100\% DROP RATE : Why is My Inventory Always so Full?-Chapter 329 - Drops

Lucien nodded once toward Astraea.

"Senior, please explain the whole situation to them," he said quietly. "Tell them what we know. Ask them what we don’t. I want ideas."

Astraea studied his face for a heartbeat longer as if gauging whether he was stable enough to be left alone with his thoughts.

"I grant you leave to call me big sister. Our pact recognizes no lesser or greater. We are equals."

Then she turned.

Her presence carried weight even without raising her voice. The others listened when she spoke.

Lucien smiled. He remained where he was.

Sitting amid broken earth and lingering scorch marks, he finally allowed himself to breathe.

Only then did he reach inward.

And open the drops.

He turned his attention to the Alloykin drops first, which he had not had the time to examine earlier.

***

—ALLOYKIN DROPS—

Common:

• Metalized Skin Tissue — Living flesh infused with metal cells. Useful for hybrid armor or enhancement rituals.

• Resonant Blood Alloy — Semi-liquid metal infused with lifeforce. Disperses minor impacts when applied to equipment.

• Conductive Bone Filings — Powdered fragments of metallic bone. Used to enhance shock absorption.

Uncommon:

• Astrafer Muscle Fiber — Metallic fibers that contract and relax like muscle, redistributing force across a surface.

• Harmonic Vein Thread — A thread formed from Alloykin’s circulatory system. Improves mana flow balance.

• Stabilized Alloykin Flesh — A rare biological–metal hybrid tissue, valuable for advanced bio-forging.

Rare:

• Astrafer Resonance Core — A crystallized knot of vibrational energy formed near the heart. Stores and releases impact force gradually.

• Alloykin Integration Sigil — A racial imprint showing how flesh accepts metal without rejection.

• Memory Alloy Fragment — Metal that "remembers" repeated impacts and adapts accordingly.

Epic:

• Heart of Astrafer Integration — A pulsating metal organ that continuously equalizes force across its host.

• Mantle of Harmonic Dispersion — Armor piece that converts concentrated attacks into wide-area dissipation.

Legendary:

• Astrafer Sovereign Core — A near-complete integration nucleus. Grants passive damage dispersion and resonance immunity.

• Crown Sigil of Resonance — Grants authority over metal-integrated structures and artifacts.

Mythical:

• Metal Sovereign Core — Holds the primal Law of Metal; grants mastery over metal and its governing principles. (Crush to use.)

***

Lucien exhaled slowly.

"Not now," he murmured.

The drops were powerful. Exceptionally so.

But as he scanned them, a pattern emerged.

These were not tools for immediate combat.

They were foundations.

Blueprints.

These items are perfect for constructs. Perfect for something that could grow, repair itself, and learn how to endure.

A living machine.

If done correctly, he believed it could be fashioned into an Eternal-level construct.

Lucien felt a flicker of interest despite himself.

A construct that did not merely resist Collapse, but remembered it. A being that could adapt to Corrosion rather than decay under it.

But time was the problem.

Whatever was coming next would not wait for a forge.

Lucien exhaled slowly.

He reached for the Metal Sovereign Core and closed his fingers around it without hesitation.

Silver-black radiance spilled out, carrying the smell of forged steel and the echo of anvils that had never cooled.

The energy surged straight into Lucien’s forehead and plunged into his spirit like molten metal being poured into a mold.

Then—

[Ting!]

[You have comprehended the Law of Metal.]

Lucien smiled in satisfaction.

Then... he opened the drops from the Goblins.

His throat tightened before he even read the names.

***

—GOBLIN KINGS DROPS—

Epic:

• Blood-Script Armament — Converts inflicted damage into temporary power.

• Formation Disc: Pack Dominion — Enhances group coordination and synchronized combat efficiency.

• Chaos-Stained Essence — Adds controlled unpredictability to skills and spells

Legendary:

• Edict Fragment: "Let Rot Advance" — Emits a Law-bound corrosion effect without requiring a domain. (One-time use.)

• Goblin King’s Tactical Mindcore — Grants predictive insight into enemy formations and rotations.

• Collapse-Inscribed Weapon Frame — Weapons forged with this ignore defensive Laws.

Mythical:

• Corrosion Core — Holds the primal Law of Corrosion; grants mastery over contamination, erosion of effects, and the gradual unmaking of matter and intent. (Crush to use.)

• Essence of Unyielding Savagery — Enables continued combat at full efficiency despite severe injuries.

