At Arthur's question, "Gale Sword" De'erqiao and his companions naturally nodded repeatedly.
They had obtained the relevant items, and their companions had finished recording everything. That marked the end of their exploration of the ruins. As for what happened to the ruins afterward?
Local nobles took over most of them.
Of course, that was only once they were revealed.
More often, ruins that had been picked clean remained unknown to anyone.
Uls and his companions looked at Malinda. Seeing that their lady had no objections, they nodded as well.
As everyone gave their approval, text flashed before Arthur's eyes-
[Ruins exploration assessment in progress...] [You or those bound by a contract with you have achieved 80% exploration of Geppetto's laboratory!] [Full exploration experience awarded!] [XP gained: 1000]
Enough!
Arthur felt a surge of delight.
With the 1,000 XP from exploring the ruins added to his total, he finally had enough XP to raise [Swiftbird Swordsmanship] to Lv5.
However, this clearly was not the right moment to upgrade it.
Reining in his excitement, the young "Medium" maintained his calm expression and walked over to Malinda, who was still searching through the books, scrolls, and transcribed papers-
"Don't lose track of time."
Arthur reminded her.
After all, they were not free to do as they pleased right now.
There were still several hundred people at Caesar Manor.
Although they had used her "pregnancy" as an excuse to avoid the opening dance, making a brief appearance during the event would be best, if possible.
Naturally, Malinda understood that.
After placing her unlit pipe in her mouth, she raised a hand and pointed at the books, scrolls, and transcribed papers beside her.
"I'll take these back, copy everything, then give you the originals. I'll draw up a new contract covering all