The Winning Team

In any case, this was an official meeting. The sooner it started, the better.

With that in mind, I implored everyone to have their seats, and after organizing an introductory session, I finally declared my reason for bringing everyone together.

"I gathered all of us here for one major reason… and that is because of a new threat that has emerged."

The whole act of the Demons was a mere prelude to the emerging darkness.

At the very least, I wanted to protect my own. But, more than that, it was within my right to squash the enemy's side.

The problem was that they were a group, and so another group was necessary to combat them.

In essence, to stop the Cult, I needed to work with a team.

"Everyone, I need your help."

Neron, Serah, Lemi, Maro, Aloe, Edward, Ana, Jerry, Ciara, Maria, and Ivan.

With me in the mix, we made twelve individuals—effective enough for the kind of group I intended on managing.

'Looking at their abilities, there are better candidates I could have employed…'