In Ultraman: Starting with the Battle Device

Masaki Keigo did not understand Raven's intention in sparing his life.

"Make your choice now. Your life depends on your decision. You should have been prepared for this when you provoked me."

Seeing that Masaki Keigo still hadn't moved, Raven loosened his grip on his fingers.

He has now been pulled more than ten meters above the ground by Raven. If he falls like this, even if he doesn't die, he will have to spend the rest of his life in a hospital bed.

"I... choose to surrender."

Masaki Keigo concluded.

"Very good, but you should understand that if you dare to betray me in the future, I can take your life at any time."

Raven placed him back on the ground, then his own form transformed into countless dark particles, eventually reverting to a human form.

Seeing this, Melba also voluntarily returned to the combat device.

"So, what exactly do you want me to do?"

The oppressive feeling that Raven had given him when he transformed finally disappeared, so Masaki Keigo endured the pain and mustered up the courage to ask Raven in front of him.

“You can continue your research on artificial Ultraman. If you need any help, just let me know.” Raven stepped forward and looked at him, then continued, “But without my permission, you can no longer do anything dangerous.”

"Let me know when there's any progress."

After Raven finished speaking, he left.

Only Masaki Keigo remained lying on the ground, questioning the meaning of life.

He suffered a huge blow today.

He was momentarily overwhelmed by the shock, but the intense pain brought him back to his senses, and his previous frenzied state of pursuing power vanished.

He now feels deep regret for his previous impulsive actions.

However, the fact that Raven agreed with his idea was a small consolation, proving that he hadn't chosen the wrong goal, but just taken the wrong path.

……

"Raven!"

Seeing Raven emerge from the cave, Saki and Lucia breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Saki was struggling to support Lucia, Raven stepped forward and took Lucia's help.

“Let’s go back.” Raven pulled out the Sword of Evolution and then pulled the two of them into his arms.

Then the three of them transformed into a streak of red light and flew towards the horizon.

……

the next day.

Raven was suddenly awakened by the system's voice.

"System upgrade complete. Next, I will introduce the functions brought by the upgrade to the host."

"The system now includes a shop function. The host can exchange points for desired items," the system's electronic voice announced.

"Points are earned by completing randomly assigned tasks."

"The host has currently received 20000 points as a system upgrade reward."

Next, a huge virtual screen appeared in front of Raven.

The items displayed above are a dazzling array.

It is divided into three main categories: skills, items, and vehicles.

Raven followed his thoughts and entered the skills page.

What came into view was a series of Ultraman's signature moves, as well as his favorite Meta Domain and cool lightsaber skills.

The Meta Realm has around 6000 points, and the Show-Off Lightsaber has 1000 points.

As for the beams of other Ultraman, he didn't care much for them. Their power might not be stronger than his own beam skills, so why bother spending points to exchange for them in the system?

Raven then looked at the props.

Ultra Bracelet, Max Galaxy, Paragi Shield, Ultimate Battle Device...

The Ultimate Battle Device and the Paraji Shield are both worth over 1000000 points, making them the most expensive items here.

As for the vehicles, Raven went inside and took a look.

It even includes the Victory Flying Swallow and other fighter jets from various subsequent Ultraman series...

Most only require 100 points.

This feels a bit redundant.

Then he looked down.

Panlong transport spaceship: 1000 points...

The Panlong spaceship is quite good; at least it's capable of interstellar travel.

It's just in time to send Saki off; I can just fly there in a spaceship, which is much better than turning into Ultraman and flying alone in the empty universe.

But there must be even more technologically advanced spaceships out there.

Sure enough, flipping through the bottom revealed a whole bunch of spaceships with different shapes and sizes, all of which were much more expensive than the Panlong.

The most eye-catching ones are the ones at the very bottom; these should be the spaceships with the most advanced technology.

The Kingdom of Light standard spaceship costs 5000 points, the Royal Spaceship Janbert costs 9000 points, and the Dimensional Shuttle Spaceship costs 100000 points.

Raven immediately saw the dimensional shuttle spaceship. According to the description, the spaceship seemed to be able to travel freely between all the Ultraman worlds.

This feature is quite appealing, since only a few Ultraman like Zero have the ability to travel between different universes, but 100000 points are not something he can afford right now.

He remembered that the Royal Spaceship was the one that could transform into a robot, but it was also very expensive, so it didn't appeal to him.

"If we're talking about cost-effectiveness, I'll get a standard spaceship from the Land of Light first; it's relatively cheaper," Raven thought to himself.

"By the way, system, now that you've upgraded, is there a way to remove the tampering Garuba did to me?"

The system then replied: "After system calculation, the following two solutions are provided to the host."

"The first option is to spend 10000 points to have the system directly purify the dark energy for the host."

"This method is the most direct, but the host's strength will be weakened back to its previous level."

"The second option is to spend 12000 points to help the host transform the dark energy within the body into a controllable dark form."

"No matter how the host uses this power in the future, there is no need to worry about it affecting their mind."

“Then we’ll definitely choose the second option,” Raven said immediately.

Chapter 47 Setting Sail for the Stars! (Seeking Silver Tickets!!)

Honestly, I had a lot of fun using the dark form. He took down most of his previous enemies with just two or three punches, and his defense and speed were also maxed out.

"Would you like to consume 12000 points?" the system asked Raven for a final confirmation.

"Yes!"

Raven confirmed it immediately.

"Zi~"

The moment Raven confirmed it, he immediately felt something was wrong with his body.

A slight electric current spread throughout his body, and then a black sphere hidden inside his body was suddenly surrounded by the current.

Finally, the black sphere was expelled, appearing before Raven amidst a black mist.

"Is this the culprit that plunged me into darkness?" Raven asked curiously, looking at the strange sphere in front of him.

"Next, we will integrate it into the power of Apharos. Host, you can transform now," the system said to Raven.

"Ok!"

Raven immediately took out the Sword of Evolution from his clothes.

The sword of evolution, which had been turned black and red, has now returned to its original form.

"Transform!"

The familiar white light illuminated the bedroom.

Apharos, with its silver-black body, appeared!

Raven couldn't help but look at his current appearance; the familiar power of light had returned.

However, it was obvious that his strength, speed, and defense had all decreased significantly.

At this moment, the black sphere that was originally floating in the air suddenly entered Raven's energy indicator light while being enveloped by electric current.

Just when Raven thought he was about to be tainted by darkness again, he felt that he didn't seem to have any unusual reactions.

"Host, that power has now become a form completely under your control," the system reminded you at this moment.

"what……"

It was only then that Raven realized what was happening, and a new message suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Dark Radiance Form".

With a thought, Raven suddenly flashed a red light across his body, transforming it back into a black and red form.

The slight difference is that the eye color has changed from scarlet to the original light yellow bulbous eyes, and there are arm guards and shoulder armor on the elbows and shoulders.

The familiar power has returned.

Raven felt that the Dark Shining form was stronger overall than the Dark form.

However, the energy consumption has also increased significantly, reducing the duration of the battle by half compared to the previous dark form. If you want to fight in this form, you can only finish the battle quickly.

However, this form is not needed to deal with ordinary enemies.

After carefully examining the results for a while, Raven was very satisfied with them.

"System, I have 8000 points left, right? Please exchange them for a spaceship of the Land of Light."

Raven quickly decided how to spend his points.