Chapter 49 Awards

"Yu Tian, Yu Tian, the rewards are being given out! Wake up!" Gu Fei was still kind and honest, ignoring Zhan Wu Shang's obstruction and waking Yu Tian Shen Ming up.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Yu Tian Shen Ming's eyes were still blurry with sleep.

"The rewards are being given out. The guild war is over!" Gu Fei said.

"Yeah!!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming immediately perked up, cheering as he jumped up. Everyone watched him with smiles. Suddenly, Yu Tian Shen Ming's expression changed, and his face turned pale. The cheering stopped, and he looked lost. "That... the guild war finals, I didn't go, did I?"

Everyone's faces changed, and they exchanged glances. Only Zhan Wu Shang buried his head in his arms, a mischievous smile on his face.

"I... I..." Yu Tian Shen Ming couldn't even string words together.

"He really forgot about this..." You Ge said quietly.

"Sigh..." Jian Gui sighed deeply.

"You shouldn't have forgotten!" Gu Fei said. Yu Tian Shen Ming had fought his way through both competitions, mercenary war followed by guild war, so it should have become a habit.

Han Jia Gongzi analyzed, "There haven't been any matches for three days, plus the excitement of getting rewards was a bit too much, and... he still needs to practice his alcohol tolerance!"

"According to the rules, if you don't show up for the match, you won't get the special reward, right?" Jian Gui asked You Ge quietly, afraid of stimulating Yu Tian Shen Ming if he spoke too loudly.

"Of course. Why else would they specially arrange it on the weekend?" You Ge replied in a low voice.

Yu Tian Shen Ming still stood there like a statue, his fists clenched, as terrifying as a silent lamb.

Zhan Wu Shang was shaking with laughter. Gu Fei kicked him. "You remembered, didn't you? Why didn't you remind him! That's too much!"

Zhan Wu Shang raised his head, looking surprised. Finally, he quickly raised his hand and swore, "I swear to God I really didn't remember either. Of course, I'm very happy I didn't remember... Yu Tian, I'm also happy for you!"

"Damn it!" Everyone despised this unscrupulous guy.

"Sit down, sit down." You Ge pulled the wooden Yu Tian Shen Ming down to sit.

"Sigh..." Jian Gui sat on the other side of Yu Tian Shen Ming. Clearly, he, who was usually silent, wasn't good at comforting people.

"Oh, the reward rules are being announced!" You Ge suddenly shouted.

Everyone focused their attention on the system message, and Yu Tian Shen Ming regained some composure.

First to be announced were the rewards for the Mercenary Group Tournament.

"Third place: A total of six random rewards, three of which will be directly distributed to the pockets of players who have shown outstanding performance in the mercenary competition, according to system statistics. The other three will be placed in the Mercenary Building for the team to claim and distribute freely. Additional experience and money rewards will also be given."

"Second place: Eight random rewards, four distributed by the system, four distributed freely, with experience and money rewards."

"First place: Ten random rewards, five distributed by the system, five distributed freely, with experience and money rewards."

The system announcement was broadcasted to the entire server. Rewards were the most tempting part of the game. Announcing the rewards was both a declaration and a way to stimulate all players' enthusiasm for the game. How could the system conduct such a good thing in secret?

Players on the Parallel World server were all ears, listening to the rules. After hearing them, the players in Cloudrise City reacted the most.

Did they even need a reason? All the players in Cloudrise City now knew that their number one mercenary group, the Elite Troupe, only had six people. After each of the six people got one item, four people could get two. Other main cities didn't have such a miracle. Most of them were currently the highest-level five mercenary groups, or at least level three, with sixty members. Even with ten rewards, it was still a case of too few seats at the table. This reward method was a huge advantage for the Gongzi Elite Troupe.

"Damn, that's awesome!!!" Zhan Wu Shang slammed the table hard and stood up, wanting to find someone to high-five and celebrate with. But next to him was Gu Fei, and across from him was Han Jia Gongzi, both staring at him with indifferent expressions. Zhan Wu Shang awkwardly sat down again.

Then, the system announced the Guild War rewards. Obviously, the scale of the Guild War was far greater than the Mercenary Tournament, and it was the real highlight of this competition. The rewards would definitely be more generous, but the reward model would probably be similar to the Mercenary Tournament.

Sure enough, the rules announced were indeed the same as the Mercenary War rewards.

"Third place: Thirty random rewards, fifteen distributed by the system, fifteen distributed freely, experience and money rewards."

"Second place: Forty random rewards, half split equally, experience and money."

"First place: Fifty random rewards, half split equally, experience and money, but in addition, they will also receive a guild task."

This guild task was a reward that the first-place mercenary group didn't have. While players were discussing this, the system's voice rang out again: "Awarded guilds and mercenary group players will be given fifteen minutes to organize their pockets. Rewards that cannot be successfully distributed due to pocket space issues will be considered forfeited."

Now everyone in the major guilds and mercenary groups was busy. However, Parallel World's pocket settings meant that no matter how big an item was, it only took up one space in the pocket, so as long as there was one space in the pocket, almost no one needed to clean it out specifically. Of course, there were also a few individuals who fantasized about all the rewards flying into their pockets and cleaned everything out.

