While Blue Maw Pirate Kingdom was in a quagmire, Erix and others in Unfettered Kingdom were progressing rapidly.
When there was nothing to stop you, and no opposing views for the grand development while having constant resources, fast progress was inbound.
Everyone's daily routine was using Elemental crystals they gained from Labyrinth Tower clearing.
For people at Royal-order lifeform, they used resources from pocket dimensions and dungeons to get stats since leveling was no longer possible.
If they wanted to gain physical stats, they had to eat pills made from valuable high-tier resources that increased stats permanently and they were only found in the pocket dimension and sometimes in dungeons.
If they wanted to get Magic power, they had to refine magic cores of powerful monsters from pocket dimensions and dungeons. They had to fight, kill, and get these themselves.
