In the silent meeting room, Xuanwu Chisha's soft questioning had made the atmosphere tense, and everyone fell silent.
After a good while, a level-56 second-tier young male assassin stood up.
"Vice Commander, my subordinates were too slow in gathering intelligence. They failed to detect Zero Wing Guild's movements in time. I'll have them transferred away — no, I'll have them leave right now." The second-tier assassin said nervously. "The Blackwater Guild has no use for incompetent people!"
Everyone present heard the intelligence team leader's decision and had no objections whatsoever, nor did they show any surprise.
Because the Vice Commander's methods were ruthless — not only toward enemies, but toward her own people as well. She absolutely would not tolerate mistakes from her subordinates. Once an error was made, the consequences would be dire.
What's more, Zero Wing Guild's promotion to a four-star guild was such a massive event, yet they hadn't received even a single piece of intelligence about it.
"Well said! Truly a voice of wisdom!" Xuanwu Chisha walked up to the second-tier assassin and clapped with a smile. "Now you can get out too!"
As soon as her words fell, everyone saw the guild system notification.
This second-tier assassin had been expelled from the guild — he was no longer a member of the Blackwater Guild.
"Vice Commander, I—" The assassin stared at his expulsion notice in shock, looking at Xuanwu Chisha. He had never expected that she would dismiss a guild executive on the spot like that.
Just as he was about to say something more, the precious sword at Xuanwu Chisha's waist suddenly unsheathed, tracing a streak of deep purple light. The assassin didn't even have time to react — his vision grayed out, and he collapsed to the ground, weapons and equipment scattering everywhere.
As the assassin's body began to dissipate, transforming into wisps of deep purple mist that flowed into Xuanwu Chisha's blade, faint, mournful wails could be heard from within the purple haze.
In an instant, an atmosphere of terror filled the entire room. Everyone present stared at Xuanwu Chisha in disbelief.
This assassin had been the vice captain of the main raid team for the Blackwater Guild's Orc Empire branch, and also the commander of the intelligence division — Gray Edge. Yet she had dismissed him just like that, and then ruthlessly killed him on top of it...
This made everyone feel a terror like they had never experienced before.
They could tell that Gray Edge's death was far from ordinary. Otherwise, most of his weapons and equipment wouldn't have dropped, and those agonized soul wails certainly meant it was more than just losing a level.
Once Gray Edge revived, he would most likely be crippled.
As Xuanwu Chisha sheathed her sword, now wreathed in a purple glow, no one in the room dared to look directly at her. They all lowered their heads, terrified of becoming the next Gray Edge.
"Xue Hen, you'll take over his duties from now on. I trust you won't disappoint me." Xuanwu Chisha glanced toward a thin, level-56 second-tier Berserker standing near the hall entrance, draped in a black cloak.
"Rest assured, Vice Commander. The Sky Eagle Legion I command will absolutely not disappoint you." The Berserker named Xue Hen removed his black cloak and spoke with great respect.
Everyone present turned to look at this Berserker named Xue Hen, their jaws dropping.
"Xue Hen? Isn't he the number one Berserker of the super-first-rate guild Huo Xing?" Huo Yun, standing nearby, looked at Xue Hen in surprise.
They were all familiar with that name. The super-first-rate guild Huo Xing had been competing with their Blackwater Guild for control of the Iron Empire, and this Berserker Xue Hen had given them no shortage of headaches.
But now Xue Hen had actually joined their Blackwater Guild, and become Xuanwu Chisha's subordinate. The news was simply too shocking.