Of course, while the relics within the ruins could not be taken away, that did not mean there were no other spoils.
Aside from the Keeper of Secrets Level Magic Eye, Greedy Silver, the Silver-Eyed One had another relic on him. It was a bloodstained pair of iron scissors, likely used to gather materials for synthesizing Blood of Mercury. There should actually have been more relics around him, but no matter how the three searched, they could not find them. In the end, they guessed that they had been absorbed by that tree burned to ash.
They also found two relics on the vampire's incomplete corpse. One of them was very familiar: The Puppeteer's Script. There were five pages in total, the first two blacked out, leaving three unused pages. The other was a fang embedded directly in the vampire's mouth. If not for the woman in his heart's reminder, Shade might have overlooked it.
The four relics from the Silver-Eyed One and the vampire, plus God's Gift Box and the Mercury Vial from the underground warehouse, meant they had gained a total of six relics from this adventure.
Aside from the relics, Shade himself had advanced to the second ring and acquired the Whisper Spirit Rune—Toy Maker—along with the two Thaumaturgies, Toy Making and Moonbeam Greatsword, as well as a drop of divinity. The gains from this expedition were truly enormous.
Being with people entangled by Destiny, such as the Chosen Ones, was indeed extremely dangerous, but the rewards also surpassed the ordinary. At the very least, Shade had never had an adventure yield so much before.
They had prepared thoroughly and taken enormous risks to oppose a High-Ring Arcanist. The reward they received was already more than enough.
Besides all that, the Silver-Eyed One and the vampire also