Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 201: Chapter 200 The Released Seal

In the following days, Shana indeed started to force herself to integrate into the classroom, just as Fang Zheng had suggested. Naturally, Fang Zheng was pleased to see this, very well aware that Shana’s intention was not to make friends or to avoid being ostracized, but rather—as he had said—to engage with more people, gaining more experience and wisdom through communication and “battle.”

Of course, her ultimate goal was to become stronger.

However, for Fang Zheng, seeing his own persuasion bear such fruit was certainly something to be proud of, and besides… he indeed hadn’t lied. Whether or not one could perceive such things depended on their perception.

Fortunately, Shana’s process of fitting in with the class met little resistance, mainly due to the presence of Yoshida Kazumi, “Hirai Enishi’s good friend,” and the fact that although Shana previously seemed unapproachable, she had gained the girls’ affection and trust.

Perhaps influenced by the Power of Existence, they unanimously seemed to forget what the original “Hirai Enishi” was like, subconsciously regarding the haughty young miss as their classmate and friend all along. Compared to Shana’s previous distant demeanor, her willingness to approach them now gave her classmates the sensation of being pleasantly surprised by favor. As such, Shana’s integration went smoothly, even remarkably so.

Of course, at first Shana would complain to Fang Zheng about the girls taking her to boring places after class to do boring things, far from gaining any experience. But soon, after Fang Zheng told her “Wisdom is hidden in all things; you can’t find it because you are too foolish,” the irritated Shana immediately changed her tactics, seeming truly determined to discover some truth in those leisurely after-school activities.

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Although playing claw machines indeed seemed to lack any point… Of course, this is subjective.

During the time Shana “enjoyed” her typical high school life, Fang Zheng had his own matters to attend to. On one hand, he was drawing the Power of Existence from the Zero Hour Resurgence to unlock the Vampire’s seal. On the other hand, he was planning to find Lamy to discuss the issue of “batteries.” However, Lamy’s Secret Technique for hiding his presence was quite special, and even Fang Zheng found it difficult to track him down. But Fang Zheng wasn’t in a rush because, as Shana said, the Fire Mist Warrior who had battled with him was also tracking Lamy; once they encountered each other, their locations would be confirmed.

Therefore, Fang Zheng temporarily put this matter aside and focused wholeheartedly on unsealing the Vampire.

His efforts eventually paid off.

“Ah, it’s finally about to be completed.”

Looking at the Greatsword in front of him with the inscription [Progress: 9120/10000], Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. After expending so much effort and only managing to create a “battery” with a capacity of 1000, he had no choice but to resort to the tedious method of injecting Power of Existence daily to gradually unlock the seal.

And today was the last day.

The seal would be released, and finally, the true power of this Noble Phantasm would be clear.

So, let’s perform a ceremony befitting this occasion.

With such a lighthearted thought in mind, Fang Zheng looked at the Greatsword before him. He extended his right hand, and quickly, an orb bound by the ribbons of the Free Method’s light appeared in his hand.

“O key that contains the power of darkness, reveal your true might before me! Now, by the command of your master, Fang Zheng—I order you to release the Seal!”

Humming spell text from an animation he watched as a child, Fang Zheng placed the Light Orb on the Greatsword. Swiftly, blood-red Runes and patterns emerged on the Noble Phantasm, and simultaneously, the numbers on the progress bar in front of Fang Zheng shot up, finally reaching…

[Progress: 10000/10000]

[Side Quest “Seal Release” Completed]

[Noble Phantasm Information Updated]

[Noble Phantasm: Vampire]

[Rank: A]

[Effect: Can cause damage to any enemy it touches (Absolute Destiny)]

“…???”

Staring at the description of the effects, Fang Zheng was perplexed. The explanation was too vague, and he couldn’t immediately understand what it meant. It’s a sword, of course it hurts if you get cut by it, right? Does that need a special mention? Hm? Wait a minute… could it be…

With that thought, Fang Zheng reexamined the effect description and quickly spotted an issue.

The effect described in the text wasn’t “inflict damage upon attacking,” but “cause damage upon contact.” Although they seemed similar, upon closer examination, they were vastly different.

