Chapter 2415: Meeting at Avalon I
Chapter 2415: Meeting at Avalon I
[I would like to have a meeting regarding the Primordial Beasts of Sin as we have gotten some information regarding them. Please go to Avalon and we will convene inside the guild home of the Pantheon guild. For those coming, please give us the headcount so we can accommodate all of you. Thank you.]
Adrian's announcement suddenly made all of the guild leaders in their alliance become excited. The guild leaders were not excited about the news about the Primordial Beasts of Sin but because they can enter the guild home of the Pantheon guild. There have been some snippets of the inside of the guild home of the Pantheon guild as they have the streamer Amelia stream inside certain areas.
The sheer mysteriousness of the Pantheon Guild Home is quite the topic with all of the guild leaders in and out of the alliance. They even heard some rumors that each guild member actually has a special pocket dimension home that they can decorate to their heart's content. The only one that actually streamed their pocket dimension home is Amelia as she told them how great their guild house and member benefits are.
A lot of players do like to enter the Pantheon Guild but the criterion for entering is quite difficult as the filtering already starts just by passing the guild application form. The players thought that the guild members of the Pantheon guild are the ones filtering, but it is actually Adrian himself doing it. When he has time, he looks at the submitted application of the player with their mana.
Adrian can easily judge what a player does just from their mana signature. If their mana signature carries lots of blood and grudges, he automatically rejects them even if they have superb qualities and level. Adrian never really cared if they have a rare class, or a hidden class compared to the rumors that floated around that the Pantheon guild will recruit anyone that has them.
The current roster for the Pantheon guild does have rare classes and hidden classes but not all those that came for the first application had them. Some players just unlocked them with the help of the other members of the Pantheon Guild. Adrian values a guild that can have fun without being troublesome to others.
Also, since a lot of applications for the guild was flowing every day, Adrian had to put a benchmark and that is the player should at least be level 200 and already advanced to their second class at the very least. This filtered a lot of participants as reaching the level 200 and advancing to their next class is not easy.
The third round of the filter would be the guild trial which is basically combat with a guild member. The combat is usually decided via lottery, but the officers of the Pantheon guild will handle a combat of a hundred to one. In fact, fighting an ordinary member of the guild would be much easier for the applicant. The officers of the Pantheon guild could easily decimate groups of people even if they are said to be a supporting job class.
"Have all the preparations been completed?" Adrian asked Solstice as he let her handle most of the preparation.
"All of the guild in the alliance has already sent their short list. I had to downsize that they should only bring up to five members per guild. Apparently, they really want to enter the guild home for some reason. Still, I did tell them that only five could enter but the rest that want to come can stay at Avalon." Solstice stated.
"You really want to get them to spend in the territory. I even heard from Piggy Bank that you told him to have a small auction. Due to this, the guild leaders are bringing money as per their chats to me." Adrian stated.
"Why not? We used quite a bit of money for their stay in our guild. They should at least be able to invest some of theirs back. Also, I did not do this for free because you will pay me." Solstice stated.
"I know, big sis. You want me to help you with a tracking quest, right? You need another helper since your boyfriend is also undergoing his racial quest as well. You need me to help you in finding the last and remaining Corrupted Queen of the Night. I have not forgotten as a deal is a deal." Adrian stated.
"I am just reminding you just in case you feign ignorance. Also, I already recorded that deal per verbatim. You cannot weasel yourself out of this." Solstice stated as she proceeded to do some finishing touches in sprucing up the guild.
"Sheesh. She practically burned a quarter of our budget with the sudden renovations. About 80% of the Daemos Architects were deployed to have all of her fixtures. Thank goodness they told us that they will give a discount or else a third of the guild funds will vanish." Adrian thought.
Adrian would have helped his sister with her last quest of defeating all of the Corrupted Queen of the Nights if she just asked. Still, he knows why Solstice would rather have an exchange rather than a debt. She prefers deals to be equal and that also applies even to her family members. She will want both parties to always benefit from each other as she hates being on the losing side.
"Let me check the list that I was given before the other guild leaders arrive." Adrian muttered as he checked on his to do list.
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"So, this is Avalon now!" Siegfried stated as he along with Faust and eight of his guild members arrived.
The Infernum guild arrived early as Faust actually hated being late. He even used their exclusive Spirit Powered Airship to make sure they are early. Five of them will be heading towards the Pantheon guild while the other five will head to the auction that will be taking place. They also wanted to be early as they want to see the scope of Avalon at the moment.
The Infernum Guild is amazed by how unique Avalon is compared to their territory called Magma. Unlike Avalon's floating islands, the Infernum Guild's Magma territory sits near an active volcano. They are able to harvest precious minerals and create powerful weapons which is their main source of income. They are not afraid of the volcano as the Infernum Guild actually managed to get a protection treaty from a Lava Elemental King.
The Lava Elemental King will protect the territory in exchange for a small tribute and naming their major territory after her. The reason that their territory is called Magma is due to the fact that it is named in honor of the Lava Elemental King Magma. She protects the territory from heat and the dangers of the volcano plus defending the territory when necessary.
"Lady Magma, I know that you wanted to come here but are you sure you can leave the territory?" Faust asked as a small blob of fire floated beside him.
"This is just a small aspect of me, boy. I merely want to see the Origin of Life and Death with my own eyes. There are elves in this territory, but they are not the type to rely on elementals like me which is why I want to at least visit it. The other elemental kings are gossiping about the beauty of this territory." The Lava Elemental King Magma stated.
"You guys are quite early." The voice of Ain echoed as he also came with his entourage of nine people.
"We just want to explore the territory while we wait for the actual invite to the guild home. We may be curious of how the Pantheon Guild House looks like, but we are also interested in Avalon. There are quite the rare herbs floating around here in abundance. Also, the Temple of the Deep located below the floating islands is also a good destination." Ain stated.
"Are you going to challenge the deep waters of Pandemonium?" Faust asked as he is probing if the Valor guild will put all of their efforts in sea exploration as Ain mentioned the Temple of the Deep.
"It seems that they also brought someone interesting with them, boy." The Lava Elemental King stated as she pointed to the interesting scarf hanging on Ain's neck.
"Kekeke! To think that my cover has been blown." A foxy and playful voice stated as the scarf on Ain's neck suddenly unfurled to reveal a small blue fox.
"A divine guardian. Most of you are quite rare these days as almost all of you died when the world got fractured." The Lava Elemental King stated as the others listen as his was deep lore about the world.
"Unlike all of you, the elementals, that can survive with the energy of nature, we Divine Guardians must rely on the worship of humans. I am just one of the few that survive thanks to a small village still praying to me." The small blue fox stated.