MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

"Oh?"

Faintly nodding in response, Valyr went ahead and looked at the list Alpha brought up in front of him, scrolling through the list in curiosity to see what those items were.

'On second thought…' However, rather than let his curiosity get the better of him, the young man instead decided to push the thought aside for the meantime as he prioritized the things that were more important.

With that, he chose to fulfill the agreements he'd made with the other groups first, considering that his group wouldn't be able to amass this many Labyrinth Points if it weren't for them.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Of course, since he was the only one within his group that constantly interacted with the pedestal, it went without saying that it didn't take long for Valyr to find the items the other groups wanted in exchange for their territory.

Seeing that most of them only cost around a hundred thousand Labyrinth Points at most, he showed no hesitation in redeeming the labyrinth's entire stock of those specific items, even going so far as buying spatial bracelets along the way as storage.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the end, it only took the young man less than half an hour to buy all of the items the other groups requested from him, as well as arrange them accordingly to the spatial bracelets he bought.

'In total… I spent around 70 million points,' thought Valyr to himself, faintly nodding in relief before proceeding to move onto the items his guild needed.

Swoosh!

Naturally, the young man showed far less hesitation this time around, especially after considering that all of the items he planned on getting would further solidify the foundation they created.

In terms of bulk items that could be redeemed, Valyr redeemed almost all of the items he felt the guild would make use of, the total amount being around thrice as much as the items he obtained for the groups combined.

As for the rarer items that were available, the young man showed a bit more restraint, taking into consideration the speed at which his guild would develop in terms of strength and profession.

Nevertheless, with over 120 billion Labyrinth Points still left unused, it could be said that Valyr was quite generous in all of his purchases, causing him to end up spending close to half a billion Labyrinth Points for all of it.

"Huh…? There's still over 120 billion Labyrinth Points left?" Just as he felt like he spent a huge chunk of the Labyrinth Points they amassed throughout the month, the young man was instead surprised to see that his purchases were only a drop in a bucket.

Scratching the back of his head after that, it was only then did Valyr finally resonate with the puppet's earlier words of being able to buy at least half of the labyrinth's stock.

"I suppose now's a good time to take a look at the new items Alpha added," murmured the young man to himself, finally allowing his curiosity to take control as he scrolled through the list.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Though he speedily scrolled through the entire list once more, Valyr still stopped from time to time to redeem some of the items he forgot to get just moments earlier.

"…Oh?" Then again, that did not stop him from eventually coming across one of the items in question, causing him to raise his eyebrow the moment he began to read its description.

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[Bronze Statue of Transcendence] (Consumable)

"…Looks like a rock to me." - Alpha

"It's not just any rock, Alpha. It's a rock that boasts amazing properties!" - The Great Kanreban

"…Amazing under the right circumstances, that is." - Alpha

A small trinket made by the great Master of the Great Veldanyr Labyrinth during one of his more leisurely periods.

Although he had no clue what purpose to give the trinket at first, he eventually decided to imbue it with the purpose of strengthening the forces of alliances, hoping that this decision would increase the chances of a Myth-level being arising from Veldanyr.

Once this item is consumed, the user gains the ability to establish a rock-like statue within their guild's territory, adding 10 points each to all of its members' stats.

Cost: 500,000,000 Labyrinth Points

[Note: The effects of this statue stacks with similar statues of higher quality. It is presumed a resonance effect shall appear once all statues of similar make are obtained.]

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'…A guild statue?'

By the time Valyr was done reading, the curiosity he felt at the beginning was swiftly replaced with confusion.

'As far as I know, the only way you could get additional guild statues is if you complete either high-level guild quests or special linked guild quests,' murmured the young man to himself inwardly, continuing to go through his memories on the matter.

At the same time, he reflected upon how he obtained the first statue for the guild, which eventually caused him to look at the current situation with even more confusion.

After all, when did players ever come across a dungeon that gave out a guild statue as a reward in his past life?

'…Calm down.'

Taking in a deep breath to regain his bearings, Valyr forced himself to stop comparing what he was currently experiencing from his past life, reminding himself that his current life had gone on a trajectory even he wasn't expecting to traverse.

Nevertheless, that did not stop him from being generally curious, wondering why the creator of the labyrinth would give out a guild statue as a reward all of a sudden.

With that, Valyr decided to ask Alpha more about it as he continued to look for the other statues that were hinted on the first statue's description.

"I'm surprised you found one of them so quickly," said the puppet in response with a figurative smile.

"Anyways, to answer your question… Master was just trying to cover all the possibilities he could think of that would increase the chances of a new Myth-level being arising in Veldanyr."

"To be honest, he didn't really place much importance on guilds at first, thinking of them as a slight bonus that helped one on the path to becoming a Myth-level being."

"However, when he thought about it for a bit more, he realized that guilds were actually quite integral."

"And so, he decided to make quite a decent number of items that would improve the foundation of a guild," said Alpha, figuratively gazing at the statue Valyr had chosen. "The statue you just discovered was actually the third item he made with the thought in mind."

"I see." With his curiosity satiated, Valyr proceeded to scroll through the list a bit more, eventually finding the improved versions of the Statue of Transcendence he'd come across earlier.

Making a mental note to redeem those items later on, the young man continued to scroll through the list after that, wondering if there were any other statues the creator of the labyrinth had made for a guild to use.

In the end, rather than coming across another guild statue, Valyr instead came across an item that he felt had the possibility to benefit the entire guild even more.