Evaluation?
[Ace POV],
The only thing left for me to do in terms of quests was to compare the rewards from the dungeon to the ones from the challenge trial.
To be honest, I didn't have high expectations for the reward the dungeon quest would provide.
It wasn't that I had no expectations; rather, I believed that even the highest would have little impact on me.
Because Anna and Chris both received rare grade treasures while Emma and I both received Rank 1 treasures, I suspected the Guardian was involved. Even if it wasn't, the wave of reward was already satisfying, so I couldn't ask for more, hence my limited exceptions.
Whatever reward the dungeon quest offers will be satisfying if it is not less than rank 1 rare grade.
This may appear to be a lot, but it was the peak of my expectations before receiving the challenge trial reward.
I turned to Emma and spoke as these thoughts raced through my mind.
"What grade do you think the dungeon quest rewards will have?" I inquired as I called out the primordial chronicle in my head.
"Hopefully one that is not less than rare grade," Emma responded, adding, "It's a quest we solved with another method added, so I have my expectations."
Hearing this, I simply nodded in response because it was all the same to me. Of course, it would be preferable if something unexpected occurred.
As I thought of this, I willed my thoughts through the primordial chronicle as the quest panel appeared on the blue screen in front of me.
[Instant Hidden Dungeon: Cemetery Assault],
[Type: Quest],
[Quest: The village has been experiencing some strange events in recent days, as some villagers appear to have started disappearing without a trace, causing hidden fear in the hearts of everyone in the village.
Help in resolving this issue to clear the dungeon.],
[Status: Completed],
[You resolved the village's current hidden problem by killing the last oil puppet in the village who was abducting the villagers, but seeing as this was insufficient, you decided to end the whole matter and resolve the village's problem by killing the mastermind behind the problem, and finally resolved the village's problem completely as you are eligible to confirm your submission for the quest to clear the dungeon],
I skipped ahead to the main deal as I willed my thoughts to accept the quest reward, ignoring the familiar looking texts I'd read before as it was a summary of how I completed the quest and there was nothing particularly interesting to see there.
[Do you want to choose to complete the quest],
[Y/N],
'Yes'
[Quest Completed],
[Evaluating Performance],
[Evaluation Complete],
[Issuing reward],
[Receive reward?],
I did not hesitate any longer, seeing as it followed the same format as the quest reward I had just received, and I willed my thought to receive the reward.
Although I stated that I did not have high expectations, I was curious to see how a quest completed in more than one method differed from a quest completed in a single method.
[Receive reward?],
'Yes'
[Reward Distributed],
[Choose the reward of your choice],
[Normal Evaluation Completion],
*Level Up x2
*100 Gold Coins
[Excellent Evaluation Completion]
*Mana Art
*Neutral Spells Grimoire
[Mana art received is set at random],
[Can choose one reward from both evaluations],
'Huh?'
'What is it with the two rewards and the evaluation?' As I heard Emma's voice, I thought as she clicked her tongue before speaking.
"Tsk! I'm not sure if it's because of our actions in the dungeon, but the primordial chronicle is certainly generous: "2 level ups, 100 gold coins, the unknown mana art, and then the most important one, the neutral Spells grimoire," she said.
When I heard this, I turned to face Emma and spoke.
"What is the significance?" I inquired because it appears that the value of this particular reward is high, and Emma is knowledgeable about it.
I could also confirm that we both received the same types of rewards this time again.
However, the rewards from both quests far surpassed my expectations.
Though I'm not sure what this mana art and neutral spell are, they should be valuable or valuable based on Emma's reaction. At the very least, the value of the neutral spell grimoire should be high because she did say she didn't know what the mana art was, but based on my previous experience with the quest reward I'd just received, the value of the mana art should not be low either if it was tagged together with the neutral grimoire Emma appears to think so highly of.
It's not that I haven't heard the term "neutral" before; I just don't know much about it because the closest I've come to it is with Chris's sword.
While I was thinking about these things, I concentrated on what Emma was saying.
"It's not that important, but its value is quite high because neutral spells are spells that anyone can use without being limited by their element," she explained, adding, "Even neutral spells go well with your element."
"So neutral spells are more like general spells?" I inquired because her explanation seemed to imply that the spells were general in the sense that they could be used by anyone with mana.
I was thinking about these things as I listened to Emma's response.
"Eh, it is as you say, but you just make it sound so ordinary with that flat tone of yours," she said in a seemingly low tone as if trying to impress someone who couldn't be impressed.
As I thought of this, Emma spoke again.
"But what's the deal with this evaluation thing?" she asked rhetorically and added; "It reminds me of something familiar,"
"Is it the message that came after stage one? After hearing this, I inquired as Emma responded.
"Eh yes, they seem similar," she said as I nodded before speaking.
"Similar or not, the reward is more important," I said as Emma nodded in response, but before she could continue, I spoke again.
"What do you think about repeating what we just did, Emma?"
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