272 Chapter 272 - A Champion’s Prize II (1/2)

The six men of Young Master's Elite left the room at Ray's Bar together. Plenty of patrons outside were animatedly discussing about the end of Parallel World's PvP event. The highlight of these players' conversation was of course how envious they were of the six members of Young Master's Elite earning themselves ten item rewards. The six men were naturally happy to hear the other players talk about them, yet none of them showed this on their faces as they made their way through the crowd and out of the bar.

The unassigned item rewards could only be retrieved from the mailbox outside the Hall of Mercenaries. Currently, the square by the Hall of Mercenaries was quite crowded due to the players of The Black Hand and Water Flower being present. Since the item rewards were unassigned, internal conflicts due to incorrect distribution of them could easily arise. Thus, all the members of the respective mercenary groups were present in the venue. By announcing the item rewards that they had gotten, all could openly discuss on who deserved which item. This was the guild and group leaders' way of appeasing everyone and preventing any fighting over the final decision.

As for Young Master's Elite, only one of its members had yet to obtain an item reward from the system, so they were not anxious about the unassigned item rewards unlike the players of the other mercenary groups.

When The Black Hand's players spotted the six men, they felt rather helpless on how to act on their anger toward Young Master's Elite. Since they cleanly lost the finals to the six men, they would simply be sullying their good name and seem like sore losers if they retaliated so openly. It would be more appropriate to do something like that away from the public's watchful gazes, if they indeed wished to retaliate in that manner. The positive opinion of the public about The Black Hand would likely drop if its players openly challenged Young Master's Elite, yet they saw no harm in engaging in some cheeky banter with the six men.

Brave Surge and Black Index Finger came forward at the same time to receive the six men who were approaching the mailbox. The Priest Monologue under the Moon even accompanied Black Index Finger in greeting them.

”Congratulations!” both leaders expressed.

”Same to you!” Young Master Han replied.

Brave Surge was naturally pleased by his reply as his group indeed got third place, allowing him to qualify for the special rewards. Black Index Finger, for his part, was not very pleased with Young Master Han's response as it sounded as if the latter was taunting him. Nevertheless, his face only showed a beaming countenance. Black Index Finger did not beat around the bush; sweeping his gaze over to the rest of Young Master's Elite, he asked, ”I wonder who slipped up in that final moment.”

M*th*rf*ck*r! Gu Fei cursed internally. Unfortunately, the sidelong glances of everyone in Young Master's Elite completely gave him away as the careless person who had cost his group its 'perfect victory'.

Black Index Finger felt absolutely mollified upon learning of this fact. In fact, all The Black Hand's members cheered as if they had won first place when they learned of this.

No more words were exchanged after this, as everyone had important business to attend to. The two mercenary groups took the item rewards from the mailbox and pitifully did their best to fairly distribute them. The six men of Young Master's Elite entered the Hall of Mercenaries to retrieve the five item rewards while talking with one another. Someone among them was still bound to not receive an item reward, so they had to do this as harmoniously as possible.

”Wounds did not get an item reward, so he should get one right now,” Young Master Han said.

As War Without Wounds gratefully lowered his head, the rest expressed their agreement to this, ”Sure!”

”Alright, that's it for you. Don't even think of asking for a second item!” Young Master Han coldly remarked as War Without Wounds adopted a pleading expression.

”Scram! You shameless bum!” the rest of them reprimanded him.

Young Master Han swept his gaze on the other five men before settling at Gu Fei, ”Miles contributed the most, yet the item reward he got was just a faux top-grade ring. I propose he get first pick!”

They were also in agreement to this amid War Without Wounds' muttering of: ”What about me? Don't I get to choose?”

”Scram! You shameless bum!” they scolded him once more.

”We're already pitying you by gifting you an item, yet you dare ask to choose?!” Royal God Call eyed War Without Wounds contemptuously.

War Without Wounds was aggrieved! He was the number one Warrior in many MMOs, yet he did not even have a foot to stand on in Young Master's Elite. Still, he agreed with Royal God Call's words and could only chalk everything up to bad luck for failing to get an item reward due to the system's way of tabulating the players' scores. If the unassigned items were to be distributed according to their individual contributions, the three nimble players who had done most of the killings should be given priority, while the remaining two items should be handed to the one that did the commanding and another that collected information; War Without Wounds had simply not done enough compared to the other five. This would also be apparent from Sword Demon's recording of the contribution points of their mercenary group.

War Without Wounds dared not comment further as he checked the five items Young Master Han had retrieved from the mailbox.

Before anyone could properly look at the items, Young Master Han shoved an item to Gu Fei, ”No picking. Take this and leave.”

”What?” Gu Fei felt confused over Young Master Han's sudden change of mind as he received the item. It was a permanent skill scroll for Lighting Affinity, Palm of Thunder.

”Oh!” comprehension dawned on everyone. Only Gu Fei could use such an item, and it would virtually be useless for the other five!

This little episode made everyone realize that assigning the item rewards was a simple task. The six of them had different job classes, so they would just take the most appropriate items for them.

Even War Without Wounds felt anxious. He would have to accept any of the remaining four items if it happened to be suitable for a Warrior, right?!

All were almost driven mad by Young Master Han's unhurried announcement of the items' details, though. ”Can't you g*dd*mn be any faster?!” everyone bellowed.

”Ha ha ha ha!” Young Master Han laughed heartily at the anxious expression of everyone.

He is so evil… was what the other five were thinking to themselves. Young Master Han's hands sped up and pushed the remaining four items to four different people to finish the process.

”Turns out that discussing about this is unnecessary as it can easily be settled by giving the items to those who can use them,” Young Master Han languidly said. The other five men each received an item; meaning, Young Master Han was the one that did not get an item reward this time around.