Chapter 131: You Went Easy on Me

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: You Went Easy on Me

"I can’t believe that’s how you get an A-level Evaluation..."

"So that means fewer than three people on the team can be revived, right? Which means at most two deaths... Whoa! How is that even possible?"

"Actually, it’s not impossible. That ghost-like monster in the first stage was terrified of Master Blacktiger’s Fire Drawing Runes. If I had brought more, I definitely could’ve taken it down. What a shame. If I’d known how the evaluations worked, I wouldn’t have been so stingy with those runes."

But that wasn’t all. Above A-level, there was still S-Class!

[As for the highest S-Class Evaluation, the requirements are to complete the instance within three hours and revive a teammate, with fewer than two teammates sacrificed!]

[Additionally, the final evaluation is a comprehensive assessment based on individual contribution within the instance. If the contribution gap within the same team is too large, teammates’ evaluations can differ by up to five levels!]

So that was how it worked.

’Now that the evaluation criteria have been explained, they should be announcing the specific rewards, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair watched with eager eyes, but the text was scrolling incredibly slowly. She took the opportunity to open the Zone channel and take a look.

"Is this S-Class thing saying we have to fight two monsters to clear it? Two monsters?!!"

"Besides the one in the first stage... I really can’t figure out how to attack any of the others."

"The main thing is, besides the first stage, which only had one monster, the other two stages had several monsters together! Who wouldn’t be scared? Especially that third stage... Can anyone really get an S-Class Evaluation? If the system doesn’t want to give it out, it shouldn’t even list it!"

"Of course someone can get an S-Class Evaluation! Wanna bet? I bet Master Blacktiger can!"

’And now I’m the topic of gossip again.’

Seraphina Sinclair looked up, deciding to see how this would play out.

"Wait... girl, you sound so sure, I thought you were the one who got the S-Class Evaluation. But you’re talking about Master Blacktiger. You’re not... you just have that much faith in his strength?"

[Milo Shaw]: Someone definitely got S-Class. Let me put it this way: my teammate is a master. Because of her, our entire team met the requirements for an S-Class Evaluation, but I only got a D-level, probably because my contribution was too low. But that makes sense. The master carried us all by herself!

"What’s that guy talking about? It’s not that easy to run into a master-level teammate. He’s not even sharing their ID. Scared of being exposed, probably?"

"What’s the point of bragging like that? To show off how lucky you are? I’m speechless."

"If you ask me, the only person in our Zone who could get an S is Blacktiger Ford! Is your teammate Blacktiger Ford or something?"

Seraphina Sinclair: "..."

’Well, as a matter of fact, it is Blacktiger Ford.’

Milo Shaw didn’t say anything else after being ridiculed. Seraphina hadn’t expected that the name he gave was actually his ID, though.

The system’s text finally started scrolling again. This time, it was the cruel statistics.

[Based on the above criteria, the distribution for the first official instance Evaluation in Drakonia, Major Zone 3, Zone 888 is as follows:]

[F-level Evaluation: 684 people]

These people had only completed the bare minimum of "survival." Perhaps they took too long, or perhaps they had crawled out after enduring unimaginable hardships.

"That’s me!"

"Me too, hehe."

"What are you guys so proud of?"

They had all survived, which was of course something to be proud of! A good attitude is everything!

[E-level Evaluation: 432 people]

...

Naturally, the lowest evaluation levels had the most people, but the number of people who received a C-level Evaluation was even higher than those who received a D-level.

This was also to be expected.

After all, as long as you revived a teammate, you’d get a C-level Evaluation, even if you cleared the instance just as time ran out!

In comparison, getting a D-level was actually harder to achieve.

"Looks like as long as you’re willing to revive a teammate, you can guarantee at least a C-level, even if you’re slow."

"Heh, the prerequisite is that you have to survive long enough to have the chance to revive someone else."

"It’s heartwarming to see so many people were willing to revive their teammates."

"Want to take a guess how those people’s teammates died in the first place?"

That sentence seemed to trigger some bad memories for a large group of people. The Zone channel went silent for a moment before someone changed the subject.

After C-level came B-level. Given the special requirements for A-level and S-Class, anyone who could get a B-level Evaluation already deserved to be called a "master."

And in this tier, there were only 17 people.

This was also within expectations.

If it weren’t for Seraphina Sinclair’s cheat, her team would have likely spent nearly an hour on the difficult puzzle in the third stage.

Seraphina Sinclair shook her head and waited quietly for the final results.

Surprisingly, the system didn’t keep them in suspense any longer and announced the numbers for A-level and S-Class all at once.

[A-level Evaluation: 3 people!]

[S-Class Evaluation: 1 person!]

’Oh...’

Seraphina Sinclair raised an eyebrow slightly. ’So I’m still the only one who got an S-Class Evaluation?’

’My apologies.’

[Rewards will be distributed individually based on evaluation. All survivors, please check for them on your own.]

[We hope you will continue your efforts and strive to survive in The Black Mist World!]

The text slowly faded, leaving behind the ecstatic, despairing, or numb survivors of Zone 888.

Seraphina Sinclair closed the panel in front of her, her expression unsurprised.

’As expected, the one S-Class is me. The other three A-levels should also be in the small group chat, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair opened the group chat and saw that it had already exploded with activity.

The group chat, which had over twenty people before the instance, now only had a dozen or so left. Despite the similar difficulty, the death rate for these high-ranking individuals was only slightly lower than that of the general Zone channel.

This place was different from the Zone channel, after all. Seraphina Sinclair was someone who rarely spoke, but some people treated this place as their emotional anchor, sharing details of their lives in the group chat with high intensity every day.

Because of this, there were also small cliques of friends who often chatted together in the group.

Nightingale was one of them. When he came out of the instance and opened the group chat, he saw that the people he had been chatting with just a few hours ago were all dead. He was the only one left alive.

He stared at the still-lively group chat, completely at a loss, and could only let out a bitter laugh. He didn’t even feel like sending a single message.

A friend who had been laughing and joking in the morning was just a grayed-out profile picture by the afternoon.

Things like that were the most demoralizing.

This was one of the reasons Seraphina Sinclair was unwilling to look for partners.

The other reason was that she could do everything herself. Why would she look for trouble and saddle herself with a burden?

As for her emotional needs... she wasn’t the only living thing in the mobile cabin. The Sunflower’s thoughts were few and far between, but it was still genuine communication! Add to that the Zone channel and this small group chat—and while she rarely posted, she certainly observed all the drama.

That was enough.

Seraphina Sinclair was very satisfied with her current situation.

Of course, she would be even more satisfied if the system gave her some kind of key item for her S-Class Evaluation.