Chapter 45 · Black Day Blade Edge
Roland used one bronze honor medal obtained from hunting illegal participants to exchange for the Cellular Level Repair Function. His main goal was to clear the hidden value [Hidden Injury] accumulated over the two previous instances.
The accumulation of [Hidden Injury] introduces various negative statuses to the game character, the most basic of which is the numerical weakening of attributes.
If a player with 30 Strength attribute points has a high accumulation value of [Hidden Injury], their performance in actual combat might only exhibit the effect of around 10 Strength attribute points.
Therefore, if there is an opportunity to clear the accumulated value of [Hidden Injury], never miss it, especially in the early stages of the game.
After selecting the Cellular Level Repair Function, the bronze honor medal in Roland's storage space disappeared. A blinding light emerged above his head, enveloping his entire body.
[Beep, detecting Hunter status..., detection complete.]
[Recovery beginning.]
Following the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, Roland felt a boom around him. The intense light rushed into his body, and his consciousness grew hazy.
In a daze, he vaguely felt the strong light pass through every part of his body. Some less vigorous cells decomposed upon contact with the intense light, followed by the emergence of new, vibrant cells.
Restoration, cleansing, and rebirth cycled within Roland's body.
After a long while, the strong light receded, and Roland's injuries were completely healed.
Taking a deep breath, Roland had never felt the air so fresh. All his internal organs became exceptionally vigorous after the cellular-level repair.
This feeling was like having worn a layer of 'iron armor' that had now been removed, leaving his entire being relaxed, with sharp hearing and clear vision.
After the repair ended, Roland stripped off his clothes and walked into the bathroom.
He filled the luxurious massage bathtub with nutrient solution and soaked himself in it to further consolidate the effect of the Cellular Level Repair Function.
Humming comfortably, Roland opened the extra reward provided by the S-rank Evaluation special authority.
[Special authority enabled. Detecting that the Hunter has obtained an S-rank Comprehensive Evaluation for the first time. You may choose one reward from the following options.]
1. Any skill belonging to the 'Demon Shadow of Extinction' class.
2. Any skill belonging to the 'Roaming Gunner' class.
3. Any skill belonging to the 'Lord of the Realm of Death' class.
4. Any skill belonging to the 'Abyssal Administrator' class.
5. Any skill belonging to the 'Storm Titan' class.
6. Any skill belonging to the 'Ohm Messiah' class.
Hint: The Hunter's designated selection range is limited to skills possessed by these six classes during the Tier 1 Stage.
Roland, having already confirmed his goal, immediately spoke:
"I designate the skill 'Black Day Blade Edge' belonging to the 'Demon Shadow of Extinction' class!"
[You have unlocked the Demon Shadow of Extinction skill: Black Day Blade Edge.]
Black Day Blade Edge: Lv.MAX.
Skill Effect: This skill can be used to bind an initial weapon. After binding the initial weapon, this skill can be used to sacrifice weapons of the same type to accumulate Blade Edge Value, enhancing the weapon's quality.
Once bound, the initial weapon cannot be changed. Even if the initial weapon is damaged, the Black Day Blade Edge skill can be used to restore it. (Restoration requires Soul Crystal (Small) ×5.)
Additional attributes of sacrificed weapons can be stripped and replaced when sacrificing a weapon. The replaced additional attributes disappear permanently.
After the initial weapon is bound for the first time, its additional attributes will receive one adaptive adjustment. Thereafter, every time the weapon quality improves, all additional attributes will undergo one adaptive adjustment.
Skill Description: Eternal companionship, a vow never to betray, the only object you can always trust, is you!
...'Shadow of Extinction' was the first character Roland created in the game Wheel of Reincarnation Paradise. However, just as there are no two leaves with the same pattern in the world,
even though they were both 'Shadow of Extinction,' Roland and Su Xiao developed huge differences in their classes due to different world experiences, different circumstances, and different choices.
Roland's 'Shadow of Extinction' evolved into the highly personalized 'Demon Shadow of Extinction,' and the original core skill [Supreme Blade Edge] was modified, referencing other similar skills, into the current [Black Day Blade Edge] which suits him better.
When he first devised this "no-class challenge," he had planned to re-acquire this skill in the early stages. Achieving the goal early now was naturally the most ideal outcome.
As for the choice of binding weapon, Roland had already decided in the world of tokyo ghoul.
Roland drew out angelica, ran his finger across the artistic blade, and activated the effect of Black Day Blade Edge without hesitation.
[Yes/No bind Blue quality weapon (angelica)? Once bound, it cannot be changed.]
"Yes!"
Blue-black demonic patterns surfaced on his left hand. As Roland confirmed the binding target in his heart, these patterns immediately seemed to become animated, adhering to the blade.
Then, Roland held the blade in reverse grip and fiercely plunged the entire edge into his chest.
[Black Day Blade Edge is binding...]
As the blade pierced his chest, Roland could feel a part of himself merging into the blade as angelica drank his blood.
Gradually, his spirit began to establish a connection with the weapon. Faintly, he seemed to receive a response from that nascent consciousness.
"angelica!"
He called her name softly, then yanked the long blade from his chest.
The demonic patterns intertwined, stitching the flesh on his chest back together, as if the object that had just pierced him was an illusion and no wound had ever appeared.
The demonic patterns immediately faded into the blade, and the Paradise prompt sounded in his ear.
[Successfully bound Black Day Blade Edge · angelica.]
Roland took out the Tachi [Jiyou], the nichirin blade, and the new quinque armaments (blade type) that he had acquired in the previous world from his storage space.
These were the gifts he had prepared for her in advance!
With a thought, a swirling mass of blue-black ethereal light appeared on angelica's blade. Roland fed the long blades into it one by one, producing crunching sounds.
Ten minutes later, the sacrifice was successful, and all the blade-type weapons turned into piles of dust.
Roland carefully lifted angelica's blade and checked her panel information:
[angelica (Blade Edge Value 57%)]
Origin: Black Day
Quality: Purple
Durability: 80/80
Attack Power: 45～88
Equipment Requirement: Black Day
Rating: 140
Black Day Blade Edge Effect 1 · Blood Thirst (Passive): While held, consumes 10 Black Day HP every thirty seconds; consumes an additional 25 Black Day HP for every attack made;
HP consumption increases with holding time and number of attacks; Attack Power increased by 16%, Destructive Power increased by 16%, Attack Speed increased by 12%.
Black Day Blade Edge Effect 2 · Blood Frenzy (Passive): For every enemy unit killed, Black Day gains a recovery effect equivalent to 3.5% of the target's maximum HP.
HP recovery effect increases with holding time and number of attacks, with a maximum single recovery effect equivalent to 8% of the target's maximum HP.
Description: Eternal companionship, a vow never to betray, the only object you can always trust, is Black Day!
Price: Cannot be traded... "Please take good care of me from now on, angelica!"
Roland gazed at angelica's blade and said with a smile.