Chapter 126: Platinum Treasure Chest, Crystallized Race Matrix

With that, the screen closed. The city was outraged. Riots and screaming rippled through the Novice Village as people debated what was happening.

Zen looked down with a disgusted expression. "Why are they so up in arms about things they can’t change?"

"Well, it is jarring. We were all living normal lives till now," Thalia said. "Some of them probably believed in the back of their minds they’d go back to that."

Ding!

[Click here for the list of the top 1000 players...]

[Our top 10 players for the Beast Tide event are—]

[10. Golden Dream]

[9. Timeless Trophy]

[8. Firestarter]

[7. Kingmaker]

[6. Broke Gambler]

[5. Gamebreaker]

[4. Nirvana]

[3. Spider]

[2. IDC]

[1. Red God]

[Please note that this is an event-specific ranking.]

[Rewards for the event are being distributed!]

"Oh! We got into the top five," Nirvana exclaimed. "We’re getting the gold-grade chest!"

They exchanged high-fives and congratulations, but Faust couldn’t help but notice the sad look in Thalia’s eyes.

His mind was drawn away from that as a chest appeared in front of Faust. It materialized with a burst of silver light. The shiny, metal-plated chest blocked his view of the other side of the table with its size.

Nirvana’s treasure chest was gold-plated and a bit smaller than his.

[You have been rewarded a Platinum-grade Treasure Chest.]

[Platinum Treasure Chest: May contain the following rewards: Origin coins(1000- 5000), Skill stones(0-20), Enhancement stones(0-20), 1x Platinum All-attributes potion, 1x Platinum Random attribute potion, 1x Skill fusion stone, 1x Equipment Fusion stone, 1x Skill Grade Enhancement stone, 1x Equipment Grade Enhancement stone, Level fragment(0-5), 1x Crystallized race matrix.]

[Note: chances of getting items decrease further down the list.]

’Not for me,’ Faust thought with a smirk. He leaned over to Nirvana and said, "Let me see if I can open your chest for you. I’ve got pretty good luck with these."

Nirvana blinked but shrugged and handed the chest over to him without a second thought.

He intended for only her to hear that, but Thalia leaned in from the other side holding her Iron-grade treasure chest.

"Really? Let’s test that," she said.

The others leaned over too with interested looks.

Faust sighed; he didn’t really care if anyone knew what his system was. Zen and Spider had told him about their own systems, after all. But he didn’t want to offer his services for free.

So he charged them for each opening.

He would take things that came in more than one, like skill stones and level fragments. He was a bit interested in the Crystallized race matrix, since only Gold-grade chests and above had them, but he didn’t know enough about them yet.

In addition to that, he knew the quantity of everything the others got. The main difference between a Gold-grade chest and a Platinum-grade chest was the grade enhancement stone.

In total, he got one thousand Origin Credits, six more skill and enhancement stones, and two level fragments.

He didn’t take anything from Nirvana, a fact she smugly repeated to Thalia. In total, he would have twenty-seven skill and enhancement stones and seven level fragments when he opened his chest.

With an eye-roll, he did just that.

[You have gained 5000 Origin Credits]

[You have gained 20x Skill stones]

[You have gained 20x Enhancement stones]

[You have gained 1x Platinum All-attributes potion]

[You have gained 1x Platinum Agility potion]

[You have gained 1x Skill fusion stone]

[You have gained 1x Equipment Fusion stone]

[You have gained 1x Skill Grade Enhancement stone]

[You have gained 1x Equipment Grade Enhancement stone]

[You have gained Level fragment(0-5)]

[You have gained 1x Crystallized Hydra matrix]

First, he downed the Platinum All-attributes and Agility potions. Their sickly sweet taste was dulled by how quickly he took them. Faust could swear it was worse than the Silver-grade potion.

[Constitution: 230 > 260 (+90)]

[Strength: 230 > 251 (+180)]

[Agility: 331 > 403 (+50)]

[Spirit: 311 > 351 (+40)]

[Combat Power: 920 > 1100 (+230)]

An almost two hundred point jump in combat power came with a rush of energy. He was lighter suddenly. Every detail of his surroundings was sharper. He could feel the flow of breath and energy of the living things around him.

’That was a bit addictive.’

Now he had a real problem on hand: how to use his fusion and grade enhancement stones.

If he upgraded an equipment before he fused it, did that make it stronger?

Or was it a better idea to fuse the equipment with something else, then upgrade?

Whatever the final result was, Faust was going to use the grade enhancement stone on it to make it Gold-grade.

’Wait, will I be able to use it if it’s Gold-grade? The requirements will be insane.’

Silver was already pushing it for a player at bronze grade I.

But he did have an equipment with no requirements: the Moon Leviathan armor. If he took it to Gold-grade, he would bypass the requirements and have a weapon far beyond what anyone else could use.

So, fusing some other stuff and saving the Grade enhancement stone for his armor became the plan.

For his skills, he wanted to fuse Flowing Viper and Rage Strike, then upgrade it to make something ridiculous.

First, he wanted to check the Level fragments and Race matrix.

[Level Fragments: Combine five to increase your level by one]

[Crystallized Hydra Matrix: Contains the DNA of the fearsome multi-headed beast. Can be used in Magic circles, potions, and race advancement quests]

Faust smiled a little. These were damn good. He didn’t know how he felt about changing race to become a seven-headed monster, but he was open to progress.

Okay, maybe not that kind of progress, but he’d keep it and see how things went.

First, he used his level fragments. They were crystallized rainbow shards he pulled out of his bag. When he pressed five of them together, they formed a rainbow star with a +1 on it.

He poured his mana into it, and it shattered and flowed into his body.

[Congratulations, you have leveled up to Level 9!]

[You have gained 5 points in all attributes, and 5 free points to distribute.]