Julian felt it move through him and laughed out loud. "Did everyone just feel that? Tell me you felt that."
"We felt it," Almond said. "We finished a Hell-Mode quest in the event, and the reward raised the whole kingdom to Tier-20. You're members. It found you the second you walked in."
Kexell threw his head back and let out a roar of a laugh that shook the leaves. "Handed it to me at the door! Do you know how long I clawed my way up the layers? Alone, mostly, before I found this rabble. Centuries of bleeding for every inch." He flexed one scaled fist and grinned wide. "And you people just give it away to anyone who walks through the right door. I love it. I absolutely love it. This is the best family I never deserved."
"You deserved it," Lily said, simply.
