"Hm? He was willing to let Lin Lei go out and train?"
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Barton seemed somewhat surprised as well.
Ernst Academy itself was named after a former pope, so it naturally had deep ties with the Church of Light.
With Barton's current control over the Church of Light, keeping Lin Lei under surveillance was no problem.
He was quite interested in Xu Yue's decision to keep protecting Lin Lei and slowly nurture him.
No matter how he looked at it, Lin Lei's future achievements would only be so-so. Making a casual investment in him was certainly fine, but six years had already been spent on him. Doing nothing but guarding him came at no small cost.
After all, in this world, six years of a God-level Expert's time could bring enormous benefits!
Take himself, for example. After gaining control over the Sacred Alliance, high-energy minerals had been continuously extracted.
There was even enough to cover the expenditure for an Intermediate Military Formation!
It could barely rival the weakest Higher God elevated through a godhead, but even the weakest Higher God was still a Higher God!
If it was used directly in this world instead of being brought back to the Reincarnation Space, it was practically free!
It was precisely because being pope of the Church of Light brought such benefits that he could remain stationed in Fenlai City and simply stabilize the situation.
Yet Xu Yue was also staying here under the identity of a stone sculptor. What a waste.
Was Lin Lei really worth that much?
Or was Xu Yue not merely keeping an eye on Lin Lei?
But no matter what, this rare chance for Lin Lei to be allowed out for training had to be exploited!
Since they had provided intelligence,