Sam poured his mana into the mystery box, eyes flaring with focus.
Click!
[Reward owner detected.]
Ding!
The mystery box began to flare with light.
[Primordial has been detected.]
[Giving a reward befitting of Determination...]
Fwish! Fwish!
The small cube lifted off the ground, spinning faster and faster as light pulsed from its surface.
Its glow intensified with every turn, the air vibrating around it.
The cube's edges began to twist, its perfect shape bending as if reality itself couldn't contain what was inside.
The light grew so bright that Sam had to narrow his eyes.
And then—
[What do you wish for, more than anything?]
"Huh?"
The mystery box froze in midair.
It had been seconds away from exploding into its final reward, but everything suddenly stopped.
This was new. It was the first time something like this had ever happened.
Usually, the box would read his intentions directly, choosing a reward that matched his deepest desires.
