[New Achievement Unlocked: "Ethical Negotiator"
Description: Refused to exploit a desperate leader
Bonus: +50 SP, +Massive reputation boost with bear tribe
Karma Points: +100
Current SP: 463 ]
[Aww. So touching.]
Alex pulled up the shop, confirmed the purchase of the Leadership Trial Stone—150 SP gone, but worth it—and felt the weight materialize in his palm.
It was beautiful.
Roughly the size of two fists, made of striated brown and gold stone that seemed to shift in the firelight. Carved runes covered its surface, and it pulsed with a steady, grounding energy.
"This is it," Alex said, holding it out.
Granite took it with shaking hands—his massive fingers cradling it like something precious and fragile.
"How does it work?"
"You place it in your central gathering area," Alex explained, pulling up the system's instruction scroll mentally and reading it aloud.
