Alpha, dressed in formal evening attire, waited with a smile.
He snapped his fingers and conjured a top hat, then calmly placed it on his head.
At that moment, Zong Shen took a few steps forward and chose to activate the [One More Time] privilege.
The privilege ticket in his hand immediately burst forth with dazzling golden light.
It eventually condensed into several ancient characters.
Selectable [One More Time] options also appeared before Zong Shen.
Without hesitation, he chose [Recalculate Challenge Points].
After he confirmed his selection, the golden characters instantly dispersed, and Alpha said with a beaming smile, "Calculating your challenge points."
"You have obtained 6,440,969 challenge points."
"The corresponding points have been deposited into your available point balance."
Zong Shen nodded and checked his current point balance with a thought.
[Current Available Challenge Points: 7412496]
Through the [One More Time] privilege, Zong Shen had gained another batch of points.
Together with his remaining balance from before, his available challenge points had reached over seven million. No matter how many good items the mysterious merchant Beta had, these points should be enough for a proper shopping spree.
Seeing that Zong Shen had confirmed everything, Alpha took a step back, removed his top hat, and gave a hat-tip salute. Still ever polite, he said, "Perhaps this parting is for the sake of a better reunion in the future."
"No matter what, I wish you well."
"I look forward to meeting you again at a higher level in the future."
Zong Shen nodded in return and replied softly, "Perhaps that day will not be too far away."
The two fell silent, while Alpha's smile remained unchanged.
Soon, his figure faded away like an illusory projection. The dozen or so Dark Orc corpses around them still emitted the warm, bloody smell of