Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Franca's sudden intrusion clearly caused the solemn atmosphere of the occasion to choke for a moment, and the intimate address made the muscles under the right eye of the old man on the high platform involuntarily tremble.

"Eh? Aglaya is also here?" Franca, who strode in, seemingly didn't treat the Judgment Hall, regarded as a solemn place by all the executors, as anything serious.

Aglaya glanced sideways at the noble young lady who was exquisitely dressed.

Her family had significant weight in the city, so much so that her personal behavior often seemed unimportant.

Anyone mentioning her would only remember the family behind her.

But her family couldn't afford to be frivolous in front of Judgment Chief Nolanitz...

'It seems that the young lady has also forged her own path...'

Aglaya withdrew her gaze and looked up again at the Judgment Chief above, "Your Excellency Nolanitz, since you have other matters to attend to, I won't disturb you. Just these two children... I'll trouble you with them."

"Rest assured."

Watching the tall woman's retreating figure, Franca followed the two adolescents with a pair of curious eyes.

To call them children was not quite accurate; after all, she wasn't much older than them.

Their eyes were large, full of vivacity.

The girl had a quiet temperament, serene and reserved.

The boy was lively and sunny, his curious eyes scanning around.

They were said to be refugees?

Yet the black clothes with golden stripes were sophisticated and elegant, suiting them well without the awkward urgency of refugees new to the city.

Are these the two with extraordinary talents?

Indeed, they had an exceptional air about them.

"Franca, why have you come back?" While observing, the Judgment Chief Nolanitz suddenly asked from above.

The previously ethereal and profound voice became more grounded, carrying a touch of closeness.

"The Rat Plague case flopped, came back to report that I'm not dead yet."

The old man fell silent for a moment, his voice slightly reproachful, "It must be that boy Balu being too arrogant..."

"It's not his fault; I let them escape," Franca waved her hand dismissively and turned to ask the boy and girl beside her, "Grandpa, are they the new recruits?"

"Yes... You've come at just the right time," Nolanitz said with a clearly affectionate chuckle in his tone, "You lead them to Asibern at the youth training camp and tell him to keep a close eye on them. These two have started late and will need to work harder than the others."

"Alright~" Franca cheerfully agreed on the spot, her eyes glued to the two children, "Follow big sister, I'll take you to where we train."

"Hold on." As Franca was about to turn, the Judgment Chief seemed to remember something, "The executor that went to instruct the soldiers at the military camp has requested a transfer, leaving a vacancy. Franca, would you be interested?"

"The military camp?" Franca cocked her head thoughtfully, "The one where you mentioned going to do Psychic Pressure Resistance Training for those soldiers?"

"Yes."

"Didn't I submit an application that was rejected?"

"So now I'm giving you the opportunity."

Because nobody else wanted to go...

Initially, hardly any executors were willing to direct resistance training for soldiers without related talents. Those who were reluctantly chosen had all slipped away and returned.

The life of an executor was meant to burn passionately in the hunt for demons; any comfortable life would weaken their fighting will over time.

The executors who went to the military camp all felt the impact of unclean whispers from higher-dimensional spaces deepening, urgently needing fervent battle to purify themselves.

On the contrary, executors newly joined to the Arbitration Place might be more suitable.

"Oh~" Franca tapped her chin with a tender finger, pondering briefly before crisply agreeing, "No problem, I'll go!"

She had already applied last time, only to be rejected by everyone.

This time, with the Judgment Chief personally inviting her, there was no reason not to take a look.

For Franca, anything she hadn't seen was fatally attractive.

"Then it's settled." Nolanitz nodded in satisfaction, "First take them to report to the youth training camp, then head to 'The Slate' to receive your assignment. I will have someone notify Balu."

"No problem." Franca waved her hand, her crisp and lively voice echoing through the hall, "I'll take them now."

On their way, Franca leaned in slightly, her lovely face drawing near Kiro Lan's side, her bright eyes glancing at the two children, "Are you really refugees? What made you decide to come to the city?"

"A great person saved us and brought us back," answered Morphie instantly, taken in by the beautiful big sister's approachable demeanor that lacked any sense of strangeness.

The city's landscape was drastically different from the oasis town where he had spent the past decade or more. Everything was novel and alluring, and the people here seemed universally kind.

It seemed that what Bai E had said was indeed true; the city was a paradise... if only he had known earlier.

"A great person?"

Morphie blurted out without thinking, "It was Bai E."

"The great person from the military camp," Kiro Lan clarified softly, elaborating, "We were actually stranded in the wilderness, and the people from the camp saved us and took us back to the city."

