"Resources for increasing Spiritual Power? I see..." Merrick seemed to understand something.
If one manages to obtain these things by chance, it's quite normal for Spiritual Power to increase quickly.
It's just that the threshold for Crystalized Wizard to Level 2 Mage is quite high; how many similar resources would be needed to achieve this level of growth?
Duke most likely relied on his own hard work and cultivation to gradually achieve such results, Merrick thought to himself.
"...Monster," after a long while, Merrick transmitted a thought mixed with amazement, envy, and complete resignation, accompanied by a self-deprecating smile, "I was so pleased with getting a cursed crystal and came to show off to you... but you, quietly, have almost reached the next station, how can I still feel arrogant?"
His spiritual waves gradually calmed, regaining his usual sharpness, but his competitive spirit was evidently suppressed by Duke's astonishing progress:
