Usually, the size and value of a reward chest depend on its contents, and the amount and quality of the rewards depend on what you went through on the Adventure.
'White Silver, huh…'
Also called a Platinum Box.
Seol looked calmly at the White Silver chest.
When given as a reward, Platinum Boxes usually contain at least one Peerless item.
'There's no way I'd get two Peerless items, right…?'
Although that had happened before, there was no way it would be the case this ti. After all, he would have gotten a White Gold box if there were two or more Peerless items.
'There will definitely be at least one Peerless item…'
It was known that a Platinum Box was given when the average quality of the reward, aside from the Peerless item, was at least Treasure or above.
The reward chests Seol had obtained so far usually had nurous Rare equipnt and occasionally so Peerless items.
Seol didn't even glance at Rare equipnt—he usually ignored them. However, about 70% of the dropped equipnt was typically Rare, and the remaining 30% was Treasure and Peerless.
In other words, most of the equipnt he got was Rare.
Although he had gotten so many, most of what he wore was Treasure-quality or higher.
'Is it because I briefly beca the Head of the Library of All Knowledge?'
He felt it would be okay to expect a good reward this ti.
"Let's see…"
He opened the White Silver chest obtained from this adventure.
Click…
Click…
Or rather, he tried to.
'A lock…? Ah!'
Seeing that the White Silver chest rely shook and didn't open, Seol tilted his head in confusion before quickly recalling sothing.
Platinum Boxes and onward were locked, and the keys to unlock them were obtained from high-ranking reward chests.
- Huh?
- What?
- Mom, open the door. What? Ah, the key is under the flowerpot?
- What will happen now?
While the viewers grumbled at the confusing situation, Seol quietly waited for a mont.
'If it's the first White Silver chest…'
Soon, a ssage Seol had been waiting for appeared.
[You are the first to open a White Silver chest.]
[You have earned the inaugural achievent 'Click, Click.']
[You have earned the inaugural title 「White Silver」.]
'No, not this.'
[You are opening a White Silver chest for the first ti.]
[Opening a White Silver chest or higher requires a key.]
[Keys have a very low chance of dropping from reward chests.]
[The chance of getting a key increases based on the rank of the reward chest.]
Now that he had confird that it was at least a White Silver chest, he gained the right to start collecting keys.
In short, he couldn't open the chest right away.
- Woah, hahaha.
- You need to install the certificate.
- You need to install ActiveX... Disable to popup blocker...
- Stop! Stop it!
Choices appeared before him.
[You have discovered a treasure chest radiating an impressive energy. However, it doesn't seem to respond, indicating that it might be under a special lock. What will you do?]
1. [Requirent: Great Strength] [Risk: Loss of reward] You forcefully tear the lock apart with imnse power.
2. Do not open it until you find a thod.
3. [Requirent: Skilled Lockpicking, Lockpicking Tools] Use tools to unlock it forcibly.
4. [Requirent: Unknown Key] Use a key to unlock the chest.
…
Seol was going through the options when he finally found the phrase he was looking for. Soon, a ssage related to it popped up.
[You are very wise.]
'Yes!'
It was an option available to only those with a certain level of Lockpicking or more than a certain amount of Wisdom.
[Your high wisdom instantly comprehends the chanism of the lock.]
[Infusing mana into the lock will release it.]
If you t either condition, you didn’t need a key to open a White Silver or higher-ranking chest.
Click…
Whir…
The chest began emitting a strange light.
[Verifying the lost and found items of the Library of All Knowledge.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have received a skill point.]
[You have received a skill point.]
[Affluent’s Bonus Effect activates.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[Sly Blood-Hue Snake activates.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[Soone Better’s Bonus Effect has activates.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[You have received an additional skill point.]
[You have obtained The Blade that Cannot Freely Laugh.]
[You have obtained The Calm Clown's Dagger.]
[You have obtained Pants of the Chilling Castle]
[You have obtained Cold Wave.]
[You have obtained Seal of the Head of Library of All Knowledge.]
[You have obtained 50 Platinum Coins (Khan).]
[You have obtained 2 Unknown Keys.]
[You have obtained 1 Firery Breath potion.]
…
'Ah! So this is why…'
As expected of a White Silver chest, the rewards were splendid.
