The sun set in the west, and the sky gradually darkened.
It should have been the time when countless office workers got off work and returned home, yet the Zero Wing headquarters building was brightly lit. Compared to the surrounding buildings, people streamed in and out of it, making it even livelier than usual.
There were even quite a few young men and women still lining up in front of the building to apply to join Zero Wing, waiting to undergo its various basic tests.
Amid the bustle before Zero Wing Building, several dozen people in different clothes and of different backgrounds suddenly appeared. Each of them quietly surveyed everything around them, their curiosity about Zero Wing's headquarters evident.
"So this is Zero Wing's headquarters?" A young man with a few freckles on his face looked disdainfully at the young men and women waiting in line for testing. "I really don't know what the commander was thinking, suddenly telling us to come to Zero Wing's headquarters to study and train for a while. Zero Wing may indeed be a powerful guild in God's Domain."
"But there are barely any people who could truly be called top experts. Even among these people joining Zero Wing, many are obviously complete newcomers. Their combat standards probably aren't even enough to clear the third floor of the Trial Tower, yet we're being made to train at Zero Wing..."
None of the others present objected to the freckled young man's disdainful words. Clearly, they agreed with him.
People like them who had joined adventure groups disliked being restrained the most. At the same time, they looked down on the members of major guilds, believing them to be nothing more than bullies who feared the strong and preyed on the weak, relying on their influence to