( Floor 21 )
The True Elites were not the only guild to sense the weakened hold of the Olympians over Floor 21.
After Liam's attack, there were many who were waiting for the 45 days raid-free period to expire, so that they could mount a challenge of their own for the floor, which resulted in over a dozen factions gathering on floor 21, an hour before the raid-free period expired.
"Holy hell.... I thought our army was massive. However, look at the size of the army beside us...." Erin commented, as he pointed towards a particularly large faction which seemed to have gathered over 30 million soldiers for this raid.
The atmosphere on Floor21 was truly tense. With the leaders of all major factions holding an impromptu meeting, to try and solve this issue through dialogue.
Of the 12 forces gathered, 8 were not large enough to qualify for a floor raid and hence not a candidate for consideration, however, the four remaining ones were large factions with genuine grievances against Olympus.
Apart from the True Elites Guild, there was an army of Dark Elves, The Pandora Guild and followers of the Church Of Cowards, who had gathered on floor21 for the raid.
"Please withdraw from this raid.... This is a personal matter for us True Elites, as one of our own is being held captive within the underground prison of floor21.
This is a must win war for us" Karna said, bowing his head before the other leaders, as he requested for them to withdraw from this raid.
"Impossible, just like it's personal for you, it's personal for us Dark Elves as well.
Our princess was killed by Perseus five years ago.
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Today, he must pay the price for his crime in blood–" The dark elf leader said, as he seemed to be as passionate about punishing Perseus as Karna was.
Should you wish to collaborate.." Karna proposed, as his proposal caused the other three parties to pause and ponder.
Usually, the biggest priority of any faction launching a floor raid was to control the floor after winning and then exploit it's resources to get wealthy.
However, with Karna offering to give up the True Elites Guild's share of the spoils and the control rights over the floor, the other parties began to ponder if a potential alliance was a good idea?
What Karna did not cleverly clarify however, was how there were other stakeholders from Earth taking part in this raid, and how the share of the True Elites Guild was already low.
While Karna was ready to give up their share of the spoils, it did not mean that the other guilds from Earth supporting him would also get nothing, as any party collaborating with them would only get the share promised to the True Elites Guild, which was less than 25% of total asset value.
"I accept! A coward always finds strength in numbers. I will never deny having additional 25 million men join my cause, as it will only further improve the survivability of my faction" The leader of the cowards said as he extended his hand forward for Karna to shake.
"Glad to have you aboard" Karna said, shaking his hand, as with the two biggest numerical factions joining hands with one another, the other two factions felt pressured by their alliance.
"I would have taken that deal too, however, there isn't enough profit for me to join this raid after the Cowards already have, so I'm going to take my chances with the administrator" the leader of the Pandora Guild said, as she sighed in regret over acting too late.
" We need the help of no faction to exact our revenge, as humans will only slow us down.
We would rather fight alone–" the leader of the Dark Elves said, as amongst everyone present, he seemed to be the only one who was genuinely not interested in joining hands with Karna.
"Very well, let's let the tower administrator decide who gets to launch this raid amongst the three of us then" Karna commented, as the three remaining factions waited patiently for the raid-cooldown period to end, so that they could formally apply for a fresh challenge.
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