〈System Alert: You have received a friend request from nerva. (Note: "People say the setting sun marks the edge of the sky.") Do you wish to accept?〉
〈System Alert: You have added nerva as a friend!〉
〈System Alert: You have sent a ssage to Player nerva, "I look towards the edge of the sky, but cannot see my ho."〉
’Should I add a third floor to the Mystical Realm Palace and start to make preparations for the Fireheart Apothecary Society? There’s also this armor... It stands out a bit too much in its current state. I’ll have to visit a tailor or check the auction house to purchase and copy the appearance of so special clothing.’
Izroth would rather not deal with the constant stares or questions about how he managed to co by his armor, therefore, he needed a different appearance to copy, at the very least, while he was within a place with high player traffic such as the capital city of Amaharpe.
After reading through the rest of his ssages, Izroth found that most of them were from Mirage and Valentine. As for the contents of their ssages... Valentine was basically ranting non-stop about his new understanding of magic within RML. However, Izroth understood that he was most likely the only player Valentine knew who had enough knowledge about magic to keep up in a conversation with him. Therefore, Izroth did not bla him for being a bit too enthusiastic.
When it ca to Mirage, however, she wanted to drag Izroth away on a quest. She also sent him a barrage of pouting faces and accused him of ignoring her since it showed that he was online but not responding to her ssages.
Izroth shook his head inwardly as he sent replies to both Mirage and Valentine. After doing so, he turned his attention to the ssage he received from the seventh captain of Blue Oasis, Niflheim.
’They’re moving the date of the raid to tomorrow? It’s sooner than I expected...’
Originally, Izroth wanted to spend a few days increasing the strength of his Boundless Emperor Void Perfection skill, as well as, his Apparel of Insatiable Transcendence. He also had to make a trip to Everpeak to visit Kryxelsia in order to have his mana pool fixed after overexerting it in the selection. After all, he could not simply depend on potions alone to regain his lost MP.
There was also the task of restocking the pill inventory of the Mystical Realm Palace, making the proper preparations for the raid that was tomorrow, reconfirming that everyone that he invited to the raid party could still make it after the sudden date change, stopping by the auction house to purchase items for his Apparel of Insatiable Transcendence, and this was only the beginning of the list.
In the end, Izroth was only one person and could not be in two places at once. With his current schedule, he rarely had any free ti in between dealing with all the miscellaneous tasks. Between trying to increase his strength, running the Mystical Realm Palace, and dealing with whatever else crept up on him was too botherso.
’I plan on handing the matters of pill crafting over to Worldly Skies and the Fireheart Apothecary Society. However, there’s still managing the Mystical Realm Palace and handling other nial tasks. When it cos to the Mystical Realm Palace, it’s possible that person would definitely not pass up the opportunity to manage it. As for the miscellaneous tasks... It looks like I’ll no choice but to find an assistant.’
Izroth needed an assistant in both RML and the real world. However, he needed soone trustworthy which was the most difficult part since he did not know anyone in the real world who fit the criteria. It appeared as if he would have to go through other channels to find a trustworthy assistant. As for Zi Yi, Izroth ruled her out.
In the end, Zi Yi seed to co from a family of standing that did not lack wealth. While it was alright for him to request her assistance when it ca to short term matters, it was not a long term solution. Not to ntion, he could already foresee the headache of having to listen to Mariposa’s words for daring to make her younger sister into a re assistant to handle nial tasks.
As Izroth was sorting his thoughts and coming up with a suitable plan in his mind, he suddenly received a response from the player he had just added as a friend a few monts ago. He did not expect to get a reply so swiftly.
〈System Alert: Player nerva has requested a voice chat!〉
〈System Alert: Due to player privacy, your voice chat was automatically set to restricted use. Do you wish to fully activate it and continue?〉
’I had nearly forgotten about this feature.’
In RML, the long-range system voice chat was set to restricted by default. If a player wanted to use the voice chat function over long-range, they simply had to change the privacy settings from restricted to active using their system interface. Izroth, of course, accepted the change and his voice chat imdiately switched from restricted to active after doing so.
〈System Alert: Do you wish to accept the incoming voice chat from Player nerva?〉
Izroth found it sowhat strange that soone he had never t before sent him a friend request and then almost instantly requested to a voice chat after he accepted. There was not even a proper introduction or explanation as to why they wanted to have a conversation. However, since he had already accepted their friend request, Izroth decided to see things through to the end.
’Let’s see what your intentions are.’
"Accept it." Izroth said as he heard the sound of a small bell. It was the noise the system made after a player had successfully started a voice chat.
〈System Alert: You have started a voice chat with Player nerva! To end the voice chat at any ti, simply say "Terminate Voice Chat" or open up the player system interface and manually end the call.〉
At first, there was silence. But, a few seconds later, a soft yet steady and calm voice seed to sound off within Izroth’s mind. Surprisingly, it was the voice of a young woman!
