Chapter 412: Night Raid's Magitech Arm
"Keep opening them."
Najenda picked up her black coat and carefully wrapped the steel shard inside.
After opening several white treasure chests, most had only yielded low-grade materials.
From the final white chest, when the orb shattered, a pair of earrings with a jade-green gem appeared—
translucent and glittering.
Just like Tatsumi's deerskin boots,
these earrings were green-grade [accessories].
"They boost mental stats?"
Najenda put on the green gemstone earrings. As they gently swayed, they added a subtle touch of allure to her otherwise valiant demeanor.
No dramatic effects—just a slight sense of mental clarity.
As a former wielder of [Pumpkin Cannon], her spirit was particularly sensitive, and she noticed the faint enhancement.
Unlike the more obvious effects of Strength and Agility,
ordinary people with no supernatural power barely noticed boosts in mental attributes.
Seeing Najenda's indifferent attitude, and that she seemed to value the steel shard more than the earrings,
Fang Yi spoke up from the side.
"Let Mine try them."
Among items of equal rarity, accessories were second only to weapons in value.
Najenda nodded.
She removed the earrings and handed them to Mine. The pink twin-tailed loli put them on, creating a comical contrast with her childish face trying to appear mature.
Najenda wore them with elegance…
Lubbock sighed in regret.
Buzz.
While he was lost in thought, Mine pulled the trigger on Pumpkin Cannon, aiming it at the ground.
[Romantic Cannon: Pumpkin] was a gun-type Imperial Arm.
The more dangerous the situation and the greater the mental pressure, the more powerful its shot.
Boom!
A golden bullet burst from the barrel, blasting a pit two feet deep into the hill behind Aria's mansion.
"Eh?!"
Mine blinked in disbelief, staring at the crater.
"I didn't even feel threatened… It was a normal shot. Did Pumpkin Cannon just get stronger?!"
It was the earrings—boosting her spirit stat.
Fang Yi explained,
"The equipment system is the core of the game. Chests can drop all kinds of gear that enhance attributes, helping players hunt corrupted monsters."
The members of Night Raid were stunned.
Equipment?
Imperial Arms?
Gear that boosts physical stats and grants supernatural powers… wasn't that exactly what Imperial Arms were?
And this gear had no usage drawbacks whatsoever.
Najenda said, "Mine, those earrings are yours now."
"Huh? For me, Commander?"
Though she inherited Pumpkin Cannon, all Imperial Arms were technically property of the Revolutionary Army.
When a member died, the gear would be passed on—not privately owned.
But the earrings from the chest… technically belonged to Najenda.
"You're the Imperial Arm user for Pumpkin Cannon. The earrings will help you carry out missions. That's an order."
Seeing Mine hesitate, Najenda made her voice firm.
Night Raid was bound by trust, with comrades who would die for each other—there was no need for pretense.
Standard monsters dropped white chests; elites dropped green ones.
After using up her white chests, Najenda turned to the two green ones—rewards from defeating Burning Hera.
The green orb shattered.
A blueprint appeared in her hand.
Intricate designs, complex components, brass materials—
[Low-Grade Magitech Arm (Blueprint)]: Low-tier demonic technology. Replaces a lost limb. Uses stamina as power source. Comes with skill: [Magical Flame].
"A mechanical arm?"
Najenda froze. She hadn't expected a treasure chest to contain something like this.
Fang Yi chuckled. "Didn't I say? Game items can fulfill hidden wishes.
Losing an arm must've been hard for you."
Of course it was.
Who could lose a limb and just be fine?
Najenda sighed inwardly.
Though she was both a revolutionary commander and Night Raid's leader,
she was still a young woman at heart.
But the burden of toppling the Empire left her no room for self-pity.
And the chest hadn't given her a limb-regeneration item—
but a combat-type magitech arm imbued with [Magical Flame].
It was clear:
Her desire to destroy the corrupt Empire outweighed her desire to recover her body.
Lubbock saw through that—
which is why he'd never confessed his love, waiting instead until after the war.
"Required materials: steel shard, magical powder…"
Najenda studied the blueprint.
To her surprise, the components matched perfectly with what she'd obtained from the white chests.
Meaning:
Her entire haul from this dungeon run…
was for this one arm.
[Low-Grade Magitech Arm successfully crafted…]
Minutes later,
a brand-new magitech arm was attached to her shoulder.
Magical Flame!
Najenda extended her right arm.
Fingers spread, left arm braced beneath.
Blazing magical fire shot from her palm,
warping the air itself with heat.
"Haah…"
Seconds later,
she dropped her arm, panting. Every cell in her body screamed with exhaustion.
Even a low-tier magitech construct required strong physical support.
It was built to match demonic physiology.
The fact that Najenda could handle it meant she was already among the strongest humans in her world.
"Demon's Possession… is trembling?"
Feeling the temperature rise, Brand gripped his Imperial Arm.
As a living armor made from a dragon-class Danger Beast, it retained fragments of its beast's instincts—essential for its evolution.
But it trembled…
before this fire.
Not even Esdeath's frost, or General Budo's lightning, had triggered its primal defenses.
Brand stayed quiet.
Fang Yi didn't elaborate.
In low-tier worlds,
even elemental powers like the Ice-Ice Devil Fruit or the Demon's Extract from Imperial Arms were low-grade.
But the fire from this arm…
was high-level magical energy.
Just like when Esdeath fought Erza—
Erza's magic armor could easily crush Esdeath's ice.
If not for Kikyo stepping in, Esdeath wouldn't have stood a chance.
"Mr. Fang Yi… can all of Night Raid become players?"
Najenda looked at the merchant—not with doubt now, but with awe.
Even the lowest-tier game items
had shaken the foundation of thousands of years of the Imperial Arms world,
breaking the limits of the supernatural.
The mysteries Fang Yi had displayed were far beyond anything she needed to fear…
or could even try to control.
He had infinite Imperial Arm–like gear.
He had a dungeon that endlessly generated equipment and superpowers.
What could Night Raid or the Revolutionary Army offer him?
Rather than trying something foolish that might offend him,
why not turn all of Night Raid into players and maximize their power?
"5,000 contribution points each."
Fang Yi lifted his eyes, scanning Night Raid—making them tense up.
The Revolutionary Army's Night Raid and the Empire's Jaegers were all fate-favored humans in the Imperial Arms world.
They had strong talents. Not top-tier, but good enough.
The Reincarnation Game needed to grow fast—
and the more elite players, the better.
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