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The orange glow marked the equipment's quality: Rare.

Another piece of Rare Tier equipment.

Danger had followed them ever since they entered this Special Instance, but the rewards had been just as substantial.

Qin Ran knew exactly why.

One major reason was that he had cleared far fewer instances than Hans, who had opened this one.

Even though he had been given a main quest at the difficulty of his third instance, the Contract they had signed before entering the Special Instance had already ensured he would be drawn into the main quest shared by Lawless and Hans.

That also meant getting caught up in the events that inevitably followed from it.

As experienced players, Lawless and Hans understood the reason too.

That did not stop them from making their positions clear.

Lawless stepped to one side.

He was leaving the equipment to Qin Ran.

Hans eyed it longingly, but after a brief hesitation, he stepped aside as well.

If Lawless, who had fought alongside Qin Ran, had nothing to say, Hans had even less claim as a bystander.

"Thanks!"

Qin Ran thanked Lawless.

By the rules between players, Qin Ran had killed the Armored Rhino alone, so its drop was his alone.

But valuable loot could stir up greed. Even with a Contract binding them, it was hard to guarantee that nothing ugly would come of it.

Lawless's straightforward response spared him that trouble.

At the very least, Hans would not raise an objection.

That was why Qin Ran thanked Lawless.

"You earned it, 2567!"

"Pick up the pace. We need to leave, fast!"

"Once that fight in there ends, we won't be able to get away!"

Lawless pointed toward the fighting inside the castle as he warned Qin Ran.

Qin Ran nodded and picked up the equipment at