Chapter 250 - Guilds (1/2)

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”Perfect! My name's Amos Ackner, a member of the Ethereal Blade Guild.” Amos smiled broadly in elation. His withered aura and dim light in his eyes seemed to regain some of its youthful exuberance.

”Guild?” Yan Zaizen silently questioned. He had heard of clans, families, sects, but he has never heard of a guild. What was that? Not only that, the name Amos Ackner was odd in and of itself. The person before him was obviously human, he was even a Lycah like himself, but his name completely upended the 27th Heaven standard.

In the 27th Heaven, a person's name is defined by three sections: Clan Name(Yan), Personal Name(Zai), and Family Name(Zen). The only exception was the removal of a clan name or family name if they had none. It's even possible to have no family or clan name. Tao perfectly embodied this example, having been adopted and later disowned by his clan and family.

However, the current name didn't seem to have any sort of trend and Yan Zaizen couldn't determine how it was constructed.

In the end, he decided to be direct. ”What's a guild?” Even if others suspected his foreign origin, they could only have suspicions. Moreover, Yan Zaizen didn't fear anyone on this ship.

Amos was taken aback by the question and his eyes did flicker with suspicion in the end, but after some thought, he decided to answer. ”Guilds are groups of individuals, factions so to speak, formulated by those with a general focus or lack of a stable backing. Oftentimes, they are forces developed by those without clans, families, or packs to establish a footing in the myriad realms.”

Yan Zaizen nodded. As he looked at the individuals in the various ships having different attires with different features and races, he realized that they all likely originated from these so-called guilds. However, he was shocked a little by the explanation. When Amos explained the function of guilds and how they were essentially rogue or independent cultivators gathering together who didn't have clans, families, or packs, he excluded sects.

”What about sects?” As he had already decided to be direct, he asked.

”Sects?” Amos aged face frowned in thought. Yan Zaizen realized that he didn't have the faintest clue what a sect was. In truth, a sect wasn't much different than a guild. However, there was a core difference that clearly separated them.

Sects gathered loose or rogue cultivators and produced something similar to clans. In these sects, often there was intricate schemes and deadly combat between members for superiority.

The struggles were endless and the resources limited. It created an environment of dog eat dog. He suspected the guilds were like this, but upon further explanation, he was very, very wrong.

Guilds were forces devised by independent cultivators but there was barely any conflict within. A large reason was that it carried a similarity to the Anima Syndicate. It was an organization loosely based around strength and authority, but the interactions between members were very little. You can even kill people in the guild openly if you wished. Within sects, this was heavily frowned upon and often led to hidden strikes and plotted schemes. There were even sects that delivered punishment by death for killing another member, regardless if they were in the wrong initially.

Yan Zaizen frowned slightly when he heard this. He felt like there was more to it than just this, but being a member of the Anima Syndicate, a very similar organization, he didn't doubt the lack of schemes. Unlike sects that were in direct competition, missions were determined to leave very little room for conflict and so was the hierarchy.

Soon, Yan Zaizen walked with Amos to arrive in the Ethereal Sword Guild's location. When he arrived, he was a little startled. The reason was simple: they were all females! There was a total of seven members, including Amos, and besides Amos, the rest were young women with sharp eyes and radiated a sword aura.

A young woman, about in her early twenties in regards to appearance, appraised Yan Zaizen with a deep and harsh look. This woman had long white hair and wore the Ethereal Sword Guild's uniform colors - silver. Her dress was slightly imperialistic and her hair flowed freely with the wind.

”Senior Amos, is this man necessary?” She asked, not bothering to disguise her contempt and disdain for Yan Zaizen. Towards this attitude, Yan Zaizen was laughing internally. These women may be beauties, but compared to Ma Xiuren, his first kiss, or Pinaka, they couldn't hold a candle to their looks. This was the same with cultivation base.

The young woman was at the second-floor of the Heavenly Genesis Realm, but she also had a very faint Astral Soul signature that seemed less intense than Yan Zaizen.