Noticing the silence, a thought flashed across Eliana’s head and coughed a bit.
“Stalker is a hidden stealth class.” Eliana said to clear our misunderstanding after looking at our stupefied faces.
“But eavesdropping isn’t a good way to earn our trust, you know?” I told her. I wanted to know what she had to say, after all, she might become one of the sub leaders of the Guild.
“Yeah, but you wouldn’t have really let me in if I didn’t. You guys can be very big money bags!” Eliana said with an upfront attitude and we started chuckling, perfect.
“So, Kagito, what do you think about it now?” I asked the man beside me who seemed to keep getting surprised with each new person.
“Hmm, I wouldn’t mind, but why do you want me in, and even more, as the Leader?” Kagito was doubtful.
“I need power, and you have a very powerful position right now, having the second-best player as the leader of the guild who has Vladi and me in it. This would make it strong from the start. Furthermore, we must have one of the highest amounts of Fame after that notice a week ago.” I was upfront with Kagito as I didn’t want him to think that I was hiding something from him.
After hearing what I said, Eliana seemed to have realized my purpose.
At this, Kagito nodded and said “Ok, but don’t be disappointed.”
“Excellent!”
Thus, we went to the Guild Registration Centre after selling all my loot except the ring and the heart as I was planning to sell it to an Enhancer later. We sent Kagito to create the guild.
As he came out, he told us he had created the guild successfully before sending us an invitation to the guild.
– Do you wish to join the Kaiser Guild?
“Yes.” We put that name because we needed something eye catchy and this name perfectly fit every one of us here.
– You have joined the Kaiser Guild!
Your rank is Newcomer.
Your rank has been changed to Co-founder.
Then, Kagito saw Peko and Zenith and said, “Here you go.”
At this, they got surprised and said,” Yes.”
I got dumbfounded and I asked them, “You could see the window?”
Both of them shrugged and Zenith said, “Yeah, we haven’t seen something like that before, so we got surprised.”
At this, Isa asked curiously, “Why, they couldn’t see them before?”
“Well, they are citizen of this world after all.”
“They are NPCs!?” Everyone was surprised except for Arksen who knew about it and was humming.
“Yes, they are, but they are stronger than anyone here at least.” I said confidently as I have roughly gauged the strength of all the people here.
“Is that so… well, what are we going to do now?” asked Isa.
“I think we should split, I will go to a master Blacksmith in the city to learn the skill and buy some lightweight armor for us.” I told Isa while I gazed at Peko and Zenith, “You guys, go along with them for now, I will be back soon.”
“Okay~” Peko agreed while curiously looking at the other female players, as she was the only one in the group before
Zenith nodded and Kagito said “Well, I am going to finish some things.”
“Okay, how about we meet tomorrow to discuss about the Guild and its purpose?” I asked Kagito, as he didn’t know anything about the whole situation
“Fine by me.” Kagito agreed before waving off and disappearing into some alleys.
When I look to my side to spot Eliana, she was already gone… she isn’t a Stalker for nothing….
“Well, I’ll tell you guys everything tomorrow, I’ll go to the Smithy for now.” I said to the group of people who seemed to get along well enough.
“Okay~” Arksen said before we split.
I went to the Smithy of Lombard to learn Blacksmithing as the forums had said that Lombard was a master Blacksmith.
When I arrived, I was surprised that Lombard was a human for a moment before quickly proceeding to my business.
He asked me what my business was, and I introduced myself before asking if I could learn blacksmithing from him.
At my introduction, Lombard got surprised and told me he would be pleased to teach me…
So, I started learning, and it took me a few hours to finally generate the skill…
– You have learnt a new Skill! Blacksmithing. +10 Strength. Do you want to see the skill description?
– Skill: Blacksmithing (Active) Beginner Level 1: 0%
Allows the user to create armors and weapons from different kind of metals. Armors and weapons can be enhanced depending on the skills of the user.
10% increase in success rate and enhancement of the creation with the use of a hammer
1% Decrease in level restriction of armors and weapons
As I was already in the Smithy, and since it was still early, I just kept on training the skill as I needed the decrease in level restriction that blacksmithing gives.
When my time was up, I asked Lombard if he could remake our weapons and make us some lightweight armor for me and Peko and a heavier one for Zenith as he is getting more used to the broadsword’s movement. Not because that the movements were slow (his slashes were incredibly fast) but because he is a highly offensive character and he just keeps on charging, disregarding his defense.
I paid him for everything, and he told me that he would have them ready by the day past tomorrow.
I logged off after that.
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Meanwhile, Peko was talking with the girls. They were pretty friendly. She never had any friends other than Zenith and more recently, Ardha. But they were both guys! Even when she was little, she didn’t interact much with others as she was being prepared to be a suited companion for the young lord.
Hence, she was really curious at what girls talk about.
Some questions were thrown at her about her relationship with Zenith. At this, she was pretty much oblivious as she was a servant from the household, although Zenith became her friend as they grew up together.
However, she had felt a different feeling from Vladi’s gaze towards Ardha before, even when she talked about her goal of surpassing him, or the thrill about it, there was something deeper in there. She could perceive it as she was keen on reading people. The only ones she had found unreadable were Zenith’s parents, and the young lord himself, as he had a deadpan face whenever he wanted to cover something up, though Peko felt that there was something else that made them like that. Maybe it was the influence of the Lord’s blood…
Thus, she didn’t know about the feelings the girls were talking about, and she got deep into her thoughts.
Then she suddenly hit a slump on the street and was about to fall, but she could easily avoid it, as she has very good balance. But someone was faster than her and stopped her from falling.
“Idiot, watch where you are going.” Zenith berated lightly in a straight face before resuming his walk and talking to Arksen who seemed impressed about his speed.
At this, she got a bit flustered and was about to say something to him when she saw his back. He had changed. She couldn’t really explain how she knew it or how did he change, as his appearance was quite the same from four months ago.
As she was dazing off while looking at Zenith, Isa’s voice appeared next to her. “World to Peko, you there?”
At this, Peko came back to her senses and said “W-what?”
Vladi was a bit flustered while looking at Peko and Isa took out a mirror for Peko to look at herself.
When she saw her image in the mirror, she realized that she was blushing.
“Eh? Did I catch a curse?” Asked Peko who didn’t know what was happening
“Most likely, but I do know what it is~” Said Isa while Vladi just averted her eyes and kept on walking, seemed like she wasn’t good with these situations…
“What is it?” Peko asked, concerned.
“Love~” For a moment, Isa eyes seemed to flicker to Arksen with a complicated expression in them. However, before Peko could blink, Isa’s expression changed back to the same teasing smile as just now.
“Love…” Peko looked towards Zenith direction, watching him talking to Arksen, and the word that came from Isa’s mouth surfaced, “Love…huh” she muttered in an almost inaudible voice.
