Chapter 148

Chapter 148: Intermission (34)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

This time, Feng Bujue had resolutely decided to choose EXP for the fear rating’s reward . The first card that he randomly drew was [Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Dog] . When he got the card in his hand, Feng Bujue immediately thought about a series . He took out the other Jigsaw Puzzle Cards and held them together, then he opened the menu and selected the ‘Combine’ button . The system's suggestion prompted right away . [Found a possible combination sequence . ]

A new window popped up in his menu . The displayed combination there was similar with Feng Bujue’s imagination .

[Set of Cards’ Name: [Taz-Mania] (A classic cartoon character by Warner Brothers) .

Consumption: [Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Dog] and [Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Spinner] can constitute this combination . ]

Feng Bujue was a bit hesitant . He already had the [Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Monkey], and now he got the dog . He felt that he could make more combinations . For example, the ‘Three Great Generals’ (1), ‘Momotaro’ (2) or ‘the Chinese Zodiac’, etc .

These two cards could be parts of them . Moreover, a combination that required more cards would come up with a better quality item .

After pondering for a while, he still decided to make this combination to see what kind of item he could exchange with it .

[You’ve selected to combine the set of cards: Taz-Mania . Please confirm . ]

Feng Bujue confirmed . The two cards then turned into white halos and disappeared . A new card had emerged on his palm, which seemed to be at the same size with a normal Jigsaw puzzle card—the size of a tarot card—with images on both sides . However, the surface of the card was a bit different . It was certainly a picture on a plane, but it gave people a feeling of watching a relief sculpture . Also, the weight of the card had slightly increased .

[Your combination is generated . Do you want to convert it into an item?] The system’s voice arose .

If it were the first set of cards that he had combined, he would have no reason to sell it . Anyway, the items converted from the sets of cards were ranked at least Perfect, so Feng Bujue wasn’t afraid that he would be swindled . He selected ‘Agree’ and the [Taz-Mania] on his hand disappeared into a white halo .

On one side of the Storage, a white halo appeared, turning into a new glass column . Feng Bujue came to the column when the item inside had been materialized . It looked quite big . He took it out and checked its properties .

[Name: Persephone’s Vacuum Cleaner]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Attack Power: None]

[Attribute: None]

[Special Effects: Absorb monsters’ Survival Value to recover User’s Survival Value with the same ratio (Volume of absorption per second: 0 . 5% . Inoperative to dead, incorporeal, machinery and monsters at BOSS level . The vacuum cleaner can’t store Survival Value . The absorption is effective right at the time of operation . If user’s Survival Value is full, the recovery effect will not work . ]

[Equipment Conditions: Level 20, Common Specialty D, Weapon Specialty D]

[Remarks: Persephone (2) is a demonic maid who served the Earl in Castlevania . Besides using her Taekwondo at the black-belt level to shoo away the intruders, her daily job of a chamberlain is to clean the castle . Persephone’s vacuum cleaner can remove bloodstains on the ground or the walls effectively . This is inextricably linked to the habit of throwing glasses of the Earl . Whenever he meets a guest from the Belmonts, he always likes to throw the goblet full of blood to the ground; then he will approach the other to talk . It has been going like that for hundreds of years, and no one knows the meaning of his act . ]

"Yeah… it is… He does throw the goblet in ‘Symphony of the Night’… also in ‘Aria of Sorrow’…" Feng Bujue recalled, "Yeah, it’s meaningless anyway . " Due to the equipment condition regarding his level, he had to put this item in the storage for the time being .

This item had a high tactical value since its special effects could be used until the later stage of the game . Moreover, this vacuum cleaner didn’t have many restrictions, as long as players met the equipment conditions . In theory, if all members of a group of six could use this item… in some scenarios where they had to face miscellaneous mobs, they could take turns to use it and recover the survival consumed . In case that they had no player who could cure injuries, this item was more reliable than medicines since it didn't have the reducing effect for long-term use .

After he was done sorting things, Feng Bujue returned to the login space and checked his stats .

Title: [The Plot Seeker]; EXP 13436/18000; Skill Value: 2400; Game coins: 326800 .

Specialties: Common D, Weapon D, Investigating E, Fighting D (enhanced by the mask), Shooting D, Curing F, Spiritual Technique F, Summon N/A .

Bag (9/10): [Mario’s Pipe Wrench], [the Eye of Hatred], [M1911A1 Pistol], [Survival Value Supplements] (medium) x 2 bottles, [Flashlight], [Broken Stool], [SPC-500] (20/20), [Robots Must Die], [Anti-Gravity Launching Device] .

Equipment: [Dance of the Knight], [Casey Jones’ Mask], [Death Poker] (spiritual weapon), [Echo Amor] .

Login Space storage (3/10): Jigsaw Puzzle Piece – Monkey, Jigsaw Puzzle Piece: Sunglasses, Persephone’s Vacuum Cleaner .

Skills: [Perfunctory Maintenance], [Lower Side Kick of a Brat], [Body-Spirit Congregation Technique], [Planned Victory From A Thousand Miles Away] .

He touched the screen at the social channel . There were two glowing IDs in his friends list . One was, of course, Wild Trace Sword Shadow . This man’s status was still ‘Idle’; perhaps he was arranging the [2455-A-1 Hard Drive] stuff . The other one was Longao Min, but his status was ‘Playing’ . Perhaps when he was online, as he saw Feng Bujue was playing, he had found a team himself .

Previously, Feng Bujue had wanted to play the Killing Game alone, but it turned out that when he was playing it with Wild Trace Sword Shadow, the game was already over before they had met the opponents . Without knowing, it had been turned into a game in Multiplayer Survival Mode . It seemed that the title given to him by the system was indeed reliable . [The Plot Seeker]—fame follows merit .

Feng Bujue had finally made up his mind . Playing the game until this point, the Multiplayer Survival Mode was what he had understood the most, also what he was best at . Moreover, talking about the horror elements of the scenarios, the survival modes were still better . It would be difficult to depend on the enemy scaring him in the Killing Game .

He touched the screen and queued alone to a team playing Multiplayer Survival Mode .

[Feng Bujue, level 18]

[Please select the game mode you want to join . ]

[You’ve selected Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal) . Please confirm . ]

[Confirmed . Random number of players is generated: 6 players . ]

[You are entering a party . Searching for available teams or individuals…]

[Searching completed . Adjusting nervous system… Generating scenario…]

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(1) The Three Great Generals is a term originated from the anime/ manga One Piece . They are the trio at the highest rank in the Marines organization . They have been through two generations already . And the one Feng Bujue mention here is the first one, where the members are Borsalino (lit . Yellow Monkey), Kuzan (Blue Pheasant), and Sakazuki (Red Dog) .

(2) Momotarō (桃太郎, "Peach Boy") is a popular hero of Japanese folklore originating from Okayama Prefecture . His name translates as Peach Tarō a common Japanese masculine name and is often translated as Peach Boy . On the way to kill an ogre, Momotarō met and befriended a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant, who agreed to help him in his quest . Feng Bujue has a dog and a monkey now, that’s why he’s thinking about this character .

(2) Persephone is a demonic maid who serves Dracula within the castle in the game Castlevania . She's very polite and will usually bow to enemies before attacking . Persephone uses hand-to-hand combat to battle intruders . Sometimes she'll use her vacuum to suck-in her victim's clothes . She's also very vulnerable to vacuum type attacks like Soma's Devil Tornado and Magic Vacuum (which is Persephone's own soul), or Charlotte's Dark Gate and Tempest spells, as those attacks attempt to suck her skirt up and embarrass her, as she tries to hold it in place .