That's the end of it!

Maine told me that the stone of trial can benefit when it leaves, but if it is absorbed by the green stone now, am I not just a bamboo basket empty?

I quickly turned to Maine and said, "I have something to do. You wait for me first."

Maine looked at me doubtfully, but nodded. I rushed toward a deserted forest. When I was in the forest, I first decided there was no one around, and then I called out the green stone.

When the green stone came out, its Rune disappeared immediately, as if to express dissatisfaction with my sudden interruption. I sighed and...