Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 194 Audience with the Wild

The top three guilds of Amerkan are offered quite an alluring incentive by the country for one reason, and one reason alone — they wanted their country to have the best of the best. The country offers anything, monetary, privileges, land; as long as it could be discussed and negotiated, the country was willing to give it… especially the top 1 Guild.

Those who belong in the ranks of the best are decided by both the government as well as the citizens — strength, feats, and popularity are usually what they are judged on. And recently…

…Wilder's Harem has been climbing up the ladder like wild.

"I hope you got all of that, because I am not going to explain it a second time — I don't even know why I'm here, I already know what the outcome will be."

Hannah, who was seated at Rhys's desk for some reason, stood up from his chair as she finished explaining some brief information as to why she was there,

"You should be grateful that I'm even willing to come here, Wilder — this is honestly some grunt work someone in the lower food chain does."

"...But aren't you a receptionist, Ma'am?" A small smile crawled on Rhys's face as he looked at Hannah.

"That's right," Hannah almost smirked as she put another piece of gum inside her mouth, "I'm the most important person here — without me, none of you would have become Explorers."

"Come to think of it…" Adam, the new guildmaster of the Cerberus Guild, squinted his eyes as he stared at Hannah; pushing back his glowing green hair to get a better look at her, "...You were the one who gave me my license way back when I registered as an Explorer."

"Damn right I am," Hannah scoffed as she also looked at the guild masters of Ages of Men and Stoneheart guild. Cillian really only winked at her, while Esme bowed her head, "You all should know your places. I'm not just any receptionist, Wilder… I'm The Receptionist."

"...Right," Rhys just breathed out and nodded as he took a seat at his desk. Ayesha, Katarina, Lina, and Maria stood behind him as he did so; their eyes all squinted and their eyebrows lowered as they seemed to judge everyone else in the room. Katarina, however, was only focusing on one person — Emilia.

Katarina knew how much Rhys used to dote on his sister. He wasn't talkative at all in the past, and yet he always seemed to mention his sister during his visits to her clinic; she was practically his foundation, his tower, the reason why he was getting off the bed each day… but then Katarina watched the video of her saying that the tragedy of what happened to them was Rhys's fault.

There may come a time when Rhys forgives her, but Katarina would never — and she even had the audacity to stand beside their mother's killer?

"If I may be so blunt," Adam cleared his throat before raising his hand, "At the risk of sounding like our previous guild master, and I have nothing against Rhys at all, nothing. But…

…Rhys's feats are his own and not his guild."

"Hm…" Everyone turned to look at Adam as soon as he said that.

"By all means, Wilder's Harem is impressive," Adam continued, "They are basically an army that raids the Underworld, but the number of Holes they've dived down to can probably just be counted by hand."

"Well…" And surprisingly, Esme suddenly spoke up, causing everyone in the room to turn quiet; her bright glowing white hair, almost reflecting in everyone's eyes, "One could argue that Rhys is the Wilder's Harem himself. You mentioned his feats, but his feats alone put most of the people in this room to shame…

…perhaps even me."

Rhys could really only stare back at Esme as she looked at him. Esme's overall aura and ambiance right now were rather casual compared to when he first met her during the tragedy in the city of Mankappan, but Rhys was not forgetting that Esme is still considered to be the most powerful Explorer in the country.

In fact, it actually would not be a lie to say that the strongest people of the country were currently present in Rhys's office right now. Esme was at rank no. 2 in the world, Adam was at 10, and Ayesha was ranked 14.

"Rhys not only managed to survive an encounter with a god not once, not twice, but thrice," Esme continued to speak while still looking at Rhys, "And… not to mention he sort of tried to save me back in Mankappan. He—"

"Well, that's good and all…" And while everyone was careful not to interrupt Esme as she talked, Hannah did not seem to care at all as she even popped her bubble gum as she talked over Esme,

"I actually have a feeling I really am wasting my time here — You're not really interested in all of this, are you, Wilder?"

"It… is not that I'm not interested," Rhys closed his eyes and let out a very long and deep sigh as Hannah stood in front of his desk, "But Adam is right, I don't think it's fair and just to even consider Wilder's Harem as one of the top three guilds, or one of the top guilds, for that matter. For one… I'm just a Level 3 Explorer."

"We can work around that with our mutual friend," Hannah placed her hand on her desk as she popped her gum again, "I am sure he will be more than happy to help. I don't even know why he likes you."

"...Your father has helped me enough, Ma'am."

"Th—I told you not to call me Ma'am!" Hannah lightly slammed her palm on the desk before pointing at Katarina and Maria, "You two need to control your man. Maria, I can understand since she likes being controlled and chained. But you, K…? What happened to—"

"You're not here for me," Katarina did not let Hannah finish her words as she just glared at her… hard. She was already pissed that Rhys's sister was just casually there, and so she might have inserted more feelings into her glare than normal, which caused Hannah to slightly back away and just roll her eyes.

"I was wondering about that too…" Rhys then breathed out, "...I can understand why you're here, Ma'am — but why are important people like the guild masters of the top guilds here?"

"Oh, I shall answer that…" Cillian clicked his tongue several times as he stood up from the sofa, "...I wanted to meet you again. I told the two in the group chat that I was going to visit you, and they said they also wanted to do the same — and it's a happenstance that a piece of information fell upon us that Ms. Hannah here is visiting you too, so…

…we decided to all go together."

"...Why does everyone seem to have a group chat these days?" Rhys could really only blink a couple of times as he glanced at Katarina and the others, who also had a group chat where he was not included, "And… why did you want to meet me, Sir?"

"Please, just call me Cillian, or Cilly, if you want to be silly with me," Cillian let out a coquettish giggle as he looked Rhys in the eyes, "And I just wanted to see you to glance at that perfect face again. And now that I've had my fill, I'm good… I'm only staying for the drama."

"Right…" Rhys just nodded awkwardly before turning to look at Esme.

"I wanted to see how you were doing," Esme shrugged, "The last time I saw you, you were being carried and dragged away by Arachnea. Honestly, I considered you dead then — and as I said earlier… I'm here to thank you for trying to save my life, even if it wasn't needed, I truly appreciate it."

"He has a habit of doing that," Ayesha breathed out and remarked, "Lost an arm and a leg to save me, even though he didn't need to. Big fucking balls, though."

"I'd bet," Esme smiled before shaking her head, "And also, I'm also here to know how strong you truly are, Mr. Wilder. For all these women to be so submissive and caring for you, I truly wonder just what secrets you hold. They can't all be here just because of your godly looks."

"My secret…" Rhys also smiled, "...They are my secret. I'm…

…only here because of them."

"Then if you do not mind, since we are already at the boundary of the Danger Zone…" Esme stood up from her seat and looked Rhys in the eyes,

"...I would very much like to have a friendly spar with you, Mr. Wilder."

"Going straight for the Boss?" Ayesha smirked as she stepped forward.

"I only feel it right, we are both guild masters, after all."

"Then—"

"If I may rudely intrude," Adam once again raised his hand to speak, "Before all the shit goes down, is it perhaps alright for me and my… associates to have a private audience with Mr. Rhys? I am actually here not just for myself, Emilia has…

…something she wishes to say to her brother."