The Martial Unity

Rui was taking a bit of a gamble with his bold brashness, but he knew that it would be impossible to earn the respect and fear needed for the guildmaster to take him seriously. The latter was a tremendously powerful man with power, authority, wealth, and influence that far surpassed anything Rui could deal with in ordinary circumstances.

And they both knew that.

That was why Rui had decided that he needed to convey without a shred of doubt that this wasn't one of those circumstances. Rui would not tolerate being pushed around unduly, or being threatened.

Still, he put on a cool facade, but even his heart skipped a beat when the ground started trembling. He realized that he had underestimated how powerful the Shionel Dungeon was. Had he maintained for even half a second more, a calamity might have occurred.

"H…"

"Hm?" He focused on the guildmaster again with furrowed eyebrows.

"Haha… HAHAHA," The man started guffawing.

That made Rui quite nervous. He had expected that the man would grow unnerved, and would instantly put on a pleasant salesman facade to appease Rui. But instead, he not only seemed unperturbed but also emboldened.

"It's been a while since someone has had the balls to threaten me," He began speaking more informally as his toothy grin widened. He stared at Rui with an intense fixation reflecting in his bloodshot eyes.

widened as he felt his

is able

a normal human that Rui eviscerate with ease. Yet that did not translate into the

settled down as he regained the composure that he momentarily lost. "Rest assured, brave Squire, I have no intention of enslaving you. Instead, I am quite intrigued at the prospect of cooperating

are several issues that need to be addressed. First, your identity. That little trick earlier is noteworthy, but it cannot help you clear dungeons as spectacularly well as you

and verify that the time

something of this sort, he did not show any

I'm sure it is compelling given the timeline that you have, no doubt, constructed as well as the fact that I even bothered going through such a

fact that you went out of your way to gather this evidence when clearing

Rui shrugged, not replying.

not willing to talk about this matter. "I want

matter. If Rui messed up in this particular regard, he would not

them onto the table. The Martial Squires in the room moved forward as they opened the various books, unfolding the pages as they each formed large maps that mapped the surface level of the dungeon and the

guildmaster's eyes widened as he beheld remarkably detailed and precise maps. The tunnels were drawn to detail, showing their varying and

was facing which direction, something

detailed and precise than I was expecting while also abiding by the norms of the field cartography, I can see that you're someone who is adept