Michael did not know exactly how the herbs he harvested from the Origin Battlefield came to be. There was simply no way to tell, but they came in many varieties.
Some were only ten or twenty years old. Others had clearly existed for several centuries. A few had even surpassed a thousand years, with the oldest specimens Michael had personally found reaching more than two thousand years.
The age range alone was enough to show just how long many parts of the Origin Battlefield had remained undisturbed by outsiders.
At first glance, one might assume Awakeners, with their game-like abilities, would have little need for medicinal herbs and natural treasures. But that assumption would be completely wrong.
If anything, such resources were just as valuable to Awakeners as they were to ordinary supernaturals.
Michael himself was a perfect example.
