Damned Healer

Leander let out a sigh, then spoke calmly: "Each empire on Earth will send five people. Obviously, everyone will send the most talented ones they can. But unfortunately, this caught everyone by surprise. No one could’ve guessed, since the first time it happened was a hundred years after the original mission, and the second came fifty years after that."

"You probably know the Earth’s Rookie Presentation Tournament was about to happen, right? It was already announced and will happen in six months. The rule for that tournament is a max age of thirty and a max of three rings. Since it’s a big deal for the empires’ morale, all the most talented people have been preparing for ages and already reached three rings. That’s why... right now, our empire and the others don’t have their top two-ring talents available to send."

Darian nodded, understanding. Yeah... he’d definitely gotten lucky again. No doubt the empire had five better candidates than him. Even the twins ended up in this, and they were just newbies.

Of course, even as newbies, they had an ancestral awakening—something super rare—and people like that were usually hidden by the empires. As for Darian, he’d only recently become a standout after doing so much crazy stuff.

Rhea spoke excitedly: "Since you three are family and from the same clan, and the empire didn’t have many other options to fill the team, they decided you could pick the two missing members yourself. That way you could build a more cohesive team with people you trust. Way better than throwing in two random egomaniacs."

Darian nodded, excited. Honestly, he didn’t even need to think. The clan only had three others he could choose from anyway, and Leander wasn’t part of that phase anymore.

"I’ll take Veyle and Matteo," Darian said. "The twins are from the Mystic class, they can fill any role. I need a tank with Matteo. And Veyle’s blessing might come in handy in the middle of the chaos. Harper’s gonna be a bit..."

"No, she won’t complain," Leander cut in quickly. "She doesn’t wanna keep fighting and training like before. Her focus now is on working as a recruiter. Harper wants to fully take over my mom’s position and help that way."

Darian let out a relieved breath. Harper used to seem a little competitive and liked to fight, but looks like her focus had completely shifted. Now she just wanted to help people, just like Rhea had helped her back then.

Rhea added: "You guys don’t have much free time. You’ll be leaving in fifteen days. That’s why my son came. He’ll take the twins to the Array. This special mission will be their first real training mission."

At that moment, the twins seemed to finally stabilize.