By now, Aegis and Bella had each managed to collect one hundred Sky Crystals.
They wanted more.
However, at that moment, a voice reached their ears.
"Magnificent! Magnificent!"
Aegis turned toward the source of the voice.
A tanned, middle-aged man was walking toward them with a warm, almost harmless smile on his face.
At first glance, he looked ordinary.
Yet the subtle pressure radiating from him did not escape the senses of either Aegis or Bella.
"And you are?" Aegis asked, maintaining a carefully calm expression.
"I'm Gaia," the tanned man replied casually.
The moment he spoke his name, a small uproar erupted among the surrounding adventurers.
"Gaia… as in the second-rank holder on the leaderboard?"
"Oh my, what are the odds of meeting him here?"
"Yeah, he looks so harmless and ordinary."
"So low-key. Extremely low-key."
"But who are that couple that made the second ranker so interested?"
