Chapter 405: Harem Saves the World
Seeing that after Asagiri said this, everyone present had shy looks on their faces, Hayasaka Ai, who was crossing her legs and resting her chin on one hand, could not help rolling her eyes and sighing helplessly.
"A bunch of love brained fools. There's really no helping it."
"Then..."
Yuuki Asuna pursed her lips and asked tentatively,
"Leave it to Asagiri to distribute?"
Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at Asagiri, who was sitting there.
Even though there was an obvious flush on her face, she still had to maintain her Persona as a haughty young lady, so she nodded with feigned composure.
"I agree."
Hayasaka Ai felt helpless upon hearing this.
It was not that she disagreed with this method of distribution. She simply felt that the progression of events was too abstract.
For loot of that level, if it were normal Player squads, it would very likely lead to conflict over distribution rights, or even murderous intent due to greed before the clearance and evacuation.
Even if they were teammates who fought side by side, it would be hard to say whether they might develop ulterior motives.
Now, it was the complete opposite.
Far from conflicting, both sides were being polite and deferring to each other.
Was this perhaps the legendary Harem Saves the World?
"Then I'll handle the distribution."
Asagiri did not hesitate at all and spoke directly.
"Fatalis's Undying Heart is definitely for Yamauchi. There's no need to think about that."
"Alatreon's reverse scale... It's too wasteful to use it to upgrade equipment. It definitely must be consumed. Considering it from this perspective..."
Asagiri scanned the members present and finally spoke.
"It definitely can't be given to the mage classes. Megumi belongs to the assassin class, and Hayasaka is a control type support. Neither of their combat styles involves taking damage head on."
"Sakurakawa Rikka's abilities and talents are also biased toward support, so the compatibility isn't very high."
"The most suitable people are Asuna and Kaguya."
"I..."
Before Yuuki Asuna could begin to decline, Asagiri continued on his own.
"But Asuna is ultimately a pure DPS swordsman who relies on speed. She isn't good at taking damage head on and needs someone to create space for her to utilize her speed."
"Kaguya can switch into the form of the Lionheart Shield and can take on the role of the main tank, so it should be given to Kaguya."
Upon hearing this, Yuuki Asuna revealed a slight smile and nodded without hesitation.
"Hmm, that's a very reasonable way to distribute them."
Kato Megumi raised her hand to tuck back her long black hair, her tone flat.
"I'll listen to him."
"Hmph."
Iwanaga Kotoko let out an annoyed huff, pointed her fair, delicate index finger at Kaguya Shinomiya, and said unkindly,
"Remember this favor well. In the future, whenever there is danger, you be the one to stand at the front first, you evil black haired, red eyed woman."
Kaguya Shinomiya immediately retorted,
"I don't need you to tell me that. I'd be the first to stand at the front regardless."
"That's why I'm rewarding you with Alatreon's Reverse Scale."
Hearing Asagiri's teasing tone, Kaguya Shinomiya muttered softly,
"You, a Vice President, are actually rewarding me, the Student Council President..."
Asagiri had always been the champion of verbal sparring, and with just one sentence, he shattered Kaguya Shinomiya's stubbornness.
"Just keep clutching that Shuchiin Academy Student Council President title as a fig leaf every day."
"Tch..."
Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lower lip and glared hatefully at Asagiri.
But to her surprise, Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting beside her, sighed helplessly and said,
"After distributing the loot, shouldn't we discuss the content of the custom rewards? Can you two team leaders stop flirting with each other here?"
"Who... who is flirting with him!"
Seeing Kaguya Shinomiya's pretty face flush red, stuttering until she could not speak clearly, everyone present could not help laughing out loud.
...
After a short rest, Asagiri and the four women, Yuuki Asuna, Iwanaga Kotoko, Kato Megumi, and Yamauchi Sakura, began to discuss what kind of custom rewards to choose.
Kaguya Shinomiya and her group were not present.
It was not a matter of trust or anything like that. It was simply because they were originally two different Player teams.
Although they had teamed up for this hidden boss fight, it was only a special case, and they would not normally act together.
Therefore, when discussing custom rewards, it was best not to gather together and be influenced by each other's styles, focusing only on the members of their own team.
"They're all S+ grade ratings this time..."
Iwanaga Kotoko looked at the clear prompt that popped up in the Eye Icon APP and said thoughtfully,
"I remember the system popped up two prompts one after another. One was when we killed the Blackwatch Commander possessed by Nyx, and the other was after Alatreon died."
"In other words, can we get two exclusive rewards?"
"They should be distributed along with the settlement after we finish customizing them."
Yuuki Asuna spoke softly, then took out Shimmering Light from her inventory.
Looking at this longsword, which was as crystal clear as water and emitted a gorgeous, faint light, reluctance appeared in her eyes as she muttered,
"I hope the upgraded Shimmering Light will be just as beautiful as it is now..."
Upon hearing this, Asagiri rolled his eyes and said bluntly,
"Did you come here to play Miracle Nikki? Why do you care if it looks good or not?"
