When planning to deal with Inoue, Lily had a premonition that a hidden mission would be tucked away here, but the rewards given by the game after everything was settled still exceeded her expectations.
An Ordinary mission issued by Four Directions plus two hidden missions; the reward experience alone added up to 160,000. Combined with the 31,706 experience points she gained during the previous battle and her original 30,342 points, she now had a total of 220,000 experience. This was enough for her to level up her Spiritual Energy Prayer Master class from Lv3 to Lv6 in one go.
The massive boost in level was already exciting enough, but the hidden mission [Who is the Spy??] that exposed Inoue actually had additional rewards!
Lily quickly tapped on those two extra rewards to expand the item details.
[Special Potion - Gene Strengthening Potion]
[Quality]: Purple
[Additional Effect]: A Gene Strengthening Potion created by a secret pre-war research institute. It has the effect of stimulating the human body's potential and works even better when used in conjunction with an Evolution Potion.
[Note]: There is a certain chance of causing muscle atrophy. After multiple iterations, although it has not yet reached a perfect state, the success rate is as high as 93.7%.
Lily's eyes couldn't help but light up.
The'stimulating human potential' mentioned in the item description translated into adding attributes or talent expertise in practice. As for the latter sentence, it was even more interesting; wasn't the APT-011 Trial Potion she snatched from Yulia a so-called Evolution Potion?
Although the success rate of the Gene Strengthening Potion was only 93.7%, she had the Lucky talent, so she didn't have to worry at all about failure leading to muscle atrophy.
The Lucky talent she obtained from her last enhancement was proving to be more and more useful.
Lily's gaze then fell upon the final reward.
[Praying Card Crafting Illustrated Guide]
As the name suggested, this guide was a step-by-step tutorial teaching one how to craft Prayer Cards.
Classes in the Spiritual Energy stream, like other streams, had many different categories. One of these categories involved fighting using pre-crafted Prayer Cards.
While others charged in with weapons to slash, or used staves to fire energy bolts, or controlled various mechanical equipment for saturation bombing, a Spiritual Energy Prayer Master who played with Prayer Cards would constantly throw cards at their opponents or themselves during battle.
This playstyle was somewhat similar to the item-based builds in other games: buffing oneself, debuffing enemies, and then hurling items like fire, holy water, poison, or sleep at the enemy until the job was done.
Although it didn't feature the fully automated, easy mob-grinding of the mechanical stream at higher levels, the feeling of crushing someone to death with pure items was quite satisfying.
This was a good item, but unlike the Gene Strengthening Potion, this reward wasn't perfectly ideal.
Because Lily's current class was just a very Ordinary Spiritual Energy Prayer Master, she didn't have any bonuses related to Prayer Cards, nor could she use her current Spiritual Energy knowledge to derive new cards with special effects.
If she wanted to craft Prayer Cards, not only would the success rate be low, but she could only practice using the skills she currently possessed.
To this, Lily's evaluation was—
"I can make this work!"
But this was only temporary. Once she unlocked the relevant classes, her strength would surely see a new explosion. According to the official website, Spiritual Energy classes that played with cards were relatively rare in the entire game, and on a starter planet like Origin Star, they were definitely high-tier rare classes.
"Since there's a Praying Card Crafting Illustrated Guide in the rewards, it means there must be relevant class knowledge books on Origin Star!"
Lily was invigorated.
As she examined her mission rewards, the truck approaching from a distance had already stopped. Several Four Directions agents jumped off the vehicle in a hurry, led by Si wearing power armor.
Though his face was hidden, his pace while running still revealed the tension and unease in his heart.
"Are you all okay? That traitor Inoue and..."
Si stopped.
He had already seen Inoue lying on the ground and those Mutants who had been beaten beyond recognition. He was shocked and incredulous.
One, two, three... seven in total, not a single one missing, exactly as Shino had said over the terminal communication!
He had originally been prepared to fight to the death to rescue Lily and Shino from the enemy's encirclement, but he hadn't expected to find all the enemies already lying on the ground upon arrival.
Shino was a member of his team. She was indeed a top-tier genius in mechanical manufacturing and logistics, but in terms of combat, she could only be described as someone who rarely dragged the team down.
Lily was very strong, as verified by the two previous assassination attempts, but it should have been impossible for her to defeat these seven people with her power alone.
So, the ones who achieved this feat must be those dozens of people who had popped up out of nowhere, right? Although these dozens of people looked unremarkable, moved sluggishly, and occasionally said things that were hard to understand, anyone who could act like this on a bloody battlefield was either a fool or a master.
Si found the latter possibility easier to accept.
But this thought was quickly negated by Shino. An agent who caught up from behind was shocked upon seeing the fallen Inoue and the others: "Holy crap, what's going on here?"
Shino explained: "Inoue suddenly attacked with these Mutants. Fortunately, Lily's strength is extraordinary. She not only heavily injured Inoue but also almost single-handedly wiped out those six Mutants."
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The gazes of the arriving Four Directions agents all converged on Lily.
The afterglow of the setting sun spilled over her long, silver-white hair, as if draping the warrior in a medal named the Blood of Heroes. No expression could be seen on that beautiful face, silently speaking of the coldness of the White Death.
Damn, she totally nailed the pose!
At this moment, the thousands of words in the hearts of Si and the others condensed into just two—
"Simply awesome!"
Not long after, Director Madeleine and the others also arrived at the scene. After learning about the situation, their reactions were no better than Si's.
"Splendid job. Once we return, I will immediately hand over that hard drive containing advanced spiritual knowledge to you as agreed," Director Madeleine said with a tone full of emotion.
Lily said: "It's a pleasure doing business with you."
While the others were handling the Mutants' corpses, the group of nearby players also tried to run over to watch the show. However, the Four Directions people didn't indulge them and directly set up a cordon. The players could only keep waving at Lily from the outside, hoping to catch her attention. If they were Lucky enough to receive a mission, it would be even better.
But today they were destined for disappointment. After staying at the scene for a short while, Lily drove the car she had snatched and followed Four Directions back to Lynn.
Inoue had said that he had called more than six people this time. If she stayed here, there was no telling when the others Inoue had summoned would come killing their way over.
Before leaving, Lily leaned out of the car window and smiled as she waved to the players. These players were of great use, and it was necessary to leave a good impression on them.
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