Marcus, after hearing exactly what the administrator had given him, could no longer hold back on looking at his status and the requirements for his evolution.
'Hm, it does not seem that the essence of the other great spirits did anything to raise my stats or give me new skill like the mythic spirit gem, but what about the other requirements for me to evolve.'
Quickly Marcus navigated his status to the window titled 'Evolution' and clicked on it for the first time since he originally gained access to it.
Hidden Evolution: Transcendent Ghost, Supreme Spirit of Light and Darkness.
1. Obtain Level Seventy-(Completed)
2. Possess a Spirit Stat Over Ten Thousand-(Completed)
3. Bathe in a Font of Death for a Hundred Days
4. Consume the Core of a Ghost King
5. Absorb a Spirit Gem (Mythic)-(Complete)
6.Absorb the Essence of Six Great Spirits-(Completed)
After looking through the now clearly shown requirements, Marcus was surprised to see that he only had two more conditions to clear.
'The only problem is that I have no idea what a Font of Death is or where to find a Ghost King, or if I am strong enough to beat one.' Marcus thought once he had finished going over his evolution requirements.
Thanks to the administrator collecting the essence of six great spirits for him, Marcus now only had two things left to accomplish in order reach his evolution.
He was already quite powerful as just an unbound ghost and great spirit of light and darkness, but once he achieved his hidden evolution there was no telling what kind of power he might have.
"Now I have paid you back for my mistake by giving you an item that you needed and healing the damage Lilia incurred during the fight. It has been fun and I enjoyed this time with all of you, but there are other things that require my attention." The administrator said.
She then turned directly to Roxene and pulled out a thick letter.
"This is from your parents. They told me to give it to you whenever I saw you next."
Taking hold of the letter, Roxene's hands were trembling, and a look of anticipation came over her face.
This was the first communication she had received from her parents since she had been sent to Mirrion several years ago.
With all she needed to do accomplished the administrator stood up and opened up a portal behind her.
"I am expecting great things from all of you. Keep striving to reach the height of this world. Oh, and feel free to enjoy any of the refreshments for as long as you want. The table will not disappear until all of you have left." The administrator said before vanishing.
Everyone other than Roxene let out a sigh of relief with the administrator now gone.
She was the strongest being on Mirrion, and all of them knew she could kill any of them with but a thought.
"So that is the person that made this world." Quillon said as he wiped some sweat off his forehead.
It was very rare for him to feel fear, and while he normally enjoyed meeting powerful people, he could tell that the administrator was far above him and not someone he should try to fight. For the next forty minutes the group simply sat around the table and unpacked what had just happened.
For everyone but Marcus and Roxene this was their first time meeting the fabled creator of Mirrion.
"She was certainly more friendly than I expected." Alaric said.
"No, I can tell you now that if Roxene was not here, she probably would not have been quite that cordial. When I met her alone, she was not nearly as nice." Marcus said, recalling the time she had forced him to watch the battle with the Doomsday Worm, and prevented him from going back to help until Boreas arrived.
He imagined that she cared very little for any of them other than Roxene, whose parents she was apparently close friends with.
"Yes, it is true that aun- I mean the administrator is fairly cold to those she does not consider close. However, I am certain that she at least thinks of you favorably Marcus. Otherwise, she would not have gone out of her way to help you so many times. As for everyone else, I am sure in the future you will have a chance to get closer to her. I already know that she is fiercely loyal to those she considers friends or family." Roxene said to defend the administrator.
"Okay, I think we have talked about the god of this world enough. Frankly I cannot wait any longer to see what our final rewards are for beating this special dungeon." Lyra said, her excitement for what was lying in the nearby chests reaching its peak.
Immediately everyone who had put this into the back of their mind remembered what was waiting for them and cast their gazes towards the neatly lined up chests.
Each one certainly held some valuable item or another, and now that the administrator was gone it became the center of focus once again.
With great haste all of them got up and began searching for the chest that was theirs.
p-a- n-d-a-n-0-v-e-l、(c)om "Inten, yours is next to mine." Fallon called out.
"Lilia, yours is at the very end here." Alaric shouted.
"James, I found yours." Mrazivy said to her brother.
Soon all of them had located where their chest was and stood in front of it.
Naturally they had agreed to open their chests at the same time. And after a countdown from Marcus, they all threw the lids off.
Yet instead of ecstatic expressions, everyone was bewildered by what they saw.
Inside each of their chests was the exact same thing. A single black orb.
Never before had any of them seen an orb like this and it left them baffled.
'Wait. Could it be what I think it is?' Marcus thought, hypothesizing what this orb could be.
He knew that whatever their final rewards were would be powerful and had been excepting a unique skill orb along with some regular skill orbs.
However, there was a type of skill even greater than a unique skill, and if ever an orb containing one were to appear, it would be at the end of a special dungeon.
Swiftly Marcus grabbed the black orb out of the chest, and he immediately received a prompt to learn what was sealed inside.
'Would you like to learn the Supreme Skill, Ultimate Refresh.'