Masks and Chang Xi

Ten yurts arranged in an arc, with a rusty robot seated behind a battered desk at the center of that arc.

That completely mismatched arrangement was strange enough on its own, but that was not what Bai Zhi found odd. What struck him as strange was the line of people standing before the robot.

—Besides himself, who had just arrived, there were five Players lined up before the robot.

Looking from front to back, the first in line was a Black-haired Youth in casual clothes with rather rare golden pupils. A pale white Ring hung from his chest.

At that moment, like the robot, he was looking at Bai Zhi with great interest... or rather, at the black Ring hanging from Bai Zhi's neck, identical in style to the one on his own chest.

...Had he exchanged for the [Ring of Ice]?

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

At the beginning of this Large-scale Campaign Quest, the Point Store had offered ten Perfect-grade pieces of equipment for Players to exchange. Each piece cost 3,000 Points.

Of those ten Perfect-grade Rings with varying attributes, Bai Zhi had saved up for a long time before finally purchasing the [Ring of Shadow].

The [Ring of Shadow] was also the first Perfect-grade equipment he had acquired. Without it, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his overall strength would drop by at least half.

These Rings, which could provide Players with powerful sustained combat ability, had made countless Players envious when the Point Store first opened.

Since Points could not be transferred between Players, this was not simply a matter of whoever acted first getting the prize. It depended entirely on individual ability. Some Players might not even have managed to scrape together 2,000 Points by the time this Large-scale Campaign Quest