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Anna smiled gently at me, as her eyes seemed rather proud of her work once more, she had been working hard both in battle and in upgrading my equipment, so I am very thankful for her.

The equipment in front of my eyes resonated and shined with scarlet colors, using the cricket's exoskeletons and my new jewels was the perfect combination, bringing forth greater equipment, with an even higher grade… Indeed, they were all B-Grade now!

Matching my own Existence Rank, these pieces of equipment were clearly strong, and as if it weren't obvious enough, as the abilities ad stats they had were quite high.

[Cursed Spectral Staff of Phantom Flames and Cold Winds (C-Grade+++)]

[Malefic Accursed Phantom Staff of Infernal Flames and Scarlet Winds (B-Grade+++)]

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[Durability: 4000/4000]

[Attack Power: 3200]

[Magic Conductivity: 5500]

[Weapon Speed: 3000]

[Traits: [Cursed Weapon (B)], [Evolving Weapon (B)], [Automatic Repair (B)], [Slaughter Healing (B)], [Super Mana Conductivity (B)], [Hostility (B)], [Infernal Flare (B)], [Scarlet Winds (B)], [Soul Pierce (B)], [Skill Enhancement (B)] (New!)

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First of all, was the weapon, my good ol' bat had gone through a lot of changes, and it had undergone a few of them today. After being enhanced with the new materials used on it, it grew exponentially stronger, and all of its abilities ranked up in grade.

Evil-Slaying Smash evolved into Hostility, which enhances damage dealt with any being I see as "hostile" with any Skill! Way better than its previous form. Phantom Fire/Flame became Infernal Flare, which is a powerful spectral, red-colored flame that has an even stronger fire potency.

Dark Winds turned into Scarlet Winds, giving them greater power and better manipulation.

Spectral Touch turned into Soul Pierce, which gives any of the skills used with this staff the ability to damage the soul directly.

And Skill Enhancement increases the power of all the Traits within the Staff!

It was a great upgrade overall… Now, moving on…

[Spectral Crimson Vampiric Warlock of Flames Set (B-Grade+++)]

[Durability: 8000/8000]

[Physical Defense: 5500]

[Magical Defense: 7600]

[Traits: [Accursed Equipment (B)], [Evolving Equipment (B)], [Automatic Repair (B)], [Greater Status Effect Resistance (B)], [Super Mana Conductivity (B)], [Infernal Flame Enhancement (B)], [Scarlet Winds Enhancement (B)], [Crimson Ward (B)], [Mana Absorption (B)] (New!)

Now, this was a welcome surprise… My equipment, which used to be mere clothes ended turning into this majestic set. Its Durability reached an armor-like level even though they were not really armor, with a pretty high physical defense and magical defense to boot.

The Enhancement Traits were made greater into infernal flame enhancement and scarlet winds enhancement, which bring a greater boost to my offense and agility, meanwhile, shadow ward turned into the crimson ward, generating an automatic shield made of crimson essence, and there is the newest trait, Mana Absorption, which brings the ability to passively absorb the mana of the enemies I am fighting, although it is nothing too broken, it will help me recover mana faster in the middle of battle.

And last but not least…

[Scarlet-Hearted Ring of Infernal Spirits and Demonic Fortune (B-Grade+++)]

[Durability: 3200/3200]

[Magic Conductivity: 4500] [Bonus Dexterity: 3500]

[Traits: [Evolving Accessory (B)], [Automatic Repair (B)], [Ice Fairy Blessing (B)], [Super Magic Conductivity (B)], [Burning Venom Secretion (B)], [Shadow Spear (B)], [Demon's Fortune (B)], [Fire Spirit Blessing (B)] (New!)

The ring was fused with the [Scarlet Bracelet of Fire Spirits (C-Rank)] accessory I just got from the treasure chest dropped by the cricket boss, if I recall correctly, and as it was fused, its enhancements were clearly visible to the naked eye, many of its traits evolved, such as Shadow Bullet becoming Shadow Spar, Venom Secretion becoming Burning Venom Secretion, and Fortune turning into Demonic Fortune while acquitting a new trait, Fire Spirit Blessing, which brought an enhancement to all things fire-related while giving resistance to it too.

Demon's Fortune was the most interesting, from the innocent small enhancement of Fortune, it went to something that seemed rather malicious…

[Demon's Fortune (B)]

Grants the ability to siphon the luck and fortune of all nearby living beings aside from those the wielder sees as allies or desires to not siphon from.

The more fortune is siphoned, the greater the item drop rates, and all sorts of other things are enhanced.

A true demon is not lucky, but it can bring so much misfortune to others that it might seem fortunate…

Yeah… It is quite crazy, but this Trait would become very useful, maybe if I ever met some protagonist sort of guy, I would become capable of stealing their fortune and use it for my own benefit.

As I equipped everything and the ring, I immediately felt that there was a strange mass of shadows floating above me… this was my luck, the ring let me see my own fortune!

And it was so dark! Why?! I thought I was lucky!

This most likely means I have a terrible fate…

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