The Game Where I Was Rank One Became Reality - Chapter 16: Reward

... convulsed — the UI frames flickering, the map distorting, every status panel flooding with gold-white light that bleached the screen to a searing, formless plane.

Zephyr shielded his eyes. His hand found the keyboard by muscle memory.

[DIVINE BINDING PROTOCOL — INITIATED]

[MORTAL VESSEL: Krug (Acolyte of the Forge)]

[CHIMERA: Hydraboat Variant]

[CONTACT CONFIRMED — ANALYZING RESONANCE...]

The progress bar appeared. Not the clean, predictable fill ...