"Oh~" Franca nodded, registering the name "Bai E" and then asked excitedly, "So where are you guys originally from? How could any city let you leave with such talents?"

Kiro Lan turned slightly to look at the delicate features of the amiable young lady beside her. Those sparkling eyes showed cunning intelligence, and her gentle face bore no signs of the ravages of the world.

"Sister... we lived in an oasis in the wilderness, where talents were not valued."

Spiritual Energy?

Can Spiritual Energy be eaten as food?

They lacked a professional system to understand and develop Spiritual Energy; just surviving consumed all the effort of their lifetimes.

There were Psychic Ability users in the oasis too, but only a very, very few of them could maintain their true self without being eroded by demons, not to mention having significant strength.

Or to say, the strong ones had all died...

The stronger the Psychic Ability burned, the more brightly its projected Spiritual Body shone in the higher dimensional space, appearing like a beacon in the dark to those demons.

In the short time they had been in contact with Great Lady Aglaya, they had learned quite a bit of common knowledge about the world of Psychic Ability users.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Oh~" Franca obediently responded, "I see~"

Then she grew excited again, "How many of you are there... and where did you bring them back from?"

"In the beginning, there were more than six hundred of us. We hid under a wind-eroded cavern and due to our unknown fear of life, a Origin demon was born around us as the core..."

After learning more about demons from Aglaya, Kiro Lan's description became more accurate.

"Origin demon?" Franca was shocked, "Wow! That's not something to mess with."

With that, she pulled Kiro Lan toward a hidden corner of the corridor and crouched down, tucking in, "Come on, tell me all about it..."

"But sister, aren't we supposed to go report to the training place?" Morphie felt something was off about the situation.

Franca waved her hand carelessly, "Hey~ it won't hurt to be a bit slow, right?~"

Continuing with an excited face, she urged Kiro Lan, who had crouched down with her, "Keep going, keep going, I love stories!"

Kiro Lan smiled gently, with no objections. The sister's behavior might be extraordinary and casual, but her sincere attitude made it hard for anyone to dislike her, and she quietly began to recount the past.

"The military sent out three groups of soldiers, but all of them fell there, until the arrival of this group of adults..."

From a corridor frequented by enforcers, the occasional strange glance floated in.

From afar, one could only hear the soft voice of a young girl slowly saying something, interspersed with the exclamations of another lively female voice.

"Gee~"

"So that's considered cool?"

"Yeah, yeah~"

"I'm quite envious of you... emmmm, I mean I'd also like to see what demons look like."

And... what I could achieve when facing a demon.

What others can do, I can do too!

After hearing the story, Franca stood up abruptly, "That guy is called Bai E, right! I'll meet him tomorrow!"

...

Late at night.

Back in his room, too excited to sleep, Weslin sat in his comfortable recliner pondering how to reward the newly created Artificial Human Soldier.

This time, he had almost single-handedly brought back over four hundred Psychic Talent users and two top-tier talents for the city and had legitimately established a foundational relationship with Aglaya—a feat deserving recognition.

Mere military merits?

Those were expected, not an extra reward.

Since his creation, this new Artificial Human had accomplished several meritorious deeds and also proved to be very sensible. Had it not been for concerns about Hamilton's faction's potential opposition, he would have arranged the Gene Optimization Solution reward for him long ago.

Now, the distribution of Gene Optimization Solution had become a sure thing, so it could not be considered a reward either.

What, then, would be a good reward for him?

His hand absentmindedly flipped through the documents on the desk beside him, and seeing a proposal submitted just today, glanced at it out of an innate sense of duty—

"Proposal for the Transfer of Artificial Recruit 95B27 to the Armored Battalion"—Hamilton

"..."

95B27?

Wasn't that Bai E?

Why was Hamilton wanting to transfer Bai E to his Armored Battalion?

Could it be he planned to get rid of him on his own turf?

Such a tactic seemed too foolish.

Because of Carlos's faction's intent to support the Artificial Human, Hamilton had indeed shown an opposing stance to the Artificial Human previously, but essentially, it was to express dissent against Carlos's faction's decisions rather than any real issue with the Artificial Human himself.

It's unlikely that he would directly target the Artificial Human; it would break the "rules."

Looking at the time the proposal was submitted... it was today, just after the special joint squad returned from their mission.

Did he submit this proposal at the first news of Bai E's success? Quite eager, indeed.

Let's see what he's up to...

After reviewing Hamilton's submitted proposal, Weslin shook his head with a quiet chuckle.

So that's his angle...

You Carlos faction want to support him? I'll support him too.

But as a natural person...

Undercutting the foundation!

That was Hamilton's plan.