The Great Expedition was over.
It ended with everyone utterly bewildered.
Throughout this Great Expedition, most of the Ghost-Tamers had been completely baffled. First came the Weirds' sudden rampage, then their inexplicable loss of strength, and finally their disappearance.
In short, they had simply vanished without explanation. When Melanie tallied the numbers afterward, she discovered that most of the Ghost-Tamers were still alive. She hadn't expected that.
On reflection, though, it was only natural. The Ghost-Tamers taking part in the Great Expedition were elites drawn from all over the world, hardened warriors who had fought their way through blood and fire.
Aside from those killed at the start because they couldn't react in time to the Weirds' sudden rampage, most of the Ghost-Tamers had successfully escaped the Weird city by relying on their practiced techniques and methods for dealing with Weirds.
Then, after devising their tactics and infiltrating the city again, they found the Weirds beginning to disappear.
And so, the most successful-and most absurd-Great Expedition since the appearance of Weirds came to an end.
In the end, Melanie made the call: they would immediately set out for Capital City and report the expedition's great victory to headquarters.
Aboard the Wings of Hope, Luo Xia reunited with his companions. By unspoken agreement, none of them brought up the Songstress, Greenie. They crowded around Luo Xia and ushered him off to the victory banquet.
They hoped to numb the pain of their genuinely decent captain this way.
Watching the Ghost-Tamers celebrating on the distant deck, Cheng Yu kept his Cognitive Disruption Spell active and let the sea breeze wash over him. He curled his lip and said,
"If I hadn't shouldered the worst of it for them, this bunch might be partying on their own graves. Looks like I really