A fleeting sensation of dinsional travel swept over them, and when the darkness in their vision was replaced by light again.
The space around them had transford from the interior of a church into a grand tavern hall.
Heideline, Pedi, and Steel Armor imdiately directed their gaze to the ceiling of the hall.
It was hard not to, for the ceiling was irresistibly captivating, displaying a sky resembling a starry night.
The boundless starry sky seed so close at hand.
Candles emitting light floated among them.
Tables and chairs of various styles and sizes were arranged around, and tapestries with the Lamp Mark could be seen on the walls and stone columns.
The space wasn't occupied by just a few of them; many Heavy Knight Armor-clad individuals could be seen sitting around, eating and drinking.
Occasionally, you could see others flashing into the space just as they had.
What caught their attention the most was a humanoid giant bull with vines, moss, and flowers wrapped around its fur.
Faced with the new arrivals like Heideline, the others only threw curious glances their way before looking away.
"So, what do you think? Not bad, right?"
Kane asked with a smile.
"Is this a different dinsion?" Heideline asked.
She sensed the unique nature of this place the mont she entered.
"Of course."
Controlling such a space and transforming it like this, Heideline couldn't help but admire Kane. Perhaps Kane and the others were far more impressive than she had thought.
"This space is beautiful and cozy, especially the sky," Heideline pointed to the ceiling, smiling.
"Haha, as long as you like it. Alright, follow ," Kane said as he waved to them and headed toward the bar.
At the bar, Burton and Adoma were each at their posts.
During the brief walk, Heideline noticed people around nodding at Kane, indicating his high status here.
At the bar, Burton had just handed a drink to izike when he noticed Kane coming over.
"Yo, Kane, bringing new mbers?"
Kane nodded, ordered a drink, and a plate of fried snail rice.
Then he called over to Adoma: "Adoma, you're on duty now. These are new mbers; you can introduce them."
Upon hearing Kane, Adoma quickly ca over and spotted Heideline and the others.
He had never seen these faces among the guild mbers before; they must be newcors.
He shook hands with each of them, introducing himself: "I'm Adoma, the receptionist of the Lantern Guild. If you have any questions, feel free to ask ."
Once they completed their introductions, Kane said, "Alright, I'll leave them to you."
"Once you have a basic understanding of the guild's functions, we'll discuss other matters later."
At this mont, Kane noticed two figures entering the Guild Hall—Zawa and Kanske.
Surprising timing indeed, they've arrived.
Spotting the two, Kane imdiately waved and called out, "Over here!"
The two, slightly disoriented, recognized Kane and, before having a chance to take in the space, quickly trotted over, bowing and calling, "Your Majesty."
Their address drew the attention of everyone present, except Heideline's group, to Kane.
The address was intriguing, to say the least.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Kane awkwardly scratched his cheek.
But the soldiers of the Lantern Knight Order lit up with interest, seemingly inspired by sothing.
Judging by their expressions, they seed eager to call Kane "Your Majesty" as well.
Kane turned to Adoma, saying, "These two are new as well; you can take care of them too."
Subsequently, Adoma took the five new guild mbers to provide an introduction to the guild's functions and tour the place.
They watched as the group passed through a large door into the space housing the Spring of Rebirth.
anwhile, Kane sat at the bar, waiting for them to finish understanding the guild before continuing with their affairs.
"Here it is, your 'Sumr Cool' and fried snail rice."
Saying this, Burton brought a plate of fried rice and a blue drink from the kitchen to Kane.
The attention of Burton and izike followed.
Taking a bite of the fried rice, Kane asked, "Why are you staring at ?"
"Aren't you going to explain the address they used for you? When did you beco a king?"
Hearing Burton's question, Kane shrugged helplessly.
"No rush, let eat first, and once Kreya and the others arrive later, I'll explain to you all."
Then he instructed izike, "izike, you could go out and ssage Kreya and the others, ask them to find ti to enter the Guild Hall swiftly."
izike nodded and disappeared from his seat.
"So, Burton, how's life here treating you?" Kane asked while eating.
Burton, filling his pipe with tobacco, chuckled and nodded at Kane's question.
"Of course, it's much better than my old tavern that was about to close. A bunch of great folks, not to ntion how impressive these functions are."
As he spoke, Burton pointed to the chair he was sitting on.
It was a piece of furniture that could be exchanged for a variety of forms, freely changing and tailored to suit the size and needs of its user.
It can allow Burton to adjust the height anyti, and it can transform into a chair or bench or recliner.
The entire tavern has many such thoughtful little designs, not to ntion the ability to make simple modifications when needed, making it extrely convenient.
"By the way, I've sold the tavern in Jiejing Town, and I'm now in Furnace Castle."