[Voice Chat] nerva, "The words of Li Gou is not keened by many. You are quite well-read, sir."
Sir? It had been a while since Izroth had soone speak to him in an overly formal way.
[Voice Chat] Izroth, "I just happened to co across it during so casual reading. I consider knowledge to be a fortune of its own with a priceless value attached to it."
Although Izroth’s words sounded humble, he actually did co across it by chance while casually searching up the history of this world on his phone. He really did just happen to co across it!
[Voice Chat] nerva, "Your words are full of vibrant wisdom. Knowledge is the greatest gift to ever be bestowed upon us. Forgive for the late introduction. Allow to properly introduce myself. I am called nerva. As for your identity, I have already heard much about you, sir."
[Voice Chat] Izroth, "You can drop the sir. I’ve never been one to care much for such tiring formal conversations."
Izroth spoke in a carefree and unhurried manner. However, his words seed to have caught nerva off guard as she fell quiet. Since Izroth insisted, she found no reason to turn down his good intentions.
[Voice Chat] nerva, "Since you say that it is alright, I will take your good intentions to heart."
[Voice Chat] Izroth, "Now that that’s out of the way, I have to say... I do not recall ever eting soone with your na, therefore, I’ll be blunt. For what reason did you contact ?"
Izroth wasted no ti getting straight to the point of the matter. nerva was a complete stranger to him and he was certain that their paths had never crossed. How could he not hold any suspicions or doubts whatsoever towards that kind of person with an unknown background?
Not to ntion, Izroth was not oblivious when it ca to his own rising fa within RML. Just being the owner of the Mystical Realm Palace, the first player-owned store, was enough for his na to be well known. There were all kinds of venomous snakes out there who were undoubtedly eyeing his Mystical Realm Palace or even the recipe for the pills sold inside of the shop.
[Voice Chat] nerva, "I am glad to see that your words are not minced. Then, I too, shall not sneak around my words. I would like to extend a personal invitation to you on behalf of the Headhunter Syndicate and the guild leader, Vault. I hope that you can set aside so ti tomorrow and grace us with your presence, Izroth. Or, would you prefer to be called Pill Emperor?"
Izroth was a little surprised when he heard those words leave nerva’s mouth, however, he did not allow for it to reveal itself through his voice. Although Izroth did not go out of his way to hide his identity as the Pill Emperor, there was only a hand full of people who knew that he was, in fact, the mysterious Pill Emperor. But, what really stood out was that she seed to be soone from the Headhunter Syndicate!
Izroth’s interaction with the Headhunter Syndicate was brief and he had only t so of their mbers back in the Towering Oak Forest when he first ran into Zi Yi and Guan Yu. After seeing the shaless behavior of their mbers, Izroth did not have a good first impression of the Headhunter Syndicate. But, Izroth did not judge them too harshly based on this fact alone. After all, there were bad seeds planted among even the most fertile of fields.
However, the rumors about them were consistent in that their actions were often overbearing, domineering, and ruthless. They were the new rising stars of RML and had replaced Sage Falls within the top ten guild rankings. At the mont, when it ca to the pure quantity of mbers, the Headhunter Syndicate was well ahead of the other top guilds making them a force to be reckoned with. The rumors went that they rose to this position in such a short span of ti through vicious thods and the leadership of their guild leader, Vault.
Izroth was no saint and so he did not care what actions the Headhunter Syndicate took to rise up in power. In the end, it was common knowledge that the greatest of kingdoms were built upon the blood and the countless lives of many others. As long as they understood that he had a bottom line that should not be crossed, there would be no problems. Otherwise, it would not matter if the Headhunter Syndicate was ten tis stronger, he would make sure they knew the price of standing on his path.
’Headhunter Syndicate... Are they eyeing my Mystical Realm Palace? Or, are they attempting to draw over to their side? Either way, it would be better to cut these troubles at its roots. Let’s see what this Headhunter Syndicate’s intentions are. As for this girl... Should I test her a bit?’
[Voice Chat] nerva, "There is no need to worry. I am the only one who knows of your identity as the Pill Emperor within the Headhunter Syndicate. Not even the guild leader himself knows this."
nerva took Izroth’s montary silence as becoming cautious against her and further putting up his guard in the process, therefore, she imdiately tried to smooth things over.
[Voice Chat] Izroth, "I don’t mind taking a small trip, however, tomorrow is not a good ti. I’ll pay a visit two days from now. You can ssage the ti and place. As for the other topic at hand... You sound quite confident that I’m this so-called Pill Emperor. Tell , what proof do you have?"
nerva was taken aback by Izroth’s reply. Truthfully, she did not think that she would get him to agree to a eting so quickly. She was even ready to entice him with so gifts she had prepared beforehand.
After all, even if Izroth did not lack money due to the revenue generated by his shop, that did not an that he could freely purchase rare quality items. The vast majority of rare items and materials were still currently monopolized by the top guilds or the big guilds within RML.
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