These Familiars Are Strange

The first thing that we did after coming out of the Abyss was report in.

There was no telling what could have happened, so it was best to report in before anything else.

When we did, we saw a familiar face at the registration tent which also doubled as the office for this camp.

"I wasn't expecting to see you here." That familiar person waved his hand at us as he said this with a smile on his face.

"I certainly wasn't expecting you either." I said with a faint smile.

The one that was there was Yun Tian, the sergeant that led the subjugation team that had been sent to Abyss Demon camp.

It seemed like he had been taking care of something when he noticed us approaching, but it also seemed like he was more interested in us than what he was taking care of.

Now that we were out of the Abyss, it wasn't as if there was anything to lose by being friendly with him. At the same time, he was the one that wanted to befriend us first, so it was only natural that I treated him like this.

"How was it? Was your first trip fruitful?" Yun Tian asked with a curious tone to his voice.

I gave a nod before turning to the person behind the desk.

Instead of telling him, it was easier just to show him.

The person behind the desk had already heard everything and he had worked here for a while, so he was very familiar with what to do. In fact, this person was the person that had helped us register in the first place and it seemed that he recognized us as well.

So it seemed that he was also curious about how we did.

But the moment that he took our badges to help us process our reporting, there was a shocked look that appeared on his face. That look of shock soon turned into a look of disbelief as he looked at the badges closely to make sure that everything was alright.

Only when he was done, he turned back to look at us with strange looks.

Yun Tian also noticed this, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

The person behind the desk slowly turned to look at Yun Tian before saying, "It's just that this is the fastest promotion that I've ever seen…"

Yun Tian looked even more confused when he heard this before saying, "Let me see."

If it was someone else, they might not have been allowed to look at this private information. But the person behind the desk knew who Yun Tian was and what kind of reputation he had.

As such, he allowed him to take a look.

But the moment that Yun Tian saw the information being displayed, there was a strange look that appeared on his face as well.

He slowly turned to look at me before asking, "How did you get all these contribution points?"

I shook my head with a faint smile before saying, "We just did what was necessary. It's our duty as members of the Abyss Guards."

Yun Tian narrowed his eyes to look at me after I said this, but then a smile appeared on his face and he shook his head at me. But in the end, Yun Tian didn't say anything as he turned back to the person behind the desk and said, "It's fine, this is just how they are. I already knew that they would do something big."

The person behind the desk also gave a nod since he knew better than Yun Tian that these things couldn't be falsified.

In the end, he finished up the things that had to be taken care of and handed the badges back to us.

But the moment that we got our badges, it was our turn to be shocked.

"Why are we sergeants?" I asked in a shocked voice.

Yun Tian and the person behind the desk looked at me with strange looks when they heard this.

After a moment of silence, Yun Tian finally asked, "Do you really now know?"

I shook my head when he asked me this.

Yun Tian broke out in laughter when he saw this before saying, "You're definitely the first one that I've seen that's done something like this."

I looked at him with a strange look before saying, "We only had around three thousand and five hundred contribution points each. It should have only been enough for them to become private seventh grade and for me to become private eighth grade."

I had made sure to check our contribution points before leaving the Abyss, so I was confused why there were these extra two thousand contribution points that suddenly appeared that pushed all three of us to sergeant.

Yun Tian looked at me with a strange look when he heard this which made me confused.

I didn't think that there was anything strange about what I said after all.

After looking at me like this for a bit, he finally shook his head and said with another chuckle, "It seems like you really did forget."

"Forget?" I repeated in a confused voice.

With another chuckle, Yun Tian said, "The subjugation team. For your part, you received two thousand contribution points. That's part of the reason why everyone joined in the first place."

A look of surprise appeared on my face that made Yun Tian say, "It seems like you really don't know. Well, that's to be expected since you're new to the Abyss Guards. It isn't as if we just force people to do these things."

So that was how we were pushed to become sergeants…

Well, it wasn't as if it was a bad thing to get more contribution points, it was just that we would surely attract a lot of attention like this…

Still, it wasn't as if that was necessarily a bad thing.

This was also one of the requirements that was necessary to return.

Only those that were at the sergeant level would be able to freely leave the Abyss Guard camp after all.

So it could be said that I had already finished the mission that Mu Gong had assigned me.