52 Unconventional Artifacts: Unveiling Extraordinary Creations

The five scientists glanced at each other and gulped before one of them stepped forward.

"Miss Carla, this is a top research facility of the organization, nobody but researchers and a very few amongst villains can come here, you might be one of them, but the test is something that has to be done solo."

"I know, and that is why I have told you to lead the way, do you think I don't know what means some of you slimy bastards use during the tests?" Carla's words made a couple of them furrow their brows.

"Such slander is highly-"

"Lead the way, and shut up, or I'm going to kill you and find others who will listen." Carla suddenly said in a cold manner as she stared at the three.

"How dare you threaten-" Before one of the scientists was able to finish his words, a person suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Miss Carla, apologies for not arriving earlier, I was a bit busy."

"Ah, sir Conrad, it is a pleasure seeing you again."

"B - boss." One of the researchers muttered as the old man that appeared, who despite being over 70, had a long beard that was completely white, as well as hair that was combed back and also white, looked to be in great shape as his muscles could clearly be seen through his suit.

"What is going on here?" Conrad asked the researchers, prompting one to gulp and take a step forward.

"Sir, Miss Carla wants to be present during the test, we have already explained how that is not possible, it is the tradition of our institution that no third party is present during the entrance test, but she is still –"

"Huh, it's only that, why the hell are you guys getting so worked up over that?" Conrad glanced back at them with a cold expression before looking forward.

"Miss Carla, we would be delighted to have you spectate, I was planning on spectating as well, the new candidate that you have personally brought us is definitely somebody with great potential," Conrad said as Carla smiled at him.

"Shall we?" Conrad asked as he stepped aside, allowing Carla and Isabella to pass by him and move toward the hall where Isabella's testing would be done.

'You morons, do you want this entire lab to be wiped from the face of the planet?!' Conrad's voice suddenly echoed inside the heads of the five scientists.

'Miss Carla is not someone that any of us can afford to offend, if I ever hear that you have argued with her again, I will be the one that personally kicks your ass out of this place, am I understood?!' Conrad's angry voice echoed in their heads again, scaring the five greatly.

'Return to your offices, you won't be the ones testing that girl.'

The five all hung their heads down and bowed to Conrad before walking toward their offices.

None of them had any idea why the boss of the lab, a powerful villain who had basically retired and spent his time researching with other scientists, was acting like this.

"Carla, that man, is he Conrad 'The Mind Eye'?" Isabella asked with a gulp as Carla nodded at her.

"Yes, it's been quite a while since he retired, ever since then, he has been acting as the boss of the main lab."

Isabella placed her hand over her mouth in astonishment.

'He, he is an SSS-grade villain, one of the most powerful that existed in the past, I have heard stories of him, how he destroyed an entire city out of anger, all the people died, their bodies left in perfect condition, while their brains were fried.'

'Such a powerful villain, why is he being so nice to Carla, even now, in his old age, he's probably as strong as an SS-grade villain, at the very minimum, and S-grade.'

The image of Carla that Isabella built in her head once again crumbled as she realized that she truly had no idea just how powerful and influential the woman in front of her was.

At the very least, she is an SSS-grade villain, one of the most powerful beings on the entire planet. Why in the world would someone like her be doing all of this for her and Carl?

As Isabella was about to take her test, Carl arrived in his office, and a parcel was waiting for him.

He turned on his computer and called Blorg while taking the stuff he sent over out of the packaging.

"You got the stuff?" Blorg asked as he connected, which prompted Carl to nod his head.

"You actually made 6 items," Carl said as he placed the items on the ground.

"Yeah, I had extra time and I got inspired to make that little thing over there, it's neither used for offense nor defense, it's more of a support-like item."

Carl glanced over at the item Blorg spoke about, which was a ring.

He took the ring in his hands before placing it on his finger.

"What does it do?"

"So, you can feel the three little switches, one on the left, one on the right, and one up, right?" Blorg asked, to which Carl nodded.

"Well, pressing one will give you a different bonus."

The ring looked normal, with only the top part having a small skull on it, on top of which was the 'switch' that Blorg was talking about, which was nearly invisible and needed just a bit of pressure to be activated.

"By pressing the one at the top, the ring will expel energy, covering the arm to the elbow, acting as a shield."

"Pressing one of the other two will activate one of the two powers of the ring, the left one will rejuvenate you, making your exhaustion go away, while the right one will boost your speed, making both your traversing speed, as well as your attack speed, go up by 10%."

Carla stared at the ring before staring at Blorg.

"Is this some sort of joke?"

"No, no joke there brother."

"Blorg, that's something straight out of a game, I have never in my entire life heard of any item that can do something like this," Carl said as he suddenly launched a jab forward before pressing the right trigger and punching again.

'What the hell?!' Carl stared at the ring in shock as he felt a sort of unknown power come inside of him, making him faster.

[ Oh, an enchanted ring, that is rare, I didn't expect to see one on this p- ]

'On this … what?' Carl asked the system who stopped talking suddenly.

[ In this place, sorry, bad grammar. ]

Carl narrowed his eyes before looking over at Blorg.

"Blorg, you do realize that something like this is completely new, this ring, I mean, the amount of money this thing will cost is just-"

"It's yours, I can't make more." Blorg suddenly said, making Carl stop talking.

"What?"

"I can't make them, I have no idea how I made that one."

"I was just inspired and started making a ring, the shield was the only thing I wanted to create, but my ability activated and I made the rest without even realizing it, it's a one-time thing, I just can't make an item like it again."

Carl sighed as he knew that Blorg was speaking the truth.

Blorg had an interesting ability that he told Carl about.

'Creator'

It was because of that ability that Blorg was able to make some incredible items out of nothing but scraps of metal in the past. Of course, the items he made were his signature items, which were slot machines. Even the RPG that he had made, was made because of that ability.

It would activate by itself, and Blorg had no control over it at all.

Luckily for him, that was not the only ability he had.

People could have more than one ability, that wasn't anything new, but it was rare.

Blorg was one of the rare ones, but he disliked speaking about any of his abilities, he had only mentioned his ability once to Carl before and that was it.

"Are you sure you don't want to auction it off, I mean, the amount of money this can bring."

"Nah, the right and left triggers will work only 20% of the time, the rest of it, nothing will happen."

"If it's a dud, you need to wait for 5 seconds before using it again."

"If you activate it successfully, you need to wait for 4 hours for the ring to recharge and use it again."

"The shield will work 100%, there is no chance for it to not work."

"That means it's partly a defensive item as well, at least that's good."

Carl sighed before nodding at Blorg and looking at the other items. He spent the next couple of minutes talking with Blorg and learning what the items could do before finally ending the call.

He took all the items and made his way to Lucius. He needed to be present when they tested the items so that he could vouch for their effectiveness.