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Chapter 178: The Worthless Ashe
Chapter 178: The Worthless Ashe
Black-and-White Witch
Human Female, 19 years old
Bond Level: 0 (30% Experience Sharing)
Occupation: Daughter of the Tower
Occupational Traits: In the Tower, learning efficiency +15%
Inherent Talent: Witch (Intermediate): Gain an additional 150% time experience, with a low chance of gaining 10,000% time experience, and more likely to gain favor with the Bronze Dragon (unlock higher talent levels with increased strength).
Personal Skill: Personality Fission: The Black-and-White Witch can actively adjust her personality to adapt to different environments, and can even switch to specific combat personalities when facing different enemies. Insight +10, Vital Point Judgment +10, critical hit rate increases with the duration of battle.
Silver Blessing: Witchs Taboo: Secrecy empowers you, concealment is your weapon. The less people know your true inner self in reality, the stronger you become in the Virtual Realm. Currently, the Black-and-White Witchs concealment is at 93% (unknown to all), granting a 93% bonus to arcane energy recovery rate. (Observers observation is not included)
Items: None
Controlling Spirits: Mask, Hydrotherapy, Claws
Mind Faction: Silver Rank
Fist and Claw Faction: Gold Tier
Time Faction: Silver Rank
Water Faction: Silver Rank
Cultivation Strategy: Not set
A Gold Tier in Faction Realm, and with a Silver Blessing, shes a Two Wings Operator!
Ashe fell into deep thought: Is it because he himself is a Two Wings Operator that the new Operator he drew is also Two Wings? Or is the card draw random, and with good luck, one could even draw a Quadruple Wings Operator?
The Black-and-White Witch has Hydrotherapy spirits and a Silver Rank Water Faction, making her almost a half-healer. However, she majors in the Fist and Claw Faction and also cultivates in the Time Faction. Despite appearing quite impressive, Ashe couldnt determine her precise role; it would still be best to assign tactical positions in team battles within the Virtual Realm.
Of course, if the Black-and-White Witch could stop time, then Ashes tactical position would be as her Thigh Accessory
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Speaking of thighs, Ashe glanced at the Portrait of the Black-and-White Witch. Her Costume featured a black and white chessboard-patterned skirt with one leg in white stockings and the other in black. Ashe couldnt help but hiss
Perhaps the Death Maniac Swordswoman could take a lesson or two.
Despite his reluctance, Ashe checked out the new Costume he had acquired, and to his surprise, there was an unexpected joy:
Swimsuit Observer: Gain +10% enhanced effects from the Water Faction (limited to the Virtual Realm, but wearing the same garments in reality also grants the enhancement).
Doomsday Afternoon Observer: Gain +3% attack power when unharmed.
Costumes can actually boost attributes!
Although the boost was small, it was better than nothing. If possible, Ashe would have loved to give the Swimsuit to the Swordswoman, but it was not exchangeable.
Even though the Swimsuit offered more of a boost and the new Operator also had affinity with the Water Faction, Ashe equipped himself with Doomsday Afternoon instead. After all, the Swimsuit was too embarrassing, and Ashes self-esteem, which the company had whittled away sustainably over the years, was just barely intact; he couldnt waste it on something like this.
Moreover, as long as he customized identical garments in reality, he could trigger the enhancements. No matter how he thought about it, the Swimsuit simply couldnt become regular attire. Ashe didnt want to bear the negative buff of very likely to be considered a pervert by others just for a slight boost.
Compared to the Swimsuit, Doomsday Afternoon was much more normal, appearing as a dark red gradient overcoat that should be easy to obtain.
After getting a bottle of Pure Radiance Special Drink for himself and the Death Maniac Swordswoman, Ashe noticed that the apocalypse observer in the Portrait immediately drank it, while the Portrait of the Death Maniac Swordswoman showed a zzz sleep icon, indicating that the action of consuming the Potion had to be delayed for five hours.
Lastly, there was the special golden Item never seen before.
Debauched Princes D20: A die for Entertainment, hand-carved by the Debauched Prince himself. When used during Entertainment, it allows the Operator to receive a gift from the Debauched Prince.
When Entertainment is arranged in the Operators Cultivation Strategy, the D20 can be rolled at the end of each Entertainment session. Depending on factors like the type of Entertainment, the number rolled on the die, the Operators mood, etc., Operators can gain anywhere from 0% to 200% Magic Debauched Experience (100% experience = 1 professional Training session).
Magic Debauched Experience is not subject to any reductions, only additional bonuses.
Ashe understood immediatelythis Item made the previously impractical Entertainment option in the Cultivation Strategy more useful. Before, Entertainment only increased trivial stats like an Operators mood, but now there was a chance to earn significant Magic experience through Entertainment, effectively allowing Operators to grow stronger while playing games and reducing the experience loss that came with Entertainment.
