NOVEL NEXT Chapter 45: Chapter 45 : Rewards and Gains from Seeing a Child
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After briefly glancing at the flyers, Vegeta casually tossed them aside. It wasn't that he wasn't interested in beautiful women, but he had no desire for women who were essentially commodities. Besides, these women already belonged to others, and Vegeta had no interest in them for that reason as well.
After all, it wasn't like Vegeta lacked the ability to find companions if he wanted to. He could use the master-servant contract to bind Saeko to him without any issue. However, Vegeta wasn't someone who let his desires control him. He preferred to focus on the challenges ahead and only enjoy life once his power had grown.
There was another, more pressing reason Vegeta wasn't interested in these distractions: If he wanted to quickly increase his power, there was a straightforward way to do so. He could become a Super Saiyan God by gathering five kind-hearted Saiyans to channel their energy into him.
Given the current situation of the Saiyans, finding five kind-hearted Saiyans seemed simple enough if he decided to have them born himself. However, Vegeta wasn't entirely sure if he currently qualified as "kind-hearted." Maybe due to his merging with the original Vegeta, whose violent tendencies were still quite strong, the current Vegeta leaned towards being more sinister.
While Vegeta didn't personally mind this disposition, he did worry it might hinder his ability to transform into a Super Saiyan God. Not that he had to become a Super Saiyan God at all costs—there were other paths to great power. But if a powerful and simple method was available, Vegeta certainly wouldn't dismiss it.
Most importantly, Vegeta was curious to see what would happen if he combined the Super Saiyan 4 transformation with the Super Saiyan God form. Could this fusion result in a level of power that was truly terrifying? Still, such thoughts were a bit premature. For now, Vegeta needed to focus on raising his power to a certain level and achieving the Super Saiyan transformation.
Putting these scattered thoughts aside, Vegeta lay down on the large bed in his luxurious room. He pulled out the stack of attribute cards he had purchased earlier and began using them one by one. As each card transformed into pure energy and flowed into his body, Vegeta felt an intense heat spread through him, his body enduring a powerful surge of energy.
As his body began to show signs of strain, Vegeta had to stop using the cards. He activated his gravity wristband and set up a gravity field. After some experimentation, Vegeta quickly mastered the control of the wristband, setting the gravity level to encompass just himself and increasing it to 20 times Earth's gravity before quietly beginning his basic training.
As Vegeta focused on his training, time slipped by unnoticed.
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Meanwhile, not long before this, Miko, Miku, and the others had also arrived in the settlement space, having returned at the same time as Vegeta. Unlike Vegeta, who quickly accepted his situation and checked his gains, Miko and the others were still shaken from their recent experiences, struggling to calm their nerves.
It took the group at least half an hour to come to terms with their surroundings. Once she had accepted her situation, Miko finally looked at her settlement screen.
*[Congratulations! You have survived in the World of the Dead for 10 days. Calculating results…]*
*[Main Quest: Survive for 10 days (Completed)]*
*[Side Quest: Hunt 100 zombies (Completed)]*
*[Hidden Quest 1: Help establish a survivor shelter (Completed)]*
*[Hidden Quest 2: Kill 30,000 or more zombies (Completed)]*
*[…]*
*[Influence over key and ordinary characters in the World of the Dead has been noted. Evaluation increased!]*
*[Ding! Due to increased difficulty, rating has been upgraded! Reward quality slightly improved.]*
*[Calculation complete. Congratulations! You have received an S- rating, an S-grade reward, 80,000 points, and an S-grade reward chest!]*
*[Ding! Would you like to use the Reincarnation Space's healing ability? This will fully heal your body. The first use costs 500 points, subsequent uses will cost 3000 points and a C-grade rating.]*
Looking at the series of messages on her settlement screen, Miko couldn't help but recall her grueling ten-day ordeal. The thought of those final days, filled with constant fighting, sent a shiver down her spine.
Those days had been a blur of unceasing combat. Apart from spending an hour each day eating, about six hours sleeping, and an hour for bathing and other necessities, all her time was spent killing zombies. From the initial fear, pain, and tension to eventual numbness, if it had continued for another ten days or so, Miko feared she might have ended up like Yumiko, driven to the brink of madness.
Even now, she could feel the lingering aches in her body. The weapons they had used weren't easy to handle, with each shot producing a powerful recoil. Such prolonged, high-intensity fighting had left her body with numerous injuries.
Deciding she couldn't continue in her current state, Miko chose to use the Reincarnation Space's healing ability to fully heal her. As the pain disappeared, her expression relaxed completely. Only then did she turn her attention to the reward chest and choose to open it.
Looking at the array of treasures provided by the system, especially those that promised to transform someone from an ordinary person to a supernatural being, Miko's heart began to race with excitement. What she desired most, however, was the power to eliminate spirits and gods. If she could master such power, she wouldn't have to live in constant fear anymore.
Thinking about how all these gains were thanks to Vegeta, Miko sighed. Any lingering resentment she had towards him melted away, replaced by a quiet sense of gratitude.
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