The Immortal Player

When Pedro returned to his VIP room, he isolated himself to the discussion area and messaged Mathew about ARES Guild and Pedro's plan to recruit new members. Pedro told Mathew to contact his closest of friends and ask them if they would want to become a part of their guild.

Pedro did it this way so that Mathew could have a few trustable men under him in the guild. Whether they are also professional players of VR Games or not, Pedro did not care that much because they would most likely end up assisting Mathew in managing the guild.

Well… It's not because Pedro was a bit lazy in managing the guild matters because of his past experiences. It was just because he also had a responsibility that he needed to fulfill as a member of BHO.

As a matter of fact, he was considering leaving the shackles brought by the Bearth Human Organization. His actions are often affected by the fact that he is someone from BHO. Thus, things and situations became difficult for him from time to time, which should not be, because he was nothing but a player after all.

Responsibilities such as being a Hero and saving the NPCs are not something that he should carry in the first place. Although Players fight monsters and evil entities, it does not mean that they are bound to do so for the NPCs.

And like what he had experienced so far—from Werewolf Tam and the United Asian Force, he knew that Players were not bound to choose the good side… nor the bad side! They can even create their own sides if it was the most convenient thing to do.

That said, Pedro decided not to leave BHO for now. He needed BHO to retain the ownership of the ships, and consequently allow him to travel through seas. On top of that, He barely had any influence in strongholds. His status/rank in BHO is his ticket from going in and out of strongholds, especially Kingdoms while obtaining the NPCs' favor.

So… Since he won't be leaving BHO any time soon, it was only ideal to leave the management of the guild under Mathew. This way, the development of the guild would be continuous—even if Pedro is not around.

As for the other members of his guild, it was divided into several groups—where some are directly under Pedro, while the rest are managed by Mathew.

Pedro's team is composed of Sabrina, Aldo, and Loren. They would be the Head Team and would be oftentimes traveling with Pedro. On the other hand, Arvedar and his friends would also be directly under him—since they are under his observation because of the case concerning Fate and Faunia. But… Arvedar would lead his friends and form a separate team—where Pedro would often give them special tasks, or in short, The Special Forces Team.

As for Mathew's team, Talia would be his member—consequently forming a two-man army team. Under Mathew, there is a Logistics Team that would be temporarily led by Ashley and has Elisabeth and Charlotte as members.

While Pedro's Aunt Veronica would be the Guild Manager of both the ARES Guild and the Oran Gutan Guild. And lastly… Since the ones who would fund the Gaming Organizations he was going to build were his parents, he decided to ask his mother to become the President of the Gaming Organizations.

Well… Pedro was the Guild Leader after all. So, he planned to give the President position to his mother. This way, he won't be troubled by the matters concerning advertisements or such in the future and could just simply focus on playing the game.

That said, although the major roles were already set. Their guild does not have that many members. So, Pedro decided to start increasing their number through Mathew's closest friends.

Unfortunately, recruitment of other top-ranking players in his past life would only be possible after he fully recovers in real life and be able to establish a Gaming Camp for their guild. After all, professional players of VR Games often require a complete facility that they can use for their development.

Since Pedro was yet to establish the Gaming Camp for his guild, he had no choice but to hold of the recruitment of top-ranking players in his past life. Besides… He wanted to establish the best gaming camp he could provide so that it would be easier for him to lure more strong players.

Fortunately, Mathew seemed like he had no problems with Pedro's task. However, since Mathew was in the wilds and was fighting monsters non-stop, he can only invite his friends later on—when they can freely log off the game.

In response, Pedro messaged him that he was not in a hurry. At the same time, Pedro also said to him to recon back to the Tarala Kingdom and help suppress the monsters coming from the west. This way, they could clear out the western area outside the Tarala Kingdom's walls—which would be used as the land area for the adventurer's guild.

Of course, without the need of being instructed twice, Mathew, Loren, and Sabrina started to advance to the western gate of the Tarala Kingdom. With Sabrina's Eagle Form and her pen-knives, the volume of monsters charging to the west of Tarala Kingdom had drastically decreased!

This, in turn, eased the defense duty of the Kingdom Soldiers in that area. This matter eventually spread to the other soldiers and the high-ranking officials of the military—including Duke Ersi who even sent a messenger towards Pedro to simply express his gratitude for Pedro's help.

On the other hand, Pedro could not help but smile and said, "Everything is going according to plan! I just need to wait for Duke Ersi and Duke Albert's arrangements, then we could proceed to the next step of establishing the Adventurer's Guild. That aside… I did not think that establishing the Adventurer's Guild would be such a difficult thing to handle… Anyway, I hope that I would be able to find NPCs who have a high mastery in terms of combat, potion-making, and crafting weapons and equipment. It is one of the critical and important parts in establishing the Adventurer's Guild."

Since he had nothing much to do at this moment, Pedro had decided to roam around the Kingdom instead. This way, he could personally visit blacksmiths, potion makers, and such. Who knows? He might even be lucky to find some of them who would even be able to willingly join Pedro and his plan.

He left his demi-human slaves in his VIP room with Clara, who was comfortably resting in the bed. Thus, Pedro was only left with Ragas as his bodyguard. And the first place they visited in the Kingdom was a shop called, Olan Shop.

"What can I do for you, young man?" The five-foot-tall man said as Pedro and Ragas entered the Olan Shop.

Pedro simply scratched the back of his head and said, "I am here to meet the shop's blacksmith! There are some matters that I would like to talk about with the blacksmith!"

The five-foot-tall man simply burst into laughter and said, "I am this shop's one and only blacksmith! The name's Olan Kaffen! How can I be of help, young man? Feel free to tell me what business do you have with an old and unsuccessful blacksmith like me?"

"U-Unsuccessful or not, it does not matter!" Pedro said. "Anyway… I would like to ask you if you could teach me the basics of being a blacksmith! O-Of course… I would not ask for your help for free. You can just kindly name your price."

Old man Olan could only shake his head in response and said, "Teaching the basics, huh? Unfortunately… I am not that good with teaching! So… You can simply observe me work later on and just purchase the sword I would make afterward."

"I see…" Pedro nodded with a smile on his face. Then, he said, "That won't be a problem! Then, I would be in your care!"

"Good, Good, young man!" Old man Olan chuckled. Then, he glanced towards Ragas and asked, "By the way, is he also going to observe with you? My workshop is kind of small… It would be a bit uncomfortable for me if the room would be crowded as I work."

"No worries, Sire! I am the only one who would be observing your work." Pedro explained as he glanced towards Ragas. Then, he said, "He is my guard. He would probably stay outside the door of your workshop so that you would not feel uncomfortable. I hope that this arrangement is alright with you."contemporary romance

"Of course, Of course! If he is your escort, then you can simply let him wait outside. There won't be a problem with that!" Old man Olan simply said with a calm demeanor. "We'll start as soon as my grandson arrives with the materials we are going to use. I hope that you have no problems with that, young man."

Pedro simply shook his head in response and said, "Of course! I have a lot of free time today, after all!"

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