The next day.
The Alliance's Sunshine Beach camp.
This had once been one of the world's premier holiday destinations.
It had been renowned for its beaches and beautiful women.
Now the sunshine was no longer warm, and this place had been abandoned to chaos.
The renowned Inverted Cross Mercenary Corps was stationed here.
Inverted Cross boasted that its numbers never exceeded ten thousand; if they did, they could sweep across the world.
Their combat strength was exceptional, and every member was an Awakened.
The Chang Family had absorbed them to protect itself through Inverted Cross. With their military might, even the Alliance would not move against the Chang Family lightly.
Clang, clang, clang!
The bell rang for an emergency assembly.
The camp immediately grew noisy.
Countless soldiers rushed out of their rooms.
They wore heavy semi-mechanical armor, a hallmark of Inverted Cross.
Though seemingly cumbersome, this semi-mechanical armor could withstand Special Ability attacks below the third awakening.
That made Inverted Cross the only mercenary corps suited to large-scale warfare.
With absolute strength and terrifying defenses, they could crush everything.
The Inverted Cross Longswords on their backs were superweapons second only to Wasteland Artifacts.
One could say this mercenary corps had been built entirely with money.
In less than ten minutes.
Eight thousand men had assembled.
On the raised platform at the training grounds.
A man appeared wearing a black military uniform and a beret, with a cigar clenched between his teeth.
Boom!
Eight thousand mercenaries struck their chests with one hand in unison.
"Invincible!"
The man in the beret placed one hand over his chest and shouted.
"Invincible!"
The men below answered in unison.
"Has anyone been to the Asia Region?"
The man in the beret planted both hands on his hips and asked arrogantly.
There was utter silence below