Judging from the outcome, the two of them had gained immensely.
Even if the other spirit warriors had obtained many treasures, there was still a clear gap between their harvest and what he and Zora had received.
Zora shrugged gently. "I don't know."
"But I believe the owner of the ruins must have had a deeper meaning," she added softly. "It's just that we haven't realized it yet."
As Zora and Prince Kael quietly pieced together the intentions behind the relic owner's arrangements, the gazes of the others inevitably drifted toward them.
"Half a month," Sigmund said slowly, disbelief written all over his face. "She broke through to the first stage of the innate realm in just half a month?"
The words tasted unreal on his tongue.
