Steel steam and flame

The next few days are the time for all assessors to slowly return to the edge of the assessment area and then go to the temporary stations set up. This seems to be the last test for the examiners by the Imperial Parliament. There was no detailed statistics after the assessment, but it seemed that some people died on the way back due to excessive injuries.

The temporary station will launch a signal bomb with a wide coverage every ten minutes to guide those returning examinees. It lasted for a week before all the staff supporting the knight squire assessment operation around the assessment area left. Together with the assessors, they also left here in snow vehicles or airships.

At this time, the ban on other people entering here was lifted, and airships and search personnel from major families came here one after another. But it lasted less than a week. When the power that had been accumulated in the black clouds exploded, and a two-week-long snowstorm ended, there was no longer any trace of human beings here. In the assessment area, all traces have been buried by the snow, and there may be exposed corpses frozen into ice, but there may not be as many people gathering here as during the assessment for a long time. Whether these bodies will be discovered by later generations, no one can say for sure.

Many detailed information was collected quickly after the assessment. There were only some simple photos or hand-drawn drawings, plus the records of the inspectors. All important events and battles from the beginning to the end of the assessment were recorded in a very short time. A textbook-style report was produced. Copied into many copies, one was handed over to the reviewers, one became a file and was stored in the super analysis machine by the Imperial Council, and the rest went to the major families.

The attrition rate was ultimately within the expectations of the Imperial Council. They had calculated it long ago, including how many people would be divided into in the end. They also made detailed analyzes and predictions.

Because of the involvement of those who went to the central area, the ferocious creatures never really left that area. This makes it very safe for assessors who retreat to the edge early. During the final period of the assessment, knowing that the only ferocious creature left was the dragon, many teams stopped thinking about the signal generator and evacuated in an orderly manner.

It was also at that time that people in the peripheral areas became aware of the central location. Many people's names were circulated at that time. Maybe some of them have been known for a long time, but the remaining ones also caused quite a topic.

Some are happy, but most are disappointed. Hai and Ieta may be one of them, they did not hear a familiar name. After finishing what they had planned before the assessment, the two of them came to the edge together and waited for the end. Of course, Iyeta was already tired at this time. She "replaced" identities with a dead female assessor in a battle, which can be regarded as her greatest benefit from this assessment. Knowing that not many people were paying attention to her, Iyeta chose the simplest approach. Kai was quite contented some time ago, but waiting like this is a waste of time.

I did something that interested me, just like a trick to relieve boredom in my free time. He created a small commotion in the marginal area. As a spectator and participant, he did get what he wanted. Although it was not much, at least he was mentally returning to the empire's station in the tundra. At the same time, I always maintained excitement and joy.

In the end, Iyetta did not accept Hai's invitation again. When the thirty-five flares burned through the black clouds, the red light gave her more of a sense of relief.

"I hope that when we see you again, we will all be doing what we want to do, Miss Iyetta." This is what Hai said. Iyetta nodded, without replying a word. He walked alone in one direction of the tundra and left here on his own, without taking the snowmobile that was temporarily stationed to pick them up.

In fact, you can leave very early. In short, disappearance and death have the same result in the eyes of others. But Iyetta always felt that it would be better to wait until the signal that the assessment was over came. It was just a kind of comfort in the mood, but I did get what I wanted from the flare that day, Iyeta always thought so. As for how long she left the tundra, how she returned to the empire, and in what capacity and where she went, no one knows. But the identity must have changed. Whether it was bought from the black market or through some other method, only part of the bounty from the assessment ended up in her golden bank account, but the amount was enough for her to complete these things.

Ye Jielin has been collecting information about Cassia from people who keep coming to the fringe areas. I left here several times during this period, but in the end I came back again with no results. During this period, a team belonging to the Webley family evacuated here, and a lot of information came from their mouths.

These people also know a lot about Ye Jielin. After all, as the children of the previous patriarch, during the period when the new patriarch is gradually taking over, the situation of Ye Jielin and others can be used as a reference to provide him with useful information. From their mouths, Ye Jielin did not get the information she wanted. Most of them were about Alitor Webley, the family's most promising candidate for a spot in this assessment.

Almost every member will talk about him to some extent, and some people also know about him from other evacuated teams. But none of them aroused Ye Jielin's interest. At that time, she just wanted to know everything related to Cassia. At first, Ye Jielin was not worried at all. But as time went on, panic and doubts began to arise.

I don’t know when that feeling started. When Ye Jielin recalled it, she had forgotten where the starting point was. At that time, she suddenly thought clearly about what the inexplicable and intuitive reminder was to her during the assessment and during the time when Cassia was there. Just like the signal flare that signaled the end fell, the best answer was that Cassia never came back here again.

She stayed at the place that was originally agreed upon, and waited until everyone left in batches on snowmobiles, until she was finally left alone, and there was no shadow she wanted to see on the surface of the snow covered with footprints in front of her.

Finally leaving with the staff at the temporary residence, Ye Jielin still had many other possibilities in mind. At that time, she just wanted to return to the station in the tundra and return to the empire as soon as possible. After all, the assessment area is very large, and any temporary station can allow the surviving assessors to return to the empire after a certain period of time.

Maybe she had returned to the empire a long time ago, Ye Jielin thought, Cassia would probably do this. What she needs to do is to contact Fatty Atuohuan as quickly as possible. With his intelligence and information capabilities, he will definitely bring her satisfactory results.

Returning to the imperial station in the tundra, the Webley family members who were still waiting there immediately found her and sent her to another station. That is the location of the airship where the Webley family will return together for the assessment. Everyone is waiting.