The East Maritime Fortress was close to a dam. A towering, cylindrical building was particularly eye-catching. Even though they were a few blocks away, they could still feel the towering building looming over them.
The national team arrived at the building. They followed the directions and found the receptionist.
The receptionist was a manager of the Magic Association. He led the team to a suite with an area of four hundred square meters. There were more than ten rooms in the room for them to choose from.
The injured went to rest first, while the others were in the hall at the center of the suite.
The sharp-cheeked man looked to be in his early thirties, but his eyes were especially crafty. His gaze would intentionally or unintentionally sweep across the bodies of the girls in the group, as if he had a special liking for long legs. His eyeballs would droop downwards, which made him look more like a perverted mouse.
The man did not look impressive, but judging from the badge on his chest, he must be someone with a high position in the Magic Association. "You have to pay for this.
If you don't have the money, you can pay with demon gall bladders. After all, most Magicians in the East Maritime Fortress are risking their lives to make a fortune, but you are unlucky to stumble into a demon beast attack as soon as you arrived … oh, well, not really. I heard that two Commander-level creatures appeared in the nineteenth and thirteenth sectors. You are already lucky that you weren't there. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Lai Hengbao. I'm in charge of the reception and vetting of China Hunters in the East Maritime Fortress, "the man glanced at Nan Jue.
Nanyu's legs were the longest among them, so he had never taken his eyes off her legs.
"Wait, wait, we're …" Jiang Yu tried to explain when he noticed the man's unusual attitude.
"You're Jiang Yu?" Lai Hengbao asked, holding a document in his hand.
Jiang Yu nodded.
"You're Nan Jue?" Lai Hengbao glanced at Nan Jue confidently.
"Yes."
"That's right. (Sigh), don't tell me you're one of the best Hunter Groups in China, or an outstanding team of Mages, or what kind of glory you've won, or what kind of demon creatures you've slain. I'm basically the one who welcomes all Chinese Mages in the East Maritime Fortress. If you want to be part of the Eastsea Fortress' district, you'd better follow my instructions. Otherwise, the Japanese Magic Association will be a few times stricter. Don't end up being dismissed as too weak, "Lai Hengbao said impatiently.
"District team?" Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
What the hell were the instructors doing? Didn't they say that they were going to train in Eastsea City? Why did they send someone who didn't even know their identity to greet them?
"F * * k me, are you here for a vacation? Are you kidding me? I'm running out of time, so I won't repeat myself … The Eastsea Fortress is split into thirty-two districts, each district has thirty narrow roads, six wide roads, and one main street. Each of the thirty-two districts has a Defender. The Defenders will receive protection funds from the Japanese government and the World Magic Association every month. The funds are all under the control of the Commander. It doesn't matter if the Commander keeps the funds for himself, raises his own Magician faction, or hires Hunters and Magicians. As long as the district is able to eliminate the sea monsters in time when the tide rises, the rest of the funds will belong to the Commander, "Lai Hengbao said.
"As for me, I'm responsible for providing Mages to the Defender Groups, mainly for the Chinese … didn't your middleman in China tell you that?"
The group immediately felt like they were being sold as slaves after hearing Lai Hengbao's explanation.
"Can the instructors be any more unreliable?" Jiang Shaoxu blurted out.
"Middleman … it's like we're actually here to work," Jiang Yu said with a gloomy face.
"Sigh, it's most likely the instructors purposely arranged it so that our training would be more realistic."
The group was not stupid. They soon realized what was going on.
It was true that someone was here to receive them, but they were not here to train as members of the national team. It seemed like they had signed a contract to sell themselves to a certain team, and were here to work as laborers!
Jiang Yu knew the truth was already set in stone. It was meaningless to expose the truth. He said to Lai Hengbao with a wry smile, "What about the salary?"
"F * * k me, what do you mean by that? Didn't I already pay your team leader? Do you know how difficult it is for me to bring you third-rate teams with no resumes, no medals, and no qualifications to join the Eastsea Fortress? Do you think the salary is too little?" Lai Hengbao's eyes widened. He stopped looking at the woman's thighs when money was mentioned. He glared at Jiang Yu.
"Oh, oh, he's trying to say, who will the gall bladders we find in the Eastsea Fortress belong to?" Nan Jue quickly got into character.
"The zone commander, they will sell the gall to the Japanese government. The zone commander will take a portion of the money, and the rest will be distributed according to the contribution of the team or the individual. By the way, I advise those who are here for the first time not to hide anything. The corpses of sea monsters that are lying in the Eastsea Fortress belong to the government. Those who hide them will be severely punished! "Lai Hengbao reminded them.
"I feel like we're really being sold here. How much did the instructors charge us? Why didn't they give us a single yuan?" Zhao Manyan cursed.
Everyone felt a headache when they heard Lai Hengbao's words.
They were supposed to train themselves, yet they had suddenly become laborers.
"Oh, your team leader also asked me to tell you that he wants you to rank up to a four-star team as soon as possible. Otherwise, the resources that were promised to you will be taken away by other countries … I thought he would send a group of experienced Magicians here when I heard him say that, but to my surprise, it's just a bunch of young and hot-blooded guys. A four-star team? You'll be lucky if you can survive a single tide!" Lai Hengbao laughed. His eyes were filled with disdain toward the young men.
Lai Hengbao had no idea what he was trying to say, but the others did.
If they wanted to snatch high-grade resources from the other countries that were also training, it meant that they had to reach the four-star level in this training.
"How is the four-star team judged?" Ai Jiangtu asked.
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