Jet didn’t follow him into the legacy dungeon the following days. Jet informed Jack that his dwarven friends had stumbled upon a quest while traveling around Themisphere. They needed help, so Jet had gone to help them with the quest.
Tip sent different members to tag along with Jack into the legacy dungeon. Mostly just to get experience. Mostly members who Jack didn’t recognize. Every member who exited the legacy dungeon would immediately go and tell their friends about it. Jack’s dragon form was soon well-known by almost everyone within the guild.
On the fourth day, he recognized one of the members who joined. He felt cold sweat immediately when this person approached.
“Didn’t I tell you to let me know once you return to this headquarters?” Grace asked.
“Ia?| Uha?| It’s good seeing you again,” Jack said with a grin.
“You forgot your promise, didn’t you?” Grace asked again with a hard stare.
“Yes, I dida?| I’m sorry,” Jack admitted.
Grace sighed. “So, how long will you be staying here?” She asked.
“A few days. Only until Fierce Flame is back. She will be taking me to a place where I can craft armor for my pet.”
“Grace, who is this?” An elven man asked, he was a level 47 Sentinel.
“Oh? Who is this?” Jack asked Grace as well about the elven man.
“Hey, hey, don’t act so close to our Grace!” The elven sentinel uttered.
“That’s right, go away!” Another elven man that was a level 47 Archmage joined in.
“Zip it, you two! Do you want to get kicked out of this guild?” Grace chided.
“Yeah, man. You don’t even recognize one of the leaders of this guild?” Another player said. “We assemble here so we can see our guild leader, the great Storm Wind, in action.”
“Uha?| You can probably drop the great part,” Jack said.
“He is Storm Wind?” The elven archmage scrutinized Jack with a skeptical look. He couldn’t use his Inspect on Jack.
“Hmph, I don’t care who he is, we are here because of Grace,” the elven sentinel said. “Even if he is a guild leader, I won’t forgive him if he dares to disrespect Grace.”
Grace shook her head. She seemed helpless with the two.
Jack did hear that there was a spike in the member registration from the Aurebor Dynasty once their guild was linked to that country, with the majority being elven men. There was no doubt that this was because everyone had found out that Grace had become a member of this guild. All her fans had practically registered the same day they found out about the news.
The guild, of course, couldn’t accept all who registered considering their membership limit. Additionally, these elf men’s reason for entering the guild was truly questionable. But John thought they could still prove useful as a source of labor. They hiked up the entrance requirement for that country. So, only the best were accepted. Jack guessed these two were among those best. The three elven men that were with Grace in the tournament, Assured, Wonderman, and Bad Omen, had also joined.
<br/>Jeanny and John were at first hesitant to promote Grace into their core members despite Jack vouching for her. They both knew Jack had only known the girl for a short time, and Jack also chose not to tell them about his past with Grace. But after seeing the hike in Aurebor’s application. They decided they were okay to let Grace free from all obligations. By simply being in the guild, Grace had given them an unlimited supply of applicants. This meant that if they wanted to kick out some useless members, they could instantly refill the void again, which gave them more leverage over those common members. Those members would have to be diligent if they didn’t wish to get replaced.
“Hmph, I never put you in my eyes anyway,” said the elven sentinel, who Jack inspected was named Glorysurge. “There was a lot of talk about you in this guild, but I personally think they are all shit. Don’t you think I am a three-year-old that will just believe everything I hear?”
“Yeah, if you think you can deceive our Grace with those fake stories, think again!” The elven archmage said. This elven archmage had the alias of Gossipking. “We are not as gullible as those other players in this guild.”
The other players there looked at the two in annoyance. Who did you just call gullible?
“Quiet! I will talk to whoever I want! If you two have a problem, get the hell away from here!” Grace uttered. Her patience was running thin.
Glorysurge wasn’t fazed by the scolding. He said, “Grace, you shouldn’t trust unsavory character that easily. But don’t worry, I will be your protector. My shield will always protect you from a dubious person such as him.”
Gossipking wasn’t getting left behind. “And you will always have my magic, Grace. Anyone who dares to trick you, I will blast them to smithereens.”
