Noelle.

Lu Fan spent another hour on their back and forth but they still did not agree. Lu Fan was not budging at all.

Han Huang wanted to have him to use soldiers straight from the army but Lu Fan had other plans.

There were ways to ensure loyalty, but it'd be strange if all the spies Han Huang and the Empire planted in his PMC suddenly went silent.

And he did not need people who were doing well in whatever field Han Huang was planning on bringing them from.

He needed broken people who were desperate and ready to do anything for a sliver of hope. He needed insane people, who had been squeezed so hard that they would not mind dying for him once he 'rescued' them from whatever was squeezing them.

It was the easiest path to ensure their loyalty, and the more broken they were, the more flexible they'd be to his molding.

That was true on every level down to their DNA.

But that could wait.