By the ti Fang Hong had regained his senses,
he found that Lonely White Field had already let go of his hand.
He held the dagger, looking at the other person with surprise. This was no small token, it was a grand gift. Moreover, the favor the other had asked of him was still just a possibility, after all, the young man might not take a liking to their Adventure Group, and the Blood Oath Alliance might not necessarily defeat Rain Listener.
But he understood what Lonely White Field ant, granting him this dagger ant that under no circumstances would he take it back.
Fang Hong thought for a mont before saying, "Mr. Lonely White Field, this item is too valuable."
But the latter just smiled lightly, as if relieved, "Do you think I would hand it over to a stranger? You are half a student of R, and just like him, you are also a Combat Artisan. This item is actually better off in your hands. I hope you can help him realize his ideals and continue down this path."
"What are Mr. R's ideals?" Fang Hong had always been concerned about this question. The other party had sent this dagger back to Lonely White Field. What did the missed opportunity that Lonely White Field ntioned really represent?
However, Lonely White Field simply shook his head, "R never told the answer personally. Thus, I will not tell you the answer either, as my understanding of it may not be what you have in mind."
Fang Hong looked at the other person thoughtfully.
After Lonely White Field had spoken, he turned and walked toward the direction of the forest.
Only at the last mont did he turn around, a note of gravity in his voice as he reminded, "There's one more thing I've been hesitant to tell you. You are not a formally trained Invoker, but those people will eventually co looking for you. So things might not be as wonderful as you imagine. I just want to caution you to be wary of those people."
"Who are these people?" Fang Hong was taken aback.
Lonely White Field turned away, leaving behind a resounding statent:
"Super Competitive League."
"Super Competitive League...?"
Fang Hong mulled over the term carefully.
He certainly recognized it, but he could not imdiately see any connection to himself. He watched sowhat puzzled as the other's figure disappeared into the dark backdrop of the forest beneath the moonlight.
A good while passed.
He then looked in another direction, where Mr. Greyrock and the others had settled on one side of the valley. The moonlight reflected off the reddish-gray rocks, exceptionally bright, revealing the towering back of a gigantic beast—it was the direction from which he had co.
But Fang Hong had not realized he had walked so far without noticing.
...
"The second this month."
The cabin walls shook only slightly. Wu Di looked up. In this small cabin, there were seven people in total, half of them, like him, were from Silver Forest Spear, two other Invokers were from another branch of Silver Forest Crown in the Cloud Sea Region, Silver Forest Hand, and one mber was from the artistic guild Jane Eyre, actually a branch of Chosen One in the first world, the latter being the China Competition Region's seventh-ranked guild.
The Chosen One was an ally guild of Silver Forest Crown, hence the military's arrangent was clearly deliberate.
Wu Di also knew there were more than just their guild mbers on this ship; he had earlier t Red Leaf from the Tabopolis Knights Order. They were old acquaintances who had previously fought side by side at Traveler's Rest.
Seeing him, Wu Di couldn't help but rember others from that ti at Traveler's Rest— the young man nad Ade, even younger than him, who would have thought he had such an identity? Regarding this matter, he remained tight-lipped, revealing nothing not even to his own teammates, besides a few senior guild mbers.
He had intended to ask Red Leaf about Ade, but recently, Instructor Su had been keeping a close watch on him, making him feel sowhat suspected. After so thought, he decided not to bring it up.
Red Leaf seed to be sowhat distracted, rely greeting him hastily before leaving.
Wu Di looked around at the other people in the cabin.
Most of them appeared distracted, or rather, tense. The military had purposefully arranged those from closely related guilds together, a well-intended but aningless gesture since they were all proud young talents from various guilds, not familiar with each other, having little to talk about.
Not to ntion that while they might seem allied on the surface, behind this were inevitably competitive relationships as well.
Thus, the atmosphere beca sowhat subdued for the ti being.
The only one who had spoken earlier was the only military representative in the cabin, a young sergeant from the Marine Corps, which was characteristic of this generation of Stargate Defense Forces. Wu Di had heard his introduction, knew his last na was Chen and that he was an officer of the Marine Corps on this ship.
Having spoken, the officer didn't hesitate to share the information he had with everyone in the cabin.
Wu Di stared slightly at the Light Page that appeared before him.
