Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Taking out another four [B] tiers weapons and placing them on the upgrade, he waited for a while before a loud bang sounded and smoke started coming out. The result without a doubt a failure. out of the twenty [B] tier weapons he had upgraded, twelve of them had already disintegrated. he couldn't explain the inner turmoil he was going through as he looked at the remaining eight weapons. This time he did not immediately start another batch of upgrades and instead closed his eyes and pondered for a while. He went through all the failures and tried to discover if he was doing something wrong.

It was only after a while that Simon opened his eyes, a weird glint flashing deep inside them. He felt that there was something amiss during the upgrade process but he couldn't put his fingers on what that something was. Clearing his mind of all thoughts, he put another batch of weapons and initiated the upgrade. However, this time he didn't just place the weapons as is instead, he inserted some of his manas into the weapons. The upgrade this time to Simon's surprise took longer than usual, and just when he felt that everything was going right, with a loud bang the weapons disintegrated into smoke. Sixteen [B] tier weapons was gone. If somebody had seen him disintegrating this many [B] tier weapons at once, they would have already gone insane by now.

But Simon did not panic and instead stood there in a daze. There was no trace of worry or pain on his face as if what happened before was inconsequential. His expression remained clear and he felt as if the fog that had been obstructing his vision all this time, had finally cleared a little. Recalling his previous failures, he learned something that could very well become crucial for upgrading higher-rank weapons in the future. Thinking about it like this he felt that the weapons that got disintegrated weren't wasted.

Simon took out the last four [B] rank weapons remaining but did not place them for upgrade and instead decided to refine them first. Each of the weapons was already very strong and when refined further, their strength increased manifold. It took him some time, but all four of the weapons were refined till refinement level two and he then placed them for the upgrade. He did not know what would happen when refined weapons are placed for the upgrade, but he did know that it would spark something.

Without further ado, he initiated the upgrade and gazed at it intensely. The upgrade process was going on for longer than usual and lasted for an hour before a peculiar blue light started shining but disappeared right after. A loud bang was heard and the weapons disintegrated.

He did not know what was that peculiar blue light but judging from the length of the upgrade, he vaguely felt like he was getting closer and closer towards upgrading a high-rank weapon. However, he was in a dilemma right now. He had used all of his items in the inventory and didn't have any more items to continue to upgrade. He felt like he was finally near something and discerned that it would be a waste to stop now.

Simon closed his eyes and opened it after a long while, a determined look on his face. He opened the [Gacha] from his [Main Menu] and immediately started drawing. After using the 100,000 DP gacha a total of twenty times, he had twenty [C] rank items on him. Each 100,000 DP draw guaranteed him at least a [C] tier items.

He refined all the items to refinement level two and used up all his stock of amgedite crystals. Now he had twenty [C] rank refinement level two weapons which he then placed for the upgrade. This time when he successfully upgraded [C] tier weapons into [B] tier he could see that similar blue light appear again and immediately knew that it was due to refinement. After all the [C] tier weapons was upgraded into a [B] tier, he discovered that the success rate for upgrading a [B] rank weapon had increased by 30% after refinement.

After the upgrade was complete, he was left with eight [B] rank weapons. each of these [B] rank of weapons was upgraded from refined weapons and were stronger than an average [B] tier weapon. Placing four of them inside the slots, he initiated the next round of upgrades, and with intense concentration, he awaited the result.

It was no surprise to him that the upgrade was longer than usual and took more than two hours. At the end of the upgrade, a bright blue light erupted and it seemed the result was a success when the light died down. A loud bang and the result once again a failure. Simon inhaled a deep breath of air and closed his eyes and pondered. His mind went through all the upgrades, the success, and the failures. Only after a long time passed did he open his eyes and placed the last four weapons for the upgrade. This time he also put some of his manas inside all four weapons before initiating the process.

The upgrade lasted for more than three hours this time and a bright blue light erupted soon after. Watching this scene he involuntarily clenched his hands, as the light became brighter and brighter lighting the whole room.. After a while, the light slowly died down and a crimson red sword came into view.