Deep beneath St. Freya High School… in the underground research facility, a place usually occupied only by researchers, many were constantly experimenting with various hypotheses and inspirations, creating alloys with different properties, or studying new habits of various Honkai creatures.
But at this moment… only one laboratory in the underground facility remained silent.
"...." Li Xuan caressed his ring and silently took out the 2,800 Honkai energy crystals stored within. Even though the Honkai energy crystals weren't large, more than two thousand of them still formed a small mountain.
These pure Honkai energy crystals emitted a gentle Honkai energy reaction. The peculiar waves transmitted from the crystals were blocked and scattered by the laboratory walls as they spread outwards.
"Alright… it's time." Li Xuan stared at the 'Gate of Vows' before him, which was emitting a faint golden glow, and swallowed nervously… He hoped he wouldn't get any useless weapons. If he didn't get a handy weapon, whether he could even pass the 'Abyss' would be a question…
"....I hope the gods give me a powerful Divine Weapon." Li Xuan knelt piously on the ground, looking at the glittering 'Gate of Vows' before him, thinking earnestly… Kneeling while pulling for weapons was one of the few superstitious methods Li Xuan knew.
After so many wishes, Li Xuan had a profound understanding of his status as an African Chieftain… Of the things he had gotten from his wishes, very few were handy… Apart from those few Divine Weapons, it could be said that most of his wishes, besides the golden lights, were useless.
"Alright… let's do this!" African Chieftain Nicholas Li Xuan picked up the Honkai energy crystals beside him and said encouragingly. Whether he could successfully smuggle himself to Europe today depended on this!
One by one, the crystals were placed onto the gray, misty mirror of the Gate of Vows. He watched as each crystal was slowly swallowed by the Gate of Vows. "Buzz, buzz!~" The Gate of Vows, continuously absorbing the Honkai energy, trembled slightly.
Soon, all 2,800 crystals Li Xuan had accumulated were swallowed by the Gate of Vows. The golden patterns on the golden frame lit up, and a hazy white glow appeared on the Gate of Vows.
In the next moment… a dazzling purple light suddenly burst forth from the Gate of Vows.
"A great start!" Li Xuan was overjoyed seeing the purple light rising from the Gate of Vows. The first pull was a purple light… didn't that mean he was very lucky this time?!
Along with the appearance of the purple light, an item emerged from the golden-cast Gate of Vows…
"This is…" Li Xuan reached out his hand excitedly. Although the purple light was a bit dazzling, he could still look directly at it, though he couldn't see the item within the light clearly.
'What is it? An emblem? A weapon?…' Li Xuan grasped the item in the purple light. The sensation in his hand was somewhat soft… it seemed to be some kind of clothing…
'Could it be a piece of clothing-type equipment?' Li Xuan was a bit surprised. Then he looked down and saw the item in his hand clearly… And then… he felt there was no 'and then'…
Five-star material [Loincloth]… effect unknown.
"Thwack!" Li Xuan's right hand trembled accidentally, and the white item in his hand fell to the floor of the research lab, kicking up a thick layer of dust… In the faint light emitted by the Gate of Vows, it was not difficult to see that the item that fell to the ground was a white loincloth…
At this moment… Li Xuan once again recalled the terror of being shrouded by the loincloth.. He really couldn't understand why the appearance of a loincloth was always accompanied by a purple light?! Isn't purple light second only to the golden light of Divine Weapons?! … Could it be that this loincloth belonged to some god…
"Buzz, buzz!~" The Gate of Vows continued to tremble. A white light once again covered the chaotic-looking mirror… a purple light suddenly burst forth again… A trace of golden glow flashed within the purple radiance…
"It's not another loincloth, is it?…" Li Xuan gave up and reached out to grab the item in the purple light. To his delight, the sensation in his hand was not that of some kind of cloth, but something hard.
"This is!…" Li Xuan looked curiously at the item in his opened right hand… "What is this?!" In his hand was a gray seed with green leaves. The seed was covered in small red spots…
A piece of information was transmitted from the seed in his hand… Five-star material [Seed of Vitality]… A seed full of vitality from the World Tree, effect unknown…
"..." Li Xuan felt it was profound but he didn't understand… But at least it was much better than the previous loincloth. After all, a seed could possibly be planted, but he would never wear a loincloth…
"Buzz, buzz…" The Gate of Vows began to tremble again… A purple light was once again released from the mirror on the Gate of Vows. A vaguely rectangular object appeared within the purple light.
"..." Li Xuan didn't want to talk anymore… He felt that he definitely hadn't checked the almanac properly before going out today… The first two pulls of a ten-pull were purple lights. Two 'purple lights' overlapped, and this double 'purple light' brought even more 'purple light'. He should have obtained a dream-like happy time, yet, why did it turn out like this….
What he wanted were weapons, emblems, and clothing-type equipment…
"Sigh!~" Li Xuan helplessly reached out and grabbed the rectangular object in the purple light again… Hopefully, it wouldn't be some other weird thing….
In the next moment… information from the item in his hand appeared in Li Xuan's mind… Five-star material [Forbidden Academy]… Giving it to a Familiar might lead to good things happening?
"...." Li Xuan looked at the book in his hand clearly… The cover depicted two men. One of them, a man with glasses, was blushing as he gazed at the other man. The man being looked at was pinching the chin of the man with glasses… An atmosphere of 'love?' emanated from around the two of them!…
"..." Li Xuan's face turned red, and he was speechless… The veins on his right hand, which was tightly gripping the book 'Forbidden Academy', bulged… A red glow faintly emanated from the red mark on the back of his fair hand…
"Boom!" A ball of crimson 'Vermilion Bird Flame' appeared in Li Xuan's hand. The flame fiercely engulfed the spiritual poison in his hand, burning it to black ashes…
You want me to give this kind of book that only gays and fujoshi read to Yaoye?! You might as well kill me!… Li Xuan felt a surge of grief and indignation welling up from his heart… After the grief and indignation came a deep sense of powerlessness and emptiness… He would rather give her a yuri book than this thing!…
"...." Alright, what else do you have for me?! Li Xuan stared with red eyes at the 'Gate of Vows', which was about to glow again… The first three purple lights were as good as wasted. If these strange things kept coming…
It's going to rain… and he wants to kill someone…
(End of chapter)