Delicious, quick to eat grilled meat. The Geomchis had brought food over from Morata in order to eat. It did not matter if they wanted to eat rice in the middle of the fight with the Hermes Guild! Weed made some marinade for the meat as the Geomchis handed over their weapons and armor.
“It’s a bit worn out.”
“I just came back from the ocean. Can you fix it?”
The Geomchis took off their black armor that had less than 20 durability points left.
“It will not be that difficult since its not completely broken.”
Weed repaired the equipment to maximum durability and set a whetstone on the floor.
“Hello. You look good as a Doom Knight.”
“Long time no see, I’m Belotte.”
Pale cautiously made his way around Pollon’s camp to scout and returned.
“Euheum, the rangers of the Hermes Guild…they’re not going to be that challenging. By the way, Maylon is on today.”
“At such a time?”
“Let me see if its time yet”
Maylon was busy everyday so she decided to take a vacation for this major battle to go hunt Bar Khan. The priest and paladins from Morata watched as Weed, that they looked up to and admired, carried on in ordinary conversation with his friends.
“At such a time…! In front of such a large battle, how can they be so relaxed.’
‘Are they not scared of the Hermes Guild?’
Weed worked the whetstone as the paladins and priests came by to say their hellos.
“Hello.”
“Nice to meet you Weed.”
High level priests and paladins! They could not read the expression on Doom Knight’s Weed’s face. Weed began to contemplate his possibilities with the priests and paladins.
“Do you have everything you need?”
“Yes?”
“Would you like to have a bargain?”
Inside his backpack were all sorts of japtem and rusty weapons such as maces for priests to use. For priests, it had many divine stats that would help them in the fight against the undead. Weed had used the undead to keep fighting against Pollon’s Hermes Guild unit regularly.
“Who are they?”
“Weed’s colleagues?”
“I don’t know why they came here. Surely they’re not here to help Weed attack us?”
From the report that they had on Weed, he mostly moved alone and only had a few friends. However there were more than 1000 priests and paladins with the Geomchis that have arrived. Weed was not the type to ask for help in a personal fight. There was no way that Pollon had thought that he had called them from Morata to hunt down Bar Khan.
“I’m in trouble.”
Pollon and the users of the Hermes Guild could not believe it.
***
Every board associated with Royal Road had topics about Weed and the Hermes Guild Battle.
-The shining star known as Weed has descended.
-Isn’t the Hermes Guild the strongest guild on the Continent of Versailles?”
Time after time, Weed appeared before Pollon’s unit. Public opinion began to change.
-Weed’s true ability.
-Hermes Guild finally meets their match.
-Pollon’s prided magic, ranged, and knights group are going to fall to the undead.
-Is there really a limit to Weed’s leadership skills?
In more ways than one it was an urgent concern. The number of users that cheered for Weed was overwhelming. Broadcasters were forced to side with Weed in every battle. Just by doing that their ratings would increase 2-3 times more than usual! The broadcasters had smiles hanging from their faces.
“They just keep fighting all day.”
“Quickly finish the advertising…people want to get back to the broadcast.”
More people began to hope that the undead defeat Pollon’s unit. Every time a Hermes Guild unit died, then the audience had a heated reaction.
Weed’s reinforcements had arrived. They had a large amount of priests and paladins for healing combined with blessing and other abilities that were crucial to a prolonged war. The hosts of the stations covered this pivotal point live.
“Even if the Hermes Guild is high level, we can not ignore the fact that the priest and paladins are wearing the professional equipment.”
“Their equipment looks a bit worn out. Will this make a difference to the battle?”
“Undead and divine power will conflict with each other so it will be difficult for Weed. Could it be that the Hermes Guild holds the advantage?”
“The result will be seen from the fighting. Out of the two sides, the Hermes Guild is expected to win.”
“The undead are comprised of non user units so Weed will not retreat anymore.”
Each station had a different perspective. Most of them thought that Pollon’s unit was higher level and thus had the advantage.
***
The priests and paladins from Morata had a meeting.
“Are we going to fight?”
“I thought we were only going to hunt Bar Khan…”
The prestige of the Hermes Guild was more horrible than a legendary monster. It would result in immediate retaliation and then they would get in trouble with the Hermes Guild. It would be difficult for them to fight a guild of a large kingdom.
“But I like Weed’s adventures. We came here to hunt Bar Khan anyways.”
“Yea, we should fight anyways. I never like them anyways.”
Most paladins started out in the central continent so they knew better than anyone about the power of the Hermes Guild. Of course when they decided to follow Weed they never thought they would fight the Hermes Guild. The Hermes Guild was known for its cruelty.
“We’re already here so the Hermes Guild won’t leave us alone.”
“It would be better for us to participate in battle than for us to be alone. We should fight together.”
The priests and paladins made their decision to Weed.
“We will fight here.”
The users had made their resolution to Weed. In the inspiring atmosphere like that of a movie, Weed shook his head.
“It will be difficult.”
“It’s fine. We understand what it is like to be the ones at a disadvantage, especially if its from the Hermes Guild…”
“They’re mine.”
“What?”
“I will not concede their executions. You came late so you are not eligible.”
Weed left the priests and paladins and headed back. He shamelessly was not going to share with them. It was the same as not sending a wedding invitation to a friend that you have lost contact with for over 5 years. The Geomchis were blessed by Irene and headed over from the priests and paladins. The volunteers that came to help Weed went to an emergency meeting.
Taleukin: The armor that they’re wearing is quite expensive. It’s at least level 200.
They were analyzing the Hermes Guild as they were watching the video. KMC Media as well as other broadcasting station began live coverage the instant they found the out the information from the weapon merchants and blacksmiths of the Hermes Guild.
Pollon: Ignore it then. Their level is around 200 so their magic resistance is weak and we can just sweep them with magic.
Taleukin: That’s not what I mean. You need to understand…they are definitely wearing lower level gear. However it is significantly worn out.
Compared to the nice armor of the knights, the Geomchis looked incomparable to it. Several parts were considerably worn down or broken. It went to question how long they had been using that armor.
Pollon: Level 320 then?
Taleukin: It looks like it has high strength and agility restrictions for level 320 but their sword looks even more. At least level 350.