"I guess," Akhil said.
Rather than focusing on the artifact in his hand, he was observing her body language, trying to decipher her reaction.
From it, he saw surprise, and at the same time, she looked at him with eyes that seemed to glow with appreciation rather than the greed he had initially thought.
Naturally, it was no hidden truth that anyone with dominion would want an artifact strong enough to recover their energy for themselves.
However, it was impossible for a person to use another's artifacts, though they could ask for help from time to time to refill their dominion; that was it.
Unlike him, who possessed the ability to extract artifacts and use others' without their consent, no one, even with consent, possessed any ability unless they had some kind of artifact that allowed such a thing to happen.
No one could use another's artifact.
"Hm, now it might make things easy for me."