Then he took out a large stack of various docunts from his pocket and handed them to Kane.
These docunts all bear the emblem of the chanical Association.
"What's this?" Kane asked curiously after taking the docunts and then began flipping through them casually.
Burton took a puff of his cigarette and said, "These are from that old guy at the chanical Association over there for you, claiming they are so of the latest research findings and topics."
Hearing Burton's words, Kane nodded and began looking through so of the materials in his arms.
These materials show recent new chanical elents in dungeons and so new technologies acquired from them.
Also, the chanical Association is currently organizing research on large-scale projects aid at breakthroughs.
Lastly, a letter was attached, inviting Kane to visit the headquarters of the chanical Association when he reaches the Golden level.
After quickly browsing through them, Kane marked the key materials that interested him and then put all of these docunts back into his space equipnt.
"Long ti no see, President Kane."
Upon hearing the chanical-sounding female voice reminiscent of a jamd recording, Kane knew who had arrived.
The only one in the guild with such a voice is the puppet girl from Raphael's team, Star Symbol.
Kane turned his head and, sure enough, it was Raphael and his team.
"Long ti no see, too, Star Symbol. Is this arm newly made? It looks very nice."
"Th-thank you." Upon hearing Kane's complint, a smile appeared on Star Symbol's face.
Although she is a puppet with a soul, and her speech is a bit stiff, her expressions are very lively.
Star Symbol and the snake woman from their team then entered their personal space.
Raphael sat beside Kane, and the two began to chat casually.
"One glass of elegance, Burton, old buddy," Raphael said to Burton.
Burton pouted: "A man should drink strong liquor, drinking this stuff that tastes like a soft drink, you featherweight kid."
"A moderate alcohol level is fine, too high isn't tasty anyway."
Raphael motioned dismissively.
Kane looked at Raphael and asked, "You guys seem to have rested enough. Have you decided on the next dungeon to visit?"
Upon hearing Kane's question, Raphael smiled mysteriously.
"Our team is about to be promoted to Golden, and we've chosen a high-difficulty dungeon for the promotion."
After saying this, Raphael's mood turned a bit gloomy: "Sigh, I don't know if we all can successfully promote."
The mbers of Raphael's team can all be considered quite talented, but even they can't guarantee everyone will reach the Golden level.
Depending on one's potential, it might happen that only one or two mbers succeed in their initial promotion, while the others remain at the Silver bottleneck.
It might require a second or third attempt for everyone to achieve the Golden level.
Each bottleneck period is a watershed in potential; those with talent can succeed in one go, while those without may stagnate here for a lifeti.
Especially at the Golden level, unless one is exceptionally talented, no one dares to guarantee a smooth single promotion.
At this point, they have to face a new issue: if on the first attempt not all teammates succeed in promoting, instead leaving one or two behind, it becos troubleso.
This ans they must temporarily part ways, allowing those left behind to join other teams with the sa needs to achieve promotion together.
This will lead to a higher failure rate and even life-threatening risks.
Of course, one can also spend a lot of money to find a specialized team for guidance.
Anyway, these are issues that so teams inevitably have to face.
Kane patted his shoulder and said, "The mbers of your team can be considered geniuses; you should be able to succeed in one go, don't be discouraged, don't be nervous."
"Sigh, let's hope so."
"By the way, I have a favor to ask of you. This ti, you can invite so explorers you think are promising, and once we upgrade to Golden, we will formally invite them to join."
Kane had a premonition that this dungeon would indeed allow them to promote to the Golden level. After all, their magic power had reached over 80%, and such an energy level was almost enough to et the promotion requirents.
Plus, this dungeon can truly be considered a high-intensity dungeon, allowing Kane and his team to promote without any problems.
Therefore, it's ti to start preparing for things after the Golden upgrade.
"No problem," Raphael nodded and said.
"Burton, when others co in, tell them this as well," Kane said to Burton.
"No problem, don't worry."
After chatting with Raphael and the others for a while, they each went off to do their own things.
At this ti, Bonona also entered the Guild Hall, along with her two daughters.
The two little ones ran straight to Kane's feet, hugging his leg and saying, "Brother Kane, long ti no see."
"You too," Kane said, pinching their little cheeks.
Then he asked Bonona nearby, "How's everything going on your side?"
"The seeds you provided and the breeds of cattle and sheep are all excellent, they've all survived, and it won't be long before we start the first harvest."
"So soon?" Kane was surprised to hear Bonona's words.
Bonona pointed to the Minotaur not far away, who was busy drinking with soldiers: "With the Druid brothers, this is naturally no big deal. Besides, we need to use this batch as seeds, so the faster, the better."
Upon hearing Bonona's words, Kane nodded.
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