Chapter 439 Heroic Rank Gathering [Pt 3]

Chapter 439 Heroic Rank Gathering [Pt 3]

"I'll get straight to the point."

The Guildmaster closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. His deep tone perfectly represented the mature features that were vividly outlined on his face.

"Congratulations on joining the highest echelon in this trade we call Adventuring."?He said, looking at the three newcomers.

—Jet, Lux, and Sebas.

In his eyes, all three were splendid. They would make for good candidates to succeed him once he no longer occupied the position of Guildmaster.

'I'm not growing any younger. Someone will have to step up eventually...' He often said this as a joke, but he genuinely meant it.

He—Richard Lysth—was not as strong as he was in his prime.

After reaching the pinnacle of strength, the only place you could go was down. As such, his abilities were already showing a rapidly growing rate of decline.

He didn't think he would last another decade before he had to permanently retire from this position.

'To do that, though, I need a capable successor.'

Before the advent of the three newcomers, he only had Noah and Britta, and just a month ago... there was only the latter.

The numbers had increased so much in such a short span that he couldn't help but be relieved.

'Is this some kind of sign?' Richard thought to himself with a wry smile. 'It seems my time as Guildmaster is coming to an end sooner than I imagined.'

He just had to choose his successor before then.

'I can't choose any of the Vice Guildmasters, so it has to be one of these ones.' Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

The operations of the Adventurer Guild was too vast for just one or two people to properly manage. As a result, there were five Vice Guildmasters in total.

Two belonged to his faction, and they wholeheartedly agreed with his decision to seek an heir outside the administrative system of the Guild.

However, the other three didn't like the idea at all.

They insisted that whoever would run the Guild after the Guildmaster retired had to be a qualified person who was already in the Guild's framework.

The 'qualification' for such a position was—unsurprisingly—being a Vice Guildmaster.

Their reasoning wasn't unfounded, though. Based on the records of the Adventurers City, this had always been how things were.

The role of Guildmaster wasn't one that could be handled with muscles alone, but brains. As a result, Vice Guildmasters were traditionally chosen to fill up the position of their predecessors.

"I went to the Grand Calamity Class Dungeon to observe it again."

He wasn't lying.

Richard had a policy about honesty that he never broke. As a result, he was able to get the trust and respect of everyone around him.

Honesty really was the best policy!

"Yeah, no shit! There's no way observing it would have caused you to be so late!" Britta yelled with narrowed eyes.

Richard gulped.

"Come on, just give it to us straight." Noah sighed. "We can handle it."

Beads of sweat formed on his face as he sighed and decided to come out with it.

Honesty was the best policy, except in situations like this.

"I... got lost." As he said this, there was a moment of silence dedicated to his statement.

It didn't last for very long, though.

"Again?"

"What the hell, man?!"

"I can't believe this!"

"Right? Every time! Just go with a staff or something!"

"Exactly! EXACTLY!"

Richard couldn't help but sit still and accept everything thrown at him with a smile on his face.

'I'm sorry, everyone. It's my fault... haha...'

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