Gold Finger Fusion

Soon, Shishir returned to the castle and silently used the items exchanged from the Krypton gold system to improve his human strength.

Shortly after settling back in the castle, Alicia returned once again.

"Master, I had a stroke of luck. Can you guess what I stumbled upon?"

After Alicia came back, she said with a smile.

Shishir glanced at the protagonist panel, already aware that Alicia had brought back a protagonist.

"As expected, nothing can be kept hidden from the master."

She said as she saw his expression and realized she couldn't keep the secret from him.

She then produced a bag from her space bag.

Upon opening the bag, a comatose protagonist was revealed inside.

"Master, while I was searching for opportunities in a certain place, I stumbled upon him," she told how she captured the protagonist.

During the past few days, Alicia sought opportunities to gain experience from the two ring grandpa.

And it's not like Shishir has gained another grandpa ring.

It's just that he killed the grandpa soul after learning it's all opportunities that the soul planned to give the protagonist.

Then, summoned another grandpa soul using villain value, thus knowing the opportunity prepared from these two ring grandpa.

These opportunities were all in dangerous locations, but they were all worthwhile.

Unfortunately, due to his negative luck, some places had already been taken by the time Alicia arrived.

She had to remain vigilant, quickly move to another location, and then hide.

Sure enough, after half a day the protagonist arrived there.

Fortunately, she found a suitable location that was underground, allowing her to attack with all her might.

"Otherwise, the soul of the legendary warrior in this man's ring would not be easy to deal with."

She explained, noting that her strength was even stronger than Nancy's.

After explaining the story, Alicia presented the ring to Shishir, who took it and quickly examined its information.

[Bronze ring, the protagonist's Gold Finger, bronze-level. After killing the protagonist, it costs 50 villain values to get this ring permission.]

[Hint: if there are multiple bronze rings, they could be fused. After fusion, the villain value needed to upgrade would be reduced.]

The system also provided a reminder, stating that multiple bronze rings could be fused, reducing the required villain value for upgrading.

Shishir then looked at another bronze ring and wondered if it could be integrated.

If so, it might be possible to fuse other gold fingers as well, thus reducing the villain value required for upgrading to the silver level.

As he inspected the bronze ring, he noticed that there was still a bound Grandpa Ring inside.

Using his divine sense, he discovered that the Grandpa Ring had belonged to a former legendary warrior.

There were magicians, warriors, and knights in this world, with magic being the most advanced.

However, there were also many warriors and knights who also practiced vindictiveness.

Without hesitation, he reached out and took out the Grandpa from the Ring.

She had already defeated him, so the Grandpa Ring was lifeless.

He inquired about the opportunities he had prepared for the protagonist before eliminating the old man.

Subsequently, he also eliminated the protagonist who possessed the ring, taking both the ring and a significant portion of the protagonist's luck.

After acquiring the luck, he checked his villain panel.

And to his relief, the luck values had finally changed from -25 to 3.

The luck value had finally turned positive.

By eliminating four protagonists, he restored his luck value to a positive number.

Now, he didn't had to be careful, thinking that the entire world would eventually target him due to his actions.

.....

After defeating the protagonist and taking his ring.

He spent 50 villain points to obtain permission for the bronze ring.

Upon checking his villain panel, the authority of the bronze ring appeared allowing him to fuse two bronze rings.

He selected the option to fuse the two bronze rings and soon after, he noticed a change in the ring's description.

[Item: Bronze ring (enhanced), costs 60 villain points and can summon ring spirit.]

He clicked on the "Upgrade" button behind the panel of the newly fused bronze ring and saw that it would require 250 villain points to upgrade it to the silver level.

[Bronze ring (enhanced), 250 villain values needed to upgrade to the silver level.]

This was a significant reduction compared to the original 500 villain points required for a bronze ring to reach the silver level.

He was pleased to have saved half of the villain value needed for upgrading after fusing the two rings.

It was a good deal for him.

Shishir realized that even catching protagonists with similar cheat abilities could be beneficial.

As their rings could still be fused with his own, reducing the villain value required for upgrading.

In this way, he could use their gold fingers and they wouldn't be entirely useless to him.