The Author's POV

A day prior to my meeting with Ryan...

Sitting inside of a cafe', frowning, I looked through the files that Smallsnake had sent me.

Honestly, although I teased and abused Smallsnake quite a bit, I couldn't deny how capable of an individual he was.

Within a day I had every little detail regarding Luxious I could ever hope to have. From the top members to the lowest members. I had information on basically everyone.

If that wasn't all, Smallsnake also sent me a long list of information regarding the guilds that they were currently not on good terms with.

...and as I looked through their enemy guild, one of them caught my attention

[Sword of light]

Another gold-graded guild that was located not far off from Luxious.

However, compared to the other guilds that Luxious had conflicts with, their enmity against Luxious wasn't actually between the guild masters. In fact, they didn't really have any significant problems with each other...

However, one piece of info caught my attention

—Conflict between the sons of both guilds guild masters. Jacob Reid and Nolan Valdev.

This was a very interesting piece of news...

A very interesting one.

The conflict wasn't between the two guild masters but in fact between their sons...or more like the guild heirs...

Moreover, as I looked through the information regarding their conflicts, a smile appeared on my face.

A plan had already started formulating inside of my mind.

Without pause, I discarded every other file other than that of Luxious and Sword of light.

I had decided that they were now going to be my main focus...

Taking out a piece of paper, I drew two circles. One signaling Luxious and the other signaling Sword of light.

Like a mindmap, I drew little branches coming out from each circle. With each branch, I would write small notes.

Like that, for the next two hours, I continuously drew different branches coming out from each circle.

...Soon the paper was filled to the brim with branches, and a massive web of information was detailed on it.

"fuuuu..."

Putting my pen down, I took a deep breath.

I was done.

I had written everything important regarding both guilds and branched out the information in hopes to find as many links as possible between the two...and midway through, I found what I wanted.

The one link that would allow me to flawlessly execute my plan.

"hehe..."

I bit the

completely forget everything regarding Ryan and

the mind map, a smile appeared on

starting to come

to destroy a gold graded

would bring too much

current focus. Redirected it away from

mind map away, I texted Smallsnake and asked him to purchase a few things. I then proceeded to send him four photos with instructions on

-Send

profile out and checked his current situation. Soon, my eyes landed on

with Luxious at target house on

25? Isn't

date, I realized that tomorrow Ryan would

"Hmmm, that works"

time

phone, I quickly

stood up

guess I won't be sleeping

...

Back to the present...

you try to recruit me instead? I am very

individuals

"Who are you-khh"

two individuals' tried to turn their heads to get a better look at me, however...Smiling, I increased the grip on

them

"khhh..."

their necks tighten, the two individuals struggled to breathe. Desperate, using both arms, they tried to pull my arm

foreheads. Yet, despite how much they struggled, my

weaker their struggle became...just as they were about to give up, one of the two individuals caught sight of something hidden beneath one of the sleeves of

a bull

he saw the emblem, the air around him intensified and he fully released his ranked

"Futile effort."

change, I shook my

was ranked, such low pressure didn't even

looked at the two men

put in a good word

one of the two individuals looked at me and

kn-o w-ho

"...hm? what?"

innocently looked at

"..st-khh"

I

I can't hear

them, I soon

They passed out.

bodies fell on the ground with a

-Thud!

-Thud!