Guilt's unexpected breakthrough at this point had even caught Zhou Xu off guard, and Borgna was even less prepared for it.
However, this did not affect Zhou Xu's earlier arrangements.
"Guilt, Borgna is also a fire-element mage. For now, his strength is above yours. I promised him that from now on, whichever of you has the higher cultivation will serve as regimental commander."
"At present, Borgna is a step stronger than you, so Borgna will serve as commander of the Fire Mage Regiment, while you will be demoted to vice commander."
Zhou Xu felt no psychological pressure when he said this.
Instead, Borgna, who was standing there, suddenly found himself under immense pressure.
The Saint Realm and the peak of the Extraordinary Realm were two entirely different concepts. With a major bottleneck in the way, from an elf's perspective, being stuck for decades or even centuries was nothing unusual.
But once they broke through, their strength would quickly enter a period of rapid growth. In other words, the gap between them would be swiftly narrowed.
Faced with this situation, Borgna, who had been stuck at a minor bottleneck all these years, found it difficult not to feel pressured.
Guilt, on the other hand, was only slightly taken aback by Zhou Xu's arrangement. Overall, he remained calm, as though he did not care in the slightest about the position of regimental commander.
This was within Zhou Xu's expectations.
Compared with the still somewhat childish Borgna, Guilt's experiences in his early years had made him psychologically mature.
At the same time, as a former adviser of the Rakshasa Republican Party, he had probably guessed their emperor's intentions the moment he saw Borgna.
Moreover, the mages of Great Zhou had always followed the rule that strength came first. Whoever had the higher cultivation