Chapter67

'What the fuck,' he thought, touching his cheek and feeling the slight burn where the blast had grazed him. 'This thing just won't stay down.'
He put distance between them, breathing hard while his ribs throbbed and his legs felt heavier with every second.
'Annoyingly tough,' he thought, watching the boar push itself up again, blood pouring from its mouth but its three Shards still spinning steadily. 'Guess that's the limit of my base stats.'
He let out a slow breath, then felt the mana inside him shift as he finally let the ring activate.
A thin golden light appeared around his wrist, orbiting slowly while the pressure around him changed, the weight of it settling into his bones like a familiar coat he hadn't worn in a while.
'Alright,' he thought, flexing his fingers while the ring's power flowed through his arm. 'Let's try this again.'
He pulled up the system panel with a thought, the stream tab sliding aside to reveal the main menu while the boar was already charging at him again.
[ Stream Credits: 800 ]
'Eight hundred?' he thought, his eyes widening for a split second before he quickly navigated to the weapons shop. 'The donations must have kept stacking.'
The boar slammed into the spot where he had been standing a second ago, its tusks tearing through the dirt while he barely managed to sidestep.
'Dammit, it's not giving me a break,' he thought, his fingers flying through the shop menu while his feet kept moving. 'I don't have time to browse.'
The list of weapons scrolled past him, most of them way out of his price range or requiring stats he didn't have, until one item caught his eye near the bottom.
[ Chains of the Goddess ]
[ Condition: 99% Damaged ]
[ Price: 750 Credits ]
[ Note: Binds to unique bloodline only ]