Although The Blade that Cannot Freely Laugh and The Calm Clown's Dagger were great Treasure-quality weapons, unfortunately, neither Seol nor his summons could use them.
He thought he should store them for now and maybe put them up for auction or send them to an acquaintance.
The two Treasure-quality rewards were essentially omitted.
In the past, he might have held his head and lanted his misfortune, but not this ti.
There were still plenty of rewards left to check.
First, he checked the pants that had a chilling energy.
[[Pants of the Chilling Castle].
Rank: Abomination
Recomnded Level: 45-53
Defense: 170
Durability: 140/140
Weight: 0.3kg
These pants are made from a fabric imbued with cold energy.
The energy runs wild, causing trouble for the wearer.
Basic Effect: Intelligence 32 Wisdom 39 Constitution 35
Bonus Effect: These pants have a high chance of inflicting the wearer with Abnormal Status: Frostbite during combat. Whenever that happens, all enemies within a certain range will suffer from Abnormal Status: Frostbite. This effect partially ignores the opponent's resistance.]
The option was very troubleso.
Frostbite was a very bad abnormal status due to it applying Slowed too. If Frostbite could happen during battle, there was no way he would ever wear these pants.
However, Seol had an ability that allowed him to ignore the penalties of Abominations.
'Great!'
The Frostbite penalty would only be applied to his enemies, and Abominations always brought excellent effects to Seol.
Especially this ti, since he now had five Abominations, the effects would probably be quite substantial.
'Let's see…'
Seol quickly changed pants.
[You have currently equipped A abominations.]
[All of your stats increase by 10.]
[All of your skills have their mana costs decreased by 10%.]
[Shadow Space increases 1,000.]
[All of your stats increase by 20.]
[Shadow Space increases 30%.]
"…"
The last line was the effect of wearing the fifth Abomination. The bonus was so great it left Seol stunned.
- Abominations! Bring them all!
- I buy~ Unused Abominations~
- At this rate, even if there's a level gap, I should also buy Abominations!
- Devastating options.
Things were off to a good start.
Next was the ring.
A ring engraved with letters.
[[Seal of the Head of Library of All Knowledge]
Rank: Treasure
Recomnded Level: 45-55
Resistance: 140
Durability: 130/130
Weight: 0.1kg
A commorative ring for the tenure of the position of the Head of the Library of All Knowledge. Custom-made, it can only be worn by those qualified.
Basic Effect: Wisdom 28 Constitution 33 Spirit 40
Bonus Effect: Stats are increased after reading. Up to a maximum of 100. Grants the 'Reading' talent. The Special Stat ‘Dignity’ is increased by 50. Only those with the title 'All Knowledge' can wear it.]
'This is… Unique-quality!'
Just as other items of the sa rank varied in quality, Treasure-quality items were no different.
The Treasure item he just obtained was one of the good ones.
Items with restrictions were often regarded as top-tier. If those restrictions were t, the equipnt could perform beyond its rank.
If the conditions were fulfilled, the Seal of the Head of the Library of All Knowledge could be as powerful as a Peerless item.
'No, if it grants a talent… It's actually beyond that.'
Unlike Peerless items, it wasn't that there was only one in the world, but it had the very strict condition of having beco the Head of the Library of All Knowledge.
For an item that could have multiple copies to surpass the performance of a Peerless item, it would need to have incredibly difficult usage conditions or be extrely limited. The ring fulfilled both of those conditions.
- Is this really just a Treasure…?
- He suddenly beca a specialist in reading;
- A ring! A ring finally dropped!
The reason the chest was White Silver was likely because of this ring and the Abomination.
'Then, shall I check the last reward?'
He could guess what rank the final item had.
Seol examined the radiant ring.
[You have acquired Peerles: Cold Wave.]
[You have acquired an item that didn’t exist in the world previously.]
As expected, Peerless!
- Yes!
- Another ring?
- This is good! Both rings he was wearing were junk anyway, hahaha.
- Jamad: Dad's not sleeping… Bring the ring.
[[Cold Wave]
Rank: Peerless
Recomnded level: 45-55
Resistance: 150
Durability: 150/150
Weight: 0.1
Extre Cold is a ring known to have been worn by Azran that has a chilling energy contained within it.
