Moreover, Xiao Ran had reason to believe that killing participants from the Hostile Faction would likewise earn a portion of the mission completion rate. Preventing Amalgam from completely wiping out Mithril and rebuilding Mithril afterward would also yield a certain amount of completion.
After Mithril suffered a devastating blow, Xiao Ran would not even need to interfere in the affairs of the newly rebuilt Mithril. He could allow Mithril to retain its detached status, completely independent and belonging to no nation. But he would certainly place Tessa in the position of true supreme commander. And if Tessa became Mithril's manager, how would that be any different from Xiao Ran being in charge?
This was not because there was anything between Xiao Ran and Tessa. It was because Tessa was willing to trust Xiao Ran unconditionally, giving them a solid foundation for cooperation. Since Xiao Ran was helping Tessa rebuild Mithril, how could she not feel grateful toward him and treat his instructions as genuine orders?
A mere four percent completion rate for a single base was perfectly normal to Xiao Ran. If destroying one base earned ten or twenty percent, then this mission would be far too easy for a B-class Pilot like him.
But for Luo, who was only on his third mission and was still firmly in the newcomer stage, an operation as large as destroying a base yielding only four percent truly felt difficult. If he were alone, he probably would have had no chance of bringing the mission completion rate to one hundred percent.
Luo only hoped to reach sixty percent completion and barely pass the mission. He would be satisfied even without any reward. At the very least, once the completion rate exceeded that threshold, he would not suffer the penalty for mission failure.
But