Hero of Darkness

754 Setting Leadership

A supreme dungeon like the Immortal dungeon was strict on rules about the passage of groups to the next floor. Because it would greatly restrict the progress of others who were late to complete the objectives and progress.

Usually, many forces over a thousand years had used the Biggest Fist Makes The Rules approach.

But that was only applicable when there were few opponents and you had overwhelming might.

However, this caused a lot of bloodshed hundreds of times and even many saints in history lost their lives because of the fights.

Thus, it became an unspoken rule to avoid unnecessary battles because no way would someone could dominate millions of people just because they had overbearing strength. Others also had their fighters and means to get rid of the tyrant.

In the present moment, the first floor itself had over 48 saints present including the members of Misthios guild.

6 of whom were 4th stage saints while 2 members were 5th stage saints who were the hired guns of a few noble factions.

Thus, it led Kahn and the company to examine their competitors.

”Tch! Why are they here?” asked Raiden.

”It should be given. The Immortal Dungeon opens only once a year for a day only.

So no way theyʼd leave this opportunity. And unlike us, they brought their whole guild.” spoke Loki aka Ceril.

There were 32 forces with saints that came here today, many coming from across the Zivot empire.

And among them… was a group even they had to worry about.

Suddenly, a woman with over a dozen saints behind her appeared close to their group.

”Itʼs been a while since we met…” spoke Legolas as he looked at the competition.

”Guildmaster Lagertha.” he revealed the name of the leader of the opposition.

”I assume you know why our group approached you first.” she spoke.

”Itʼs obvious, you want to join forces and overpower others so our groups can progress to next floor first.” spoke Legolas with a slight smile on his face as he folded his arms behind his back.

”Youʼre right. All the saints of different forces have come together. If both our guilds join hands, we make 45% of the total saints.

We have the advantage of this big our home ground. And if we count other saints from adventurer and mercenary guilds native to Alfheim, we can easily make up to 60% of total saints.

We will be without any opposition.” explained Lagertha with a broad black battleaxe over her shoulder.

”If youʼre expecting us to take the lead, it wonʼt happen.

Although it will save some time… Iʼm not in the mood to make an enemy out of half of the strongest forces across the empire.

We should include everyone in a formal meeting and then decide how to progress.

Moreover, you brought thousands of your guild members. Their lives would be jeopardized if you make an enemy out of the wrong people.

Especially those two 5th stage saints. Weʼre lucky enough that they donʼt belong to the same force.” Legolas revealed his stance on this matter.

1 Hour Later.

A formal meeting between the leaders of all the forces, even those who did not have a Saint leading them was held at an open grassland.

”Weʼll let you decide. With all these saints present excluding us… thereʼs nothing to worry about. We arenʼt interested in looting any cores, monster corps or materials either.” he openly declared his intentions

”Then what about the floor boss?

There are too many people and not enough loot.” asked a female foxkin saint mage who was the leader of an adventurer guild.

”Like I said…

Iʼll let you guys decide. We have no interest in the leadership.” spoke Legolas.

Kahn didnʼt have the time nor the will to engage in politics over these trash resources from lower floors.

His goals were bigger and wanted to make a revolutionary product for the sake of the world by making more money for himself.

The 5 times profits couldnʼt be compared with these pesky bosses and materials.

So thatʼs why, he let others decide and fight between themselves while they watched from the sidelines.

Because the one leading the charge had the biggest headache to deal with people and forming a balance between different forces.

”However, donʼt expect us to do any free work either.

If weʼre forced to partake in a fight, we will take our share based on the input.

You better not complain later.” he revealed.

Many leaders felt good about this arrangement and agreed. Because for them and their respective forces, Misthios guild was basically leaving everything by not competing for the resources.

In the end, everyone was here to make money. The more the people, the lesser gains they had.

Hell, if a legendary boss showed up and they killed it, Legolas and his group wonʼt receive anything at all.

What these people didnʼt know… was that Kahn didnʼt need any of those resources at all.

His group was way too powerful than any of them and had the abilities of Dragons, Basilisk, Descendants of Godbeasts, Ashokvatika, Vilgax, Necromancer and True Demons.

How could these mainstream mob-level monsters compare to them?

And when the time came, they could easily detach themselves from these forces.

The 5th stage saints tried to make a firm stance but they were gradually cornered because of their lacking numbers.

Finally, all the leaders set a few rules and the arrangement was agreed upon.

And after a few hours of discussion, the 12 Valkyries was chosen to be the leader of the group despite many people from noble house forces kicking up a fuss solely due to having the highest number of saints and Misthios guild had given up their right to compete.

But Kahn wasnʼt worried.

Because the dungeon floors later would be hard to complete and low leveled forces and low-rank individuals wonʼt be able to stay for longer.

Although they will have peace and order, soon… Everyone was going to let their greed and desperation take over and create trouble.

But that would be someone elseʼs problem to deal with.

This was one of the reasons why Kahn didnʼt want to be the leader of this temporary alliance.

Kahn wasnʼt a delusional idiot to declare himself as the Leader of the Free World.

He had his own priorities but to maintain public appearances and not make enemies of half of the powerful forces across the empire who came here… he was playing along.

In the end…

All of them formed a single force and engaged in battle at the same time by activating one or two skills that the dungeon counted as actively participating in combat.

On the first floor, there were simply thousands of goblins which were eradicated in just 10 minutes.

And finally, the gates at the exit points opened.

”This is good. With this… we will be able to bypass the first 50 floors within a month.” spoke Edmund.

Now all that remained for them to do was be patient and progress. Only after floor 50, would there be any challenge left for them.

What no one here managed to sense that although they were acting as the leaders…

Someone was hiding among the millions of people. This person was the strongest among all the saints yet chose to hide in plain sight.

Waiting for the right time to strike.