The fifteen minutes gave everyone time to chat.

"I haven't heard that the system will distribute rewards based on performance before!" You Ge said in surprise.

"I wonder what the basis will be, points?" Zhan Wu Shang said, looking at Gu Fei with jealousy.

"Theoretically, it shouldn't be like that. It should be based on the skill output effect in the match, combined with the characteristics of the profession and the unified standard converted for balance. If it's just based on points, then it'll definitely be the mages! In this kind of large-scale team battle, the big points are definitely in the hands of the mages," You Ge said.

"No matter what, Qian Li is definitely getting one!" Zhan Wu Shang said.

"We have a total of six people, and five will be given out. The suspense is which unlucky person won't get a reward!" Gu Fei said, looking at Han Jia Gongzi and You Ge.

The unlucky person would obviously be chosen from these two. The Gongzi Elite Troupe's battles had always been based on harassment and guerrilla tactics, and neither of them had much to show. As for Han Jia Gongzi's command and You Ge's intelligence gathering, the system obviously couldn't be intelligent enough to calculate all of that.

The two looked at each other...

These fifteen minutes were torture for everyone. The Gongzi Elite Troupe was a bit better off because the rewards were very abundant, so they weren't too nervous. As for the members of other guilds and mercenary groups, everyone was praying to God, Buddha, and their ancestors, hoping that the system god would favor them. Although some people should have known how much they contributed in the competition, they still had the right to pursue their dreams.

Fifteen minutes finally passed, and the system distributed the rewards, still announcing them to the entire server, regardless of whether the high refresh rate was clear to the players. But as it said before when announcing the rules, this was temptation and encouragement for the non-winning players. All the system did to protect privacy was not announce the names of the winning players.

In the private room of Little Lei Tavern, there were naturally five crisp "dings." The masters didn't lose their composure at this time and eagerly checked what they had gotten, but rather looked up and surveyed everyone's expressions.

Zhan Wu Shang's dazed and expectant look clearly betrayed him.

The five burst out laughing and pointed at him, shouting, "So the unlucky person is you!"

"Huh?" Zhan Wu Shang stood up abruptly. "The rewards have already been given out?"

The five nodded in unison.

"Damn it, how could it be me? Why would it be me?" Zhan Wu Shang roared.

You Ge, the king of intelligence, statistics, and data, began to analyze again, "Uh, to be fair, you really didn't kill many people in the match, did you? And if there are other indexes mixed in, like participation time, number of deaths, etc., you're relatively weak..."

Zhan Wu Shang didn't say anything when he heard this. He really didn't kill many people, and he was often the first one in the group to die.

"Forget it, since you didn't get this one, you'll definitely get one of the five freely distributed ones," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Does that mean I don't have a chance to get two?" Zhan Wu Shang said.

Everyone looked at him and said, "Shameless."

"Come on, let's see what they are!" Everyone then took out their rewards from their pockets, marveling at them.

"The system is generous this time, distributing them according to profession!" You Ge said.

Han Jia Gongzi got a priest's staff: Angel's Cunning, Intelligence +10, Spirit +10, Constitution +10, Healing Enhancement 20%, Skill: Imaginary Life, instantly restores the target's life to full, lasts for 30 seconds, after 30 seconds the imaginary life disappears, skill cooldown 2 minutes.

After everyone saw the staff, You Ge immediately had an epiphany: "This skill is very insidious..."

"Watch mine." After saying that, You Ge took out his prize: Twilight Sword, Strength +10, Agility +10, Constitution +10, Attack Enhancement 35%, 10% chance to cause weakness effect.

"This..." After seeing it, the masters looked at You Ge. "Did you change your job to Dark Knight?"

You Ge nodded. "Many of the Paladin's advanced skills are war array type. I don't think our mercenary group needs those types of skills, right?"

"Just choose what you want to play. Why bother caring about these things?" Han Jia Gongzi said indifferently.

"This... Seeing you guys hacking and slashing, I sometimes feel a little envious!" You Ge laughed.

"You Ge, you finally understand," Gu Fei said with relief. He had never been able to figure out where You Ge found the fun in playing the game.

You Ge smiled and looked at Yu Tian Shen Ming. "Yu Tian, what did you get?"

The rewards didn't seem to wash away Yu Tian Shen Ming's melancholy over missing the Guild War finals. His face still wore an awkward expression as he took the equipment out of his pocket. Suddenly, two flashes of white light appeared in the room.

Everyone's expression changed drastically. "What did you take out?"

Yu Tian Shen Ming was also startled. Could it be that he didn't look at the equipment carefully and it was some kind of divine object? Just as he was about to take a closer look, Jian Gui next to him said, "It's okay, Wu Shang and I leveled up."

"Ah? Oh, the experience and money rewards were distributed?" Everyone said as they checked their experience bars and wallets, which had both increased significantly. Jian Gui and Zhan Wu Shang's experience was obviously more, and this reward directly brought them to level 41.

