( The True Elites Guild Headquarters, The Upside )
As Rocky walked into the True Elites Guild Headquarters alongside the towering Buhara and the pretty boy Erin, he instantly beca the center of attention as unlike the first ti he walked through these halls having no warriors aura, this ti as he walked through the halls alongside his team, he actually managed to exude an aura of strength that made veteran climbers gaze at him with interest.
"Buhahahahara–" said Buhara, flexing his muscles at a particularly large climber from the True Elites Guild. As the two spontaneously bursted out into a muscle display contest, with both flexing their ripped physiques to one another.
"Stop it Rhino, he's a guest–" Said, Rhino's team leader at the guild.
"Show him who's the strongest Buhara, don't back down" said Rocky, as his reply ca out as a complete 180 of what the Elite team leader said.
This difference was mostly because Rocky was not a part of the guild and did not need to adhere to its rules, while Rhino's team leader Jack was forced to.
"Hooo, you've beco spicier compared to the last ti I saw you, Rocky–" Jack said, as Rocky winked to him in reply.
Soon, Rocky walked over to the Guildmaster's office, where he found Alia sitting in the corridor outside.
Upon gazing towards Alia, imdiately, all the attitude drained out of his body as he straightened up and cleaned his act.
"Hello Aunt Alia, I'm back…" Rocky said sweetly, as the stark contrast in his speech pattern made Erin visibly crack up.
"Hoo–, look what the cat dragged in…" Alia said with a big smile on her face, as she left her desk and walked over towards Rocky to give him a hug.
Rocky warmly embraced Alia, for whom he had a soft spot in his heart, as when he was at his lowest, it was Alia who had given him a shelter in her house and helped him get through a tough phase of life.
"Are these your friends?" Alia asked after pulling away from the hug, as Rocky pointed towards Erin and Buhara and introduced them to Alia.
" Buhara, a battle mage. And Erin, a support mage.
My roommates from back at the university and the first two official mbers of my Champion's Party" Rocky said, as he introduced Erin and Buhara.
"mbers of your Champion's party?" Alia asked, raising an eyebrow as she did not expect Rocky to have chosen mbers for his party so soon.
Choosing party mbers was a big decision since a climber's life or death depended on the strength of his party. However, the risk was much greater for a Champion's party who were assured to face greater risks.
For Rocky to have chosen Erin and Buhara as his Party mbers, ant that those two were exceptional climbers as well, as Alia knew just how exceptional Rocky himself was.
"Well, I'll keep an eye on the two of you from now on then…. Please take good care of Rocky" Alia said with a soft smile, as she did not portray her usual ruthless self before Erin and Buhara and instead showed her kind side.
Her cute smile imdiately made Erin and Buhara lt, as the two n imdiately blushed and began staring towards the ceiling in a reaction that Alia found very cute.
"Please don't let hold you…. The guildmaster is expecting you–" Alia said, as she gestured for Rocky to enter Karna's cabin.
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As Rocky entered Karna's cabin, he was greeted by the scene of a shirtless Karna and a shirtless Neatwit working on war diagrams, while the whole office was littered with papers and war strategies.
"Two gay n!" Said Buhara imdiately after entering the Guildmaster's office, as Karna and Neatwit synonymously replied with a curt "No!".
Turning his head, Karna nodded and acknowledged Rocky's entry into his office as he stood up from his seat and began collecting a pile of docunts scattered on the chairs, to make room for Rocky and his friends to sit.
"Neatwit, pass my shirt…" said Karna, as Neatwit glanced around him but failed to find Karna's shirt within the ssy room.
"I can't find it. Ask your wife to send a new one" Neatwit replied, as Karna picked up a pen and threw it at full speed towards Neatwit's head in response.
*Smack*
"Please find my shirt…. Vice guildmaster" Karna instructed again, as Neatwit groaned, getting up from his ass, as he began searching for Karna's shirt.
"Here— Guildmaster" Neatwit said, throwing a shirt to Karna's face, as Karna hastily put it on before finally turning towards Rocky, with a serious expression on his face.
"Apologies guys, The Vice Guildmaster of the True Elites Guild is an insubordinate bozo" Karna said, taking a jibe at Neatwit, to which Neatwit imdiately replied with "Apologies guys, The Guildmaster of the True Elites Guild is a lovestruck idiot who treats his underlings as if they are his girlfriend"
Karna glared at Neatwit when he made this comnt and Neatwit glared straight back, as the tension between the two beca evident.
'Uh-Oh' thought Rocky, as he understood that Neatwit had still not eased into the idea of Karna and Alia dating, as his jealousy about this event was evident.
"Jealous Gay n…." Whispered Buhara in Rocky's ears, however, the whisper itself was so loud that everyone in the room heard it.
Blushing imdiately, Karna and Neatwit broke their silent glaring contest as Karna returned his attention to Rocky and his friends.
"Everything is set for the upcoming floor raid.
To minimize risk on our end, we have decided to share the spoils of victory with other guilds on Earth should we win, as we have decided to include 7 other major guilds to this raid to bolster our numbers" Karna began, as he started to give Rocky a brief about all the important developnts that had taken place so far.
"So far, we have recruited about 25 million climbers in total, with a bulk of these forces scheduled to fight from the front gates.
Regarding the main objective of this raid, which is to free Riva, the situation of the underground prison is indeed tricky, however, we have decided that vice guild master Neatwit will accompany you alongside the number one raid squad of the Elites consisting of our strongest tier4 and 5 fighters for this cause" Karna said, as he gave Rocky the assurance that the strongest fighters of the guild will all be with Rocky to free Riva, as the number one objective of this raid is not to capture the floor, but to be free Riva.
"You have to save Riva as fast as possible Rocky, because, if the floor raid above doesn't go as planned, I'm going to call for an early retreat.
For , controlling floor 21 is not the priority, but the lives of my guild mbers is.
If I see too many of us dying, I am going to call for a retreat, because I'd rather not control the floor rather than see my n die.
However, I won't be able to call for a retreat with you and Neatwit still stuck underground, so please do your best–" Karna said, explaining the importance of Rocky's role in this mission, as although Karna knew that Rocky wasn't the strongest climber in the group, in fact he wasn't that strong at all, Karna still relied on him to pull off miracles since Rocky was the champion of Gemini who had managed to kill the lich when even a tier6 god fled the battlefield.
There was sothing about Rocky, that made Karna treat him as an equal, as not only did Karna take him seriously when consulting about strategy, but he also treated him as an equal when distributing mission importance.
Of course he wasn't delusional to the point where he only relied on Rocky to pull off miracles and did not give him the necessary tools to pull it off, as although he treated Rocky as an equal, he did rely on Neatwit more to see the mission through.
"If everything works out, not only will we save Riva, but we will also take revenge on Olympus by capturing one of their lower floor strongholds that they have been holding for decades now…." Karna concluded as he passed the detailed war plans to Rocky for scrutiny.
Taking the plans in hand, Rocky studied them with interest, with Buhara and Erin also pitching in their ideas.
Since all three of them had studied the subject 'Battlefield Strategies and Leadership', seeing their bookish knowledge being implented in the real world, excited them, as they bounced off ideas with each other as to what might go right or wrong based on Karna's plan.
Watching them deliberate amongst each other, Karna realized how important a climber's foundational education was for their future success, as most of his guild mbers, although vastly more experienced compared to these kids, did not have the tactical acun to scrutinize Karna's war plans like they did.
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/// A/N - My birthday today! ;) ///
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