On the Continent of Time, an extremely rare scene is taking place—three magicians gather together.

Even though the activity area is much smaller than that of the Sea of ​​Knowledge, the Continent of Time is still extremely large. In addition, the number of two-wing magicians is even smaller, and the rain curtain of the countercurrent golden rain also largely blocks the vision. Therefore, the encounters between magicians in the Continent of Time are not more frequent than those in the Sea of ​​Knowledge. Everyone is like walking in a dark forest.

But from today on, the scene of the three magicians walking together will probably become a daily routine on the Continent of Time.

Feeling the increasing force on his wrist, Ash said quickly, "She is a witch, a new member of our team. I finally got her. She will explore the virtual world with us next..."

What's next?

Together?

Did you finally get her?

Unspeakable grievances and anger quickly swelled and boiled in her heart, but Sonia's expression did not change at all, except that her eyes became brighter and brighter, and her light red pupils seemed to be turning into vertical pupils.

Ash suddenly felt a chill, and an endless sense of fear squeezed his whole body, as if he was being judged by the blood moon. He suddenly had an idea and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I still like you the most now!"

"ah?"

Sonia blinked, let go of Ash, took two steps back with a wandering look in her eyes, her little hands restlessly grasping the corners of her clothes, and said embarrassedly, "What are you saying all of a sudden..."

"Sword Princess, right now our bond is still the strongest, so I'll give you priority when picking up experience orbs, and you'll be given priority to choose good magic spirits. As for other benefits, it's up to you whether you want them or not, and the rest will be shared between me and the witch." Ash said seriously, "You don't have to worry that the witch's arrival will lower your status in my heart."

"Who cares about my status in your eyes?"

Sonia cursed softly, glanced at Diya who was observing them curiously, moved a little closer to Ash, and said in a low voice: "Although I don't care...but you can't lie to me!"

"I'm not lying to you!" Ash said confidently, "Unless the bond between the witch and me is improved, or the witch shows greater potential than you, otherwise the resources will be tilted towards you first!"

The red-haired swordswoman froze for a moment: "That is to say, if she is stronger than me..."

"After all, we are a team, and the fundamental goal of resource allocation is to make the team stronger." Ash did not deny this: "Although I believe in your qualifications, Fiora, if you want to continue to maintain your dominant position in the team, you have to work harder."

In fact, before entering the virtual realm, Ash had a vague feeling that Sword Lady would be angry, but he didn't expect the reaction to be so intense.

But putting herself in her shoes, Ash thought that Sword Princess had every reason to be angry - just like in a startup, if your partner suddenly brings in someone else without consulting you, how can you not be angry? How are the shares calculated? How are the tasks divided?

Although the work efficiency of a three-person team is theoretically higher than that of a two-person team, the gains in the virtual realm depend largely on fate. Sometimes, when you fight a knowledge creature, you just don't get any experience orbs, and when you fight a magician's projection, you just get garbage magic spirits. What else can you do except complain that the drop rate is not good today? When the gains are not good, the three of you have to share the spoils. It is easy for someone to not get a share. Will there be quarrels?

It took Ash and Fiora a while to reach a tacit understanding, and they rarely argued over the distribution of spoils. But now there was one more person, and the game relationship suddenly became much more complicated. For example, now two magic spirits were dropped, and both Fiora and the new witch could use them. Even if Fiora had the priority to choose one, wouldn't the second one still be taken by the newcomer?

This seems reasonable at first glance, and Sword Lady gets the advantage, but the problem is - if there is no Witch, then both sorcerers will belong to Sword Lady!

As a social animal who has been in the workplace for many years and has seen office palace fighting, Yaxiu understands the subtleties of human nature. The arrival of newcomers to share work pressure, improve department performance, and make the pie bigger together is certainly a good thing that cannot be better, but the arrival of newcomers also means a reshuffle of interests. Her existence will inevitably encroach on some of the interests of the old people and even affect the division of office factions.

So Ash brought the Witch, and then Fiora welcomed the new operator with open arms?

How is that possible!

To make an inappropriate analogy, it's like a wife seeing her husband bring his mistress home and sleep with them. How could she possibly be willing?

Sword Princess is not a real paper person without self. On the contrary, she is also a very sensitive profit-seeker. If she were in Ash's company in his previous life, even if she could not become an excellent internal pioneer, she could at least become a rights fighter who would record and preserve evidence at any time and whom even the company dared not bully.

Sword Girl would definitely worry that the witch would encroach on her interests, and she would be even more afraid that the witch would replace her position. In addition, the dominant power in the exploration of the virtual realm was not in her hands, so she would naturally feel uneasy and annoyed, and it was understandable that she was angry.

People rarely see what they have gained, but often focus on what they have lost.

Ash was not accusing Sword Lady of being ungrateful and asking for more. After all, greed is human nature. He himself was the kind of person who took more than he deserved. Who is born a saint? Who works just for more money? Accusing subordinates of being ungrateful is something that only startups on the verge of bankruptcy would do. Team management is a very profound subject.

Therefore, he cannot suppress Fiora with moral principles. Instead, he has to analyze the pros and cons of the joining of the Enchantress from Fiora's perspective, and paint a pie to encourage her. As long as she works harder, she will always be the most beautiful girl in the team.

But Ash could only do this much.

Ash can comfort Sword Princess, but he won't indulge her.

No matter how good their relationship was, even if she was one of his inner pillars, Ash would not give in.

Yaxiu has a good relationship with his parents, but his parents want him to take the civil service exam in his hometown, so he went to a big city to work hard and only went home during the holidays.

Ash and his eldest brother also have a good relationship, but his eldest brother suddenly talked to him in the middle of the night, talking about emotional topics such as "people always meet the right person at the wrong time". Ash informed his eldest sister-in-law at night and nipped his eldest brother's cheating in the bud;

Ash has a very good relationship with his nephew. He has bought countless gifts for his nephew, but when he comes home and finds that his nephew is being naughty, he will take off his belt and turn the little brat into a Beyblade.

Feelings are feelings, but Ash has his own code of conduct in his heart, and he will never wrong himself because of feelings. In a sense, Ash feels that he also supports the Blood Moon Kingdom - he is also the kind of selfish criminal who regards his inner desires as more important than anything else.

"Aurora's Sorcerer's Manual" is his most important trump card, he can't not use it; operators are his important fighting force in exploring the virtual world, he can't give up the black and white witch.

If Jian Ji feels uneasy, angry, and aggrieved, he can understand and comfort her, but he will never apologize or give in.

He needs Sword Lady to understand and support him.

Under Ash's gaze, Sonia was silent for a moment and then asked, "Will there be more people in the future?"

"Maybe." Ash himself was not sure: "Maybe in the future our team will increase to more than a dozen people--"

"More than a dozen?!"