Chapter 162 - Lottery Draws
After wrapping things up, Mahiro returned to his home alone.
The matter of the Kokabiel's attack tonight had been resolved.
However, the underworld still needed some info, and that responsibility fell to Rias.
Asia had gone to treat Sona's peerage, and it would likely take some time before she returned.
"System, let's do a lottery draw."
Mahiro looked at the system panel.
After defeating Kokabiel, the main quest had been completed, granting him 2X Lottery draws.
As he spoke, the roulette wheel begin to spin.
[Consumed one lottery draw.]
[Congratulations! You've obtained "All Things Affinity".]
All Things Affinity?
The name sounded intriguing.
Mahiro looked onto the item description to understand.
Item: All Things Affinity
Quality: C
Effect: Increases affinity with all things, making interactions with both living and non-living entities easier.
Note: This is a consumable item. It will disappear after use and won't appear in the skill.
"Consumable?"
Mahiro muttered, feeling a bit disappointed.
The All Things Affinity felt a little strange to him.
Enhancing affinity to make interactions easier?
Was this some kind of charm or charisma boost?
Mahiro frowned and asked the system directly for clarification.
The system responded:
[With All Things Affinity, the mana required for making spells would be less, and it will allow you to use magic easily. Affinity with all attributes and elements are inhanced.]
It was a bit like fantasy novels he'd read, where mages needed to control over mana capacity or mana output to conjure better spells.
Here, All Things Affinity helped controlling over those elements and control of mana.
"Not bad."
Mahiro smiled with satisfaction. It was a powerful passive skill. He used All Things Affinity right away.
Unlike the Soul Light, he felt no changes after using it—no noticeable effect on his body or senses.
When he had used Soul Light, he felt more energetic. But now, everything seemed calm.
Mahiro didn't dwell on it. This would likely shown when using mana or in special circumstances.
"Let's draw again."
Mahiro went for the second Lottary.
[Congratulations! You've obtained Verethragna's Ram Incarnation.]
"Oh? Another Incarnation of Verethragna!"
Hearing the system prompt, Mahiro became interested.
Item: Verethragna's Ram Incarnation
Quality: B
Effect: Grants recovery from fatal injuries, but it must be activated by will at the verge of death. However, if injured again during revival, or if the body suffers fatal damage (like decapitation), resurrection won't be possible.
Source: Campione!
Note: This is one incarnation among several; if the other incarnations are gathered, the full power of Verethragna can be unlocked, along with the might to slay gods.
"The Ram Incarnation, while not as powerful as others, it isn't bad."
Compared to the Youth Incarnation, the Ram Incarnation had better effects but also more limitations on resurrection.
It required deliberate activation on the verge of death, and a single missed second could render it useless.
Furthermore, the body needed to remain largely intact after death to allow revival.
Mahiro recalled the episode where Kusanagi Godou had been lured by Athena and sent to the underworld with a kiss of death.
Noticing something was off, Athena had tried to destroy Kusanagi's body to prevent his revival, but Erica had managed to snatch his body, allowing Kusanagi to survive.
[An ability of the same series has been detected. Would you like to integrate it?]
This prompt appeared as Mahiro looked at the Ram Incarnation.
"Integrate."
Mahiro spoke.
Now, he had two of Verethragna's Incarnation. If he could collect eight more, he would be like Kusanagi Godou.
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Host: Mahiro
Race: Human
Rating: Three Stars
Strength Assessment: The overall strength in this world can reach the level of Middle-Class.
Abilities: Intermediate Physique (D), Intermediate Swordsmanship (D), Intuition (D), Mystic Eye of Death Perception [Lite] (A), Secret Technique - Raikiri (D), Mystic Eye of Distortion (B), Shunpo (D), Primary Healing (E), Primary Purification (F), Verethragna's Incarnations (2/10) (B).
Equipment: Longinus - Boosted Gear (A+), Refined Katana (F), Zanpakutō - Hyorinmaru (A+), Sword of Eternal Flames (D), Apollon (Ex).
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Mahiro glanced at the system panel.
Other than adding to Verethragna's Incarnation, there wasn't much change.
However...
"I need to find time to improve my base strength."
With that said, Mahiro went to shower.
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