Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

Aria was the one leading the others to speak, as she immediately said, expressing her sincerity:

"This is too much, but we won't forget your generosity, guild master."

I smiled, wryly, as I would never get old to hear me called by this nickname. I just patted on her shoulder as I said:

"We are sisters and brothers here, and if any of you needed help anytime, I won't hesitate to offer help."

They all smiled warmly to me, as I liked this friendly atmosphere.

"What do you intend to do with the incoming challenge?" Aria suddenly asked, before adding her offer, "I can gather the elites of everyone here. it's not everyday's chance to kill a noble guild."

She laughed, with others, while I knew she was trying to think of me. I was still a new power, with a strike that caused most of my old players to leave or to lose levels. I knew she was trying to help, but I shook my head as I said:

"Thanks for the offer, but this fight must be won by my players."

They understood my meaning, as I wanted my newly joined players to be supreme and proud in the victory over this guild, not to be tarnished by the goodwill help of Aria and others.

"I will leave you now, feel free to do whatever you want here, and if you face any trouble, just send me a message and I will solve it for you."

I then excused myself after gathering my players, and went away from the adventurer guild. A town without players was a dead town, and I needed loyal players here, not players with death feuds with me.

"Guild master, do you really want to move all the players here?" Rody asked with some weird look over his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just the number of players joining us had swelled up to a very frightening number! After the two successive, great feat victories, the guild had received a lot of admission requests from all over the game world. if we summoned all of them now, I think their numbers won't be enough to accommodate them here."

I smiled, feeling somehow surprised and happy. "Then select the higher level ones and send them all here," I said, before thinking about another matter, "and make them prepare to be permanently moved."

"To here?" Rody asked with some doubt, as this town wasn't my home.

"No," I shook my head, "they will move with me, the place I go they will go, the war I fight they will fight," I said, declaring the shape of my future life in this game.

I wouldn't hesitate to push further my victory and used this to broaden my advantage here in this world. at some point, my enemies would stabilize and start to control their damage, so I had to use this rare moment of imbalance, as I was sure it wouldn't come again this easily.

"What about the place of challenge, do you need to change anything about it?" Diana asked, as she seemed too enthusiastic by the idea of that clash.

"Hmm, I dunno, just pay a visit to the place and see if you can add or modify things there," I said, as I wasn't that interested in the battleground itself, rather on the reaction of my enemies.

"Guild master, the dungeons in this town weren't cleared today, do you want to send our new people there to clear them all?" Gabri asked, as he seemed to finish investigating the whole town and its surrounding, it seemed.

"Sure, guys this is our town, do what you feel appropriate," I said with a soft chuckle, encouraging them to do whatever they wanted, and be daring.

"What about gears, and potions? Is the previous offer still standing?"

I glanced at Elyo who just smiled evilly to me. yes that offer was only related to the monster challenge, but why should I act polite here?

"Send everyone, grab everything, and come back at once," I said, while winking as I added, "and I knew nothing about this, right?"

She smiled before nodding as she replied:

"Sure, you, our high esteemed guild master, doesn't know a single thing about it."

I laughed with her, while the others just glanced at us without saying a word. I then turned to look at Rog as I said:

"The intel of this fight will be left for you to handle."

"It's not that difficult, but I need more assassins with me to make sure nothing funny would appear in the battle," he replied, with a reasonable request that I immediately approved on.

"Gabri, Rody, move as many assassins as you can to here and handle them to him," I said at once, as by this single word of mine, endless streams of assassins would reach the town in the next few hours, making Rog very busy, and for sure slightly regretful.

"Let's go towards the town gate and arrange our players there," I said, as I started to move towards the town gate. Rody and Gabri were left behind to facilitate the arrival of new players, while Rog stayed behind so he could enlarge his assassin squad and make them ready for spying on the enemies.

As for me, I went through the empty streets of this town, which made the town look like an abandoned one. I knew this wouldn't be a permanent situation, as my new players coming here would turn it into a very bustling place.

I wasn't interested in the fight itself, as I was sure of my players' win. After all, I had three mystic art players in the guild, plus my invincible pet that I planned to launch later in battle.

I needed my players to train, to feel the stress and the bitterness of war. This challenge was a chance for them to train, and I intended to issue such changes frequently against the other guilds and groups that weren't friendly with mine.

The first step was to secure this town, and the next steps were to secure this game world.

I reached the town gates, and found some players looming on the far distance from here. this town, like any other town, had groups and free players that had nothing to do with the current feud between me and those nobles, so I turned to look at Elyo as I said:

"I want you to spread the words, any free players are welcomed again to return to the town after the challenge ends."

Elyo nodded, before asking:

"What about the groups?"

"Any noble group is banished to enter this town, and let Aria handle the group's issue, we aren't free to handle this," I said, after giving the matter some thoughts. Aria was my friend and ally, and by giving her this authority, her problems in allying herself with me would be solved.

Plus, I would silence any future disputes that might happen due to some ill intended words and advice. This was a simple message to all, be my friend and ally and you would gain benefits in return as a gratitude gift from me.

Elyo went to handle these things, while Diana stood by my side, while asking:

"Any plans for the fight?"

"No," I shook my head, enjoying the rare peaceful breeze of this town, "We will just charge at them, kill all the players they will send, and force them to retreat from this town."

"What if they refused to retreat?" she asked.

"Then I will continue to issue this challenge daily until I zero them out," I simply replied, without any anger or tension in my tone, "this town will be the role model for any other town we will conquer in the future."

"Are we going to conquer more towns soon?"

"Sure," I smiled, "each time we defeat a monster tide, we will attack one town, adding it to our banner," I added, before looking towards my town, "I dream of conquering the whole game world and establish my undisputed reign over it."

Diana didn't say a word, but I could feel the enthusiasm in her eyes for my words.

Players started to join my town soon, and the empty streets started to bustle with movement. Many calls were heard from the depth of the town, as players started to organize themselves into smaller teams, preparing for the upcoming battle.

In the middle of all this warm atmosphere, I spotted a group of players coming from the forest nearby the town. They were ten in number, raising a banner of the Trinity guild on it. I glanced at this team and joked to Diana:

"It seems they came to negotiate already on their surrendering terms."

Diana looked towards the direction I just pointed to with my eyes, and her eyes shone when she spotted them. "Let me deal with them, princess."

I knew she wanted to squeeze this team and crush their morality. She wasn't the soft hearted one, so I nodded as I said:

"Sure, go ahead and toy a little with them."