Rod smiled in satisfaction as he put away all the items in front of him. He stood up and was about to pat the 看板娘's arm, but she happened to bow, causing Rod to accidentally hit her chest.
“.......”
The 看板娘 gasped in embarrassment, lowering her head, but surprisingly did not resist.
Instead, she trembled and closed her eyes, as if afraid to resist, but also as if expecting something.
“.......”
Rod felt a sharp gaze fixed on him from behind.
Damn it, he didn't mean to!
His mind was only focused on building his career!
As for women, even if he was desperate, he could only wait until he grew up!
The women in the palace didn't really care about the consequences, in fact, they were even more excited by this state of affairs. But he needed a driver's license to drive a car, didn't he?
Damn, I wonder if the Dragon-Slaying Crystal can promote growth.
I'll make sure you, Rita, will never dare to provoke me again!
Rod coughed awkwardly.
“Right, what’s your name?”
The 看板娘's ears turned bright red, she opened her eyes but didn't dare to look at Rod. She answered somewhat disappointedly.
“Eh? Me, me? My name is Sonia!”
Rod took a deep breath and regained his composure.
“Good, Sonia, you won't regret today's decision.”
This trip to the Adventurer's Guild yielded far more than Rod expected.
Not only had he secured his future plans, but he had also received many excellent rewards.
This made Rod see this busty girl in a new light.
“In the future, if you find something good, no matter how precious, as long as it's unique, you will notify me to pick it up, and I will reward you.”
Sonia knew she had finally gained Rod's approval, the big stone in her heart finally fell, and she excitedly nodded.
“I understand, Your Majesty.”
“By the way, in seven days, the headquarters will receive a batch of magic scrolls. I will use my authority to intercept the most precious high-level healing scrolls and give them to you!”
Rod gave a thumbs up in satisfaction.
Good, she knows how to pluck my own sheep to feed me. This is the kind of woman I need!
Rod had a blast collecting things this time, for a while he couldn't bear to leave.
You know, the royal treasury is as poor as a church mouse, apart from some coins, it's not as rich as the Adventurer's Guild!
And Arcadia is located in the center of the warring zone, and merchants from outside are almost never seen here.
He looked left and right, trying to find new collectibles, but found nothing. He rubbed his hands in regret and asked.
“Sonia, are there really no new magic artifacts or anything like that?”
Sonia looked at Rod, who was completely different from his previous cold demeanor, and couldn't help but smile and feel a sense of closeness.
“Your Majesty.......the good stuff is all here. Magic artifacts sell very well in the warring zone, so it's very difficult to have any in stock.”
“Besides, the Adventurer's Guild is not a merchant after all, the artifacts they keep are extremely limited.”
Sonia suddenly thought of something, then frowned and shook her head in self-denial.
“There's actually one magic artifact left in the warehouse that a client used to pay the reward. The former manager thought it was a treasure and took it, but he misjudged it.”
“The adventurer who completed the commission took a look and also disliked it because it was black and couldn't even cut meat, so he didn't even want it.”
“That kind of defective product, it probably wouldn't catch Your Majesty's eye either.”
Rod was intrigued by this.
“Oh? There’s something like that?”
“Take me to see it!”
Sonia reluctantly took Rod to the warehouse.
In her opinion, presenting that thing to the perfect Majesty would be a lifelong shame.
But Rita knew that her little master never did anything without reason, so she curiously followed.
She walked in her high heels, precisely controlling her steps, following half a step behind Rod, not too much, not too little, just right, as if measured with a ruler.
Sonia kept casting admiring and envious glances.
Opening the warehouse door, Rod quickly noticed the magic artifact that was casually thrown in a corner.
Sonia ran a few steps and used her sleeve to wipe off the dust and cobwebs before presenting it to Rod with both hands.
“Your Majesty, this is the magic sword, 【Unbreakable】.”
Rod used his Six Eyes to observe the magic sword for a while, then suddenly chuckled.
“Interesting, indeed.”
“Rita!”
Rod grasped the magic sword and drew it out, without looking back, he swung a powerful slash at Rita.
Rita was not surprised, but in perfect synchronicity, she swung Frost-Scathe to meet the magic sword.
Sonia saw this, thinking that Rod disliked the magic sword and wanted to destroy it.
After all, that gorgeous scythe looked sharper no matter how you looked at it!
Clang—Crack—
“!!!”
Flecks of cold light flashed in the air.
The broken pieces of the blade brushed past Sonia, spun a few times in the air, and then plunged deeply into the brick floor.
Sonia covered her mouth in disbelief, her eyes widened as if she had seen a hallucination.
“How, how could it be?!”
Because it was not the magic artifact that broke, but Rita's scythe!
She never expected that the magic sword that everyone disdained, in Rod's hands, had become a divine weapon that could cut iron like mud!
Rita silently looked at the break in her scythe, her initial disdain for this world gradually subsided.
You know, even in combat with Honkai beasts, the weapons of the God's Throne here have not been damaged to this extent.
“.......”
Rita silently walked to the broken blade and pressed her incomplete scythe against the broken blade.
The self-repairing properties of soul steel quickly restored Rita's beloved weapon to its original state.
But her mood was still not calm.
“Your Majesty, that weapon is strange.”
Rod did not show a hint of surprise, as if he had expected this outcome all along.
Sure enough, this dagger is the one that Paul picked up a few decades later in the original work!
A dagger with the attribute of breaking armor and the special property of becoming sharper the harder the opponent's blade is.
However, now he had intercepted it and got it into his hands before Paul did.
“A pearl hidden in the dust, stronger when met with strength.”
The hilt flipped in his hand, reversing the blade to point upwards. Rod re-sheathed the blade.
“I'll take this sword.”
【Congratulations, host, for collecting B-Rank weapon, Armor-Breaking Dagger.】
【Reward: Zanpakuto, Tsukiyomi!】