Guild Boss's Ambition

She murmured for a moment, then smiled: "Would you like to have dinner together today? It's my treat."

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49. World Tree (White Night)

(white night)

What is the significance of the tree of life?

I looked at the towering building opposite the stone house, and my heart was filled with a strong sense of rejection.

I seldom feel repulsed by something unfamiliar and strange. Most of the time, I always have a strong curiosity about the world. But no matter in the past when my soul was intact or in the present when it was damaged, we all agree that we have not yet come to the right time to explore this mysterious castle, just like a child who has just learned to dance with a sword should not set foot on the battlefield of nature's wrath.

But for Ulu, I still had to come to this unknown territory ahead of time.

And the worst thing is that the person we are going to meet today is the head president of the Tree of Life.

The president of the Tree of Life is named Fubinn-Fama. The name alone means that she is a farmer who grows beans. But once you know her true identity, you can't help but think of the fairy tale called The Beanstalk. The boy in the story grew magic beans and embarked on an adventure, and finally snatched the hen that laid golden eggs and the harp that played good music from the giant.

Who is the giant? Who is the hen? Who is the harp?

Why would a girl use a boy's name?

Did this story happen in Ms. Farmer's life?

The most intriguing thing is that Ms. Farma, who is at least 400 years old, is a dwarf, a race that has long disappeared from the continent. The average size of the dwarfs is only the size of an adult human's fist. But despite this, Ms. Farma, as the president of the Tree of Life, is still a terrifying figure. Many wars in history have shown that she is a powerful enemy.

"If I have the chance, I really want to dissect a little human."

"It doesn't matter even if it's just a corpse."

"well……"

"There are more and more creatures that we want to dissect, but the supply of materials is far from enough—"

"Uru~ Uru~ How are you going to compensate me for my loss~"

With all sorts of complicated thoughts in my mind, I walked side by side with Ehard and Heloise into the Tree of Life. Unlike the usual bustling scene, the Tree of Life Guild was not idle during the war. Most of the adventurers had already left the city to carry out their war missions, and the one who was responsible for welcoming the three of us was a slim red-haired girl.

"Hello, Luo Jun'er, we are here to see your president today. Is Ms. Fama here?"

"They are—"

Luo Jun'er did not answer directly, but looked at me and Heloise with an inquiring look.

Seeing this, Ehard did not doubt him and introduced them directly, "These two are our adventurers. The one with goblin ears is Heloise. She is now my personal bodyguard. The one standing next to her is Ms. Maria. She is a platinum-level water magician. I met them both on the battlefield by chance, and therefore I have something to discuss with your president."

"Something?" Luo Juner asked, "What is it?"

Contrary to the style of the legendary guild Tree of Life, the poster girl named Luo Juner seemed to be particularly talkative.

But our Ehard was obviously a little impatient with the other party's excessive curiosity at this time. The girl showed an apologetic smile and said in a tactful tone: "I'm sorry, Luo Juner, I want to wait until I see Ms. Farmer in person before I can explain in detail about this matter. Can you please arrange a meeting with Ms. Farmer as soon as possible?"

Unexpectedly, Luo Juner was still unusually stubborn and asked questions thoroughly: "Excuse me, everyone. The president has been very busy recently. If you want to meet with Ms. Fama, I think it would be best to let Luo Juner do a simple risk assessment for you first, and then arrange a meeting time based on the urgency of the matter."

Faced with Luo Juner's uncompromising attitude, Ehad turned his attention to me.

I thought about it for a moment, then smiled at the red-haired girl and asked, "Excuse me, where is your president now?"

The red-haired Luo Jun'er did not suspect anything, and after a moment of surprise, she replied, "In the president's office on the third floor."

"um. Thank you."

Having said that, I turned around and walked towards the stairs to the upper floor. After noticing my behavior, Ehard and Heloise followed me very cooperatively. The three of us walked quickly. Luo Juner, who was tricked by me, immediately ran up to us in a hurry, and his loud voice attracted the attention of the entire guild.

