Chapter 294: An Offer for an Alliance! (1/2)

”Aish…” Ryu Taro forced out a smile towards Pedro whilst rubbing the back of his head—seemingly embarrassed. Then, he said, ”That's not what I meant, mister Black… I apologize!”

”It's just that… I am amazed at the feat that you and the ARES Guild were able to achieve in the game.” Ryu Taro added.

Pedro simply smiled in response before saying, ”I am honored. But… It's not that amazing, to be honest.”

Pedro paused for a second, as he enters a discussion room with everyone else. Then, as he walks towards his seat, he added, saying, ”I just took every opportunity I got and used them to my advantage. Just like how you would also probably do when you are in my place! So, it's nothing really special!”

”Anyway…” Pedro glanced towards Kazuto Kageyama and Ryu Taro before he took his seat. Then, he said, ”Please take a seat… There's something that I am excited to discuss with you, Mister Kageyama and Mister Ryu.”

”Hooo… Something that excites the leader of, possibly, the number one force in the world!” Ryu Taro said with a smirk on his face. Then, he sat down to his seat whilst adding, saying, ”I wonder what it is?”

Pedro simply smiled before saying, ”Well… It's something that you guys would benefit from. But before that… I want to inform the two of you that anything that we would discuss here should be kept a secret, as much as possible.”

”A secret?” Ryu Taro asked in confusion.

Pedro nodded with a calm face before saying, ”It's not mandatory, but… It's more for your 'sake' than ours, so I encourage you to keep it hidden as much as possible.”

Kazuto Kageyama simply raised his brows—indicating that he was interested in what Pedro was referring to as a 'secret' that would benefit him and team Fuji.

That said, before he could utter a word, Pedro casually leaned his back to his chair, whilst saying, ”Let's start with your races… I would be direct… The Vampire is a strong race! But it has a huge flaw in it!”

”We can't be exposed directly to natural light?” Ryu Taro asked.

Pedro shook his head in response and said, ”Well... It's one reason... But, that's not the flaw I was referring to!”

Then, Pedro pointed his finger to his neck before saying, ”A vampire's greatest flaw is… being dependent on the blood of the humans!”

”Hmm...” Kazuto Kageyama raised his brows in response.

Pedro simply explained, ”I know that you guys already know about the 'satiety' feature of this world! Obviously, we need to satisfy our hunger, else our body would become physically weak as time goes by!”

”Unfortunately...  The Vampire Race's satiety can only be satisfied by drinking human blood! It's not like their satiety were even replenished by drinking the blood of monsters or even eating raw meats of any being!” Pedro added.

”And... As far as we know... Humans are not the only existence present in this world! Thus... Anyone with a Vampire Race is obviously limited to areas where humans are located—restricting their exploration capability which is necessary to increase one's strength!”

”Hmm... You do have a point, Mister Black.” Kazuto Kageyama nodded whilst rubbing his chin. Then, he glanced at Pedro and asked, ”That said... If we give up the Vampire Race... Won't we be at a disadvantage? I mean...  It's the Japanese Player's trump card, right?”

”For now!” Pedro said. ”That's true, for now!”

At this moment, the room was filled with silence as Kazuto Kageyama analyzes the pros and cons of Pedro's suggestion.

On the other hand, Pedro could not help but to shake his head before sighing heavily in response. Then, he said, ”I know that this would be a difficult decision for you to make, especially that you and your men's future in this world are on the line! But... How about this? If you follow my 'suggestion'... I'll provide you some help, to become stronger compared to the ordinary people despite being humans?”

Everyone could only glance towards Pedro in astonishment, except Faunia who was not interested in their conversation.

”Can I take this as you, Mister Black, offering us, the Japanese Players, to form an alliance?” Kazuto Kageyama asked with a frown on his face.

”Well... I can't speak on behalf of all the Filipino Players—like you can for the Japanese Players, but... As the leader of the ARES Guild... I can, at the least, offer an alliance with us!” Pedro said before smirking in response.

Then, Pedro added, saying, ”But before you think and dream that you and your men would be as strong as us right now... I would like to be honest with you—that, although we'd be offering you some help, there's still a limit on things that we would be providing!”