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Before moving into the Devouring Yellow Springs Branch and beginning to use the branch's resource vault to arm himself, Sea King had considered many potential risks.

After all, the Yellow Springs Merchant Guild was no joke.

If this provoked the headquarters' displeasure, then even as the Devouring Branch's only War Merchant Guild at this stage, he would be unable to bear the consequences. It would be even easier for headquarters to erase him.

So he needed a legitimate reason to mobilize resources.

To protect you all!

This reason might have seemed unreliable to the Devouring Branch's middle and lower-ranking officers, but they had no way to refute or report it. After all, Sea King had spoken from the perspective of considering the guild's interests.

Moreover, with their authority, they simply could not suppress Sea King, a member of the War Merchant Guild.

However, as Sea King lavishly consumed the supplies in the resource vault, these middle and lower-ranking officers finally could no longer sit still.

That was because the amount of supplies in storage was tied to their performance.

Every five years was one cycle. Once the deadline arrived, the supplies stored in the Devouring Branch would be sent in bulk to Yellow Springs headquarters as the Devouring Branch's performance over the past five years.

Aside from meeting the quotas set by Yellow Springs headquarters, any excess supplies could either be kept and consumed for the Devouring Branch's development, or handed in as additional merit for the Devouring Branch members.

But with Sea King consuming stored resources like this, not only would they lose their extra merit, but if this continued, they might not even be able to fulfill headquarters' required quota next time.

Thus, the Devouring Branch's middle and lower-ranking officers could no longer endure it.

This time, no