The moment Darian opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a soldier staring at him seriously. Quickly, he looked around and saw he was in the celestial altar, just like he should be. Then he turned to the soldier and calmly asked:
"Did I earn a lot of Merit Points?"
The soldier let out a heavy sigh and nodded. Absolutely every single time Darian went to that training universe, he came back with an insane amount of points. The Empire was obviously happy about it and wouldn't ask questions. But still… it was shocking. After all, he was a Spiritual Guardian who hadn't even hit his two-year awakening mark yet, and he was already scoring way more points than the strongest in the Empire — by a huge margin.
Darian turned around. Then the twins, Veyle, Matteo, Eleanor, Silas, and Nayara appeared one by one. They all opened their eyes and saw the soldier staring at them.
Darian spoke calmly: "Looks like our efforts paid off. We all got a ton of Merit Points."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
