Chapter 119

Ludger and Elviira arrived at the meeting room and all the Guild master in that room turned their head and looked at the two of them. Their gaze is giving an invincible pressure on the person who receives it, especially for Ludger. Luckily Ludger is able to hide his fear and stop himself from stepping back. 

"Elviira, why are you here?" Hudson was surprised by Elviira's appearance with Ludger.

"I'm here as a representative of Ludger Fan Club members and our leader has given me full authority to attend the meeting because you want to talk about something related to Ludy. How dare you make him have more things to do and prevent him from spending time with me!" Elviira was really angry and cause her surroundings seems to be distorted.

"Are you trying to treat us?" A middle-aged man wearing a feather hat asks.

'If I remember it correctly, He was the Guild Master of the hunter guild. It was really rare to see him in person. Let's see about the other.' Ludger thought while observing all of the Guild Masters in that room.

"I never thought that you twins were related to that weird fan club. But didn't you also want that Boy to join your fan club?" A typical of muscle-brain character like middle-aged man said as if he was looking down at Elviira.

But even if he said something that seemed stupid, no one dared to correct him because he was one of the Guild masters of the five great guilds in this city. Right, he was the guild master of the mercenary guild. There is a rumour that he has a super body that couldn't be cut or stabbed by swords or spears. He also said that he was Hudson's eternal rival.

'I think he did this because he didn't want to lose to Mr. Hudson. But why did he drag me into their matters? If I remember it correctly, Sister Alvera and Sister Elviira always hate his attitude that always trying to pick a fight with the adventurer guild without any reason.' Ludger observes him.

"What kind of attitude you are showing in this meeting? Or do you want all of us to fight and decide it right now, you lowly creature?!" The robed person from the magic tower said with a cold tone and gathered her magic.

'She was the person that came to Red Dawn and suddenly attacked me before, right?! I think at that time someone called her as Keres and she looked like a cold person who acted cool in all conditions at that time... But her reaction right now, it is as if she dislikes Sister Elviira for some reason and she has a grudge against her. Did they have something in their past?' Ludger feels confused about her reaction.

"You are much lower than me because you will never be able to beat me. Then if you say that I was a lowly creature, then what are you, thrash?!" Elviira suddenly acts differently from usual.

'Eh! I never thought that Sister Elviira was able to act like this too!? This makes me feel a bit interested in their past. Is it related to the story about the relationship of the five great guilds?' Ludger felt interest as they started to glare at each other emitting their magic power and distorting the surrounding air.

The five great guilds in Labyrinth are famous for having competitive relationships with each other, especially the three guilds that have the greatest power in Labyrinth City, the adventurer guild, the mercenary guild and the magic tower. They were aiming to be the most powerful guild in this city so they wouldn't let any change for other guilds to gain an advantage.

"Both of you stop it! Let's solve this problem peacefully and sit down and discuss it together. I think the Boy also want to hear about it first, right Boy?" Hudson shouted and seemed to be trying to say something to me with his gaze.

'From his gaze, it seems that he wants me to agree with him to stop all of them from making more trouble in here. But after looking at the people in this room, I realized that most of them are from the guild that relate to fighting abilities. From the guild that I joined, only the adventurer guild was related to fighting ability and the other two were related to inventing something and making money. But both of them have their own strength that makes them not lose to other guild.' Ludger thought as he sat down.

In this city, there are all kinds of guilds, associations or groups like the fan club that make this city able to prosper. The Labyrinth City is a city that supports its people to keep making progress and even paid by the Duke of they are able to show some results from their activities as their funds. That is why they thought to make Ludger join them because he was praised by the Duke before.

But Ludger did not know about the funds and only chose from which he could earn a lot like in the merchant guild or able to do whatever he wanted like in the alchemy guild. The only reason he enters the adventurer guild is because the people from the adventurer guild, especially the people that he knows like Hudson, Alvera, Elviira and Einar often help him to protect the Red Dawn restaurant. So he felt that he needed to join them to repay them but he started to like the atmosphere of the adventurer guild.

As they started the meeting and explained the details of their demand, Ludger realized what they were planning. But Ludger got angry when the magic tower began to talk about wanting to cause a guild war or something similar if they didn't accept this suggestion. The mercenary guild also said something like they want to cause trouble for the adventurers if they meet outside of the city. 

'How could they act unreasonably like this! Hmm, I need to think of something maybe I could use my past life knowledge to solve it...! That's right! Now, I need to think about what kind of reason that I could use to convince them...' Ludger is thinking while listening to their unreasonable demand.

"...That was all of the suggestions from us. To respect your opinion, we will ask you about what and how do you think about it?" The guild master of the mercenary guild who acts as their leader said while looking at Ludger with a sly look.

"All of you seem won't accept it if I said that I disagree with it so how about I decide how you will do this year's Winter Tournament? It will be too boring if we do it normally, right? So why don't we make it more interesting as we have to do it?" Ludger asked while smiling at them but Hudson could see how angry Ludger was from his eyes he looked scary.

"Hoo...! Do it in a new way?! Can you let us know more about it and explain it in detail?" The Guild Master of the mercenary guild said with shining eyes as if a predator wanted to capture its prey.

"Well, how about separating it into a few categories first and picking up the winner from each category to fight against each other and the winner will face me to decide if they will be able to show me their power to make me join them or fulfil their wish. Of course, it will only happen with a time limit like only for a day or a maximum of a week. I won't agree to anything except for this. If you agree then let's finish this meeting and prepare for the tournament." Ludger suggests (forcing his idea) to them with a smile.

"Hmm, why does the winner need to fight against you? Didn't he already win?" The Guild Master of the mercenary guild asked with confused looks.

"Because you must respect my right as a person and let me decide my own future rather than threaten me like this!" Ludger said with an angry tone.

"Hey, wait! What do you mean that we threatened you?" The Guild Master of the mercenary guild retorts with an offended tone.

"If it was not a threat, then what do you think when you would cause a guild war or attack our guild members when they get out from the city sounds like, huh? If you are able to act with such an unreasonable attitude, why can't I do the same thing?" Ludger said with a beautiful smile but it made all of the Guild Masters in that room realise how scary Ludger was when he was angry.

"As I thought, that boy is not an ordinary child. I will definitely find out his secret." Keres muttered in a small voice. 

'What are you trying to do, Boy? Even you will be fighting against the winner, doesn't it mean that you also have to fight against the strongest of them all?!' Hudson feels worried as he hears Ludger's suggestion for this year's Winter Tournament. 

'Huhuhu, just you wait! I will break your will and make all of you to never try such things on me again later! What kind of preparation that I need to prepare to make them lose their hope? Right, I can also use this tournament to make an advertisement for that and that too... Oh my gosh! Damn, why do I just think about it now!' Ludger realized something and regretted it a bit.

"See you at the tournament, everyone." Ludger added as he left the meeting room to make his preparations.