Although the quality of rewards couldn’t be compared to the ones the Awakened got on the Last Stage, the Stage of Rest, Act One was a generous stage. Prior to the Trial Tests, compensation boxes were only given to the Awakened who had completed a quest or achieved particular accomplishments for the first or second time. Now all ninety-nine Awakened were receiving reward boxes along with points in Stage One.

Seon-Hu’s face was covered with disgusting blood, flesh, and hair while silver boxes poured in front of the other Awakened. The flaming sword on his hand turned back into a red cape and settled onto his shoulders, and gold boxes opened continuously in front of him. When he finished checking the contents, a message from the spirit popped up.

[You have completed the quest already! I’m so impressed by your swiftness and good decision-making skills.]

Seon-Hu ignored the message and began rummaging through the monster corpses. He was looking for a tiny black fragment.

Why were the monsters Kciphos of all things?

He had no choice but to grumble. Large monsters like the Baclan Corps had gigantic mana stones, but Act One, Stage One was being held in the territory of the Kciphos. The mana stones that Kciphos held inside their bodies were as tiny as...