CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER150-GIFT OF THE VEILED GODDESS

The mountain of loot piled up before him didn’t stir even the slightest interest in Daniel.

However, while sorting through the spoils, something unusual caught his attention.

[Mountain Giant Pet Egg]

[Effect: Can hatch into a Silver-rank Mountain Giant and serve as your pet]

[Hatching Time: 1313 years]

Uh...

A Mountain Giant... hatches from an egg??

No, seriously—how is that even remotely reasonable?

Daniel’s mouth twitched as he stared at the listed hatching time.

Thirteen hundred and thirteen years? By the time this thing hatches, he might have already turned to dust.

Within a mere second, Daniel dismissed the idea of raising a Silver-rank pet.

With that kind of time, it’d be far more practical to dismantle the egg for materials and enhance his own strength instead.

However... if defeating a Silver-rank boss would yield pet eggs like this, then collecting 200 of them didn’t seem that far-fetched after all.

If anyone else could’ve read Daniel’s thoughts at that moment, they’d probably be so angry they’d start cursing.

Seriously? "Not that hard"? Are you kidding?

In what twisted universe does a Silver-rank boss become the equivalent of an elite mob?

For context, throughout the long and blood-soaked history of the myriad races, taking down even a single Silver-rank boss had always required a terrible sacrifice.

And Daniel... he was the only person in recorded history who had ever soloed a Silver-rank boss.

As for the rest of the loot, nothing else could catch his attention anymore.

Among the pile were even some rare Skill Scrolls—S-rank, even SS-rank ones!

But to the current Daniel, these were nothing but junk.

Even if a God Rank Skill were to appear before him, Daniel would only bother with it if it was the right match for his needs.

SS-rank, SSS-rank—it was all the same to him.

Moreover, the spoils also contained a massive stack of Battle Scrolls.

Each scroll contained a powerful offensive ability, sealed and ready for use.

Any other Awakener would’ve treated these as precious trump cards, lifesaving tools to be used in moments of desperation.

But Daniel?

Daniel didn’t even need cooldowns to use his own skills—so why waste time ripping open scrolls?

Just toss out a spell directly. Wasn’t that much more efficient?

So, yeah. Trash. All of it.

After inventorying the pile, Daniel felt completely unmoved—calm and unshaken, not a ripple of excitement in his heart.

Meanwhile, one of his clones had already arrived at Winterhold Castle, transferring all of the loot into storage.

At last, the [Heart of Titan] was in his hands.

Without a second thought, Daniel summoned the Dagger of the God of Thieves.

[Heart of Titan]

[Effect: Transforms your body into that of a giant and increases your compatibility with larger forms]

"[AbyssDark Blood Stone], [Heart of Titan], and..."

Gathering these rare materials had taken Daniel quite a bit of effort.

But, as the saying goes, persistence pays off.

At long last, he had assembled the full list of ingredients needed to unlock the God Rank Skill – Gift of the Veiled Goddess.

A brilliant radiance erupted around him, and Daniel’s collection of God Rank Skills grew by one.

"Would you like to max out the skill now?"

As usual, Daniel didn’t hesitate. He chose Yes.

[God Rank Skill: Gift of the Veiled Goddess]

[Effect 1: All consumables you use will be stored within the Gift Pouch of the Veiled Goddess. When you use a consumable, an identical replica will appear in the pouch. (Only works for consumables)]

[Effect 2: You can transform into any creature you’ve seen before, gaining their traits. Undetectable by anyone below God-tier.]

...???

Daniel blinked, slightly stunned by what he read.

Looking at Effect 1 alone—did this mean... he now had infinite consumables?

In truth, Daniel had rarely used consumables before.

But not because they weren’t powerful—far from it.

Rather, the issue was that truly useful consumables were few and far between for someone like him.

Most ordinary items had no meaningful effect on him at all.

For anything to genuinely help Daniel, it had to be incredibly rare and extremely expensive.

So precious, in fact, that Daniel often hesitated to use them—feeling they were better sold off or converted into materials.

But now?

With the Gift of the Veiled Goddess, everything changed.

Infinite-use consumables... were they even still "consumables" at that point?

Almost in disbelief, Daniel pulled a bottle from his backpack: [Super Berserk Potion].

The effect was simple—triple the user’s damage output for three seconds.

Daniel had kept it stored away, saving it for some dire, unforeseen emergency.

But now...

Now he could use it as many times as he wanted.

As he held the bottle, a new prompt popped up in front of him.

[First Phase of Star Upgrade Quest Completed]

At last.

This Star Upgrade Quest had been dragging on for ages.

In the past, the Star Quests were done and dusted in a few short battles.

But this one had taken far too long.

With that thought, Daniel activated [Flashback], instantly teleporting to the Star Upgrade Hall in Castle Mington.

His choice of location wasn’t strategic—he just felt familiar with the place, that’s all.

While Daniel made his way toward the Hall, elsewhere...

Ally was beginning to stir from her slumber.

As her consciousness returned, she became aware of something odd.

Her tail—someone was holding it.

"Nyaa! What are you doing?!"

"You already won the battle, you even took the boss loot! Why are you still holding onto Ally’s tail?!"

As she spoke, Ally studied Daniel seriously.

"Wait a second... don’t tell me... you’ve fallen for Ally?"

"I knew it! Ally is just too adorable, how could anyone not fall for me? Nyahaha~ You’ve got good taste!"

Daniel didn’t immediately respond.

Instead, he smiled gently and gazed into Ally’s eyes.

The way he looked at her—so still and focused—it made Ally feel... strange.

A little too strange.

She quickly averted her eyes, unable to hold his gaze.

What she didn’t expect was for Daniel to lean in even closer.

"You saw right through me, Ally. You’re really adorable."

"Is it so strange that I might like you?"

Daniel knew perfectly well Ally was just teasing him.

He wasn’t some clueless fool, after all. He wouldn’t fall into her trap that easily.

Still...

Daniel had read her joke correctly. Ally had only meant to poke fun.

She never expected him to actually say it—to come right out and confess.

This isn’t how it was supposed to go...