Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Boris gave it a lot of thought and decided that this was his only chance to take revenge and approached them thinking that it was worth a try.

When Morgress heard all of that, he had a face that said he was absolutely baffled by the idiocracy of his teammate.

"You goddamn moron".

Boris wasn't the only one who had suffered a loss that day, their entire guild had. Not only did they have to discard their base that they have been using for like a decade and run here to live a life of exile, but Morgress himself was also stripped away of his peerage.

Their guild had made an enemy of one of the top five guilds, an existence that they cannot dare to offend and was being chased all over by them. They couldn't use their adventurer's card any longer since they were branded a wanted men and had no choice but to live a life of exile.

All of this was because of Boris's little brother who had annihilated the entire branch guild of Sea God's trident located in the city of Mountmend. That good for nothing made the situation worse for them, how could Morgress have the heart to take revenge for someone like that.

However, it seemed that he had failed to see Boris's attachment to his little brother which made him go as far as to betray his own guild.

"See, I told you guild master…ah, I mean former guild master Morgress, you cannot neglect the wish of your subordinates like that. See what that led you guys to" Benny Beckerman said from the other end of the transmission while Raven was sipping on his tea with a delighted expression.

Morgress had a resigned face and sat back down powerlessly. Now that the Sea God's Trident guild had found them and even went as far as to send Raven, they were done for.

Escape? That was a foolish choice given the opponent they were facing wasn't any ordinary one but the head of the top five guilds of their kingdom. The fact that they had many powerful members on the level of the seven swords made it so that escape was completely impossible.

Perhaps he who was level 500, could give them a fight but even he wasn't a match for the one sitting opposite him. Although Raven had restrained his aura till the point that he just seemed like an ordinary person, a veteran adventurer like Morgress could easily tell how dangerous the man was.

Even now, he felt like a dagger would come targeting his throat the moment he made a rude comment.

"Since you have already found us, there is nothing else I can do. Kill us if you want to and get it over with" Morgress said accepting his fate.

"Kill you? Well, that may as well be an option in the future; however, it is too much of a waste to do it now" the voice from the transmission conch said making Morgress confused.

"What do you mean?" if the other party wasn't here to kill them then why were they here.

"Hahaha, you see our first intention was to kill you all and settle the score forever but I couldn't help but have a change of mind once I heard the offer from that subordinate of yours. I must say I was quite surprised when I heard the deal he wanted to make with us after all, the information he offered was too much of an enticement to reject".

"Wanting to keep all of them to yourself, won't you say that you are quite greedy former guild master of the seven swords guild?" Benny Beckerman pointed out something in a vague and roundabout way.

Listening to his words, Morgress couldn't help but have a feeling of foreboding. It was further proven right when he looked at Boris who was standing at the side of Raven.

"Don't tell me you told them about it?" he asked, more like demanded.

"I had no choice" Boris replied.

Morgress finally realised why the Sea god's trident wasn't fighting and how Boris managed to strike a deal with them. He must have told them about that ancient clan living deep within the Ghastly Winding Forest.

"Now that the cat is out of the bag, there is no need for us to mask words. The only reason I haven't ordered my guild members to kill all of you yet is because I want to take possession of the forest Spring Spirits myself and your Seven Swords guild will help me in that".

Morgress closed his eyes and sighed, it was as he had expected, to convince them Boris did indeed tell them about the Forest Spring Spirits that they had discovered living in the Ghastly winding forest.

This was also the reason why they had spent so much manpower, time and resources on it but even after that, fate didn't want them to get hold of it.

"Well, I at least understand the reason now why that little brother of that subordinate of yours killed so many members of my branch guild. But you know the fault mostly lies with that guy, not only was he incompetent enough to contain the forest spring spirits in their village, but he even allowed the demon to trick him and get hold of them before him".

"Frankly, I don't understand why would you put him in charge of such an important mission guild master Morgress. Thanks to that guy, our reputation was hurt and our entire branch guild was almost wiped out. Isn't it only natural that you compensate us with something? Fortunately, thanks to this teammate of your we know now where the Forest Spring Spirits are residing".

Benny Beckerman said mocking Morgress for his short-sightedness.

Raven too sneered at that comment. The seven swords guild almost managed to have them but because of one individual, the whole mission was compromised. Had that individual been in their guild, Raven would have killed the guy himself.

"You mean to say is that we should…" Morgress said but before he could, the voice from the conch competed his sentence.

"Raid that dungeon for us, all seven of you".

"But that is impossible, leaving the fact that we are wanted men and the soldiers of duke Redcrest is searching for everywhere, we cannot get the clearance to raid that dungeon from the adventurer's association in the first place".

"Plus we will need a few more members to raid a dungeon that has been labelled [D] tier by the Adventurer's Association" Morgress tried to reason but it seemed that his opponent came prepared with all the answers.

"You don't have to worry about that… I can pull some strings and get you the clearance from the Association branch located in Mountmend. You also don't have to worry about adventurers, I know a few that would get into any kind of job for a sum of money. As for how to evade the soldiers of Redcrest, do something about it yourself. How about that, are you willing to raid the dungeon now?".

'If the other party was going so far as to provide him with all that support, there was no reason to deny. But he wasn't a fool, he knew precisely well why the guild master of the Sea god's Trident was pressing this job on them.

They were the bait, or in other words the guinea pig to test the powers of the dungeon. Morgress had no intention of being a test bed for someone, he was just about to come up with another excuse when Raven muttered in a low voice as if reading his thoughts.

"I hope that you don't make an immature decision, guild master Morgress. You and your teammates' life hangs by a margin of thread".

A clear threat, there was no other meaning to it.

"Haha, don't be like that Raven, I believe that people are more useful when they are alive rather than death. I know guild master Morgress will make the right decision. While I'm at it, let me make this clear for you".

"I not asking, this is an order and also an opportunity for your guild to get back to that demon who foiled your plan. Don't you want to tear that bastard apart who foiled your plan? You have one day to think over it, Raven would be waiting for you all here".

Benny Beckerman put down his ultimatum now it all depended on Morgress whether he followed the order or turned Raven into his executioner. Seeing that the other party had one-sidedly ended the conversation, Morgress was frustrated but he could only suppress it down given his circumstances.

He glanced at Boris one last time before turning around and leaving. The latter too left after a while.

Watching their expressions one could easily guess that a fight was inevitable; however, it did not matter to Raven nor did it concern the Sea God's Trident.

"Fate works in mysterious ways, who knew we would stumble upon such great information while searching for traces of the Demon. Forest Spring Spirits, a sacred race blessed by the essence of nature. It is said that they can easily manipulate the nature and hold one of the greatest treasure known as the Forest Spring Spirit orbs in their body".

"It not only increases the purity of your bloodline, talent and aptitude, but can also heal a person from near death. There are so many myths and legends about them in the annals of history, some even say that they were all extinct, who knew that they were still living inside the Ghastly winding Forest".

The voice coming from the conch was filled with anticipation.