(Happy New Year, everyone. May all your wishes come true, and may you stay healthy.)
Hearing Peg's questioning, the bearded man merely curled his lips. "Could I have avoided turning around? Couldn't you see the way those people were acting? They clearly wouldn't stop until they took us down. Fine, even if we could have escaped at that time, could the others in the legion have escaped? Trading three Ejection Devices for so many people to get away—wasn't that worth it?"
Peg glanced at the bearded man, crossed her arms to accentuate her ample figure, then turned her head away and ignored him.
The green-haired man, who had remained silent the whole time, looked over the three of them. His gloomy expression did not change, but seeing the two of them like this, he suddenly spoke up. "What are you arguing about? What is there to argue over? Things have already turned out this way, so don't stir up any more trouble. Figure out how to contact the others, then how we should negotiate with the Burning Legion and the Overlord Legion. Before leaving this world, it would be best to estimate an appropriate weighted settlement value and settle everything. Pay what we should pay, give what we should give."
"The Overlord Legion's settlement value this time will probably be very high." The blue-haired man shook his head. "The combat strength we brought was far greater than the Overlord Legion's, and so many people were captured. Even if the Overlord Legion invited the Burning Legion to help, the final result probably won't differ much."
"It's just that no legion has ever been able to figure out the Legion Management Center's weighted settlement method. Even if we estimate a rough settlement score based on experience, it definitely won't match the Legion