Book 8, Chapter 107

Reward Point System(2)

With the information about the rune knights revealed, all eyes landed on Rakis. As the most powerful mage participating, most weren’t willing to contend against him. For his part, the old mage kept up his smile, although it now held hints of a threat. He had brought attention to those rune knights specifically because he didn’t want anyone to contest him.

Glancing at the expressions of his peers, Rakis eventually grinned, “I do want to take all the rune knights, but I’m afraid I don’t have that many points. There are other things I want to exchange for as well, so I’ll only be getting fifteen sets for now.”

This cleared up many expressions; such a level of ambition was still acceptable and would leave some scraps for the rest of them.

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Looking on from the distance, Romney asked his friend with worry, “They won’t give us weaker...