Chapter 108: Lord Qualification Token
Their attributes were identical to the beginner equipment, with the only difference being an additional durability value of (1/1).
He temporarily set the four common grade cards aside and picked up the five cards dropped by the psychic zombie, which he had deliberately saved for last as the highlight of the haul.
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[ Zombie Core ]
[ Grade ]: ?
[ Description ]: A zombie core containing unstable energy. It must be processed by an expert before it can be used. Otherwise, it may easily explode.
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After taking a glance at it, Joo Joowon immediately tossed the thing aside.
Even without the warning, he had no use for it at the moment anyway.
On the other hand, the two zombie cores dropped by the Cat Chimera, which he had deliberately placed separately to avoid mixing them up, could still serve a purpose.
He could use them to raise Byeol’s level.
As for the remaining four cards, they were equally unremarkable.
Three of them were common cards.
The sight left Joo Joowon completely speechless.
Unfortunately, cards were dropped immediately the moment a zombie died, so there was no way for him to wait until Byeol returned and gave him a luck buff before opening them.
Otherwise, he absolutely would have waited for Byeol to come back first.
Who knew? Maybe then he would have gotten something good.
The final card, however, was neither a rare card nor a common card.
Instead, it was something that genuinely surprised Joo Joowon.
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[ Lord Qualification Token (?) ]
[ Grade ]: ?
[ Description ]: Congratulations! You are now a candidate for becoming a Lord! After use, a quest chain will be generated according to the player’s class and inner inclinations. The difficulty of the quests will be determined by the system. There is no penalty for failing the quests. However, the qualification certificate will disappear upon failure.
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Joo Joowon’s eyes widened.
He carefully read the card over and over again.
Only after confirming that the information displayed on the card was not some kind of illusion did he finally feel as if a pie had fallen from the sky.
Especially the words "There is no penalty for failure."
Was there any phrase more tempting than that?
After being excited for quite a while, Joo Joowon gradually calmed down.
This item obviously could not have a high drop rate.
Even if failure carried no punishment, it was still something that needed to be approached carefully.
Because of that, he decided to wait until Byeol returned and gave him a buff before activating it.
Furthermore, since it involved an entire quest chain, the difficulty could not possibly be too low.
Even so, Joo Joowon still planned to use it immediately after Byeol returned.
The description stated that the quest chain would be created according to the player’s class.
But what class did he even have right now?
Office worker?
Tenant?
Cat owner?
Under circumstances where he did not possess any system recognized class, the quest difficulty should theoretically be lower, right?
If he waited until after changing classes before accepting the trial, the difficulty would definitely jump up by several levels.
Besides, he was only Level 7 right now.
Who knew how many days it would take before he gathered enough experience to reach Level 10?
If he waited until then, who knew how long it would take before he could finally use the Lord Qualification Token?
As for territory potential... Joo Joowon had honestly never considered that issue before.
A genius who never grows up is not a genius.
Potential that is never realized is no different from having no potential at all.
Rather than worrying endlessly about the future, it was better to secure the opportunity first and think about the rest later.
After all, there was no guarantee he would even survive long enough to worry about such things.
After he carefully storing away the Lord Qualification Token, Joo Joowon picked up the common cards.
Seven common cards.
Two upper body armors.
One pair of pants.
One pair of wrist guards.
One pair of shoes.
One belt.
And one hat.
Joo Joowon was already wearing the rare grade Pigskin Armor, so the extra shirts were useless to him.
The shoes were also unnecessary.
He was currently wearing a pair of common grade running shoes that not only allowed him to run across walls and rooftops, but also came with a special effect that increased movement speed by 20%.
They were practically top tier equipment among common grade items, so Joo Joowon had no intention of replacing them.
As for the remaining equipment slots that could still be upgraded, he immediately replaced the original beginner gear.
The only piece that differed significantly from the beginner equipment was the hat.
The Beginner Hat had been nothing more than a baseball cap.
The common grade hat, however, turned out to be a helmet.
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[ Bone Helmet ]
[ Grade ]: Common
[ Durability ]: 1/1
[ Equipment Slot ]: Head
[ Equipment Bonus ]: Physique +1
[ Equipment Requirement ]: None
[ Description ]: A helmet perfectly fitted to the shape of the human head. Skin friendly, breathable, and does not become stuffy when worn.
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Joo Joowon: ...?
Wasn’t there something seriously wrong with a helmet being described as skin friendly, breathable, and not stuffy?
Joo Joowon activated the card.
A surprisingly heavy bone helmet immediately dropped into his hands from midair.
There was absolutely nothing to criticize about its appearance.
The material resembled white jade more than bone, giving it the appearance of a finely crafted piece of jade rather than an actual skeleton.
Like the motorcycle helmet Joo Joowon was currently wearing, it completely covered the head, but beyond that, the two looked entirely different.
The design of the Bone Helmet looked somewhat similar to the futuristic helmets worn by Autobots in Transformers.
The entire helmet was sharp and angular, full of technological aesthetics.
The visual section consisted of a visor shaped like a pair of sunglasses.
The result was a design that looked both cool and beautiful at the same time.
It was exactly the kind of flashy item that, before the apocalypse, would have attracted endless requests for photographs at conventions.