But what they thought was also the same thing that anyone would think. Does anyone in this universe have anything of value that could possibly be worth such items?
Unfortunately, Spire Points in the First Gate were not tradable. This was to prevent factions from using slaves to farm Spire Points and then harvesting them without actually putting in any effort.
Lord knew that if such a thing were possible, even the aliens and mixed breeds of the Eternal Universe might be in short supply by now.
Dante saw the doubt on their faces and predicted their next question, so he answered ahead of them. "The Eternal Universe has been spelunking in the First Gate for many years before even Lara was born. Even though progress during that period was middling at best, there came an uncountable number of strange things that could have been brought in from the outside."
