Five years had passed since Dile and the others helped Balchik defeat Shatla's Expeditionary Force.
Shatla's string of defeats seemed to have set the tone for this war game between giants.
Over those five years, the focus of the war between Balchik and the other Five Giants gradually shifted toward the Pan Chabuko Alliance front.
Meanwhile, for their outstanding performance on the Shatla battlefield, Dile and the others received honorary military ranks from Balchik. Dile became a Lieutenant General, while every other member became a Major General. This honor was immensely precious to any civilization outside the giants.
Over those five years, Dile and the others were active on battlefields across the war.
Whether raiding enemy supply lines, wreaking havoc behind enemy lines, or carrying out assassinations, every member of the Azure Dragon Study Group maintained a 100% success rate.
Gradually, the Azure Dragon Study Group's name became increasingly renowned. Though no one understood why a mercenary-style squad would call itself a study group, no one dared underestimate them.
The Azure Dragon Study Group's fearsome reputation reached its peak after they assassinated the Kabonebog Church's Ascetic troops.
Those were the Kabonebog Church's Ascetics, after all. Even the Allied Army felt some fear toward those fanatics, who were powerful, fearless in the face of death, and capable of brainwashing others.
The fact that Dile and the others had wiped out those fanatics drew even the attention of the Kabonebog Church's current Pontiff. Naturally, the church issued orders for their capture throughout its territory, and also raised the bounties on Dile and the others at the Starry Sky Hunter Headquarters straight onto the Blood Sea Wanted List, putting them almost on the same level as Mad God.
But when Balchik publicly announced their honorary military ranks, everyone also learned that Dile and