Chapter 262: The Ancient Ys Kingdom Lacked an Industrial Revolution, So They Had No Great Invention Called the 'Bra'
As the Gigantic Armored Beast completely fell, a large number of soul fragments burst from its body.
Red souls predominated, mixed with a small number of blue souls, and one purple soul fragment.
The drop rate of soul fragments also had some relation to the current situation. For example, if Cheng Tian and his allied units were not injured, then yellow souls, which heal the body, would generally not appear. If there was no mana consumption, blue souls would also not appear.
The amount of red souls dropped was quite generous, approximately 3000 souls, enough to enhance some ordinary green equipment to +2 or +3.
Although there was only one purple soul, it met the basic conditions for the Onimusha transformation, giving Cheng Tian another life-saving method.
However, the treasure chest that should have dropped normally did not pop out from the corpse, which made Cheng Tian a bit confused.
At this moment, Fina, who had already unbound herself from Bazett, descended. She first looked at Cheng Tian—or more precisely, at the Oni Gauntlet that had absorbed Bellagandar's soul fragments—with a surprised but quickly understanding gaze. Then, she crossed her fingers over her chest, and the pure white wings on her back began to glow faintly. Facing Bellagandar's corpse, she began to chant softly.
As a monster that attacked the land of Ys, Bellagandar was formed from the magical residue of the Black Pearl mixed with human evil; it was essentially a derivative of the Black Pearl.
After the Oni Gauntlet absorbed all the soul fragments it dropped, Fina was surprised to find that this magical residue mixture, originally belonging to Bellagandar, had returned to its proper essence and once again came under her control.
After a brief chant, Fina turned her head to look at Cheng Tian and said,
"I have extracted the power source of this beast. If you have a need for it, I can solidify it onto you in some form."
At the same time, new prompts popped up for Cheng Tian.
"[Due to your Oni Gauntlet absorbing the evil soul fragments of 'Gigantic Armored Beast Bellagandar,' its magical composition has returned to the control of the Twin Goddesses. The random drop of 'Gigantic Armored Beast Bellagandar' has been canceled and converted into a designated enhancement.]"
"[You can make specific enhancement requests to the Red Moon Goddess 'Fina' according to your needs. The Goddess can provide additional enhancements to your skills or equipment, or to your derivative units.
This enhancement is an extra enhancement effect and may cause a qualitative change in the enhancement.]"
Random to designated—this was naturally good news for Cheng Tian.
Although the Gigantic Armored Beast was brutally crushed by Cheng Tian's party, preventing it from releasing its 'Crying Bubble,' 'Insect Devour,' and 'Gigantic Arm Swipe' abilities, Cheng Tian was very clear about where this giant beast's strength lay.
Naturally, it was its pair of arms.
So Cheng Tian chose to perform a designated enhancement on Bazett's Giant Gloves.
Fina nodded, then made a grasping and pulling motion at the monster's corpse from a distance. The monster's body disintegrated on the spot, but two enormous, connected arms remained. They decomposed, reshaped, and shrunk, finally covering Bazett's gloves.
The blue excellent-grade set gloves, originally named "Left and Right Hands of the Twin Cyclops," directly sublimated into a purple rare-grade set armguard named "Berserk Beast's Adamant Arms."
Attack power and durability were simultaneously increased. The gloves' Charm -4 attribute was removed, leaving only Strength +6.
A characteristic named "Berserk Beast's Adamant Arms" was added, perfectly matching the equipment's name. Its effect was that when Bazett precisely struck flying projectiles or energy waves with her fists, she could shatter the projectile with her bare hands, equivalent to punching bullets or waves. This also significantly reduced the durability consumption of the equipment. In return, the cost of Chosen Coins required to repair the equipment doubled.
At the same time, while other effects remained unchanged, the original +7 enhancement level reverted to +1, allowing for re-enhancement and the acquisition of qualitative enhancement effects.
In terms of appearance, Fina tried her best to retain the original look of these black gloves, only adding Bellagandar's style of armor to the surface and extending the coverage to the entire forearm.
"Not bad aesthetics~"
Cheng Tian gave Fina a conventional compliment on her aesthetics.
Fina's chin lifted slightly, a little smug, as if to say that she wasn't just capable of being a human kite.
Bazett also very politely bowed to Fina to express her gratitude.
However, when Fina noticed the curve of Bazett's chest as she bent over, her eyelids couldn't help but twitch twice.
In the past, even if she truly had such thoughts, Fina wouldn't show them too much. After all, freedom within order was true freedom, which was the core of the Twin Goddesses' complementary relationship.
But now that her Goddess filter had been violently shattered by Cheng Tian, she constantly felt some very un-Goddess-like thoughts bubbling up in various ways.
Incidentally, while the Ys Kingdom, by design, had both magic and technology, its background was actually closer to medieval Europe. In other words, clothing in this era prioritized symbolism over functionality, so modern underwear, a product of the Industrial Revolution, could obviously not exist.
From character illustrations in some later works, it can be inferred that in this era, both women and goddesses mostly used cloth strips or corsets as underwear, meaning these items did not have a gathering effect.
Especially for deities, it was destined that both Twin Goddesses could only wear ceremonial clothing that emphasized divinity rather than curves.
Bazett's bust measurement was 87, but with the gathering effect of modern industrial products and the emphasis of a tailored suit, the size and curve she displayed were far beyond what people in the Ys Kingdom, using cloth strips and corsets, could compare to!
"Don't stare~ It took a hundred or two hundred years to grow this big, and this is probably as good as it gets in this lifetime~"
Cheng Mouren, passing by, noticed Fina's direct gaze at Bazett. On a whim, he left an extremely provocative remark and then immediately slipped away before she could react.
It took Fina about 5 seconds to understand Cheng Tian's taunt, and she instantly went red with anger.
The red-faced Fina immediately threw one end of her waist sash into Bazett's hand and directly shouted at the rapidly departing Cheng Tian's back,
"Chase!"
...Black Tower, Second Layer, Water Prison Domain.
Compared to the pervasive evil winds in the Crying Domain, this place was filled with water vapor everywhere.
Suddenly entering gave one the feeling of walking onto the edge of a swimming pool, except there was no disinfectant smell; instead, it had the natural scent of mountain streams.
The biggest challenge in this area was the significant number of deep zones that required prolonged diving to reach, and these areas also contained some very crucial magical artifacts and treasures.
Under normal procedures, players would need to find an item called "Water Dragon's Scale," which greatly extended breath-holding time, to proceed.
But Cheng Tian could bypass this step directly.
Because the Azure Fire Dragon Scale Armor on his body granted him the effect of "Deep Water Environment Adaptability."
At the cost of accelerated durability consumption of the scale armor, Cheng Tian could not only move freely in water without needing oxygen but also gained an additional +5 Agility bonus.
Of course, since Cheng Tian could think of bringing bombs to blow up doors, he naturally also had preparations for deep water.
Thus, he pulled out "Underwater Breathing Potions" he had ordered from a player alchemist and began to distribute them.
Then the problem arose: he had prepared portions for Bazett and Utan, but not for the Goddess.
Cheng Tian scratched his head and tentatively pointed to his mouth; seeing this, Goddess Fina's forehead immediately showed a distinct # mark.