Chapter 98 - Hermes

"We're all gonna die," one of the higher echelon members said as tears began to flow out of her eyes just like the other members, including the guild master.

"Huh?" Julius asked in a confused tone.

"Go on, we're not scared of death! We've accepted that we might die in missions so getting killed in any occasion is fine by us!" one of them replied to them.

"What are you talking about? I'm not going to kill you, I'm not insane," Julius replied.

"Wait, what? So why did you summon all these blades?" the man in the red shirt asked.

"So that I could defend myself. Why do you think I haven't been attacking you?" Julius asked in a confused tone.

"But you're the one who started this! So just finish it!" Hermes chimed in.

"First of all, I only came here because a friend of mine was robbed. If you didn't involve yourself is such things maybe you wouldn't be at my mercy right now," Julius explained.

"Wait so you came all the way here to get revenge for your friend? What type of revenge are we talking about?" Hermes asked.

"I was just hoping that I could beat up the ones that robbed him and take the gold and leave but the more I beat up, the more people that came and now we're here," Julius replied.

"So you're not going to kill all of us?…" the young lady with the king trousers and small chest plate asked.

"No! I don't have anything against you people. Even though I don't agree with what you do, that's not what I'm here for. I just wanted to take back what belonged to me," Julius replied which made all of the members wipe their tears and get up from the ground.

"But seriously, I demand that you kick out the 3 which robbed my friend from your guild and I also recommend that you stop stealing from others. I mean I know that you wouldn't want me to come back here and repeat what took place here today," Julius said.

"Don't worry all of that will be taken care of. I'll personally return all the gold that was stolen from you as well,"

Hermes offered as he slowly walked back inside the guild building. For a few moments, yelling took place before Hermes returned outside with 3 people who he personally literally kicked out of the guild and handed the pouch of gold to Julius.

"Thank you for sparing our lives. If it wouldn't be too much to ask, would you please join our guild? From how you came on your own, I believe that you're not in any guild. We can offer you could ever ask for here, you wouldn't even have to lift a finger for the rest of your life," Hermes offered.

"Sorry old man but I actually am in a guild already. It's not for the perks they provide but so that I can get stronger, I have a certain goal and to reach it, I'll need to train every single day until I'm ready to take it on," Julius replied.

"That's a shame, are you sure there's nothing we can do to change your mind?" Hermes asked.

"Well, I'm only staying in that guild until I turn 18. So when that happens, I might come back here depending on how well your reputation is," Julius replied.

"Wait… if you're not 18, how old are you? You're probably a prodigy so you're most likely 17 or if you didn't take a single break, you would be 16 off just your looks and that sounds insane on its own," the young lady with the long trousers and small chest plate said to Julius.

"Do I really look that old?! That's great! I'm starting to look like a man!" Julius stated proudly.

"But in all seriousness, I'm 14 years old, but don't worry, I'll turn 15 soon!" Julius stated which made everyone who heard him go quiet.

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"Did I say something wrong?" Julius asked.

"F-F-Fourteen?! I think I'm going to faint. We were all helpless in front of a child who hasn't even spent 1 heat in cultivation, how can we call ourselves one of the greatest guilds in this world?!" Hermes asked in shame. Just like Hermes, everyone was equally shocked.

"Sorry, I would love to talk more but I've got to go now, goodbye," said Julius as he began to walk away in hopes that he wouldn't get chased.

"Wait! It would be rude of me not to get you a caravan to take you back to the kingdom which you came from," said Hermes as he accompanied Julius.

Once the two arrived near the end of the kingdom where the caravan drivers were, Hermes quickly talked to one of them which rushed to give Julius a ride.

"How much will the price be?" Julius asked.

"Oh don't worry, it's already been covered by guild master Hermes," the caravan driver said quickly.

"Did you threaten him?" Julius asked with an irritated face.

"I swear I didn't! I actually told him that I would pay him extra if he managed to take you back to your kingdom fast enough," Hermes argued.

"Okay then, thank you for that. Oh right, I should tell you where I want to go. Just take me to the kingdom where the 'battling barbarians' guild is located in," Julius said.

"Oh wow. So you belong to that guild," said Hermes in a lacklustre tone.

"What about it? Is that a bad thing?" Julius asked.

"We'll not really but compared to ours, they're nothing but an incest. However, there is a rumour that they have an ace member which had not been heard of for 10 years. At first I assumed that would be you because of your strength but you're much too young to be him. So I guess there are 2 ace cards in that guild. I wonder which one of them would win," said Hermes as he thought out loud.

"Anyway, come back to us when you leave that clan, we'll always have our doors open for you," said Hermes as he waved goodbye while Julius returned to his own kingdom.