By the time they returned to District Ten, it was already the next morning.
Before he entered the inn run by the Lizardmen, Velin ran into Kyle head-on.
Clearly, Kyle had sensed Velin's presence long ago and had deliberately waited for him at the inn entrance.
"Welcome back, my lord."
"Notify the others. It's time to leave."
Gray, who stood behind Kyle, bowed upon hearing this and headed to the second floor to inform Aljettah and the others.
Half an hour later, Gray, Blue, Aljettah, and Seraphina came down from the inn's second floor in turn.
However, Velin was somewhat surprised by the silver-haired youth who came down last.
He had only been gone for a month, yet Kyle had brought back another subordinate.
"My lord, this is Green. I named him Bellak. He is a talented youth from the family of a bankrupt small merchant. His affinity with nature is very strong, even greater than yours. He is currently a Druid. I call his profession a Nature Mage."
Kyle used a voice transmission spell to relay the relevant information to Velin.
"Green greets Lord Velin." The silver-haired youth stepped before Velin and bowed. His posture and etiquette were impeccable.
"On behalf of Qixing Territory, I welcome you aboard," Velin replied with a smile.
So far, Kyle had gathered four subordinates: Gray, the Black and White Swordsman; Blue, the Wind Dancer; Phantom, the Dream Weaver; and Green, the Nature Mage.
Velin knew his loyal Guardian Knight's eye for talent very well. These four would encounter no obstacles on their Transcendent paths before reaching the Soul Intent rank.
Naturally, the resources he needed to invest would not be insignificant.
As for the gifted youths Velin had found himself, there were only the steadily growing Orlando and Hebrew, along with Zephirin, who