the organization of the guild masters of each representative of the mirrored worlds is noted to be the strongest of the worlds. gaining power and magic control, they were believed to be of equal of the aliens who have "invaded" our country, one such is Nick, no one knows about what he does in the heart of the guildhall but whenever he comes there, he will know every secret you're hiding. some say it's the home of multiple cameras all connected inside, some say he transforms into the guildhall itself, but, whenever he goes there, the ground shakes and this has been a proven fact
I'm currently being lectured by sir Philip Ironheart, well, that's is IGN here anyway. it seems like everyone here uses their original IGN from when they played a game
"yo, Philia, do you have any information about the guild masters' assembly?"
Philia Ironheart, his little sister which is now around 21 years old, both of them grouped together when they were playing games five years ago.
"you do know that those are private matters right? and plus, even if our guildmaster talks about it I won't even utter a single word about it, us attendants know what classified information is compared to you rowdy bunch"
"H-hey! I... well yeah... probably can't argue with that, so? any missions you can hook us up today? I'll be monitoring Ron here today"
I'm quit embarrassed to say that I really am starting from the lowest... I didn't believe there was this much gap from experience...
"please wait a sec... ahh! here we go, there was an emergency on the southern part of Indonesia, I know it's kinda the middle ground of our freedom of way but the resources gathered there are quite high quality, if you want, I can search for a lower one"
wait... I don't get something
"what does that mean? Indonesia? aren't I in the Philippines?"
"ahh, so you didn't know? the mirrored worlds are the compact version of the original world, it's connected in multiple ports and segments that in turn, turns into the entrances we know and love, right now, we have ten on both the north and south America, three in Russia, one on Indonesia, three on Malaysia and three on the Philippines."
I see... so then there's multiple passages and different exits... so that's why we had some trouble in that whole incident with the extremists... if it was just one then it would've been easy to grab a chokepoint...
"We don't have much connection with the Japanese and the Chinese and our guildmaster is still negotiating with the guildmaster there, the European and the Indian opposed our guildmaster and we had no choice but to back down from it. in these cases, we could choose to negotiate some more next time or propose a full fledge war against them but I doubt that'll happen when our current guildmaster is on the throne"
"yeah... it would've been bad if he wasn't the one overseeing things, to be truth about it, we really aren't lacking experience nor do we lack power, we just don't want any bloodshed to happen, both parties agreed to it"
I guess everyone's fair game on this... both of them nod heads to each other and I just simply went with the flow
"ahh! we took a detour from the conversation, didn't we? there's a group of vampires in the south American area... I believe it's in the northern part of it? just sly in the border, can you two do it?"
me and Phillip nod our heads and took the quest from her,
Phillip briefly explained everything about the missions, since the timelines between each nation are different, duh, she informs us about the time and place it's currently happening. also, the attendant that you issued the quest to will also be helping out as an assistant, Phillip has been given a small device that can be used as a radar, he doesn't seem to understand it that much though...
"so? you're ready?"
"yeah"
there wasn't any dramatization in the design, rather, it's an open area and rather larger than any other portals like the others...
"we'll be heading in the central part of south America, our goal is around the border of north and south, I'm just making things clear. alright! let's do this"
we head to the portal without another thought, his smiling face was only visible in the light...
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we finally got out in the portal, and we're in...-
"a rainforest?"
trees surrounded the area, I don't even see any roads or pathways...
"this was made so the entrance couldn't be found, this portal wasn't within the explosion area, rather, it was in the exact opposite of the explosions so I believe that practically no one have found this yet"
wow... it's much better than the canals in the Philippines...
"if we need to, we'd have to take a leap of faith on that hillside over there"
"WHAT!? the canals are much better than this one! I'd have to jump that far!?"
"head first too or else you'd have troubles when you're on the other side"
wh-... I don't know anymore... that's probably one of the reasons why that port wasn't invaded...
