Chapter 269: The Information About Ships!

Earlier, they went offline one by one as the players had a meeting with Pedro's Aunt and Mom regarding their contracts with Armaz Electronic Inc. and their income. With Mathew gaining the highest salary of almost Half a Million Pesos per month, while his younger sister, Talia, having the lowest salary of just Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos per month.

Well… The reason why Talia had the lowest salary was that Mathew opted to convert the supposed remaining of her salary into other types of compensation like scholarships and other benefits. As for everyone else, they were given around 150,000 Pesos to 200,000 Pesos of salary monthly.

Other than that, they were also given health benefits and insurance, food allowance, housing benefit, clothing benefit, and other basic needs benefit—that include providing VR Box for them to use and Lifo Liquid to consume whilst playing the game.

Transportation Expenses that are associated with company travels were also vouched and paid by the company, including housing and other necessities. It was the same for other similar cases.

Their new contracts were eventually signed after careful review, marking that they were now official members of the ARES Guild under the Armaz Electronics Inc. Thus, in the evening, they all had another dinner together to celebrate such a memorable event.

Now… They were all officially comrades.

Afterward, it was Talia's most awaited "Guild Logo Meeting"—where each one of them would present a logo that they think would best represent their guild. And as soon as their meeting started, Pedro projected his own suggestion of a guild logo with the word "ARES".

"It's a bit too simple…" Talia ruthlessly commented that sent daggers straight to Pedro's heart.

Sabrina and Loren nodded in response—agreeing to Talia's comments and sending another two daggers to Pedro's heart.

"Khuk!" Pedro could only cough blood deep inside as his suggestion was rejected without mercy.

Arvedar, Lony, and Roval followed Pedro and suggested the letter "A" as their guild logo. However, like Pedro, they were ruthlessly denied by the three girls. Thus, with Mathew not suggesting a guild logo, they proceeded with the girls' suggestion.

The guild logo that the girls prepared was also just a letter "A". However, unlike Arvedar, Lony, and Roval's plain and simple suggestion, the girls' guild logo has a design in it. At the lower end of the letter "A" were fangs—four on the left and five on the right, to resemble a dragon's mouth. Then, the space in the letter "A" was designed to imitate the eyes of a dragon.

"This logo might seem simple but it has a lot of meaning in it," Talia explained. "The letter A obviously stands for ARES—the name of our guild, while the fangs represent us—the first nine members of it. Lastly, the eye of a dragon was placed at the hole of "A" to indicate that the creature that resembles our logo with its mouth opened is a Dragon. Not because Guild Leader can transform into a Dragon, but because the sole existence of the guild itself was like a Dragon that stood above everyone else."

Sabrina and Loren nodded in support as if saying that it was the proper way to create a meaningful logo for their guild. And obviously, the men were hopeless as the girls' logo were the obvious winners of guild logo selection. Well… It was not actually bad either. So, without any further objections or suggestions, the logo that the girls made became their official guild's logo.

"With the Guild Logo matter settled, let's proceed with your Pro-League IGN. I'll give you a few days to decide on your Pro League IGNs. I would be strict in this matter and I would not allow you guys to submit a Pro League IGN similar to your IGN in Bearth Online. This is for your safety, so I hope you guys understand." Pedro said as he dismissed everyone else.

Everyone simply nodded in response and said, "Yes, Guild Leader!"

Pedro could not help but scratch the back of his head and force out a smile, seemingly embarrassed and not used by being called a guild leader. Then, he said, "Just call me Team Captain or simply Captain! It's a bit awkward to be called Guild Leader."

"Yes, Captain!" Talia shouted whilst raising her hand—seemingly happy because her suggestion with Sabrina and Loren was the one selected as the Guild's Logo.

"That's better!" Pedro said as he sighed with relief. Then, he glanced to Mathew and said, "Then, address Brother Mathew as Vice-Captain."

"Meh…" Talia said as she waved her hand—denying to call her elder brother as Vice-Captain. Then, she added, "I'll pass! I'll pass! He's my elder bro after all!"

Everyone simply laughed in response. After a few words of encouragement, they all left and headed back to their training. As usual, everyone did their extreme training as soon as they were able to log in to the game.

The reason for this was because the first ones to be able to finish their 'daily in-game routine' would be the ones who'd be able to fight against Clara and Ragas in a ruthless spar. Well… Those who'd come last would either fight the spiders or Sabrina. So, there's not much difference in the difficulty of the spar.

However, Sabrina emanates weaker magical energy that provides lesser pressure to them compared to Ragas and Clara. As for the baby spiders, it was the easiest enemy that emanates no pressure towards them during battle. Thus, Ragas and Clara were the ones that Lony, Roval, Arvedar, Mathew, and Talia were fighting over to be their sparring partner.

As for Pedro, he himself returned to the Tarala Kingdom to help Aldo in crafting weapons and determine a way for him to be able to build a ship—for specific purposes later on. Pedro glanced to the Blacksmith with them and asked, "There's a massive ship made out of metal that I know. I can't help but wonder how it was made using Ore Oven… Blacksmith Prodel, do you perhaps have any idea how the gigantic ships were being made?"

The big-bodied middle-aged looking man named Prodel looked up into the ceiling and though for a second before glancing back to Pedro, while saying, "I, myself, is not familiar with how ships were made. I just heard from some senior blacksmiths in the past that most of them are made from specific Kingdoms located on another Continent—somewhere north of the Aquari Continent."

"There's no information about its production here in this continent?" Pedro asked in a slightly astonished tone.

Blacksmith Prodel simply shook his head in response and said, "Unfortunately, there's none available as far as I know. Perhaps the high ranking officials have an information or two… But for the regular blacksmiths or even the academy, there's none. In fact, even boats are being brought by sea merchants to our continent."

"We can't even make boats?" Pedro asked.

Blacksmith Prodel nodded and said, "Yes. Even I tried making one during my younger days because of a foolish dream to be the first blacksmith to successfully create a boat in the continent. Unfortunately, it did not last a day and sank to the sea. It is only then that I learned that the water from the sea is filled with magical energy. And combined with the strong waves, it was evident that the boats won't last that long."

"What if we used a rare metal ore? Won't it be able to last longer?" Pedro asked.

Blacksmith Prodel nodded and said, "Yes, it might last longer. But it would not be able to last long enough to travel even just from two places in Aquari Continent. That is why, rather than wasting so much precious ores in a boat, it was more ideal to craft weapons and equipment to be used whilst traveling by land."

Pedro nodded in response and said, "I understand… Then, if I want to learn more about ships, I should go find a sea merchant somewhere in the continent?"

"Yes." Blacksmith Prodel said in response. "That's your best bet if you are really interested in boats and ships. However… They are quite difficult to encounter, sir Aron. Most of the time, they lurk under suspicious organizations and are too slippery to catch. Well… Their goods are often dropped in bulk that is why there's no short of their goods even here in the Kingdom."

"Well… I can understand that." Pedro said. "By the nature of the Royalties and Nobles, there is definitely a high chance that their life would be put into danger if they got caught or something—just to be able to extract information regarding other continents. And as a merchant… There was almost no profit gained if they would just drop a thing or two in their partners in the continent. So, I can't blame them from acting in such manner."

"If I may…" Blacksmith Prodel said in a low voice. "I heard from rumors that sea merchants often had transactions with 'corrupt' officials and nobles. So… If you badly want to know more about the ships and wants to meet a sea merchant, it is best to 'get in the good side' of such officials. Well, it is up to you. It's not like it is a crime or something. People just don't want to get dragged in the royalties and nobles' matters. That's why most of us don't want to get involved that much with sea merchants."