Chapter 686 - Mission Reward & System Upgrade (3/3) (1/2)

Chapter 686: Mission Reward & System Upgrade (3/3)

Rhode walked to the center of the room and extended his right hand.

“…!”

Dazzling magical radiance flickered from the back of his hand like a soothing stream flowing from along his arm to the ground. A summoning ritual formed by three rings unfolded and the ten Soul Cores gradually hovered in midair as though guided by invisible strings. Rhode stood in the middle while lines of system prompt revealed before his eyes.

[Additional Phantom Guardian Unlocked. Please choose your target.]

Rhode lowered his head and a long list of names emerged before his eyes. He tapped on one of the names and in a dazzling flash, golden rays emanated from between his fingers as though running electric current.

[Target confirmed. To project into Soul Core?]

Yes.

Rhode gave a slight nod.

The spiritual radiance surrounding him abruptly transformed.

Columns of spotlessly white light from the summoning ritual rushed into the sky and enveloped the ten Soul Cores. A twinkling light beam connected them and they trembled like sandstones washed by a strong waterfall, allowing the spiritual radiance to infiltrate them from the inside out. Then, an explosion occurred.

Clink!

The ten Soul Cores surrounding Rhode cracked harmoniously in the crisp sound of rupture and transformed into ten cards that spun constantly on the spot. However, he didn’t check their contents immediately. On the contrary, he shifted his gaze to the card hovering before him and a line of system prompt emerged.

[Detected the Core Card]

[Please appoint the card]

Without any hesitations, Rhode extended his finger and tapped lightly on the card with a black base and white edges.

[Core Card appointed—Joining the 10 Strongest Spirit Decks—Success]

Boom!

At the same time, a beam of pitch-black flames burst skyward from the ground. The cards hovering around him vanished to nowhere. The pitch-black flames slowly weakened, faded away, and was replaced with a slim figure.

It was a young lady who was about 20 years in age. She had fair, clear skin and dark, shoulder-length hair complemented her pretty facial features. The black-framed glasses gave her a knowledgeable boost in looks. She wore a black, thin skin tight top with a knee-length skirt, long socks, as well as a dark brown martens boots. Not only that, but she also had a black, red-lined fur shawl. Under the bright lights, strange magical patterns were seen flashing by.

The most eye-catching thing on her was the thick book with a gorgeously patterned hard-cover and stringed together by golden chains. She held it by her waist and she looked more like a scholar than a warrior in the battlefield.

Mini Bubble Gum’s first reaction after seeing the young lady wasn’t surprise, but utter disappointment instead.

“Ah… Really! Why aren’t you naked!”

“Sigh…”

Even though Canary didn’t speak, her exaggerated sigh had shown her thoughts.

So, after a long time, you two are only here for that?

Rhode rolled his eyes. It seemed that these two young ladies still remembered how they were fully naked when they first came to this world and now they were expecting the same sort of treatment to her? But it was a pity that she wasn’t purely a Phantom Guardian. Instead, she was being appointed as a summoned spirit. This was why, even though her strength was forcefully brought down, the equipment on her wasn’t stripped off. Gillian was also clothed when I first summoned her, isn’t it?

“Ahh… Rhode, Bubble, Canary, long time no see…”

The young lady stifled a yawn before greeting them in her semi-conscious state. Rhode and Canary nodded in response while Mini Bubble Gum let out a ‘tch’ and hid behind Canary. Then, she peered out and stuck her tongue out.

“Tch. Sister Heart didn’t change one bit!”

“Ahh…”

The young lady didn’t have any response to Mini Bubble Gum and she appeared as though she was about to fall asleep anytime after staying up for the whole night. However, the group was long used to this behavior from her. This young lady was one of the vice leaders of Starlight Guild—Orchid Heart.

Just like Canary and Mini Bubble Gum, Orchid Heart and Rhode knew each other in real life. She was Rhode’s senior in university and they were also in the same activity club. However, he didn’t get to meet her more than ten times throughout his life in university.

The reason was fairly simple. She lived life like a shut-in.

The first time Rhode met Orchid Heart was during the university freshmen party. Back then, this senior of his caused an uproar among the students as though she was a huge star. The freshmen felt ridiculous. Even though she looked decent with delicate and pretty facial features, she wasn’t close to being the campus belle at all. Then, Rhode realized from the other seniors about the reasons behind the uproar.