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Atticus's eyes fixed themselves on Drill Sergeant Viktor Halden, wondering why the demon had come.

'Well, he's a staff sergeant now.'

Atticus hadn't just been on the island meditating. He had made a few very brief journeys during the past few days.

After demoting Voren and appointing Viktor as the new staff sergeant, he had to make sure his order was followed.

Even now, he hadn't called for nor met with Colonel Zenon. While training and leading the alliance military wasn't even on the list of his goals, Atticus thought it was very important to establish his presence from the outset.

The alliance military could crumble for all he cared. Atticus only saw them as a means to an end, a flight of stairs he needed to ascend to reach his goal.

Regardless, he had every intention of taking each step seriously. As a general, he outranked a colonel.