The top three guilds of Arkan are offered quite an alluring incentive by the country for one reason, and one reason alone — they wanted their country to have the best of the best. The country offers anything, monetary, privileges, land; as long as it could be discussed and negotiated, the country was willing to give it… especially the top 1 Guild.
Those who belong in the ranks of the best are decided by both the governnt as well as the citizens — strength, feats, and popularity are usually what they are judged on. And recently…
…Wilder's Harem has been climbing up the ladder like wild.
"I hope you got all of that, because I am not going to explain it a second ti — I don't even know why I'm here, I already know what the outco will be."
Hannah, who was seated at Rhys's desk for so reason, stood up from his chair as she finished explaining so brief information as to why she was there,
"You should be grateful that I'm even willing to co here, Wilder — this is honestly so grunt work soone in the lower food chain does."
"...But aren't you a receptionist, Ma'am?" A small smile crawled on Rhys's face as he looked at Hannah.
"That's right," Hannah almost smirked as she put another piece of gum inside her mouth, "I'm the most important person here — without , none of you would have beco Explorers."
"Co to think of it…" Adam, the new guildmaster of the Cerberus Guild, squinted his eyes as he stared at Hannah; pushing back his glowing green hair to get a better look at her, "...You were the one who gave my license way back when I registered as an Explorer."
"Damn right I am," Hannah scoffed as she also looked at the guild masters of Ages of n and Stoneheart guild. Cillian really only winked at her, while Es bowed her head, "You all should know your places. I'm not just any receptionist, Wilder… I'm The Receptionist."
"...Right," Rhys just breathed out and nodded as he took a seat at his desk. Ayesha, Katarina, Lina, and Maria stood behind him as he did so; their eyes all squinted and their eyebrows lowered as they seed to judge everyone else in the room. Katarina, however, was only focusing on one person — Emilia.
Katarina knew how much Rhys used to dote on his sister. He wasn't talkative at all in the past, and yet he always seed to ntion his sister during his visits to her clinic; she was practically his foundation, his tower, the reason why he was getting off the bed each day… but then Katarina watched the video of her saying that the tragedy of what happened to them was Rhys's fault.
There may co a ti when Rhys forgives her, but Katarina would never — and she even had the audacity to stand beside their mother's killer?
"If I may be so blunt," Adam cleared his throat before raising his hand, "At the risk of sounding like our previous guild master, and I have nothing against Rhys at all, nothing. But…
…Rhys's feats are his own and not his guild."
"Hm…" Everyone turned to look at Adam as soon as he said that.
"By all ans, Wilder's Harem is impressive," Adam continued, "They are basically an army that raids the Underworld, but the number of Holes they've dived down to can probably just be counted by hand."
"Well…" And surprisingly, Es suddenly spoke up, causing everyone in the room to turn quiet; her bright glowing white hair, almost reflecting in everyone's eyes, "One could argue that Rhys is the Wilder's Harem himself. You ntioned his feats, but his feats alone put most of the people in this room to sha…
…perhaps even ."
Rhys could really only stare back at Es as she looked at him. Es's overall aura and ambiance right now were rather casual compared to when he first t her during the tragedy in the city of Mankappan, but Rhys was not forgetting that Es is still considered to be the most powerful Explorer in the country.
In fact, it actually would not be a lie to say that the strongest people of the country were currently present in Rhys's office right now. Es was at rank no. 2 in the world, Adam was at 10, and Ayesha was ranked 14.
"Rhys not only managed to survive an encounter with a god not once, not twice, but thrice," Es continued to speak while still looking at Rhys, "And… not to ntion he sort of tried to save back in Mankappan. He—"
"Well, that's good and all…" And while everyone was careful not to interrupt Es as she talked, Hannah did not seem to care at all as she even popped her bubble gum as she talked over Es,
"I actually have a feeling I really am wasting my ti here — You're not really interested in all of this, are you, Wilder?"
"It… is not that I'm not interested," Rhys closed his eyes and let out a very long and deep sigh as Hannah stood in front of his desk, "But Adam is right, I don't think it's fair and just to even consider Wilder's Harem as one of the top three guilds, or one of the top guilds, for that matter. For one… I'm just a Level 3 Explorer."
"We can work around that with our mutual friend," Hannah placed her hand on her desk as she popped her gum again, "I am sure he will be more than happy to help. I don't even know why he likes you."
"...Your father has helped enough, Ma'am."
"Th—I told you not to call Ma'am!" Hannah lightly slamd her palm on the desk before pointing at Katarina and Maria, "You two need to control your man. Maria, I can understand since she likes being controlled and chained. But you, K…? What happened to—"
"You're not here for ," Katarina did not let Hannah finish her words as she just glared at her… hard. She was already pissed that Rhys's sister was just casually there, and so she might have inserted more feelings into her glare than normal, which caused Hannah to slightly back away and just roll her eyes.
"I was wondering about that too…" Rhys then breathed out, "...I can understand why you're here, Ma'am — but why are important people like the guild masters of the top guilds here?"
"Oh, I shall answer that…" Cillian clicked his tongue several tis as he stood up from the sofa, "...I wanted to et you again. I told the two in the group chat that I was going to visit you, and they said they also wanted to do the sa — and it's a happenstance that a piece of information fell upon us that Ms. Hannah here is visiting you too, so…
…we decided to all go together."
"...Why does everyone seem to have a group chat these days?" Rhys could really only blink a couple of tis as he glanced at Katarina and the others, who also had a group chat where he was not included, "And… why did you want to et , Sir?"
"Please, just call Cillian, or Cilly, if you want to be silly with ," Cillian let out a coquettish giggle as he looked Rhys in the eyes, "And I just wanted to see you to glance at that perfect face again. And now that I've had my fill, I'm good… I'm only staying for the drama."
"Right…" Rhys just nodded awkwardly before turning to look at Es.
"I wanted to see how you were doing," Es shrugged, "The last ti I saw you, you were being carried and dragged away by Arachnea. Honestly, I considered you dead then — and as I said earlier… I'm here to thank you for trying to save my life, even if it wasn't needed, I truly appreciate it."
"He has a habit of doing that," Ayesha breathed out and remarked, "Lost an arm and a leg to save , even though he didn't need to. Big fucking balls, though."
"I'd bet," Es smiled before shaking her head, "And also, I'm also here to know how strong you truly are, Mr. Wilder. For all these won to be so submissive and caring for you, I truly wonder just what secrets you hold. They can't all be here just because of your godly looks."
"My secret…" Rhys also smiled, "...They are my secret. I'm…
…only here because of them."
"Then if you do not mind, since we are already at the boundary of the Danger Zone…" Es stood up from her seat and looked Rhys in the eyes,
"...I would very much like to have a friendly spar with you, Mr. Wilder."
"Going straight for the Boss?" Ayesha smirked as she stepped forward.
"I only feel it right, we are both guild masters, after all."
"Then—"
"If I may rudely intrude," Adam once again raised his hand to speak, "Before all the shit goes down, is it perhaps alright for and my… associates to have a private audience with Mr. Rhys? I am actually here not just for myself, Emilia has…
…sothing she wishes to say to her brother."
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