The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 277

Ciel scanned the inventory, looking at all the Sealed Artifacts granted by the system.

【Deadly Blood Roland】, 【Endless Manual of Instant Forgetfulness】, 【Box of Soul Instigation】, 【”Mastermind Sage’s” Toy Box】.

Randomly…

If Ciel could choose, she would probably pick “Deadly Blood Roland” or “Mastermind Sage’s Toy Box.”

One was a versatile weapon that could directly boost combat power, and the other was the Sealed Artifact with the highest rank to date, according to the system.

Although Ciel had hardly ever used this “toy box” in combat… after all, the randomness was too great, and it could easily backfire on her.

Who knows what might pop out of the “toy box”?

But if it evolved, and the randomness turned into self-selection, its usability would probably greatly increase.

And what Ciel least wanted to evolve was probably the “Endless Manual of Instant Forgetfulness”… Ciel truly couldn’t imagine what use it would have after upgrading.

The “Box of Soul Instigation” could at least chatter a bit and give some potentially useful advice.

Should she wait to get more Sealed Artifacts before using “Mist of Transfiguring Ascension”?

No. She had only collected four system-granted Sealed Artifacts in so many simulations… When would she collect more? It would take forever.

Moreover, the Sealed Artifacts given by the system weren’t always useful. There were also things like the “Endless Manual of Instant Forgetfulness” that could only be used as a high-end notebook.

A one-in-two chance to upgrade the desired item. That was a high probability for Ciel.

She would just use it directly.

「Do you wish to use 【Mist of Transfiguring Ascension】?」

“Yes.”

Ciel silently chanted in her mind.

Before Ciel’s eyes, illusory black mist spread. Colorful light points sparkled within the mist, like a vast starry sky.

This black mist and starlight madly condensed and directly merged into the inventory panel before Ciel.

The grid containing the “Mastermind Sage’s Toy Box” was covered by the starlight and black mist.

The original toy box was expanding and fracturing, seemingly being eroded and corroded by the black mist. But soon, a multi-faceted box, almost identical in style and even more bizarre, appeared within the system inventory.

It looked like a multi-faceted Rubik’s Cube, but as soon as this polyhedron was turned, more faces would be seen, each one never repeating—it looked as if “faces” from different dimensions had been stacked together, making it impossible to count how many faces existed simultaneously.

This thing is not simple… Ciel immediately made a judgment on the multi-faceted “Rubik’s Cube” before her.

Ciel directly looked at the polyhedron. Its information also directly appeared before Ciel’s eyes.

「【”Mastermind Sage’s” Endless Armory】: Special Sealed Artifact. Using this Sealed Artifact, you can consume Sanity or Spirituality to retrieve a Sealed Artifact armament from the “Mastermind Sage’s” Endless Armory and gain knowledge of its usage and experience. The armament type is adaptive. Duration: 1 hour. Can maintain consumption to extend duration.」

「Side Effect: After each use, the Host will forget all usage methods of Sealed Artifacts.」

Every time I use it… besides consuming Sanity or Spirituality, I’ll also forget the usage methods of all other Sealed Artifacts?

What an overbearing Sealed Artifact…

However, this was not too significant a side effect for Ciel. If she forgot the usage methods of other Sealed Artifacts, she still had the system and could use the Endless Manual to record and archive them.

But, what does “adaptive” mean for this armory?

「Adaptive: The 【”Mastermind Sage’s” Endless Armory】 will automatically select Sealed Artifact armaments that match the user’s path.」

Seeing this, Ciel’s eyes lit up.

Adaptive based on path?

Does that mean if I use different paths, the weapons I get will also be different?

So far, Ciel had only seen one path-restricted Sealed Artifact.

That was the “‘Spider Demon Doctor’s’ Stitching Seal Ring” obtained from the real Keyman. Only “Gardener” and “Coroner” could use the ultimate “Spider Demon Serum.”

Path-restricted Sealed Artifacts must be more compatible with the current path… This armory solves the problem of Ciel only being able to use “Deadly Blood Roland” across different paths.

Good stuff.

This was something that could truly enhance her immediate combat power. In battle, having one more sealed artifact or one less could very likely affect the outcome of the battle.

After Ciel looked at this Sealed Artifact for a while, she did not take it out directly. Instead, she directly closed the inventory interface.

It’s best to test this Sealed Artifact in a simulation. It says it will produce “armament,” but it doesn’t specify what kind of “armament.”

What if this “armament” is so massive that it directly blasts the entire villa, or if it comes with strong side effects the moment it’s taken out? Then Ciel would be in deep trouble.

After all, given the precedent of the “Mastermind Sage’s Toy Box,” Ciel was a little distrustful of this “Mastermind Sage.”

She just felt that the creator of this Sealed Artifact was a bit unreliable.

Ciel opened the system shop and directly clicked on the Basic Subjects interface.

As expected, “Music” appeared in the Basic Subjects.

Ciel directly leveled “Music” to Lv.3, costing 5 Fate Points. She also upgraded “Painting Lv.2,” which she hadn’t upgraded before, to Lv.3. These two upgrades combined cost Ciel 8 Fate Points.

Now, Ciel’s Fate Point balance came to 429 points.

And all subjects had reached Lv.3.

As Ciel finished upgrading her subject levels, Tara’s knock finally sounded at the door.

Knock knock knock——

“Come in.”

In Ciel’s mind, Precognitive Sight had already sketched out the people at the door: Tara and Percy, who was entirely shrouded in a robe.

“Let’s go.”

Ciel stood up and led Tara and Percy directly out of the room.

She had to find Mond to prevent her memories from being probed by Imogen.

Before Mond left Ansu City.

Fortunately, Ciel had already learned Mond’s temporary residence in the simulation. Ciel directly led Tara and Percy straight to Mond’s temporary residence.

At the junction of the West District and the South Bank, outside a detached house very close to Tara’s hiding place, a carriage stopped on the road outside the door.

This quiet, undeveloped area was indeed very suitable for people who wanted to escape the hustle and bustle.