298 Fools

"Hm? About what?" Dan asked, not comprehending Belicia's point.

"He probably wasn't restricting his stats as you assumed at the time, but rather his stats were never as high as you believed. Furthermore, the reason he didn't use any skills might be because he didn't possess an item at that time," Belicia stated with seriousness.

"What do you mean?" This time, not only Dan but everyone else voiced their confusion simultaneously.

Despite all of them being item holders now, Raydon remained an enigmatic figure, a god-like presence whose true strength they could never accurately gauge. Raydon must have been even stronger than a high-rank in their estimation, and the items and stats he possessed were also of a higher quality than they could have conceived of at the time.

Due to this ingrained belief, when Belicia claimed that Raydon possessed low stats and perhaps no items at all, they were hesitant to accept her words.