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In-ga, Atlas World, Awakened Continent.
While Shin was currently under the long ditation state to master the Heart Realm Technique that Professor Henry had passed onto him, Arthur and the rest were currently facing so issues within the ga.
Right after escaping the hellish dungeon of the Dark King, Arthur, Leonard, and Chaotic Luck imdiately went to do their respective businesses.
However, before they could even go deep into their pending quests, a certain news suddenly spread throughout the ga.
The first portal that seed to lead toward another realm, other than the demonic portal in the Dark Cloud Kingdom of the Aurora Continent, seed to have been discovered.
Moreover, this portal seed to have been discovered by a local power, and they seed to have found the portal on the Aurora Continent as well.
This local power was called the Rise Guild, a middle-rank guild that happened to be an 'overlord' of a small kingdom at the outskirts of the Aurora Continent, the Lesser Kingdom of Juron.
Being a small kingdom, its resources were quite limited. It also did not have any kind of unique products that could attract any major powers within the ga, which was why none of the big guilds and other huge organizations bothered with them.
The location of the kingdom was quite lackluster as well, which was quite isolated from the other big kingdoms and empires, making trade quite impossible as well.
Such kingdoms might arouse the interest of so random Dark Guilds, who could build a base in this place, but it was not that profitable for them to set it as their main headquarters in such a barren land.
Only small forces, just like the Rise Guild and other small groups, would be interested in these places.
After all, they did not have the power to contest against powerhouses of the ga, so it was better to settle on these kinds of places that were far from competition.
However, who would have thought that they would stumble on such an 'opportunity'?
Given their background and how important these so-called portals leading to other realms had beco due to the hype behind them, the Rise Guild knew that they were in deep trouble.
It would be perfect if no one else knew about this. They could even monopolize such a big treasure trove by themselves, which could also be their biggest break yet.
However, it was common knowledge that there was nowhere within the ga that the big guilds and huge organizations could not reach. Aside from the other powerhouses that were on the sa level or even stronger than them, everything else was under their watch.
Moreover, there was never a lack of people who wanted to curry favor with them. A lot of people would take the initiative to contact them and sell their respective guilds, particularly important information like this one, in exchange for a ager benefit that they could get.
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Felix, the guild leader of the Rise Guild, was currently facing the greatest ordeal of his life due to the current situation.
He knew that their guild could be considered as a local power within the Lesser Kingdom of Juron. They could bully the other guilds, adventurer teams, and rcenary groups that were based in the sa kingdom, but it was a completely different case when the powerhouses within the ga got involved.
Moreover, he was quite disappointed that the people within their guild had sold off the information about the portal that they had recently discovered through a quest, which included quite a lot of people in higher positions.
He understood their positions, but he was still disappointed that they had not put the interest of the guild in the process. After all, they could just sell the information to so powerful guild or organization and let them handle the rest, which was the ideal situation.
They could even act as the vanguard team if they had pleased the selected powerhouse quite decently.
After all, the said realms were still an unknown land for everyone, so there should be so risk involved in the process. An extra hand or cannon fodder was required to do such work, particularly scouting.
It was a bit too late now since there were quite a lot of powerhouse guilds and other organizations gathered in this place, particularly the ones that were eyeing the 'key' in his hands.
This 'key' was soone would get after clearing a series of chain quests, which would also lead them toward the secret realm beyond that portal. Without this key, no one could enter that side, which also gave Felix a decent card that he could use to sowhat discourage these foreign powerhouses from taking drastic asures against him.
This key had beco his shield that let their guild survive up until now. It had also beco a hot potato that put them at risk.
Even though these powerhouses would not force him to hand over the key to them, it could push them toward their rivals and only strengthen his resolve not to team up with them.
They had to take the 'gentler' process, which was bribing so elders of the guild, who could also help them 'persuade' him to join their side.
In the na of the 'greater cause' and 'for the guild's future', they kept on pestering him to join the side that had bribed them.
"Tsk! Tsk! This is getting more complicated as ti goes on," Felix could only sigh after recalling the events that had happened recently.
"Fortunately, we can still hold out because of the cards that we have," he mumbled, recalling the key and the ongoing quest that they currently have.
Regardless, the problem would only grow bigger once the truly big fish joined the prey.
Up until now, they had only t with so first-rate guilds and decently strong organizations, but the true powerhouses of guilds, especially the ones in the ranking lists, had yet to make their move.
"They are most likely busy with their respective business for now, but once they arrive here one by one, things can get ugly if we don't handle this well," he squinted his eyes, feeling a great pressure when he thought about those hegemonic existences within the ga.
"A single powerhouse expert from their ranks can easily wipe out our existence within the ga," he sighed once again, not knowing what to do with the current situation.
It was at this mont that soone else within the room had spoken. "This is why I suggest selling the key and the questline to one of those guilds and let them deal with it."
"We don't even know if that portal is truly leading toward one of those realms or so sort of dungeon in the first place. It is those traitors' fault for spreading such unconfird information that leads us to our current situation."
Hearing this, Felix could not help but turn toward the direction from which the voice was coming.
From the veil of the shadows, there was a hazy figure seemingly hiding its presence. Bit by bit, this person slowly made their way toward the light and revealed themselves.
Then, a woman in mage robes suddenly materialized as she dispelled the stealth magic cast on herself.
Swoosh!
Water seed to have fallen from her body, revealing his true appearance, which seed to belong to an Ocean Race.
From her outward appearance, she seed to be far from being an Ocean Naga, which was the common race that was widely spread everywhere within the ga since it was the first 'fishman' race that had beco available to the public.
Her appearance shared so similarities with that of a regular Ocean Naga, such as their humanoid appearance and patches of blue scales on different parts of her body, particularly her neck and arms.
However, her ears were a bit different since they seed to have so fins attached to them, while a segnt between her neck and behind her chin was showing so gills unique to a real 'fishman race', which was widely acknowledged as the Ocean Race by the players of the ga.
Looking at this beautiful woman, Felix shook his head and refused. "There is no need for that. This questline is triggered by you, which is also done without the help of the guild."
"It is sothing that is solely yours, so there is no need to be too concerned about this predicant."
"It is my fault for trusting the wrong people. If not for involving them in this quest and letting them benefit from it a little, then we should not have been in this position at all."
"It is my incompetence, dreaming about building a guild of my own when I am not even qualified to be a guild leader at all," he added alongside a helpless sigh, clearly showing the self-bla for this incident.
Seeing him act like this, the woman from Ocean Race stepped forward and wanted to say sothing to comfort the other party.
Unfortunately, she could not find the right words to voice her concern, making her unable to say anything.
Noticing her action, Felix shook his head and said. "It is fine, Felicia. I know my limits, which is why I chose to settle in this remote place in the first place."
"It is your brother's greed that we have ended up in such a situation," he added while shaking his head.
Not long after, a sharp and cold look suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he added fiercely. "However, if they think that they can push us around that easily, then I will make them suffer the consequences for underestimating us."
Sensing sothing wrong, Felicia could not help but ask in concern. "What are you planning, brother?"
"Hmph! They are holding our guild as 'hostage' for their own benefit, then let's just take the initiative to 'kill' the hostage ourselves," he answered, along with a vicious look on his face.
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