Chapter 0007: The Gift Pack

"Odd!"

Oldington realized that his experience in the world within the book was not just a dream; the Valkyrie ring and the Bloodline of the Power of Thunder were the best proof. However, apart from that, everything else seemed as if it had never happened. He remembered very clearly that he had rowed a boat in the world within the book, exhausted all his strength, and couldn't even fight off a tiger. Now, back in the real world, his martial arts energy was full, and there were no tiger bite marks on his neck.

He thought for a moment and looked at the book again.

In less than a minute, the familiar glowing picture appeared, still the same ocean, but now with two islands in the lower left corner. The first island had been marked with a large red "X." When his gaze moved to it, the island no longer had a golden rim.

Next to it, there was a second island, which also had a palace. When his gaze moved to it, the island did not have a golden rim either, but there was a skull symbol, with a countdown timer "167:42:51" next to it.

The numbers were constantly jumping and decreasing.

"This must be hours, minutes, and seconds? That is, a countdown of 167 hours and 42 minutes. So, this skull symbol must represent me, indicating that I had died on the island before, and once the countdown is finished, I should be able to re-enter the world within the book?" Oldington thought this guess was accurate.

Including the time he had wasted before, the complete countdown for death and revival should be 168 hours, which is seven days.

"This is just a game, isn't it? My golden finger is a game. There's no system that directly adds 99999 points, but being able to obtain the Bloodline of the Power of Thunder makes this golden finger not bad. However, the difficulty of the game should gradually increase; there were no dangers on the first island, but a tiger appeared on the second island."

Oldington silently pondered.

With his combat power as a cadet knight, he could easily kill ordinary beasts. If the second island only had beasts, it would be easy to pass through. But whether there would be magical beasts on the third island was unpredictable.

"To fill the entire glowing picture, there must be at least a hundred islands, and what kind of strength would it take to pass through? And where exactly does my golden finger come from? Well, there's too little information to answer, so I'll have to slowly search for the answer in the world within the book."

He stroked his chin and gave his golden finger a name: Book Sea.

There is a way to the mountain of books, through diligence and effort; the sea of learning is boundless, and toil is the boat.

"From now on, reading will become my daily routine. Whether I can rise in the Lafa Continent depends on how powerful Book Sea will be." Closing the book, he drained the cold coffee, and Oldington seemed full of ambition.

His gaze returned to his left thumb.

The Valkyrie jade ring seemed rather plain, compared to the colorful rings favored by the nobility. "Is this just a common ring, or is it something precious? By all means, it should be precious, as it's an item brought by my golden finger."

In his understanding, the Book Sea game's first island was the first level, a free level in the form of a gift pack. The ring and the Bloodline of the Power of Thunder were the gifts in the pack.

"Try infusing martial arts?" He had not used blood to claim the item, as blood claiming was not popular on Lafa Continent, so infusing martial arts was the best way to activate a treasure.

As his thin martial arts energy slowly infused into the jade ring, a mysterious transformation appeared instantly.

He felt a special space open up, with the jade ring as the portal, quietly opening up. Inside was a space of about one cubic meter, with white boundaries on all sides.

"Space Ring!"

In the memories of the original owner, there was a magical profession on Lafa Continent called Alchemist. Those who studied to a high level could make space rings. However, space rings were very valuable and rare. There had been an auction of a space ring at the auction house in Little Versailles, and his father, Orenol, had participated in the bidding.

Unfortunately, the Yarrow family did not have enough wealth and could only watch as the space ring was taken by an elderly count.

And at that time, the space ring was auctioned for 11,000 leva, the currency name of the Golden Rose Kingdom, which is a type of gold coin. One leva was basically enough for a civilian to live for a year. The Yarrow family's castle, after being built for three generations, had only cost less than 20,000 leva.

"I don't know how big the space ring was at the time of the auction, but mine has a cubic meter, so it's not small. It should cost a good 11,000 leva to wear on the hand!"

He immediately tried to figure out how to use the jade ring.

It worked in much the same way as a space ring. As long as the object could be extended by martial arts energy and did not exceed the size of the internal space, it could be put in and taken out.

After playing with it for a while and exhausting all his martial arts energy, he reluctantly shifted his attention away.

He turned to the drop of blood in the glass tube: "The more of the Bloodline of the Power of Thunder you take, the higher the probability of awakening the bloodline. That is to say, there is also a possibility that taking it won't awaken the bloodline. As a descendant of a dragon knight, I should be compatible with the Power of Thunder. Perhaps just one tube could awaken it?"

The power of the bloodline cannot make a knight's strength skyrocket or defeat the heavens and the earth.

However, after awakening the power of the bloodline, it can greatly increase combat power. Among knights of the same level, an awakened one and one that has not awakened are almost equivalent to a level difference. As long as Oldington completes the awakening, he can challenge a formal knight at a higher level with ease.

And awakening the power of the bloodline is also very beneficial for martial arts cultivation.

"Taste it!" Without any hesitation, he unscrewed the lid of the glass tube and directly drank the drop of bloodline. He also rinsed the tube with some water and drank the rinse water, making sure not to leave any blood behind. After doing all this, he sat down and waited quietly.

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes.

A full half hour passed, and there was no sensation at all. Another ten minutes passed, and Old Butler Morris came to refill his coffee, and there was still no sensation.

It could be announced that the bloodline awakening had failed.

"Well, there's no need to be disappointed. This is just the reward for the first level. Once I explore the second island, maybe I'll find another tube of the Power of Thunder. In any case, I'm determined to awaken the dragon knight bloodline!"

Returning to the guest room to sleep, his thoughts were in disarray.

The crossing, the golden finger, and the fact that he would return to the original owner's home tomorrow, that familiar yet unfamiliar Butterfly Castle in Red Leaf Town, all kept him tossing and turning.

The iris is also called the purple lily and the blue butterfly, so the Yarrow family has been building castles with butterflies as the name since the generation of his great-grandfather.

"Grandmother, father, mother, oh well, they are all close relatives. Thankfully, I've studied Stanislavski's 'The Actor's Work on Himself'."