91 Exchange and Organization (2/2)
The rest also looked over, Alice then nodded towards Paul and confirmed his guesses. ”Yes, it is as what you think Young Master. They are the most powerful Organizations here at the Inner Branch. The Scavengers Guild, The Ruby Knight Squad, The Lair Hunters Camp, The Pill Saint Pavilion and The Eternal Horizon Clan. These Organizations as mostly known as the Big Five.”
”It really is them! That's cool!” Paul exclaimed in excitement.
No one was overly surprised to know this. It could be said that they are somewhat expecting something like this to happen.
The Big Five sounds very promising and very formidable to be called as such, and they truly have the capital to boast since these aren't mere Organizations that are formed by the students, instead these Organizations are mere branches of their outside counterpart.
The Scavengers Guild are composed of Treasure Hunters, auctioneers, merchants and so on. Their main purpose is to search for new resources and sell them so that the kingdom would have another trump card. They mostly journey to forgotten places or abandoned areas, sometimes they even scavenge outside of the kingdom. Needless to say, the kingdom had greatly benefitted from their transactions and services so it is natural that they grew up so large to be a formidable existence.
The Ruby Knight Squad is another existence that the Kingdom pays attention to. This Organization had one major rule for recruitment: 'Females Only'. And the students here know better than to underestimate it's members. During it's entire existence, the Ruby Knight Squad had always been formidable, every woman who became a part of it weren't just looks, they are a deadly bunch too. In fact Anne's grandmother, Annarosa Fiore, was once the Ruby Knight Captain, and her exploits had been written in the historical records of the kingdom.
The Lair Hunters Camp, another existence that even the King himself, greatly respects. Rumors said that joining this Organization is akin to preparing your own grave. Just like the name implied, everyone who joins this Organization would be trained to become a Lair Hunting Knights, people who brave the dangers of the outside to protect the civilians. They have a high compensation for the missions they post since all of them are particularly dangerous. It is said that some even died from their harsh training, but no one dared to call them out since the Organization never initiated any type of recruitments. They would only accepts someone who walked in whole-heartedly and knew what they are getting into.
The Pill Saint Pavilion, the true overlord of medicine. This is where people who wanted pursue Alchemy and medicine goes. While they still need to raise their cultivation to refine pills and herbal medicines, Alchemists focus their efforts into research of cure or recovering ancient pill recipes. Their mission is simple, and that is to cure and raise the caliber of the knights of the kingdom.
Alchemists are divided into several categories, namely: Beginner, Apprentice, Senior, Master, Grand Master, and Saint ranks.
It is said that there is a Saint ranked alchemist in the main branch of the organization in the past, however there are no solid evidences of this just yet so people tend to ignore these rumors. Nevertheless, this organization is way too important for the kingdom so they then to let them do as they please.
And finally, the ever so mysterious Eternal Horizon Clan.
While it might be called a 'Clan', it doesn't mean that everyone who joined are relatives. They used the word 'Clan' as a form of a Bond with it's members. As for the true purpose of this organization? There's no detailed informations about that.
This organization doesn't have many members within, some says that their headcount is just a fraction of what the other organizations have, but this raises the question as to why they became a part of the Big Five. There are countless assumptions formed by the people but the Eternal Horizon Clan never confirmed nor denied any of those claims, they just remained silent and went on to do their thing, whatever that is.
”Almost all of the students here yearn to be a part of either of them, but their requirements for prospective members are very strict. Out of 100 applicants, only five to ten people will pass, and some of the people might not even be able to stay as a member for an entire year. But this doesn't stop them from trying. Since if they become a true member to any of this organizations, then they would experience great benefits that could change their lives, their membership could even give them the chance to join the main branches of said organizations for even more benefits. So it's acceptable that they are greatly sought after.”
Alice explained further with a great reverence and longing on her voice, her expression seemed to sour a little bit as she looked at those five tall buildings. However, she didn't lose herself to this mood and fully took upon the role of being a guide to them.
”That being said, I believe Young Fairies and Young Masters have a greater chance to be recruited to become one of them, so please do consider applying for a spot whenever a chance arises.”