After Lady Conch's explanation, the atmosphere became tense.
Those experts and scholars who had entertained greedy thoughts could only manage awkward smiles.
"Alas, that's how it is." Even the greediest of them, Lu Yuan, sighed softly. "The [Monsters] treat this cache of civilization points as sacred and won't allow us to touch it..."
"Since Jin Bote is already controlled by [Monsters], a small amount of 'luck' can be used without provoking them. Is that right?"
"Yes, that's the difference between one's own people and outsiders," Lady Conch nodded. "Right now, Jin Bote is like a relative of the [Monsters]. Half of his soul has been contaminated by them."
"We're just a group of outsiders; we can't lay our hands on the treasure. Unless we contaminate our own souls as well."
With this explanation, the group could only accept it begrudgingly.
A treasure mountain lies before them, yet they couldn't dig it up. It was truly unbearable.
