Things had come to this. No matter how dissatisfied the National Team members were, they had no choice but to accept that they had been sold to a Japanese lord as off-the-books labor.
"East Sea City's Fortress City is divided into thirty-two districts. Each district has roughly thirty narrow lanes, six broad roads, and one main street... our group has been assigned to District Twenty." Nan Jue looked over the information Lai Baoheng had left behind.
"There'll be a major high tide the day after tomorrow. Everyone, be ready," Ai Jiangtu said.
The entire group groaned in frustration.
They had barely settled in, and already they had to fight demon beasts again.
What a pain!
"These Japanese really know how to work the system. Build East Sea City, lure in sea monsters, and make other mages risk their lives killing them. Then buy the spoils cheap and give the district chief a payout... all they have to do is keep order in East Sea City, and the money comes pouring in." Zhao Manyan was particularly sharp when it came to making money.
"Even after that payout gets skimmed at every level, it still attracts plenty of mages willing to risk their lives... tsk, tsk. How much must the Japanese government behind all this be making?"
"We don't get paid anything. We'd be better off figuring out how to reach Four-Star quickly," Guan Yu said.
"Guan Yu has a point. I read the information, and their star-rating system is pretty complicated... but ultimately, it comes down to this: the more demon beasts we kill, and the stronger they are, the more points we earn, and the faster we can become a Four-Star team."
"Incidentally, if we converted those two Blue Valley Fierce Beasts Zhou Sining blasted to death earlier into points,