This was just way too damn expensive

Whoosh!

Right then, Seraphina shot out of the Divine Colosseum too. One look at her face, and it was clear—something was off. Uneasy, maybe even a little embarrassed. Cicero caught the expression and couldn't help but press her.

"Seraphina, you failed too? The Divine Colosseum didn't work for you either?!"

"It's not that it didn't work…" Seraphina shook her head, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's just… it's way too expensive."

"Too expensive?" Cicero and Auremax exchanged confused glances.

"How expensive are we talking?"

"Fifty billion gold coins… and five million units of the six core resources…" Seraphina mumbled.

Both Auremax and Cicero froze. Then they just let out a long, helpless sigh and gave a bitter laugh.