The green-blue spheres of condensed Worldly Essence floated gently before each member of the vanguard team, pulsing faintly like living hearts torn from the universe itself.
Felicia Rothschild was the first to move.
With a surgeon's precision, she extended her hand and pressed it lightly into the hovering sphere.
A subtle tremor ran through her elegant frame as the sphere dissolved into her palm, streaming rivers of bright energy into her body. She inhaled sharply but quickly composed herself, her glasses reflecting the pulsing light.
"Efficient... as expected." She murmured quietly, as if noting a successful stock acquisition rather than absorbing enough energy to create legends.
Across from her, Kyle Greer watched with open fascination.
"Woah… it's like leveling up in an anime, but real." He muttered dreamily, grinning.
