The internal space of Villa #52 was saturated with a thick, almost liquid spiritual pressure. As Leo Shaw reclined on the Phoenix Wood sofa, he could feel the house itself breathing, drawing the volcanic essence of Flame City through its foundations and exhaling it as refined Spirit Air. Within the sapphire-hued interface of his consciousness, the Gacha results hovered like glowing embers. He turned his focus toward the Sturdy Brick. It was no longer the humble C-rank piece of masonry he had first received. Now a B-Rank Artifact Weapon, the silver runes etched into its surface pulsed with a rhythmic, low-frequency hum. Leo’s analytical "Top Scholar" mind began to run the numbers on its future potential. "B-Rank and it can already stun a Tier-6 master for three seconds?" Leo mused, a pred

