Arnos walked out his newly made room and went to check out the gym area. There were many guys and girls working out. They were lifting weights, running on treadmills and many more.
A muscular dude walked up to Arnos.
"Hey. You must be the new recruit, right? Look at you, you're so skinny! I think you got the wrong place man."
The guy poked at Arnos and frowned when he found out his stomach was hard and solid. Arnos didn't appreciate the guy's gesture. He still has his hood on and just glowered at him.
"Well, sure maybe you have a bit of muscle but you're still probably pretty weak, let me tell you. You're at the wrong place kid-"
"Hey! Justin! Quit picking on the kid man. He just wants to get some muscles like you." The new guy laughed.
Three other dudes came towards Arnos too. He didn't bother and slipped away.
"Hahahaha, you looking for the medical bay or something-" Then Justin realized Arnos had disappeared.
"Aye? Where'd the little guy go?"
"You probably scared him, Justin. Hahahah."
"Pftttt, awwww I didn't mean to scare him."
Then they walked off, laughing. Arnos felt humiliated but obviously now wasn't a good time to show his own capability. He needed to wait some time before showing everyone his capabilities and for them to disestablish some respect for him.
'Why didn't any of the guys help me? I might just regret joining this guild, tsk.'
He went to a nearby station and lied down. It was a 200kg weight. A few nearby people watched and snickered, others shook their heads. One guy approached Arnos.
"Hey, newbie. I think that's dangerous, the 20kg section is over there. That's 200."
Arnos couldn't contain his frustration anymore. He stood up and lifted the guy by the collar. That's when some people realized that Arnos was actually quite tall. He glared at the man and said coldly,
"Quit. Picking. On. Me."
He then dropped the guy and proceeded lifting the weights easily to everyone's surprise.
Some whispers broke out. Of course the guy wasn't stupid, clearly Arnos wasn't as weak as he seemed but his pride overwhelmed him.
"Hey! Don't you know who I am? I'm an Elite."
Arnos was wondering what Elite meant when a woman walked in.
"What's all this commotion about?"
The lady had a stunning figure but seemed to look very cold. Many people lowered their heads.
The guy turned around and sweat appeared on the back of his neck.
"Uh-um. Scar-Scarlet. This newbie was messing with me."
"Oh. Really, an Elite like you? Was getting messed by this guy." She pointed at Arnos.
"Well, no but like.."
"Everyone go back to your workouts. Liam stop messing around or maybe I'll just have to demote you to Uncommon."
"Of-of course."
"And you. New guy, Silent User was it. Hunter wants you. Go to the main room."
Arnos nodded, he silently left the room. Then he remembered that there were different status's in a Guild. The highest being Guild Leader and the lowest being Standard.
Standard
Uncommon
Elite
High Elite
Elder
Guild Co-Leader
Guild Leader
Arnos opened the map he had and made his way to the hall. It was completely different to what he'd imagined. There were no chairs or tables, just a big empty room. Well that was until Hunter switched on a switch and the table just grew out of the ground.
"I'm glad you could make it. Please sit down."
Arnos sat down quietly.
"I need to give you a status and I already know what to give you but, since you wanted a low profile. I'll be giving you Standard. If that's okay with you."
"No that's fine, thank you. That's actually great."
"Awesome, if you want to raise your status, you just have to beat someone of the status you want. I know your potential and your true skill though, so I'll be putting you in the A team. Even if people will judge you. I hope you well. Tomorrow we will be having a mission. So do wake up early, and meet us here. Thank you Silent User, you're dismissed."
Arno left and went back to his room. He was thinking of what to do when he heard a knocking on his door. He quickly put his hood back on and walked to the door.
"Who is it?"
"HEY! Silent User! We're here to welcome you to the Guild!"
He opened the door and in came three boys. They sat down on the floor without Arnos's permission. He shrugged and sat with them.
'I guess, I should make some friends.'
A short boy with blonde hair spoke up.
"Let me introduce ourselves! I'm Spyro and I'm a Double Archer! That depressed guy over there is Colin. And that guy with the red hair is Nitro. Colin is a Double Wielder and Nitro is a Fire Maginage!"
'Wow, they're strong.'
"I'm 16, Colin's 19 and Nitro is 17."
"Oh cool, I'm 17 and you guys can just call me.."
Arnos was trying to decide is he should tell him his name or not. He decided not to.
"Just call me Silent for short. Silent User sounds too long."
"Oh okay!"
They went on to talk about some stuff. Arnos got to know them better. His first friends in the Guild. Turns out Colin was a High Elite and the rest of the 2 were Elites. They all were in the A team. When Arnos mentioned he too was in the A team too. They were very excited.
