Agent of Seraphim-Chapter 44: Seraphim’s Gift

"The raid will still end if the Worm Statue is broken. No worries." Seraphine reassured him. Her voice cut through the silence left behind.

If the boss were to appear now, there was nothing Brand could do. He had run out of energy. His muscles were also aching, with fatigue that made his body feel heavy.

There was no corpse around to ’Consume’ energy on. Raml-d’ah’s carcass had disintegrated after being defeated.

Brand opened his System and checked the notifications he had received during the raid.

He browsed through the System’s log, reading the notifications he received after the hundreds of Demon Worms in the first wave.

The hundreds of Demon Worms only earned him a level, further stamping the concept that he needed unique kills to efficiently level up.

[Title: The Beetle Who Consumed The Worms.]

He gained 8 Karma Points from the first wave, and a skill — Consume.

"It’s useful to replenish energy, but what if I am fighting in a one-on-one battle?" Brand discussed with Seraphine the utility of his skills.

"The skill was useful in mass battle, with corpses to absorb energy from."

"I need some skills that target a single enemy, like Karl’s," he concluded.

Seraphine shrugged and replied to Brand. "It just happened that you accomplished it in a mass battle setting."

"You wouldn’t be able to do anything if you gained a single attack skill back then." Seraphine puffed her cheek.

’Why do you take it personally? I’m complaining about the System...’

Brand continued checking the notification log. Next was the recent ones, the battle with Raml-d’ah.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[Acknowledgement: Slaying Raml-d’ah.]

[You have gained 5 Karma Points.]

[GHOST Core upgraded to Lv 2.]

[53/150 Karma to Lv 3]

He had successfully earned enough Karma Points to upgrade his GHOST Core to Lv 2, and was excited to find out what Upgrade he earned.

Seraphine had always implied that the GHOST Core’s Upgrade would expand his potential the most.

[Upgrade in progress: Cyborg Arm.]

Brand raised an eyebrow as he examined his hand. Nothing seemed different yet, besides having some of his fingers returned from the cancellation of ’Beetle Scout’.

[New Skill: ???]

[- Awaiting Cyborg Arm’s Upgrade to be done.]

He received a skill from defeating Raml-d’ah, but it seemed that he needed to wait for the Upgrade to be finished.

"The progress is good so far, but the Karma Points given are so low... is it because it’s a team effort?" Brand couldn’t help but ask.

The battle had been the hardest he had faced so far, yet it only earned him 5 Karma Points. Though he managed to level up his GHOST Core thanks to it.

"Part of it is because of team effort, as you mentioned," Searphine replied. "But the key point here is, the rift had not cleared yet."

"The rewards you are getting now are solely from the acknowledgements for killing Raml-d’ah, and not on the completion of the raid."

"The reward will be calculated and given to you after the rift is complete," Seraphine said.

"Check the next one, you will like it!" Searphine exclaimed, circling around Brand and appearing to be more excited than he was.

Brand felt excited as well. She also acted this way when he acquired the Scarab Shell skill.

[You have received a gift from Searphim.]

[Searphim’s Pouch]

[To open up a dimensional pouch, for storage of personal things.]

’This is...!’

Brand felt like this was a dream come true. Visions of loot-free adventures flooded his mind.

He giggled nonstop while holding the Vibrant Shield, his eyes flickering to the screen beside him.

"Seraphim’s Pouch!" He shouted in excitement. His voice echoed through the void.

A small dimensional rift tore up in front of him, with an interface overlaid beside it. A grid of empty slots.

"Choose a slot and put the items you want to store into the rift," Seraphine explained, while giving a disdainful look at Brand, who was chuckling.

He shoved the shield into the rift, and it went in without any resistance.

A shield icon then showed up in the grid.

’It works!’

"Hahaha!" Brand started to laugh out of nowhere. Seraphin was taken aback and flew away.

’With this, I do not need to worry about baggage anymore... an adventurer’s dream!’

It took him a while to snap out of his fantasy before he focused back on the current situation.

"Come to think of it, I have so much advantage over the others," Brand said. "The others do not even have a reward handed to them."

"That’s why I asked you to let Karl take the loot earlier." Seraphine giggled.

After the mutated demon worm was killed, it started to disintegrate, unlike the other demon worms they faced.

What was left behind was a metal rod.

When Karl approached it earlier, the rod seemed to be reactivating to Karl. Lightning sparks danced between his hand and the rod.

"It does look like the rod was calling for Karl." Brand thought back on the scene earlier. "It does match his attributes."

"But Karl seemed to despise it." Seraphine giggled.

"The rod looks ugly," Brand replied, while laughing together with Seraphine.

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Status:

Name: Brand

Job: GHOST (Agent of Seraphim)

Level: 10

STR: 30

AGI: 30

INT: 20

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Additional Points: 40

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GHOST Core: Lv. 2

- 53/150 Karma to Lv 3

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Skills:

1. Debuff Cube - Decrease the target’s all stats by 5% for 3 minutes.

2. Might - Increase STR by 25% for 3 minutes.

3. Haste - Increase AGI by 25% for 3 minutes.

4. Clear Mind - Increase INT by 25% for 3 minutes.

5. Reverse Strike - Return 100% damage received with a wide crescent arc of energy wave.

6. Scarab Shell

- Tremorsense

- Increase DEF by 25% for 3 minutes.

7. Beetle Scout - Transform a finger into a beetle to scout.

8. Phantom Slash - Unleash a storm of slashes.

9. Consume - Absorb energy from corpse.

10. Reflect - Vibrant Shield (equipment)

11. Hard Work Pays - Evan’s Work Glove (equipment)

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Title:

The Beetle Who Consumed The Worms

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Achievement:

Survived Scarab Swarm

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Equipment:

Vibrant Shield (A) - Reflect

- Negate damage and return with double damage.

(Condition: Perfect parry. | Limit: Once per week.)

Evan’s Work Glove (B) - Hard Work Pays

- Possibility of gaining stat after forging equipment or weapons.

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