The Ghost Crow King stayed as Saine's guest for quite some time.
For those foreign gods of the Wizard Alliance, befriending more Wizard World powerhouses was also a mark of pedigree and status.
The more top-tier figures from the Wizard World they knew, the straighter they could stand within the Wizard Alliance—even hold themselves a cut above the rest.
The Ghost Crow King was quite adept at handling such matters. This time, when it came to visit Saine, it also presented a rather exceptional gift: the "Ten Thousand Soul Pearl."
This was one of the Crow Clan's specialties. Once powerful Ghost Crows had absorbed a sufficient quantity of souls and flesh-and-blood essence, they would condense a blood pearl at their beaks. That was a Soul Pearl.
Soul Pearls could be devoured to increase one's soul energy.
The Ten Thousand Soul Pearl the Ghost Crow King gave Saine contained the soul essence of no fewer than three million living beings.
For an existence like the Ghost Crow King, a Civilization War was simply a place where it could swim like a fish in water.
After every war, the Ghost Crow King and its people could gather enough Soul Essence from the battlefield.
By comparison, technological products, energy blocks, and other such wealth from the Galente Federation held far less appeal for the Ghost Crow King.
When it gave away these Soul Pearls, the Ghost Crow King had always found them irresistible.
Many Wizard World knights and Magicians were quite interested in them, including Saine before it.
However, Saine initially declined the Ghost Crow King's goodwill. Instead, he mentioned that he hoped the Ghost Crow King could do him a favor.
Saine's legally wedded wife in the Wizard World, Nataya, was still in a state of soul slumber. The Ghost Crow King