After reaching LV40 in the ‹Training Hall›, Rina, Misato and rt spent so ti trying out their new skills against the monster of room 4.
It should have been over as soon as they reached the level limit, but I guess ‹Training Hall› and new skills contributed to their newfound excitent.
"It's about to call it a day, everyone."
"Oh my, It's already ti."
"Woah, I didn't even feel the passage of ti."
"Oh no, I can't miss the dinner-desu!"
"......Let's go back then."
Rina, Misato and Pala let out a surprised yelp after confirming the ti, while rt calmly inserted his words.
Everyone had just finished 11th wave when I saw ti was nearing curfew and brought their attention to it. And unsurprisingly, the sky outside when we left the tower was covered by the night veil.
"Goodness, it's completely dark."
"We are nearing the sumr solstice, that's why. Still, it has been a while since I have seen the sky so dark."
"What!? I didn't know you were such a disciplined person, Rina-san!"
Hearing Rina's honorary student-like remark, Misato looked slightly astonished.
Well, it must have been impossible for an outgoing girl like her to wrap her head around such a stiff schedule. Given its Misato, I bet she should have road around in the night as well.
Rina, on the flip side, made sure to return to her dormitory before sunset apparently, and virtually never went out at night.
"Hmm?"
We were just heading toward the gate with a brisk stride when we saw a party of 5 mbers, each wearing white plate armor, coming from the direction of the gate. rt's face scowled seeing them.
"What's wrong, rt?"
"Zephyr, I am having an unsettling feeling. Is that party going to head toward the tower this late?"
Now that he said, it was indeed quite a late for that.
Entries to dungeons were open till 10 pm, and if students didn't return by 12:00 a.m, a search party would be ford which would affect the evaluation.
So it was too late for them to challenge the ‹Training Hall›. But if they weren't there for that, the only other reason I could think was——
"Excuse . You guys, you must be freshn top guild, ‹Eden›, right?"
——They were waiting to ambush those returning from the tower.
Oh, a ho run huh; rt's intuition was on point, the party seed to have business with us.
The group of knight-esque boys with well-built bodies indeed called out to us.
We motioned for the girls to step back as rt and I moved forward.
"Well, yes. We are ‹Eden›, but who might you be?"
One of the well-built boys nodded after hearing my answer. The other four boys were standing behind him in attention. I guess he is their leader.
Hmm, quite a well trained bunch they are~.
"I apologize for stopping you. To introduce ourselves, we are the mbers of ‹White Saber›, sub-guild of A-rank guild ‹Temple Saber›, and I am Diase. Can I have a bit of your ti?"
"‹Temple Saber›? The guild Rika talked about. If my mory serves right, they had a ‹Duel Battle› with ‹Beast King Gal-Tiger› last month, no›
I searched through my mory to dig up information about them. Daise nodded in affirmation.
"Yes. I presu you also know the result as well?"
"It was the victory of ‹Beast King Gal-Tiger›, and they also won the stake, ‹White Throne›."
It seed like rt was also well aware of that ‹Dual Battle› as he replied unhesitatingly.
‹White Throne› huh.
It was a special equipnt exclusive for recovery job holders, possessing a powerful effect of its own. The skills it has were ‹Plus Range Lv10› and ‹Anti-Regen Resistance Lv9›.
To put it in a few words, it was capable of healing mbers from a distance in guild battles without dropping the potency of healing skill.
‹White Throne› was a drop from Advanced-dungeon, though if one searches harder, they might be able to get it as a rare drop from Interdiate-high dungeon. I assu whoever got it must have found it in a drop from Int-high, given Advanced dungeons were an uncharted territory in this world.
To be honest, I was also quite interested in why they were here.
I did want to return quickly as well, but it might not hurt to hear what they have to say.
So I decided to stay behind, and so did others. Hmm, they could have left earlier though. In the end, we all stayed to listen.
"You're right. Our parent guild had dominated the A-rank with the ‹White Throne›, but in its absence, they are now caught up in a precarious situation. The situation has been similarly dire for us, the ‹White Sabre›. We are currently a D-rank guild with 18 mbers."
"Well, this is quite a predicant indeed."
Daise's face scrunched in a bitter smile as she spoke about their present condition.
They must have been at their wit's end. I presu they want to make clear their current predicant, hence he didn't try to hide anything.
The fall of the parent guild in the ranking war wasn't just another news for the mbers of the sub-guild.
Imagine joining a sub-guild, because it belonged to an A-rank guild, with the dream to beco a regular one day, but only for the parent guild to fall from the grace of A-rank before you could get involved with its affairs; it must be disheartening.
However, the even more grave issue was not in it, but the remaining 2 slots for mbers in ‹White Sabre›. If the parent guild dropped in rank, obviously there would be so who need to leave due to mber limitation. In normal cases, it was the role of a sub-guild to take in those mbers, but ‹White Sabre› didn't have the capacity to accept many mbers.
Having more than 11 mbers in the sub-guild ans that if the parent guild loses, such issues will arise. The general rule of the thumb was to keep at least 10 spots in the sub-guild open to respond to situations like this, since a D-rank sub-guild could only have 20 mbers at a ti.
What will happen in this case then? Obviously, the brunt would be borne by the mbers of the sub-guild. In simpler words, they would be dismissed.
Though It was a question why ‹Temple Sabre› ignored this rule; were they confident in their abilities, or so other reason propelled them to ignore it? Either way, it had now co to bite them back.
Daise nodded to and continued.
"Indeed. A lot of mbers will be dismissed if no asure were to be taken. Nurous mbers will be left stranded."
"And how did it lead to contact us, ‹Eden›?"
rt asked the main question, seeing the right opportunity.
I understand their current situation, but I couldn't think how this and contacting ‹Eden› was linked. rt's eyes were practically screaming 'just spit it out already'.
Growl
Oh, no wonder. I could hear a faint growl coming from his stomach as I stood next to him.
"We have several reasons. Our imminent goal is to prevent dismissal of many mbers, for that, ‹Temple Sabre› want to negotiate with ‹Eden›."
"Go on."
"Thanks. First, there is sothing ‹Temple Sabre› desires."
Feeling the discussion was going nowhere, rt's eyes slowly narrowed. Albeit, with the height of Daise, he didn't notice it. In the ga, it would have been announced like 'It was super ineffective'.
"‹Temple Saber› wants to buy the recipe of ‹Dungeon Carriage› that ‹Eden› is in possession of for 300 million Mir."
"What a cheapskate offer. No thanks."
rt rejected the proposal without even batting an eyelid.
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