"Huh? We still have to wait for further instructions? Won't anything happen once we've collected these fragments?"
Fran was deeply dissatisfied with that answer. If collecting them all would make something significant happen, she might at least weigh the pros and cons.
But now he was telling her that after collecting them all, she would still have to wait for the next instruction. There would be no reward, and the sun would not interfere with the Spirit Realm. What was the point of collecting these fragments, then?
Zali sighed, then slowly explained:
"Young knight, I imagine you must be unhappy with this, but this is all I can tell you."
"If you expect Great Sun to grant you power like a deity once you've collected the Spirit Realm's fragments, that is absolutely impossible."
"Collecting all the fragments in the Spirit Realm is only the first step Great Sun has assigned to all Sunflame Knights."
"And I don't know what the second step will be, either. All I know is that once you've finished collecting them, Great Sun will communicate the next stage of the plan to all Sunflame Knights. Nothing more."
"Great Sun has also told us in advance that after the collection is complete, there will, at most, be enough strength to deliver that message. Afterward, things will remain as they are now, with Great Sun waiting for us to complete the next step."
Fran fell silent. Just listening to this made her feel that collecting the Sun Domain's fragments was a bad idea.
Even after collecting them, she might not receive a decent reward, and there could well be even more difficult tasks afterward.
The second step might not even be the end. There could be a third and a fourth. Who knew when she would finally get