His finger slid across the screen, and Asagiri Utsunomiya began reading the detailed descriptions of the rewards.
[Equipment Name: Vampiric Chain Dagger
[Equipment Quality: Rare (Purple)
[Equipment Information: A sharp dagger connected with a five-meter-long metal chain. The material is unknown, but it seems to be imbued with the power of curses, possessing the special property of anti-spirit. When dealing damage to enemies with this weapon, if the enemy is a physical creature, absorb stamina based on the damage dealt, and if the enemy is a spirit, absorb mental power based on the damage dealt.]
[Equipment Name: Ever-Changing Mask
[Equipment Quality: Unknown (Gray)
[Equipment Information: Exclusive equipment for the unique Job: Diplomat. When equipped, it will switch patterns according to your choice and enhance the effects of corresponding diplomatic rhetoric, such as threatening, inducing, and advising.]
[Skill Name: Castling
[Skill Information: Able to bind with another Player after obtaining their consent (no limit on the number of bindings), and activate the skill by consuming a certain amount of mental power to instantly swap positions with a bound Player.
[Skill Restriction: Maximum effective range is fifteen meters. When activating the skill, the bound Player must be within your line of sight.]
[Item Name: Pocket Watch of Reversal
[Item Type: Consumable
[Item Quality: Epic (Red)
[Item Information: A pocket watch with special power. When pressing the button on top of the pocket watch, time will rewind to one minute ago. (Note: After using this item, time will rewind to one minute ago. All Players will retain their memories before the rewind. Players who have died will be resurrected, and all physical injuries sustained within this minute will also disappear, but mental power and stamina cannot be restored. Time rewind will be triggered automatically when the holder dies.)]
Asuna Yuuki, who was beside him, was already shocked when she saw the descriptions of the rewards Asagiri Utsunomiya obtained. When she saw the effect of the Castling skill, she was already dumbfounded, and when she saw the Pocket Watch of Reversal...
"Am I hallucinating?"
Asuna Yuuki raised her hand and rubbed her eyes hard. Although her eyes felt sore due to lack of sleep, she was sure that she was conscious and her vision was fine.
"One minute time rewind? Automatically activates if the holder dies? And... it can even resurrect dead Players!?"
Asuna Yuuki had an expression of disbelief. It wasn't that she was making a fuss; it was mainly because the effect of this item was simply too outrageous, wasn't it!?
What was that?
That was true resurrection, a chance to turn back time to one minute ago and do it again!
And—
"Epic quality?"
Asuna Yuuki had searched online and knew that the quality divisions in many games were based on color. Based on the equipment and items she had seen at this stage, from low to high, it should be Ordinary (White), Extraordinary (Blue), Rare (Purple)... and the next should be Legendary (Orange).
How did it just skip directly to Epic (Red)?!
No, this effect, which could not only resurrect oneself but also resurrect teammates by rewinding time when they died, was this the kind of item that should appear at this stage?
Wasn't this just ridiculously overpowered?
"It's alright."
Asagiri Utsunomiya's "It's alright" almost made Asuna Yuuki lose it.
He called this, "It's alright"?
"What rewards did you get?"
"Mine..." Originally, when she saw the completion rewards she received, Asuna Yuuki was still excited and overjoyed, but after seeing the rewards Asagiri Utsunomiya received, she wilted like a frost-bitten eggplant and weakly handed her phone to him. "See for yourself."
Asagiri Utsunomiya took the phone and checked the content. He found that Asuna Yuuki's rating and the app's comments were largely similar to his own, except for the part about taming a Persona. Only the wording in the details was slightly different.
He was leading in the action to eliminate the source of oddities, while Asuna Yuuki was participating in the action to eliminate the source of the oddities.
The reward Asuna Yuuki received this time was the unlocking of a unique Talent and a Skill.
[Talent Name: The Flash
[Talent Information: For every opponent killed, agility, speed, and reflexes will be enhanced according to the opponent's strength.]
[Skill Name: Stinger
[Skill Information: Consumes a large amount of mental and physical energy to thrust out a white beam from the sword in hand. Its power is directly proportional to the Player's speed, with a maximum effective range of ten meters.]
"A talent and a skill, huh..." Seeing the rewards Asuna Yuuki received, Asagiri Utsunomiya confirmed two things.
He said: "Although we both received an S+ rating, the rewards we obtained are clearly not on the same level. It seems that achieving the same rating doesn't guarantee the same tier of rewards. It's still based on the Player's individual performance in the dungeon, and... the rewards are not randomly distributed."
Asagiri Utsunomiya paused, looked at Asuna Yuuki, and asked, "When I was fighting that Specter of the Drowned Corpse, did you think how good it would be if you had a long-range attack method, so you wouldn't have to just stand there and watch, fearing the corrosive mucus splashing from its body?"
Asuna Yuuki wasn't stupid and immediately understood Asagiri Utsunomiya's meaning. She said, "You mean... because I felt I urgently needed a long-range attack method, that's why I obtained a ranged offensive skill?"
"Exactly." Asagiri Utsunomiya first confirmed with a nod, then continued with a smile: "And I, who possess the Talent called Persona, don't really need attack methods like skills at this stage. Therefore, the rewards the system gave me are the equipment called Vampiric Chain Dagger, which can also be used from a distance and can replenish my stamina and mental power consumption, mask-type equipment that enhances the Job Diplomat's negotiation effects, the Castling skill which enriches our team's tactical options and has great development potential, and as a last resort to prevent sudden dangerous situations, the Pocket Watch of Reversal which allows me to start over at any time. Of course, it's not just these obvious rewards, there's also this..."
Asagiri Utsunomiya swiped his phone screen and opened the section representing the Player Level in the app.
Asuna Yuuki leaned closer to look. When she saw the new privileges Asagiri Utsunomiya unlocked after becoming Advanced Player, she couldn't help but be stunned.
[Advanced Player Privileges:
[1. Each time you actively sign up to participate in a dungeon, you will receive multiple keywords representing the dungeon's theme. You can choose one keyword from the hints to enter the corresponding dungeon. You can bring friends along.
[2. Each time you clear a dungeon and obtain an S+ rating, you can limit the scope of rewards according to your will, such as deciding the number of rewards yourself (the fewer the number, the higher the quality; the more the number, the lower the average quality), and you can limit the type of rewards drawn (items, skills, weapons, armor, accessories).]