"Everyone in the Stone House! Please respect the rules of our Tree of Life!"

As soon as the poster girl said this, two burly men suddenly appeared on the second floor and blocked our way, while the adventurers downstairs also showed off their weapons and cast unfriendly looks at us.

For an adventurer's guild, apart from the guild president who holds the highest authority, the people who must not be offended the most are the hostesses who work hard to serve the adventurers every day. If anyone displeases the hostess, it is like poking a beehive on a tree. In people's subconscious mind, women symbolize land and home.

Protecting your home and protecting your wife and daughter mean the same thing.

The women in the family are the most important assets of the people.

And causing dissatisfaction among their entire guild is exactly the effect I want to create.

In the eyes of most service providers, all rude guests must be treated with priority and caution.

Aren’t we expecting the other party to handle the situation with the utmost priority and prudence at this moment?

If I just use the title of Stone House to wait for an appointment with the president of Tree of Life, who knows when I will have to wait?

So, I turned around and ordered Luo Juner in a deliberately cold voice: "We need to meet your president as soon as possible."

Because of my commanding tone, Luo Juner's expression was not very good. She glanced at Ehard, put on a very forced smile, and said in a veiled way: "In less than a year, your Stone House is in its heyday. It seems really unwelcoming to let me, a little showgirl, entertain you──"

Seeing this, Ehad immediately apologized and said, "No, no, our two families are only a few steps away from each other. How can it be considered as being rude? Besides, we only violated the rules of the Tree of Life because we were impatient."

Although her actions lacked the demeanor of a Stone House president, this kind of arrangement of one person playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop is also a good model. Anyway, I'm used to being the ugly guy and she likes to be her hero, so the division of labor is clear. The most important thing is that each of us can get the results we want and not mess things up.

After hearing the knight girl's apology, Luo Jun'er's face looked a little better. She looked at me and snorted coldly, tossed her long ponytail, turned her pretty face away and said, "I'll go ask the president for you. You wait in the lobby first."

Having said that, she walked up to the third floor with impatient steps.

As she passed us, she grumbled, whether intentionally or not.

“Really…these two are both like this…they always give me the difficult work…can’t they have a sense of responsibility…it’s already wartime…and one of them is lying in the locker room drinking…and the other one is staying in her room all day pretending to be busy…I really want to send them both to a nursing home…ahhh…”

The red-haired poster girl's complaints made me think a lot. According to my understanding of the adventurer circle, ordinary immortals usually have a few quirks that humans don't have. Rather than saying they are quirks, it should be said that time has magnified their characteristics to a level beyond the standard, like the magic beans vine that has grown into a spectacle that reaches into the clouds because it has no lifespan limit.

For example, the Lord of Surut, as a dwarf who has been alive for thousands of years, has an extremely strong vanity.

His vanity is to achieve greatness. He has a great imagination for himself and he will do anything to fulfill this great imagination. He has done very well in the field of war, but I think he still wants to have a happy and enviable marriage. Before that, he needs an epic romantic love.

It’s a pity that, from my observation, his luck with women is pretty bad.

However, that doesn't mean that all immortal species have strange temperaments.

For example,

Ok……

Ok……

I have to admit that the immortals I know are all weird guys.

"Ms. Maria, you really dare to do this. Aren't you afraid that Luo Jun'er will trip us up?"

Under the gazes of many people who wanted to kill someone without paying for it, Ehad, who was sitting with me in the lobby, gave a bitter smile.

"Then why did you follow me just now?" I asked her back.

"Wouldn't it be the worst scenario if you rushed in alone?" she asked again.

