The sky had cleared. Through the window, a stretch of transparent blue sky looked like a silk handkerchief, with small, snow-white clouds resting upon it like flowers embroidered on gauze. In the clear weather of late autumn, the azure sky was spotless and crystal clear.
The clear sky resembled an endless, tranquil blue sea. Brilliant white light danced in the air like ripples on the water, while the rosy sun added a splash of color to the fine day.
Tap, tap, tap!
Footsteps sounded as Evely walked up beside Rex.
"If we expanded the tribe's population now, how many more people could we take in at most?" Rex asked without turning his head.
He did not need to look to know that whoever approached him at this hour had to be Evely, not anyone else.
Of everyone in the newly established Arathi Tribe, Evely alone had earned Rex's regard. The others were merely fit to be minor leaders. They could manage a few dozen people, or perhaps a hundred, but once the numbers grew, things would definitely go wrong.
In the future timeline, however, Rex would not have paid Evely much attention. Although he was talented, there were plenty of people more capable than him.
The nobles occupied the high positions, and most posts had already been divided among them. Talent alone could not get someone ahead; they had to be exceptionally talented to rise.
Someone of Evely's caliber would therefore never have caught Rex's eye in the future timeline.
But things were different now. Compared with a crowd of mediocrities, Evely shone so brilliantly that Rex could not possibly ignore him.
It proved the old saying: everything suffered by comparison. Once things were compared, the differences became plain.
That was precisely the situation now.
Evely said quietly, "General, I