Chapter 1064: Nara Group Guild Alliance

It only took them a few more minutes before they had a full offer ready to be presented.

It was drafted by someone in their Guild, and the beastkin maid presented it to Karl with a reverent look that said she would not hold it against them for using her as a test subject.

Karl unrolled it, as they had written the offer in the form of a scroll, and looked through the terms.

{Nara Group Guild Alliance Offer}

{The Nara Group invites the Darklight Host to join as full members of their Guild Alliance.

Included as basic terms of the Alliance are:

⇒ Protection services should the Darklight Host or its members be challenged or attacked by Guilds outside the Alliance.

⇒ 30% off wholesale price for raw materials from the Allied Guild Warehouses.

⇒ Open access to the Guild Alliance Dungeon team organization board.

As additional terms to the Alliance, the Nara Group requires:

⇒ Open access to new items created exclusively by the Darklight Host

⇒ Purchase order priority for Epic Grade and higher crafted items before they are placed on the open market or at the Guild Store.

⇒ Wholesale Pricing on Epic Grade and higher items crafted by the Darklight Host.

The Nara Group additionally offers:

⇒ Open access to Totem Rank and higher item drop bidding.

⇒ Once Weekly escorts through Totem Rank and higher Dungeons for Darklight Host members of suitable ability, free of charge.}

Karl read through the scroll, and had a few questions.

“How does the bidding for Totem Rank items usually work in the Alliance?”

Hugo, the oversized mage, smiled proudly as he answered. “Normally, the only ones with the right to bid are those in the group, and if they don’t need it, the next offer goes to those at or above the level of the item with an associated class. It’s our way of making sure that items make it to the ones who need them first.

Also, the bidding is not done with money or items of value. We only trade opportunities. A priority spot on a Dungeon team, our bidding spot on another item, and so on. For you, I suppose that it would be fine to trade favours, as you are the only Totem Ranked crafter in the Guild at the moment.”

Karl smiled. Being able to trade things he could make for things he wanted would make his life much easier.

Deve, the Druid, nodded in agreement. “It’s how we maintain our power. Most guilds hoard items, or let members do so. If we’re not actually going to use the item, it goes to bid. Thanks to that, we’re one of the best geared alliances around the eastern shores of Lake Naraleddum.”

“Can I have a moment to confer with my Guild members? I don’t see this being an issue, but they might see something that I don’t.” Karl asked.

“Of course.”

Karl passed the scroll through a small opening into the Tiny World so that everyone could read it on their own.

“Your control of transport magic is impressive. What is your portal range?” Hugo asked.

Karl shrugged. “Intercontinental, if I keep the portal small. I’m not particularly well travelled, but I have no problem reaching back to the Kabtumia Continent, where I was born.”

The Myths all paused to stare at him.

“That is absolutely broken for a Totem. Not just that, but it would make the exile process completely redundant. We’ve recruited a few Overlords into the Guild Alliance who arrived close to the bottleneck, and if it was so easy to just go back when they reached Totem Rank, most would have.

Fortunately for their home nations, none of them were mages to guide the spell with a group of Totems backing them.”

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Karl chuckled. “Every so often, I send care packages home of items suitable for my friends at home.”

“What nation are you from?” Deve asked.

“The Golden Dragon.”

The Druid nodded. “That explains your fondness for Priestesses.”

“When you start out not expecting to make it above Commander Rank in your life, a friend who can create food is an important travelling partner.” Karl agreed.

Deve snorted in amusement. “That’s a concern at every level. Hell, if it wasn’t for the Dragon Clerics, half of the Guilds would starve.

The area around Lake Naraleddum is an unofficial war zone. There are constant monster spawns, over a dozen high ranked Dungeons just within walking distance of the city, and the highest concentration of psychopaths and narcissistic losers on the continent.

But the opportunities are so good that we still stay.”

[The terms look good for us. Even Rae is happy with them.] Dana informed Karl, so he could take the scroll back.

Karl took the scroll back from the Tiny World and signed it, then shook hands with the Guild Leaders when the System Notice appeared in all their interfaces.

{System Notice} The Darklight Host has joined the Nara Group Guild Alliance.

Karl saw a whole new category of System functions appear for him, including the Alliance storage area, the Dungeon Team signups, a bulletin board, and a separate Alliance Leader chat.

Moments later, the Darklight Host’s section of the board begin to autopopulate, based on what was in their Guild Store Inventory.

Karl also noticed that he could access the Guild Store inventory again. The Guild Houses of the Alliance members served as a bridge of sorts, shortening the distance between him and the bank location.

Or perhaps it extended the distance you could access the Store from?

Either way, it worked, and now Remi could start loading in all the stuff she had been stockpiling. As could Rae, though she just put a bunch of stuff into the Guild House storage with labels for various members.

There was immediate celebration in the Guild Alliance chat channel, and the Darklight Host’s Guild Bank balance was increasing at an insane rate.

Not even the Commander Rank healing potions were safe.

“You guys really were short on crafters, weren’t you? They’ve bought over a thousand healing potions in the last minute, and the store put a ten per customer limit on them.” Karl laughed.

The Guild Leaders shrugged. “Not everything is done in a group, and if you don’t walk around with a cleric beside you all the time, it’s good to have potions on hand.”