Cold Wave is a high-quality replica modeled after that mysterious ring, so high that it has been stored deep within the Library of All Knowledge.
Basic Effect: All Stats 2
Bonus Effect: Freezing (Unique), Hot Reasoning (Unique), and Boring Joke (Unique). It allows the user to resist the cold even without wearing cold-resistant items. The Special Stat Dignity is increased by 100.]
- Huh? It's a fake?
- Dear, were you the type of person who carries around fakes?
- But this fake is worth 100K at least…
- I love its frugality.
- Woah, this cannot be called a fake…
- A fake that's hiding an imnse power…
- This is the final item!
- Seol's setup is finally complete, hahaha.
Seol imdiately decided to wear the two rings the mont he saw their stats.
It made sense, considering the level of the rings he had been wearing so far.
'What are the abilities of this item?'
[[Freezing (Unique)]
- Abilities that apply Abnormal Status: Frostbite now trigger Abnormal Status: Frozen.]
[[Hot Reasoning (Unique)]
- The duration of abnormal statuses affecting the wearer is reduced by 10%.]
[[Boring Joke (Unique)]
- The activation ti for Frost-attribute abilities is significantly reduced.]
Since it was a ring modeled after the one the Grand Duke of Frost used, it was a great ring for a Frost Magician.
Of course, it was also good for Seol to use it directly.
Although he didn't have many Frost-attribute abilities, the equipnt’s options would also apply to Jamad, who had absorbed Branka, and Ur, who was bound to grow stronger.
Upon wearing the ring, his Dignity, which was previously 0, now was 150.
[Dignity radiates from you, and it cannot be hidden.]
[You can beco an object of awe.]
- Woah;; He looks cool;;
- What? What happened? Why does he suddenly look cool?
- New hair dye? Teeth whitening? Brazilian waxing? Nose ring? What did he do? What changed?
- If it was a nose ring, you should have been able to tell it imdiately.
Though Seol's appearance hadn't changed much, the atmosphere around him was undeniably different.
Now, sothing subtle was leaking out, making him seem far from ordinary.
Seol then checked the titles he had obtained.
[[Inaugural Title: All Knowledge]
Related Achievent: The Newly Arrived (Adventure: Solemn Library)
Special Effect: Greatly increases reading comprehension. Your reading speed increases dramatically.]
A title that perfectly matched the newly acquired ring.
[[Inaugural Title: Retiree]
Related Achievent: Chasing After Dreams (Adventure: Solemn Library)
Special Effect: When you miss an attack, regain 10% of the resources spent.]
[[Inaugural Title: White Silver]
Related Achievent: Click, Click
Special Effect: At least one Unknown Key is guaranteed to appear in White Silver or higher-ranking chests.]
All of the new titles had excellent effects that brought a smile to his face.
Actually, everything he received from the Library of All Knowledge was like that.
Ur obtained the Grand Duke of Frost's forbidden book, Jamad absorbed the Ancient Shaman Branka's Shamanic Spells, and Seol acquired powerful equipnt.
He was growing faster than any other transferee.
* * *
So ti had passed since Seol left the Library of All Knowledge.
Since that day, the Library of All Knowledge had disappeared.
If you asked the ghosts in the Ghost Realm if there was weather, they would all say yes.
The sun rises and sets here as well. The changes were just less distinct than in the Human Realm.
A woman was gazing off into the distance while wearing a lancholic expression.
It was Seol Hong, who had Yu Hwa's appearance.
Swoosh…
Chi Woo, who was in his wolf form, approached and sat beside her.
"How's Jin Ryeo?"
Chi Woo shook his head at Seol Hong's question.
"Still sleeping."
"That's just like her."
"It's nice that she's consistent, right?"
"Jin Ryeo has a lot of morning sleep."
"She just always sleeps a lot."
"Hahaha…"
"Unlike soone… Unlike Jin Ryeo, Seol hardly ever slept."
"…"
"That's why it was him who always… Hmm? Shall I stop?"
Seol Hong was biting her lip.
Chi Woo offered words of comfort upon seeing her expression.
"There must be a reason he can't co back quickly."
