Chapter 328: Rewards
The Mesh’s words rung in Arwin’s skull like a church bell. He stared at the impossibly average man before him, the blood pounding in his ears and the endless expanse of white that stretched out in every direction swaying like he was in a kaleidoscope.
“What?” Arwin managed to force out. “All the way to Adept Tier?”
I’m going to lose all the Achievements that I could have gotten through that time? The skills? The potential Titles?
“Yes, it’s rather problematic,” the Mesh said, holding his hands up. “And there’s the problem. You’ve created a ridiculous amount of potential energy with that item of yours, and you must be granted it. But if that happens, you effectively get punished for completing an enormous challenge. Normally, when people speed through the ranks, it’s because they’re impatient, stupid, or otherwise their fault. Nobody skips this many at once.”
“So… there’s something you can do about it?” Arwin asked, hope seeping into his words. “Can you delay the energy or something?”
“No. What’s earned must be paid. I cannot withhold rewards from anyone. They are yours, rightfully earned. What we must determine is how you receive them. As it stands, you should have gotten two entire skill selections before you reached Adept Tier. Both of them have been skipped.”
Arwin suppressed a groan. Two entire skills. Even if he got both of them at once as he leveled up, they’d be severely weaker than they could have been. There would be no Achievements improving their strength.
“That’s pretty shit,” Arwin said.
“And hardly a proper reward,” the Mesh said with a nod. “Thus, I come to you with an alternative. An offer that I have never before given anyone in the history of the world.”