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Giant Beast Forest, encampment...
It had been exactly ten days since Wu Yan returned to the Sparlier World from the Strike the Blood Instance World...
Over those ten days, the Giant Beast Forest Encampment had slowly passed in an unexpectedly peaceful manner. It was no longer as chaotic as before, with someone dying here, someone dying there, and people turning into monsters of unknown origin, leaving everyone in a state of panic.
The encampment now was like clear skies after a storm. Apart from the usual minor squabbles and schemes, nothing major had happened. It was another kind of peace, giving Peros, who had constantly been on edge, the chance to set aside his sense of urgency and finally catch his breath.
Of course, saying nothing major had happened only applied to Wu Yan and his group. During these ten days, something rather significant had still occurred within the encampment.
New encampment administrators had taken office!
That was only natural. Although Peros was extremely capable, and even though managing the encampment alone was exhausting, he had at least kept everything organized and orderly. But Peros was, after all, a member of the Luo Li Family. If he alone served as the encampment administrator, then an encampment belonging to the Ai Lu Empire would turn into one belonging to the Luo Li Family...
The Luo Li Family might have been happy to see that happen, but the Saito Family and the Leiting Family certainly would not have been...
Thus, around halfway through those ten days, the Ai Lu Empire's royal family finally issued orders for new administrators to take office. One person was selected from each of