The guard captain naturally knew that this woman's A-rank "big brother" was the Supreme from the Edge Star Domain.
Whether he was her biological brother... that was unimportant. What mattered was that she had called him here, under the relentless pressure from their side.
What kind of mess was this? The guard captain felt bitter inside.
Their extreme pressure had worked, but the person it squeezed out was far too massive. He steadied himself and forced a smile. "Now we can be considered to have fully understood your side's strength. That is a good thing."
"If you have any other demands, feel free to raise them. We can discuss everything together. There is nothing that cannot be said."
Xiang Xue asked lazily, "So all the difficulties you gave us these past days are just going to be brushed aside? You even blocked our door!"
"That can be resolved as well," the guard captain said, visibly relieved. "They will offer appropriate compensation."
Since the other side had openly been A-rank Awakened Ones, the various factions had made things difficult for them, but they had not actually confronted them head-on.
Of course, if no new expert had appeared on their side, a major fight would likely have been unavoidable when the final conflict came.
But hadn't that failed to happen? There was still room to make amends.
No Awakened Ones had died or been injured. Paying compensation would be enough. The guard captain felt that any problem money could solve was not a problem.
It was not his money anyway. Whoever was unwilling to pay could handle the matter themselves.
"Compensation?" Xiang Xue sneered. "What about the damage to our reputation?"
It was not about personal reputation. Anyone doing business needed a good name. More than half a year of harassment had