You're All So Selfish

The people from the other companies had wanted to come too, but the Third Company had driven them all back.

The other companies knew they had no right to poach someone, so they could only swallow their anger.

The First Company had come as well.

The Third Company had lost the fight against them, so it could only swallow its anger too.

Castor was the first to rush forward, of course.

"Brother Lin En—!!!"

Like Lin En, Castor wore the black-and-gold Power Armor of a battle priest. It gleamed darkly in the sun. He held his Inferno Staff across his body, with a Bolt Pistol at his waist.

As soon as he reached Lin En, Castor spread his arms and pulled him into a crushing bear hug.

He even thumped Lin En on the back.

"Brother, you're back!!! Everyone missed you so much!!! We kept asking to visit, but the Chief Librarian wouldn't let us in!!!" Castor's hand went thump, thump against his back.

Lin En was speechless.

Getting out of quarantine had been hard enough. Now he was afraid his teammates would carry him straight back in.

He was about to tell Castor to stop thumping him when the heavy, uneven tread of Power Armor sounded behind him.

It was the guard squad. Seeing Castor thump Lin En's back, they rushed forward to stop him.

The guard captain's voice boomed from his helmet. "Brother priest! Release him at once! Otherwise, we'll have to use force!"

More than a dozen guards had already spread out around Castor. Bolters pointed at him from every direction.

Castor recognized the guard captain as a Fourth Company man. He immediately went on guard and showed no sign of backing down. Pulling Lin En behind him, he faced the squad head-on. "Brothers, thank you for