Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Flame of Hope (219)

Annie.

In all honesty, Kai didn't really know what to think when he thought of the cheerful woman.

He had technically only known her for a month after all, but she had left her mark on him. She was always cheerful, always smiling, always happy.

So why did someone like her have to suffer while people like Anastasia, Castillian and Ezekial prospered?

Kai sighed softly.

Life really was not fair.

Back in the moment, he had thought that sending her out using painless flames would have been enough, but he had not expected to get another notification by killing the girl.

And that notification was this:

You have received an item.

By now, Kai was mostly certain that his theory was correct.

Back in the beginning of his journey, he had learned that his Luck somehow stat influenced the drop rate of items, but as for how much it influenced it he had no idea. After all, his Luck Stat had always been rather low, but he had received five items from killing people or abominations.

There was the bracer he had gifted to Sofia, Esurient, the blade from the Demon, Failure's crown, and now this new item from Annie.

Two of those items had been pure luck, those being Esurient and the bracers, but the other three all came from people that had some sort of relationship to Kai.

Which practically confirmed one thing to do with gaining items.

The system, while it would also take a person's Luck stat into account, also relied on stories.

Well, maybe not stories, but some sort of relationship, fate even. The three people that he had gained items from had all affected him in some way after all.

Failure had affected him the most, giving Kai a lot of items, training, advice and just guiding him in general.

The Demon was the first much stronger opponent that Kai had faced, and facing them had helped them realise who they wanted to be.

And Annie, even though she might not have had as much of an impact as the other two, it was her final wish that gave Kai the determination to turn the city to ruin.

All of them had impacted his life in someway, all of them were dead, and all of them had given him an item.

Kai sighed softly.

How shitty...

There was no use delaying the inevitable though, so with a heavy heart, Kai looked at the name of the item.

Flame of Hope (Epic)

An Epic item, which didn't really make sense considering that Annie was just a regular, mundane human. Maybe the system also relied on the so called story to give item rarities as well.

Moving his eyes downward, Kai looked at the description of the item. It was a really short one, much shorter than the last few items he had obtained.

This item boosts all fire based abilities by 50% When desparate, boosts the abilities by a further 50%. Grants the user +350 Luck

Kai blinked.

Did the system really like Annie that much, or was this some sick sort of prank?

Boosting fire based abilities by 50%, was it because Kai had burned her? And the boosting it by a further 50% when desparate, Annie hadn't been desparate, so why was that part of the item?