Raj gave Paul his best fake smile and patted himself on the chest. "I pride myself on my honesty and trustworthiness. We simply haven’t finished our experints yet, so we didn’t share the news.
Can’t risk ssing up the control group for our experints, after all."
None of the other Guild Masters were happy about being called the ’control group’ for this particular experint. They all had mbers who needed gear, and Raj was saying that they were being deliberately left to figure it out on their own, as part of an experint to see if anyone else would manage the sa feat.
"Why don’t we step inside and discuss it out of the sun?" Paul suggested.
Many Alliances would refuse and request a neutral location, in case things got ssy with the negotiations. But Raj recalled that Cara had ntioned that they had guests coming, not that there was going to be a big fight.
He wasn’t well-versed in badger logic, but Deve would have said sothing if her attitude had suggested violence and not just chaos.
"Alright, co on in, we will arrange for refreshnts to be prepared, and we can all discuss the events that led to this experint, as well as our future plans." Raj agreed.
The newly arrived Guild Masters were a bit startled by the calm reaction and suspected that they were being led into a trap by the trio of Myths. But they were all Guild Masters, more than capable of holding their own if it ca to a fight.
And none of them were willing to pass on this opportunity if it wasn’t a trap.
Better loot from the dungeons, even if it ca with increased difficulty, was more than worth the trouble.
So, nobody hesitated to follow them back to Deve’s Guild House.
He wasn’t here to say no to having his house used as the host location for these negotiations, and they already had a fancy al being prepared there, thanks to Cara demanding that the chef be given a new skill.
That would help them impress the Guild Masters.
In theory, the Darklight Host house would be able to do the sa thing, and it was less crowded. But there was no telling what sort of strange things they would co across in that house.
It wasn’t out of the question for them to have portals to pocket dinsions or other continents open in the living room, or for the guests to be accosted by Griffin-pattern Gargoyles who wanted their feathers preened.
Definitely too strange to be exposing strangers to on the first day.
The first thing that Karl saw when they walked in was Deve glaring at Cara, who was laughing at him.
{What did you do?} The druid was whispering while Cara played innocent.
Twenty Myths, all from different Guilds, were quite the force to be arriving in his house unannounced.
"Welco everyone. If you would like to discuss this in the other room, refreshnts and a light lunch will be ready in just a few minutes." Deve greeted them.
The other Guild Leaders followed Deve’s suggestion, but it was clear that everyone was beginning to wonder what was wrong with this Guild Alliance.
Their sensibilities were all wrong, and everyone was wearing exceptionally expensive accessories, even though they weren’t in combat. It was just a fashion statent for them.
What they couldn’t know was that most of those items were Royal Rank Mana Jade, which looked much more expensive than it was, and the runes carved on it were all for housework or life skills. Only a few would wear their combat accessories all the ti.
Hugo sat down near the head of the table, but not in the main seat.
"Everyone, make yourself comfortable. You’re going to want to be sitting down for this part. How about we have Dana lead this eting? She was the only one there for both events." He suggested.
"So, it was one of your Myths who found the secret?" The Crimson Tide Guild Master asked, preparing his notebook.
Karl made a noncommittal wiggle of his hand. "Well, yes and no. During the first event, she was an Overlord and accompanied the usual Overlord Dungeon raid team just after the Darklight Host joined the Alliance. This ti, she is a Myth, and we were celebrating her advancent."
The dragonkin made careful notes, then stared at the page.
"Pardon?"
Dana laughed as she took the spot at the head of the table.
"That’s the usual response. I only just got married to Karl, the Cat Demon on my left. Supre Lady Matilda hired a Fae Priest to do a Soul Bond ritual during our wedding, and that pulled up to his level." She explained.
A few of the others slumped into their chairs. She wasn’t lying about needing to be seated for this explanation.
Dana tapped the table, considering where to start and how much to tell them. The Overlord Ranked Dungeon was an open run, so in theory, anyone in the city could do what they did.
If they just knew how and had the skills.
But that was the sticking point. They needed the skills to be able to actually accomplish the feat, and as far as she knew, nobody had.
Ever.
"I will start with the most recent one first, as the explanation is simple. We set a new kill ti record for the first boss. The System rewarded us with the option to increase the difficulty, which increased the quality of loot drops.
That might be harder to replicate if it doesn’t start giving the option to everyone who enters.
However, the Overlord Ranked Dungeon is an easy one.
All you need to do is send in an all Overlord team, and have them take zero damage during the boss fight.
Not finish it at full health, have them bring up barriers and cleansing spells so that nobody leaves full health for the entire fight."
The Guild Masters stared at her, in awe.
It was so simple. And yet so utterly implausible as to be practically impossible.
Yet, their team had done it.
It had to be a matter of group composition.
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