The question pulled the corners of Rhys's lips slightly upward as his hand instinctively went to his waist, where his hidden knives were kept, feeling the old steel's familiar comfort under his palm.
"We have currently finished transferring 100 STF operatives to the Beyond. It is our limit for now, given the limited energy at our disposal." His tone was calm with a tired edge from long shifts and limited resources.
Because each transfer was carried out through a Player's Sanctuary and consumed considerable energy, the Player Headquarters had even opened a new department just for that task, to achieve the highest efficiency at the lowest cost, with rows of monitors tracking usage and loss.
Rhys continued with the same demeanor. "Among them, 50 are strengthened with new-generation exoskeletons and weapons, which makes them equal in power to that world's Rank 1 Practitioners, currently even slightly more powerful."
