NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 349: Rewarding Expendition
In the end, their 10-hour-long buff finally ran out.
The moment the buff vanished, everyone got a notification.
[Do you wish to return to the Atlantis Hub? Declining means you will have to face the powerful pressure of this deep ocean and constant damage while moving back to the starting location.]
It would be hell if they declined!
Everyone swiftly pressed 'Yes' in their minds and vanished one by one.
In several seconds, all 118 people appeared back in the hub.
And immediately after that, announcements rang worldwide.
[Congratulations on making the first progress in the war with Atlantis.]
[Atlantis Expedition Leaderboard has been opened.]
[As every individual enters this war and contributes, their daily expedition will be assessed, ranked, and rewarded.]
[Atlantis Expedition Leaderboard]
Rank 1: Rin — 10 Hr. — 13,289 points.
Rank 2: Erix — 10 Hr. — 12,870 points.
Rank 3: Yelwon — 10 Hr. — 4830 points.
Rank 4: Kenshin — 10 Hr. — 4828 points.
Rank 5: Koshal — 10 Hr. — 4729 points.
Rank 6: Sameira — 10 Hr. — 4638 points.
Rank 7: Amir — 10 Hr. — 4320 points.
Rank 8: James — 10 Hr. — 3820 points.
Rank 9: Isabella — 10 Hr. — 3793 points.
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Rank 10: Gabriel — 10 Hr. — 3729 points.
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After the leaderboard panel sprung up before everyone who displayed the top 100 ranks in Atlantis Expedition, everyone also received individual notifications that caused everyone's eyes to shine.
[10-Hour Expedition Assessment and Reward]
—> Assessment: Excellent.
—> Reward: SSS-grade Treasure Chest.
"Oh?" Erix was indeed surprised.
"You got SSS-grade treasure chest?" Rin looked at Erix.
"Yep."
"Dad, what you got?"
"S-rank treasure chest."
"I also got S-rank," Isabella said.
Suddenly, everyone heard a loud scream and felt a rising aura in one of the groups.
"I got a fucking Tier-6 legendary weapon! Let's go!"
The one who shouted was none other than Jason.
"Haha, watch me study this weapon and improve my Magsmithing!" Jason grinned widely and glanced at Erix, but didn't dare to turn his head towards him.
"I'll make the best weapons!"
"Shit, I got an Advanced medium-grade elemental crystal! I can choose any element from Advanced Elements!"
This shout even caused Erix and Rin to raise their eyebrows.
"We get such things from these chests?!" Zoe exclaimed and quickly took out her A-grade treasure chest. "That guy surely got an A-grade treasure chest like me, but he got that crystal."
"Advanced elemental crystals of high grade?" Erix muttered. "That's indeed a big reward."
Rin opened her SSS-grade treasure. It shone colorfully before a prism-shining crystal with colorful lights appeared before her.
[Advanced high-grade Elemental crystal]
_Imbued one of your advanced elements to turn this crystal into that attribute.
"A-grade chest got medium-grade and I got high-grade?" Rin frowned. "I feel like we can get something better from our SSS-grade treasure chests than this."
"You are right, dear," Sameira chuckled as the treasure chest before her showed everyone the exact same crystal that Rin got.
"I knew it," Rin jokingly pouted. "Darling, open yours."
Filled with curiosity and expectation, Erix opened his SSS-grade treasure as well.
It shone and spewed out an item with a dark aura.
Erix looked at it and dryly chuckled. "Superior-grade Dark-elemental crystal."
"It's a crystal again," Kenshin said with a wry smile while holding a pair of big cat-paws. "Still better than this Tier-6 item that's of no use to me."
"Master, can I have it?" one of the young ladies in her twenties behind Kenshin asked. She was one of the students of their martial dojo before the apocalypse.
"Yeah, Nia also uses gauntlets like you," Rin nodded with a grin as she looked at Nia. "Nia, you should also find an armor set suitable to this weapon. It would look cute on you."
"Sister Rin, I feel like you would look better with law and even better if you role play with brother in-law, hahaha..."
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Everyone relaxed and eagerly opened their treasure chests like everyone with anticipation and discussion. The Atlantis Hub quickly became a Trading Hub.
Everyone got various rewards, and all of them were useful rewards, but exchanging a reward from another that would benefit both parties was more alluring.
Everyone understood one thing, and it was going to spread everywhere, making people motivated to become stronger faster. That thing was—going into Atlantis for 10 hours and working their ass off in danger gave very handsome rewards.
Must enter every day, hunt monsters, and progress!
Many people exchanged rewards while the other part of the hub also became lively.
Those shopping stalls and makeshift shops of various outer clans had finished preparing to full, with their exotic items displayed for everyone.
The general currency was Prana crystal, but those various races had their specialties as well that people bought by paying other resources after negotiations.
Moondawn Elf clan had the full support of the Unfettered Guild, hence they managed to procure more resources and make more potions and pills that only they could make.
Terrapin clan was a hidden clan, and they only sought benefits through Heavenly Melody by supporting them. They only gave their products to Heavenly Melody in exchange for their direct support plan.
It was a mutual reliance alliance.
Just like that, some other guilds also had such alliance with clans like that, which was easy to notice for Erix, Rin, Kenshin, and Sameira.
For instance, Yelwon and her guild members all fought with a unique and collective power a few times that made them stronger for a certain duration.
Koshal and his group had a strange, differently shaped badge on each that did some work, allowing them to swap positions with each other and some objects.
Erix knew Space power was at the play there, which meant that there was a clan that had a power source of space or a master of the Space element.
As both groups arrived at the big Moondawn Elf clan's camp, they talked about a few things regarding other guilds.
"All of these guys have secrets and I want to know them," Erix said as he leaned back on the chair. "There are opportunities to get strong everywhere, but we have to seize them by taking initiative."
"Of course, without slaughtering them," Erix said with a laugh.
"We can't erase these clans anyway, nor will it be fun to do so when they are so weak," Rin said before yawning.
"The Sanctuary Areas," Kenshin nodded. "For now, we can try to look into Koshal and his guild."
"Yep, If we want to keep my monopoly over Space power and everything that becomes a product of it, we have to find that clan," Erix narrowed his eyes while an excited smile formed on his lips.
"Alright, I've decided. Babe, after we complete our Labyrinth Tower special quest, I am going to look for this clan."
"Oh yeah, Erix. I wanted to ask," Sameira cleared her throat and suddenly changed the topic.
"What kind of relationship do you and Rin have-" Sameira turned to Rin before she continued calmly, "with Aria?"