Since Emilia also held all the required items for the quest and had personally received the system panel confirming it, the system itself judged that she had completed the quest as well.
It was a neat loophole. One that very few players knew about.
As long as all required materials were present in a player's possession at the moment of turn-in, and the quest panel acknowledged it, the system counted it as valid.
It didn't matter who had gathered what, or how the materials were split beforehand.
Most people never discovered this simply because secret quests were rare, and even fewer involved shared materials. But Leon knew.
After several minutes of careful work behind the counter, Merek finally returned.
In his clawed hands were not one, but two stones, both faintly glowing with a soft, golden light.
He placed them down gently, one after the other, his grin wide and satisfied.