"we'll be taking the forest route, and thankfully, the animals that have been tamed here already know us"
Phillip whistles with his fingers and a few birds fly off in the distance...
suddenly, a pack of Elk with different sizes shows themselves in this dense forest
"aren't you American? you should've expected this much forestry right?"
"are you kidding me? I didn't even bother with education in the first place!"
he gives me the look of disgust... hey! it was my decision! it worked out in the end anyway...
"hop-on, don't worry, these elk are really smooth when it comes to the forest, just don't let go"
"aye-aye captain"
I do as he says and dashed through the forest with relative ease. the comm started to emit static but die down after
"Ron? Phillip are you two open? respond if you can hear me"
"we're both here, we're going to the designated area, do you have any intel on the target?"
"different readings are showing up in the area, unfortunately, it may be a different group of adventurers or different monsters in the area please do be careful and don't die"
"gotcha, so Ron? are you ready to fight?"
I'm more than ready! we darted through the woods faster than ever and arrived at our destination quite quickly.
"that was fast, never thought your trainers would be that good at enhancing. anyway, we're here Philia, just say the word"
we see a hoard of Vampires in the distance... differing in races too... it might be because of the different games and beliefs about it...
"please tell me the situation over there, also, the unknown readings that the radar has been picking up has now been scanned, one's just in the opposite of where ou guys are"
"good, we won't have any trouble with it."
well? there's no good time more than ever. I dashed through the open area and began unloading everything I have
"W-wait! Ron! stop!"
they're just simple vampires, there's no need to-
"huh?"
suddenly, a flash of light crossed through my eyes, blinding me
「who are you lot?」
the light finally subsided and I was greeted with a sword in my neck
"wh- what's happening? Phillip?"
"you fool... please hand him over, he's just a rookie"
"haahh... fine, let him go."
with a forceful push, I finally get released in Phillip's side
"sorry for him, I truly do apologize"
"you do know that we're the ones whose supposed to be gathering these right?"
does Phillip knows these guys?
"Hey, Phillip, you know them?"
"yeah... unfortunately so, this group is a member of the European adventurers in their mirrored world, we've been in each other's blades when we started too. I can't hold a candle to them so it's best to just avoid confrontation against them, it won't help"
"I really am sorry for what my friend did, hopefully, you'll forgive us"
"tch-, just don't do it again, go back to your clubhouse or something, this job's ours"
"yes sir..."
Phillip was bowing... it's weird seeing them this apologetic...
"what's up with that?"
"I'll have to lecture you for the remainder of the day... haahhh... hello, Philia? sorry but we weren't able to complete the objective"
"that's fine, although you two will have to pay a fine for that or find a substitute to it. as long as both of you are alive then everything's alright"
Phillip sighs... I guess everything's my fault again ehh?...
"sorry Ron, half of it was my fault since I didn't inform you about it, but serve this as your lesson alright? I'd really hate it if my completion rate goes down even more so right now"
completion rate? there's a thing like that?
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we head back to the mirrored world and we bumped up with the two guild masters
"huh? miss Li-
"shh! are you stupid or something?"
he was whispering as if something was wrong...
"those groups are all guild masters from each mirrored world! keep your head low you numbskull!"
a-ahhh... I didn't know that...
we head to the guild hall where the meeting should be taking place? everything is still normal... I wonder why?
"oh! I'll be taking the compensation. anyway, Ron, you didn't bother the guild master today right?"
she looks pale..."
"oh trust me, he almost did it... anyway, why did the guild masters create a meeting here anyway? there's gotta be a better spot right?"
"even I don't know about that. so? are you both taking again today?"
"not now, I have to lecture this kid for the entire three hours"
"oh my... I pray for your safety Ron, Phillip, please pull some punches"
"oh I don't plan to, this will be his punishment for making me fail"
he's making a scary face... god please help me...
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guild heart, worldwide server.
"thank you all for choosing my guild hall, but might I ask, why? the European one's much better than here"
"it's this or the shit service that we'll receive there... so? did all of your places also get invaded? Shiro? did you have any troubles?"
