Name: Cao Ye
Level: Lv.2 → Lv.3
Abilities
Strength: S925 → I0Endurance: S933 → I0Dexterity: S911 → I0Agility: S939 → I0Magic: SS1028 → I0
Development Abilities
Mystery · HMagecraft · I
Magic
Imaginary MagecraftTwin Blossoms
Skills
Miracle of Absolute EvilImaginary SpaceCurse SorcererThe Last Master
Level 3.
Cao Ye had only reached Level 2 a few days ago, yet he had already advanced again.
He was certain that this rapid growth had something to do with the Flower of Evil.
Every time it absorbed "evil," it enhanced him in every aspect.
As for the great feat required for the level-up, Cao Ye suspected it was related to Ryomen Sukuna.
After all, Sukuna had once been the King of Curses.
With the level-up completed, a new achievement notification appeared.
[Achievement: Small Accomplishment]
Become a Level 3 adventurer.
Reward: 300 Diamonds
His diamond count immediately increased.
Name: Cao Ye
Current Card Pool: Fate
Diamonds:420
That meant four more ten-pulls.
The happiest moment for a gacha addict had arrived.
Meanwhile, Freya looked at Cao Ye with a complicated expression.
Just over one month.
In barely that time, he had gone from a rookie to a Level 3 adventurer.
If someone had told her this before, she would never have believed it.
Yet now she had witnessed the birth of a future hero with her own eyes.
"How does it feel?" Freya asked.
"The improvement is huge," Cao Ye replied.
"I'll need some time to get used to the new strength."
This was his second level-up.
And compared to the jump from Level 1 to Level 2, the increase this time was much greater.
Despite its flaws, the Falna system had one incredible advantage:
Its growth speed was unmatched.
In other worlds, power had to be cultivated slowly through training.
But in Orario, as long as one continued to grow, the Falna would strengthen accordingly.
In fact, someone could simply live inside the Dungeon and fight every day.
Their growth would still be incredibly fast.
Cao Ye clenched his fists lightly.
He needed time to adapt to the new power in his body.
"By the way," Freya suddenly asked.
"How many black stockings do you still have?"
"Black stockings?"
Cao Ye looked confused.
He had given Freya a lot already.
After all, they were nice to look at.
And Chun Ji preferred white stockings, so Cao Ye often gave Freya black ones as gifts.
It was also a way of pleasing the goddess.
After all, Freya was the one who constantly cleaned up the trouble he caused.
This was a leg worth clinging to.
"Did you run out again, Lady Freya?"
"I remember giving you quite a few last time."
"I still have some," Freya replied calmly.
"But Hephaestus asked me for some."
"Because of you, the Freya Familia and Hephaestus Familia are now considered cooperative familias."
"I couldn't refuse such a small request."
"But you said you still had—"
Before Cao Ye could finish speaking, Freya gave him a warning look.
He immediately shut his mouth.
So that was how it was.
Freya agreed to lend them.
But the supplier still had to be him.
"Fine… I still have some."
Cao Ye took out five pairs of black stockings, each with a different design.
Freya smiled in satisfaction and accepted them.
She clearly appreciated Cao Ye's awareness of the situation.
Soon after, Cao Ye returned to his room.
He immediately opened the system interface and entered the gacha screen.
It was time to pull.
Before starting, he cautiously checked around the room.
Especially the door.
He had learned his lesson last time.
When making a sacrifice for gacha luck, the target absolutely must not be present.
Otherwise things could end very badly.
"Sacrificing 100,000 years of Lady Freya's lifespan!"
"Give me something good!"
Cao Ye started his first ten-pull.
If Freya ever found out about that line, she would definitely show him what a goddess's wrath looked like.
The card pack opened.
Cards began flying out one by one.
They flipped open before his eyes.
Black stockings.
Black stockings.
Black stockings.
…
The entire first ten-pull was a complete failure.
Ten pairs of black stockings.
Cao Ye stared at the cards silently.
He had just given away five pairs earlier.
Now he got ten back.
His inventory was replenished… with five extra.
"Again!"
The second ten-pull began.
Cao Ye stared intensely at each card.
White stockings.
White stockings.
White stockings.
…
Ten pairs of white stockings.
Cao Ye almost ground his teeth to dust.
Two ten-pulls in a row—nothing useful.
Had he already spent all his luck earlier?
Four ten-pulls in total.
Half were already gone.
What if the rest failed too?
Feeling nervous, he started the third ten-pull.
Cards flipped again.
Black stockings.
White stockings.
Skin-tone stockings.
…
Then suddenly—
[Noble Phantasm: Aestus Domus Aurea – The Golden Theater of Passion]
A hit.
And it was a Noble Phantasm.
Cao Ye immediately recognized the name.
It was the Noble Phantasm of Emperor Nero from the Fate series.
Using magical energy, it recreated the grand theater Nero once built in Rome.
It materialized her inner world, temporarily projecting it into reality.
Similar to a Reality Marble, yet slightly different.
Instead of rewriting the world entirely, it constructed a battlefield favorable to Nero by recreating the structures she designed during her life.
Because the theater was essentially built "on top of reality," it could remain active for a longer duration than most Reality Marbles.
Once deployed:
Enemies trapped inside become weakenedThe architecture can be customizedEven the rules of the battlefield can be altered
In simple terms:
It allowed the user to project a structure directly into reality without construction.
And within that structure—
The user's rules dominated everything.
It was an extremely powerful Noble Phantasm.
Cao Ye was very satisfied.
The first two failed ten-pulls had probably just been charging his luck.
Now—
The real rewards were finally beginning.