Celia turned her gaze toward Isaac as well.
She waited for his words, trusting his judgment.
"We can leave if we want," Isaac said after a moment. "Teleporting would solve that. But, we need map fragments. Moving away from this group won't change that fact.
"So let's talk to them first. If they want to fight, we'll take their fragments forcefully. If not, maybe we can trade," Isaac said.
"You think they'd want to trade?" Celia asked.
"It's possible. The items in the special shop are strong, but most people don't want to spend their stat points on them. I can cover that for them. Besides," he added, glancing at Althea, "no one has ever cleared Hell Difficulty before, right?"
"None that I know of," Althea confirmed.
"Which means they're bound to fail the trial sooner or later. Some of them might be tempted to exchange their fragments for items instead of aiming for a trial they don't have hope to pass," Celia said, realizing Isaac's thought process.
