"You'll need to work for three years! I'll allow you to live here for a month," Steven was certainly no saint.
On the way here, Zoey had told him about the residual energy in this place and how it could help a Soulmancer improve their strength.
Now, Maplewood Town could be said to have surpassed any secret realm, becoming a sacred site for Soulmancers to enhance their power.
If one were to wait another month, the residual energy here would probably dissipate.
"Deal!" Lucien didn't hesitate.
His current strength was already comparable to the peak of an intermediate Soulmancer, and it was unlikely he'd be defeated even when facing the strong within the intermediate Soulmancers, but advancing further wouldn't be easy.
Without some stroke of luck, his progress would probably stop here in his lifetime.
Now that such a stroke of luck had appeared, he couldn't possibly give it up.