Offering Sacrifices

Orsaga had no idea that he was pondering matters concerning the higher worlds.

After Wanwan watched him survey his surroundings, she took the initiative to speak:

"My lord, would you like to collect the sacrifices we are about to offer?"

At those words,

the elders nearby, who had not dared to speak at all, immediately twitched their ears. They understood that they finally had a chance to show their faces before their highest superior.

Each of them secretly straightened their backs.

They wanted to present themselves before Orsaga in the best possible light.

Maybe they would get promoted?

In response, Orsaga, who had seen every storm and wave under the sun, appeared extremely casual.

Not even possessing a single piece of Basic Gear, he could not be bothered to think much about it and simply nodded.

"Alright. Perfect timing—I'll use them as startup capital~"

With his permission,

Wanwan immediately extended her hand and traced a line through the space before her finger, opening a small cavity there.

Then,

a box made of an unknown emerald-green metal appeared in midair. Holding it respectfully in both hands, she bowed and presented it before Orsaga.

"Inside is Primal Essence that this subordinate spent three hundred years extracting from the depths of the starfield. I hope you will like it."

As her words fell,

the metal box, which was less than twenty centimeters in length, width, and height yet weighed as much as a meteorite hundreds of kilometers in diameter, automatically opened its lid, which had originally been sealed by a secret art, revealing what it contained.

A pure golden crystal that continuously gleamed with light!

Freed from the box's seal, it needed no deliberate activation. The golden ripples naturally flowing from it alone made the surrounding air many times thicker.

At the same