Equipment Acquired

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At this moment, the other people on the other side had already lost interest and were announcing their bids without enthusiasm.

Even though the thing looked rather strange and seemed to have almost indestructible properties,

without any clear function or method of use, it was still too worrisome.

Plus, its price was not exactly low, which made even fewer people interested.

"Lyle," Jiang Cheng turned her head to look at Lyle and asked, "Did you bring money?"

"?" Lyle widened his eyes in confusion, not knowing why Jiang Cheng suddenly asked this.

"That thing," Jiang Cheng raised her slender neck, and her fair chin pointed in the direction of the auction.

"This thing, we absolutely must get it. If you have money, let's bid and win it,"

"If you don't have money..." A flash of coldness appeared in Jiang Cheng's eyes.

Something like the Sword in the Stone could definitely not fall into someone else's hands. If someone else really did get it, she could only kill and take it by force.

"Sigh," seeing the look in Jiang Cheng's eyes, Lyle understood her meaning and sighed.

"I did bring money," Lyle said, "but you have to promise me, you can never think of such things again in the future."

"Well..." Jiang Cheng tilted her head in thought. Things that would make her resort to killing ordinary people in front of Lyle to obtain...

Hmm, there actually were quite a few.

"Tch," Jiang Cheng curled her lips. Because of Lyle's talent, she couldn't lie.

After thinking it through, she could only say,

"Lyle, some things are only useful in your hands. Only by obtaining them can we better defeat the Demon King."

"What you mean is..." Lyle frowned.

"So, for the safety of my dear Hero, there are some things I simply must get."

Jiang Cheng spoke with a smile.

Lyle fell into silence. He wanted to say something like his own life was not more valuable than anyone else's,

But he couldn't speak the words—not only because he knew only he could defeat the Demon King,

but also because, looking at the sincere golden eyes of the girl before him, he couldn't bear to disappoint her good intentions.

Even though he still felt Jiang Cheng was a truly terrible person, over these past days, he had grown used to her presence.

Turning his head away, the expression on Jiang Cheng's face instantly vanished, and an almost imperceptible trace of disgust appeared on her face.

This disgust was not directed at Lyle, but rather... towards herself?

Indeed, saying such intimate words to a man, words that were so beautiful they were almost love talk, really was... disgusting, Jiang Cheng thought to herself.

While she was thinking, Jiang Cheng raised her paddle and said indifferently, "Four thousand gold coins. Don't fight me for it."

As Jiang Cheng's voice fell, the entire auction hall instantly fell silent once again.

What crazy idea was this madwoman up to again? Why was she buying such a useless thing?

But precisely because it was something useless, naturally, no one would compete with Jiang Cheng.

And so, the legendary mysterious stone hammer—no, it was the Sword in the Stone—fell effortlessly into Jiang Cheng's hands.

The rest of the auction became utterly boring for Jiang Cheng.

Even though the last few auction items were powerful mechanical creations, they were of no use to Jiang Cheng.

She and Lyle were already strong enough to defeat most enemies.

Getting more powerful mechanical exoskeletons or other equipment at this point would serve no further purpose.

Thus, after a brief, bored rest, the auction finally ended for Jiang Cheng.

Next was collecting the items won in the auction. Soon, several staff members brought a long box and a small case into the room.

The long box was opened, and inside was the Sword in the Stone that had been treated as a hammer.

Jiang Cheng stepped forward and picked up the Sword in the Stone with both hands.

In the original work, there was no detailed description of the Sword in the Stone, not even an illustration in the setting book, so Jiang Cheng was quite curious.

At the very least, she wanted to see if this world's Sword in the Stone came with a prophecy that whoever drew it out would become the King of Britain.

Looking carefully, Jiang Cheng soon noticed a line of small, special characters at the point where the blade met the stone.

The content of the inscription was quite ordinary. It simply read, "Whoever draws this sword may protect all that he wishes to guard."

But what was special was that this line was written in Chinese. No wonder the auction house had overlooked it; they probably thought it was some kind of special magic formation.

"Lyle," Jiang Cheng turned around and handed over the Sword in the Stone. This is for you.

"For me?" Lyle was a bit surprised.

He had thought that something Jiang Cheng wanted so badly would surely be something she desired herself.

Unexpectedly, it was for him.

"That's right. Pull it out; you'll understand." Jiang Cheng nodded.

"Pull it out?" Staring at the hammer before him, Lyle fell into thought.

"Tch," Jiang Cheng frowned and sighed. The hero being this dense was starting to feel like a hassle.

"This is a sword stuck in stone," Jiang Cheng said calmly.

"Pull it out. You have the qualification."

"Sword in the Stone?"

Evidently, there was the legend of the Sword in the Stone in this world, too.

Not only did Lyle exclaim in surprise, but the staff behind them also widened their eyes.

"Shhh—"

Turning her head, pressing a finger to her rosy lips, Jiang Cheng smiled pleasantly at the staff.

The two staff members instantly understood and bowed their heads.

"Whoosh!"

On the other side, Lyle had already pulled the longsword out from deep within the stone.

With the sword no longer inserted, the stone, once indestructible, quickly crumbled away.

Looking at the beautiful longsword in his hands, Lyle joyfully caressed the blade.

Just from that moment, he had already grasped the various abilities of the Sword in the Stone.

However, he still sheathed the Sword in the Stone. Compared to this sword, he really did prefer to use the one his teacher had given him.

Once the two had finished dealing with the Sword in the Stone, the staff dared to approach.

Opening the box, they revealed a pendant inlaid with a huge, lustrous black gemstone inside.

"Hmm hmm~" Having finally obtained what she wanted, Jiang Cheng let out a soft hum of satisfaction and took out the pendant.

Beside her, Lyle asked curiously, "You look like you really like that pendant?"

"What, I can't buy something for myself?" Jiang Cheng replied with a beaming smile.

"It's not that," Lyle shook his head. "I just wanted to know what you like."

After all, if he had the chance, he also wanted to give Jiang Cheng something she liked.

"Well, liking this thing, of course it's partly because it looks nice~"

Unable to lie or tell Lyle the truth, Jiang Cheng could only answer vaguely.

"Indeed," what Jiang Cheng did not expect was that Lyle took two steps back and looked at both her and the pendant seriously,

then said, "I feel like it would look great on you, and it suits both your temperament and your title."

"Ha," Jiang Cheng chuckled softly, not even realizing herself that hearing Lyle say this made her a little happy inside.

"The 'Black Saintess' wearing a black pendant—it really does suit me."

"Alright, let's go, Lyle. Our 'date' today isn't over yet."

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