Chapter 552 - Talv City (2)

Inverno City was one of the four cities that connected to the Bridge World. As this city was an important city like only below Miderian City, the security here was very tight. Moreover, with the upcoming large-scale operation, the security was tightened several times.

The city was already bustling with people even without the military's announcement. Now, with the military's announcement, the crowd doubled. Many players gathered here to participate in the war.

Many of the players were excited about this upcoming war. They had very eager to participate in a large-scale operation like this.

Unfortunately, it was not easy for players to join this operation. The players had to register and enter one of the teams to participate in the war. Of course, they could also choose to enter a top-ranked guild.

They had to join like this to ease the access in command relay from the top. Of course, the top-ranked guild had already promised to help the military with some benefits given.

In the end, the top-ranked guild had already reached an agreement with the military. So, they could be considered as an entity under the military. Hence, the players could choose to enter the top-ranked guild or become temporary team members from the military.

Of course, the players could choose neither of the options, and the military would not forbid them from joining. However, if they chose this way, they would not benefit from what the military had promised them. They would join with their own funds and also took what they received.

The Absurd team was one of the popular teams. Despite the fact that they only had 11 members, including Auron, this team was one of the best that the military had. Because of that, many players had applied to join the team as temporary members.

For the team, a player joining them was helping them. That member's achievement would be considered as the team's achievement. However, that was only if the player could work together with them.

If the player could not work together or even defy the orders, it could cause their team a problem. Hence, the players' selection process and the selection authority were given to the team.

Smite had already known about this system. Hence, he had consulted with some of the old members of the Absurd team to help him filters the players. With Smite's strict selection process, out of 100 players register to this team, only 4 were accepted. And Auron's swordsman character was one of the four.

They accepted Auron's swordsman character because they had been working together in the previous mission. Julia and Auron also gave their opinion, and it smoothed the acceptance process.

Both of Auron's characters had arrived at the Inverno City. There were already many teams gathered here. The Absurd team was just one of the many groups that departed from Inverno City. Many other teams passed from this city or other cities.

Auron directly went to the gathering point of the Absurd team. It was a house. Actually, it was Smite's house in Inverno City. Rumor had said that Smite had other houses in the other three cities. It was still unknown how much Smite's assets were.

Although the house was not big, it was not a small house either. It was a two-floor house with six rooms. When Auron arrived at this house, most of the members already gathered here, missing only Smite and Jeffrey.

Since the last briefing was not started yet, Auron used this chance to get to know the new members. Although Auron knew their name, he never met them in person. As he was the team's vice leader, Auron should know about their class and so on.

There were 2 men and 1 woman among the newest members besides Auron's swordsman character. The woman was another cleric, just like Spica. Meanwhile, the two men were a swordsman and a thief.

Auron didn't know whether Smite deliberately chose the members according to the member's class or not. However, Smite's choice was pretty good, class-wise. Obviously, a large-scale operation like these two swordsmen was not enough, so the addition of two swordsmen was the right choice.

Obviously, one cleric would not be enough, and the new cleric would help ease Spica's burdens. Meanwhile, the new thief also was not the agility or tracker type. Instead, he was the assassin type. Hence, the new thief could help raise the team's attack power and act at a critical time.

Auron could see that the new recruit was quite high leveled. He observed the other members as well. All of them had increased their level quite significantly. The average level of the members had gone up to 550. It was relatively high for a team comprise only of colonel rank and sergeant as the leader.

If all of the members could take a promotion examination, they would reach sergeant rank or at least a senior corporal. Unfortunately, the promotion was halted due to this operation.

It took Auron 10 minutes for the greetings and the introduction. Auron looked at the time once more. The departure time was almost coming. However, there was still no sign of Smite and Jeffrey.

Auron had no choice but to start the meeting. Although Auron didn't know the plan, at least he could start by asking the others' preparation.

When Auron was about to start, Smite came, followed by Jeffrey behind his back. Auron breathed a relieved sigh. Then, when he was about to greet Smite and Jeffrey, he was shocked. The other members besides the new members were shocked as well.

Both Smite and Jeffrey had reached level 600. To be precise, it was level 650 and 648 for Smite and Jeffrey, respectively. Not only that, but their equipment was so dazzling that with one glance, one would know it was expensive.

When everyone was dazed because of his level and equipment, Smite looked around while smiling and said, "It seems everyone has arrived. So, let us start the final briefing. Gather around."