"It's been many weeks since we last heard news of him."
"There's also quite a distance between here and there."
"…"
The direction Seol Hong was looking was where the Library of All Knowledge used to be.
The Library of All Knowledge had disappeared a week ago.
So what happened to Seol, who was there? Why wasn't there any news of him?
"Seol Hong, are you okay?"
"I'm scared."
"Scared?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
Chi Woo continued to speak with her calmly.
"Seol Hong, you've beco stronger."
"…"
"And there are plenty of people around to help you now. For example… The handso and gallant Chi Woo… Or Jin Ryeo, who's still sleeping…"
"I know."
"There are also many people who acknowledge you, right? I'm sure when you return, the Empire's citizens will welco you back. You've beco that kind of person now."
"Yes…"
"And yet… you’re scared?"
Nod…
Seol Hong nodded.
"He's been helping since I had nothing… But now that he's suddenly gone, it feels like I've gone back to that ti."
"…"
"Back to the who had nothing…"
Whack—!
Chi Woo headbutted Seol Hong's thigh.
"Chi Woo…"
"Seol Hong, pull yourself together!"
The one person Seol Hong could completely trust… If she had to na such a person, she would choose one without hesitation—Kang Seol.
Compared to before, Seol Hong had grown significantly both ntally and physically.
But now, Seol's absence was causing her imnse distress.
Had she known this would happen, she would have followed him.
All addictions lead to unexpected outcos, but the most dangerous addiction of all is to another person.
Seol Hong was slowly losing her sense of purpose.
Although she hadn't noticed it due to her clouded judgnt, Chi Woo, who was by her side, had.
"Seol Hong! He promised us!"
"Promise…?"
"Yes! He promised he would co back!"
"Ah…!"
"Do you rember now?"
"But…"
"Has he ever broken a promise?"
Seol Hong tilted her head for a mont before answering.
"No, he hasn't."
"See? Exactly! Seol always keeps his promises, so he'll be back soon. Just wait for a bit longer."
Chi Woo lifted his head confidently as if telling her to trust him. Seol Hong smiled faintly and hugged Chi Woo.
"Thank you, Chi Woo."
"Ehem… If I disappear, you'll be just as down, right?"
"…"
"Kang Seol, once you return, I'm going to kill you."
As they sat in the yard, soone approached.
Rustle…
"Hmm?"
"Spectre?"
"What are you two doing here?"
"Just catching so air before morning training… But why?"
Spectre, who looked like a young girl, said with her hands behind her back.
"He's back."
"What…? What did you just say?"
"He just returned. He's inside with Master Cha…"
Paf—!
Paf—!
In the blink of an eye, Seol Hong and Chi Woo disappeared from their spot like flashes of light.
While watching them leave, Spectre shook her head and said.
"Tsk, tsk… It's not good to be so dependent on soone."
She smirked.
"Well, I guess it can't be helped. After all, he is soone reliable."
At that mont, a guest had arrived at where Hamun was staying.
"I'm glad you're safe."
"It was truly dangerous."
"Don't you always take risks?"
"I went a bit too far this ti."
"Haha… Although you're complaining, you seem to have changed quite a bit."
"Is that so…?"
Hamun nodded at the guest's words.
"It seems that going to the Library of All Knowledge was the right choice."
It was at that mont.
Creak—!
"Oof… Oof…"
"Pant… Pant…"
Out of breath, a golden wolf and Seol Hong burst through the door and stared at Hamun's back. Then they looked past him to see the guest's face.
Seol Hong's face froze in shock.
With a calm gaze, the guest looked back at Seol Hong.
Seol had returned.
Seol Hong hesitated, unsure how to address him due to the change in his atmosphere.
"You're late…"
Seol smiled at her clumsy greeting.
"I'm a bit late."
"I thought sothing happened to you…"
"Well, a lot of things did happen."
Seol Hong finally smiled.
"But still, you ca back."
Seol nodded.
"I promised, didn't I?"
He had sealed another Shadow Wolf blocking the way to the highest floor, faced the resurrected Ancient Glacier Shaman, dealt with the Head of the Library, who activated on its own, and even t the copy of the Grand Duke of Frost.
After going through all sorts of hardships, Seol was finally back.
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