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However, she only smiled and shook her head . It would take time to leave her mark and enter his lineage, and the best way to do that would be as a talent on the same level as the Four Beauties .
In terms of looks, Rina knew she was definitely to Draco's taste from what she observed . She had the huge shapely butt he seemed to worship, and her facial features were on par with Zaine at the minimum .
In terms of personality, Rina was not too sure how he thought of her . However, the contrast between Eva, Hikari, Zaine, and Roma seemed to be all over the place . This gave her hope that there was no one personality archetype he favored .
Rina was quite observant, so she concluded that Draco chose his women based on four things . Talent, Potential, Butt Quality, and Compatibility . The first three Rina knew she had in spades, but the last one was a problem .
Most of the core members of Umbra and those close to Draco and Eva were aware of their bloodlines as well as the Lineages . As such, it made sense that Eva and co were treated differently from his other women despite some having great talent or looks .
Eva was compatible with Draco comprehensively, Hikari was compatible with his Dragon stuff, Zaine was compatible with his Devil stuff and Roma was compatible with his Ultima Sunt stuff .
That only left his Demon and Angel slot open, neither of which Rina had, which was the cause of her dilemma . She would trade away anything to gain the State of Being of an Angel or Demon at the highest possible value, but that was as hard to achieve as climbing up to the sky .
Rina always became depressed when she pondered this issue, so she had put it out of her mind . Right now, she was in the Guild Hall, specifically the Guild Shop . All the resources she had gathered got sold to the guild in exchange for Umbra Points .
The value of Umbra Points had increased explosively since its inception . The conversion rate was now 1 UP to 5 gold! What a single Umbra Point could have bought in the past, could now be purchased five times!
It couldn't be helped . The quality of items found by members of Umbra, the quality of items created by their high-brow expenditure, the limited avenues of acquisition, and the increased demand for certain items all ensured this would happen .
As such, the resources that should have sold for more was now giving her much less overall . Rina was contemplating taking a quest from the quests board to gain some free UPs - as any quest there would be a piece of cake to her - she was startled when the NPC managing the Guild Shop informed her that some of her items could not be accepted .
However, the remaining 5% had been returned to her, so she naturally inquired why . The response she got floored her .
"I'm sorry, but these items are too valuable to be traded for UPs . Guildmaster Draco and Vice-Guildmaster Eva have specified that certain items brought here by the members of Umbra were to be rejected and presented to one of them for further valuation . " The NPC responded respectfully, given Rina's high position in the guild .
Rina understood . These particular items were so valuable that Draco and Eva would not dare to have a guild member place it in the shop or trade for UPs since they could not afford it through that avenue .
Rina inspected some of the items in question .
「Shard of the Apostle's Trial – Unique Item
Rank: Epic
Effect: Activates the Apostle's Trial Unique Quest .
Note: Only one shard is present . Gather four more to activate the quest!」
「Apostle's Trial – Unique Quest
Description: The Gods are dissatisfied with the lack of worship from the main plane, but are unable to pioneer new churches . As such, they seek to choose a suitable candidate to become their voice in the world of mortals!
Note: Only Clerics or Paladins can attempt this quest
Rewards: The First Apostle Divine Class, Broken Divine Foundation」
「Treasure Map – Unique Item
Rank: Legendary
Description: This map shows treasures located in the same Area Zone as the user at and below the Rank of the map itself . It does not assist with acquiring said treasures though . 」
「Hilt of Puritia – Unique Item
Rank: Legendary
Description: This is the legendary hilt of the sword Puritia, a blade lost in the history of Boundless and one of the first . It has the ability to grant the user full mastery over swordsmanship when wielded, but fixing a blade on it is impossible without a special method . 」
Rina was surprised . She now understood why the attendant was hesitant to accept these items, as they were all Unique . It seemed that the criteria Draco and Eva had set wasn't Legendary, Epic, or whatnot, but the item itself .
Unique Items were called unique for a reason . There was only one of them in existence . It was likely that if such items slipped through their grasp, whatever special function they had might be utilized by a cockroach and not a magnificent being like Draco or Eva .
…which was exactly the line of thought the Evil Duo had at the time they established that rule .
Anyway, understanding what she had to do, Rina took back her items and placed them in her inventory . She decided to meet up with Eva and sort out what to do about them later .
Feeling light and fluffy thanks to gaining loads of money and a lighter inventory, Rina took the stairs down to the Training Hall . Inside were many players of Umbra hard at work honing their techniques .
Not one person used a skill here . Whether male or female, they all sweated greatly as they practiced their swings or cried out in pain as they tried to dodge incoming attacks of all types .
Some were also in private rooms, the more talented ones who were crafting their own systems of techniques and needed a more specialized environment . Of course, there were those who came to Class Up after working hard to acquire enough UPs .
Not everyone could afford a Legendary Class, but Epic or Semi-Epic classes were not impossible . Many who attempted came out with one of the two, and hardly did they fail .
The guild helped by subsidizing the cost and reducing it to a level where each member could make an attempt, but with stringent conditions .
Heh, they were still members of Umbra, the First Guild, at the end of the day . Whether basic or advanced members, their skills could not be compared to others .
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