"This reward is way too generous."
"As expected of the raid leader."
The player evaluations on the seven-colored stone slab left everyone gasping.
Setting aside the extremely rare Gold-grade chest, just a single Mythril-rank mastery book was something countless experts dreamed of obtaining.
The thing was, mastery points were something players only received 8 of every 5 levels. In the Divine Realm, if a player wanted to increase their weapon's base damage, the only way was to raise their weapon mastery. But apart from the small amount granted by leveling up, there were vanishingly few other ways to earn mastery points. Even for these people, who regularly went on adventures and took on all manner of dangerous quests, the mastery rewards from missions amounted to one or two points at most. And those kinds of quests were either ultra-rare or one-of-a-kind missions. Get lucky, and you might receive a Bronze-rank mastery book.
That was why, up to now, they hadn't accumulated many mastery points. Only a small number had reached the first-tier advanced level, which boosted weapon damage by 20. The majority of level-35 players were only at the first-tier intermediate stage, with a damage boost of 15.
But if weapon mastery hit 150 points, you'd reach the second-tier initial stage, raising damage to 30.
A Bronze-rank mastery book's random range was 5 to 25 points, but the vast majority awarded single digits—rarely anything above 10.
A Mythril-rank mastery book, however, had a random range of 20 to 100 points. That was roughly 30 points difference in mastery rewards. Get lucky, and you could leap from first-tier advanced straight to second-tier initial—a jump of 10. That was exhilarating.
"Raid Leader, what does the Beginner Strength Fruit do?" Yan Qiu asked Curiosity in her voice, turning to Duo Tian Feng.
A single fruit, yet it stood alongside a Mythril-rank mastery book and a Gold-grade chest. That meant its rarity was no less than either of those items.
"Let me check." Duo Tian Feng opened his inventory and inspected the Beginner Strength Fruit. He froze. "This fruit can permanently increase the Strength stat?"
Beginner Strength Fruit: upon consumption, permanently increases the player's Strength by 5 to 20 points. A maximum of five Beginner Strength Fruits can be eaten.
"Now that's a hell of a reward!"
When everyone read the description, their eyes nearly bulged out of their heads. Eating a single Beginner Strength Fruit gave a first-tier player the attribute advantage of an entire extra level—after all, first-tier players only gained 8 free attribute points per level. Get lucky, and you could enjoy the equivalent of a two-level lead.
Everyone's gaze drifted expectantly to the seven-colored stone slab hovering in midair.
The system's assessment speed wasn't fast. Quite a while passed after the raid leader Duo Tian Feng's name and rewards before the next name appeared.
Feng Si — evaluation rank: pass. Received one Iron-rank mastery book, one Iron-rank chest.
Ming Qiang — evaluation rank: pass. Received one Iron-rank mastery book, one Iron-rank chest.
Yan Qiu — evaluation rank: excellent. Received one Iron-rank mastery book, one Gold-grade chest.
Si Yu Qing Xuan — evaluation rank: peak. Received one Beginner Intelligence Fruit, one Iron-rank mastery book, one Gold-grade chest.
The system's evaluations were remarkably detailed. As the ranks rolled out one after another, most people received a "pass" rating, drawing sighs of disappointment from the crowd. Out of all those players, only two had received fruits.
Despite their disappointment over their own evaluations, everyone kept their eyes locked firmly on the seven-colored stone slab.