Black Dragon Empire, Lakeheart City.
Inside the Guild Leader's office at Miracle Guild's temporary headquarters, several Guild Elders and over a dozen high-ranking Guild members stood silently, each one cautiously watching the thin middle-aged man before them.
This thin middle-aged man was none other than Hun Duan Shifang, the legendary figure of Miracle Guild who commanded the overall situation.
Although everyone present was an absolute top-tier expert, merely standing in the room made their hearts tremble with every shift in Hun Duan Shifang's mood, as if he were the absolute ruler of the entire room.
The atmosphere in the room had become so tense and frigid entirely because of the message Star Scar had just sent.
"That Star Scar has gone completely mad. He led over three thousand people to deal with Zero Wing's mere hundred-man team, yet he actually dared to abandon the mission and retreat. Does he not know that Vice Guild Leader hates defeat and retreat more than anything?"
"This is the first time I've ever seen Vice Guild Leader Hun Duan this furious. I just hope Star Scar won't receive too harsh a punishment."
Looking at Hun Duan Shifang, whose expression was as frosty as ice, Miracle Guild's upper echelons all felt that Star Scar had a death wish. Although Hun Duan Shifang was only a Vice Guild Leader, his authority within the Guild was second only to the Guild Leader's. However, this "second only" was unlike the position of Vice Guild Leaders in other Guilds. Other Vice Guild Leaders could at most mobilize their own subordinates, whereas Hun Duan Shifang could freely mobilize forces throughout the Guild. Even all of the Guild's ace legions had to obey his commands.
In the entire Guild, aside from lacking the authority to dismiss core upper echelons at the