Gathering Wives with a System

Chapter 574: New Identities For East Sea Dragon King and Ancient Dwarf King

Author’s Note: Effects of the remaining Legendary Equipment is in the Author’s Note at the end of the Chapter.

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”Who knows~?” Catherine replied with a playful smile.

Isaac rolled his eyes. It wasn’t hard to guess how she did it. Now that her stats had reached absurd heights, the performance of her Arts, and equipment with percentage boost made her much stronger and stealthier.

Before this, Isaac had surpassed her after sharing everything she possessed. Now, however, his own stats were temporarily limited by his current rank. Catherin’s stat had reached maximum of a Champion, and she had the boost from Conqueror Candidate Title. She held the advantage again, even if only slightly, and she had no intention of wasting the opportunity.

Of course, Isaac could change that whenever he wanted. If he shared her rank as well, they would once again surpass her. He simply chose not to do that.

He wanted to build the strongest possible foundation before advancing to the next rank. Every rank contained hidden potential, and rushing through them would only weaken his future growth. There was no reason to sacrifice long-term gains for short-term strength.

There was another reason as well. Isaac still didn’t know how sharing Catherine’s rank would affect his own Class. Would he still be able to get new Class Evolutions per rank?

More importantly, if he ranked up now, the restrictions of his Celestial Kitsune Physique would prevent him from becoming intimate with Celia, Alice, or Emily until they reached the same rank.

”Mhm, this is good. I can already use Poison Affinity at Level 16,” Catherine said.

She fell silent for a few seconds as though checking her status window. Then a satisfied smile slowly spread across her face, making it obvious she had found something she liked.

”This turned out better than I expected. I suppose I should reward you for this,” she said.

Her hands slipped beneath his shirt. One moved upward along his back while the other slid toward his waist before continuing lower. The touch from the Shadow Gloves felt surprisingly soft, almost smoother than bare skin.

Isaac caught her wrist before she could continue and gently pushed her hand away.

”I don’t have time for this,” he said.

”You can actually refuse? Wait... it must be because of the Moon Dragon Bloodline. Moon Dragons were called noble dragons because they had much better control over their instincts than most other dragons,” she said.

Isaac nodded. Moon Dragons were famous for being able to suppress their emotions instead of acting on impulse. The downside was that whenever those emotions finally broke free, they became far more intense than those of ordinary dragons.

Fortunately, that wasn’t something he worried about. As long as he kept himself under control now, his emotion-calming technique was more than enough to deal with any emotions before they accumulated into a problem.

”Alright. Take this whole set. Oh, and these too,” Isaac said as he opened his spatial ring.

All equipment from Abysswalker Requiem Set appeared in front of Catherine before disappearing into her spatial ring. After the set had been transferred, Isaac handed her two Skill Rank Up Tickets.

Catherine looked at the tickets before raising an eyebrow.

”Two?”

”I still have six more. I’ll distribute the others later, so you can take these,” Isaac replied.

She accepted them without arguing. There was little point refusing resources when they would only strengthen her.

Isaac then turned his attention toward the remaining Legendary equipment. The Gravekeeper Set and Infernal Tyrant Set both consisted of four Legendary pieces, and every individual piece was already incredibly powerful. Once the complete set bonuses activated, their strength increased by another level altogether.

The Gravekeeper Set already had an obvious owner. It would go to the Necromancer, Drowned King, who had become one of Emily’s summons after the Second Area of the Great Dungeon. With this equipment, the undead king’s combat power would increase dramatically.

The Infernal Tyrant Set, on the other hand, was perfect for Alice. Unlike the Tidegrave Saintess Set, which focused on supporting large groups, this set emphasized direct combat and overwhelming offensive strength. Whenever Alice joined the battlefield herself instead of acting as support, this equipment would suit her far better.