'Dragonfire Guild's upper echelons mysteriously disappear—'
"Internal news," the officer told everyone solemnly, "Do not spread this privately. Though you've all turned off your communicators, I still need to reiterate. Even after leaving this place, you must adhere to the confidentiality agreent. If you've joined the military, act like military personnel."
All nodded their heads.
But each bore a different expression, coming from major guilds, they naturally had much better access to information than soone like Fang Hong. The matter involving Rain Listener had already spread among the guilds half a month ago.
There was now another Dragonfire Guild.
Everyone couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sensation; they certainly knew that not long before, the Dragonfire Guild had suddenly gone mad, attacking the headquarters of the Tabopolis Knights Order and causing significant damage.
However, the result wasn't unexpected, the entire guild had nearly been eradicated in a retaliatory action by the latter.
But how could such retaliatory actions extend to the real world, causing the entire guild club's upper echelon to disappear collectively? Moreover, considering the incident of Rain Listener, everyone felt increasingly uneasy.
In the world, one event might appear isolated, yet so many coincidences were unlikely, especially when the first world was in turmoil; those from the Grand Guilds would understand this far more deeply than ordinary people.
Indeed, troubles were brewing.
Such thoughts spontaneously arose in everyone's minds.
Wu Di remained silent, analyzing the possibilities behind everything by himself.
Seeing everyone nodding, the officer's expression relaxed slightly, nodding and saying, "This might be related to our next operation, or it might not be, there's no need to think too deeply, but be prepared ntally."
"Speaking of which," at this point soone asked, "where exactly are we going, Sergeant Chen? Can you give us so information now?"
The officer nodded.
"We're almost over Charter City, it's ti to give you an overview of this operation."
"Charter City?"
A buzz arose below.
They had anticipated their destination, but being actually there, couldn't help feeling surprised,
As ntioned earlier, being from a Grand Guild, the Invokers wouldn't lack for information. Not to ntion, these individuals were essentially the next generation of core mbers trained by various guilds, privy to so high-level information.
Hence, they naturally knew about the community control asures recently in place, which truly originated from Charter City. Nearly every Grand Guild discussed this privately; the military had sealed off Charter City, but the specifics of the incident were nurous and unclear.
It was said that the Super Competitive League had also negotiated with the military about this matter, but unusually, they were sternly rebuffed, which was quite abnormal since the governnt's institutions had receded behind the scenes after the Stargate Era.
But precisely because it was abnormal, it piqued the curiosity of various guilds.
These young people also speculated privately but didn't expect that they'd truly be brought to this place; they couldn't help but look at each other for a mont.
"Quiet." The officer looked at them sternly, saying, "This is the basic protocol for the operation. Now, you need to hold yourselves to military standards."
"Before the operation starts, let reiterate: follow orders. Soldiers don't need heroism; your performance will be recorded by , and the top two perforrs will be recomnded upwards. You understand what I an, right?"
All were solemn; in fact, this was the real reason their guilds agreed to send them here—the precious slots for advancent to the second world.
Generally, both the Super Competitive League and the military had their own recomndation channels, without interfering in each other's affairs. But this ti, it was unknown what the military was planning, as they had unusually opened up to the outside for the first ti.
Though there were only seven slots, they were crucial resources that the Grand Guilds had to vie for.
The officer looked at everyone and nodded, saying, "Good to understand."
He lowered his eyelids and continued, "Now let's collectively elect a deputy. This deputy can earn extra points during the operation, but should anything unexpected happen to , they must take over my position to lead and ensure the mission's completion."
His sowhat cold gaze swept over everyone, "Therefore, this person must earn your unanimous trust and election. I'll give you five minutes to decide, understood?"
"Understood."
"Address as 'sir'."
"Understood, sir."
Everyone shouted in unison, then silence followed.
Then, most people's gazes turned directly to Wu Di. Only a mber from Jane Eyre frowned and asked, "Why him?"
"Wu Di is a Combat Artisan." Soone replied.
That person then took a look at him and nodded.
The officer seed surprised at how quickly they agreed, but the discipline of these individuals was better than he had expected, and he nodded in satisfaction.
Then he looked at Wu Di, "Wu Di, co out with for a mont."
With that, he turned and left the cabin.
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