’Appraisal!’


    Upon collecting his multi-element twin elemental staffs from Arcanist Valentina Kruger’s shop, Shye wasted no time in appraising them, eagerly examining their attributes like a child with a brand-new toy.


    [Name]: Sigrun (Valentina Kruger)


    [Tier]: Adamantite Read exclusive adventures at NovelBin.C?m


    [Rarity]: Legendary


    [Enchantment]: Cat’s Eye Elemental Jewel


    [Description]: A one-of-a-kind peak-tier elemental staff capable of equally channeling the power of all elements. Crafted by Arcanist Valentina Kruger and cksmith Meido Chan.


    Effects (When worn):


    Mana Pool: +20%


    Mana Regeneration +40%


    Enhances skill effectiveness of all elemental spells by 50%


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    ’Holy cr*p! These elemental staffs are amazing! Hohoh, and what cool names... Sigrun, huh? And the other one’s called Dagr... not bad at all!’


    Shye couldn’t help butpliment the effects of his new elemental staff and their names.


    ’If Meido had named these, they’d probably be called something like sty and Frosty, or something close to such names...’


    Eager to test out his newbat capabilities, Shye continued grinding quests for the fifth month, finally ranking up to Adamantite.


    ***


    Meanwhile, in another Death Zone, a colossal twenty-meter-tall monster crashed to the ground with a resounding thud.


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    "N-Nice work, Shirley." Kiinplimented with a hint of disbelief.


    Five months ago, the five of them were more or less equal inbat strength.


    However, it now appeared that Shirley had surpassed them all—except for Siegfried, who was thrilled to have a new ideal sparring partner.


    This allowed him to grow just as quickly as Shirley, even without Shye’s assistance.


    For the first time in a long while, Kiin and Harry felt the pressure, their fighting spirit aze like the hot summer sun.


    They vowed not to fall behind Shirley, who had always trailed them in the past but was now pulling ahead.


    Lesurii somehow felt the same.


    However, she was proud of her beloved Siegfried, whom she was now in an official rtionship with.


    Not only was her lover hot and handsome, but he was also kind, caring, and extremely talented.


    Siegfried was truly the knight in shining armor she had always dreamed of, rescuing her time and again whenever she found herself in a difficult or disadvantageous situation.


    Lesurii found herself falling deeper and deeper for Siegfried. As a result, although her passion for immense growth as a scout-ss adventurer remained, she was no longer aspetitive as before.


    She only saw her and her beloved partner’s progress in her eyes. She didn’t care about anybody else.


    The monster they had in was an (S) ranked creature known as the Grove Behemoth—a massive green-skinned bipedal beast with surprising mobility but strangely sluggish attack patterns.


    It wasn’t particrly tough either, making it an ideal (S) ranked target for the small party of five, now mithril-ranked adventurers.


    Seira’s party, consisting of her, Luna, David, Ian, and Wendy, was also in the same position.


    However, three of them stood out more than the rest: the midget, the shadowy surgeon, and the priestess with a fondness for ostrich eggs.


    Ian’s growth was especially unusual among the three, as his drive appeared to be fueled by an unrelenting thirst for revenge.


    Despite his seething anger, he managed to suppress it in front of others, maintaining a facade of normalcy.


    This was also why Shye dismissed Ian as a potential traitor; it seemed that his primary goal was to seek revenge against someone, and that person definitely wasn’t Shye.


    The traitor was likely either Kiin or Siegfried, as Harry, David, and Wendy had clear ties and backgrounds in Colzen City, unlike the other two.


    Naturally, the astonishing questpletion speed of the two parties not only caused their contribution points to soar but also propelled the shy Ravens Rising through the ranks, enabling them to achieve a five-star division status in just a year and six months.


    Moreover, the division now ranked 32nd overall in the entire region.


    With this, their party easily garnered attention from everyone in the guild, including the adamantite division leader, Karsa Bloodwinter.


    Karsa was the tenth-ranked adamantite in all of Valenzia and was offered a titled adventurer position due to her talents.


    However, she didn’t want to be constrained by responsibilities at just thirty years old, convinced that with a few more years of dedicated effort, she could surpass the top-ranked adventurer in the region.


    As a result of her fiery drive, her division outperformed all others in Raven’s de, ranking first in the guild and ninth in the entire region.


    Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the guild’s passionate and driven division leaders, Raven’s de has surged to fifth ce,rgely due to the recent influx of contributions from Shye’s division.


    Who was the center of such changes?


    Why, the two parties under Shye’s tutge, of course!


    They were even summoned to Soaring Raven’s office, where the guild master thanked them for their hard work while self-indulgently praising his own brilliant decision from two years ago.


    But of course, Karsa Bloodwinter wasn’t pleased with such developments.


    She had long since eyed Shye due to his allegedly insane talents.


    Now that she had witnessed what she perceived as the "full extent" of his abilities during his inauguration ceremony—the battle against an Anubis—Karsa felt confident that she could defeat Shye, at least for the time being.


    This was her final opportunity to suppress the young hero and establish herself as "the one who defeated Shye Crowley," knowing that it would be impossible to stop his risepletely.


    However, if she could defeat Shye before he reached his peak, she might gain significant fame in other regions and enjoy various benefits associated with oveing the young hero.


    Achieving victory in a duel against Shye, while no one else could, would be even more advantageous.


    Thus, she nned to challenge the young man in a duel, and of course, she nned to do it in front of a crowd.


    If she seeded, then her rise to the top would be inevitable.


    Even if it was just for a brief period and she had to y second fiddle to Shye for the rest of her life, she would be content.


    After all, the young man’s growth was truly exceptional, and even she didn’t dare im to be more talented than him.