"Take things? What do you mean?" Erin asked, confused.
"This is a warehouse. You don't break into an enemy's warehouse just to leave empty-handed, do you?"
Zhou Chen picked up an Essence Crystal and began converting it. In just a moment, his Essence was fully restored. Then, with practiced movements, he opened several crates and stuffed all the useful items into a burlap sack.
"..."
Erin's expression was a little strange. The noble etiquette she'd been taught since childhood told her stealing was wrong, but her will to survive and her common sense told her to keep her mouth shut.
"By the way, you're an Ascender too, right?" Zhou Chen asked as he pried open another crate. "There's no way you could have handled the Destructive's recoil otherwise."
"Yes."
