After a short meeting between the team leader and the other members, Rorschach thought that he could fully focus on the final preparation period. However, in the last ten days, he was completely entangled by an accident … Among the tedious and meaningless chores, the first one on the list was the paperwork and contracts.
Nobody would have expected that in the last few days of his busy schedule, Roxia's biggest headache would be all sorts of procedural matters. All of his work had been stopped, and even his connection to the Land of Dreams had been cut off. He had been wholeheartedly running around everywhere, meeting people, talking about things, and signing contracts.
This was not the list of the five hundred people, which had already been allocated. Rorschach was not qualified to interfere even if he wanted to. Instead, it was the 50 people assigned to him.
Logically speaking, this was a huge amount of wealth. Even if he could not use it, he could find a way to convert it into cash.
Although it was not possible to openly sell the people, it was easy to exchange them for favors, long-term contracts, real estate leases, technological achievements, magical knowledge, and other hidden wealth.
However, the problem was that the news of the 50 people came too late. No matter how good the news was, there was no time to prepare. The quota that could not be used casually had become a burden.
If he had known earlier, he could have informed Saul to think of a way to solve the problem.
However, this number greatly exceeded the original ten people, and there were only seven magic apprentices who were sent along with the priests. It would take a few months for them to come and go. Obviously, it was too late to send more people over now.
This problem had been around for dozens of days. At that time, Rorschach had already thought of a way to solve it. His method was to temporarily recruit new people, recruit the local apprentices, choose the smart ones from the Kuroi (the natives of the Land of Dreams), choose from the students from the Northern Region, and hire professional adventurers.
It had to be said that with more channels, it was naturally easier to solve the problem. The gap of more than 30 people was suddenly filled up.
However, when the countdown started, a new problem arose.
"What? You want to quit? You think it's dangerous?! You think you can't stand the dangerous and exciting life of the Descended Ones, and you want a more stable and safe future? Why didn't you say so earlier?! "
In a sense, this new problem was, to a large extent, caused by Rorschach himself.
Not only did he announce the high danger of the Descended Ones in the meeting, but he also emphasized the average mortality rate and high quality of the Descended Ones in his new newspaper. He very straightforwardly expressed that "those senior Descended Ones are not trash, but the elites of the elites. Their mortality rate is frighteningly high. Do you want to reconsider?"
Roxia didn't know how effective his words would be. However, Roxia didn't like sending students who weren't mentally prepared into battle. But, he never expected that Roxia would be the first victim of Roxia's words when he spoke his conscience.
Many of the candidates who had already been confirmed brought their newspapers to Rorschach and said, "I'm not ready yet." "I've thought about it. I still have a sixty-year-old mother to take care of."
What could Rorschach say? He simply let them go.
However, this was partly his responsibility and not entirely his fault. Soon, Rorschach realized that something was wrong with the situation. There were too many people who wanted to quit.
Among those who had reached an agreement, more than twenty people chose to quit.
"Too many. The situation is not right."
Most of the apprentices who had already obtained a spot knew that the danger level was extremely high. They also had the idea of exchanging danger for benefits. Many of them already had the courage to either succeed or die trying. Such people would not back down just because of a sudden increase in danger.
Perhaps when they faced real danger, they would reveal their timid nature. However, it was very difficult for young people who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth to back down because of the danger on paper, especially when they had already spoken big words.
Since the situation was not right, it was not difficult to investigate. With so many people involved, it was not difficult to track them down.
After asking a few people who had quit and releasing the news, there were people who took the initiative to explain.
Many apprentices had received offers of high salaries to join. Many apprentices had joined for the sake of money and magical materials. The offers were even higher, to an unimaginable degree, so they naturally agreed.
Other guilds could also provide a quota for people who wanted to descend. And even if they didn't have a quota, other guilds could simply offer more attractive offers.
"I'll give you a quota for the next batch. The first batch will be cannon fodder. Depending on the situation, it should be acceptable to wait for half a year."
There were only a few days until the descent. Normal poaching would be impossible. In fact, even the Truth Symposium would not accept such malicious actions that would affect the overall situation.
Rorschach went to ask the other group leaders. None of them had encountered such a situation. Rorschach felt that he was being targeted again.
Trying to poach Roxia now would be different from trying to do so in the past. The Mage Faction wouldn't care if Roxia was only targeted at himself. However, trying to poach Roxia now would affect his academic results. Trying to poach Roxia with malicious intentions would definitely make him an enemy of the Mage Faction.
Rorschach continued investigating and understood everything.
"… Elves again? This is so annoying, so annoying! Are these people so vengeful? How many days has it been already? "
It was impossible to keep such a large-scale poaching a secret. Those who ran away quickly joined new guilds. Rorschach immediately found Elwin's elven magic guild.
It was obvious that this was revenge. This was malicious revenge for targeting Rorschach's weakness.
Rorschach was so angry that he laughed, but then … he didn't do anything.
It had only been seven or eight days. How could he have had time to deal with elves? The elves had targeted his weakness and stabbed him in the back.
Revenge was definitely going to happen. He noted it down in his little notebook. Let's deal with the trouble at hand first.
And so, this incident completely messed up Rorschach's plans. He decided to put aside all his plans for descending, equipment upgrades, and training, and focus on gathering everyone.
Even the recruitment of new members could only be delayed. The most important thing was to protect everyone.
Many people left, while others stayed. This didn't mean that those who stayed refused the temptation. It was just that they might still be hesitating or asking for an exorbitant price.
Those who had already left couldn't be pulled back. They had already signed the contract. At the same time, Rorschach couldn't come up with that obviously premium signing fee.
These days, Rorschach kept talking to those who stayed. He used the Honesty talent to confirm their sincerity and forced them to sign the contract immediately … Rorschach paid the price for his youth and inexperience. The Honesty talent wasn't as useful as a contract in this aspect. Even if they were sincere before, if the temptation was enough, people's hearts would change.
Rorschach didn't have time to rest. He talked to one person and then another. However, the number of people he talked to didn't increase. On the contrary, it kept decreasing.
When he talked, he followed the smell of lies and even found a few "spies". Rorschach, who didn't know whether to laugh or cry, could only check the loyalty of the members.
With three days left, Rorschach, who was forced into a corner, could only use his final move.
Originally, between the local apprentices, the Kuroy, the mercenaries (adventurers), and the Northern students, Rorschach leaned towards the top three. After all, he always felt that the Northern side was a huge trap. Before he was ready, it was better to stay as far away as possible.
But now, he had no choice.
"Harwood Steele, tell your leader of the Northern students. Is he called Prince Kuro? I want to talk to him face to face.
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