Two Women at Daggers Draw as the Star Knights Arrive

While the Players fought valiantly, a disturbance on this scale naturally caught the attention of both the company and the Alliance.

Yet the two sides responded in exactly the same way: they stayed silent, guarded the city districts, and showed no intention of intervening.

The Bright Twin Towers.

Even something this serious had not reached the Planetary Council.

At the initiative of Ilis's father, Mata Barrett, an emergency meeting convened online via holographic projection.

Eight people attended. Aside from Mata, who held Rank L35, everyone was around L25.

Among them was even Ilis's chief rival, Charlie Keynes.

Mata looked barely over thirty. Well-proportioned and handsome, he radiated authority even as he sat still.

A live satellite feed of the battle on the borderlands played across their conference table.

Mata spoke coolly. "What are your thoughts?"

The first to speak was Leto, an L27 operations supervisor from the Navigation Department.

"Since this is Miss Barrett's promotion territory, the company has no reason to clean up her mess."

"We could step in, but that would count as an immediate failure of her promotion project."

Ilis's primary promotion project was currently on the borderlands.

That made the area her responsibility.

Whatever happened there would fall on her.

Everyone turned to Mata.

Mata nodded slightly. "Agreed. I'll do only the minimum necessary to keep Ilis Barrett alive. An L25 department head's promotion project must not be interfered with."

No one present was surprised by Mata's decision.

Even outsiders could see that Mata did not care about this daughter of his.

Then Shanxing, an L27 supervisor from the Armed Department, pointed at the screen. "Thornfire. Who would've thought the Rootvine District had someone like that hiding in it?"

A cold glint flashed in L24 Cairns's eyes. "Miss Barrett certainly knows how to spot talent."

Shanxing