"Ouch!"
Lily covered her forehead at once and glared at Michael.
"Silly girl. Who said you're paying them out of your own pocket?"
Michael shook his head.
"They're the ones who are going to work for you."
His words only confused Lily further. Michael decided to make it simpler.
"What do you have that they don't?"
Lily frowned and began thinking.
Her equipment? No. It shouldn't be this.
Was it strength? She was stronger than most of them, but that was probably hardly what Michael meant.
After several seconds, Lily's expression changed.
"The Cornerstone?"
Michael nodded.
"Exactly."
Lily glanced toward the native Awakeners again. She understood that her Universal Cornerstone was valuable. She had already seen enough of its functions to know that. But she still did not completely understand how that solved the problem.
"Is it the exchange thing…"
"The exchange system," Michael corrected.
"That's what I meant."
Michael gave her a look before continuing.
