When Murphy and the Gold-ranked players returned to the Machino Line, the Lord's summons was delivered to every Godslayer in the form of a very formal paper conscription notice.
All the Silver-ranked players had received the order—a total of 153 people. The Godslayer roster had expanded to 200 after the fighting at R-9 Base, and the remaining vacancies would be filled automatically, as the mission required, by players with the highest achievement points.
There was nothing wrong with this selection method. In theory, players with high achievement points were all seasoned veterans, so there shouldn't be any concerns about their combat strength. But there were always exceptions.
Because among the players, there was a special group known as "achievement hunters."
These people didn't chase equipment or power, and they weren't particularly interested in pushing the story forward, either. Their only joy lay in constantly pursuing the bizarre entries on the achievement list, and they never tired of it.
Achievement hunters weren't numerous, nor were they a mainstream group among the players. But this sudden turn of events had left some outstanding achievement hunters in a very awkward position.
The most famous examples were the players' number-one capitalist, Living It Up, and a few of the old hands from the Masons' Guild.
While the other players were fighting fiercely on the front lines, Old Huo and the others hadn't been idle in the rear. They'd been incorporated into Transia's temporarily expanded administration, working as operational advisers in the towns along the Machino Line and behind it, coordinating supplies for the army while racking up achievements.
They'd earned few combat achievements, but Old Huo, Fly Ash, and Bricklayer had scored an astonishing number of achievements in other areas. They were now among the players with the highest overall achievement points. When the