Inside a meeting room at Retribution's headquarters, a group of six Players in the early stages of the Nascent Soul Realm were discussing their next moves with the black-cloaked Tenebris. Despite their Cultivation, their combat power was more equivalent to someone near the peak of the Soul Formation Realm, having upgraded many Talents using Potential Points.
Tenebris was incredibly impressed with this specific group of Players, who each had talents close to William's when he was discovered early on. With talented members like this, he had no need to actively seek out a flight-risk youth like William, he could use these people right here!
Just like the old higher-ups that William captured, these Players wore differently-colors cloaks that matched the Regions they were in control of, though there were still two slots remaining to be filled.