"...What about the first-row leaders?" Theo swallowed, his throat tightening slightly as unease crept into his voice.
"Hehe, you already know." Robin Burton chuckled, his shoulders shaking lightly, as if the answer itself was obvious.
"You're joking… right?" Theo forced out a strained laugh, though a hint of genuine fear lingered beneath it. "If third-tier leaders get nascent crystals, and second-tier leaders get young crystals… then we…" he paused, his thoughts catching up to the implication, then his eyes widened, "we get mature crystals?!"
