Chapter 1 A New Mission

Early in the morning, Li Hao arrived in the living room, still bleary-eyed. A lavish breakfast was already prepared. Kuta, Gaia, and Gasmi were all there, with four different sets of meals. However, there were noticeably more human dishes, which Kuta and the others found delicious. He was already planning to open human restaurants in Judgment and a few other heavenly human cities. The Golden Splendor family was instinctively adept at spotting business opportunities.

The four of them consumed over fifty dishes every day. Li Hao felt like he wasn't there to suffer. The battle against the Orcs in the Song of Holy War had given Li Hao a small amount of prestige in Judgment and the Song of Holy War. Coupled with Dasha Talan's disappearance during a Song of Holy War mission and the fall of the Dao Chai, Li Hao was definitely a rising star. There were many chief sergeants in Judgment, but only a few were truly top-notch.

"Brother Li, my sister accepted a mission. How about we go complete it together?" Kuta looked at Li Hao expectantly.

Li Hao was stunned. He had always been quite interested in the Song of Holy War missions, but good missions required a captain's qualification, and he didn't know how to get one. He was a Heavenly Ladder chief sergeant, but not a "celebrity" chief sergeant. Only chief sergeants with captain status could potentially obtain that title.

"Olivia?"

"Yes, she even begged me. I was too embarrassed to refuse," Kuta said, puffing out his chest.

Li Hao laughed. He didn't need to guess; someone as obsessed with her younger brother as Olivia would never do that. Kuta was definitely bragging again.

"Okay, is she the mission captain?" Li Hao asked.

Kuta nodded, unable to hide his joy. He could show off in front of his sister again. The current Li Hao was not the Li Hao of the past. Actually, Kuta had wanted his sister to guide his brothers before, but Olivia wasn't willing. Now, he couldn't exactly say he was begging, but Li Hao had demonstrated his strength, and he wasn't part of any faction in Judgment. He was the typical example of someone whose ability outweighed their fame, making him the first choice for mission teams. People of equal strength were already captain-level and wouldn't work under others, since the captain received the highest rewards for the mission.

"Olivia is a celebrity chief sergeant and can receive some highly rewarding missions, but of course, the difficulty will be great. This time, it's a C5-level mission on Jialan Star, which is very difficult. Olivia applied for support from the Starlight Warriors, but she needs to build her own Song of Holy War team. We're just along for the ride," Gaia said. In essence, Olivia saying she wanted the 207th Ring to go along was just because she wanted Li Hao, but she was saving face. He and Gasmi were just extras.

As a member of the Rastaya family, he understood the intricacies involved. The difficulty of this kind of mission was a given. On one hand, it was her own Song of Holy War team, and on the other hand, she needed to mobilize Starlight Warriors. There were hidden meanings within that. The strength that could be mobilized was ostensibly regulated. For example, a C5 level mission could be equipped with five combat spaceships, but the level of the ships and the quality and quantity of the Starlight Warriors were crucial and determined the risk and completion rate of the mission. Since the Golden Splendor family's two heirs were participating, they could definitely allocate excellent resources.

Therefore, top-tier resources were still controlled by the upper echelons. Gaia currently needed opportunities. There was too much competition in his family. Coming to Judgment had already exhausted his family's resources. To gain more support from his family, he had to constantly prove himself, like Li Hao's ascension to the Heavenly Ladder. Kuta's life was divinely chosen and couldn't be compared.