Karl closed the lid and took the box. "Pick your ten. I will guarantee their safety while they are here."
The mage looked relieved that his offering had been enough. He didn't know quite what the Relic did yet, but it was an opportunity for ten people, so some would have demanded an exorbitant price for it.
Most of the duels for access were a result of a price too high for the challenger to easily afford, though Karl didn't know that and thought it was just a matter of ego.
Karl gave the box to Remi, who began grinding a Monarch Rank Earth Stone that she had pilfered from the Cyclops invasion.
[This will be such a good thing. We can't feed it to Rae, though. She's already a bit too Earth Element. So, either we can feed it to Thor, or sell it and get something Holy for him.] She suggested as she worked.
[More Earth Shields? Rae already does Earth Shields.] Thor complained, feeling slighted with a duplicate ability.