MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1654 1654: Raising the Stakes

The character of the Sanguine Warflag is temporarily set aside; his manners, however, are quite polished.

Even though that brat's tone was filled with disdain, the Sanguine Warflag didn't dare to act out in front of the boss. Instead, he politely nodded and said, "I am the Sanguine Warflag; may I ask who you are?"

Before the person could respond, Sanguine Thousand Miles interjected from the side, "This is Radiant Shiner, my friend!"

"Hello!" Upon hearing this, the Sanguine Warflag stood up, reaching across the table to shake hands with Radiant Shiner.

"Ha ha!"

To his surprise, Radiant Shiner let out a cold laugh, picked up his wine glass, and turned his gaze elsewhere, completely ignoring the Sanguine Warflag's gesture.

"What do you mean by that?!"

The Sanguine Warflag, although capable of holding his own, wasn't just a young hothead. Seeing Radiant Shiner behave this way, he merely smiled awkwardly and withdrew his hand. However, the Sanguine Asura beside him was immediately infuriated.

The Sanguine Asura had always been straightforward.

As a long-time subordinate of the Sanguine Warflag, their relationship was quite strong. At this moment, seeing his boss being treated this way felt like he himself was being disrespected, and naturally, the Sanguine Asura couldn't hold back.

"Asura, sit down!"

While the Sanguine Asura was being unreasonable, the Sanguine Warflag certainly wouldn't be either; after all, they were in the boss's home. If a quarrel broke out, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the boss?

The Sanguine Warflag casually pulled the Sanguine Asura back to his seat and then said to Sanguine Wanli, "I apologize; Asura has always had this temper…"

"I understand!" Sanguine Wanli smiled and replied, "Young people are energetic, which is perfectly normal. Having energy means having ambition. Without the drive to progress, one will age quickly."

"…"

Upon hearing Sanguine Wanli's words, the Sanguine Warflag couldn't help but frown.

The Sanguine Warflag was also an old hand in the game and could tell that Sanguine Wanli's words carried deeper meaning.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "I'm not quite sure what the boss means…"

"Ha ha, you're overthinking it!" Sanguine Wanli waved his hand with a smile and said, "I've heard that our Sanguine Alliance has run into some troubles lately?"

"No, not at all…" The Sanguine Warflag replied, looking bewildered. "The guild is doing quite well; no one dares to provoke us."

"Is that so?" Sanguine Wanli said, "But I've heard that the guild with the most influence in the Twilight City isn't our Sanguine Alliance."

"This…"

The Sanguine Warflag was taken aback and said, "But our Sanguine Alliance is still the largest guild."

"The largest guild? Ahem…"

Sanguine Wanli sighed and said, "Battle Flag, it seems you're getting old… Without any influence, how can you call yourself the largest guild? You must have ambition in your work."

"I…"

Sanguine Wanli's words left the Sanguine Warflag speechless.

"Boss, you must have heard some bad rumors!" said the Sanguine Warflag. "Although we're not the most influential in the Twilight City, the development of the Sanguine Alliance is definitely the smoothest. Besides, we even have a main city under our banner; among so many large guilds in the game, few possess a main city."

"I know, I know!" Sanguine Wanli still smiled and said, "But I've heard that our main city is merely a subordinate Twilight City City?"

"This…"

The Sanguine Warflag said somewhat awkwardly, "Sometimes, to develop the guild, we have to make some compromises."

"You make it sound so easy!"

At this moment, Sanguine Thousand Miles, who had been silent, suddenly challenged, "Compromise? We have tens of thousands in the Sanguine Alliance, and we're compromising to a small guild with fewer than twenty people? Don't you find that ridiculous?"

"They are not just any small guild!" The Sanguine Warflag replied earnestly. "The Quan Zhen Sect cannot be judged by common sense."

"Oh?" Sanguine Wanli raised an eyebrow skeptically. Even if we can't judge by common sense, we wouldn't be afraid of just a dozen or so people.

"…"

With that question from Sanguine Wanli, the Sanguine Warflag was completely at a loss for words.

Because the Sanguine Warflag didn't know how to explain the situation.

After all, the disparity in numbers between the Quan Zhen Sect and the Sanguine Alliance was glaring; even if every one of those dozen people from the Quan Zhen Sect was superhuman, there was no reason for tens of thousands to be helpless against them.

In this scenario, not explaining would have been better; once he started explaining, it would only be more embarrassing.

Although it was a fact that they couldn't handle the Quan Zhen Sect, the Sanguine Warflag couldn't just say that outright.

Otherwise, to directly say that tens of thousands couldn't deal with just a dozen people would be utterly shameless, and the attitude would be a major issue.

This was simply resignation… Saying such things left even the Sanguine Warflag himself incredulous, let alone convincing others.

"So, boss, what do you think we should do?" After hesitating for a while, the Sanguine Warflag ultimately decided to look for the boss's opinion.

"I've heard that the Quan Zhen Sect has two blacksmiths?" Sanguine Wanli squinted and said, "Influence and power are all illusions; as long as you can bring those two blacksmiths to our Sanguine Alliance, that's all that matters."

"Boss… this…" Upon hearing this, the Sanguine Warflag's expression changed dramatically.

Well, while others might not know who the Quan Zhen Sect's blacksmiths are, the Sanguine Warflag certainly did. Chopper 345 was unfamiliar to the Sanguine Warflag, but Wang Yu was truly the top expert of the Quan Zhen Sect. Bringing Wang Yu to the Sanguine Alliance?

Setting aside the low success rate, this was clearly provoking the Quan Zhen Sect into war.

The Sanguine Warflag had gone to great lengths to maintain the relationship between the two guilds; now, if he stabbed the Quan Zhen Sect in the back, how could he continue to get by? With the level of cunning displayed by Fearless the old dog, it was highly likely that the Sanguine Alliance would never find peace again.

It hadn't been long since Skyward Lamina was expelled from Twilight City, and the Sanguine Warflag still had psychological scars from that.

"What? You can't seize this opportunity?" Sanguine Wanli's expression changed slightly, and he withdrew his smile.

"No…" Seeing that Sanguine Wanli's tone was turning unfriendly, the Sanguine Warflag quickly said, "I think you should reconsider this matter; after all, I'm responsible for this area in the game, and I believe I have more experience."

"Hmm…"

Hearing the Sanguine Warflag's words, Sanguine Wanli fell into contemplation.

Indeed, Sanguine Wanli was merely a behind-the-scenes boss, and sponsoring game guilds was just a casual pastime for him. As for managing a guild, he was indeed somewhat out of his depth.

If he were to forcefully intervene in the Sanguine Alliance's affairs, that would be like an outsider directing professionals; Sanguine Wanli, having built such a large business, naturally knew the consequences of such meddling.

However, just as Sanguine Wanli was hesitating, Sanguine Thousand Miles suddenly shouted again, "See? I told you this Sanguine Warflag is two-faced, and you didn't believe me."

"????"

At this statement from Sanguine Thousand Miles, not only was the Sanguine Warflag stunned, but even Sanguine Stormbringer and the others beside him were equally perplexed. The Sanguine Warflag turned his head in astonishment and stared at Sanguine Thousand Miles, asking, "Young Master, what do you mean by that?"