"Aside from the monsters left behind to safeguard the three headquarters, the rest will move under the command of Lara, Ro, Becky, Fang, and me. We will distribute the ten thousand elite masters among us, then recruit additional reinforcements from here and the other two bases. We move out in five hours!"
The room erupted into a flurry of activity. Anjie claimed a strategic ridge to attack, while Fang and Becky, being the most experienced in direct combat and the strongest, volunteered for the two most severe and intense battlefields—the ruined towns, aiding Sara and Berry there. Lara and Ro picked targets that, while still dangerous, offered better defensive positioning.
The recruitment word was spread like wildfire across the entire continent. They didn't stop at guild-controlled territories. To tip the scales without leaving the rest of the world defenceless, they reached out to independent masters, rogue cultivators, and minor academies and clans, even.
