But the feeling of victory was short-lived.

Before touching the ground, Suji, who spread her wings and held Ilein, had to think for a long time about what expression to make.

Because her stomach churned a beat later.

If she even blushed at the sight of Ilein where her teammates were, there was a 99% chance she would be teased.

It felt like a jagged stone was being pushed into her stomach, or like countless butterflies were fluttering.

The fortunate thing was that she had learned to maintain composure for a long time. By the time she landed on the ground, she was at least able to show no signs of it on the outside.

Tap.

Due to his tall body, Ilein’s feet touched the ground first, followed by Suji’s feet.

The moment Suji released her arms wrapped around his torso, Ilein turned his body to face her.

“Daphne.”

She met his gaze, which seemed to have much to say, straight on. With cold eyes that held no shyness or trembling.

Then she spoke slowly and clearly.

“Even going through the rift, a week is a very tight timeline.”

“I… I know that.”

“And honestly, I’m not sure if the current Ilein will be an asset or a liability.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Even if we somehow steal items from the ‘Great Ones’ treasury with the money we obtained, I’m not confident it will be possible.”

Ilein, who spoke up too late, pressed his lips tightly shut as if he had nothing to say in the face of the rebuke.

Suji glared at him for a moment, then lightly closed her eyes.

“These memories, those memories… and the current memories. I want to take them all. So please do your best. I’ll try my best too.”

Before opening her eyes again, Ilein lightly grasped her left hand and left a kiss on the back of it.

Suji covered her left hand with her right, finding the sensation both ticklish and strange.

She really didn’t want to say this now, but there was no time for this.

“It’s time to go get our gear.”

[This is the timeline separator]

The members of Team Daphne gathered on the 82nd floor were in the midst of untimely meditation, spreading out party items.

The obtained from the rare grade box last time had transformed into a size large enough for all four to sit with room to spare, so they sat side by side on a long bench, basking by the bonfire.

[Buffs are rising…

You gain an unwavering mind from the . For 3 minutes, you can nullify mental attacks originating from monsters of S-grade or lower.

Duration: 3 minutes 0 seconds

The removes status ailments of [Confusion], [Charm], and [Poison] from allies within a 3m radius with a 30% probability, and weakens them with a 50% probability.

Duration: 1 day 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

The illuminates the surroundings. A halo of light is generated within a 1m radius for 1 day.

Duration: 1 day 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

The increases G acquisition. G acquisition from defeating monsters increased by 20.0%.

Duration: 2 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds…]

Because she was sitting still near the buff items, the log kept repeating like a refrain.

Suji looked at her teammates one by one and Nature sprawled on the floor, then spoke to her ring.

“You said visiting the is possible anytime. I want to go now.”

[νόμος acknowledges your action.] [Νύμφη smiles at your action.]

[απόγευμα is intrigued by your action.] [σκιά is intrigued by your action.] [νόμος is dissatisfied with your action.]

The log rushed up in an instant, and a reply came later than usual.

– If you really want to go, you can. But there’s something you should know.

“What is it?”

– Tier 10 is the end. Humans can no longer refine tier 10 items.

Suji’s eyes widened as if surprised, but she had expected it to some extent.

If there were better items than that, they would have already been in the ‘Great Ones’ store.

But that didn’t dampen her enthusiasm.

“It doesn’t matter. Even matching from head to toe with tier 10 is valuable enough.”

– …Since you’re so interested in the relics, I have no choice.

[νόμος clears his throat at your action.] [Νύμφη opens the store door at your action.] [You visit Νύμφη’s store.]

As soon as the reluctant voice was heard, her vision blurred. Not long after, she felt a sensation of passing through the surface of water and falling downwards, and the familiar scenery of the store appeared before her eyes.

Even when seen again, the vast black space had an overwhelming pressure that made it hard to breathe.

As she passed by the items and equipment in the glass display cases one by one, only the sound of her footsteps echoed loudly.

Last time, she thought it was a space that seemed to have vastly expanded a museum or a botanical garden, but looking again, there was a somewhat eerie corner to it.

The pitch-black sky, whether it was the ceiling or the sky, also felt too dark and gloomy anew.

Perhaps because the creature used the word ‘relic’, the display stands that rose at regular intervals on the black acrylic tiled space also looked like a cemetery at times.

‘When I first came, it only looked nice.’

Suji smiled bitterly and moved on.

The first impression was creepy, but like last time, viewing the tier 10 items was a thrilling and enjoyable experience.

Fortunately, her pockets were thick too.

With this much money, it seemed sufficient to purchase all the items she wanted.

Since he said refinement was not possible anyway, there was no need to buy multiple of the same item either.

Thinking this and that, she looked around and suddenly stopped.

Crack.

What she stepped on was broken glass shards.

Looking up to examine the surroundings, the display case that Suji had shattered just before leaving the store last time still had a hole in it.

‘Do they not restock items in the store?’

It seemed that once an item was sold, that was the end of it.

Suji passed the broken display case without much thought and surveyed the items in the entire space again.

It was so vast that it took quite some time to look through everything.

Suji meticulously examined the items in the display cases, inwardly choosing what to buy one by one.

Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10, Tier 10.

Because it was so wide, she couldn’t see all the items there last time.

Walking endlessly along the long line of glass cases, she suddenly arrived at a place where there were no more displays.

She had been to the opposite end, but this was the first time coming to this end.

There was no standard to determine east or west, so she was barely discerning direction based on the item display cases.

Just as she was about to turn back, calculating the cost of what she would purchase, having determined there was nothing more to see, she noticed items displayed separately from the last row.

‘What… are those?’

They were so dark around, and unlike the other display cases, they were not illuminated by light, so she wouldn’t have seen them if she hadn’t come close.

Suji approached the dark display cases and peered inside.

The items exhibited in the gathered display cases were all the same.

As if made from raven feathers, necklaces with black-tinted plume ornaments were inside.

It was an item she had seen before.

Beyond the rift.

The sight of them lined up one by one in a single glass case looked somewhat grotesque.

She rubbed her arm with her hand.

Suddenly, as if the temperature around had dropped, she felt chilled and creeped out.

Suji slowly brought her hand to the glass case.

[ Tier ?

(You do not meet the conditions to view the item details.)

Maximum Duration: ?]

Suji did not demand evidence for Ilein’s words.

Because she thought he wouldn’t be stupid enough to tell such an easily exposed lie, and because she wanted to believe him, and at the same time…

There was a gust of wind.

She might have wanted to insist that there was no way such a ridiculous item could really be available one per tower, that it made no sense for her to have used it a hundred times.

But she already knew too well that it was true.

She knew that Ilein’s eyes were speaking the truth, that there was no chance he would tell such a pointless lie for no gain.

She believed him, so she took everything as fait accompli and mobilized her teammates.

So it’s fine.

Even if there was evidence right before her eyes that all of Ilein’s words were true, it wasn’t strange.

Suji took a slow deep breath, then suddenly looked at the item window again.

“But why is here?”

The question that should have been raised long ago came to her mind belatedly.