A few days later.
Duke received a message from Vera, containing only one line: "The thirty-fifth recruitment, we've all signed up. Are you coming?"
This time, he didn't hesitate much and replied with a single word through the Six-Ring Badge: "Coming."
Now that the intelligence was sufficient and there was a basic understanding of the situation in the Four Spirits Elemental Plane, it was time to set off.
Vera had gathered Leon, Edmond, and Morris on her side, making a total of five with Duke.
They quickly registered as a team at the Six-Ring Tower, with Vera as the leader.
Completing the registration was just the first step; over the next three days, they were required to submit seventeen different materials—identity verification, magic power imprint rubbings, soul wave sampling, bloodline tracing proof, emergency contact registration, will archive... each document had to go through at least two different department reviews. Duke had never seen such cumbersome procedures.
