"Haha, what are you saying, man? Do you think they will kick me out just because you say so?" Niviam said as he laughed mockingly. He then flew up and started flying towards the big fat corrupted core two hundred meters away.
Arkhen narrowed his eyes and pointed his hand at the man before saying, "Kick him or he is dead."
"Stop Joking, hahaha."
Niviam continued flying the corrupted core while Arkhen's right hand (Sarangan Dragon Blade) followed Niviam's silhouette. When Nivima was ten meters away from the corrupted core, Arkhen clicked his tongue and decided to release the attack he had been preparing.
"I'll be taking that, hahah-"
Just as Arkhen was going to release his full-powered <Piercing Rain Blades> from his Sarangan Dragon Blade, Niviam disappeared.
A short while ago…
"Alright, it seems that he is really intending to kill Niviam. I am kicking out Arkhen from there," the bald middle-aged man said before grunting as he saw Arkhen telling them to remove Niviam a second time.
"You will not do that," Lady Rong said with a faint smile.
"Hmm? But he is going to break the rule, Lady Rong."
Everyone looked at her with confusion and frowns. But City Lady Yanshi wryly smiled as she looked at Lady Rong's expression.
"Remove Niviam. Arkhen will stay there," Lady Rong said nonchalantly.
"B-But why?" the middle-aged man asked with a deep frown on his face. "How can we agree to such arrogant demand? He is stepping out of his place."
Lady Rong narrowed her while keeping her smile as a slight pressure descended on the atmosphere.
"Why? Because I said so. Remove Niviam right now," Lady Rong said before a playful smile formed on her face as she continued with a chuckle, "As for Arkhen being arrogant…haha, he had gained the right to be arrogant at his current position, and I'll let him complete his arrogant demand."
"Or would you rather want Niviam dead? I think you know his father… Is that the reason?"
The bald middle-aged man started sweating like a pig as he weakly smiled and shook his head. He then quickly activated Niviam's Escape Rune and sent him back to the town.
…
Arkhen saw Niviam disappearing and stopped his attack. With a carefree expression, he flew towards the big corrupted core on his force field and put it in his inventory.
A second later, Arkhen saw the bird appearing in front of him and heard City Lord Yanshi's voice.
Not just Arkhen, but all participants saw the bird and heard her voice.
"Everyone! The final round is over. Your Escape Rune will activate in two seconds and take you back to the town but in a different hall. We will assess your rankings there based on the corrupted cores you have gathered."
Everyone heard that and waited. After two seconds, the Escape Rune attached to them activated as they disappeared and appeared back in the town.
They arrived in a small hall, only forty-nine of them.
Soon, City Lord Yanshi, Lady Rong, and others also arrived in front of them.
"Good. None of you died, and only one was disqualified," City Lord Yanshi said with a nod.
Hearing that, the bald man and the other two people's lips twitched. Disqualified…
"The 30th to 50th rankers, even if you are just getting 1 essence stone, you will get more rewards by exchanging the corrupted cores you have gathered," City Lord Yanshi said with a smile.
"Without wasting more time, let's start the assessment. We'll start with the previous 1st rank, Arkhen. Come to the front and take out all corrupted cores you have collected."
Arkhen nodded as he moved forward and dumped all the corrupted cores from his inventory on the floor.
*clak clak clak clak clak…*
At first, everyone watched with curiosity as the tiny finger-sized corrupted cores dropped on the floor from Arkhen's hand like rain. But after a few seconds, their faces turned strange and then shocked.
"T-This… so many?"
A small one-meter-tall pile of corrupted cores appeared on the floor before a giant two meters tall corrupted core dropped at the end, dumbfounding all participants.
"Well, the 1st rank is already decided. But we have to assess it to give you the points, which you can spend to buy things from a special shop at the end," City Lord Yanshi said with a smile as she waved her index finger slightly as an eccentric magic circle formed on the floor below the pile of corrupted cores.
The magic formation glowed slightly for two seconds before dimming as City Lord Yanshi said, "the entire pile, including that big one, weighed a total of 489.17 kilograms. 1 gram means 1 point. So Arkhen's total points are 489,170."
The middle-aged woman in the group took out a card from her storage ring and used some energy to fiddle with a card before giving it to Arkhen, "I've added 489,170 points to this point card. You can spend these points in the shop behind that door. Enjoy."
Arkhen took the card and turned his head towards the door pointed by the woman before walking towards it.
"Senior, are there limited quantity items in the shop?" someone asked.
"Don't worry. No items are limited," the bald middle-aged man answered.
"Doesn't mean that the items in the shop are not that high graded…" someone from the group muttered in a low voice, but everyone heard it.
"Hahaha...if you don't want the points, then you leave after taking out the corrupted cores," City Lord Yanshi said with a chuckle.
Everyone sneered while the person who said that shrank his neck.
…
On the other hand, Arkhen saw a wall with uneven squares and rectangle sections in a digital-looking form.
Each section displayed an item with its cost below.
*1) Essence stones:
—> 1 high-grade rainbow essence stone = 80 points.
*2) Custom-made Weapon of your choice:
—> 3rd class weapon = 5,000 points.
—> 4th class weapon = 10,000 points.
—> 5th class weapon = 25,000 points.
*3) Custom-made armor of your choice (not full body):
—> 3rd class armor = 6,000 points.
—> 4th class armor = 12,000 points.
—> 5th class armor = 30,000 points.
*3) Custom-made potions & pills:
—> Class-3 potions/pills = 1,000 points.
—> Class-4 potions/pills = 4,500 points.
*5) Custom Made accessory:
—> 3rd class accessory = 4,500 points.
—> 4th class accessory = 10,000 points.
—> 5th class accessory = 25,000 points.
*5) Skill scrolls:
—> S rank scroll: 15,000 points.
—> SS rank scroll: 50,000 points.
—> SSS rank scroll: 100,000 points.
*6) Combat Art scroll:
—> S rank scroll: 50,000 points.
—> SS rank scroll: 100,000 points.
—> SSS rank scroll: 200,000 points.
Arkhen didn't need armor or a weapon. He needed SSS rank skills so that he could combine them for a higher rank skill. But with his current points, he could only get four SSS rank skills.
The most attractive option was obviously high-grade rainbow essence stones. He could make some good progress if he spent all his points to buy them.
[My lord. I suggest you get essence stones using all of your points. The skills and other things can be acquired in various ways, but essence stones are not something the system can give you as a reward often nor reality motes can produce them. They are the most important for you.]
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