Damned Healer

It was early in the day. Darian was in his room, holding a golden spatial ring. Inside that ring were all the treasures that had belonged to the old clan. The Merit Points and the money had been left with Leander, but everything from the old sales building was now in there.

There were tons of items — weapons, pills, potions, and all kinds of artifacts. Nothing amazing, just simple but useful stuff the clan used to sell to its members at discounted prices.

Darian held the ring in his hand for a moment, then closed his fist.

The ring vanished, getting absorbed into the inventory within his soul.

He smiled slightly and walked out.

Darian, Lucy, Lucius, and the other three clan members rented a plane. They were headed to the Celestial Altar.

Rhea would stay with Leander to help him, while Darian still needed to figure out how to evolve his rune. Veyle’s partner — who she had now named Ametheos — would stay inside her body during the time at the altar, in a deep sleep.

His master Meru had explained that, in the other universe, soul-bound runes couldn’t be brought in. Over there, Veyle would already be someone’s summon — being both things at once wasn’t just confusing, it was technically impossible.

In Darian’s case, he was only being taken into that universe. Once there, he’d reconnect with his partner, since his status was the opposite of everyone else’s.

During the trip, the twins were super excited, but everyone talked with them along the way and gave them some advice. They had trained hard and received careful guidance — the difference between them and Darian at the time of his test was like night and day.

When they arrived, an instructor led the two new recruits inside for the intro. Just like when it was Darian’s turn, there were about a dozen newbies gathered for the test.