"Fine, fine, fine!"
At Lin Yuan's words, the Butler's voice trembled with anger.
"We'll remember this! Let's go!"
Mei Qian's stance was clear. Lin Yuan had secured priority in deciding what would be researched first, so Prince's side could only negotiate with him.
Now that Lin Yuan had made it clear there was no room for negotiation, the Butler's party wasted no more time and left by boat.
"Sorry. Both sides had a deputy director put in a word for them, so my hands were tied."
Once the Butler's party was far away, Mei Qian apologized to Lin Yuan.
"It's fine. Just a small matter." Lin Yuan did not mind.
Mei Qian had been reasonably fair in this matter, and the outcome favored Lin Yuan.
"But you've really offended Prince badly now. Are you sure you'll be all right?"
Mei Qian reminded his sponsorship partner with some concern:
"I don't know what Relic Prince has, but I've heard that every one of the eleven Supernovas' Relics falls within the domain of a top-level Authority. They shouldn't be underestimated."
"Judging by how confident you look, you must be S-rank too, right? But there are differences between Authorities as well. You should still be careful."
"Thank you. I know where I stand," Lin Yuan replied.
Although Mei Qian also had S-rank strength, his Authority power had been allocated by the research institute. Coupled with his devotion to research and lack of skill in combat, this meant his understanding of S-rank combat was not particularly deep.
Lin Yuan, however, had already learned from Steward Liu that many factors affected combat strength among S-ranks.
The level of the Authority itself was only one of them. The quality of the Relic and the user's degree of control over it were also important factors.
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