Using gaming terminology, which Fang Zheng was most familiar with, “inflict damage upon attacking” would be a very common effect. The player character swings the sword, strikes the enemy, and upon making contact, the enemy would display an HP reduction—that’s “inflict damage upon attacking.” But if the enemy could block or dodge, that would result in attack deflection or a MISS message.

However, “cause damage upon contact” meant that no matter whether the enemy blocked or not, as long as the player’s attack touched any part of the enemy, it could cause damage… Holy smokes, is it that powerful!? Dang, if that’s the case, it’s going to be insanely awesome!!

Looking at the Greatsword before him, Fang Zheng’s eyes glimmered with excitement.

If this were true, this sword would be a Divine Artifact for him! As long as the enemy couldn’t dodge and was hit, damage would be inflicted, tsk tsk tsk, such an amazing Divine Artifact, it’s just incredible!! Although from the outside, this Greatsword didn’t look as appealing as the Sky-Cleaving Sword, based solely on its effect, it threw the Sky-Cleaving Sword lightyears behind!!

One could say, since his rebirth, this was the most powerful weapon Fang Zheng had ever possessed!! Hahahaha, after decades of hardship, I’m finally going to be the master!

With this thought, Fang Zheng even leaped up in a jump, and began to dance around, humming songs and leaping about joyfully.

Us common folks, today, we’re truly overjoyed! Us commoners, ho ho, today we ought to be happy!

Hey!

After dancing and singing boisterously for quite a while, Fang Zheng finally calmed down and sat back on the sofa, turning his attention to the greatsword in front of him. Then he stretched out his hand and gently pressed it against the body of the sword.

“Dong dong!”

At that moment, Fang Zheng suddenly felt a strong pulse from the greatsword, as if a heartbeat emerged from within. Immediately after, the greatsword began to emanate a dazzling, golden radiance.

But just as Fang Zheng was about to closely examine what was wrong with the sword, a line of system notification suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Task Completed]

[User Obtains Random Reward——Summoning Stone+1]

Summoning Stone?

Looking at the system notification before him, Fang Zheng had not yet reacted when suddenly, an anomaly occurred.

“Elder Brother…”

Accompanied by a sweet voice, a petite figure materialized from within the dazzling golden light of the greatsword. She was a girl with wavy golden hair and a doll-like delicate face, incredibly sweet and lovely. Her azure eyes, filled with tenderness and affection, were intently fixed on Fang Zheng. Then, the girl extended her hand, wrapped it around Fang Zheng’s neck, and slightly parted her cherry lips.

“Elder Brother… I have finally… met you…”

???

Miss, who are you? I don’t have foreign relatives, you know.

Looking at the girl before him, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, but the girl paid no heed to his reaction. Instead, Fang Zheng watched her wrap her arms around his neck, draw closer to him, and then…

The next moment, Fang Zheng felt the girl’s sweet and fiery kiss.

“Ah… Elder Brother…”

Closing her eyes, the girl let out a soft call.

…What the hell is this?

My first kiss for the month, just like that, gone?

“Mmm… Um…”

But unlike the bewildered Fang Zheng, the girl was incredibly greedy, eagerly entangling herself with him as if she wanted to merge their beings into one.

Forget it, it’s a disgrace for a man to have a meal in front of him and not eat it!

Unable to figure out what was happening at that moment, but since the girl had already taken the initiative, Fang Zheng of course wouldn’t back down either. Thus, he immediately extended his hand, wrapped it around the girl’s slender waist, and pulled her into his embrace.

“Ha…”

After a good while, the two finally slowly parted. The girl looked at Fang Zheng with flushed cheeks and a dazed expression, then extended her tongue and licked her lips.

“Elder Brother…”

“Look…”

Now that he had enjoyed himself, Fang Zheng naturally intended to get some explanations from the girl. Although he had guessed that this girl must be the reward from the Summoning Stone he had received, but… this summon seemed to be exceptionally bold, far more than the Little Angel was, right?

However, before Fang Zheng could finish speaking, someone suddenly kicked his room door open with a bang.

“Fang Zheng, what on earth happened? I sensed the presence of a Follower of the Crimson Realm…!”

Shouting, Shana stormed into the room, but the next moment, when she saw the scene before her, she was shocked and her eyes widened.

“What are you… doing?”