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Tap, tap, tap.
Klein followed Colin Iliad down the steps, quickly entering the bottom of the Round Tower and approaching the Sealed Artifacts collected by the City of Silver.
The Forsaken Land of the Gods has plenty of Beyonder materials, but the environment is harsh, danger is frequent, and Beyonders are few. There should be correspondingly more Sealed Artifacts... The thought flashed through Klein's mind, and he felt it was something of a dark joke. After questioning the Chief in detail, he learned that the City of Silver really did possess quite a few mid- and High-Sequence Sealed Artifacts-Grade 2 and Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts-with around a dozen even at Grade 1.
"These are all legacies left by former elders and Chiefs."
Klein nodded slightly. He could tell that more than half the Sealed Artifacts here corresponded to the Warrior Pathway.
He examined these Sealed Artifacts carefully and discovered that most were kept in relatively "safe" states. Their negative effects would not suddenly erupt, and they could quickly be made into potions when needed.
As for the mental imprints within them... those were not a problem here. The City of Silver bore a curse that forced blood relatives to kill one another. Through deliberate arrangements by the Six-Member Council, nearly all the city's residents could be guaranteed blood relations within roughly three generations, ensuring that no one would be left gravely wounded and immobile without a relative to finish them off. Of course, if such a situation did arise, they could only harden their hearts and move the wounded person out of the City of Silver.
In other words, everyone was related, and everyone bore a certain similarity to the mental imprints within the Beyonder Items. After accumulating over generations, these would also be more stable when turned into