While the Yelan Army was celebrating, Lux and his teammates were currently in the Commanding Tent of the Yelan Army, where Great General Watson, Great General Sherlock, and the other high-ranking officers of the Yelan Kingdom had gathered.

"While we may have defeated Great General Gideon here in the Great Plains, the Ammarian Kingdom still has one more Great General commanding their army," Great General Sherlock said with a smile. "He is none other than Great General Rafael. He's the person who first hired your Mercenary Group, Lux."

The Half-Elf nodded. Originally, he thought that Great General Rafael would join the battle. However, the most he did was send manpower to the four battlefields, who were fighting against the Yelan Army.

"As long as he is still alive, the Ammarian Kingdom is still a threat," General Carran commented. "Even so, we will not lose to him."

The two Great Generals, as well as the other commanding officers inside the tent nodded their heads in agreement.

Great General Sherlock chuckled in order to decrease the tension inside the tent.

"Let's not worry about these things for now," Great General Sherlock said. "We have won the war, so we shouldn't have grim faces now, should we?"

"That's right!" Great General Watson laughed. "All of us are here because we decided to hand out great rewards to those that have helped us win this war. Now, Lux and the rest of you, come here."

Great General Watson made a gesture for the teenagers to follow him on the table where the map of the battlefield was laid out.

"We have promised you that for every General you defeat, we will pay you one million gold coins and give you a Pseudo-Legendary Equipment of your choice," Great General Watson said. "We also promised you that if you killed Great General Gideon, we will give you an additional one million gold coins each, and two Pseudo-Legendary Equipment of your choice."

Cai looked at Great General Watson with a disappointed look on her face before shifting her gaze to the tied up General, who had been knocked unconscious and sat slumped in the corner of the tent.

"I can still kill him...," Cai muttered. "That is still an extra million, and two Pseudo-Legendary Items. I can do this--all I need is a distraction. Fae Fae, you cast Solar Flare, while I stab that bastard dead while no one is looking."

Fei Fei resolutely nodded her head. As long as she would be able to help Cai, she was willing to follow her orders.

"O-Oi, we can hear you, you know?" Great General Watson's lips twitched after hearing the Boar's attempt to kill the Great General whom they had painstakingly captured. "Don't worry. Even if he is alive, we will still give you the rewards that were meant for his head."

Cai suddenly looked at Watson as if he was the most considerate man she had seen in her life, so she decided to set aside her attempt to kill the enemy Great General, who was unaware that the Boar had still not given up on taking his life.

"Now, here is the list of equipment we currently have," Great General Watson placed three scrolls on top of the table, to allow Lux and his comrades to browse its contents. "Feel free to check them, and pick out the ones you like. Take note that we only have one piece of each equipment, so if two of you fancy the same thing, you just talk it out among yourselves, okay?"

"Hahaha! Now we're talking!" Cai was the first to check the list of the Pseudo-Legendary Equipment, and looked at it with a solemn gaze as if her life depended on it.

Lux and the others didn't bother to fight with the shameless Boar, and just waited for their turn.

"These rings contain four million gold coins each," General Carran said as he handed several rings to Lux and his comrades as if they were candies.

Keane, who never had so much money before, didn't know what he was going to do with the sudden fortune that he received on the mission. He originally planned to give the money to Lux to help with their Guild Funds, but the Half-Elf turned him down.

"Just keep it," Lux stated. "You are no longer in the mountains where you grew up all your life. In order to explore this world, you will need money. Maybe you can even buy a better sword, or hire a blacksmith to craft you one when you have the chance."

After hearing Lux's explanation, the skinny swordsman looked at the ring on the palm of his hand and decided to wear it.

His reason for leaving the mountains was to find the peace he was looking for. He had forgotten his goal because many things were happening around him, and he found himself being carried by the flow.

