The messenger was Eval Sevaru, and he relayed to Chi-Woo that an official letter had arrived from Apertum, requesting for an emergency meeting.

‘Apertum?’ That meant Zelit had sent it. Tilting his head, Chi-Woo wondered what had happened and moved towards Apertum. When he arrived at the entrance, several people were already there to meet him. They immediately recognized Chi-Woo and politely guided him inside. On the way, Chi-Woo felt them steal furtive glances at him. It was probably because he had recently revealed his family name.

Chi-Woo smiled bitterly. Although he didn’t enjoy attention like this, he needed to get used to it now. When he entered the conference hall inside the tower, he saw some familiar faces. While greeting them with his eyes and sitting down, a few more people came in. They were all influential residents in Shalyh. Was it because the shock from the general assembly a few days ago still lingered? A strange silence hovered around the conference room. However, the silence didn’t last long as soon after, there was the sound of urgent footsteps, followed by Zelit’s appearance.

“Thank you for coming. The reason why I called everyone here is…” Zelit got straight to the point as he arrived. “A message I received from the Celestial Realm.” Zelit’s following words were definitely significant enough to justify an urgent meeting. “The Celestial Realm have completed the recruitment process of the twelfth reinforcements.”

Everyone’s eyes widened. They weren’t just surprised by the news, but also by the person who announced it. Originally, Chi-Hyun was the one fully in charge of overseeing the recruits, who regularly arrived from the Celestial Realm. However, this time, Zelit was suddenly playing the...