[You have acquired two Secret Shop permits and 1,375,717,480 Perium.]

[You have given peace to a comrade who walked a path he could not return from. You have partially cleared the quest, and have acquired 1 Secret Shop permit. The maximum level of Invisible Heart has increased by 1.]

"Hm?"

Lee Shin-Woo widened his eyes at the messages popping up following his execution of Ethan Cruz.

Due to Lee Shin-Woo's intervention—mostly thanks to the high concentration of light magic doing its part—Ethan Cruz had died before he could properly turn into an undead. Although Lee Shin-Woo had hoped for all of Ethan Cruz's Perium to remain intact, the amount he acquired was still staggering.

"1.4 billion Perium...?"

"Shin-Woo, you just became filthy rich."

"I would've hit the jackpot if Lucky Strike had activated... No, never mind that. Is this real?"

If he could, he would've rubbed his eyes and checked again, but unfortunately, he didn't have eyes that he could rub. In any case, he realized the veracity of the message once he opened his inventory. There it was, all the Perium he had accumulated so far.

"Are all level 8s this filthy rich...?"

"Ethan Cruz might've...