While Gaelgar and the others discussed the war on one side, Kostner was already packing his bags on the other, preparing to head to the East Sea to find Lu Yang.
Lu Yang had sent the contract to Kostner as soon as the battle ended, and Kostner readily signed his name. They were both experts, so they understood each other without needing much discussion.
"Little Phoenix, call the boss. Kostner signed a contract with me. Get over here and report in immediately. I booked you two on the same flight." Lu Yang sent Kerrily the flight number.
"As expected of the boss. You're incredible." Kerrily promptly offered some high-grade flattery. "I'll be there by evening, ready for your orders."
She even added a saluting emoji at the end, making Lu Yang chuckle. He turned to Tu Feng beside him and asked, "Who's my next opponent?"
The next battle would be against one of the arena's top three hundred players. Everyone who had made it this far was a top-tier expert, and Lu Yang wanted to see whether their bloodlines were worth recruiting.
Lu Yang recruited differently from others. What he valued were competitors with rare bloodlines and exceptional strength. Those players would be the most useful on the battlefield.
In the future, Lu Yang intended to send these people deep into enemy territory, using a small number of elites and the skills of their special bloodlines to eliminate enemy supply teams or assassinate groups of special-class opponents.
That required players with rare bloodlines to possess extremely high technical skill and battlefield awareness. One careless mistake, and they could be camped and killed by hundreds or even thousands of enemies deep in hostile territory, without the slightest chance to fight back.
Perhaps such classes had not been important before, but now