Fleecing a lamb

The rewards for clearing stage 3 were far higher than what Max or Lucius could have ever imagined. 

Instead of a shard of life, an object that could even make monarch's fight, they found a chrono gem, an artefact of the legends, a piece that could even buy one entire lordship. 

[ Chrono Gem ] ( Tier9 ) ( Divine) - A gem that reveals one's true deepest desire and shows a path towards achieving it. 

It only has 3 uses before the gem goes opaque, and each use must be done via carefully placing the gem against one's eye. 

" I can't believe it, it's a real chrono gem! " Lucius exclaimed as his hands began to tremble with excitement. 

This gem alone was worth 3 shards of life and could easily fetch him 50,000 merit points. 

If he won over the rights to use this particular gem, he could almost certainly guarantee his road to becoming crown prince.