Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 250 Skeleton Knight Number 1 has come to pay his respects!

The Demon Gauntlets are arguably the most crucial item for Cheng Tian to complete the Ys Origins playthrough, bar none.

In the normal gameplay, players can restore their status by killing ordinary monsters to obtain various random drops, touching save points, and leveling up, thus continuously exploring and challenging themselves.

However, once the entire Black Tower became a dungeon, all of these player-friendly features disappeared. Players could only rely on their pre-prepared recovery items and their own attribute-based self-healing abilities to slowly sustain themselves.

Despite having 400 MP, Cheng Tian's mana regeneration rate is only 4 points per minute. In other words, once his mana bar is depleted, it will take at least a full 100 minutes to regenerate it.

In this kind of exploration mission where every second counts, no one will give Cheng Tian 100 minutes to replenish his mana.

Similarly, although Cheng Tian had a total of 460 HP, his HP regeneration rate was only 2 points per minute. After all, his base strength was only 21 points. Once his HP was damaged, the time lost would be even greater.

With the Demon Gauntlet, even if a monster doesn't drop a chest after it dies, the soul fragments it drops will randomly provide support and recovery, providing true instant sustain.

With him, Cheng Tiancai can use his skills more freely and unrestrainedly.

Besides providing instant battery life, it is also a prerequisite for performing the Onimusha transformation and a key item for enhancing one's own equipment.

Red Souls can be used not only on Ghost Armor, but also on Cheng Tian's other weapons and armor.

Of course, there are limitations, namely that key level upgrades cannot be used, so you can't get them for free.

However, this additional hint also makes it very clear that the number of monster red souls that the entire Black Tower can absorb is not infinite, and it is impossible to upgrade all of your equipment levels by absorbing red souls here.

After experiencing the situation where Red Shock bombs monsters to the point that they stop spawning, Cheng Tian could understand it quite well.

To reiterate, the platform doesn't mind players exploiting the rules or even bugs for profit, but everything should be done in moderation; going too far is not good.

Cheng Tian checked and found that killing a skeleton soldier yielded about 50 red souls. The number of fragments consumed to enhance equipment with red souls was roughly the same as the number of Chosen Coins consumed by Kelly's enhancement device. From an enhancement perspective, every monster would drop money for Cheng Tian.

At first glance, the drop rate seems a bit low, but skeletons are just the most basic mobs, and the later mobs obviously provide a much higher return.

Just then, another group of skeleton soldiers, perhaps drawn by the noise of the battle, charged over. As Bazett went to meet them, Cheng Tian randomly selected a grunt and launched the Hundred Demon Night Parade.

Although the Ten Commandments cannot be used, the Night Parade of Demons will not be delayed; the sooner it is used, the sooner it will cool down.

As the mutated magic was injected, the skeleton soldier chosen by Cheng Tian froze in place. Then, instead of collapsing like before, it manually began to remove its armor!

After stripping down to just his belt and discarding his weapon, the skeleton soldier pulled out a red scarf from somewhere behind his hip and tied it around his neck!
As the evil wind blew through the Azure Cry Domain, the red scarf around the skull's neck fluttered in the wind, just like the red scarf of Kamen Rider 1.

The next moment, the skeleton actually adopted the starting stance of number 1, then suddenly leaped up high into the air (the height of the Black Tower was ridiculously high), and then performed a knight kick that was as perfect as could be, plunging down from mid-air and kicking its former companion directly in the head!
Skeleton Kicker! Castlevania: Dawn Encyclopedia No. 84, Elite Template, Undead Demon Unit!

Without a doubt, this thing is a unit designed to parody Kamen Rider, with a design that pays homage to Kamen Rider #1 and only having the Rider Kick as its only skill.

Although this little thing has low health, its agility rivals that of a Primal Wyvern. Its light bones, powered only by magic, allow it to perform all sorts of incredible movements. In Bazett's eyes, this Skeleton Kicker is a friendly unit similar to a "Dragon Tooth Soldier" variant, summoned by Cheng Tian through magic.

Once it officially joined the battlefield and began its incredibly agile leaps and bounds, Bazett quickly showed an expression of "I've learned something" and began to observe it seriously during the battle.

Bazett is primarily skilled in hand-to-hand combat and boxing, and his feet are mostly not used for offense, focusing only on movement.

But while Bazett recognized the Skeleton Kicker's exquisite kicks and leg techniques, she also began to consider learning from him.

And probably because the design was based on Kamen Rider, the Skeleton Kicker, an undead demon unit, actually has a strong sense of justice.

Not only did he completely ignore Bazett's attempt to steal his skills, but he also deliberately slowed down his movements to make it easier for Bazett to imitate him. Moreover, his ruthlessness in dealing with monsters was on a level higher than anyone else present.

Having completely lost his chance to make a move, Cheng was relegated to becoming Wu Tan's temporary vehicle and a vacuum cleaner for soul fragments...

As Bazet's skill with the knight's kick improved, Cheng Tian simply swapped his shock-absorbing boots for Bazet's.

Skeleton soldiers, golden-armored skeleton soldiers, skeleton turrets—as these monsters fell, the number of Cheng Tian's red souls and innocent souls also increased. The group then arrived at an area that was clearly some kind of altar.

The altar was surrounded by a barrier, and the skeletons surrounding it were all radiating a red, demonic glow.

These skeleton soldiers are all boss-level units, and the red light on their bodies indicates that they are the energy source of the barrier. The barrier will only be eliminated once they are all killed.

After witnessing the spectacular X-shaped double knight kick several times, Cheng Tian and his team unsurprisingly dispelled the barrier surrounding the altar.

A uniquely shaped feather fan, glowing with a bluish-green light, sat quietly on the altar.

But at that moment, the Demon Gauntlet in Cheng Tian's hand emitted the same bluish-green light as the feather fan, and the feather fan seemed to resonate with it and began to shine brightly.

The handle of the ghost whip in Cheng Tian's hand began to deform, eventually turning into a cyan-green cleaver with the infusion of wind elements.

The most unique feature of this machete is that there is a chain at the end of its hilt that connects to Cheng Tian's Demon Gauntlet, which feels very much like an extended single-edged version of Kratos's Chaos Blades from God of War.

[Your template weapon "Oni Gauntlets" resonated with the Ys artifact "Wings of the Sky"—]

[The "Oni Armed Forces" are being activated—]

You have acquired a brand-new exclusive weapon, "Swift Blade," and the corresponding "Tactical Shell" ability.

Your "Firemoth Wings" equipment has been partially unlocked, allowing you to use them for short-distance gliding.

(End of this chapter)