By past convention, none of the Twelve Greats would sit out any high-risk mission.
However, they would only send a small number of people, leaving the bulk to the medium and small factions.
It was not that they feared battle. When it came to the main battlefield, the Twelve Greats would still be the backbone of the fighting force! The Twelve Greats believed that they were the main force, and good steel had to be used on the blade's edge.
It had to be admitted that these major factions had abundant experience in large-scale battles, and their coordination with one another far surpassed that of the medium and small factions.
Moreover, they had strong on-site control in large-scale combat.
At the same time, they believed that medium and small factions were of questionable reliability on major battlefields.
If something went wrong, it could very well lead to a total collapse.
This had happened more than once before. Once medium and small factions realized the situation was hopeless, they would very likely run away outright.
But if it were the major factions, they had to hold the line even if they could not withstand it. Everyone around them was either a comrade-in-arms or a partner.
They would rather die in battle than flee. Otherwise, even if they escaped, they would face a fate worse than death in the future.
However, that was the conclusion reached by the major factions. The medium and small factions did not see it that way.
The subordinates and disciples of the major factions had also betrayed medium and small factions in battle. The pot should not call the kettle black.
But that was beside the point. In any case, those were the current rules: the Twelve Greats had the final say.
The medium and small factions