In simple terms, it was a useless Item.
After all, Ashe wouldnt schedule Entertainment for his Operators, even with this new Item.
A quick calculation revealed that Entertainment cost two Action Points and could yield a maximum of 200% experience; however, Training cost one Action Point and guaranteed 100% experience. Mathematically, the return on two Training sessions was definitely better than one Entertainment session!
As for the mood boost from Entertainment Although the Swordswoman often complained, under Ashes era-leading motivational speeches, she had gradually adapted to the high-intensity Training, which showed that human adaptability is quite strong, and theres still potential to be tapped into her initiative.
Ashe judged based on his own experience; when he first started his job, he went straight into a 997
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schedule, where touching fish was synonymous with Resting, and yet he survived, even managing to get ahead with promotions and salary increases, proving that Entertainment was unnecessary.
The harder the struggle, the more luxurious Ashes lifestyle becamedriving a Land Rover!
The harder the Operators work, the more luxurious the players lifestyledriving a Ferrari!
The harder you haul bricks, the more the Observer looks for affairs!
To the Swordswoman and the Witch, keep it up!
However, the name of the Item surprisingly included Debauched Prince, and if Ashe remembered correctly, wasnt the Debauched Prince one of the incarnations of the Four Pillars?
This thought circled in his mind and then dissipated into thin airno matter if youre the king of heaven or the Debauched Prince, once its in my hands, its mine, and whatever I eat is nourishment!
Then, regarding the Black-and-White Witchs Cultivation Strategy Ashe paused here, remembering that the Swordswomans weekly Cultivation would also end tomorrow.
He thought about it and decided to formulate the Black-and-White Witchs Cultivation Strategy tomorrow, syncing both Operators Cultivation cycles so that the weekly reports could be delivered together.
Its not exactly OCD, but synchronizing the cultivation cycles of all Operators does feel much more comfortableokay, its a mild case of OCD.
Then theres the Intermediate Trial Card
Actually, the moderate amount of experience provided by the Trial Card is barely significant for both Two Wings Operators. What Ashe values more is the slight increase in Operator Bond.
The Swordswoman already has a Level 3 Bond with him, while the Black-and-White Witch is at Level 0.
For the Swordswoman, the Bond provided by the Trial Card is equivalent to Ashe taking her out for a meal and a stroll down the street, at most maintaining their current relationship, far from enough to upgrade their Bond. But for the Black-and-White Witch, the Trial Card is like Ashe introducing himself, breaking the ice, sharing a bit about family backgroundsit might not upgrade the Bond right away, but after a few more encounters, they will become more familiar with each other, making it a very cost-effective choice.
So Ashe decides to use the Intermediate Trial Card on the Black-and-White Witch.
Just as he closes the game interface, Ashe feels as if a membrane in his mind has burst, and the drowsiness that had been teasing him without advancing suddenly takes him by force. Ashe quickly collapses into a pile of mush and falls asleep.
After about thirty seconds, the car door slides open.
A young man dressed in a dark blue Butlers uniform enters the car. With his light blue hair and a blue gradient cloak, bright eyes, white teeth, and tender white cheeks, he looks no older than thirteen or fourteen.
He turns the sleeping Igor over, touches Igors forehead with his left hand, and a book materializes in his right. Flipping through it, he says, Second place in the Two Wings Mind Ranking Azura Sub-Ranking, fifth in the Azura Beauty Ranking, the name is Igor Bukin.
Ah~ so that means Mildred, the social butterfly, has been squeezed out of the Beauty Ranking? someone outside chuckles lightly. Great, finally one less person to bring down my style. Since hes in the top ranks of both minor rankings lets tentatively classify him as a three-star character.
The young man nods, moves over to touch Harveys forehead, and says, First place in the Two Wings Necromancy Ranking Azura Sub-Ranking, the name is Archibald Harvey.
First in a minor ranking like the Necromancy Ranking? But still, its first place also tentatively a three-star then.
The young man goes over to Ashe, touches his forehead for quite a while.
The person outside asked curiously, Whats the matter?
It seems hes not on any Ranking List.
Not on any list? He seems to be a Two Wings Sorcerer, right? Not on the Comprehensive Sorcerer Ranking, Murder Ranking, Creation Ranking, Faction Rankingnone of the minor lists?
No, none.
Hmm then lets just classify him as a zero-star waste.
Footnote:
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Thigh Accessory():
A thigh accessory refers to a person who clings to someone with powerful abilities or influence. Derived from the phrase to hug the thigh, a thigh accessory is like an ornament that clings to the leg, symbolizing someone who latches onto a powerful ally and is unwilling to let go. Here, thigh metaphorically represents a strong and capable teammate or partner.
997:
997 refers to the work schedule practiced by some companies in China, especially in the internet industry, where the work pace is extremely fast. The working hours are from 9 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week.