Zich stared at the system panel for a few seconds, and for once, his expression showed genuine surprise.
He had already accepted that the marketplace could move items, soul stones, contracts, and even temporary summon bonds, but he had assumed living people were outside that category. Apparently, the Ascension Mountain disagreed, and the system had just informed him that he was about to be transferred like a paid package.
'So it can teleport humans too.'
The thought made his eyes narrow slightly, not from anger but from caution. This single feature removed travel time, protected paid access, and connected distant settlements with little effort, which meant the market was not merely a trade board but a complete system tied directly to space itself.
Zich leaned back slightly and looked at the panel with a new level of wariness.
'If that nameless entity wanted to erase us, it could probably do it before we even understood what happened.'
