When the promised hour passed, Luke turned around and used Appraisal on everyone. Chloe, Royce, and Abby leveled two times more, and the others leveled up four. While himself only leveled up only once, even though he was doing most of the work. Still, that was a lot of experience, considering how much he needed to level up. Fortunately, Appraisal also leveled up once, and so he obtained 10 status points during that hour.
As for equipment, the monsters dropped an ordinary crossbow with no effects, a shield, two axes, and two swords. In the end, Rina's plan didn't work that well… Still, Luke gave the items to the newcomers to increase their power and chances of survival.
"You two with the shields, your job is to prevent the backline from getting hurt," Chloe said. "We will cause more damage by letting them focus on attacking nonstop."
