SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 346 - 346 344 The Golden Artifact Shield Badge of

Chapter 346: Chapter 344: The Golden Artifact “Shield Badge of Fairness and Justice”!_1 Chapter 346: Chapter 344: The Golden Artifact “Shield Badge of Fairness and Justice”!_1 ‘Indeed, not only do I possess a Golden Artifact, but others also have them in their hands. However, it seems that in the eyes of “The Light Chaser,” he also thinks the Bone Spur is at least on par with golden items, right?’

Colin kept a calm exterior, but inside, he couldn’t help feeling a sense of camaraderie among heroes.

In front of him, “The Light Chaser” silently observed him, but unfortunately, ever since she used that flame to block, she hadn’t been able to discern any useful information.

At the same time, Colin spoke up, “Although the item isn’t exactly to my liking, considering the sincerity you’ve shown, I’m not unwilling to discuss it…”

Hearing his words, “The Light Chaser” breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to retrieve the item was good news. She nodded in agreement with Colin’s words.

Colin continued, “I believe you understand the value of Bone Spur as well.”

“Yes,” the blurry figure nodded earnestly.

Bone Spur came from a previous, now-deceased Saintess, and for the Church of Light, its significance, whether symbolic or otherwise, was indisputably of utmost importance.

‘This reaction… she seems not to be adept at negotiating,’ Colin’s eyes narrowed slightly. A normal person would try to minimize the value of Bone Spur at this point, throwing in something like how they don’t absolutely have to make the exchange…

But the other party simply nodded without saying anything else.

After thinking for a moment, Colin smoothly said, “Although the item is not bad, I still don’t know the specific effects. May I take a look at the detailed information on it first?”

Upon hearing this, the blurry figure cocked her head, seeming to ponder for a second or two, before handing the item over.

Such high-level items come with binding, and Colin couldn’t just snatch it away, as it wouldn’t fit into the Storage Room, and he wouldn’t even be able to use it without at least a verbal permission.

It was like if he were to drop a Golden Card on the ground, other employees who picked it up couldn’t use it either.

For items of this level, the company’s security measures are far more extensive than what they provide their employees.

There are only two ways to take it: trade or death.

However, Colin is an honorable man and never indulges in murder for gain.

Upon receiving the triangular Shield Emblem, he was eager inside, but he still put on a look of disdain—

The Shield Emblem depicted a clearly outlined scale with a sword as its fulcrum, feeling slightly heavy in hand, with a touch reminiscent of gold…

[Shield Badge of Fairness and Justice]

[Quality: Extremely Rare.]

[Status: Excellent (77% Integrity).]

[Energy Level: Class A.]

[Effect “Arena of Honor”: When you possess this Shield Emblem, you can choose any target within a kilometer radius that you can directly observe and drag them into the colosseum to launch a sacred duel!]

[How to Use: You can activate it by declaring to the target, for instance, “Under the witness of the ‘Shield Badge of Fairness and Justice,’ I hereby launch a fair and just duel.”]

[Basic Rules: The Shield Bearer can set three rules that comply with common sense and are fair and just, which both duelists must follow.]

[The effect can be used three times every 24 hours, with each battle lasting up to 7 hours. If the Shield Bearer survives until the end, the bearer will be deemed the victor.]

[The following are the specific effects of this artifact.]

[“Arena of Honor・Victor”: When the duelist emerges victorious, the enemy will be shackled automatically, becoming a slave whom you completely control.]

[“Arena of Honor・Vanquished”: When the Shield Bearer is defeated in battle, they will enter an Autistic Shutdown State and the Shield Badge cannot be activated for a period of seven days.]

[“Arena of Honor・Draw”: The Shield Bearer can end the duel (can only be used once every 24 hours).]

[Attention: When used in “World Code-13,” it can only be used once every 24 hours. Activating it more than once requires final confirmation, and overtime usage will summon an unpredictable, high-level contaminated being.]

[In such a case, according to the Bonfire Item Use Regulations, “Bonfire Camp” has the right to reclaim and process the artifact before the crisis ensues, and to a secondary extent rescue the user, followed by assessing accountability for impacts.]

[Note: Fight! Fight! A true man must fight!]

[Message from the creator “Mister Huang He”: I’ve never seen such a devious feature in my life, but great, now it’s mine…]

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“Dragging someone into the colosseum to start a duel? This… is it just mediocre?”

Colin raised an eyebrow; the description was flamboyant, but it seemed of little significance.

To be honest, did such an item really deserve to be called golden?

Especially after seeing that last name, Colin’s expression involuntarily shifted—

“Mister Huang He”?

Isn’t that the name of a top social death expert at the company?

“A Purple Gear ‘The False Powerhouse’ almost brings on social death, so what if it’s golden? That’d be even worse, right?”

For a while, Colin suddenly didn’t want that crappy artifact anymore, even if it was golden.

He really had a psychological shadow over that “Mister Huang He”…

Never mind whether his creations were easy to use, the negative effects were ridiculously huge.

So far, Colin still had some trouble handling “The False Powerhouse”.

Compared to that, another creator “Kattu’s” card-based golden artifacts seemed much better—lesser negative effects, straightforward and brutally effective.

“Sorry, but this thing… I feel its effects might not be very satisfying. Do you have anything else?”

Colin handed the item back.

“Huh?” Shana, who had been preparing to see Colin nod and then planned to increase the points for bargaining depending on his reaction, was taken aback.

In her view, it was highly likely that he would choose this item, although there might be some hesitation because it wasn’t an offensive type of artifact, he would definitely act on it.

Then, she would gradually throw in points as bargaining chips, a hundred points, two hundred points, three hundred points…

In the end, she would add up to five hundred points at most. A similar high-quality item plus a large amount of Bonfire Points, and Colin would surely agree!

But unexpectedly, the negotiation failed at the very first step?

And now, the only item she had that could rival a Holy Relic was this one…

If she didn’t have this item as a foundation, then the points would be meaningless too, unless she could come up with a number that would make it impossible for him to refuse, like ten thousand points!

But that was obviously not going to happen…

She wouldn’t have that much if she added up all the points she had earned over the years…

Somehow at a loss, Shana didn’t know what to say as she took back the artifact.

“Seems like you only have this one item?”

As he spoke, Colin took out a bottle of alcohol and squeezed some onto his hands for disinfection—

Having touched an item made by that guy, he felt somewhat unlucky and needed to be cautious.

Lest he get afflicted with some bizarre negative effect.

“I…” The vague silhouette hesitated in his speech.

Seeing his hesitance, Colin pursed his lips, feeling like the trade was likely off the table.

However, just then, Shana suddenly thought of something.

‘Is he dissatisfied with the introduction, so he refuses to trade?’

The Saintess had a flash of spiritual intuition; she could see the information on the artifact too, but what it was, she couldn’t fully understand, because it was all in some unfamiliar script.

And this script could shield against any mystical method to crack it…

However, through her own spiritual intuition, she could guess it was some sort of introduction to the item.

Just now, having noticed that he could understand it, she hadn’t introduced the artifact.

“May I demonstrate its effect once, and then you can decide?”

Hearing the persistent request from the vague figure, Colin thought for a moment and nodded, “Alright, go ahead and try.”

Although the description wasn’t promising, he was curious about how exactly the golden artifact operated.

And since the user was her this time, he didn’t have to worry about being affected by any weird negative effects that could lead to his social death…

No sooner had he spoken, he saw “The Light Chaser” raise the artifact and aim it at him.

The next second, Colin’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

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