Ex-level Player With the Greatest Civilization of All Time - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

Blessing.
To put it plainly, it was the first time I’d heard this ‘keyword’ in connection with Trials.
Was that the reason?
The Settlement Room erupted in murmurs.
And all at once, every eye turned toward me.
They knew whose doing this miracle was.
‘But what is a Blessing, anyway?’
Curious what was behind those stares.
I opened my status window right then and there to check.

[All Stats + 5]
[All Skill Levels + 1]
[Experience Points + 50%]
(29 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, 55 seconds….)

The moment the status window opened, what blazed before me was the Blessing’s options, gleaming gold.
For nearly a month—a buff so generous it made your jaw drop—it was being applied.
To say how tremendous this was:
Just the effect of every skill strengthening by one tier alone was worth almost ten levels, wasn’t it?

[Special Assembly IV]
– 20% chance to produce a Special-tier unit.
– 10% chance to produce a Heroic-tier unit.

Special Assembly had jumped all the way to Grade IV, and the Heroic-tier production rate alone had skyrocketed to a full 10%.

[Promotion Examination II]
– Promotes a single unit, including drones. A promoted unit receives one additional enhancement.
* Maximum of 4 promotion opportunities can be held.
* 2 promotion opportunities are restored on the first of every month.

Promotion Examination now offered double the promotion opportunities.

[Line Expansion II]
– 20% chance to produce 2 units in a single cycle.

Line Expansion saw its activation rate climb from the previous 10% to 20%.

[Achievement Tally II]
– Units that achieve a certain threshold of accomplishments are awarded medals.
* Medals serve as enhancement opportunities for units.
* Humanoid units’ achievement acquisition + 50% increase

[Combat Learning II]
– AI-equipped humanoids grow by learning combat data.
* Humanoids’ learning speed increased by + 50%.

Achievement Tally and Combat Learning had both seen their efficiency skyrocket.
Or rather, no need to quibble over details.
Think of it this way and it’s simple.
I’d encountered five major enhancement events at once.
And that wasn’t even all of it.
I was even receiving an additional 50% Experience Points as a Player climbing the Tower.
Not to mention various minor stat bonuses on top of that.
This was beyond absurd—it was almost unfair.
I was still half-dazed by the sheer broken nature of it when—
Beyond the status window, a final alarm message materialized.

[Trial Token has been awarded.]

In tower climbing, the Trial Token occupied a similar reward tier to treasure chests or material boxes.
I opened my inventory immediately.
The reason was simple: Trial Tokens came with their own grade system.
And the moment I checked the grade, I froze.
“S-rank?”
As far as I knew, this was the first S-rank ever issued.

I’d glimpsed it flickering past in chat earlier.
Even the player from the nation holding the record for clearing a Trial in the shortest time had received only A-rank.
So until now, S-rank Trial Tokens had existed purely in the realm of imagination.
‘And now it’s sitting right here in my hands….’
This Trial was absolutely worth the effort to clear, wasn’t it?
The payoff proved more varied than I’d expected.
Blessings, Tokens, Experience Points—everything had its value.
At first it had all felt like a burden.
Now there was no sense of wasted time.
Trial Tokens work like this, fundamentally.
Unlike reward chests with their random elements, these function as guaranteed exchange vouchers.
In other words, I could obtain S-rank items with absolute certainty.

– What’s up with Neia’s Blessing?!
– The Player might just leap into becoming a superpower!
– Whoooooa—
– Neia’s technological prowess is second to none!

The sound of supporter chat made me turn my head, and Baek Jin-seong had already drawn near.
“How did you fare?”
“Ah, you mean the Token, sir?”
I nodded at Baek Jin-seong’s question, and he laughed aloud.
“Heh heh, I pulled an S-rank as well.”

– A literal rewards duplicator!
– ㅋㅋㅋ check that copy machine performance
– I should get Dad an office copier at this rate.

