The Devil's Cage
After the white light and the sensation of weightlessness faded, Qin Ran returned to his room in the game.
The text before him began detailing the rewards from his third instance.
[Third instance: Wandering Beast] [Instance type: Free] [Instance difficulty: Low] [Main quest: Find the truth within two weeks!] [Quest completion: 100% (Base rating obtained: F)] [Side quest 1: The Informant's Request!] [Quest completion: 100% (F → E+)] [Side quest 2: Unknown Attacker!] [Quest completion: 100% (E+ → D)] [Side quest 3: Final Battle!] [Quest completion: 100% (D → C)] [Combat performance: Highly active (Rating increased: C → B)] [Exploration performance: Average (No increase)] [Special assessment 1: Greatly reduced the time taken to complete the main quest (Rating increased: B → A)] [Special assessment 2: Killed "Beast Tamer" Paul (Rating increased: A → S)] [Special assessment 3: Assisted in killing Trombo (Rating increased: S → SS)] [Title obtained: Killed three hundred Intangible Wraiths in one encounter while wearing Wraith Hunter, earning the title "Evil Spirit Hunter" (Reputation +1)] [Evil Spirit Hunter: While wearing this title, attack and defense effectiveness against ghosts and other special incorporeal creatures increases by 10%, with a chance to intimidate them; in certain places, you will be welcomed or... expelled!] [Player's final rating: SS!] [Calculating the player's third-instance rewards...] [The player's final third-instance rewards are as follows...] [Points: 10,000; Skill Points: 6; Gold Skill Points: 1; Gold Attribute Points: 1]
Compared with,
the rewards from the previous instance alone, those from this instance were considerably lower.
One reason was the difference in instance difficulty; the other was the completion rating.
SSS and SS seemed to be only one rank apart, but their rewards were worlds apart.
At the very least, SSS could unlock a special instance.
But even without unlocking a special instance,
End of Chapter