When the final soldier disappeared into the golden light, a notification appeared before Zich.
[Basic Objective: Completed.]
[Escort Survival Rate: 100%.]
[Escort Evaluation: SSS.]
[Combat Evaluation: S.]
[Time Evaluation: SSS.]
[Hidden Condition "Not a Single One Left Behind" Completed.]
[Overall Evaluation: SSS.]
[You have obtained the First Floor Perfect Clear Reward.]
A dark golden light descended from above and merged into Zich’s body. The mana he had consumed began rapidly recovering, while the tiny cracks covering the bones of the his skeleton soldiers healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, the black stone monument outside the Heaven Reaching Trial Tower suddenly lit up.
The challengers had only recently entered the Trial Tower, and most of their names were still on the first floor. Yet Zich’s name was the first to leave the lowest section and appear in the position representing the second floor.
[First Place: Zich Grave.]
[Current Progress: Second Floor.]
[First Floor Trial: The Remnants’ Journey Home.]
[First Floor Evaluation: SSS.]
[Hidden Condition Completed.]
The discussions throughout the plaza abruptly fell silent.
A moment later, tens of thousands of players erupted into an even louder uproar.
"The first person to clear the first floor has appeared!"
"An SSS evaluation?"
"Wasn’t his trial escorting twelve severely wounded soldiers through the Black Mist Town?"
"The most troublesome part of that mission is that the wounded soldiers attract all the monsters. In the past, many challengers would deliberately abandon several soldiers who couldn’t move in order to maintain their speed. He didn’t leave a single one behind?"
"How long has it even been?"
In the area occupied by the Locke family, a middle aged Locke family representative stared at the stone monument, his expression turning somewhat ugly.
Someone beside him said quietly, "It’s only the first floor. Young Master Austin’s trial should be ending soon as well."
"Of course I know."
The Locke family representative replied coldly, yet his gaze never left the three letters representing a perfect evaluation.
The first floor indeed could not determine the final ranking.
However, among all three hundred and sixty challengers, Zich was the first to complete his trial and currently the only one to receive an SSS evaluation.
That alone was enough for everyone present to remember his name.
Inside the Trial Tower, another silver white teleportation portal appeared before Zich.
[You may remain here for ten minutes to recover.]
[Alternatively, you may immediately enter the second floor.]
Zich glanced at his summons, which had already recovered most of their strength. Without wasting any time, he stepped directly into the teleportation portal.
A scorching gale struck him head on.
The cold and gloomy abandoned town instantly disappeared, replaced by a vast desert completely engulfed by a murky yellow sandstorm. Four crimson pillars of light stood deep within the storm, each separated from the others by several kilometers, while the temperature around Zich continued rising.
[Second Floor Trial: Sandstorm Cores.]
[Mission Objective: Destroy the four Storm Cores before the sandstorm completely consumes the trial area.]
[Remaining Time: 00:20:00.]
[Warning: Each time a Storm Core is destroyed, the defensive strength of the remaining cores will increase.]
Zich looked at the four crimson pillars of light scattered in different directions, then felt the rapidly intensifying wind around him.
The first floor had required him to concentrate all the summons he had deployed around a single objective.
The second floor, however, clearly wanted him to divide his forces and simultaneously deal with enemies across different areas within a limited amount of time.
After reaching this conclusion, Zich did not immediately rush toward the nearest Storm Core. Instead, he remained where he was and carefully sensed the changes in energy between the four crimson pillars of light.
They appeared to be independent of one another, but in reality, they were connected by some kind of special force. Whenever the energy within one core fluctuated, the other three would produce an extremely faint response.
The system had already made it clear that every time one Storm Core was destroyed, the defensive strength of the remaining cores would increase.
If he destroyed them one by one according to distance, the first might not be difficult, but by the time he reached the final core, its defenses would probably have increased to an absurd degree.
Moreover, the four cores were scattered in different directions, with the two farthest apart separated by at least several kilometers. Even if Zich could reach all four locations within twenty minutes, a large amount of time would still be wasted simply traveling between them.
This trial had never been testing a challenger’s destructive power in the first place.
What it was truly testing was the ability to handle four battlefields simultaneously.
Thinking of this, the smile on Zich’s face became even more pronounced.
The Heaven Reaching Trial Tower clearly had not anticipated that, in order to make up for precisely this weakness, he had already been tortured for an entire month inside Razeil’s private world.
"Tiamant,."
A summoning array unfolded above the sand, and the enormous Ancient Bone Dragon burst out from the surging death energy. Before she had even fully landed, one of the skeleton soldiers climbed onto her back. She then spread her bone wings according to Zich’s command and flew toward the crimson pillar of light in the north.
"Silverback Ape Grunt, east."
The Silverback Ape Grunt suddenly exerted force through both legs. Its massive body charged through the wind and sand toward the second core, every step leaving a deep crater in the desert.
"Blood Leech, west."
The Blood Leech lowered its lean humanoid body and activated Silent Steps before advancing close to the surface of the sand. Using the dunes and shifting curtains of sand to conceal its movements, it rapidly approached the western crimson pillar.
As for the fourth core located farthest to the south, Zich intended to deal with it personally.
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