Chapter 272 - Underdogs (2/2)
”We do not know if the people around us are friend or foe,” Lenny whispered. ”It is always best to keep where you are from a secret. Even the other adventures chose not to reveal what guild they are from. Perhaps they have problems with other Guilds which would distract them from the quest at hand.”
It was true, for smaller guilds who didn't have much of a backing, they would usually choose to hide their Guild crest, or would just claim to be normal adventurers. The Guilds were really competitive and often another guild would attack other members for petty reasons.
Perhaps one guild really needed a certain item that another guild had obtained from a quest. But for whatever reason, because they weren't a part of their guild, or a disagreement they had before, they would choose not to sell it to them and instead put it on the market place where the price was raised several times higher.
Something as simple as this could start a guild war. But between the bigger guilds, they had stronger members and a bigger backing. A war between two big guilds would be a big event and would usually damage the city's the guilds were based in. This happened less because of this very reason.
Rick then started to count the number of members that had arrived and it looked like it matched up with those that had registered.
”They must be already here then?” Rick said, ”But who could it be then, were they not meant to bear there crest proudly.”
Although this was true, Slyvia had only made this a requirement later on, before Jack had left for the city. Not only that but the higher members of the Red wings were free to do as they pleased. Jack and Martha were not treated as any less than anyone else at the academy as they were the original members.
They would in truth, only answer to Ray.
”It looks like everyone has gathered.” Rick shouted, ”As members of the Underdog guild and one of the highest Rank's here, as tradition, I will be in charge of today's quest. Although I believe there is also a solo Adventurer who bears a higher Rank then me. If he wishes to do so, he is free to take charge. Would the B rank adventurer like to take over?”
Lenny had decided to keep quiet, there was also no need for the other members to know he was the B rank, besides even if he was to take charge no one would listen to him. Especially not those from the underdog guild. They had too much pride. Lenny could just tell from Rick's tone of voice.
”Hey wait, where are the Red wing members?”
”Does that mean they already here?”
”Perhaps they are hiding their identity.”
Rick hearing everyone talk about the Red wings guild instead of the Underdog guild was starting to annoy him. Usually, if the Underdogs were to join a Quest like this, the other people would be paying him attention, asking him if they were anything they could do to join a guild as powerful as the one he was in.
But there was no such thing today. The news of the Underdogs joining a quest was undermined by the fact that two members from the Red wings had joined.
”We will see if you are so great at the hunting ground,” Rick said with a smirk.