Planning

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Owen stared for a moment, trying to find the words that he wanted to say. But no matter how many times he opened and closed his mouth, there seemed to be no words willing to come out from it.

In the end, he could only release a helpless sigh before explaining their situation. "Remember those guys that you met in the VIP room during the Shadow Ranking Cup? Those b*st*rds managed to join a rising powerhouse in our kingdom and started being unreasonable."

"First, they to invite Ithilien to join them but when she refused their invitation, those f*ckers started harassing her and her regular party. They also managed to get a decent standing in that guild which is why they got some support from them."

"Ithilien and her team are not that weak. But given that the other side had a greater number of experts in their ranks, her team was suppressed too much to the point they disbanded."