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If there was a negative aspect of taking things further with Damien, it was the fact that now his argument for not wanting Lane to join his team was valid. Of course, Lane still wouldn't care - he had never thought of Damien as his superior, and even if he did, it wouldn't stop him. Maybe there were some rules against it, he wasn't sure, but rules were meant to be broken either way, or so Lane would say…

Damien didn't share such a mindset though, so sleeping with him and working under him at the same time were hardly an option.

So, Lane had to try his luck with other Team Leaders.

Among the top teams in the Headquarters, there were five led by A-rankers. Only they were truly worth joining, as far as Lane was concerned, because they and Damien were in charge of inspecting all high-ranking dungeons in the area. And getting stuck entering only the low-rank dungeons would make all of Lane's efforts completely wasted…