Half an hour later.
"Hey guys, we better get going. Lunch is about to start. Let's go!"
They walked as a group and for the first time in the Guild. He didn't feel alone. They arrived at the Banquet hall. There were many different tables and a long table with different foods. There was also a bar to get drinks.
Arnos gladly took a lot of food and went to sit down at where his new friends were. BUMP! A guy purposely bumped into Arnos and he spilled all the food on the floor. The hall went into silence.
"Oh man. Sorry my bad, it was an accident." The guy said sarcastically.
Arnos kept his cool through gritted teeth.
"You did that on purpose Justin." Colin stood up and said coldly.
'Justin, huh. That same guy..'
"It's okay Silent, I'll clean it up!" Spyro said.
"Nah it's fine. Why don't Justin over here. Clean it up." Nitro spoke while some fire started stirring in his hand. Before anything went out of hand, Arnos shook his head and put his hand on Nitro's shoulder.
"Hahaha. See even the new kid knows how to surrender-"
Arnos had enough he pulled out his tralent out of no where and pointed at Justin's neck. No one expected this and just stood quietly watching.
Hunter knew things had escalated very quickly.
"Everyone calm down. Justin apologize, I saw what you did."
"Let me clear things up, we don't tolerate bullying here. The next person who picks on our new recruit will be demoted."
Immediately everyone went back to their own things. Arnos had to get some new food and he sat down. It was just the four of them on that table.
"Don't mind Justin. He's a douche Elite who thinks looking down on others is a hobby. Too bad he's in the B team."
"Hey, Silent you eat so much but you're so skinny." Spyro pointed out.
"Uhhhh, I have a big appetite. Haha."
They finished eating and then they went to do their own things. Arnos was about to wash his dishes when he felt a pat on his back.
"Hey, new recruit. Thanks for helping but you don't need to wash the dishes."
"Oh, I guess it was out of pure habit." He mumbled.
"What was that?-"
"Oh nothing, then I'll be going now."
He went away and went to see who was in the A team.
There were 6 mission teams. A, B, C, D, E and F. A being the highest while F the lowest. He read on the sheet.
A Team
Hunter Rowley-Guild Leader
Scarlet Miles-Elder
Colin Windson-High Elite
Fredrick Lomen-High Elite
Landon Frice-High Elite
Lucy Ford-Elite
Alexander Made-Elite
Nitro Sheldon-Elite
Spyro Gunner-Elite
Jenny Golden-Elite
Silent User-Standard
'If you think about it.. It is kinda weird that you see all these high guys and then there's me, heheh.' He laughed.
He headed back to the gym. Where everyone left alone after seeing his weight lifting. He went on the treadmill.
He was at a walking pace when his legs started getting faster and faster. It was like he disappeared. He ran for about a hour straight at that speed before having to slow down.
"How can that guy run so fast without his hood falling?"
"Isn't he hot wearing all that stuff? He must be sweating a lot under there." A couple of people whispered, some in envy, others in admiration, and finally some in confusion.
He finished up and went to take a quick shower. It was nice and warm. He stretched a bit and went to take a nap.
He slept soundly for 3 hours. He probably would've slept more. If he didn't hear the knocking on his door. He opened up and was told to meet at the Banquet Hall.
He sleepily walked to the Hall. There were people chatting, they stopped when Arnos walked in. Of course Spyro shouted out.
"HEY! Silent! You should sit next to me!"
Embarrassed but didn't show his emotions. He sat down by Spyro.
"Now that you are here. Let's begin."
Food was brought out and served along with drinks.
"This is everyone for the A Team. As you may know, tomorrow we have a mission. We are to find the Queen Thorn Ant's Nest and obliterate the nest and the Queen. That's if we come across her. This mission will be dangerous so I hope everyone brings their gear and weapons. There will be other Guild's who want the Bounty so be alert."
"Anyways this our new recruit and our new member of the team. Silent User please stand up and introduce yourself."
"Hello, I hope to get along with everyone. I go by Silent User but you guys can call me Silent. I'm 17 and if it doesn't sound like it. I'm a guy."
When he said that part a few people on the table chuckled.
"And my Status is Standard."
A few people were genuinely confused. His friends were also confused.
"What! Hunter how could you let a newbie like him join the A Team?!"
"He's not a newbie, Landon. He is strong, Standard does not mean he is weak. Do you question my decision?"
"No, of course not."
"Then it's settled, everyone please wake up tomorrow before dawn."
They continued eating and finished up. Arnos went back to his room, had another shower and went to sleep. Preparing mentally and physically for the bloodshed tomorrow.