Jack was already in front of the open portal, he had activated the legacy dungeon device. He had created a party and sent invitations to everyone, including the two annoying elven men. “Everyone who wants to join this legacy dungeon, join. Those that don’t, stay outside.” He then stepped into the portal.
Grace accepted the invitation and ran into the portal, ignoring Glorysurge and Gossipking.
“Grace, wait!” The two yelled before hurriedly chasing after her.
Once inside, they saw Jack was already ahead with Therras. Everyone ran after him. All of them were slower than Jack, including those that had classes branching from Ranger. Hence, Jack was getting further and further. They only managed to catch him after he was clashing with the group of monsters. By the time they arrived, only two ice dogs were left in critical health.
“Can you please wait for us?” Grace said to Jack.
“I don’t like hearing their talks,” Jack replied. “I’m afraid I can’t hold myself and ends up killing my own guild members.”
Glorysurge and Gossipking who heard it were immediately riled. “Do you think we are pushovers? Come at us then! We will show Grace that you are just a phony.”
“I will leave these two to you people,” Jack said and dashed off with Therras, leaving the two near-death ice dogs.
“Wait!” Grace shouted. He then said to Glorysurge and Gossipking, “you two take care of these dogs.” She then rushed off as well.
“What? Grace, we need to protect you!” Glorysurge yelled. He turned to the others. “You people finish them.” He and Gossipking then chased after Grace.
The remaining players looked at each other with confusion. What kind of a party was this? What kind of a dungeon raid was this?
The raid continued like this. Jack vanquished a large portion of the monsters before the others caught up. He then advanced again, leaving the rest to deal with the nearly decimated monsters. It was like a cat and mouse game inside the dungeon.
They finally reached the basin where the Ice Demon Fiend was waiting. This time Jack waited for them to arrive.
“Can’t you do this like a normal team?” Grace asked after arriving, she was panting. She had been running non-stop.
Glorysurge and Gossipking followed closely behind, they were also panting. All three of them were slow-moving classes. “Grace, don’t just run off like that. What if some monsters get a jump on you?”
The remaining team came after, they were the wipeout crew who took out the low health monsters left behind by Jack.
After seeing everyone had arrived, Jack told them what he had told others in the previous run. To stay here behind the ice spears fence and left everything to him. He then walked towards the boss below the basin, Therras stood behind with the rest.
“Show-off!” Gossipking uttered, but when he saw Grace remained there as commanded and her eyes lingered on Jack who was moving away. He felt jealousy rising within him. Glorysurge experienced the same feeling.
The two looked at each other and nodded. They then ran forward. Grace who noticed the two, yelled, “Wait! What are you two doing? Stay back!”
But the two acted as if they didn’t hear. They were determined to show their prowess so that their Goddess would look at them. Jack was walking, so the two who were running overtake him. Jack was similarly flabbergasted by the two’s desperado display.
The two, however, stopped after a certain distance. “Le a?? Level 50 rare elitea?|?”
The two had reached a distance where they could use Inspect. They had heard that this legacy dungeon’s boss was strong but they didn’t know it was a rare elite grade. They had joined this guild solely to hound Grace, they never bothered to chat with the other members so they didn’t know exactly how strong this dungeon’s boss was.
Until now, they had never heard of anyone soloing a rare elite grade of the same level, or they chose not to believe it since they had experienced this grade before. It took them a large team to deal with one. Even then, many casualties happened. Additionally, this monster was categorized as a boss, which was stronger than a normal rare elite. This boss was also a demon type, demon and draconic were amongst the two strongest monster types. So, when they saw Jack going towards the boss alone, they expected this boss to be at most the special elite grade.
Jack was now walking past the two who were staying still, giving them an odd look that said ‘What the hell are you guys doing here?’
He didn’t say anything, though. He had given them the warning to stay back. If they chose to die, it was their choice. He continued walking towards the Ice Demon Fiend.
Glorysurge and Gossipking looked at Jack’s back, uncertain of what to do. Going forward would be suicide. Going back would be uncool. Their Goddess would look down on them. They decided to just stay there and observed the situation. They hoped Jack got killed by the boss so then it wouldn’t be so odd for them to retreat.
