Inside the Duan Family Base conference hall, Duan Jiangwei and the other senior base officials took their seats one after another. Amid the silence, King Hunter entered with several Hunter Alliance stewards.
King Hunter's arrival drew everyone's attention. The events that had occurred around Duan Family Base in recent days had left its entire management uneasy, and they did not even dare meet the gaze of this renowned king of hunters.
"King Hunter, please take a seat." Duan Jiangwei spoke calmly and gestured toward several seats at the lower end of the conference hall.
But the moment his words fell, a senior hunter who had entered alongside King Hunter snorted coldly. "Is this how the Duan Family Base treats its guests?"
"What do you mean?" One of the base's senior managers frowned. "Has our Duan Family Base neglected your hospitality in any way? We haven't been stingy with anything you needed here, have we?"
The senior hunter's expression turned completely cold. He looked mockingly at everyone present. "Yes, you have indeed fulfilled every material request, but that was also a listed condition of the mission King Hunter accepted. Though you can't even say who posted that mission, King Hunter's arrival drew a great number of hunters here, allowing the Duan Family Base to remain safe and sound for such a long time. Do you really need to make a special point of mentioning such a small amount of supplies?"
Seeing how dissatisfied the hunter was, Lu Chuxue exchanged a glance with Duan Jiangwei before standing up. "Of course, we are deeply grateful for the Hunter Alliance's actions, and we have no intention of quibbling over such matters. It is simply that this meeting is extremely important, so please take your seats first."
The hunters still looked displeased, but King Hunter