"Now that I think about it, we were never meant to kill the Arch Lich. That's what most Ascenders do—they just keep him alive and use him as an unlimited source generation machine."
"So why did we kill him?" Roselia asked, as Leon fell silent.
He looked away, scratching the back of his head. "We kind of… forgot due to the competition."
Everyone stared at him, their expressions ranging from shock to disbelief.
"Wow," Roman muttered, looking at Leon as if seeing him in a new light. "You're usually the most rational one, yet now you've made such an obvious mistake."
Leon sighed, accepting the criticism. "Okay, fine. I got caught up in the moment and forgot the important part."
They finally stopped to process the situation.
"So, what should we expect now? You're the one who read the quest description fully," Roselia asked.
