Chapter 62: Monthly Grading Initiated

[Ding, your talent level has upgraded.]

Lan Qingyou, who had originally resigned herself to fate, was completely stunned upon hearing the voice of the world's will speaking these words by her ear.

No way.

I had already mentally prepared myself. Did it have to be so sudden?

Could this be the charm of a single pull?

Still somewhat dazed, Lan Qingyou raised her hand, wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth, and opened her personal information.

[Talent: Light Object Spell (D)]

①: Can reduce one's own body weight, achieving a floating effect.

②: Can reduce the weight of objects, achieving a floating effect.

④: Consumes 1 point of magic power per minute.

After opening her talent, Lan Qingyou took a look and saw that, generally speaking, there weren't any changes from before, merely the addition of the ability to make objects float.

Thus, Lan Qingyou immediately gave it a try.

Activating the Light Object Spell, she slapped her hand directly onto the Magic Desk, and the Magic Desk promptly performed a vertical takeoff right then and there.

However, because there was no propelling force, it merely drifted up slowly by about a centimeter.

And even this was only due to the vibration caused by Lan Qingyou slapping the desk earlier.

"Without propulsion, I guess it just feels like this."

Lan Qingyou dispelled the Light Object Spell with a bit of regret.

After all, in her eyes, this Light Object Spell might perhaps bring her some convenience.

But evidently, that wasn't the case.

Subsequently, she thought of a very interesting possibility and immediately tested it out.

She slowly floated up, flew out of the Shelter, and arrived in front of a massive boulder by the stream.

One glance was enough to tell that this huge boulder weighed more than she did, making it the perfect test subject for Lan Qingyou's hypothesis.

As a result, when she struck it with her palm, she felt nothing but pain.

The massive boulder showed no signs of floating either.

"It seems this won't work either. I thought I could exploit a bug, but as expected, it's restricted by that 'standard body weight' condition in the third clause."

Helpless, Lan Qingyou floated back to the Shelter.

Just now, she had wanted to see if she could make a massive boulder heavier than her own body weight float while her own weight was reduced to zero.

If she could, it would be equivalent to exploiting a bug.

That way, she would have a bit more assistance in future battles or other endeavors.

But regrettably, it seemed that the world's will had anticipated her intent to exploit a bug and directly restricted it to death with the third clause, specifically 'The weight of the object must not exceed one's own standard body weight.'

In other words, she could only use [Light Object Spell] on objects lighter than her own weight.

However, a talent upgrade was a good thing no matter how she looked at it.

Therefore, Lan Qingyou didn't dwell on it too much.

As for the remaining hundred-plus unfinished talent potions, Lan Qingyou didn't throw them away; she simply packed them up and stored them in the Storage Room.

Once everything was sorted out, Lan Qingyou idly fed chicken slices to Steel Wire Ball, taking breaks here and there.

Perhaps because she had completely burned out over the past few days.

Right now, Lan Qingyou didn't want to continue brewing potions anymore; she needed at least a few days of rest.

But that didn't mean she would stop brewing potions altogether.

After all, something like a Mana Tide, which could roughly be considered a natural phenomenon, had now appeared on Kalim.

Naturally, Mana Potions had to be stockpiled.

However, whether it was the +30 or the +50 ones, she didn't want to make them anymore.

If possible, after finding suitable herbs, she wanted to try crafting D-rank beginner potions.

Although the basic potioneering textbook had no knowledge regarding this aspect whatsoever, it didn't matter, she still had the Appraisal Glasses, didn't she?

She would go out for a stroll tomorrow and see if she could find D-rank herbs to craft potions.

Right now, both her potioneering and her alchemy had reached D-rank.

That meant she could appraise D-rank items, and herbs were naturally included in that.

Although these glasses were a little troublesome, they at least scaled with her knowledge level. Having this point was sufficient for her, or rather, it was enough to make do.

After all, even the best materials needed to be usable.

Just like that Volcanic Worm from before; if used poorly, it was just an ugly-looking thing, but if used well, it could directly allow her to ascend on the spot.

Indeed.

In Lan Qingyou's eyes, compared to her talent level upgrading, the things granted by that Title were definitely far more appealing.

No matter what, it was bestowed by the world's will.

To some extent, it could also be considered 'world-class', couldn't it?

Heh heh.

Thinking of this, Lan Qingyou couldn't help but laugh out loud at her own dry joke.

Just like that, Lan Qingyou spent her free time playing with Steel Wire Ball for a while, or reading a book on the lounge chair on the second floor, and the day pretty much passed.

In fact, it wasn't just her; after experiencing the exhaustion of the past three days, most people essentially did nothing on this day.

Everyone just wanted to properly relax, or even indulge themselves a little.

After all, no one wished to constantly remain in such a state of mental tension.

At dusk, the evening glow was like a rainbow.

Just as everyone was enjoying this rare moment of leisure they hadn't seen in a month, the voice of the world's will rang out again without any warning.

At dusk, the evening glow was like a rainbow.

Just as everyone was enjoying this rare moment of leisure they hadn't seen in a month, the voice of the world's will rang out again without any warning.

[The one-month period has arrived. Monthly Grading is now initiated.]

[This grading will use three aspects as a reference: 'Shelter level, individual level, and contribution to the Kalim world'. Additionally, those without rewards will not be included in the ranking.]

Hmm? Grading?

Lan Qingyou, who had originally been sitting in front of the Magic Desk waiting for Gu Xiaobei to prepare takeout, was stunned, and then she looked down at the desk.

As expected.

Just like her, others had also fallen into a state of confusion.

But unlike the previous Mana Tide.

The current confusion was more so mixed with a relaxed and pleasant mood.

After all, having just experienced a Mana Tide that caused a massive reduction in personnel, an assessment or whatnot coming now actually made people relax quite a bit.

[...Grading completed.]

[E-rank, 6,837,219,421 people, rewarded with 100 pieces of Obsidian.]

[D-rank, 854,044,518 people, rewarded with 10 D-rank Monster Crystal Cores.]

[C-rank, 84,852,249 people, rewarded with 1 Magic Crystal.]

[B-rank, 284,625 people, rewarded with 1 D-rank tool of choice, 1 book of choice.]

[A-rank, 25,684 people, rewarded with 1 D-rank magic of choice, 1 book of choice.]

[S-rank, 58 people, rewarded with 1 C-rank magic of choice, 1 C-rank tool of choice, 1 book of choice.]

[Rewards have been distributed. Please choose carefully.]

"What! There are actually rewards?"

"I was careless; I didn't expect there to actually be rewards."

"Hahahaha! I'm B-rank! I can choose a D-rank tool, I'll go check it out right away. Oh, and I'm selling the book, looking at that thing makes me sleepy."

"So envious of those 58 who got S-rank evaluations, all C-rank stuff. They're living the dream now."

"What are you envious of? Look at me, an E-rank. Did I say anything? Some things you just can't get by envying."

"Stratification! It's only been a month and the stratification has began! Haha! Go to hell! All you damn bastards go to hell!"

"Another one went mad, throw him out."

"I wonder what kind of things are in the C-rank options."

"Goes without saying, definitely stronger than D-rank magic and tools."

"Are you just stating the obvious here?"