"Think carefully," Miel then said seriously. "If you don't have the confidence, you don't have to enter the ruins. I've already informed the academy. You can choose to return safely."
"You're all young and talented," he continued. "With proper cultivation, your future achievements won't be small."
At this moment, both mentors felt deeply conflicted.
They would regret seeing their students miss such a rare opportunity, yet as teachers, they were even more unwilling to see them come to harm.
In the end, the choice could only be left to the students themselves.
As the mentors' voices faded, silence fell once more. Everyone remained deep in thought, weighing the risks against the temptation that lay ahead.
Sylvandria was the most hesitant among them all.
Her master had told her long ago that her true talent lay not in cultivation, but in alchemy.
