-On the Top of a Mountain-
-Liz's POV-
"Tell me, how did your realm became a dungeon." The old man gave out a long sigh while looking at the sky.
"My name is Silver. It all started with invasion of the people who came from the sky. At first they were very friendly with us. They helped us clear the monsters constantly attacking every settlement and also in curing the incurable diseases. As the time went on, everyone loved them and we all could've happily while helping each other, is what I thought as well as everyone thought but, that was our mistake. A few years later, they started searching for resources, asking us for help and we helped them find the resources, not knowing that it would be the start of our nightmare." He didn't say anything after this, remembering the nightmare.
"What happened after you gave them the resources?" Vorgrim asked him.
"The...they started building some sort of pillar with the resources we gave them. They did not tell us what it was until more of their people came after the pillar was established. A portal opened near the pillar and more of their people came to our world. We thought that it was good to have more people and help in cleansing the monsters from our world but, we were so...so wrong that we thought the monsters in the wild were more dangerous not knowing that we had even more dangerous monsters close to our home and people." He gave out another long sigh before looking at the town and looking me in the eye.
"My people were slaughtered like pigs and they didn't even leave the children, they were the real monsters. Their leader, the one we trusted and helped me in my needs had slaughtered my wife and children in front of my eyes. This realm became a battlefield, not just of my people and theirs, there were more who came from the sky and it all ended when our realm's resources were drained out and everyone just left out realm, like a toy which made them happy for a short time and was no longer needed, most likely because they found a new toy."
The old man was crying by the end of his explanation.
"Then how did your realm become a dungeon?" Reinard asked him.
"There is a rule in the universe for all realms, worlds and every planet out there. 'If a place is destroyed beyond repair and has no purpose at all, it will be converted to a dungeon and will start opening paths to the new world'. It may be salvation for the people of destroyed worlds but even I don't know why they open these paths."
We didn't ask him anymore questions, teleporting him back to the walls of his town. We left the dungeon using the teleportation spell and returned back to my penthouse in New York.
-New York-
-Liz's POV-
We were sitting on the lounge chair, with our thoughts going around the information that we just got.
"So the invasion has already started and the S Rankers in the wild are collecting resources to build a pillar?" Vorgrim asks.
"Hmmm, from the amount of S Rankers I found in the no man's land, they are all from different factions and this invasion will not be just one world vs our world. It is going to be a war with a lot of realms and other worlds." I said.
"Let's just forget about this for now and start worrying about the future when we get to that point." Reinard says.
"Yeah, we should just focus on building that army and I'll complete studying the world teleportation spell." I say.
-Next Day-
-Reinard's POV-
It was morning time and Liz had already gone to her Guild with Vorgrim. I was on my way to the base in New York when I got a call.
"How did it go?" I asked the person on the other side of the call.
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"It's done boss, it will be implemented in the next Guild meet." Came the reply.
"Good. Make sure that it is displayed for all to see"
"Yes Boss."
-Liz's POV-
'Paper work is always boring!' I let out I sigh and looked at the clock. It had not even been two hours and I was already bored out of my mind.
"Master, there is a board meeting after lunch." Vorgrim said to me while looking at my schedule for today.
"Why is there a board meeting suddenly?" I asked out of curiosity because I know that these board meetings don't happen unless something big is happening or there are issues in the Guild.
"It's regarding the current situation of yours with that Leo guy. The board members want to discuss what to do with it. I think that they might want to remove you from your position. Although it is not possible because you own 65 percent of total shares which they don't know about. They just know that you have 50 percent shares." Vorgrim says.
"Good. It will be better to just remove the traitors."
-A few Hours Later--
Board Meeting Room-
"Are you sure about this?" Asked an old looking man to the other people in the board room.
"Yes we are sure." Answered a young looking woman.
"Yes, we have to take this decision. Our Guild's future depends on this decision." Answered a young looking man.
'This young generation.Don't even know that this decision might make it impossible for them to work here. All we have are 35 percent shares and the other 15 percent remaining are unknown. How can they be so sure about overthrowing a founder with 50 percent shares.' The old man thought to himself and just as the people were about to discuss more, they heard the door opening and the founder entered the room with her new secretary. The founder wore a white business suit.
-Liz's POV-
I walked inside the room and took a seat at head of the oval table with Vorgrim standing right behind me. Everyone got up and gave me a greeting and sat down.
