After about half a month, there were enough mid-ranked adventurers recruited for the purpose of this experiment.
A total of 49 was recruited—Sui Xiong felt that his value as a "commander" was definitely not a match for Lennard, so he slashed the number he recruited by half. At the same time, he felt that "49" seemed more superior than "50," so again, he reduced the number by one.
Compared to nearly 500 applications, this admission rate, that was less than one-tenth of the total number who applied, was simply… a matter, of course. Neither the applicants nor the staff of the Republic of Northwest felt anything was wrong.
When a Legendary Master recruited a student with requirements that were lowered to the level of middle rank, the selection should be relatively more demanding. It would not be right if the selection was carried out without appropriate discrimination between the good and bad.