Of course, after Ai Yue confirmed it, the shuriken that were recalled halfway through their flight had not finished splitting. At most, the splitting calculation process had simply paused. As long as they were thrown again, the unfinished splitting would resume.
However, being able to stop and recall such throwing items mid-flight was already quite ridiculous. A normal person would never even think of doing that, let alone actually do it… No, was it because she was a child, or because she possessed the strength to achieve her goals that she could do it?
Ai Yue felt that sooner or later, the NPCs would treat bugs as the special laws of the world and use them with ease. But now, she couldn’t simply view these people as ordinary NPCs anymore. After all, she was truly living in this world as well.
“Perfect. Bululu, why don’t you go play with Kurimu? There shouldn’t be too big a gap in your strength. Here, take these.”
Ai Yue took out even more items, ranging from simple entertainment like fireworks and firecrackers to wooden sticks that caused no damage but instead enhanced knockback effects. She had everything imaginable.
Except for a certain small snack.
“But, my job is to…”
“That’s great! You’re really strong, right? Let’s have a little spar!”
Without waiting for Bululu to finish, Kurimu grabbed her hand and ran off into the distance.
As she watched the two children leave, Ai Yue confirmed once more that no one else was nearby. Then, she pulled several weapons out of her Magic Bag.
“Finally, I can get down to business.”
Taking Kurimu and the others out to play and testing items was only secondary. What Ai Yue wanted to try most was the weapons.
Unlike items, weapons—much like armor—could directly increase attributes. Once equipped, they provided special effects. Some equipment even belonged to specific series or sets, which would grant set bonuses if all pieces were collected.
However, for a Succubus whose bound equipment occupied all armor slots, set bonuses could basically be ignored.
In other words, the most cost-effective method for Ai Yue was to use individual, high-quality weapons.
The one silver lining was that although she was in a severely weakened state, her Level had not dropped. Her attributes had plummeted, which indirectly caused the effects and bonuses of the growth-type equipment, Succubus Raiment, to drop to zero.
Because of this, she could ignore Level requirements and equip almost any weapon. Since weapons were not affected by her weakening debuff, they could boost her attributes to some extent.
“Hmm… let’s see…”
From the pile of weapons, Ai Yue first picked up one with a short handle and a black blade shaped like a crescent or a hook. It faintly emitted a dangerous purple aura.
[Equipped Weapon: Deep Small Scythe (STR: 2000, AGI: 2500)]
The level of this weapon was approximately Level 80. The attribute bonus it provided was already equivalent to the base attributes of a Level 41 character. In other words, just by equipping a single weapon, she possessed the attributes to fight a lower-tier C-Rank enemy. It was clear that Ai Yue’s hypothesis was correct.
However, the attribute bonus was secondary. The core of any equipment was its special effect.
Ai Yue opened the Information Panel and scrolled to the equipment description:
[Description: A weapon condensed from dark-attribute Magic Power from the deepest darkness. Capable of dealing dark-attribute damage. Different effects can be added through forging and enchanting.]
[Special Effect: Quickstep — Enables the user to move to the target’s side or back in a single breath.]
At first glance, the effect of this scythe didn’t seem like anything special. It was just one extra skill bound to the weapon.
But those who knew better understood that it was precisely because of this simple and crude attribute boost and weapon skill that it could become an extremely terrifying weapon.
At the very least, Ai Yue was scared to tears.
‘But this is still too try-hard— No, it’s dangerous.’
While this weapon was certainly powerful, the weapon skill that allowed her to flash next to an enemy made for a very low margin of error. Not only were Ai Yue’s attributes weak, but even her HP was only around the level of a Level 2. If a real fight broke out, she would likely die if she was even grazed.
Furthermore, Ai Yue’s character build wasn’t specialized for melee combat. Even if people said a mage who couldn’t fight in melee wasn’t a good mage, the prerequisite was having enough strength to pull it off.
Of course, if one looked cool enough while doing it, that was another story.
‘I don’t want this one. Next…’
Tossing the small scythe aside, Ai Yue inspected the pile of weapons once more.
“Lingering Flame Knight Straight Sword… Rapid-fire Dragonbone Bow… a fire poker… a simple spear? Why is this even here?”
Because Ai Yue hadn’t really been picky and had just shoved everything into her Magic Bag, there were many strange weapons.
Come to think of it, this was the Demon King Castle’s treasury. Why were there weapons that were clearly for entertainment and had little practical use?
“Sword, sword, blade, bow, hammer, axe, spear… they’re all physical weapons. Is there nothing for magic?”
As she searched, Ai Yue began to grow impatient. In a fit of frustration, she tossed a shield aside.
However, this action revealed something that had been hidden under the shield: a short rod encrusted with various gemstones. Its entire body was transparent like glass, and the internal reflections made it look like a kaleidoscope.
To be precise, it was likely a staff.
“Huh? What’s this?”
Ai Yue picked up the staff out of curiosity, and a system notification immediately popped up:
[Equipped Weapon: Glass Kaleidoscope (STR: 2200, AGI: 2200, INT: 10000)]
[Description: Crafted from magic stones of various attributes and unknown materials as crystal clear as glass. It possesses the ability to enhance all magic capabilities, especially the power of Holy Magic.]
[Special Effect: Fantasy Kaleidoscope — While enhancing all magic capabilities, it allows the user to freely switch, bestow, and stack magic attributes. Calculations are based on the magic skill with the highest proficiency and affinity. If the wearer possesses all elemental magic skills, Magic Power is significantly increased.]
[Special Effect: Immaculate Glass — Using any magic will inherently carry a Holy Magic effect. If Holy Magic is used, it will be further strengthened.]
“…What kind of max-level weapon is this?”
Ai Yue spoke those words unconsciously, not just because the weapon itself was Level 100, but more because of its ridiculous special effects.
In Unreal Garden, magic was categorized as a skill, but it was subdivided into different types. Attributes like water, fire, and dark could be singled out and were collectively called “Elemental Magic.” Besides that, there were types like summoning magic, Mental Magic, and Holy Magic.
However, the description of the Glass Kaleidoscope stated that as long as one mastered all attributes—meaning Elemental Magic—then any magic would be enhanced.
As for Ai Yue, as long as it wasn’t something like Blood Magic, which was strictly limited to specific races or individuals, she had mastered almost every type of magic. She simply couldn’t use them currently because of her weakened state.
But being unable to use them didn’t mean she hadn’t mastered them. Which meant…
“Wahoo! We’re taking off!”