Chapter 459: Chapter 458: Moon-Tracking Blade
The last lottery ticket pulled from a range of B-level to E-level, while this one pulls from S-Class to C-level.
Even if Seraphina Sinclair’s luck was at its absolute worst, she would still get a C-level piece of Legendary Equipment!
A flash of light flickered before Seraphina Sinclair’s eyes, finally settling on a longsword.
[Moon-Tracking Blade (Legendary S-level)]
[Description: Forged from shattered moonlight, the blade exists in a strange state, somewhere between presence and void. When you stare at it, it seems to slowly dissipate, but the moment you look away, it is whole once more. A dark silver gear is inlaid at the blade guard. With every rotation, it causes intricate, crack-like patterns of light to surface on the blade.
Traits: 1. Base Effect: Strength +25, Agility +20. Attacks inflict the "Erosion" effect.
[Erosion]: Wounds inflicted with Erosion are much harder to heal.
2. Active Skill: Broken Abyss: Unleash a full-power slash. This attack ignores monster defense and applies a "Fracture" mark to the target. While the mark is active, it causes paralysis! Usable three times per day!
3. Active Skill: Sever Cause: "Severs" any single negative status effect a target has placed on the user. Intangible things such as contracts, curses, marks, and tracking abilities can all be severed. This skill has no cooldown, but each use has a chance of creating an irreversible crack on the blade. If seven cracks accumulate, the blade will shatter completely.
4. Passive Skill: Broken Moon Mark: When the wielder is under moonlight, or the blade is directly exposed to moonlight, the Moon-Tracking Blade will enter a special "Virtual and Real Resonance" state, upgrading its rank to Legendary S+ Level!
Note: "It once severed the future of a god, yet it cannot sever its own past."
Owner: Seraphina Sinclair.]
A weapon... It was actually a weapon!!
Seraphina Sinclair stared at the lines of text on the panel, then at the moon-white blade in her hand. Suddenly, she understood exactly how lottery winners must feel.
It wasn’t excitement.
It was disbelief.
Her mind went blank. Blood rushed to her head, then receded just as quickly. She wanted to scream, but no sound came out.
Seraphina Sinclair remained frozen in that position for a full five seconds before raising a hand to pinch her own thigh—hard.
It hurt. This was no dream! She’d pulled an S-Class Legendary Weapon!
Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
’Calm down, just calm down.’
But the moment her gaze fell upon the longsword in her hand, her breathing quickened again.
The body of the Moon-Tracking Blade was a pale, moon-white color, so thin it was nearly transparent, giving it a fleeting, illusory quality. The dark silver gear at the blade guard turned slowly, and with every revolution, a transient, crack-like pattern of light would surface on the blade, as if moonlight itself were flowing across it.
It was absurdly beautiful and absurdly powerful.
’Strength +25, Agility +20! Normal attacks that inflict Erosion, a defense-ignoring ultimate, Broken Abyss, three times a day, and Sever Cause, which can even break contracts and curses...’
’With this blade, what’s the difference between me and being invincible?!’
Seraphina Sinclair gripped the Moon-Tracking Blade and spun around in her room.
The blade traced a pale silver arc through the air, its light as gentle as true moonlight, yet imbued with an ineffable sharpness.
It felt as if a single light swing could slice the small room in half.
She couldn’t resist giving it another swing to test its feel, but a second later, a notification popped up in front of her.
[Insufficient attribute points to wield this weapon. Forcing its use will grant no trait bonuses!]
Seraphina Sinclair’s swing froze mid-air.
’What?’
Her eyes widened as she stared at the notification, reading it three times to make sure she wasn’t mistaken. Insufficient attribute points to wield this weapon.
’Insufficient attribute points.’
Seraphina Sinclair looked down at herself, then back at the absurdly beautiful Moon-Tracking Blade in her hand, and was suddenly overcome with the urge to curse.
"Are you telling me I pulled an S-Class weapon, but I can’t even use it?"
The blade quivered, the dark silver gear spinning a little faster as if to mock her.
Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
’The notification said, "Forcing its use will grant no trait bonuses." That means I can still use this blade, I just can’t use any of its insane skills.’
’Strength +25? Nope. Erosion effect? None.’
’Broken Abyss, Sever Cause, Broken Moon Mark—all of them, gone!’
’That makes it no better than a regular iron sword. It might even be less useful than the Water Dragon Roar.’
Seraphina Sinclair placed the Moon-Tracking Blade on the table and stared at it for a good long while.
’How come I’ve never seen this kind of notification before?’
’Oh, right. I’ve never gotten an S-Class longsword before.’
’But the Water Dragon Roar is B-level, which is a high rank too. Why could I use that one?’
Seraphina Sinclair took a moment to think back. When she got the Water Dragon Roar, she was D-level and it was B-level—a two-level difference—and she could use it just fine.
’But now I’m C-level, and this Moon-Tracking Blade is a true S-Class. That’s a full three-level gap. Is that why I can’t use it?’
Seraphina Sinclair fell silent.
’The rules of this world are surprisingly strict.’
She opened her attribute panel and took another look at her attribute points.
’Soon.’
The requirement to reach B-level was for all attributes to be above 40, with at least one attribute no lower than 50.
Seraphina Sinclair was almost there.
She took out the Black House World Atlas and looked at the Legendary Weapon’s Legendary Trait.
[Current Legendary Equipment Trait: Illusion and Reality (When the wielder faces an incomprehensible, bizarre existence, the [Illusion and Reality] state is automatically triggered. Details: The Moon-Tracking Blade will freely switch between a "Corporeal" and "Illusory" state. When facing a Spiritual Attack, it can become "Illusory," allowing it to "sever" the attack and reflect 30% of the damage back to the attacker.)]
Seraphina Sinclair stared at this Legendary Trait for several seconds, then a grin spread across her face.
’Talk about a godsend.’
’The negative environment of Dolorum is none other than Spiritual Pollution! And Spiritual Pollution definitely counts as a type of Spiritual Attack! Most importantly, to activate its Legendary Trait, I don’t need to meet the attribute point requirements for the Moon-Tracking Blade.’
’Not enough Immunity Crystals? That doesn’t matter anymore!’
’Now, not only can I reflect the Spiritual Pollution, but I can also let those bizarre entities trying to erode my consciousness get a taste of their own medicine!’
She raised the Moon-Tracking Blade before her eyes, examining it closely.
The blade was still so thin it was nearly transparent. The dark silver gear turned slowly, and with every revolution, a transient, crack-like pattern of light surfaced on the blade, as if moonlight were flowing across it.
As she looked at the blade now, the suffocating frustration of having something she couldn’t use had mostly dissipated.
"Alright," she said to the blade. "You really are worthy of being an S-Class piece of Legendary Equipment!"
The gear on the Moon-Tracking Blade completed a rotation, as if to say, ’And you’re just figuring that out now?’