Early that morning, Black-and-White Bear woke up-logged in-and, after brushing his teeth and washing his face, strolled out of his army tent with a large tea mug to get breakfast at the mess hall.
Although the army had somewhat less than a month's worth of grain left, the Expeditionary Army's meals had not been cut back at all.
At least, as Black-and-White Bear queued for his food, he could see that players and ordinary NPC soldiers alike received a large bowl of rice or noodles, or a flatbread, along with unlimited vegetable soup and half a bowl of glistening, fatty pork.
Today, however, Black-and-White Bear would not get to enjoy his breakfast in peace. He was only halfway through when word came that he had to attend a meeting.
"A meeting? Another meeting... Ah, I feel like I'm at work."
Black-and-White Bear was annoyed, but he could hardly refuse. Muttering to himself, he headed toward the center of the camp.
As the best fighter in the Han-Tang Warriors Battle Group, Black-and-White Bear lived fairly close to the Expeditionary Army's headquarters. He arrived after just over ten minutes on foot.
He stepped inside to find the place packed. Nearly all the Expeditionary Army's leaders were there, and even Elena was present.
At the sight of Elena, Black-and-White Bear gave it a moment's thought and understood what was going on.
"All right, everyone's here. Let's begin."
Sitting at the center of the meeting room, Lin Ruoyu tapped the table and announced the start of the meeting in a clear voice.
Black-and-White Bear's gaze instinctively flicked toward Elena. Bagnia's future Princess Consort stood beside the conference table, her expression calm but tinged with tension she could not quite hide.
Lin Ruoyu surveyed the room, his gaze lingering briefly on Black-and-White Bear before turning