Chapter 453 - 452: Rewards

Chapter 453: Chapter 452: Rewards

Seraphina Sinclair fell silent for two seconds, her gaze sweeping across the small cabin.

The cabin was spotless, showing no trace of yesterday’s disastrous state.

But when she thought about how the two of them had worked their heads off until three in the morning, Seraphina Sinclair felt a pang of pity for them.

She raised a hand to rub her eyes, her voice carrying a rare gentleness. "Alright, go back to sleep for a while. The work you’re doing isn’t urgent. We can talk about it after you’ve woken up."

Luna Jacobs was still dazed, but 001 reacted quickly, immediately pulling her toward the freshly laid bedding in the corner. As they walked, 001 looked back and smiled at Seraphina Sinclair. "Thank you, ma’am! We’re going to sleep then!"

Seraphina Sinclair nodded, watching the two of them squeeze onto the bedding. The Gloom Hatchling seemed to have spotted the prime location as well, promptly getting up, trotting over, and curling up at their feet.

Before long, the faint sound of snoring could be heard. ℯ𝐥.𝒄ℴ𝓶

Seraphina Sinclair chewed her food quietly, her fingers scrolling through the regional channel.

"I really want to know what the rewards are for the top ten on the leaderboard. Isn’t there any top player willing to share?"

The leaderboard rewards!

Seraphina Sinclair shot to her feet.

She smacked herself on the forehead, lamenting that she had actually forgotten about it.

She had been so worried about Sunflower for days. Now that she finally saw a glimmer of hope, her mind and body were naturally fixated on it, not to mention upgrading Sunflower and the mobile cabin...

Seraphina Sinclair stopped dwelling on these miscellaneous thoughts. She immediately opened the leaderboard, claimed her rewards, and started the Black Fog Lottery!

While her food was still warm, Seraphina Sinclair finished these two new tasks. She shoveled food into her mouth while checking the rewards she had just received.

The leaderboard reward was still a Supply Box for first place in the regional rankings, plus one lottery draw.

The only difference was that this time, the Supply Box had been upgraded from B-level to A-level.

Seraphina Sinclair rubbed her hands together. She closed her eyes and made a wish for ’something good,’ then opened them and opened the box.

[Acquired: Unsealing Hammer (A-level) x1, a pile of Black Fog Coins x1!]

Another Unsealing Hammer??

Seraphina Sinclair was genuinely surprised. ’Aren’t these rewards a bit lazy? They just increased the Supply Box’s grade but didn’t change anything else??’

Wait a minute, an Unsealing Hammer?!

Realizing the tool’s potential, Seraphina Sinclair could no longer remain calm.

From her Silver Moon Earrings, she took out the ring whose seal she still hadn’t managed to break.

Back then, she had used so many B-level Unsealing Hammers without success. Before the server merge, the hammers had become virtually extinct, so even if Seraphina Sinclair had wanted to try again, she couldn’t.

Pushing aside these chaotic thoughts, Seraphina Sinclair fixed her gaze on the ring.

’An A-level Unsealing Hammer has to have some effect, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath, gripped the brand-new hammer, and brought it down hard on the ring.

A dull THUD!

The patterns on the ring’s surface suddenly lit up as if ignited by something, changing from a dull bronze to a flowing crimson-gold. The light spread along the lines, circling around and around, finally converging into a single point at the top of the ring.

As Seraphina Sinclair watched, the point of light abruptly exploded.

She instinctively squinted. Only after the light faded did she look down at her palm.

The ring was still there, but it was completely different.

Its originally simple and understated design had become intricate and complex. A faint, almost imperceptible halo now covered its surface. It felt as smooth and warm as jade to the touch, and she could faintly sense something flowing within it. ℯℓ.

[Seal successfully removed.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained: ???]

Seraphina Sinclair stared at the three question marks, her brow twitching.

’What does that mean?’

’It’s unsealed, but it’s still just question marks?’

She turned the ring over and over, examining it several times, but couldn’t figure out anything special about it.

Not only were the ring’s Description and name "???", but even its grade wasn’t displayed.

The screen full of question marks seemed to be silently mocking her. She had poured so much effort into a ring of unknown purpose, only to end up with nothing.

’It wasn’t just effort...’

’There was Auric Young, too.’

Seraphina Sinclair sighed, an indescribably complex mix of emotions welling up inside her.

Because the Supply Box had been upgraded from B-level to A-level, the amount of Black Fog Coins inside had also increased significantly.

Seraphina Sinclair clearly remembered that the last time, she had only received 10,000 Black Fog Coins. This time, she got a whopping 50,000.

Looking at her Black Fog Coin balance, Seraphina Sinclair swallowed her last bite of food and abruptly stood up.

Shopping!

She was going shopping!

In her past life, she had been dirt poor, having to calculate every little purchase for ages. After coming to this world, she had been even more meticulous with her Black Fog Coins, never once splurging.

’Now that I have so many Black Fog Coins, what’s the point of saving them?’

’Where’s that Traveling Merchant??’

’I need to buy weapons and materials! I’m going to upgrade the mobile cabin!’

Seraphina Sinclair turned her head and saw 001’s peacefully sleeping face.

’Alright, I’ll just have to wait for her to wake up.’

She still had two draws for the Black Fog Lottery: one from the leaderboard and one from her Pioneer title.

This time, the lottery rewards were unremarkable. There were no more heaven-defying items like the Door Key, just two weapons.

One was a C-level spear, which Seraphina Sinclair put away after a glance at its Description. The other was a D-level longsword, which could only be described as practically useless.

Seraphina Sinclair suddenly realized that this was probably the normal drop rate.

After all, after the last lottery, Rex Shaw had been cursing up a storm on the regional channel.

As Seraphina Sinclair mulled over this round of rewards, she suddenly found it rather interesting.

’If this time’s rewards are normal, then last time’s probably weren’t.’

She had originally thought the Lucky Wood Carving had sacrificed itself to get her the SSS-level Door Key.

But now that she understood the Door Key’s origin, Seraphina Sinclair truly felt that back then, it wasn’t the Lucky Wood Carving taking effect at all. Rather, the Door Key had forcibly chosen her! And not only did it choose her, but it also helped her by destroying the negative effect of the Lucky Wood Carving.

No, not destroyed.

The Lucky Wood Carving’s positive effect still worked; only the negative effect had vanished.

Thinking about it this way, Seraphina Sinclair’s feelings toward the Door Key grew even stranger.

It was like encountering an incredibly powerful senior in The Empyrean who casually helps you solve a major problem.

Seraphina Sinclair sat on the stool, her gaze still fixed on the ring of question marks.

’Before, it was all question marks because of the seal. Now that the seal is broken, why is it still all question marks?’

Before, when Seraphina Sinclair looked at this ring, she’d had a vague inkling of what it was. Now, she was completely clueless.

’Maybe...’

’I should ask Gray?’

The moment the idea popped into her head, Seraphina Sinclair thought it was feasible.

Gray was different from the waiter. Gray was the Manager; the waiter was just a little chef.

Gray definitely knew more than the waiter.

Since Seraphina Sinclair couldn’t get an answer from the waiter back then, perhaps she could get one from Gray.

After she broke the card, the Lightgate appeared swiftly and suddenly, as if Gray had been waiting for Seraphina Sinclair’s summons all along.