Given that he can't read most of the text without taking a long time to sort it out, the stat increase idea is meaningless, and his usual take from defeating evil is... defeating evil... yeah, all in all, this worked out nicely. Were he home, he'd take the ring to Jack to see what he could make by binding an evil fire whatsit into something else.

In the end, the real reward? "Damn, nice game. I needed the workout."