Dark Magus Returns

Chapter 1080: Dark Guild Rankings

Just from hearing of the strange ranking system alone, Raze was pretty shocked. He knew other guilds did these types of things. It gave a reason for members to strive to rise up to contribute to the guild.

Positions gave people power, and it allowed them to help and guide those lower than them, giving them even further room for growth.

The thing was, this type of thing only occurred in guilds that had a large amount of members. The Dark Guild couldnʼt have been that large, and the reason was simple.

For one, it was an underground, secret guild. They didnʼt have a true base of operations, they also didnʼt have funding of any sorts. The regular rewards and prestige that individuals got by joining a guild wouldnʼt be achieved with the Dark Guild.

Then there was the biggest issue that was looming over their heads. It was the fact that the Dark Guild was to be kept secret, and the only way to do that.

The only people that were allowed to join the Dark Guild were those that knew how to use Dark Magic. A forbidden magic that if caught knowing it, would force an individual to be taken away by the appropriate authorities.

Raze had given Harvey the order, to grow the Dark Guild secretly. Using the police files and the other techniques and things related to Dark Magic, they would train their members in the various skills.

At most, Raze thought that maybe they would be able to gather twelve, and that was on the high side of his estimate, but for there to be over six hundred members...

They were bigger than some of the medium-sized guilds, and would be a true force to be reckoned with, depending on the star level of the individuals who were in the guild.

ʼ600 members, what did Harvey do?ʼ Raze thought. ʼI can only assume that the Dread Magister is Harvey. Only he had the power through his position to locate those that had a chance of learning Dark Magic... so how did he manage to grow the guild in such a short amount of time?ʼ

”Yono!” Raze called out.

”Dark Spirit, please!” Yono shouted back as he lifted his head and placed his hand across his chest. ”You are not to call me directly by my name, that is far too embarrassing, and not a position worthy for me, please call me Shadow Acolyte.”

The way these people were dedicated to him, Raze wasnʼt used to it. He had never run a guild before. The only thing he was in the past was a professor, and no students were this loyal to their teachers... well, apart from one individual.

”Shadow Acolyte,” Raze called out, feeling a little embarrassed just saying those words, but he continued. ”I need to speak to the Dread Magister, and call the Nightcallers here as well. There are important matters that I need to discuss with them.”

There were a lot of questions that Raze wanted to ask about the guild, but he thought it would be best to ask the person directly.

Truth be told, he was half expecting if he had appeared in this strange location that they wouldnʼt even be present, since he was arriving at a time unannounced and not their usual meeting period.

”Certainly, sir! The Dread Magister said that you would arrive. Which is why we Shadow Acolytes have been on shift protecting this place and overseeing it.”

”This is why itʼs such an honor for someone like me to bear witness to this, this might be the only time I get to see you, Dark Spirit, it was an honor.”

With those words said, Yono stood up, and he had vanished off. Raze figured it might be a while until they arrived, so he started to think about what he needed to find out while he was here.

In his mind, there were three main objectives that Raze wanted to complete. First, he wanted to find more information out about breakthroughs.

He had only been able to achieve his own breakthrough with his Dark Core once. If he was to battle ahead, he would have to further figure out how to use it.

Some time had passed, and he was sure that there might be more information that he could gather, especially from the military, and last time when he was with Kelly at the academy, he figured there might be a person that would be able to help him with certain matters.

As for the second thing, he wanted to find out information about the leader of Alter, Heino. A mage that was able to use time magic so powerfully had to be written down in some books or files somewhere.

Since Raze had no idea about such a person, then it had to have been a mage that was before his time. It didnʼt make any sense, since Raze was already an old man, so any mage would be long dead.

But he figured if there was a powerful mage that could play with Time magic in such a way, then it wouldnʼt be far-fetched to think an individual could use time magic on themselves. Lastly, there was the gathering of items. This was important because he needed high-level equipment in stones and equipment itself to be used to create items equivalent or at least that would give them some type of edge when fighting against Alter.

This was going to be hard because the easiest way in Razeʼs mind was to attack one of the bigger guilds and steal their items. Now, knowing they had six hundred members at their disposal.

Maybe it wouldnʼt be as hard as he initially thought.

ʼI want to complete everything in two days. The funeral is in three days, but I need time to craft the weapons that are needed.ʼ

After finishing his thoughts, Yono had returned, and he was in the same position as last time.

”Dark Spirit, I announce the arrival of the Dread Magister, and the Nightcallers! I will now take myself out of this meeting. Fear the unseen, for we are always near.” Were the last words from Yono, like it was some type of phrase, and like that, he was gone.

Instead, two cloaked individuals walked in, both of them repeating the same phrase.

”Fear the unseen, for we are always near,” A voice said.

Making Raze wonder just what the heck was going on.

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