After Marshal Ofra's voice fell, everyone in the room was stunned. The entire parlor went so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Becky stood there blankly for more than ten seconds without reacting. Her faith was in the middle of post-disaster reconstruction, and she was temporarily refusing to believe reality. It was only when Lily smacked the small of the mercenary girl's back with her tail that Becky sprang up. "That's it?! You're... Oh, right, I get it. What happened back then must be a secret, and you don't want to talk about it..."
"So that's really how it happened." Ofra smiled and nodded. "I know what people say outside. Over the past few centuries, there have been all kinds of versions. At first I cared, but now I can't even be bothered with those bards. The truth is, teaming up with Gadon at the beginning was incredibly simple. Back then, I was an adventurer in the Wastelands, barely getting enough to eat. I met Gadon by accident. He wasn't good at fighting, but he had a sharp eye. He took one look and saw that I knew what I was doing. Then he said, 'Help me take some territory. I have some brothers under me. I'll make you their leader and pay you twenty Eagle Shield gold coins a month.' I thought about it and said, 'Sounds like a reliable job.' And that's how I became a commander. I just didn't realize at the time that he had more than two hundred thousand brothers under him—if I'd known, I should've asked for more."
Hao Ren covered his face and declined to comment. At last, he understood why Ofra had said that seeing Becky reminded her of when she had been an adventurer. Becky, meanwhile, continued to look as