There was nothing surprising about this reward that everyone had. The few people looked at the things on the table that Yu Tian Shen Ming had placed. It was also a weapon, Momentary of Floating Life, Agility +10, Strength +10, Range +5, Attack Enhancement 35%, 10% chance to cause penetration effect.

"This..." You Ge and the others were silent for a moment, and then said, "It's hard to say which one is better, this or your Sniper's Howl!"

"Yeah!" Yu Tian Shen Ming nodded, looking hesitant. Clearly, it was quite difficult to choose. His Sniper's Howl was Agility +20, Range +10, Critical Chance +15%, Critical Severity +15%, Sniper Enhancement +30%. If you look at it from the perspective of a normal attack, the Momentary of Floating Life with its 35% attack enhancement was undoubtedly more advantageous. However, Sniper's Howl could be said to be an equipment that comprehensively enhanced sniper skills. The attack output when using a sniper skill was undoubtedly much stronger.

"Use both, there's no such thing as perfect equipment," You Ge said to Yu Tian Shen Ming, who had also taken out Sniper's Howl and was comparing the two.

Yu Tian Shen Ming could only nod helplessly. Everyone's gaze fell on Jian Gui.

"Lucky I didn't get a weapon!" Jian Gui said with emotion as he took out the equipment. He already had Eternal Sigh, a set that was above his level. Obviously, the equipment distributed by the system was all standard, at the current level 40, so giving Jian Gui a weapon would undoubtedly be a waste.

What Jian Gui put on the table looked like a piece of cloth. Of course, this was different from the face-covering cloth that Gu Fei and the others usually made themselves. This was equipment with attributes.

Assassin's Mask, Agility +10, Strength +10, Defense Enhancement +10%, Stealth Enhancement +20%.

"The name is really simple!" Everyone exclaimed.

"Stealth enhancement, how else can stealth be enhanced!" Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered.

"Now everyone hasn't discovered equipment and skills that enhance stealth, so they don't think there's a need to enhance stealth!" Jian Gui said, glancing at Gu Fei. Although Gu Fei had told him that his anti-stealth relied neither on equipment nor skills, Jian Gui still wanted to know if this 20% would have any effect on Gu Fei.

It was now Gu Fei's turn to show off his equipment. He spread out his palm and threw it on the table: "This thing."

Gu Fei's prize was a ring. Thunder Restraint Ring, 12% chance to attach electric magic to attacks, 12% increase in electric magic resistance.

The evaluation criteria differed for different types of equipment. For example, accessory-type items generally wouldn't have as many attributes as weapons. This Thunder Restraint Ring, although it only had two attributes, was also purple equipment.

The system had a very different assessment of equipment value compared to players, which was that it didn't consider the practicality of the equipment's attributes. Taking Gu Fei's Thunder Restraint Ring as an example, it gave Gu Fei, the electric-type mage, a reward that seemed to fit his identity. But upon closer analysis, the chance to attach magic was basically useless to a normal mage. In addition, increasing electric resistance... Currently, there were obviously more mages who specialized in water magic than electric magic, so water-type equipment was more expensive than electric-type equipment, both in terms of attack and defense. The value of electric resistance was not very high.

Players called this kind of top-grade equipment, which had very good numbers but were actually useless in practice, fake top-grade equipment.

However, in the system's eyes, there was no distinction between real and fake top-grade equipment. It only felt that the ring's two attributes were very good, so it gave the ring a high rating and awarded it to Gu Fei as a major prize. In the system's eyes, the value of this fake top-grade equipment was probably even higher than Jian Gui and Yu Tian Shen Ming's. It just so happened that Gu Fei was a fake mage. If it had been any other mage, they would have been cursing a long time ago.

But whether it was the system's judgment or the players' judgment, there was no doubt that Han Jia Gongzi's skill staff was the best of the five pieces of equipment. But if the quality of the equipment was linked to the so-called system statistics during the competition, everyone thought that Gu Fei should have received the best piece, so how could it be Han Jia Gongzi?

Everyone was puzzled by this question. After a long silence, You Ge, who was good at statistics, finally discovered the problem: "I know! Among us, only Gongzi has been fully present for every match."

"Fully present?" Everyone was stunned, and then immediately realized. In the first match of the mercenary competition, the teleportation array was too crowded, and the opponent only had one person, so the other guys were too lazy to go. Only Gu Fei and Han Jia Gongzi participated.

After that, Gu Fei played the hundred-man kill with Yun Zhong Mu Di and his group outside the respawn point one day, and missed a match. Thus, only Han Jia Gongzi had participated in all ten mercenary tournament matches.

Just like how absenteeism was the worst mistake at work, the system had obviously severely punished the behavior of the other people who didn't show up. Although Han Jia Gongzi had no great merit, he had no such great fault, and was ultimately selected as a good comrade and a good example in the system's eyes. He obtained the best prize distributed by the system.

"Hmph, very good, that's really great," Han Jia Gongzi said.

The others were speechless and could only sigh at the unfairness of fate, which had allowed this terrible guy to take away the big prize.

"Alright, alright, let's go take a look at the freely distributed rewards!" Zhan Wu Shang had been envious for a long time and was just waiting to get his share of the freely distributed rewards!