Chapter 293 The Challenge

Reign and the others were sitting in their living room as the atmosphere inside of it was incredibly heavy. They had received their respective challenges and they were definitely not something they had expected.

A couple of minutes ago.

Ding!

[ The challenges have been created! ]

[The system has judged that the party is too powerful right now and that there is a need for more individual training and progress, as such the challenge will be the following ]

[ Each of the players will be transported to a random planet in the universe where they will need to do a series of tasks before being allowed to return, do note that some tasks will have a time limit while others will not, the first evolution will depend on how well the players manage to deal the tasks. ]

[ The players will be teleported to another world in 2 days, starting the countdown now. ]

Being told by the system that they will be teleported to another world suddenly was crazy, none of them had expected something like this to happen as most evolution challenges would be either get item A, kill such and such monsters, and more. To actually have a need to be teleported to another planet in order for the challenge to be an individual task was something that not even Eldar and the others had ever heard about.

They were all worried, how could they not be, after all being sent to a different planet meant that nobody had any idea of what to expect. This wasn't like it was during the trials, there was no sudden awakening after dying as death would be true in this case. There was of course a possibility that some of them might be sent to planets that were not dangerous, but judging from how the system had deemed the party as to strong to do a challenge fairly together that would probably not be the case.

Not only were the party members going to another planet, but they were going all alone. Ever since the game had started Reign and the others had fought side by side, with only Laura joining them later. It wasn't as if any of them were scared of being alone, it was simply the fact that they were going somewhere that couldn't even be described as far away.

Interstellar travel still hadn't begun for Earth before the game started, nobody even knew what might exist in the huge universe. The question of whether we were the only living beings in the universe or not used to be a hot debate, but not anymore. Now they knew, that not only were they not alone but the number of inhabitable planets and different races was far beyond what they ever thought off.

Monsters, demons, gods, creatures whose size was equal to a planet, the universe was a much scarier place compared to what all of them thought previously. It was only after the game had started that humanity realized how narrow their mindset was, even after they tried to think of every possibility, who would have ever believed that the universe was such a place?

Reign and the others simply said bye to Eldar and the other 3 before going into their building, they had 2 days before they were going to be sent to a different planet and they didn't know what to do with those 3 days.

The territory would be safe no matter how long they were gone, as long as Reign was alive the branch of Yggdrasil would continue keeping the safe zone and the protective shield that was around it. The players have become stronger and there shouldn't be anything in the town that was powerful enough to completely decimate them, not to mention that Greenie would be here too.

Greenie was Reign's subordinate but unlike Beast's tamed monsters he wasn't allowed to go with Reign after all Beast's monsters were there because of his ability while Reign and Greenie's encounter as a whole was simply a coincidence, Greenie was simply a weak goblin that was terrified and didn't want to die and submitted to Reign back then, over time he became stronger and evolved twice before becoming a Vajra and gaining the power he now possessed.

Even though Reign was a bit sad that Greenie wouldn't be able to come with him, he felt a bit more confident about leaving the territory for an extended period of time since Greenie would be here to protect it. Greenie didn't need to go through any trial or challenge and he would simply go through the first evolution in a couple of days as his powerful bloodline allowed him to do so.

With a first evolution combatant, the territory would be able to destroy anything that tried to endanger it, after all, Eldar had previously stated that the difference between someone that has gone through the first evolution and someone that hadn't was larger compared to those that passed level 10 and had gotten a class versus those that were level 9.

For now, however, the party was focusing on the many items that were in front of them, after they had slain the Giant ape they had received a Rank S item and multiple Rank A items. This was the second Rank S item they had seen other than Beast's Golden Soul bracelet which was considered a mid-tier S rank item.

Items, similarly to people had different tiers amongst them, not all Rank A items were the same, for example, Reign's katana would be categorized as a high-tier Rank A item because it not only gave him a power-up, but it also allowed him to use a powerful attack at the same time, Tank's Scythe would be of a similar tier to it while his axe was actually a mid-tier Rank A item.

[ Rank S Pendant of Velvet Aura ]

Spirit + 20%

Strength + 20%

Vitality + 20%

Description: A pendant that was formed after using hundreds of bloodthirsty spirits, the pendant will give the user a big bonus to stats while allowing a great resistance towards negative effects such as losing their mind during a Berserk state. By tapping into the pendant the player can receive the help of one of the spirits that were used during the crafting, what spirit comes out will be dependent on luck as the player could gain the help of either an incredibly powerful spirit or a weak one. The wielder can use the skill twice a day. [ Note: the most powerful spirits will be sealed until the wielder goes through the second evolution ]

The Pendant was a tricky piece of equipment to grade, the stat bonuses it gave were about the same as Beast's Golden Soul, but when it came to the skill it had it was a weird one. Considering that hundreds of spirits were used in the crafting that meant that any one of them could be summoned from the pendant, if they were lucky they could receive the help of someone that was their level or higher, but if they were unlucky they would summon a spirit that was weaker than them and that would be useless. Luckily one could use the skill twice a day but even with that it was an item that at its worst would be considered a low-tier item, but if someone was to be lucky and get two incredibly powerful spirits to help them it would be considered a high-tier Rank S item.

The other items were, of course, good as well, there was a pair of earrings, a rifle-like weapon that the party would definitely sell to someone, a spear, shoulder pads, a cape, and a belt.

Reign only took the shoulder pads as he didn't need anything else, Tank took the cape while Wolf was rewarded the belt. The earrings went to Shadow while the other two items were going to be sold. They didn't have any need for a spear nor a rifle, of course, Reign could use the spear when using his lightning spear skill, but he now rarely did so and simply couldn't find a reason to keep the Rank A spear with him.

The only question now was who to give the pendant to, to be frank nobody had a great need for it, the increase in stats was amazing but the skill wasn't something that any of them were that pumped up about. After some time the pendant was put in Laura's hand, as she was the healer of the group and currently the weakest member amongst them she needed it the most.

Even if the spirit she summoned was weak she could heal it and it would still be helpful during a battle, not to mention that the stat increase would be of even greater help to her. Laura has been a member of the party for the shortest time compared to everyone else, but she was equally important to them, her healing powers were incredible and nobody wanted to lose such a valuable member, not to mention that over time they had gotten attached to the girl and didn't want to see her get killed either.