Einar was a Barbarian Prince, so he wasn't too shocked about getting millions of gold coins. The same could be said for Henrietta, Val, and Malcolm. All of them were Guildmasters, so holding this much money was second nature to them.

As for Xander, he wasn't as calm as his comrades after receiving such a fortune.

He was the Guildmaster of the subsidiary Guild of the Rowan Tribe. Since the Rowan Tribe was a Nomadic Tribe who traveled from place to place, they didn't have many funds.

They thrived by hunting and peddling their wares in the towns they visited along the way. One could even say that being frugal had been their way of living, so getting this much gold coins at once made Xander suffer from brain freeze.

As the High Priestess of her Tribe, Cai also felt that she needed to contribute more to her people in order to make their lives more comfortable.

This was why, whenever she was in her Boar Form, she acted like a greedy pig and always looked for treasures.

She wasn't doing this for herself but for her people, who loved and cared for her since birth.

Her transformation into her Boar Form allowed her to be courageous and shameless, which was the exact opposite of her personality in her Human form.

"I'm done choosing!" Cai said as she used her hoof to point at two of the items on the list. "Um, I want this Endless Bag of Gold that gives 100 gold coins per day, and this Endless Sack of Gold that gives 200 gold coins per day."

"Okay," Great General Watson nodded as he gave Cai the two Pseudo-Legendary Items without batting an eye. "You can still choose two more. Have you already decided what to get?"

Cai then shifted her hoof to the second scroll and said her two other choices. "I want this Bag of Metals that produces two kilos of one random metal everyday, and this Bag of Pills that produces one random high-grade pill everyday."

"Good choices," Great General Watson gave the boar a thumbs up before handing the two other items to her.

Cai had chosen the items that would allow her Tribe to have a steady flow of money and resources everyday, which almost moved Xander to tears.

"...I should have been the one to look at that list," Einar scratched his head after hearing the names of the items that Cai had picked first.

As a Guildmaster, resources were very important because it allowed their Guild to be fully equipped and battle ready to hunt monsters, as well as dive into high-ranking Dungeons.

"She got us good." Val also clicked his tongue after Cai happily walked away to allow others to take their pick.

This time, it was him and Einar that moved towards the Scrolls and scrutinized them with a critical gaze.

"Xander, I'll leave this stuff to you," Cai said as she handed the things she collected to one of her retainers. "Make sure to use it well, understand?"

"Yes, High" Cai!" Xander caught himself just in time and bowed respectfully towards the smug-faced Boar, who seemed to be very satisfied with her accomplishments.

"Um, I'm keeping my gold coins, okay?" Cai whispered to Xander. "Don't tell Gramps."

"Understood!" Xander replied and gave Cai the "my lips are sealed" gaze, which made the Boar pat the young man's shoulders.

Lux found this whole exchange funny, but he didn't do or say anything. He simply looked at Cai with his arms crossed over his chest.

Suddenly, a thought came to him so he walked towards the Boar and handed her the ring that contained the four million gold coins that was given to him.

"You saved my life, so this is a small compensation for it," Lux stated. "Don't worry. My life isn't worth a mere four million gold coins. I will also try to repay you in other ways in the future."

"Oh, you~ we're friends. You don't have to repay me for saving you," Cai replied as she grabbed the ring from Lux's hand and handed it to Xander. "Um, but since you insist, I will take the four million gold coins and look forward to how much you pay for the rest in the future."

Lux smiled and nodded his head.

What Cai didn't know was that Lux had a large supply of Draconium Ores in his possession, which he assumed to be worth billions of gold coins. A mere four million was nothing to him, so he was more than happy to give it to Cai, who was collecting riches for the sake of her people.

As for how he would repay her for saving his life, he would think of it slowly in the future!

Suddenly, Lux heard the sound of notification in his head as several rows of text appeared in front of him.

Cai and the others received the same notifications as well, which made them pause whatever they were doing and stare at the space in front of them to read the additional rewards they gained from completing their mission.

