Chapter 730: Chapter 730: Cooperation Achieved
Knight Headquarters – Building Three.
In a private room where one could sit down, discuss privately, and not be overheard.
Vino Silist and her team were discussing the investigation task they were about to undertake.
However, the leader of the team was not Vino…
It was a knight with black hair falling on his shoulders, clad in a silver chainmail and deer-skin shoes.
Upon his back was a heavy crossbow (bearing a silver skull emblem on its surface, and emanating a sense of purity that would make demons shiver), and he wore two unordinary short swords at his waist.
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Since her days as an Apprentice Knight, Vino had been part of this team and established deep friendships.
Due to her two years of closed-door training, being chosen for the special squad – Fighting Nun, and being a versatile Holy Light knight, Vino was widely recognized as the deputy leader within the team.
Team Na: Silver Edge
Number of mbers: Four
Team Level: Thorium (Fourth Rank)
Leader: WindRider Knights – Captain Diz Marillas, also known as Heavy Silver Hawk.
Unlike other WindRider Knights accustod to reconnaissance, long-distance support, or being extrely fast shooters, this heavy crossbowman preferred to bomb his enemies at close quarters.
“Vino, you an a group of rookie knights who just graduated half a year ago intend to undertake a ‘distant investigation’ and want us to join? Even if these people have exceptional grades and performances at the Knight Conference, they are still rookies without much combat experience outside the city.
The whispers of the Eternal Night will make them perform less than 50% of their abilities.
Except for Blood Knight Lucius, others will only slow us down.” Captain Diz imdiately showed a reluctant expression upon hearing Vino’s proposal.
It wasn’t that he didn’t recognize the strength of Han Dong and his team.
But, he put great importance on ‘experience.’ Moreover, they were about to embark on a long-distance investigation task they had never undertaken before.
All the mbers in a joint team had to be considered.
If any knight can’t keep up, the efficiency of the team will be lowered.
If anyone has a ntal issue, they could fall to the whispers of the Eternal Night and turn into the deadliest enemies – Traitors.
“Captain, Nicholas is different. The large-scale investigation this ti was discovered by his teacher, so he can provide additional information. Also, he is already proven to possess the sa ‘pollution immunity’ as Captain Hugo at the Knight Conference, right? Regardless of the distance from the Holy City, they won’t suffer too much pressure.
Since we can’t decide on a better investigation task now, why not team up with them? After all, large-scale investigations are done in stages. If they indeed show a serious lack of experience during the task execution and cannot adapt to the Eternal Night environnt far away from the Holy City, we can apply to return after the first stage.”
Vino’s firm stance slightly surprised Captain Diz.
“Alright… for once, let’s follow your plan, Vino.”
“Good.”
After a while, with an indifferent look on her face, Vino called up the waiting team from downstairs.
Captain Diz was sitting in the corner, polishing nearly one-ter-long silver arrows with special silver water.
With the decision-making power delegated to Vino, he remained silent, his gaze only lingering on Blood Knight Lucius for a mont, without looking at anyone else.
Upon eting, the three teams naturally gave brief introductions.
In the Silver Edge team, there were also two knights.
One was Ice Mage – Mani Ice Axis from the Witch God Knight Legion,
And from the Plague Knights, [Benign Alchemist] – Lillianxia Shules.
The reason why these two mbers of the squad have no major objections to the team formation this ti.
Is because Mani had early contacts with the genius Dumps (Dumps was pre-trained in the Witch God Knights), and Lillianxia had heard Han Dong’s na from the Great Plague Chief and knew that both Han Dong and the Great Plague Chief were practicing ‘Dual Cultivation’. She truly admires the Great Plague Chief and similarly acknowledges Han Dong who has managed to achieve this.
So this team formation was done swiftly.
As the Silver Edge team is of the highest rank, after discussion, if the large event is successfully completed, the final reward will be divided at a ratio of [5:3:2].
Han Dong had no objections, as all they wanted was the points before the expedition.
Personally, Han Dong wasn’t too interested in the material rewards… but he was interested in the Deep-sea Vile that had landed at the port, filled with interest and heretical needs.
Moreover, as a Mystery Scholar who also practices as a Dark Mage, Han Dong has unique intuition.
The event foreseen by Mr. Black White is an ‘effective’ warm-up exercise prior to embarking on the expedition…
“The event has been submitted to the Knight Headquarters and is effective imdiately.
We expect to depart from the West City Gate at 10:00 am tomorrow … during this ti, let’s prepare for the investigation task.
Nicholas, you mainly need to get more information from Mr. Black White.
The rest of you should prepare various potions, scrolls, sacred seals, long-lasting lights, and so on.
This is our first ti for an investigation task more than 100km away, I hope everyone takes this seriously. If we identify so potential dangers that we can’t combat during the first stage ‘investigation phase’, I will consider retreating from the operation.”
“Alright.”
After giving the basic instructions, the squad mbers dispersed to prepare their necessary supplies.
“Nicholas, I need to discuss sothing with you alone.”
As Knight Vino spoke these words, it was not Han Dong’s response that ca first, but Mia’s gaze filled with hostility.
“You…”
Just as Mia was about to speak, Han Dong covered her mouth and pushed her out of the building.
He instructed her with a rather harsh attitude to go back and prepare the supply materials needed for the investigation, along with Winry. He also told Mia to prepare a large amount of herbal concoctions in advance.
When all the mbers left-
Thwack!
Vino slapped Han Dong’s back hard.
However, the situation was different from what Vino had imagined.
In her mory, the physically frail Han Dong should have been knocked ters away by this slap.
In reality, Han Dong only took one step forward.
It seed like much of the force was absorbed by Han Dong’s ‘Body Trunk’.
Vino kept her shock to herself and continued in a cold voice, “I don’t get any contact from you unless you need sothing, and then you rember to text …”
“I did try to contact you before, but I heard that you were in seclusion, so…”
“Just get to the point… this joint team formation was my idea, and Captain Diz didn’t really agree.”
“I can understand.”
“So at that ti, we will need you to make so ‘contributions’ in advance.”
“Got it… As an apology and to thank you for helping, how about I invite you to dinner tonight, Vino?”
“We’re leaving the city tomorrow, you better get prepared… But, a little food supply in advance works too.”
“Hmm, I also wanted to ask you about the ‘Fighting Nun’.”
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