***

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—GOBLIN EMPEROR DROPS—

Mythical:

• Collapse Core — Holds the primal Law of Collapse; grants mastery over structural failure, spatial negation, and the inevitable breakdown of form and order. (Crush to use.)

• Essence of Collapse — Reveals and accelerates the inevitable failure of structures, Laws, and systems.

Divine:

• Covenant of Ending — Permanently severs oaths, soul contracts, reincarnation anchors, prepared vessels, bloodline bindings, and continuity mechanisms tied to the chosen target.

***

Lucien stared. Then swallowed.

Every single item was lethal in the right hands. Every single one could turn a battle.

And two of them stood apart. New doors for more Laws.

Corrosion.

Collapse.

He already knew what those Laws looked like when wielded by an enemy.

He had felt them scrape against his spirit.

Now... they were within reach.

And then there was the last one.

The Divine.

Lucien hesitated only a second before selecting it.

The world around him seemed to quiet as the interface expanded.

***

<Covenant of Ending>

Description:

A thin obsidian disc etched with ever-shifting fractures as if reality itself has attempted and failed to mend it.

Use:

Activate to invoke Authority.

Effect:

• Permanently severs oaths, soul contracts, reincarnation anchors, prepared vessels, bloodline bindings, and continuity mechanisms tied to the chosen target.

Restrictions:

• Must be charged with vast energy to use.

• Activation marks the user as the executor of a final verdict.

***

Lucien laughed.

The sound was short, breathless, and lmost incredulous.

"This... I have found a way to end what was never meant to die. So that’s how you kill gods who refuse to stay dead."

The relief was brief.

The restrictions sank in immediately after.

Vast energy.

The system does not lie. If it declared the cost vast, then vast it would be.

He did not know the measure, only the implication. To kill an Eternal... the price could not be small.

And the last line...

Activation marks the user as the executor of a final verdict.

Lucien leaned back slightly and stared at nothing.

That was not a debuff.

That was a beacon.

Use this, and something out there would know.

Not instantly, perhaps. Not with clarity.

But inevitability had a way of remembering its executioners.

He rubbed his brow and the fog in his mind stirred.

"Maybe it fits my title," he muttered. "Unwritten One."

If the world marked him...

Then he would make sure the mark could not be read.

Still, his jaw tightened.

The title’s effect was still on cooldown..

After a long breath, Lucien lifted both hands.

He grabbed the cores.

One Core in each palm.

Corrosion in his left. Collapse in his right.

They felt different.

The Corrosion Core was warm as if it were slowly dissolving even while intact. Its surface crawled with subtle movement.

The Collapse Core was cold.

It felt like holding a conclusion that had not yet happened.

Lucien closed his eyes.

And crushed them.

The reaction was immediate.

Corrosion flowed first.

It did not rush. It seeped. A sensation like rot spreading through thought itself.

Then Collapse followed.

A pressure slammed inward from everywhere at once. Structures inside his perception folded. Space compressed into points of failure. Possibility narrowed until only inevitability remained.

Both streams converged.

Straight into his spirit.

Lucien’s breath hitched as the fractures there flared white-hot.

The threads within them vibrated, resisting, adapting, tightening.

For a terrifying second, Lucien thought his spirit might tear completely.

Then it held.

The Laws settled.

[Ting!]

[You have comprehended the Law of Corrosion.]

[Ting!]

[You have comprehended the Law of Collapse.]

Lucien opened his eyes.

He reached down and touched a cracked stone beside him.

Corrosion whispered.

The stone did not crumble.

Its resistance did.

The concept of "remaining intact" thinned and the stone split apart as if it had always been on the verge of doing so.

Lucien turned his palm outward.

Collapse answered.

The air in front of him folded. A small pocket of space failed to maintain itself and snapped shut, leaving behind a sharp pressure scar that vanished a heartbeat later.

Lucien exhaled.

These were not blunt Laws.

They were conclusions applied early.

He smiled faintly.

"Good," he said.

Then his expression sobered.

Because he could feel the strain.

The fog did not lift.

Lucien leaned back against a slab of ruined ground and opened the records of the Eternal of Stillness.

He studied them carefully once more.

And while Astraea spoke with the others in the distance, Lucien began to plan.

Because the battle they had survived was only the start.

The calm that settled over the field was not peace.

It was the pause before something inevitable took its next step.

And Lucien, fractured spirit and all, was already moving to meet it.