Chapter 1666

"It goes without saying that you're a very integral part of the sect!" Wuhlricht said before clarifying, "While it's true that we are a middle-class first-tier sect, the gap between us and the upper-class first-tier sects is so huge that it becomes extremely challenging to bridge that gap. The number of royal saints in our sect is far less than the other sects, and let's not even get started on the attainment level of our royal saints. We don't have enough level seven or level eight royal saints to compare ourselves to them. This difference exists because their sect has a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist. The strongest of the upper-class first-tier sects, the Horizon Sect, even has a fourth-grade high-rank alchemist."

Wuhlricht then took a breather before adding, "Middle-class first-tier sects like us lack even a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist. Most of them only have fourth-grade low-rank alchemists, and even that bodes well for their sect."

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