"we had but it wasn't as dangerous compared to what we heard from you all, my only problems is the government finding out our entrances..."
"I see... what about you Chenxi?"
"we didn't have any problems with the extremist like you all but we had some problems with the government. it seems that all of our entrances are now breached and we can't enter nor exit the area without opening the worldwide server... it's thanks to Nick for approving it for me"
she bows and we continue our topic with haste
"so the Chinese server are now in trouble... we'll be helping when we can, do you all have any problems with that?"
we all shake our heads and resume to the problem...
"Lin, would you kindly please explain what happened in your server?"
"alrighty then. as you know the European server, my mirrored world took some heavy blows in the whole invasion, thankfully there were only a few deaths and we manage to obtain some useful information along the way.
it seems that the extremist is in a cult of their own called the god stars, some of the most popular religions like the INC are having problems with the god stars, even recording a few religious shifts along the way. I have no idea of where their base is but from knowing that the Chinese and the Japanese servers are having minimal troubles that involve these extremist, then we can confirm that those with different beliefs aren't affected"
"which says almost everything about it... also, I'd like to correct something sis Lin, I didn't have any problems with these extremists per se but I can deduce that they're involved some way or the other, they probably informed our government to pursue my people and create anarchy within my knowing"
"ho? then forgive me for my miscalculation then, but the fact is still in court here, how do we suppose to counter them? without hurting our servers of course?"
Lin and Chenxi has both taken major damages compared to ours, the Japanese servers in prior will be targeted next I assume...
"Shiro-san, mind if we check on your world next? I know the Chinese server is also in trouble so the matter will be yours sis Chenxi, although... what about the central server? such as India and the others?"
"they still want to exclude themselves as expected... sorry brother Nick but I can't get a hold of information... same with brother Shiro too..."
Shiro nods empathetically...
"then we don't need to trouble ourselves with that, are we clear?"
the three of them nod and we continue to our usual friendly talk
"haahhh... anyway, with the serious conversation out of the way, mind teaching us more Nick Sensei?"
"yeah! brother Nick always have something to teach us!"
Shiro just nods...
magic in earth, compared to the world of Laplace is much more versatile and convenient but having a harder grasp in understanding the other point of view, in simpler terms: the first method is easy, the second method is harder than possible
I learned from Tion that we already had compatibility with magic in the first place, although we need intense focus to manage to control another type of usage...
I sense magic and I can see the trails of the last battle, how they were used and what time. with Tion's help, I managed to learn another one a year ago, I can now emit electricity and control where the pass as long as it's still connected in the line. as such, I can now paralyze enemies within a radius of a hundred meters or control simple electronics
"sorry but I can't teach you all anything, I don't even know what I'm going to do with it..."
"aww... that's a bummer... anyway, I'll be helping bro Shiro out for a while and check things out tomorrow, what about you two?"
"I'll be with Nick for the meantime, I have some research to do in the Elitia project"
"that floating ship? if that was finished we could escape in everything happening right now... anyway, Nick-san, Lin-san, have a nice day"
"you two too."
Chenxi walks with Shiro out of the server with the savepoint integrated inside the building. that savepoint portal really does seem convenient... if only we could create those much more frequently...
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"the guild masters have been up there for quite a while... o-oh! miss Guild master! how was the meeting?"
"it was so and so... it wasn't really anything special, did my members somehow screw some people here? I heard there was some argument in central America"
"O-oh! is that it? we had some trouble but there weren't any incidents, rather, we were thankful that it was resolved quite peacefully"
the European server is quite harsh but their strength is nothing to scoff at, we might win in a group battle but in terms of one on one, we would lose without even managing to fight back...
"gahhh... I knew there was something amiss back there... but let's just forget about that alright? they don't mean harm, just... a bit thickheaded... anyway, mind guiding me to the ship?"
"ahh yes! right, this way please..."
Philia's still quite nervous when I'm around... haha... I hope Tion is well