Chapter 35: Main Server.
"Anyway!" The doctor quickly went back to the main topic, eager to hide her blunder. "If it's an SSS rank quest then we shouldn't be too surprised that you got that much AP"
Lara fixed her with a curious gaze.
"Is... is AP the standard measurement unit you use for Aether?"
"Correct."
"Then... is a hundred thousand a significant amount?"
"I would call it absurd," Rebbeca replied. "That much could take you all the way to level 19! The amount of hunting you can skip is insane!"
Lowering her gaze in thought, Lara then turned her ruby eyes to Mark.
"If that is the case, how was Master able to gather that amount? I don't believe the Fallen we have slain could yield us anything out of the ordinary..."
'Right...'
If he understood it right, AP was different from EXP, which was just a way to measure progress and skill growth. Aether is an element that exists in reality, meaning it would be subjected to the laws of conservation of mass and energy.
Something can't come from nothing, which leads to the conclusion that there has to be a source from which the Aether rewarded during the quest comes.