173 The Rank-9 Boss. (2/2)

The man realized what he meant. They were in Neutral Lands. Even when they were far from the Neutral City, the fight between two Rank-9 Mages wouldn't go unnoticed. So if it was not anything of importance then it was better for him to give out this information.

”Okay. It was actually the orders of my guild personally. No one commissioned to bring you alive.” the man finally gave in.

”Hmm?” Ozul tilted his head in surprise.

The man realized what he wanted to ask and said, ”I don't give such orders personally. But the logistics department had decided to bring you in as one of us after analyzing your feats, unaware of your cultivation base.”

'Of course... They had decided to approach me in the normal way, but after I rejected, they probably found no other way to bring me to talk other than putting on a commission.' Ozul understood that it was just a misunderstanding.

'But that makes my task a little easier,' Ozul thought. He was not here only to ask who commissioned to bring him alive. But there was something else he wanted to do as well.

”Haha!”

Just as he was about to say something, the man in front of him chuckled.

”Those men were not aware. But I am aware! So how about it? Wanna join?” the man suddenly exclaimed. His words still sounded haughty and arrogant to the extreme. But there was a small smile on his face as he offered Ozul to join his guild.

'Oh well. I didn't even need to ask.' Ozul was here to offer the same thing, 'However...'

”You are the strongest here, right?” Ozul asked as the man nodded his head.

”Then how do you expect me to work for you?”

The man's face drew a blank at his words. It was indeed true. He was also a Rank-9 Mage, so there was no way that someone at the same power level as him would be willing to work under him just like that.

But just the next second, the man recovered and said, ”Well, I won't ask you to work for me. How about we work together?”

Ozul did not say anything and looked at him blankly as if contemplating his offer. Although he was here to ask for the same thing, the man had taken the initiative. So he had the edge over that man.

”What will I gain to work with you? And what do you expect to get from me?” Ozul asked, trying to make full use of his advantage.

”Hmm... I can't think of much. However, I would really like an extra hand as powerful as you. So how about you suggest something?” the man replied after thinking for a while.

”This assassin guild. It works all around the Mainland, yes?” Ozul asked.

”Of course. Order of the Dusk operates everywhere we can reach. As long as there is a sufficient price, my men would willingly attack the whole kingdoms and even empires, heh.” the man stated proudly.

”For all of that business, you surely require extra manpower for gathering information,” Ozul stated as rested his back on the chair.

”Well, yes. Information is most definitely the most crucial part of my guild. That is why sometimes it is delayed for so long,” the man said with a sigh.

At this point, he did not seem like an eccentric Rank-9 Mage, but a normal businessman having a conversation with a colleague.

”I can help you with that. Though it would take sometime before everything is set up.” Ozul stated as the man leaned forward.

”And how will you do that? As far as I am aware, you are alone,” said the man. Information gathering did not depend on how strong an individual was.

It was the work of an entire organization working together. And that too in a well-organized way with their operations all around Egon, the Mainland.

”You should be aware of some workings in the Silverbird Kingdom?” Ozul asked. He continued when the man nodded, ”There should be a new organization growing in the capital.”

The man's curiosity piqued as he started to search through the magical screen on his table again.

”Hmm? I don't have any news about anything like that.” the man replied.

”That just goes to explain how much you need information and how discrete the organization is,” Ozul replied smugly.

The man did not seem to be too amused by it, but he did not refute him. His organization indeed needed a better system for handling the information.

”Well, you get the point. I have already set up the organization, and it would have its eyes all over the Mainland in a few years... At that point, you can make use of my organization however you like,” Ozul explained.

The man's eyes lit up in the darkness. The idea was quite attractive to him. As for the amount of time that it would take for initiating, that was not a problem for him. He was a Rank-9 Mage. A few years were nothing in his eyes.