The spatial vortex inside the private training yard of the Cloud-Mist Pavilion tore open with a sharp, crackling sound, and the colossal frame of the Crimson Shadow Griffin stepped out onto the granite platform.
The dimensional tunnel dissolved into harmless purple light particles, leaving Tony Clark to casually slide off the beast's muscular back. He stretched his arms lazily, his dark hunting cloak settling softly around his shoulders as his standard, unbothered smirk returned to his face.
Inside his mind, the reawakened system interface violently hummed with a series of golden notifications, celebrating the absolute success of his high-stakes midnight operation.
[Ding! High-Tier Villain Quest "The Subterranean Raid" successfully completed!]
[Quest Rewards claimed: 3,000 Fate Points, 1× Advanced Runic Ink Formula, and 100% Instant Synchronization of the third form of the Phantom Arrow Technique: The Homing Abyssal Strike.]
[Current Fate Points Pool: 3,740.]
