Each of them received a lump sum of Palace Points, and naturally, the first thing they did was head toward the market district
Floating walkways connected clusters of specialist halls, each devoted to a particular discipline. According to the guides projected before them, there were twelve dedicated artifact specialist shops, along with four large general stores that carried mixed inventories.
Everything on display was virtual—yet each item represented a real artifact stored somewhere within the Alliance's secured vaults, ready to be delivered into the physical world upon purchase.
Rows upon rows of weapons, armor sets, and accessories shimmered in suspended light projections. Blades of every conceivable design rotated slowly in midair. Full plate armors hovered upright like silent sentinels. Rings, cloaks, boots, and talismans floated within glass-like cubes of light.