"So what is the reason for this meeting?" I asked.
"Miss Scarlet, I know this may be rude of us and you might think that we are trying to overthrow you and take over the Guild. We just want to handle the situation regarding your scandle and for that reason we have all decided that it is better for you to take a break and come back to the Guild after a few months." Said a young woman, whose name I didn't know and won't even want to know.
"Are all of you sure about this decision." I asked them.
"Yes we are sure and we can even held a voting for it before you came." Said a young man sitting by the side of the young woman. He provided the votes with the name, that gave me a general idea of who the traitors were.
"Good. It is true that the situation needs to be handled and it is already in the process of being handled by my secretary. The Guild does need redistributing of shares and for that reason I will have your shares liquidated and bought by the Guild." I said while Vorgrim went up to them and distributed them a paper.
"What is the meaning of this??" The young man shouts while not even looking at the paper, having confidence in the mutual decision of the board members, although some did not agree, the majority was on their side.
"Just read the paper and get out of this room and never come back to this Guild. If I see you near this Guild, only your dead body will go out next time." I curtly replied to him and all the members who voted against me.
Reading the papers handed to them, the traitors were shocked and didn't have any word to say, they just left with giving threats, like the Guild will fall by my hands.
I looked at the remaining members who hadn't voted against me. "You all are also free to leave if you think this Guild will fall because of me. Although I'll give you a warning, to choose what you decide carefully because the ones who went against me today will not be left alive." The room didn't have cameras and also there were no recording devices, so I just straight away threatened their lives and gave them the choice of choosing to leave or stay.
A few minutes of thinking later, the members left the room with none of them choosing to leave the Guild.
-At Liz's Office-
"How do you want me to deal with them?" Vorgrim asked me as I was sipping on a cup of coffee.
"Take care of them properly. Get every one of their assets and kill them brutally in front of their families and also take care of their families, I don't want any roots to sprout and grow into a vengeful trees."
"Oh, also ask Scarlet to take my place for a while, I want to go back to the Guild and search for the Dead Realms inside the dungeon." I said to Vorgrim and took my coat of the chair and wore it.
"When is the Guild Meeting?" I asked Vorgrim.
"It is in two days. The venue is in New York." Vorgrim replied.
"Okay, I'll go and take a look at the new dungeon that opened today, it was reported to be an S Rank dungeon and I want to explore it a bit."
-10 Minutes Later-
I stood in front of the portal to a new dungeon and showed my Guild ID as Scarlet, which was an S Rankers ID. I entered the dungeon and the scene changed from that of New York City to one of a world with lots of hidden places and full of monsters.
I walked around for a while and killed a bunch of big bug type monsters, they had sharp blades as their hands, their bodies made of steel, they packed a lot of punch but, I just sliced them up with mana blades and just made my way towards the hidden place.
The thing I wanted to avoid most was a group of adventures but I guess it was not my day. A group of five people were following me as I made a short work of the bugs and they just kept following me while using an invisible spell on themselves. They had been following me for more than an hour, having been fed up with their following and free way to a hidden place. I decided to confront them.
"What do you people want from me?" I asked to the man hidden with the group, who looked like he was their leader. They didn't respond until I asked them the same question and this time they took off their invisible spell.
"So you knew we were following you?" Asked their leader.
"Yes, so what is it that you want? I am asking this for the last time. If you don't answer me now. I will kill all of you." I replied to him bluntly.
"We are five people and you are threatening us, are you serious?" A woman replied instead of their leader.
"Just answer the question." I was loosing my patience because I didn't have a lot of time. I had to deal with this hidden place and go to the dinner that Reinard invited me for before the board meeting.
"Fine, we are following you because you might know something that we don't know about this place, from the way your are going and the instant kills of the bug type monsters." Replied their leader. As soon as I got his answer, I just vanished from them and teleported towards the hidden place directly.
-The Leader's POV-
"Who does she think she is, giving us threats and telling that she'll kill us all." Said a man in my team. It was a temporary team given to me by my Guild and they were hot headed, all of them. I looked at the man but, what I saw left me shocked. The man's head was seperated from his body and his limbs were sliced into fine meat. The same happened with the others. I wanted to run away but, the moment I took a step. My legs fell off and my vision went black.
-Liz's POV-
"Fucking idiots."