An Extra’s POV

"I'll get straight to the point."

The Guildmaster closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. His deep tone perfectly represented the mature features that were vividly outlined on his face.

"Congratulations on joining the highest echelon in this trade we call Adventuring." He said, looking at the three newcomers.

—Jet, Lux, and Sebas.

In his eyes, all three were splendid. They would make for good candidates to succeed him once he no longer occupied the position of Guildmaster.

'I'm not growing any younger. Someone will have to step up eventually…' He often said this as a joke, but he genuinely meant it.

He—Richard Lysth—was not as strong as he was in his prime.

After reaching the pinnacle of strength, the only place you could go was down. As such, his abilities were already showing a rapidly growing rate of decline.

He didn't think he would last another decade before he had to permanently retire from this position.

'To do that, though, I need a capable successor.'

Before the advent of the three newcomers, he only had Noah and Britta, and just a month ago… there was only the latter.

The numbers had increased so much in such a short span that he couldn't help but be relieved.

'Is this some kind of sign?' Richard thought to himself with a wry smile. 'It seems my time as Guildmaster is coming to an end sooner than I imagined.'

He just had to choose his successor before then.

'I can't choose any of the Vice Guildmasters, so it has to be one of these ones.'

The operations of the Adventurer Guild was too vast for just one or two people to properly manage. As a result, there were five Vice Guildmasters in total.

Two belonged to his faction, and they wholeheartedly agreed with his decision to seek an heir outside the administrative system of the Guild.

didn't like

the Guild after the Guildmaster retired had to be a qualified person who was already

a position was—unsurprisingly—being

records of the Adventurers City, this

As

times have changed.'

appearance of more skilled Adventurers and deadlier Dungeons,

Guild—no, the entire City—had to do the

that strength is becoming extremely crucial in the current world. It is the most valuable

mean brains were useless. However, any true Heroic Rank Adventurer had to have the spirit

didn't understand it, but once humans reached a certain level of strength, they saw the world a

what Richard was after! He desired a champion that could lead the Adventurers

nearly sighed again. 'They cling onto the old ways without

reinforced the narrative of hatred in the minds of many Adventurers towards the Alliance, all while

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would like to keep

his gaze on each and every one of the people present and

make a choice in the

his role. Of course, that meant teaching him the rules of administration

a

with you all."

However—

late, Richard! You can't keep doing this!" Britta

know? What took

Richard instantly felt trapped.

judging from their silent gaze, it was obvious that they desired

"Ahh… well…"

the faces of everyone present and decided to proceed

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He wasn't lying.

As a result, he was able to get the trust

really was the