Watching them practically rush toward the blade now, I felt a flicker of regret. I should have waited for that first guy to wake up and show off his gains before starting the others. It would have saved me a lot of threatening.
The entire process was a marathon, taking almost twelve hours of gruelling work to finish the entire army. My back ached, and my mind felt frayed. As the last man fell and was subsequently revived by Lok's grace, I finally sat down and started to scroll through the mountain of messages that had been piling up.
My core team had been blowing up my inbox. They were relentless, trying to persuade me to stay out of trouble during the upcoming two events. They wanted me to play it safe, to recover, to not risk the gains we had already made.
"Guys… you just don't know what I'm preparing for all of you… Sigh!"
