Chptr 26 Drac, Skull and Thorn

At the entrance of Lidger Village, four hooded individuals were greeted by Unknown. Their names and levels were hidden, "Follow me!"

He directed them in his own mansion - the Chief Mansion. "It is my honor to meet the legendary guild leader and vice of the Soaring Phoenix."

The four hooded individuals removed their hoods revealing their names and levels above their heads, "The pleasure is ours!"

"No need for pleasantries! Let's get down to business," Thorn Lily coldly said as she directly sat down on one of the chairs. She was the Vice Guild Leader of the Soaring Phoenix, the brother of the guild leader. She was an existence that could never be provoked because of her godly talent.

"Sure! But can I trust you?" Unknown looked directly at Dark Skull snobbing Thorn Lily. This made her pissed.

"Bullshit!" Thorn Lily cursed at him.

"Enough Lily!" Dark Skull reprimanded his sister. "Apology for my sister's behavior, but I would also like to ask you that same question."

"A man with trust is a man... " Before Unknown could finish, Drac continued, "..without rust. Who are you? And why do you know this line?"

"What do you think?" Unknown smiled at him.

"You... you!! Vamp!" Drac was shaken as he would never expect an old acquaintance to show in front of him. A lot of questions suddenly popped out of his mind as he wanted to know what happened to Vamp but Unknown signaled him to wait.

"Vamp?" Dark Skull, Thorn Lily and Doraemon were also shocked. Doraemon never expected a household name to appear in front of him. A persona that was long forgotten after a year. "Are you really Vamp? The first champion of Season 1 W. A. R. league? The crazy gamer?"

Unknown smiled and nodded at him, "Now, can you answer my question?"

"Who do you think I am Vamp? Have I ever let you down?" Drac complained.

"You? No! Them? I don't know!" Unknown simply said.

Thorn Lily's cold attitude instantly went warm after learning that he was Vamp, someone whom she truly idolized. She instantly recorded her, "I swear on behalf of our guild that if we ever broke your trust then I, Shine Garcia with the IGN Thorn Lily shall strip naked in one of my vlogs and show everyone my body!"

After swearing, she stopped the recording and sent it to Unknown, "Now, can you trust us?"

Doraemon and Drac were flabbergasted, they never imagined that the cold and aloof Thorn Lily would do something like that, even mentioning her real identity which was a taboo in their guild. Dark Skull shook his head at his sister's recklessness. Even Unknown was at a loss of what to express.

"You know you don't have to do that!" Unknown shook his head and deleted the video. With what Thorn Lily said, he now completely trusts them.

After that, Unknown shared the information about the Underwater Palace where he coincidentally found when he was being hunted by the Magnifico Guild. He told them that it was a level 10 palace with lots of legendary underwater monsters guarding it whose levels were around 250. Of course, he wasn't able to learn about the inside of it since he was at a low level and was mercilessly killed by the monsters.

He also shared the location of it and was willing to guide them with one condition, to give him a cloak like what that they were using so he could also hide his identity when exploring. As for the authenticity of the information, the payment would be given to him after they subdued the palace. As for how they deal with it, he will and never cares.

Once the information was given, Dark Skull decided to think about it. As for Drac, he was now eager to catch up to his buddy whom he hadn't played with for a year while Thorn Lily was listening to the side full of enthusiasm.

Drac and Unknown met when they were given the same quests when they were level 31, it was a hunting quest. The two of them failed multiple times until they decided to help one another. They stalked and hunted their prey for two days before they finished it. Unknown gave the quest item to Drac and told him to leave. But Drac was a compassionate guy, he didn't leave him, he waited with him for a week before the new prey spawned again in which they killed until Unknown got the quest item.

That was when their friendship started, they were both lone gamers but when they needed help during quests or dungeons, they were there for each other. The two of them even met in person, Drac visited him in Thailand so they could just meet.

Drac was also with him when he stole the loot item from the Magnifico Guild. It was at that time that he tried to curse Drac, "Thanks buddy! You were really a fool for believing in me! You don't deserve to be my friend, asshole!"

Would Drac really believe him? He didn't because he knew his feelings towards Wild Berry and why he did that. He was even worried about Unknown so he messaged him, "What will you do now that you provoked the Magnifico Guild?"

"Don't do anything funny and let me handle those bastards." He replied, "Also, forgive me for the things that I said. I just don't want you to be implicated."

Trying to reason with Unknown, Drac told him what kind of friend he was to let his friend suffer. That was the reason he joined the Soaring Phoenix and climbed up the ladder becoming a guild manager so he could use the guild's strength to bully the Magnifico guild. Then, out of nowhere, he was unfriended by Unknown and tried to find him multiple times. He even messaged him on Facebook but never got a reply. Despite that, he would still attack the Magnifico guild from time to time revenging for his friend.

Unknown gave him the reason why he unfriended him, because lots of his friends were asking his location and they disclosed his location to the Magnifico guild multiple times. One more reason was to make his loyal friends forget about him. Why? So they could focus on their own and won't be bothered by the fact that he was being suppressed by an entire guild.

He preferred being forgotten rather than making it a very big troublesome issue, especially that he already has planned on how he would come back. Of course, he would also pay for their loyalty with big benefits. But for now, he can't yet since he was still weak.

"Sorry to interrupt, but Vamp, if I will use all my guild's resources, what is the chance of our success in invading that palace you were talking about?" Dark skull interrupted after a long time of deliberation.

"In my opinion, you only have a ten percent chance of success," Unknown confidently said.

"No offense Vamp, but isn't that a bit outrageous considering our guild being a Super Guild in the whole country?" Thorn Lily reasoned out still showing her utmost admiration towards him.

"Have you ever wondered why you are always losing against the Black Mamba Guild of the Americans despite them being a Major Guild only? How the Olympus Guild of Italy were able to subdue a level 10 palace despite the level gap of ten? The efforts of the Wakanda Guild of the Africans who were able to finish a 100 man dungeon despite having only twenty members? And the amazing battle of Helion City which was won by the level 5 Sakura Bloom Guild of the Japanese facing a million forces of the dark side?" Unknown asked belittling them.

Four of them were silently pondering. Unknown stood up and slowly walked out, "A tactician!"

"By the way, the name's Unknown. Vamp was a forgotten legend!"