Chapter 156 - At Odds (2/2)

Roland arrived at the docks and found Hawk in the largest house.

At this time, Link, and Jett were already here.

They all greeted Roland when they saw him come in. Hawk called out, “You’re an hour late.”

“Sorry, something delayed me from getting into the game cabin until midnight.” Roland found a chair, sat down, and asked, “Why did you suddenly ask to a.s.semble here?”

Hawk sat down as well, looked around at the others, and said, “Next, we’ll have to discuss how we’re going to work in Delpon. We’re all players, so naturally, we should be allies, and there are some things that must be aired out early, otherwise, it may be a bit late to communicate later when a conflict of interest arises.”

“Can’t the three of you just talk about this?” Roland waved his hand. “I don’t have any forces.”

Hawk chuckled. “You don’t think you have any forces? The Magic Tower is your force now. I’ve heard that Aldo doesn’t give a d.a.m.n now, and you’re in charge of all the apprentices in the entire Magic Tower.”

The other two laughed softly.

Roland frowned.

“Anyway, the Magic Tower has a lot of influence,” Hawk said seriously. “I want to do something in Delpon-I want to achieve some ambitions here that can’t be achieved in the real world, so I’m hoping for a more benign environment. And we players are naturally more likely to cause trouble, so I feel the need, right now, to make things clear.”

Thinking of dividing forces so soon?

Roland looked at Hawk for a moment, then smiled inwardly. He knew that this was quite normal—where there were people, there were interests, and the “interests” in Delpon were pretty significant right now.

Whether it was Hawk, or Link, or Jett, each one of them would definitely have demands.

Roland himself also had demands. He only needed gold coins so he didn’t seem so urgent.

“It seems that you guys already agreed on a deal before I arrived.” Roland shook his head. “I still have the same conditions as before; I’ll take a share of the city’s taxes. As for the other territories and organizations, I won’t ask any questions. Of course, the Magic Tower will still be the same as before, and I also hope that whatever happens to you guys, you won’t get the Magic Tower involved.”

These words were a direct way to pierce the thin layer of paper window between the four.

Hawk sighed. “Since you have no objections, then it’s settled.”

Roland stood up and said with a smile, “I have some things to do, so I’ll be going first.”

As he watched Roland leave, Link looked a bit disappointed. “We were clearly comrades who fought side by side yesterday, and this is what we’ve become today.”

“It can’t be helped. We have to be responsible for the entire guild.” Hawk also had a pained look on his face. “The guild leader is already planning to move the entire guild over herewe definitely have to have our own established territory.”

Jett stood up and said with a smile, “I’ll be leaving then, I hope we’ll always be friends and won’t meet in arms.”

Hawk and Link both nodded.

Roland left the docks and walked down the avenue, looking lost.He could understand what Hawk, Link, and even Jet were thinking, but just because he could understand it didn’t mean he wouldn’t be in a depressed mood.

Yesterday, everyone had been good friends, tight as a taut rope, and now it was obvious that they were defensive and suspicious because of their interests.

Interests were something that no one could hide from not even them-and Roland felt he couldn’t either.

He walked slowly and arrived at Aldo’s manor.

After seeing Aldo, Roland placed the new model that he had traced in front of Aldo. “Chairman, do you know what this is?”

Aldo took it and looked at it for a moment and said with a strange expression, “Where did you get this thing?”

“You know it?” Roland was delighted.

Aldo nodded. “A magic array!”