Without shouting, without anger, and without hatred, the man slowly reached into his inventory and took out the core crystal.
His movements were calm, almost resigned, as if he had already accepted the outcome.
He stepped forward and placed the crystal into Ethan's hand.
At the same moment, a translucent notification panel appeared in front of Ethan's vision.
[Congratulations, you have obtained a Core Crystal!]
[Total Core Crystals: 13]
[City Ranking: 3rd]
Ethan stared at the panel for a moment longer than necessary.
I wonder… who's sitting at second place and first place right now?
The thought lingered briefly in his mind before fading.
As soon as the ownership of the core crystal was transferred, the enemy guild leader and every remaining member of his team began to glow.
One by one, they were teleported out of the event world.
Even the bodies of their fallen comrades vanished along with them, pulled back to the real world as the system reset the battlefield.