< War of the Lions (Completed!) >

Mission Rating: SS

< Team Completion Rewards >

" 3,000 Free Stat Points

" 10 Random Deimos-Ranked Beast Cores

< Bonus Rewards >

+20 to all Summon Skeleton Skills

+5 to All Summon Golem Skills

" You received the Key of EL Dorado

< Skeleton Grand Archers can now be evolved to a Stronger Class>

< Animate Undead [EX] Skill received a minor upgrade. Instead of reviving 200 Undead Creatures at the Initiate Rank, you will now be able to revive 300 Creatures. >

"The Commander of the Animated Undead Legion will always be equal in strength to its Master.

< You have unlocked the Unique Necromancer Skill, Skeleton Generator. >

(Note: Each individual will receive a different type of Bonus Reward depending on the contribution they made in the mission. While it is possible for everyone to receive similar rewards, the majority of the rewards will be exclusive to their respective professions.)

< Key of EL Dorado >

" Legendary Item

" Once a week, you will be able to instantly teleport to the Kingdom of El Dorado by using the Key.

" You may return to where you came from anytime by using the Key a second time.

" This Item can only be used by a D-Ranker

" Information of this key will be unlocked once the user has become a D-Ranker.

" This Item is Soulbound to Lux Von Kaizer

< Skeleton Generator [EX] >

" When using this skill, the user will be given an option to fuse any kind of resources to create Random Skeleton Classes. The rarer the items, the rarer the Skeleton Class that can be summoned.

" Examples of resources that can be used are Beast Cores, Monster Parts, Weapons, Armors, Items, Artifacts.

" Miscellaneous items can also be used, which might create an Accidental Fusion.

(Due to the effect of the Skill Evolution [EX] Skill, Skeleton Generator has automatically been upgraded to Skeleton Generator [EX]).

The Half-Elf then allocated his Free Stat Points inside his Soul Book and checked his information with a smile.

Name: Lux Von Kaizer

Age: 16

Race: Half-Elf

Profession: Lord of the Dead

Rank: Initiate

Health: 196,000 / 196,000

Mana: 430,000 / 430,000

Strength: 1250

Intelligence: 2050

Vitality: 1060

Agility: 1000

Dexterity: 1000

'Very nice!' Lux nodded his head in satisfaction.

After he was killed by Second, he lost two thousand stat points, and he had been wondering how he would be able to regain the points he had lost after he finished his mission.

Fortunately, the mission rewards gave him 3,000 Free Stat Points, which caught him completely by surprise.

Cai and the others also had very happy expressions on their faces. They, too, received the Team Rewards, which allowed them to step into the Initiate Rank once again.

Malcolm was also very happy because the boost in stats pushed him a little closer to becoming an E-Ranker.

However, the rewards didn't end there. Each of them received separate Bonus Rewards depending on their contribution to the completion of the mission.

Lux's Rewards made him smile from ear to ear.

He was very eager to use the Skeleton Generator ability, but he endured this impulse because now was not the right time to do that.

'I'll wait until I return to Barbatos Academy before I attempt to use this skill,' Lux thought as he gazed at the happy faces of his team members, who seemed to have struck gold, just like him.

Aside from the rewards he gained from the mission, he could still pick four Pseudo-Legendary Items from the list provided by the Yelan Army, which was a nice bonus to all the hardship that he had been through in order to clear the Gate of Conquest.

'I also need to have a talk with Keoza about that silver-haired man.' Lux sighed internally. 'Something is telling me that this will not be the last time I'd see him.'

Because he had been busy with his duel with Nero and monitoring the current status of the war, the Half-Elf didn't have time to ask the Crystal Dragon about the identity of the enemy that he had fought.

There was still one more gate that needed to be conquered to unlock the final gate of the Sacred Dungeon, and if his gut instinct was right, he would definitely come across that Abyssal Creature again, who posed a great threat to his survival.