Manifestation was an inefficient use of time and resources for the Heaven above the Heavens—in other words, Arthur, Merlin, and Cruze. How many minutes did it take to deal with an invading force of Legion or Grotesque? Definitely not sixty minutes. This meant that even if the Heaven above the Heavens members took care of their responsibilities in a few minutes, the gem points they consumed would be the same as that of other users who actively used their entire sixty minutes of manifestation. In other words, the three people would be spending their precious gem points but also idly wasting the majority of their manifestation period.

For the run of the mill Masters, even an hour of manifestation was not enough time for them to resolve most situations. This was because they couldn’t deal with all the enemy forces at once like the three members of the Heaven above the Heavens. Moreover, if a manifested Master were killed by the enemy, the country or region that the Master was designated to protect would be devastated. So reinforced weapons became an essential item for many Master level users, and the market price of reinforced weapons increased constantly.

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