Daily Rewards! Transmigrating into a novel as a side-character! Chapter 114: Crests [1]

The convergence point was clearly where we needed to speak our final answer.

Standing before the final circle, I took a deep breath and spoke clearly: "MOONFANG."

The response was imdiate and spectacular. The entire shrine began resonating with harmonic vibrations, and brilliant light erupted from each floor simultaneously. The altar split open to reveal a a small hidden chamber containing exactly what I had hoped for, ten magical Crest Marks, each one glowing.

"Ten crests ," I said with satisfaction, collecting the precious rewards. "This is not bad at all, it seems like shrines give their fair bit of crests. It was the right choice to create scouting teams for these shrines, they are limited and they provide alot."

My team mbers looked at the haul with obvious amazent.

We left the shrine satisfied with what we had received. The ten Crest Marks represented a substantial haul that would significantly boost our class total. As we made our way back through the forest, I contacted my other teams to check on their progress.

The scouting team that had found the shrine reported an unexpected complication. They had discovered another shrine, but this one wasn’t uncontested. They were currently facing opposition from another team for control of the location.

"Which team is it?" I asked through the communication crystal.

"It’s the other elite team’s scouting team," ca the reply.

"Anyone you recognise?" I asked.

"I can only recognise Seraphina. The others I’ve seen them but they aren’t famous or anything."

A frown ford on my face. This was exactly the kind of confrontation I had hoped to avoid so early on. Kyle’s team represented serious opposition - they were skilled, well-coordinated, and led by so of the academy’s most talented students.

"Do not engage," I ordered imdiately. "Withdraw from the area now."

"But we found it first," one of the scouts protested. "We should be able to contest for it."

"Listen to orders! Don’t do anything, and wait for my response," I said firmly, cutting off any further argunt.

Fighting Seraphina’s team would only result in casualties and losses for us. Besides, it had taken our team nearly an hour to solve the previous shrine, and if this new location contained valuable Crest Marks, it would require at least equal ti and effort. Getting into a prolonged battle with the current scouting team there would be counterproductive.

I imdiately connected with Emt’s hunting team. "How is the hunting going?" I asked.

"We haven’t seen any white donkeys in a while," Emt replied. "The river areas seem to have been cleared out."

"Change of plans," I said, making a quick tactical decision. "I’m sending you coordinates to join the scouting team that’s facing Seraphina’s group for a shrine. Wait until Seraphina and her group solves the shrine before engaging them."

I could hear the excitent in Emt’s voice as he responded. This was exactly the kind of challenge he had been hoping for.

I contacted the scouting team through the communication crystal to provide updated instructions.

"Emt’s hunting team is being redirected to provide you with backup," I inford them. "Maintain concealnt and keep watch on Seraphina’s team. Avoid detection at all costs, but monitor their progress and report any significant developnts."

The tactical situation required careful coordination. Having Emt’s combat-focused team supporting the scouts would give us options if the confrontation escalated, while maintaining our ability to gather intelligence on Kyle’s group.

With those orders issued, I turned to the two team mbers who had accompanied to the shrine.

"You two need to go support the operation as well," I instructed. "Follow the sa coordinates I gave Emt. Stay hidden, provide backup, and maintain communication with ."

They nodded and imdiately set off through the forest toward the contested shrine location.

Now traveling alone, I made my way back to our base camp with the ten valuable Crest Marks secured in my storage. The return journey gave ti to consider our overall strategic position. Between the Crest Marks we had already collected through hunting and these recent shrine rewards, our class was accumulating a substantial point total.

The confrontation brewing around the second shrine represented both opportunity and risk. If we could deny Kyle’s team access to that location’s rewards while avoiding significant loses, it would strengthen our competitive advantage considerably.

Reaching the camp, I would need to brief Marcus and the remaining team mbers on the developing situation while ensuring our base remained secure.

I had sent Emt’s group with a specific plan in mind. At this early stage of their developnt, Emt could realistically handle Seraphina despite her legendary bloodline advantage.

The key factor was timing. Currently, Seraphina wasn’t operating at her peak potential. While legendary bloodlines were incredibly powerful, early in an awakener’s developnt the rank difference didn’t create as significant a gap since most traits remained locked. The real advantages of legendary bloodlines typically manifested as awakeners advanced to higher ranks and unlocked more powerful traits of higher orders.

Emt’s rare-rank bloodline was fully offensive in nature, which created a fair matchup against Seraphina’s current capabilities. More importantly, I knew about a critical weakness in her bloodline that she hadn’t discovered yet - one that wouldn’t reveal itself until later in the original tiline.

Based on my knowledge from the novel, Seraphina’s legendary bloodline ca with a severe drawback: once she entered serious combat, she beca unable to stop fighting until either her opponent surrendered or she faced was unable to fight whether death or unconsciousness . This berserker-like compulsion was both a strength and a devastating weakness, depending on the tactical situation.

The weakness typically remained hidden because most early opponents either surrendered quickly when facing a legendary bloodline user, or the fights ended decisively before the compulsion beca apparent. In the original tiline, Seraphina only discovered this limitation during the beast attacks on the city, when the monsters’ refusal to surrender trapped her in prolonged combat.

By having Emt engage her directly, I could exploit this unknown weakness. Once Seraphina beca locked in combat with him, she would be unable to focus on anything else - including coordinating with her team or securing the shrine’s contents. This would allow my nurically superior forces to claim the Crest Marks while she remained fixated on the fight.