Lord of the Karmic Fate

Luna's fingers and face froze the moment she saw Raven's actions before the corner of her eyes turned slightly moist, seemingly on the verge of crying as if she just got bullied.

Raven seeing her little sister like this sighed and placed a hand atop her head, "Okay, you win. The next item I will get will be yours."

Luna looked into her brother's black eyes with her scarcely teary but still breathtakingly beautiful sapphire eyes and shook her head, "No, I want the next five items."

Raven almost choked when hearing Luna's sudden shameless bargain but he quickly regained his composure and crossed his arms before his chest, and stated, "No chance."

"Then how about the next four?"

"You can collect the shards on your own too, you know that, right?"

"Yeah, but you obviously have a bigger chance to get something better thanks to that!" Luna pointed at the necklace on Raven and continued, but this time with a somewhat teary look, "Or could it be that... You no longer..."

"Eh?" Raven felt confused upon seeing her little sister on the verge of crying, slowly starting to feel a little headache assault his head.

Usually, Luna was a well-mannered young lady who not only was smart but also knew how to behave before others. However, that was in public, but the very instant she was left alone with him, she became this almost clinging little girl who at one point loved to joke and mess around shamelessly but all of a sudden became emotional or sulking in another.

She was simply unpredictable, so much that sometimes Raven didn't know whether he should laugh or cry!

Raising his hand to massage his forehead, Raven watched as Old Dan and the others were slowly approaching them and said, "Okay, then how about this? The next three items I find will be yours, but at the same time, the three shards you will touch next, if they summon any item then they will be mine. It is a pretty good deal, right?"

Luna narrowed her eyes but after contemplating for a second or two nodded and smiled sweetly, "Deal!"

Raven smiled too, but deep within his heart, he prayed secretly for his necklace to help him in this matter.

"You guys look pretty relaxed despite knowing we are in an unknown territory where we can easily die." once beside the two, Old Dan exclaimed out loud, his gaze especially directed at Raven as he was the only one except him who clearly understood what kind of dangers lurked inside this hotel.

"You are right, sorry." Raven apologized and quickly glanced at the map in his hand, which was now sectioned into two parts with "Floor 0" being on the left and "Floor 1" on the right!

"It seems things are a little different this time. Let's look around and see what we can find." Old Dan said to which everyone nodded and started to follow him with cautious steps.

Of course, while they walked and explored the interior of the hotel with which Old Dan and Raven were very familiar, they took turns grabbing the crystals and seeing what they could earn.

But unfortunately, just like what happened with Luna, the moment Darwin, Old Dan, or Thomas touched the floating shards they turned to purple dust, leaving behind nothing at all.

On the other hand, whenever Raven grabbed one, it turned into items, ones that seemed and were pretty useful.

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[Item: Sand Gum]

• Rarity: Uncommon

• Description: A simple item that can be chewed on and blown into a large bubble that will explode near targets and scarcely slow their speed down!

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[Avatar Flask: Dexterity]

• Description: By drinking the fluid from within this bottle your Dexterity increases by 3 points!

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[Item: Star Dust Pouch]

• Rarity: Common

• Size: Small

• Description: A small pouch filled with Star Stone Dust, a great material for crafting items!

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"As promised, these three are yours." Raven smiled as he handed a small black pouch, a pack of brownish bubblegum, and a tiny bottle filled with blue liquid to Luna, who while accepting the three items looked dissatisfied.

Of course, Raven just ignored it and while the Old Dan and the others were trying their luck at the other side of the room they were currently in, he pointed at the three shards behind Luna;

"Now it is your turn. Let's see what you will get for me."

Luna sighed and with a scarce nod approached the first shard.

Raven swallowed nervously when he saw Luna extending his arms toward the purple crystal, but it was not even two seconds before his worry flew out of the window and his eyes lit up like stars in a dark sky!

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[Avatar Flask: Speed]

• Description: By drinking the fluid from within this bottle your Speed increases by 9 points!

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Luna's expression immidieatly stiffened when she saw what she got from the crystal, but seeing as Raven snatched it away from her hand and poured it down his throat she immediately snapped out of her daze.

"Hey! That was..." Luna wished to say that was her flask, but when she saw Raven's questioning look and realized their promise she could only bit her lower lip in frustration.

Moreover, her frustration became even greater when she noticed how the necklace on Raven shone with a gentle white light before gradually turning back to normal.

'Hmph! Like I believe that thing can bless you infinite luck!' Luna sneered in her heart and without further ado ran before the second shard and grabbed it.

Whoosh!

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[Item: Small Astral Core Pouch]

• Rarity: Rare

• Size: Small

• Description: A small pouch filled with Astral Cores, primary currency among every living being throughout the cosmos!

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"Haha, this is the best!" Raven once again grabbed the small pouch from Luna's hand, who while although seemed to try to avoid him this time also failed as now Raven's Speed was way above hers!

"One, two, three, four..." Raven began to count the small crystals within the pouch and after about half a minute he showed a delighted smile and stated, "There seems to be a total of 50 Astral Cores in this pouch! That's two Avatar Flasks within the Realm Shop, haha!"

Raven laughed with joy which obviously attracted the others' attention at the other side of the room and soon they all approached him and Luna.

"This... Your luck truly has turned for the better, kid." Darwin mumbled, a hint of jealousy and greed flashing within his gaze as he eyed both the pouch and the necklace in Raven's hand and on his neck.

"Haha! It seems with a lucky bastard as you here with us, we can leave all the rest of the shards to you!" Old Dan stated with scarce disbelief and bigger joy, to which, for obvious reasons, the rest agreed with a nod.

After all, while the four of them, which naturally included Luna, were only able to collect 7 items from more than 50 shards, Raven collected 4 from all his shards from which he had given 3 to Luna!

It was pretty much obvious that Raven, who in the past couldn't even open a can without injuring himself accidentally, now became particularly lucky. And it was all thanks to his necklace, which whenever he touched a shard lit up with gentle light!