Train'

'②: Rest'

'③: Battle/Standby/Retreat'

'④: Mission Dispatch'

'⑤: Free Activity'

'Hint: Would you like to view Black Blade's activity diary?'

Fang You opened the diary.

This wasn't a diary written by Black Blade, but one recorded by the game.

Of course, who would keep a diary in real life.

Black Blade's diary was very simple.

Rest, Train!

After returning last night, he rested until four in the morning when Black Blade started to train, and apart from taking brief rests to recover his strength, he hadn't stopped.

What a tough guy, brother Black Blade!

Truly worthy of being my number one worker... my number one Angel Envoy, good job.

As for where brother Black Blade is now, Fang You was curious, but that was a question doomed to have no answer, so he stopped thinking about it.

The top priority was to upgrade his gold-medal worker.

So as to make it easier to eliminate Mysterious Evil.