When the match was over, everyone was automatically teleported back to the Adventurers’ Guild at the table. Kiyomi stood and the rest sat at their initial spots.
They stared at Kiyomi in puzzlement. Some in embarrassment, especially Felix. He wouldn’t talk. Kaz was amused, smiling. Rika was staring in utter admiration.
Felix looked down at the many scratches in the table, finding it hard to keep eye contact with her.
While the rest were quiet and trying to find their words, the noise and chatter continued around them from other adventurers at other tables.
“You gonna stop staring or what?” Kiyomi asked.
“Can you join our guild, please?” Rika asked. “You’ll totally love it!”
“No, I’m good.”
“Aw. Can you at least think more about it?” she pressed on.
“No.” Saw that coming from a mile away. But she knew that if she joined, she would have considerable weight in the guild’s strength against anything—PvE and PvP.
“We’ll make you Vice Guild Master,” she tried again. “The spot is open.”
Kiyomi sighed. Does this girl have a brain?
“25% of the guild’s collected weekly tax?”
She’s really trying hard, huh. But at least Rika understood that Kiyomi’s worth was extremely high.
“Give it a week,” Kaz said. He had taken off his half helmet. He was bald and beardless with a thin, neat line for a moustache and tanned skin.
“You should,” Felix spoke up, though still kept his eyes down on the table. His eyebrows were sharp.
25%... Hmm… “How many members do you have?”
“509 and still rising slowly,” Kaz continued.
“Total weekly collected tax?”
“3 million.”
So, Kiyomi would be getting 750 000 gold for doing nothing. That was a hefty amount. Damn, this is a tempting offer. Anyone with a brain would jump at this chance. She could join for now then have Sako take her place when she was done with the king’s quest.
“To put that into perspective, the average midgamer typically makes around 100 000 per week—give or take depending on what they do—whether through questing, PvEing, merchanting in the Auction House, doing a trade like Crafting or Smithing, or other things. If they’re good, 200 000. If they’re great, closer to 300 000. Decent endgamers could make a few million, but it takes them a lot of effort and skill, and even then, the drops aren’t always guaranteed because of RNG and dying.”
“Charlotte won’t like this,” a guy mumbled, worry in his tone.
“It’s fine. She’ll get over it,” Rika replied.
Kiyomi relinquished. “1 week.”
Their faces lit up with smiles.
“You’ll have a great time,” Kaz said.
I doubt it. I could make myself scarce and continue doing my own thing.
“What about the raid?” She still wanted to get in on that.
“We need 40 more.”
“Add me and send me the info for the boss.”
They both opened their holoscreens.
Kiyomi accepted his request, then opened the info on the boss he sent. She scanned through it…
She looked up at everyone. “That’s it?”
“What do you mean ‘that’s it’? That thing will one-shot us if it hits. Read all the skills in detail and you’ll understand. I know you’re strong, but this is designed for a 50-man team, not 10.”
Kiyomi looked again.
10 would be more than enough actually. She just needed electric spells.
“Do you have any electric spells?”
Kaz shook his head. “Our biggest mistake was going in without them.”
“Pfffft. We don’t need those,” Rika said.
Felix rolled his eyes at her then shook his head slowly as if she was an idiot. Well, Kiyomi didn’t blame him.
“Alright. I’ll try and figure something out.” She needed to go find someone with electric spells and persuade them to join the team.
“Hmm…” Kiyomi looked up again. “So, we can’t one-shot it apparently.” She had hoped for that.
They looked at her as if she had lost it.
“What?”
They didn’t reply.
Kiyomi read the last bit.
“You know, theoretically, it’s even possible to duo this,” Kiyomi said. “But I don’t have anyone reliable enough.” No one except Sako. Sako was a fast learner and was quick to adapt to situations. She was busy with that quest though.
“Or crazy enough,” Felix added.
“Sure,” Kiyomi replied.