"If I can choose beautiful equipment, of course I'm going to choose beautiful ones."
Yuuki Asuna retorted unyieldingly, glared at Asagiri, and said,
"You, who likes to play the kazoo, I can't communicate with you."
"Stop being disrespectful to Lord Kazoo here!"
"Stop playing abstract."
After Yuuki Asuna retorted angrily, she entered the reward content she wanted into the Eye Icon APP.
Both the armor, Armor of Flashing Light, and the weapon, Shimmering Light, needed to be upgraded.
Purple quality equipment seemed very strong to ordinary Players, but it could no longer keep up with Yuuki Asuna's combat intensity.
Then there was the enhancement of physical fitness and mental strength.
These two basic stats could not be forgotten.
The reason Yuuki Asuna was able to continue moving under the mental pressure emitted by Nyx, besides her firm inner will, was also because she had never forgotten to improve her mental strength, even though she was a physical type class.
As for skills...
Yuuki Asuna felt that her existing sword skills were enough, and she still had the opportunity to awaken new sword skills in battle.
Moves were certainly important, but if she wanted those moves to be effective, basic stats and weapons were essential.
[Custom reward content confirmed: Weapon Shimmering Light upgrade, Armor of Flashing Light upgrade, physical fitness enhancement, mental strength enhancement.]
[Obtained: Rapier Shining Starlight, Holy Light Armor, significant physical fitness enhancement, significant mental strength enhancement.]
[Rapier Shining Starlight (Red Epic Quality, Player "Yuuki Asuna" exclusive weapon): An artifact formed by pure power akin to that of a Creator God, infused with Player Yuuki Asuna's indomitable determination. When Player Yuuki Asuna uses this weapon, the power of sword skills will be significantly increased, movement speed will be significantly increased, and the bonus from exclusive talents obtained by killing monsters will be doubled.]
[Holy Light Armor (Red Epic Quality, Player "Yuuki Asuna" exclusive armor): An artifact armor formed by the fusion and sublimation of the Armor of Flashing Light, containing Player Yuuki Asuna's never retreating will. When Player Yuuki Asuna is in a moving state, this armor will create a protective barrier based on Yuuki Asuna's speed. The barrier's protective strength is directly proportional to Yuuki Asuna's movement speed. The barrier has no usage limit, no cooldown, and consumes no mental strength or stamina.]
An artifact.
Without a doubt, an artifact.
The effects of these two pieces of equipment were completely customized for Yuuki Asuna, and they also had perfectly adapted synergy effects with every aspect of her abilities.
And this level of reward was not even the highlight of this Dungeon.
[Because you participated in killing one of the Nyx Incarnations of the Death Mother Planet, Blackwatch Commander Mickey Quick, you have received an exclusive extra special reward: Sword Skill, Sky Severing Sword.]
[Sword Skill, Sky Severing Sword: Consumes a large amount of mental strength and stamina to condense a sword radiance that is as substantial as reality. Even a city would be razed to the ground under this one sword strike. This is the Sword of Severing Fate that cuts through the unfair balance between gods and humans.]
[Because you participated in and completed the first core main storyline of this game, you have received an exclusive extra special reward: Your own recovery ability has been amazingly improved, and you are immune to all types of instant death erasure attacks.]
"Recovery ability has been amazingly improved..."
Seeing the last two lines of prompts pop up, Yuuki Asuna was slightly stunned for a moment.
Then she immediately opened her Player panel, only to see that the column representing physical fitness had changed.
[Physical Fitness Level: Transcendent (Various physical stats far exceed human limits. As long as you do not die on the spot, no matter how serious the injury, you can recover over time.)]
Seeing the introduction that popped up in the Eye Icon APP, even Iwanaga Kotoko, who was always playing abstract, could not help falling silent at this moment.
This improvement was too strong, right?
"The point is not the recovery ability, but the immunity to instant death erasure attacks."
Asagiri looked at the dark red font in the Eye Icon APP and said with great interest,
"There are only two beings I know of who can use instant death erasure attacks."
"One is me. The system rewarding such a trait is definitely not to guard against me. Otherwise, it should be a buff that lets you keep up with my absurd stamina no matter how long things go..."
"Don't say such crude things here!"
Although Yuuki Asuna was not conservative at such times, and was even obedient to Asagiri, hearing the other party say such abstract words at this moment still made her blush with shame.
She grabbed a cushion from the sofa and threw it at Asagiri.
However, the latter effortlessly dodged Yuuki Asuna's attack and continued with a smile.
"Since it's not to guard against me, then it must be to guard against Nyx."
"But in the previous battle, although Nyx used the power of the source of death to block my Supreme Magic Bullet, it didn't use that power to attack us."
"Is it because the incarnation cannot use that power to attack? Or is it that..."
Asagiri spoke slowly, stating the guess in his heart.
"Although Nyx is the source of the will of death, its power is limited to worlds that have already been invaded and cannot interfere..."
"Or rather, it cannot temporarily interfere with us, who are Players from another world?"
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