Shinto stepped foot into Erendek Castle, the place where the esteemed guild 'Vain Blood', resided.
The castle of Erendek built on the edge of the city is a large castle, home to the lord and leader of Vain Blood, Kaisus. A noble that holds the title of Duke in the kingdom of Zemul.
Vain Blood is comprised of 50 members, the maximum number a guild can have at level 5. Although they number 50 members, only a handful of them are core members within the Crystality scene, which consists of a total of 10 members.
The first 5, who makes up the main team are:
Shinto, The Main DPS.
Hikari, The Main Support.
Kaisus, The Main Tank.
Rienla, The Secondary Support
Revelen, The Secondary DPS
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Upon entering the castle, Shinto's vision was greeted by the elegantly decorated walls of the halls, and the banners of Vain Blood, which hung grandly from the rails of balconies which lined the interior. Members of Vain Blood strolled to and from, the castle a picture of bustling player-activity, as opulent, lavish red and purple carpets lined the floor of the castle, and portraits of the members of the guild were framed upon its walls.
"Ah, Brother Shinto!" greeted a member of the guild, as he approached Shinto, "We've been awaiting your arrival!"
"Hey Graven, it's good to finally be back," Shinto sighed through his teeth.
"Brother Shinto, Brother Shinto! I've finished this S-Ranked quest and got these awesome rewards!" another member boasted, his chest puffed out proudly and his nose turned to the sky.
"Hah, good job Maxim! With those items, tackling your class-change quests might finally become a reality!"
A member approached Shinto congratulating him,"Brother Shinto, congratulations on winning your match with Arceus!"
"It wasn't anything I couldn't handle, but thanks nonetheless!"
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After the greetings, Shinto waved his farewell to them as he ascended the stairs to the second floor of the castle.
Thuck Thuck Thuck...
"Hehe~" resounded a voice from behind Shinto, "It's always lively when you're back in Erendek huh?"
"Hmm?" Shinto turned around, to see long, silky, auburn hair which framed a bright smile on a face that resembled that of a saint.
With her hands intertwined behind her back, she approached Shinto for a closer inspection.
The bright green words that hovered in perfect stillness above her head, [Hikari], Shinto identified the woman in front of him as the main support of the guild.
"Oh? Hikari? When did you get here?" Shinto inquired.
"Hehe~ I was here for a while now, we've been waiting for you y'know!" Hikari exclaimed.
"Ah? I'm the last one to arrive?"
"Mhm, but don't worry, it hasn't started yet!", Hikari reassured, "Anyways, I heard you fought with Arceus earlier?"
"Yep. Same old, same old." Shinto replied.
"He is always so persistent for first place huh?"
"Indeed... It can get quite annoying at times with his constant arena invitations or sudden ambushes." Shinto lamented.
"Well then, that just means that you have to give him a good, thorough beating one of these days!" Hikari chuckled.
"As if I don't already do that..." grumbled Shinto, as he glared at Hikari.
"Haha, in any case, shall we head to the meeting room now?"
"Yeah, let's go."
The two continued ascending the stairs as they traversed the hallways, on their way towards the meeting room.
As they entered the chamber where the meeting would be held, they noticed that the members of the main team were already seated, numbering all ten in total. The main team and the second team.
"Oh finally arrived huh, Shinto?" A bulky man with the ID [ Wenzhou ] sneered at the two, as they walked into the room.
"Great! Shinto's here! Now can we finally get started already?" A short blonde male with the ID of [ Bunnix ] said impatiently.
"Sorry for coming late, I had some things to do earlier," Shinto said.
"It's fine, you're right on time." Rienla replied, "Anyways have a seat."
Shinto nodded his head as he and Hikari walked towards the front seats of the long table to sit.
"Alright then, since Shinto arrived, we can begin." Kaisus, the guild leader said, "So as you all may know this meeting is for us to discuss our upcoming match in Crystality against Ten Swords."
"Uhuh, go on? What's the strategy? What's the team composition?" Bunnix said impatiently.
"Jeez stop being impatient," Revelen clicked his tongue.
"I'm in a rush okay!" Bunnix said, "I want to get this over with!"
"Alright alright, I'll keep it short. So I'll just go over the strategy. So since Ten Swords is known for their devious DPS oriented team..." Kaisus said as he began the meeting, while he spoke, Shinto sat there, though he wasn't listening. He just stared blankly at Kaisus.
'Sigh... Same old stuff.' He thought to himself, continuing to stare blankly, 'Maybe I should just listen to Jisa's suggestion and try out something new, maybe that will get me back in gears...'
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"...And that will be it." Kaisus concluded his speech as he looked over to Shinto, "Shinto anything to say?"
"..."
"Shinto?" He asked again.
"..."
"Hello? Earth to Shinto?" Hikari waved her hand in front of Shinto.
"Ah...! What was that?" Shinto blurted out as he hurriedly looked over to Kaisus.
"I said if you were fine with taking the top lane this time, Titus will definitely be at the top, so we need you to handle him with Hikari backing you up, do you have any comments about it?" Kaisus said.
"Nothing. I'm fine with this placement." Shinto said wittingly as he got himself in composure.
"Mhm. Good, then that's it for the meeting."
"Ahh! Finally done! Now I'm going, see ya!" Bunnix hurriedly got up as he rushed out, following behind him were the other members of the guild.
As Shinto got up to leave, Kaisus suddenly called him over.
"Hey, Shinto, can we talk for a bit?" Kaisus said.
"Huh? Is there a problem?" Shinto looked over to Kaisus as he gave off an eerie look towards him.