The expedition teams registered under the Atlantis Maritime Alliance—or rather, registered under Bermuda—did not require a set number of members to reach a certain Rank. As long as their fighting power was considered to live up to the standards of their Rank, it didn’t matter if they had one member or a hundred. Though of course, they would not be allowed to be classified as Rank A unless that one-member team consisted of someone who was at least a Class 9 mage or an expert in the Demigod Tier. 2

So, Frances estimated that if she wanted Aquamarine to become Rank A again, she would need about ten members at the minimum. 0

“We’ll need explorers who are at least Class 6 mages or experts in the Eighth Degree External Force Tier to succeed. It would be nice to recruit Masters, but the chance of that happening is very small,” she said. 0

The population of Atlantis City was upwards of several hundred thousand, and when counting the neighboring islands, it totaled over a million. However, the number of people considered Masters didn’t even reach twenty. Most of them were either leaders of major organizations like Jack Russell or key members of executive boards, so it was impossible to recruit them in the first place. 0

Suddenly, something occurred to Leonard. “Fran, who were the crew members who were on board with us when you brought me to Atlantis City? Are non-members also allowed to accompany us?”0

“Oh, those people?” She shook her head. “They were just with...0