Recruitment

After the duel, Jack managed to take over the position of the weapons dealer. The guards who witnessed the fight were quickly brought to their knees as they saw Jack's power. In the slums, only power spoke. Even if the person was 10 years old if he was strong many people in the slums would be happy enough to let them lead him. Of course, there would be many people who would try and use it as an opportunity as a 10-year-old couldn't be that strong.

But with the help of Perseus, Jack was able to solidify his position as a weapons dealer by using the guards of the late weapons dealer.

Perseus had gotten a large number of weapons from his master and the late weapons dealer also had his own stockpile which Perseus added to his own storage. Sadly the ones the weapons dealer had, were all 3rd rate weapons that were only good enough to use as a blunt weapon.

Jack seemed to have leveled up from defeating the weapon dealer. But he was still 10 years old and didn't know how to manage the position he had earned.

So Perseus took up the position of Jack's "advisor" and took charge. The guards didn't question Perseus and instead followed everything he told them to do. From them, Perseus was able to learn some more detailed information about the ripper's gang.

They controlled the ports and were the richest with their abilities to tax the people there for "protection fees". The rippers were actually lead by a little girl apparently. One of the guards had actually seen her once when he passed by their headquarters in the port.

According to his description, she was short with silverish hair and an almost emotionless look in her eyes. She was surrounded by enforcers who cleared the way for her and attended to her every need.

That was probably why the guards were able to accept Jack leading them so easily they were already being lead by somebody like him.

Perseus sent the guards out to go and collect their "tax" and he also sent Jack to go find his friends it the slums that he had talked about a few times when they were out training.

He was pretty happy with what had been done. This was a step in the right direction. Somehow Perseus would try and build up Jack's reputation and hopefully help him to climb up the ranks.

While they had also technically secured a source of income from the "taxes" there were only 5 of them collecting money and Perseus's idea to make money off of the inventory couldn't be implemented yet. The guild members were still finishing guild quests and earning them a substantial amount of money, but Perseus wanted more.

He hoped that the ripper gang would give him that.

Perseus checked on the new guild members as he waited for Jack to return. They were all returning back from their quests and hanging around the guild house. Perseus didn't really leave anyone in charge, which in hindsight was a bit of a mistake.

But the guild members were still getting used to their new lives. Perseus had a few plans for them. He already had some training facilities like the rouge and archer one back at the guild house.

Perhaps he could get more members from the slums, and with the loyalty subsystem that his master had, he could accurately manage their loyalty value.

Perseus kept on considering more and more ideas, he hoped to implement each and every one of them. But for now, he needed more money. He looked at the fishing equipment that was in his inventory and a large amount of fish in his inventory. They wouldn't rot in the inventory. But Perseus was itching to sell them and make some money.

He muttered to himself quietly

"I guess its almost time for me to head out of this city"

"master! I brought them"

Perseus turned his head to see Jack leading 6 people to him. They were wearing dirty clothes and had nervous expressions on their face.

They were probably Jack's friends.

Perseus put on a smile and walked to the 6 people.

They looked at him cautiously as he approached them.

He looked at each one of them and said in a sincere manner

"a pleasure to meet you im Perseus, and you are?"

The 6 people behind Jack looked at each other nervously, finally one of the girls replied nervously.

"im Rah"

Perseus looked at Rah with interest. She had short light blond hair and tan skin from being out in the sun all day. She had a bolder look in her eyes compared to the other 6. She seemed to be the protector of the group, the bold older sister type.

The other 5 people behind Rah seemed to be emboldened by Rah and spoke up. Soon Perseus learned their names. The girl's names were Prilisca and Reyna. Prilisca had long black hair and only said her name in a whisper. Prilisca had fiery red hair, just like a certain &*%^ stirrer in the Blue 2 rose knight team and judging from the fact that she spit out saliva while saying her name. Her personality was similar to his too.

The 3 boys' names were Theo, Terrell, Alfredo. They were all weak and scrawny. They looked like brothers. All of them had shaggy brown hair that covered their eyes and they nervously stood around Jack. Perseus could see them shaking a bit, he didn't know why they were shaking but he didn't care.

Jack made a 90-degree bow

"master please take these people under your care!"

Perseus smilled back and answered

"I would love to Jack, but the question is if they are willing to"

Jack turned around and looked at the group of 6 kids behind him expectantly.

The kids behind him all avoided his gaze and seemed to want to leave the place.

Perseus quickly understood what was going on.

It seems the kids in the slums were more cautious than Jack when his master brought him over. That actually made sense since betrayal was extremely common in the slums. But looking at how Jack was hopefully looking at the 6 kids he really wanted them to join him.

Perseus started to go through the possibilities, if these kids didn't join Jack then Jack could be negatively affected. There was no downside to taking these kids if he managed them well.

He decided to give them a push. Perseus stepped up and said to them in a deep voice

"I'm the guild master of the silver wings guild, and I'm formally extending an invitation to you because of your friend Jack who has accomplished many things for us"

Perseus swept his eyes through them making sure that he made eye contact with each one of them to make it seem more personal.

"I'm giving you a chance to get out of this life, and I'm only doing this because of your friend here so think carefully."

Perseus turned around and walked away leaving Jack and the group of kids alone. He walked over to where the guild carriage was parked on the outside of the slums. Boops had made sure that it hadn't been stolen.

Perseus just waited at the carriage.

he already knew what the kids were going to do, even if he did look like somebody who had somehow taken Jack into something shady, those kids would reach out at anything that could get them out of their lives.

A few minutes later Jack walked back with the entire group of 6 kids walking behind him.

Perseus just nodded towards the back of the wagon and Jack and the rest of the group hopped into the back of the wagon. Perseus whipped the reins and the wagon set off.

Perseus while he was driving off started to think about what he should do with the kids. Of course, he could let them join the silver wing guild but since they lived in the same place as Jack and were closer to him Perseus wanted them to be in a position close to Jack. Maybe a helper in Jack's position as a weapons dealer or something simlair to that.

After looking at how easily the guards accepted Jack as their leader, he started to think about the possibility of helping Jack reach the top of the gang hierarchy.

Perseus drove the wagon back to the guild house. He was deep in thought the entire time which made the atmosphere in the carriage a bit awkward. Only Jack who was extremely cheerful and happy about his friends joining him in the guild was trying to chat and make small talk.

Once they got to the guild house Perseus officially let the 6 kids into the silver wings guild.

A notification came up for him as he did so

[Rah has joined your guild]

[Prilisca has joined your guild]

[Renya has joined your guild]

[Theo has joined your guild]

[Terrell has joined your guild]

[Alfredo has joined your guild]