Chapter 267: The Legendary Sword, Estan! (1/2)
Everyone went back to their respective rooms with Aldo as the last one to leave the meeting room with Pedro. At this moment, Pedro utilizes this chance to talk to Aldo, saying, ”Is the matter regarding the 'three transferees' complete?”
Aldo nodded in response and said, ”Yes, Brother Pedro. They chose to take a separate path from us. Although they were a bit reluctant, they had no choice because they are a part of the University Head's family and had to establish a separate gaming organization from us. They would also leave our group for the ESSD Class [Electronic Survival Sports and Development Class] to avoid any conflicts in the interest of the two parties. Now, there's just you, me, Loren, and Sabrina in our 'squad' for the class.”
”Were things properly documented?” Pedro asked as he closed the door.
”Yes! I sent the copy to your aunt as you instructed.” Aldo said. ”Fortunately, their squad change was allowed by the head because we were just their 'temporary' squadmates and the three girls had just transferred to the school when the formation of squads happened. Anyway, Things were handled cleanly, and later, I would be guiding them to the Tarala Kingdom and hand them over to the Adventurer's Guild.”
Pedro simply nodded in response and said, ”Sorry for the trouble, Bro Aldo! I really had high expectations for schoolmate Ashley. It was unfortunate that they can't join our guild.”
Aldo nodded in response and said, ”She and the Crazy Red Haired Flame NPC would be a perfect duo. Their unconventional sword styles would have been a great combination—covering the lapses between each of their attack.”
”Well… There's nothing much that we could do about it. We can just focus on training the NPCs and hope that they would become stronger players in the future. Besides… The First Order is being established. We can't hide behind the BHO all of the time. My relationship with the BHO is starting to get in the way of our interests. So, it's only a matter of time before we get dragged into the internal conflicts of BHO.” Pedro said in response.
”Then, what about the Adventurer's Guild?” Aldo asked. ”It is established under the influence of BHO—by your authority.”
”It can't be helped,” Pedro said in a cold demeanor. ”It's not like we can contain the players for a long time. We only did that to take advantage of the situation and earn as much profit as we can. Even Wey and Sabri knew about this.”
”Ahh… Such a waste…” Aldo said in a depressed tone. ”Then, what about the plans of expanding to the other continents?”
Pedro simply shook his head in response and said, ”We can't get all shares of the cake if it is a world! All we got to do is to ensure that we got most of it!”
”Haiz… I'll trust you on this Brother Pedro! I hope that we leading in the right direction!” Aldo said as Pedro stopped in front of the door of his room.
Then, Pedro smiled in response and said, ”For now… Focus on the training for the event. The announcement would be made soon. And we'd become busy in the next few days. The media is quite pesky these days… So, be ready.”
Aldo simply nodded in response and said, ”I'll take that in mind! See you later, Brother Pedro! Don't hesitate to contact me if you need anything!”
”Thanks!” Pedro waved goodbye to Aldo as he entered his room. Then, he placed his important items into an isolated plastic basket before his eyes landed on the VR Box beside his bed. He chuckled, saying, ”The First Order, huh? It seems like I need to start making ships.”
Pedro did his nightly routine afterward, before playing the game. At this moment, Lony, Roval, and Arvedar were already practicing their usual training routine. By this time, unless Clara or Ragas has something new to teach them, they could just simply carry on the training by themselves.
Of course, Pedro was not excused from such training routines. He started on his own and did not wait for anyone to join him at the same time. Soon, all of them logged back into the game and followed the early birds in the training.
That said, after Sabrina completed the thousand punch of different ways and the thousand swings of different strikes, Pedro approached her and said, ”Let's go. We have some things to do at the Kingdom.”
”What about the training?” Sabrina asked.
”We'll join them later on. There are just some urgent matters that I need to do.” Pedro explained. Then, he glanced towards Clara and said, ”Clara, you're with us!”
”What's the hurry?” Clara asked.
Pedro simply smiled in response and said, ”I don't want to lose a good sword!”
Without any further arguments, Pedro, Sabrina, and Clara departed to the Axutar Village and even immediately used the Teleportation Portal to the Tarala Kingdom. Then, they headed straight to Duke Albert's Auction Den—where they were welcomed as if they were the second most important person next to Duke Albert.