Once Saine's assigned starfield for the expedition had been confirmed, the starfields assigned to Lunna, Xia Ya, and Jean, who had just joined Saine's faction, were swiftly determined as well.
They would all follow Saine to the Gold Rock World Cluster and await combat deployment.
After a period of rest, the relocated Knights' Halls gradually got back on track. Jean had long been unable to contain his urge to join the war.
The fellow was still carrying tens of millions in Magic Coin loans. The pressure to repay them weighed far more heavily on him than it did on Lunna or Xia Ya.
Saine also had Xia Ya provide Jean's Crimson Knights' Hall with an additional two thousand sets of Magic Mechanical Armor. These favors and Magic Coins would all have to be repaid.
In truth, according to Jean's personal mission cycle, he still had roughly thirteen years of rest time remaining.
But in order to repay his debts sooner, he still volunteered to Saine, hoping to set out alongside him.
Meili, the dean of Saine's Holy Tower, also spoke up for Jean in a rare show of support.
After one Holy Tower status report, Meili casually mentioned that Jean wanted to gather enough resources for his younger sister to attempt an advance to Level-4 Magician.
"Oh?" Saine voiced his mild surprise, then looked at Meili with a smile. "It seems you have quite a good relationship with Gina?"
"Of course. Gina has eased a great deal of pressure on me in the field of Holy Tower construction and development."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to begin preliminary research into the power of laws at the Demigod-level realm over these past two hundred years."
"I meant to mention this during my last work report. Isn't it time you raised