"Because not many happy people choose to walk the Path of The Hunt." Chen Li's tone carried a hint of melancholy.
"I see... Then forget it. I was only a little curious about the power of The Hunt." Though Kongming said so, the curiosity in her heart had not completely faded.
"If it's only to satisfy your curiosity... then I might be able to help you." Chen Li suddenly changed the subject.
"Hmm?" Kongming looked up.
"Because I happen to have an idle [Spiritus] here. It's standard equipment for a Path of The Hunt Envoy. I can lend it to you," Chen Li explained.
Chen Li had one of these Spiritus as well.
He had received it as a blessing after using [An Inch of Time, an Inch of Gold] to carry out an excessively extreme act of justice, drawing the gaze of The Hunt Aeon.
Chen Li had later molded this Spiritus into the shape of an yingying creature, making it look quite adorable.
However, after appearing once, it had never appeared again.
That was because Chen Li could now borrow the power of The Hunt Aeon at any time... whether The Hunt itself agreed or not.
It was like—if you had Wolf Venerable, would you really still play as some welder from the Lower District?
Of course, Currency War was an exception.
"But... didn't you just say that borrowed power was useless for generating character cards?" Kongming asked in confusion.
"I meant temporary buffs are useless. Long-term borrowed power like this works, provided the borrowing period is actually long enough. If it's you, I don't mind letting you keep it indefinitely," Chen Li explained with a shake of his head.
Besides, how did that saying go again? I borrowed the money with my own abilities, so why should