Chapter 248: Rewards

Julius watched the creature’s remnants disappear into particles of light and let out a tired sigh.

That had been more difficult than he first thought when he planned to take on this Challenge Rift. He had really underestimated how dangerous it was.

But in the end, he still came out on top so it was worth it.

Tenth Wave completed… Congratulations, you have completed the Challenge with superior marks. Please wait as your reward is generated…

He couldn’t hold back the smile that overtook his face as he read the message. After what seemed to be forever, he had completed this Challenge Rift.

Furthermore, it seemed he did so with ‘superior’ marks. Which led him to believe he would be getting something good out of this.

He felt like he had done more than enough to be rewarded with something useful.

Suddenly, he felt himself get wrapped in some sort of mana but he didn’t panic. It was a familiar sensation he had felt a couple of times by now. A swift jerk and he found himself standing in the same room that had the red button to start the Challenge. Only this time there was no pedestal.

The notification had told him to wait for his reward to be generated and so that was exactly what he did.

He created a mana chair and took out some food to snack on while he waited because he was starving. All of that fighting really made a man hungry.

While he was munching he looked over the notifications he got during the fight.

[Armaments of the Arcane lvl 9 -> lvl 10]

[Sage of Savagery lvl 8 -> lvl 9]

[Phoenix Renewal lvl 5 -> lvl 6]

[Flash Step lvl 11 -> lvl 13]

[Scorching Empowerment lvl 1 -> lvl 4]

He gained a whole bunch of levels in his epic skills which was nice to see. These skills were so much harder to level up than his other skills. Even if he used them quite often.

Seeing the two levels in [Flash Step] was nice to see. It was actually one of the more difficult rare skills to level because it wasn’t directly connected to any of his affinities. But that was what Gabriel had warned him when he chose it so it wasn’t that surprising.

Still, he couldn’t help but wait until he could acquire the teleportation version, [Instantaneous Step]. He believed that would be an excellent skill to have. Or perhaps if he was lucky, he would get another teleportation skill as an upgrade option.

The one thing he was disappointed to see was that he had not gotten a notification about merging [Kinetic Augmentation] and [Scorching Empowerment].

He knew it was unlikely but he had really been hoping that he would be able to get the option to do so after this fight.

He guessed that he was being slightly too optimistic.

Merging two different affinity-based body enhancement skills was notoriously difficult. There was a reason only talented people like Edgar and others were able to do so.

It would seem it would not be so easy.

But that had been within expectations. Richard had many discussions with him about what he should be looking to get from this Challenge Rift.

Richard and Rebecca had agreed that there were a couple of items that both Reinera and Julius should look for.

One of them was a growth-type item. Those were always useful and highly sought after. Many people in the upper tiers still used the growth item they got when they were in Tier 3. It was something that could stand by him for years to come. Thus, if he was offered something nice, he would definitely consider it.

The other item that Richard recommended Julius keep an eye out for was a reward called a Skill Combination Token.

This token could apparently have two skills that would otherwise be complicated or difficult to merge on his own. Which would make it perfect for his situation.

But the man also heavily emphasized that Julius should not take it unless it was a token of high or exceptional quality.

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Apparently, some tokens the Words of the World offered were average or middle quality. And while it would not be the worst thing to take. Richard believed that Julius would be able to get a better version with time and hard work.

However, a high-quality token was something that would merge his skills in the most optimal way. Something that even with a lot of hard work and time, Julius might still not be able to replicate on his own.