At the banquet.
Cups clinked amid the revelry, and the atmosphere had become exceedingly harmonious.
All the Ascenders had pinched their noses and joined the various associations, signing cooperation agreements that lasted roughly five years.
This meant they would have to work for those associations for five years.
At the same time...
Those associations would use those five years to assess just how much potential these Ascenders possessed.
If their potential was exceptional, they would naturally receive focused training.
These associations also knew that, under the circumstances, it was impossible to force the other party into selling themselves.
Considering the prospect of long-term cooperation in the future, they had also relaxed the terms somewhat.
Of course...
The human Ascenders had received relatively favorable treatment this year.
All five human Ascenders had successfully signed cooperation agreements with magic associations or adventurer guilds.
Whether they could soar in the coming years would depend on themselves.
As time passed, the banquet finally drew to a close.
It was now nine thirty at night.
Will looked at the banquet that had already dispersed, feeling quite pleased. Today, he had earned at least five hundred thousand Holy Coins.
Do not underestimate those five hundred thousand Holy Coins.
In Koste City, it was already no small sum.
Moreover, Holy Coins were extremely valuable in the Upper Realm.
In the Lower Realm, Holy Crystals were used as currency, with transactions easily reaching tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions.
But in the Upper Realm, Holy Coins had an entirely different value from Holy Crystals.
However, one of the base materials used to make Holy Coins was Holy Crystal.
Beyond that, another exceedingly rare material was needed.
Because the annual output of that rare material was extremely limited, Holy Coins were highly valuable and were used as