I laughed off her distrust and changed the subject: "There shouldn't be any special relationship between us in the Stone House and the Tree of Life, right? But from the conversation between you and Luo Jun'er just now, it seems like you two are quite familiar with each other? Could it be that this is another good friend you found by flirting with other girls? It's true that it's fun to have a harem, but remember to stop when it's enough──"

At this time, the high elf with goblin ears also agreed with me seriously: "Master Ehard, as the saying goes, lust is a sword above your head. Heloise also thinks that you should learn to be pure and abstinent."

"What the hell is a harem!"

Ehard rolled his eyes at me and clarified, "I became friends with Luo Jun'er because her guild was right in front of our house. When I was little, I was naturally curious and would run over to the other side to have a look. But when it comes down to it, when I was a kid, I only came into contact with the poster girls and adventurers here at most. I didn't know a big shot like Ms. Fama at all."

"You don't understand at all?"

I asked doubtfully, "At least you have attended some large inter-guild meetings, right?"

Hearing this, Ehard also looked confused. "For some reason, every time there is a large meeting of the sixty-four guilds, Ms. Farmer is absent. No matter how big or small the matter is, Helena always attends the meeting on her behalf. In the three years since I became the president, I have never even seen Ms. Farmer in person."

At this point in the discussion, Luo Juner, who had just gone up to the third floor, appeared at the stairs. She walked towards us quickly with a bad look on her face, holding up her slender waist and reluctantly said, "Ms. Fama said she can see you now. But don't say I didn't warn you. Our president is a very willful person. Laws and conventions mean nothing to her."

After saying a few words of tsundere concern, the red-haired girl tossed her ponytail and turned around to lead the way for the three of us.

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50. Dessert Country (White Night)

(white night)

Unlike the solid stairs in the Stone House, the spiral staircase of the Tree of Life is a wonderful journey. The stairs are surrounded by colorful plants and exquisite murals with rich stories. If you appreciate them carefully, you will find that each step of the stairs is a new chapter of the story, and the journey from the first floor to the second floor is a mural of the Creator creating the world.

In addition, the story from the second floor to the third floor is the birth of mankind.

The first intelligent human couple were called Adam and Lilith.

According to the murals, Adam and Lilith were the original purebred humans.

Later, the two of them fell in love with each other, had sex and gave birth to their own children. However, the human race was weaker than other creatures that appeared in the prehistoric era. Therefore, the God of Creation specially created a demigod giant named Philae for them. The giant was brave and invincible, and protected the purebred humans to become the strongest overlords.

The story of the third floor ends here, and we did not go any further up.

After leaving the staircase and walking in the corridor, I approached Luo Juner and said, "What a strange story. This is different from the Genesis that people usually come into contact with. Do these murals have any special meaning to your guild?"

Luo Jun'er led the way and replied indifferently, "I don't know. The murals on the stairs were already there before I came to this guild. As for whether it has the special meaning you mentioned, I don't know. You can ask the president herself and other elders in our guild instead of a young human like me."

Before going to the president's office, I want to gather as much information as possible.

Therefore, I changed to a more relaxed tone: "In your opinion, what kind of person is your guild leader? I heard that she is a dwarf. Wouldn't the adventurers in your guild feel strange about such a leader?"

"Strange? Miss Maria, why do I feel that you are a little strange? Why do you have so many questions?"

Although she was just a receptionist, Luo Jun'er still impatiently rejected me as a guest.

From this, it can be seen that in the Tree of Life, the power of the poster girls is probably not small at all.

For example, the woman whom Ehard called Helena had the power to attend public meetings on behalf of the guild master.

However, with the precedent of Uru in our Stone House, it is not difficult to understand why other adventurer guilds now make use of their own image-bearing maidens. Even though the image-bearing maidens lack combat capabilities, they will not have much impact on planning and making suggestions. Their own lack of strength can be completely supplemented by external forces, and they don't have to do everything by themselves.

A general only needs to know how to talk about war on paper.

