"No way, no way! Master Diluc is already down?"
Venti watched the person before him with a teasing grin, finally finding a chance for revenge. It was usually him being bullied, but now it was his turn.
"You don't actually think I'm done for, do you?"
Diluc recovered in just a few seconds, his eyes filled with a cold glare as he looked at the person before him. "To dare mock me, would you mind settling your bar tab for the last three months? It's about 1 million Mora, give or take. Remember, not a hundred, but a million!"
Venti froze. He looked at the person before him, trembling slightly. "Can I sing to work off the debt?"
"Over a million Mora? Even if you got 10,000 per performance, you'd still need to sing 100 times, and that's not even considering that such high payouts are impossible. So, it's best not to mess with me."
Diluc glanced at Venti and then took out a gacha ticket he had found in a game. It was said that you could draw from a prize machine with it.
Lu Ze looked at him with some surprise. This was the highest-tier gacha pool, meaning it wouldn't be out of the question to get a Divine Key from it.
As he pressed the button, a capsule dropped out. Venti stood beside him, anxiously looking at the contents in Diluc's hand.
"What is this? Stigmata—Levanhuuk (Top)?"
Lu Ze looked at it strangely. "Well, well, it's Levanhuuk. A decent stigmata that can boost Fire elemental damage."
"This is called a stigmata, and I'm sure you know what it's used for. You just need to insert the materialized syringe into your body and inject the stigmata. If you want to replace it later, you can come find me. This stigmata suits you well; it can boost Fire elemental damage."
Lu Ze said calmly. The two exchanged glances. They knew what stigmata were—equipment that could increase damage—but they never expected to draw one from a gacha machine. Was it really that magical?
Diluc was a little skeptical, but he had a god by his side. If there was a problem, he could directly find this person. If there wasn't, then he might as well get more of these things to improve his strength.
"Boss, thank you for this. Giving me such a good item, I'll immediately bring two people over."
Diluc said no more and directly inserted the syringe into his body. As the stigmata was injected, a stigmata mark appeared on his arm, looking quite cool.
He felt his own strength. In addition to his original power, there was a slight boost. It seemed the boss hadn't lied; it could indeed increase strength. Did this thing need to be upgraded further?
"Boss, does this stigmata need to be upgraded and strengthened?"
"No, it will gradually grow stronger with your combat training. It's not like in games where you just need materials to evolve. Also, if you wear stigmata and enter Honkai Impact 3, you'll get double experience, and your stigmata will grow faster."
Lu Ze didn't look up the entire time, his eyes fixed on the computer. The PV was half-made, and soon he would make everyone in Teyvat cry for him. Wasn't that good? It was very good. He wanted the miHoYo games to hurt themselves.
"I see! Then I have something to do, so I'll be going. I'll bring you two customers later. Goodbye, boss."
Venti and Diluc walked out of the Honkai Impact 3 experience store. Diluc was already eager to test the power of the stigmata. Just a simple enchant for fire attribute on his basic attack had already subdued a group of thugs.
"It's so powerful, I wish I had one too. If only I could draw one, I'd go push it on the old man, ah, no, to make him envious."
Venti muttered to himself, another idea surfacing. Right, wasn't there a real-world challenge in Dragonspine? If he won first place, wouldn't he get game time? He'd even get 3000 crystals. Wasn't that great?
So, he quickly separated from Diluc, preparing to find the so-called challenge location and secretly snatch first place, astonishing everyone!
Unbeknownst to him, Diluc saw Venti run off so quickly and paid it no mind. Instead, he went straight to the Knights of Favonius. He thought he could invite Acting Grand Master Jean and the other knights to experience Honkai Impact 3. If they, like him, managed to draw good items, wouldn't they be overjoyed?
He arrived at Jean's office. She responded, "Please come in, the door isn't locked. Just tell me what you need..."
Before she could finish, she looked up and saw Senior Diluc. Her bad mood from processing documents instantly improved, and she said with a bit of surprise, "Senior Diluc, what brings you here?"
Diluc was not one to beat around the bush. He briefly explained the situation and wanted to invite Acting Grand Master Jean to the Honkai Impact 3 experience store.
Her face shifted from sternness to nervousness. Then, without anyone noticing, a house was covered up. Sunset Forest wasn't far from them. By what means did he build such a house so grandly?
Although she had some doubts, she figured Senior Diluc must have gone there and figured everything out. Since he hadn't said anything, there shouldn't be any danger. In that case, she'd go take a look. It might be a pleasant surprise. She hadn't played games in a long time.
Since becoming the Acting Grand Master, she had a lot of work to do every day. So, even if she agreed, she could only go after work. But it was still five hours until work ended. Would she still have time when she got there?
Diluc also forgot to ask the boss about closing time, but he couldn't contact him anyway. Should he wait?
"Then I'll go get Lisa. I hope she'll tease me again this time."
The library was nearby. If he wanted to find Lisa, he could just go to the library. Although she wouldn't stay in the library all day, it was working hours. If she wasn't inside during work, where else would she be?
"Lisa! I need to find you, Lisa!" Diluc shouted while looking around. He couldn't find the trace of the purple witch. Even the coffee in the author management area was still hot, indicating she must have gone out and wouldn't be back for a while. So, he would just wait for her in Jean's office.