This is inevitable, Alka and the others nodded understandingly.

Although Vastva people look quite different from them, essentially they are both transformations from humans.

As humans, don't they already understand the fundamental flaws of human nature?

War is certain.

Especially in times of resource scarcity.

If you get more, someone else will get less.

After walking a few more steps ahead, Aphel looked at the exhibits before him and said, "Initially, when we had not realized that magic power was finite, we flourished and maintained our previous way of life.

We even expended countless magic power attempting to break away from this world fragment, but later attempts mercilessly told us it was impossible, and the consumed magic power could not be recovered.

Even knowing it was limited, they did not consider the consequences.

Not until more than 10,000 years ago did we finally face a potential crisis of magic power. Yet even then the upper class nobles continued to squander magic power recklessly.

The Eye of Concealment and researchers kept wasting it on their own research, without considering anything else."

Alka looked at the records above, many studies, which seemed useless both then and now.

Just indulging their curiosity with finite resources.

"Until the magic power in nature was exhausted fully, the earth grew silent, and various magic constructs and buildings began to collapse.

Only then did we realize what we should do, but countless people still held onto their lucky attitudes."

At this point, both of them felt helpless, and this history made them feel uncomfortable.

"With magic power drained, the ground could no longer easily grow anything, food sources gradually dwindled, until they disappeared.

At that time, all our magic sources became these Divine Artifacts and similar objects."

"But the Great Elder had foresight; he desperately preserved the last Divine Artifact whose function still operates today.

That's why we aren't worrying about water sources now; otherwise, we might have perished a century or two ago," said Aphel.

In other words, they should still have one Divine Artifact in operation now.

By connecting some magic power through that artifact, water can be generated.

"What are these exhibits?" Simon asked while looking at a large pile of paper documents beside him.

"Those are research materials from many ancestors."

Upon hearing this, Lucilia urged Alka to quickly come over and began decoding those materials.

The more she decoded, the brighter the gleam in her eyes became.

Simon, who previously taught himself some languages, also roughly figured out what was written in these documents from the scattered characters.

The whole person started trembling with excitement.

"Hey hey, you two calm down," Chadite quickly interjected.

The two seemed nearly frenzied.

Lucilia jumped directly onto Chadite's shoulder, hugging her face and said, "Do you know what's in there?"

"What's in there?"

"I saw research on soul and body, and it seems feasible!" Her voice trembled with exhilaration.

Upon hearing this, the two immediately understood the implications.

Simon also said, "I saw previous spatial research materials, exploring expansion of room space and how to construct spatial layers."

Seeing Simon about to lose control, Alka promptly grabbed him and forcibly dragged him out of the museum.

It's not the time yet.

Aphel and Labert exchanged glances, understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

Both also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Actually, the artifact section was deliberately shown to Alka and the others.

According to Raphael's research, artifacts remain quite valuable outside.

But surprisingly, their reaction was quite ordinary, not very excited, but they expressed some interest.

If they are merely interested, it's not enough for proper exchange and negotiation.

This concerns their entire race, and without understanding Alka and the others, they couldn't entrust their race's fate to their kindness.

Instead, they need enough leverage.

They hope to present something that captivates Alka and the others, to ensure the survival of their race.

Even its continuation thereafter.

It should be noted that they recorded the most details, truly possessing the Heart of Vastwa, which Alka mastered.

Aware of Alka's control, she could easily destroy them.

They must demonstrate sufficient value.

Surprisingly, the documents possess such capability.

These documents are also the result of generations of their race's research, demonstrating innate talent.

Seems like no better leverage exists.

"Simon, stay calm, Vastva people need us, and we need their wisdom and research results.

So there's no rush, right? I'll let you work with them on research later."

Alka spoke from the side, finally calming the agitated Simon.