All expedition teams in the Atlantis Maritime Alliance were required to be registered under Bermuda, and Rank A was practically the highest position a team could reach. There was only one team who was truly classified as Rank S, Wild Hunt. They were the ones who’d stopped the Rift in the Fifth Sea District from expanding. So, any team that was short of Wild Hunt's legendary feat remained Rank A, which was why Rank A was functionally the highest rank. 2

“Councilor Pablo himself is in the Transcendence Tier, but even his subordinates are all veterans at the Seventh Degree External Force Tier or higher. Moreover, Moby Dick performs much better than Aquamarine does,” Frances explained. She was no match for them with her current power. 7

Putting aside the power Councilor Pablo had as one of the thirteen councilors, he was also the captain of a Rank A expedition team and was a Transcendence Tier expert to boot. If there was ever a single clash, it would be Aquamarine’s crushing, one-sided defeat. If they wanted to compete with him, they either had to receive support from Bermuda on an organizational level or receive backing from the Magic Tower itself.0

A question suddenly came to Leonard. “Was it okay to cut off Lucciano’s arm and kill his subordinates?”0

“Yes, it won’t be a problem,” Frances replied, apparently having expected him to ask as much. “To Councilor Pablo, Lucciano...1