Darius observed the changes and found that they were pretty mild. The Character menu basically got a proper update, the Inventory became much stronger and more useful, the Events basically became more available, the Database became more organized and the Settings menu got more options.
Darius also noted that the earlier changes were also listed, which he noted down. At least now, if Caesar were to make any changes to the established mechanics in the background, Darius would be able to see them.
That was much better than having to find everything out the hard way, or during battle.
Darius finished his inspection of the Supreme System. While he was tempted to open his Character menu and see what exactly was changed, he had a more pressing issue to solve.
With that in mind, Darius removed the various items he had in his Inventory that were items at the level where he simply could not do without.
After the barter for the stone, the ones he had left were the Egg of a Hellhound, the Digital Tablet, the Phoenix Quill, the Cupid's Heart, the Tome of Demonion, and the Entry Token to Gravitas from Foldo's collection.
From Darla's, he had the Dagger of Hassasin, Mjolnir, the Desert King's Turban, the shaft of the Dragonlance, the Bowl of Nuwa, the Blade of Gareth, the Heartbeat Sensor, the AI Chip, the Foci of the Adept, the Soul Paper, the 'love nectar' of Aphrodite, the Lamp of a Universe, the True Dragon Blood, the Insect Queen Egg, the Blank Check from Waukeen and the Bow of Houyi.
To be quite frank, Darius didn't have a direct use for some of these items. He slowly separated them into tiers of usefulness as well as placed a mental note beside them that dictated his possible uses for them.
The S-tier items of this list were the Bowl of Nuwa, the True Dragon Blood, the Tome of Demonion, the Digital Tablet, the AI Chip, the Desert King's Turban, the Shaft of the Dragonlance, the Lamp of the Universe, the Entry Token and the Insect Queen Egg.
These were items Darius planned to use himself. The Bowl of Nuwa, the Entry Token, and the True Dragon Blood were already calculated. The Tome of Demonion would allow him to use items to summon demons of any kind - depending on his offering - which would be a great tool in battle or for other uses.
He had not used it during the escape of the Plains of Death because, at the time, he had been a weak Amateur holding the Resurrection Stone. Why would he call a lion over when he was trying to run from a dog?
The Digital Tablet might only have been an item he had used to play, but now that he had the Combine skill, he planned to fuse it with the AI Chip. Whether it would work or not was something he wasn't sure of, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
The Desert King's Turban was a useful tool for if he ever landed in Ludo, he could use it to rule over the continent so long as he passed the grueling test.
The shaft of the Dragonlance was something Darius planned to either transmute back into its full self, combine with another spear to get something great, or reforge into a lance which would be the most basic application.
The Lamp of a Universe was kinda misc at this point, but its unending storage intrigued Darius. If he didn't have an Inventory, this lamp would be the perfect tool.
Unfortunately, it had a poor method of categorically storing items, and an even more atrocious removal process, so he stuck with his Inventory. Even Bags of Holding would be far better for now.
The Insect Queen Egg was quite obvious. He was going to rear an Insect army, not to take over the world or fight any humans. That would be utterly stupid as the various kingdoms would unite to annihilate him.
No, the Insect army was going to spend their entire lives farming dungeons endlessly for him.
With only a few of them, it surely would not be that remarkable. Once they reached thousands, then millions though? Godly.
Darius was certain that over the many years, he wasn't the only one to have thought about this, so if he hadn't seen signs of anyone doing it, then either it was impossible for some reason or those who had managed such a feat had it hid very well.
Either way, caution would be prudent.
The A-tier items of this list were the Bow of Houyi, the Blank Check, the Foci of the Adept, The Blade of Gareth, and the Dagger of Hassasin. These were the items which were useful, but not exactly to Darius personally. As such, he'd hand them to either Branded Servants or trustworthy underlings to make the most out of them.
The B-tier items of this list were the Egg of a Hellhound, Cupid's Heart, the Heartbeat Sensor, and the love nectar of Aphrodite. These were items that were utterly useless to Darius for the future.
As such, they were only there to be traded away with various parties for what he needed or could be used as offerings to call down high-rank demons with the Tome.
The final category were the C-tier items, consisting of the Soul Paper, the Phoenix Quill, and Mjolnir. These were items that were neither useless nor useful per se. They were in a misc category where they had a set purpose in Darius's mind that would benefit him indirectly.
After sorting these things out, he placed them within his Inventory once more. He called out to Gunner and had the large lad follow him into the Divine Glade.
Darius then headed to the pool and placed his finger within. To Gunner's surprise, all the water simply disappeared at once.
Darius rose to his feet and patted his hands, explaining with a smile to Gunner. "I stored it all in my Inventory."
Gunner nodded with understanding, looking enlightened. Darius chuckled and patted his shoulder.
"We've been given 5 years to rest and prepare for the next scene of the play. As such, we must use this time fully and fruitfully. From now on, fill the Bowl of Nuwa with Pure Water once a day, and pour the consequent Lunar Dew into this pool."
Darius lowered his hand and walked into the cottage with Gunner trailing behind.
"I don't believe that we can't fill it up in 5 years' time."
