The Reality of Opening a Path 

It was the natural instinct of players—trade the useless for the useful.

But to William?

None of it mattered.

These low-level items were worthless to him.

His team had already looted enough high-level gear from past ruins to arm an entire squad of Sequence 9 extraordinaries.

Compared to that, the forum trades were pocket change.

But this was just the beginning.

Sooner or later, players would stumble upon rare treasures, and some of those might actually catch William's eye.

William and Forum Master had already set the rules in the forum.

If anyone found rare items, they had the option to hand them over and in return, they'd be rewarded generously.

Why?

Because high-level artifacts only reached their full potential in the hands of top players.

Their promise was simple: