Stele [2]

Everyone saw it. No matter where they were in the secret realm, they all saw the great boundary steles blocking off the remaining 4/5ths of it crumble.

It was a grand scene, as if countless feats of humanity were being both destroyed and revealed at the same time.

To the Veritas Clan, who was currently regrouping, it didn't mean much. They had other work that took priority over exploration, and even if they didn't, they weren't about to enter uncharted territory when their younger generation was present.

The Vega Clan had similar thoughts. They stayed back to see how the others would react. As for the Kyushu Federation, they immediately sent word to their superiors and established a force exclusively with their older experts while leaving their young geniuses behind.

They could smell the money on the other side of that stele, and they couldn't let someone else reach it first.