[Detected player absorbed Roygel.Ancient Essence]

[Ancient Essence has been digested]

[Gained additional special ability]

[Detected special ability fusion effect]

[Special ability fused into—Fearful Aura]

[Fearful Aura gained additional trait—Despair]

[Despair: Within the area of effect, all enemies receive a 1D4 penalty to attribute checks, attacks, damage, saving throws, and skill checks, used as a mental effect, cannot be avoided]

Goodness, my Fearful Aura has strengthened again.

Duanmu Huai sighed silently; he felt pretty despairing right now.

But he was used to it, so he just got over it.

That's just how it is, what else can you do, can't let all that—ugh, better not mention it.

Just thinking about it makes his stomach uncomfortable.

"Hmm... hmm..."

At this moment, the little panda curiously approached and then leapt onto Duanmu Huai's chest, raising its head to gaze at him. Duanmu Huai extended his hand and petted the little panda's soft, fluffy head—ah, indeed, having an adorable pet makes one feel good.

Fluffy little cuties need not even be mentioned.

"Beep beep beep..."

While Duanmu Huai was indulging in petting the little panda, his phone rang, and he extended his other hand to pick up the phone and answer the call.

Soon, Blondie's voice came from the other side.

"Hey, buddy, how's it going lately?"

"Not great."

Duanmu Huai silently yawned.

"I'm still recuperating, what's up?"

"Huh? You forgot? Didn't we talk about the renovation before, it's already finished, and I was just going to ask you to come take a look!"

"Oh? It's finished?"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai's spirits lifted immediately, because the mental shock from devouring that monster was so great, he almost forgot... well, if Blondie hadn't called him, Duanmu Huai would really have forgotten that he even bought a house.

"Sure! Wait a bit, I'll call them and be right over."

Duanmu Huai then climbed off the sofa, called Shajuye and Yuko Shionji, and then drove off swiftly towards the destination.

When Duanmu Huai arrived with the two girls, Blondie was already there waiting, his expression somewhat complicated as he looked at Duanmu Huai.

"Hey buddy, you're here."

"Yeah, what's up? Is there something wrong with the renovation?"

"No, the problem is... well, never mind, just see for yourself buddy."

As he spoke, Blondie handed the keys to Duanmu Huai, who took them and directly opened the door to go inside.

This building, converted from a warehouse into a café hostel, originally had a LOFT style, with the first floor being the café and guest rooms on both sides of the second floor. The café occupied the front part, and the guest rooms were in the back. Hence, the entire café's area was very large, almost like a church.

And that's what initially attracted Duanmu Huai.

As for now... well, the original Italian style had thoroughly vanished, replaced by the Tribunal-exclusive metal skull Gothic style.

Pushing the door open and walking in, one is immediately greeted by a huge skull entangled with a war hammer and tentacles sculpted into the wall. Armor-clad, longsword-wielding guard statues are placed around the hall. With the makeover, it feels more like a meeting room with a café, but the metal, dark, and oppressive style around made it hard to relax.

"Honestly, I don't know what you were thinking, buddy, why you wanted it like this, but I have to say, it looks pretty impressive!"

Looking at the decorations, Blondie couldn't help but feel emotional. Initially, seeing Duanmu Huai's blueprint designs felt like pure madness, as if from a delusional fantasy. However, Duanmu Huai paid for it himself, so Blondie had no say and just followed his requests. Yet, Blondie never expected the end result to be like this.

Skulls, such terrifying things, shouldn't appear in luxurious residences, yet here Duanmu Huai specifically designed skull motifs, even using skulls for the staircase handrails, making the place like a haunted house just from imagining it.

But to Blondie's surprise, seeing it completed, he found the gold and deep red pairing made the skulls far less blatant than he thought, appearing more like themed decorations. They perfectly melded with the scene, creating a unique, heavy, sacred, and solemn beauty.

"Hmm, not bad."

Duanmu Huai glanced around, nodding in satisfaction. He could sense his Power of the Ancients completely enveloped this place, and right now, this house was an extension of his will. Thanks to the omnipresent skull emblems, Duanmu Huai could easily grasp everything happening in every corner.

Without Duanmu Huai's permission, not even a mosquito could fly in!

Of course, while Duanmu Huai was satisfied, Shajuye certainly wasn't.

"Our rooms won't look like this too, right?"

Shajuye looked a bit troubled at the hall. While she could accept it, as a girl, she didn't want her bedroom to have this style.

"Of course not, your room is styled according to your preferences."

"That's good..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Shajuye sighed in relief.

As for Yuko Shionji, she didn't care about this at all.

The reason—it's simple.

"Yes, this is the room I wanted!"

Opening the bedroom door, seeing the room inside, Yuko Shionji shouted excitedly and skipped inside. The room wasn't large and decorated simply, with only a huge double bed at its center. Surrounding this double bed, both sides of the table and walls were packed with monitors!

Dozens of monitors formed a C shape, encircling the entire bed. Excitedly, Yuko Shionji pounced onto the bed, quickly grabbing and pressing the remote on the table, turning on the air conditioning.

"This is all per your request, but... is it really necessary to have so many air conditioners?"

Watching Yuko Shionji start to adjust the system, Duanmu Huai asked curiously. Since they were companions, he naturally had to take care of Yuko Shionji. When renovating, he had asked about her room preferences, and her request was this. Besides monitors, she wanted several air conditioners in her room— to be honest, Duanmu Huai couldn't understand why.

Fortunately, the place originally had a central air conditioning system from being a café, so it wasn't overly troublesome.

"Of course, this way I can get to work, don't worry, it'll be fine."

"Alright."

Since Yuko Shionji assuredly said so, Duanmu Huai wouldn't say more.

Time to see exactly how much capability this one has.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.