S/NNameNumberScore


    1.Cloudsmith7781444


    2.Handel Gretkart1111425


    3.Green Thorns3241345


    5.Floating Mirage7871201


    The scores from the tournament remained disyed on the floating scroll even as the participants and spectators began to depart from the arena. Apart from Handel, who still stood with disbelief while staring at the results, all the other members of the top 5 had left.


    Green Thorns was picked up by Yukino and the other members of Emperor''s Might just before any other guild could question them. Floating Mirage had left with the others members of the League of Hammers right after making a few deals with some guilds, both top and average ones.


    Despite not taking first ce, Floating Miragecould be said to be the biggest winner of the contest as just the deals he had made alone was more than enough to develop the League of Hammers further into bing a highly valued organisation.


    As for Zeke, the NPC who took 4th ce, he ended up under the tutge of a Master cksmith who took a liking to him.


    With 4 of the top 5 members having gone their ways, Sato  the only who remained behind: though not exactly.


    . . .


    . . .


    . . .


    "You might be wondering why I called you over." Kolin spoke to Sato.


    In response, Sato simply nodded as he began to study the old man''s expression.


    Right after the results were announced, Kolin had called Sato over to this office without any exnation. Apart from the two of them, there were two other men, old men to be precise. They were the two old fellows who had been watching the tournament from the private room in the arena, the bearded old man and his white-hairedrade.


    While Sato put on a naive and anxious expression, he already guessed that the reason he was called over most likely had to do with the ck mes he had used in the tournament. While he knew the origin of the mes, the others had presumed that it was an unknown mystery me.


    And just as Sato had guessed, he was right.


    "There are two reasons why I''ve called you here. The first reason is to give you your rewards for taking first ce. As for the second one, we would like to know where and how you got that me." Kolin narrowed his eyes as he stared at Sato.


    The room suddenly became quiet as the three Master cksmiths all stared at Sato with a slightly intimidating gaze.


    [[ System notification :


    yer has been locked with [Intimidating Gaze].


    [Willpower] judgementmences.


    [Mental Resilience] judgementmences.


    ]]


    ''An attribute judgement?'' Sato was inwardly surprised.


    Attribute judgements often urred in situations where a yer was under an influence or attack but could avoid it by simply possessing the required number of attributes.


    In this case, [Intimidating Gaze] was a passive skill that came from the questioning gaze of a higher-levelled character on a lower levelled individual.


    If Sato were a man with a weak will, he would break down at thebined gaze of the trio and be unable to tell a lie, perfectly exining his experience in the Caventry all up to the point he got [Drakken]. However, Sato wasn''t such a wimp.


    [Intimidating Gaze]''s judgement was dependent on two stats; [Willpower] and [Mental Resilience]. [Willpower] needs no exnation as it''s already a popr attribute recognised as a main attribute. However, [Mental Resilience] was different.


    Infinite Realm aimed to incorporate reality with illusion by mimicking the contents of the real world into the fake. This included both the features of the real world as well as that of the yers. However, there was a problem with this. As a game, it would make more sense for every yer to have the same starting point but by following the logic of mimicking reality, this was illogical.


    The physique of every yer in reality differed from the other. Some were naturally stronger than most, others had stronger willpower and this, were less scared of ''normal'' scary stuff or had better control over their emotions. In summary, every human wss different. Infinite Realm couldn''t seed in imitating reality if they couldn''t solve this issue, however as game, in order to promote equality, every yer had to have the same starting point.


    Therefore, the developers of Infinite Realm came up with the idea of categorising attributes. The twomonly known attributes were Main attributes and secondary attributes but these ones were closely tied to the yer''s avatar. There existed a hidden attribute category that was tied with the yer''s real life physique and stats. It influenced the yer''s avatar but not as much as the main attributes did. Here, the yer''s real life stats were reflected onto the avatar, thereby influencing its strength to a degree that couldn''t be called too much.


    [Mental Resilience] was one such attribute and it was the real life equivalent of [Willpower]. It was the quantisation of one''s mental abilities, including their thought speed, resistance to shock and control over emotions, in the game.


    With all Sato had been through throughout his entire life, his [Mental Resilience] was very high so much so that it was higher than his [Willpower] stats. However, since the attribute was a hidden category, Sato wasn''t able to see it.


    Even though Sato''s [Mental Resilience] was high, his [Willpower] was still low so he wasn''t entirely free from the effects of the skill. But he could still decide what to talk about and what not to.


    ''Here goes nothing.''


    "I discovered it in an ancient ruins in ck Grill''s Cave during my stay at Riverdale town. After going through a few trials, I managed to gain it as my reward and brought it under my control." Sato narrated.


    Mentioning ck Grill''s Cave as the location where the me was ''found'' wasn''t exactly wrong and it would also prevent the NPCs from having any further thoughts. The curse of ck Grill''s Cave was a well-known legend amongst the NPCs living within the area. By simply stating this location as the ce he found the me, Sato would easily prevent the NPCs from having any thoughts about exploring it and they would simply take it as his luck. And as he had expected, things went exactly that way.


    "Sighs. I see. It''s your luck." The white-haired old man sighed as he shook his head.


    He was previously having thoughts about going to the location Sato had ''discovered'' the ck me since it was quitemon for there to be more of the same me present in area in the case of 2-star mystery mes and below.


    ''Luckily, I used the right words.'' Sato sighed internally.


    "You said you did a few trials to get it as your reward? Please borate the situation more properly.." Kolin didn''t give up like the others.