Since Baek Jin-seong’s rewards were essentially mine anyway, I was pleased about the S-rank, but….
On the other hand, another thought nagged at me.
‘Come to think of it, he didn’t really do anything this time, did he?’
In Selinwar, I could understand his high reward—he’d stepped up and lent genuine support.
But this Trial he was nothing but a ‘living camera’.
I’d done essentially everything myself, and if even I received S-rank….
What about the others?
It was just as I grew curious about their grades.
Baek Jin-seong whispered softly.
“Doesn’t look like it worked that way for them.”
He’d overheard as he approached.
They’d muttered something about receiving ordinary grades.
Whether it was because they shared the Blessing or not, I felt oddly relieved.
This made the news far more satisfying.
After all, true value multiplies with scarcity.
“Will you wait for them?”
“I suppose we should.”
The Tokens had to be used here on the spot.
There was a constraint: they’d dissolve if you didn’t.
So I waited, just as we had after Selinwar, for everyone to make their exchanges.
“Hmm…”
A throat being cleared made me turn around. It was Cha Seong-hun.
“Would you have a moment to talk?”
“Talk?”
I replied with a note of caution in my voice.
Cha Seong-hun looked a bit flustered.
“Ah, it’s nothing significant. I just wanted to thank you—for the Special Material and for looking out for me during this Trial.”
The Special Material part I understood.
But what was I supposed to have looked out for during the Trial?
I was still puzzled when it happened.
Kang Se-hyeon approached.
“As promised, things are going well with Kang-seong.”
Ah, now that he mentioned it, I did recall saying something like that before.
“That’s good to hear.”
Might as well help each other out and live well.
I nodded, and Kang Se-hyeon continued.
“Since the Trial is over now, shall we move forward with our side of things?”
“Of course. I’ll contact you as soon as everything is ready.”
“That’s music to my ears.”
Kang Se-hyeon gave a light bow and left.
“I’ll be waiting.”
After seeing Kang Se-hyeon off, my gaze naturally turned back to Cha Seong-hun.
“Aren’t you leaving?”
The waiting room had grown noticeably emptier.
If you had no business here, there was no reason to stay.
“This is the first time we’ve met and talked in person like this, so I thought we might shake hands.”
Thinking he wouldn’t leave unless I did, I went ahead and shook his hand to move things along.
When we’d talked before with the Drone between us at a distance, I hadn’t noticed it.
But up close, his gaze was quite unsettling.
“It’s a shame that face is so difficult for me to read. Still, we are business associates of sorts.”
“Is that… so?”
“If the opportunity comes up again, I’d like to meet once more. Ah, and if it’s not too much trouble, perhaps with Min-ah as well.”
“Mm… I’ll do what I can.”
“Thank you.”
I barely managed to pull my hand free from his surprisingly firm grip and gave a light bow.
Then Cha Seong-hun, acting reluctant, spoke.
“Well then, until next time.”
And so Cha Seong-hun left as well.
At last, the interior was completely empty.
Everyone who had been lingering had vanished in the meantime.

– Whew, I was suffocating there.
– Guess you have to go that far to monopolize the Special Materials.
– Ha, the old man’s got no shortage of tricks!

Ignoring the chatter in the chat window.
I opened my Inventory again.
And I used the Trial Token.

[Using Trial Token.]

In the next moment, a list scrolled into view.
I checked the available items for exchange one by one.
“First off, there’s no equipment.”
After a quick scan through the names.
Most of it was one-time artifacts or materials.
There were even some special Skill Books mixed in.
“What should I choose…?”

– You’re actually deliberating over this?
– Go for the Skill Book and flip it for profit.
– It’s safe, sure, but I’ve seen some skills even the rankers would drool over, you know?

Still, it didn’t feel right to swap them out immediately.
I decided to look a bit longer.
Besides, running the Underground Mining Site this time had netted me considerable financial gains.
I was methodically pressing through them one by one.
“This is…”

【Rapana Sect’s Holy Artifact】
-《Grade: S》
「A sacred relic imbued with holy power.
It possesses the strength to stand against calamity.」

A relic of the Sect.
If returned to the Sect, it holds value as something that grants a buff skill in return.
“So this existed too.”
But compared to the Skill Books, the immediate gains were negligible.
Some of the Skill Books in the exchange list were worth around a hundred billion Won each.

– But where is the Rapana Sect?
– Could it be a neutral faction Sect from the 80th floor and above?
– The description is even more detailed than the usual “Forgotten Relic,” isn’t it?
– Now that I look at it, the grade is high too! S-rank!

Forgotten Relics came in Grade A.
But this item was Grade S.
Was there something more special about it?
That’s the only conclusion I could draw.
‘Should I go with this?’
It wasn’t recklessness, purely speaking.
The real point was that whether I had a hundred billion Won or not didn’t change anything for me right now.
I was the one managing the City.
In City management, a hundred billion Won was cheaper than a single night’s festival costs.

[‘Rapana Sect’s Holy Artifact’ — exchanging.]

Better to gamble for the jackpot with this instead.
That was the smart move.
But on the flip side, the chat window erupted.

– Has the CEO finally lost her mind?
– The usage isn’t even confirmed and you’re just dropping S-rank like that? That’s such a waste.
– Is this really okay…?

“We’re aiming high. It could be huge.”

– But really, would a hundred billion even satisfy Neia’s standards?
– Go big or go home!
– Come to think of it, we made trillions from Special Materials alone this time. A hundred billion is nothing.
– Actually, aiming for the high end might be the right call.
– Honestly, that’s not even pocket change for Ar’s chocolate ball fund.

“Besides, I still have one more Token left.”

– Right, there was one more Token.
– I’d forgotten about that.
– Let’s make this one count.

The chat quickly calmed down.
I immediately used Baek Jin-seong’s Token.
The Rapana Sect’s Holy Artifact I’d just traded for was sold out.

– Hey, don’t even look at that!

I was just checking, that’s all.
If I checked twice, there’d be a riot on our hands.
Come to think of it, haven’t we skipped cleaning lately?
“Jin-seong, let’s change the water.”
“Yes, hyung.”

[…has been forcibly removed.]
[…has been forcibly removed.]
[…has been forcibly removed.]

That’s what they get for not playing nice.

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