Colburn glanced at Jacob before silently taking the Octo Ruler. After that, he bade Jacob goodbye and slowly rose to his feet to leave. Looking at the ice soul fragment in his hand, Jacob found it impossible to be happy. Soon, Valeria and Vladimir came. Both looked exhausted as well. Fortunately, they were unscathed; they were just physically tired.
When Vladimir saw the ice soul fragment in Jacob's hand, he exclaimed, "Mr. Sullen, you did get your hands on the ice soul fragment, after all! And it's huge, too! You've hit the jackpot!" Vladimir was excited, but there was no elation to be seen on Jacob's face. Valeria glanced at Jacob and seemed to guess what had happened. "Jacob, where are the Three Bandits?"