Facing Luo Jun'er's question, I answered directly: "The reason why I have so many questions is that I am very curious about your guild and even your guild leader. It has been four hundred years, and your guild has written countless glorious histories for the city of Mopolis in these four hundred years. However, what puzzles me is, what exactly is your guild's intention?"

"attempt?"

Luo Juner frowned unhappily: "Your Excellency is making our Tree of Life sound like a conspirator."

"No no no."

I quickly explained my meaning: "This is just a neutral term. Any behavior has a motive. I don't think admitting that my behavior is motivated is equivalent to having a conspiracy. For example, our Stone House has the goal of exploring the unknown world and maintaining the development of civilization, and I firmly believe that your guild should also have a great business policy."

Politeness in words always makes people happy. After I softened my attitude, Luo Juner of the Tree of Life finally put away some of his hostility and said arrogantly: "Although we are both adventurer guilds, I don't think the Tree of Life is on the same level as you and other guilds──"

At this time, President Ehard also added: "Luo Jun'er, I can't pretend that I didn't hear what you said. What do you mean by you and other guilds? What do you know about our Stone House? In terms of seniority, the history of our Stone House is a little longer than your Tree of Life. We are the elders, and you are the younger generations!"

I couldn't help but blurt out in admiration and joking: "What a big tone you have, President Ehard."

Luo Juner crossed his arms in displeasure and walked faster: "Tsk - it's just an old antique guild that almost went bankrupt. What's so great about it? If the older something is, the greater it is, then wouldn't all the humans in the world who only live for a hundred years be mediocre? Wouldn't it be better for all those heroes and great men to become immortals?"

I looked at the red-haired human poster girl and said with a smile, "However, in terms of statistics, the length of a person's life is indeed directly proportional to their ability. How many of the great men who have left their names in history are humans and how many are immortals? The reality is that most short-lived species are a weak group, and the innate advantages of immortals allow them to accumulate more wealth and achievements."

Hearing this, the red-haired girl with a ponytail glared at me as if she was hurt.

However, she did not refute me, but continued to lead the way for us in silence.

At this time, it was Heloise who refuted me. She said in a serious tone: "Ms. Maria, I don't think that the greatness of great people does not lie in their abilities. Greatness has always been the will itself, not the grand and magnificent results. Greatness is the belief of people in every choice, and it is a kind of transcendence above history."

But before I could respond, the discussion about greatness was interrupted. Luo Juner, who was leading the way, stopped in front of a pair of huge leaf-green doors. She gently knocked on a door on the left and shouted inside: "Doudou, the guests from the stone house have arrived. Are you ready to receive them? One of them, Maria, is an annoying woman. You can handle it yourself!"

After shouting, Luo Juner pushed open the two huge doors on the left and right, shook her ponytail, turned around and left the scene.

Seeing such a bizarre situation, Ehard and Heloise looked at each other in bewilderment.

Ehad: "Does this mean we can go in on our own?"

Heloise: "That human named Luo Jun'er is so rude and impetuous, just like us goblins."

I smiled bitterly and advised, "In short, let's stop saying bad things about others in other people's places, okay?"

After a moment's pause, we, led by the president's daughter, entered the president's room one after another. As soon as we walked into the two huge doors, we were immediately hit by a sweet aroma like honey. Our sight was instantly confused by the colorful and childlike decorations. We felt like we had entered a children's fairy tale world, not the president's room of the Tree of Life.

In addition to the bizarre decoration, the most eye-catching thing is a table full of desserts.

The desserts on the table were not ordinary desserts. Not only were they made from the finest ingredients, but they were also exquisitely crafted. Just by looking at them with the naked eye, one could tell that they were all top-notch delicacies with good color, aroma and flavor. However, looking around, each cake had only a small hole on it that had been eaten by someone──

No matter how you look at it, this table of cakes is not meant to entertain us.

From this, it seems that the owner here would probably prioritize satisfying his own selfish desires over the desires of others.

At least this little person named Ms. Farmer is not a selfless philanthropist.