Chapter 91 - Ungrateful

"What happened?!" Ozel asked as he ran to take Cece out of Julius' hands.

"I'm not really sure. She said something about a single monster being stronger than a couple of different monsters in a dungeon," Julius told Ozel.

"What?! You guys ran into a single monster dungeon? Well, that was unlucky. Those things are pretty rare," said Ozel as he walked up the stairs of the building of the guild and took Cece to a room so she could rest while he figured out what took place at the dungeon.

"So how did you manage to get out of Cece already passed out?" Ozel asked Julius once he returned after putting Cece to rest.

"Huh? I killed of course, what else could I have done?" Julius replied nonchalantly.

"So you're saying that you took down a beast which put Cece in the state she's in now on your own without a weapon?" Ozel asked sarcastically as if he was stating an unbelievable thing.

"Yes I did… what of it? Is that supposed to be a big accomplishment?" Julius asked with a straight face.

"Y-You've got to be kidding… Jun, would it be okay if I were to test him? His life might be put in danger though," Ozel asked as he turned to his old friend.

"Knock yourself out. I didn't train him for 10 months straight for him just to die to some dungeon," Jun replied to Ozel which the guild master walked towards a board in the first floor of the guild building and took of a single piece of paper on it before handing it to Julius.

"Show this to one of the caravan drivers and he'll take you to the precise location. Once you're there, you'll be able to challenge the dungeon. If you manage to come back alive, I'll have no choice but to accept you to be stronger than everyone in this room except myself and Jun of course," Ozel told Julius.

"So you're telling me to risk my life just to prove something to you? Although you said that it would make me stronger than everyone in this guild except you right?" Julius asked.

"Nope, I said everyone in this room. The real powerhouses of this guild are off in missions so that would exclude them," Ozel replied.

"Okay fine, just give me the paper," said Julius as he snatched the mission paper out of Ozel's hand before taking some gold out of the large pouch he had brought in and headed for the door.

"Hey kid! Learn some manners," said Ozel as he stopped Julius from walking out of the room by grabbing him by his shoulder. However, Julius' instincts kicked in which made him duck down so that the hand wouldn't be on his shoulder. Next, Julius placed his palm on the guild's floor before bringing his foot up to Ozel's face as if to kick him before stopping once he realized what he had done.

"Sorry," said Julius as he stood up normally once again before leaving to go on his mission.

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"What was that?" Ozel asked as he turned around to face Jun.

"What are you looking at me for? You're the one who challenged him? Look Ozel, he's not some arrogant kid that goes around treating others like trash because he believes that he's better than them. No, that's not true at all. He knows he's better than them. Yet in most cases he tries to act like a kind kid which is all the more reason not to get in his way when he's focused. Because if you were to do that, even you would… die," said Jun which sent shivers up everyone's spine.

"I guess there's no point in fighting it any longer I guess. I'll just have to accept that you created a monster that has surpassed even you and I," said Ozel as he went back to the front desk area to sit on a stool beside Jun so that they could continue their conversation.

"Say Jun, why don't you start your own guild? I mean that boy will eventually turn 18 so he can leave my guild and join yours as your right hand man. It's not like you're too old either, most of us guild masters are users of the meditation technique so we live for much longer than the regular people. There's no reason for you not to start your own guild, just to make things even worse for us, you're a great teacher so you would no doubt raise a couple monsters just like that boy," Ozel told Jun.

"Look old friend, I don't have a secret teaching technique which turns the average loser into a king over night. Most of the time, I pick those who're clearly talented and I make sure they work hard. Doing that, I make sure they polish themselves but in truth, they were always gems, just gems that needed a little cleaning," Jun explained.

"Say Jun, do you think anyone here is a gem?" Ozel asked.

Jun looked around yet he looked clearly disappointed.

"Sorry to tell you but none of them are gems. I guess with hard work they could grow to be strong but it won't be anything compared to those who are talented but also work hard as well. The most problematic part is that instead of going on missions they just sit here all day drinking booze until they pass out, maybe if they worked harder, they would be at least twice as strong as they are now," Jun stated.

"Twice…?" Ozel said to himself before growing extremely red in anger as he stood up to face his guild members.

"Get up! All of you!" Ozel yelled at them which made everyone of of them sober and followed his instructions.

"You've been blessed to gain an analysis by Jun, from this day forward, there will not be a single day where you don't take a mission! You lot are too lazy, maybe if you didn't drink all day, we would be able to take down the 'levitating light' guild! Now get out right now!" Ozel yelled which every member of the guild got up from their tables which had been installed recently after Julius had broken them before going up to the board to take a mission and head our before Ozel could kill them.