14 Book 3 Chapter 10 (2/2)
”Mm.” Olivia desperately wanted the item for herself. Out of everyone here, she had the fastest attack speed. Her damage would skyrocket from the increased critical chance.
Carly's eyes sparkled. ”Look, it can change your eye color! So cute!”
”Don't pick red, that's my color.” Amara snarled after seeing the look on Carly's face.
Carly fearfully waved her hands in front of her. ”I won't, I won't. Pinky promise!”
Jason and Roy rolled their eyes at each other.
”Unfortunately, there's only one, while there's twelve of us,” Shenlong stated, immediately reducing everyone's excitement.
”Don't speak so soon.” Jason chuckled as he opened the case. Inside were five sets of contact lenses, enough for five people.
”Let's do it like usual, rolling dice,” Shenlong said sternly, leaving no room for negotiation.
”Fine with me.” Jason agreed.
Everyone pulled out a small dice, a magic tool sold on the thirtieth floor. When used, it showed a random number between one to a hundred. This was a standard tool used by solo ascenders who made temporary parties.
”Roll for the first pair.” Shenlong tossed his dice, followed by everyone else.
All sorts of numbers popped up.
”Woohoo!” Carly jumped in place. ”I can finally change my eye color to blonde!”
”Hey!” Roy gave her a look. ”You want blonde? That's almost gold!”
”B-but, I think your eyes are beautiful.” Carly's cheeks turned red as she looked at Roy. ”My hair is blonde too, so I think, I think it'll look good.”
”Fine, do what you want.” Roy shrugged his shoulders, a little embarrassed.
Peter whispered into Jason's ear. ”I can't believe the first thing she thought after winning was being able to change her eye color.”
Jason just shook his head. He had plenty of past girlfriends who had two sets of jewelry—one for combat, and the other for looks.
Amara just so happened to be standing next to Peter. When she heard him, she snorted in disdain. ”Have you looked at yourself in the mirror recently? Why don't you take some hints from Jason, at least he takes care of himself.”
Peter coughed as he pulled out a small mirror from his inventory. A man with greasy hair and an unshaven face stared back at him. ”Ugh, I didn't realize I look like crap. I've been too busy running the guild.”
Jason consoled Peter by patting him on the shoulder.
Shenlong interrupted. ”Alright, enough talking. Roll again.”
After a minute, Carly, Olivia, Amara, Dubaku, and Shenlong each received a pair. The rest could only sigh in disappointment.
”Alright, let's distribute the rest of the drops.” Shenlong bent over and began to sort through the boss's loot.
In the end, they gained several modules and a significant amount of metal scraps, which turned into reputation at the Sanctuary. Much to Roy's delight, a plasma cutter dropped. Nobody else wanted it, so it ended up in Roy's hands.
(Heroic) Plasma Cutter
Damage: 150-200
Durability: 1,000/1,000
+25% Chance to inflict an additional 50% Fire damage.
+50 Agility
+10% Attack Speed
+20% Ignore Defence
Requirements: Level 80
”Vhum, Whum!” Roy made the sound of a lightsaber as he swung the plasma cutter through the air.
”Let's finish this quest. I'm starving.” Cheslov's stomach growled as soon as he spoke.
”Alright.” Shenlong made his way over to the locked door and scanned his keycard again. This time, the device turned green. With a swish, the door slid open.
Jason and Zhen Hu took the lead. Fortunately, as they explored the facility, there were no monsters, only abandoned labs. Eventually, they came across a massive computer with over twenty monitors. Shenlong inserted the USB, receiving a notification at the same time as he did. ”Good. We can return now.”
After storing the USB, Jason and his party returned to the Sanctuary, all of them wondering what their rewards would be. Only Jason knew that soon, the way ascenders fought would be fundamentally changed.