"So many people came with Duke Zhen Yue?"
Yuan Yuan lowered his voice, but there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his words.
Being an exemption candidate, of course, means passing the Central City’s review. Each of these seven predetermined "captain" level powerhouses has sufficiently strong capabilities.
Because they are strong, they have privileges.
But no one else has been seen, like Duke Zhen Yue, directly designating a whole team!
Is this even necessary to split into squads?
"These are his ’followers’ appointed after becoming a Duke, some came from Light City, but since they are willing to join us and contribute to the Frontier of the Fortress... the North Continent will not reject them."
Lu Zhe said calmly, "The people he brought are strong enough to meet the requirements of a predetermined candidate. The guys from Central City have no reason to oppose... for us, restarting the task is so dangerous, who wants to take their former subordinates to take risks?"
On one hand, it’s the unwillingness to take risks.
On the other hand, the restart task requires a very high level of strength.
In Zhong Yuan’s Zweiter Team, there are only two or three people who can be brought in under the conditions of a predetermined candidate. The overall strength of the First Team is slightly stronger, but still limited.
"Makes sense." Yuan Yuan nodded, muttering, "But this guy is so ostentatious, he’s really not likable... it’s a good thing he’s not participating in the task groups."
He didn’t want to meet Zhen Yue again.
"All right, stop focusing on him."
Zhong Yuan said calmly, "This task, although we are acting together... once we enter the Disaster Realm, we will explore separately. Just do our tasks without paying too much attention."
"Haven’t seen such a bustling scene for a long time."
The burly man with an eye covered by a black cloth sat in the chair, relaxed, watching the scene from the skyscraper rooftop through the central control screen, as these exemption candidates chose their team members...
The Central City meeting ended.
Lords and commanders proposed the final list of participants for the restart task, and besides that, confirmed the total Commander for this mission.
The Eye of the Third Legion, Osmond!
"These young people remind me of the scenes thirty years ago..." Osmond’s sole remaining eye revealed a color of reminiscence, laughing softly, "That was the first expedition to a Super Large Disaster Realm, standing before Your Excellency, my sense was just like theirs now, both nervous and excited, raring to try."
The identity of the one to whom the Eye of the Third Legion refers as "Your Excellency" needs no explanation.
On the other side of the central control screen, the Deep Sea connected to the network of unknown places, where the signal was quite bad, the image fluctuated, revealing only one or two frames after several seconds.
Faintly visible, that world was swept by wind and snow, white cloaks fluttering like flags, dancing wildly.
"...Be careful with this restart mission."
The hoarse voice of General Bai Xi came from the icy landscape through the Spiritual Link.
Osmond smiled, "Rest assured."
General Bai Xi lightly hummed in response.
His signal was thus disrupted.
The main control screen did not remain silent for long; a few seconds later, a new Spiritual Link request joined.
Osmond sat upright and solemn, adjusting his demeanor before choosing to connect.
The screen switched, and a delicate, gentle, and pretty face appeared.
"Lord of the Legion."
Osmond greeted warmly.
For this "Lord of the Legion" from the Investigation Corps, he felt genuine admiration. Many in the Frontier scorned her for serving Her Majesty and never departing the ancient castle... after all, this woman held the power over the entire Investigation Corps, every subordinate had to venture beyond the settlement for missions, yet she alone stayed secluded in Central City, maintaining her purity.
This did not align with the North Continent generals’ style of personally doing everything, leading from the front.
But the very few high-level people who knew roughly about the second floor did not think like that.
If only one person could serve by Her Majesty the Empress’s side.
That person could only be Purple Rain.
"Lord Osmond, we ’meet’ again, if I’m not mistaken... the last time we cooperated was ten years ago."
The Legion Commander had a gentle and pleasant face, appearing serene and modest.
But those are all deceitful!
This woman’s eyes hid an unbelievably intense fire, once released, it could burn everything blocking the way to ashes. Only those who fought alongside her knew what massive energy was contained inside this seemingly delicate body!
Ten years ago, Osmond and Purple Rain had executed a task in the Disaster Realm together.
Until today, whenever he recalled the terrifying power of this Legion Commander, he felt a pang of unease.
"Your grace, your demeanor remains vivid in my memory, unchanged for ten years."
Osmond’s voice held a trace of emotion, stationed at the frontier fortress, ten years had passed in a flash, and now he realized, the hair at his temple had turned slightly gray, yet this woman seemed not to have aged much.
He chuckled at himself, why was he so sentimental today?
"If there’s an opportunity, I would love to drink and reminisce with you, but now isn’t the time." Purple Rain briefly exchanged pleasantries, then got straight to the point, "For this Central City convention, the commanders strongly recommended you as the total Commander for this mission, looking throughout North Continent... indeed no one is more suited to command this mission than you."
The last conquest mission was jointly planned by General Bai Xi and the Legion Commander.
Now, General Bai Xi had ventured north alone and has not yet returned.