Armipotent

Guild Master Rodin scanned his surroundings and immediately made the decision. Just like Tang Shaoyang said, there was nothing to lose as he just needed to order his subordinate to compile the quest.

"Did you plan all of this from the start?" Ava could not suppress her curiosity and asked in whispers after the Guild Master Rodin left them.

"Nope. I just thought about it on the spot. I did expect Russo and his party would chase us but did not expect Guild Master Rodin to follow them," Tang Shaoyang shrugged.

"What if he's also part of the resistance group?" Liang Suyin voiced her concern.

"Nah. I can confirm that he is not part of the resistance group," Tang Shaoyang waved his hand at ease. He did not tell them how he could tell that, and the others did not ask him how he could find it out. They completely trusted him.

The high sense and [Dragon Sense] allowed him to sense the others' emotions. It was not as reliable as reading people's minds, but he could determine Rodin was not part of the resistance group after killing Russo.

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It took the same time to complete the seven quests. Two hours, and they returned to the Adventurer Guild. Mona, the female attendant, was no longer surprised by how fast the party completed the quest.

"We have confirmed the completion. Thank you for your hard work," Mona had become gentler to the traveler party than before.

"Guild Master asked me to arrange quests for your party. Do you want to take on more quests right now…."

Ava cut her off, "We will take the next quest."

Mona took care of the arrangement more efficiently than Ava. She put three stacks of paper quests on the counter. The last paper on top of the stack was a map. The map pinpointed the quest's location.

She explained how many quests were in each stack, including the type of quests.

"Please arrange for us the silver rank quest after. If I am not wrong, we can upgrade our rank by finishing twenty copper rank quests." Ava took the stack with twenty copper rank quests.

"Yes. Your adventurer rank will be automatically upgraded to Silver Rank after you finish twenty copper rank quests. However, you need to take a test for Gold Rank." Mona smiled, "But since your party is a special case, I will consult the Guild Master first."

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Everything went smoothly after the 'deal' with the Guild Master. No one bothered Tang Shaoyang and the party. Within two days, they finished ninety-three quests, and they were no longer Copper Rank.

Tang Shaoyang, Ava, Liang Suyin, and Goldien were officially Epic Rank, while the rest were Gold Rank.

The party swept all the quests on board, leaving with only three quests that no one dared to touch. Of course,  There were dozens of repeatable quests, with most of them being copper rank quests and a few silver rank quests.

They had taken too many quests already. Taking too many low rank quests would not do good for their completion reward. So Tang Shaoyang left seven last quests for the high rank quests. Three quests in Murika Town and more high rank quests in the next town.

"Guild Master Rodin wants to meet you before he can agree to let your party take the quest, Sir." Mona forced a smile.

After two days, Mona had gotten to know better about the party's strength. Since the party took stacks of quests at once, it made the other adventurers leave with no quests. Some Gold Adventurers tried to pick a fight, but the beastmen easily knocked down the adventurer alone. Not agreeing to their request put her in a tough spot as she realized the travelers were probably on the same level as the Guild Master or even stronger.

"I will meet with him," Tang Shaoyang headed upstairs alone.

He spotted the four captains with the Guild Master in the room. He sat on the couch, "What do you want to speak about, Guild Master Rodin?"

"About the quest you want to take, The Elemental Minotaur Subjugation…." Guild Master Rodin paused for a moment, "The guild has one condition for you to take the quest."

Tang Shaoyang frowned. The displeasure was clear in his expression.

"I know your party is capable enough to take down the Elemental Minotaur, but I can't convince them," Rodin pointed at the four captains behind him, "Even though I am the Guild Master, I am not running the guild alone, and the guild put up a great importance for the Epic and Myth Rank quest."

"What do you want?" Tang Shaoyang asked. He did not wait for the Guild Master to respond to him as he continued, "Ah, I just need to beat five of you. That should be enough to convince them, right?"

Rodin's eyes widened; again, he was not expecting the opposite wanting to resolve the problem with violence. The plan was for one or maybe two of his captains to follow the party to subjugate the Elemental Minotaur. He had not given up yet on finding out how strong Tang Shaoyang and his party were.

"It's not about who's stronger, Sir." Rodin did not back down from the issue, "It may offend you, but I will be blunt. We don't trust you and your party's strength. Despite your amazing accomplishment in the last two days, that does not give us any credibility or assurance that you and your party can kill the Elemental Minotaur."

"The guild tried to kill the Elemental Minotaur three times in the last six months, and we failed to kill the minotaur. Not only did we fail to kill it, but we suffered a great loss. The minotaur followed us and almost broke into the town. The guild does not want to repeat the same tragedy. Like it or not, the guild will not let your party take the quest but with one condition."

Tang Shaoyang stared at Rodin for a moment. It was not like he did not understand what Rodin was concerned about. However, he got important information from this conversation. The fact Rodin was still concerned that he was not able to kill the minotaur that meant Rodin's detection did not work on him. He was sure the Guild Master used [Detection] on him in their first meeting, yet Rodin still doubted him against the Epic Rank Monster.

He was Ancient Rank, one rank above the Elemental Minotaur. The quest should not be an issue for him, yet Rodin still did not trust him. Rodin did not know his real rank despite using [Detection]. Knowing this made him less upset that Rodin tried to stop him from taking the quest.

"Let's listen to your condition first, and I hope you don't put an unreasonable condition," Tang Shaoyang responded in a heavy voice.

Guild Master Rodin was relieved that Tang Shaoyang was willing to listen to the condition instead of instantly refusing to listen to the condition. However, he felt a lot of pressure under the man's gaze. He felt like something bad would happen if he said something wrong.

"Let me and my party tag you along. We will listen to your arrangement during the quest, too, so you don't need to worry that we will move on our own during the quest."

"Not unreasonable conditions," Tang Shaoyang nodded, "You told me the condition, but you did not tell me why you want to follow me. Don't matter though, I agree with the condition, but instead of a full party, only two people can follow me. I will agree to your condition if you agree to my condition."