This person didn’t change even after decades! Seeing Hwang Gyeongryong made Choi Yeonseung suddenly miss his former clan members.

‘I wonder what Changsik is doing...?’

Lee Changsik could be rigid and strict, but he was a good person. Arguing with Hwang Gyeongryong had to have hurt him.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Hmm. Aces are usually prideful, right?”

“That’s right.”

Hwang Gyeongryong had gathered hunters treated as aces in other clans and put them in one place—the Icarus clan. Considering they were treated as the strongest in their clans, their pride would likely be no joke.

“But my hunter rank is C+.”

"Right?”

“If we gather all the useful ace gemstones all over the world, I think they’ll all be around B-rank.”

“That’s right. Their ranks are usually around B- and B+. C-grades aren’t accepted very well.”

More than 90% of hunters retired in D or E-grades without ever stepping foot into C-grade. Even a C-grade hunter was an instant power-up for ordinary clans, and those who rose to B-grade became their face and ace. Collecting so many people like that...

“Do you have any A-grade hunters?”

“...Why would an A-grade hunter work there? Those powerful enough to reach that rank become independent.”

An...