Establishing One's Prestige
Since the prince had confirmed Richard's power, he began his plan. Of course, he couldn't be too slow, considering the Lexon Group had created an ultimatum that the Empress had to join them within fourteen days.
Hence, he sped up the process, hoping that they had enough time to grab enough attention before the time limit.
In the first three days, the prince asked Richard to upgrade many people's skills, establishing his prestige first as well as credibility.
From F Rank Skill to B Rank Skills, everyone knew that the prince had someone that could rank up their skills. A person only had one chance. This was incredibly frustrating if that person was still able to get stronger in the future. After all, they would rather upgrade an A Rank Skill to an S Rank Skill than a C Rank or a B Rank Skill.
However, the world had changed completely. After the apocalypse, they couldn't level up anymore, let alone get a new skill from a Skill Card.