Endless Extraction in a Game-Like World

Chapter 101: The Hollow Inferno Controller! The Secrets of Endless Extraction

"I can use Origin Reflection on this, huh?" Caelus looked thoughtful.

While using Origin Reflection on the Dark Stone to summon an Origin Spirit was a good idea, the rank of the beast would naturally be low. But if he obtained the so-called Origin Shards, he could actually give it a soul and continuously level it up.

Just then, another notification rang out.

[Ding!]

[Your Inferno Controller Class is evolving!]

[The Hollow Flames are strengthening the class.]

[You have obtained the Class: Hollow Inferno Controller.]

[Inferno will now be produced by the Hollow Flames, making it much more potent.]

[Inferno Point: Within a 15-meter range, you can violently increase the kinetic frequency of atoms, consuming everything in the area into magma. A built-in Frequency Dampening Field protects the user, ensuring the kinetic acceleration only targets matter with specific atomic densities to prevent self-combustion. Hits +2 the original damage due to the Hollow Flames.]

[Cost: 15 CA]

"Not bad." Caelus nodded in satisfaction.

Then, Caelus took out more Dark Stones.

He began extracting them one by one.

[Ding! You have obtained the talent: Darkness Chain (Middle B-Rank)]

[Darkness Chain (Middle B-rank): Use the power of darkness to bind down your enemies. Those fully restricted by the chains will not be able to use their powers for 10 minutes.]

[Cost: 12 CA]

"Another one." Caelus became excited. This result was much better than he initially expected. These Dark Stones came in handier than he thought.

After that, Caelus began extracting the raw essence.

[Ding!]

[Extraction successful.]

[You have obtained the essence of the Darkspawns.]

[Combat Score: 42.78 -> 47.34]

The essence flowed seamlessly into his body, strengthening it. He felt his muscles briefly contract before settling back to their normal size.

The thing about the combat score was that no matter how inflated one’s combat score became, it still kept them at the exact same physique level.

Of course, there were buff guys out there, but they trained physically to achieve that physique or simply had the genetics for it. The game was fair. If one wanted to become bulkier, they just needed to start eating more and lifting; their powers would automatically adjust, and they would look bulky.

"Now, only ten are left. You better give me a talent," Caelus mumbled as he began the final extraction process. He wanted to see if he could get any Origin Shards from the remaining stones.

Because Origin Shards could increase his Origin Space or directly give a summon a soul.

[Extraction successful.]

[You have obtained 3x Origin Shards.]

[You have obtained 3x Origin Shards.]

[You have obtained 4x Origin Shards.]

[Ding!]

[You can now increase your Origin Space or give your Origin Spirits a soul.]

Caelus was thrilled seeing this.

"Does my talent actually work based on my wishes?" Caelus could not help but have that lingering doubt.

Usually, it was completely random. His talent gave things at random, like how it was with the Origin Credits and items he got from the Space League. However, the thing was, after finding out about it being possible to obtain certain items, he started gaining them much more often. Now, the exact same thing had happened with the Origin Shards.

Perhaps it actively listened to his desires and tried its utmost to get him what he wanted?

He just needed to have the prior knowledge about an item for it to drop.

"If that is how it works, then it is very good." Caelus nodded as he turned to look at the remaining Dark Stones.

"If I could merge these somehow, maybe I can make an even more powerful Origin Spirit."

"If I remember correctly, the Black Lightning Guild’s guild leader has a talent to merge things." Caelus was thoughtful as he plotted ways to eliminate the Black Lightning Guild leader.

The man was a Silver III, and Caelus was Bronze I. He had reached this point in less than a month. If this trend continued, he would be able to reach Silver very soon.

And starting today, he planned on working entirely towards Silver. He also wanted to obtain an Arcana.

Just then, Sylvia entered the bedroom wearing a cute apron. In her hands was a tray of freshly baked small muffins.

"Hm? Were you cooking?" Caelus was stunned seeing Sylvia in an apron, looking like a faithful housewife.

"Yeah, I baked some sweets." Sylvia blinked innocently as she sat next to Caelus and placed the tray onto the small square table in front of them.

"Try them. I made this with love~" Sylvia said with a cheerful smile.

"Sure." Caelus nodded with a small smile. Since it was something Sylvia created, he would not deny it.

Soon, he picked one up and took a bite out of it.

"It is really good." Caelus was genuinely shocked.

"Y-You can actually cook?" Caelus was stunned. "This is really delicious."

He initially expected Sylvia to be someone who made her maids and butlers do everything for her. She had a terrifying, wealthy background after all.

"Of course." Sylvia pouted with a small, happy look on her face. "I have been practicing for a while now..."

Just for you, Sylvia silently conveyed with a smiling gaze as she watched Caelus eat the muffins.

"You eat some too. There are too many of them. If I eat them all in one go, I will get diabetes."

Hearing this, Sylvia licked the tip of her finger. "That is better. That way, your blood will taste incredibly sweet."

"It does not work like that," Caelus said speechlessly.

"No. I know a magic trick on how to make blood sweet," Sylvia said with a massive smile. "That way, I can finally turn your blood into popsicles."

"..." Caelus chuckled dryly hearing this.

One moment, Sylvia acted just like any other ordinary girl; then the next, she started speaking about turning his blood into popsicles.

But that was fine too. Being ordinary was boring. He liked Sylvia exactly the way she was.

And seeing how much she cared for him made his heart warm.

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Soon, an hour passed, and Chairman Welt arrived to pick him up.

Caelus said his goodbyes to Sylvia and made his way to the Ashborn family estate.

"Let’s finally see this Patriarch of the family." Caelus sat in the back of the limo with a completely calm gaze.

Taking advantage of the benefits meant for the son of heroes who fought for the kingdom was a massive crime. Now, Patriarch Lloyd Ashborn would face his absolute punishment.

The Ashborn family wasn’t always rich. Lloyd not only used the money he stole from those benefits to fund his own children’s supplementation, but he also used it as initial capital to bankroll small-scale businesses which quickly snowballed into an empire. Their entire wealth was built upon what rightfully belonged to Caelus.