Victoria was standing in front of Elliot and 100 guild members who were assigned as Elliott’s guards.
“What is the meaning of this, Victoria?” Elliot asked.
When Victoria returned to the sky castle after patching up with Zach, Elliott was waiting for her at the guild entrance.
“Where have you been?” Elliott asked with a serious look on his face.
“I was… uhh… on the surface?” Victoria replied awkwardly.
“Victoria, you may be the vice-captain of the guild and second in charge after me. But that doesn’t mean you can go anywhere without my permission,” Elliott asserted. “You have to inform me at least.”
“I was on the morning patrol,” Victoria uttered. “Recently, I have encountered many of my schoolmates and classmates, So I was wondering if there are more. I wanted to invite them to the guild.”
Elliot let out a deep sigh and said, “I think it’s about time we stop accepting the players from your school or class.”
“Why?” Victoria furrowed her brows and asked, “It’s not like there is any limit to the number of players we can have in the guild.”
“There may be no limit on the guild members, but our resources are limited,” Elliot asserted. “We don’t have food or lodging for everyone.”
“…”
“And we haven’t created this guild to babysit low-level players. For today onwards, we will only accept the players who are minimum at level 25 and have at least one battle skill and one class skill,” Elliott declared in a loud voice.
“What would you do if a player died because of us? When we are on the battlefield, we can’t keep an eye on everyone. We first need to protect ourselves, so we can protect others. Imagine, if a player dies because of us, would we be able to forgive ourselves? I certainly won’t be. I will have to bear the burden of that player. There is a limit to what one can do. We cannot save everyone, but we have to save who we can. But first, they need to learn to protect themselves,” Elliott asserted in a solemn voice.
Everything Elliott said was reasonable, and it sounded logical, as though he was genuinely worried about other players. His every word had deep meaning behind them, as though he truly cared about his guild members.
However, everything was a lie, a sham. Eliott didn’t mean anything he said. His words had no feelings or emotion. He was simply using those words as a reason not to recruit low-level players.
“Also, every guild member would now be forced to participate in the guild events.” After a brief pause, Elliott continued, “We are now at top 2nd position in the guilds. We have to surpass the number 1 guild.”
“… I understand,” Victoria nodded.
“You bet, you do” Elliott stared at Victoria for a while and glanced around.
He asked the guards to leave him alone with Victoria.
“I will leave for my daily training,” Victoria informed.
“Wait, Victoria…” Elliott called out to Victoria and said, “Have you thought about it?”
“Thought about what?” Victoria asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“My confession,” Elliott responded in a calm voice. “I heard you broke up with that pretentious boyfriend with an inflated ego. Now you are single, right?”
“Oh!” Victoria sighed and said, “My answer is still no.”
After Victoria joined Elliott’s guild when it was at 173rd position in the guild ranking, Elliott confessed to Victoria. Victoria, obviously, rejected him because her heart belonged to Zach. But Elliot gave her some time to think about it.
Since that day, Elliott has asked Victoria the same question 21 times, and Victoria has always rejected him. And every time, Elliott replied with the same thing.
Elliott frowned his face and said, “You are not thinking clearly! I will give you a few more days to think.”
After that, Elliot left.
SIGH!
Victoria sighed and uttered, “I am glad Zach asked me to join his party. I can’t wait to leave this guild.”
“You are leaving this guild?!” A voice exclaimed from behind Victoria.
Victoria turned around to see Natasha standing in front of her with a baffled expression on her face.
Victoria sighed in relief and nodded, “Yes.”
“Are you leaving because Elliot keeps asking you to go out with him?” Natasha asked with a curious look on her face.
“That’s one reason, but I am leaving because I am joining Zach’s party next week,” Victoria answered. “But don’t tell anyone about it, okay?”
“Oh?!” Natasha exclaimed. “So you patched up with Zach?”
“Yes.”
Natasha smiled and said, “Good for you.”
Victoria smiled back and patted Natasha’s shoulder after saying, “You are a good girl.”
Natasha watched Victoria leave for her daily training. Then, she glanced around and frowned her face. She clenched her fists and uttered, “Bitch.”
‘I was only acting good with you because you were the vice-captain. I thought I would get benefits if I stay close to you, but if you are leaving, then you are useless to me.’
Natasha began walking and made her way to a certain room.
‘If she leaves, I am sure Elliott will make Shay the next vice-captain, and I can’t let that happen!’
Natasha looked at the two guards standing in front of Elliott’s office and muttered, “They will leave for a patrol, and the next team will come after a minute.”
‘I will have one minute to enter Elliott’s office.’
Natasha waited for a while until the guards left. Then, she rushed to the door and entered Elliott’s office.
Elliott had just entered his office, so he was standing. Seemingly, he was walking towards the table.
Natasha closed the door behind her and locked it. She purposely made a loud noise so Elliott would turn around and look at her.
‘If I can’t use that bitch! Then, I will use Elliott!’ Natasha asserted inwardly.
Elliott turned around and looked at Natasha.
“Umm…” He raised his brows in confusion and said, “You are…. Natasha, if I recall correctly?”
“Yes,” Natasha nodded.
“May I ask what are you doing here?” Elliott looked at the time and said, “Visiting hours are at noon. If you want something or have a request, you can come at noon.”
“Are you sure?” Natasha smirked at Elliot and began taking off her clothes.
“What are you…” Elliott wanted to stop Natasha, but he lost his sense of speech after seeing Natasha’s naked body.
Natasha walked up to Elliott and wrapped her arms around his neck.
“Umm…” Elliott couldn’t take his eyes off Natasha’s body. “I…”
“I have something important to tell you. But before that…” Natasha pushed Elliott on the couch. Then, she pulled down his pants and sat on his lap before saying, “Let’s have some fun.”
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30 minutes later, Natasha came out of Elliott’s office.
‘He was definitely a virgin! He was so bad that I had to take the lead.’ Natasha sighed. ‘He came in two minutes and couldn’t even get hard again for the next five minutes.’
‘Out of all the boys I have had sex with, Shay was the best.’
Natasha frowned her face and muttered, “That reminds me of the time where I tried to seduce Zach, but he turned me down and called me a slut!’
This was Natasha’s true self.
She never lost her virginity to Shay. In fact, she mixed a drug in Shay’s drink and took him to his room. Then, she r*ped him.
She planned to accuse Shay of r*ping her and blackmail him to get money from him. However, her plan failed because she was alone in the room when she woke up the following day. She had no proof of anything, nor could she provide any physical evidence.
She had tried to make a move on Zach many times after she found out Zach had won the lottery, but Zach wasn’t the type of person who would be swayed by the beauty of the girl.
When Zach said, ‘Besides, it’s not all about a girl’s beauty. They could be ugly personalities behind their beauty.’ to Aria, when they were rating each other, he was referring to Natasha.
Natasha played the victim and tried to gain sympathy from Victoria. She knew that Victoria was feeling down, and she chose that moment to strike the hammer and gain her favor.
She suggested Victoria to talk with Zach because she thought Zach would reject her and Victoria would feel more sad. Then she would console her and become best friends with her.
However, her plan failed because Victoria successfully patched up with Zach.
But now, she has Elliott dancing on her fingertips.
“Now, even if that bitch leaves the guild or Shay becomes the vice captain, I will use Elliott. I will become the main mastermind of this guild,” Natasha declared with a vicious grin on her face.
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Author’s Note- I was going to end volume two with this chapter, but I thought it would be too short for a volume, so I decided to add one more arc.
Also, how many of you actually felt sorry for Natasha when she was first introduced and hated Shay even more? Have your thoughts changed now?
PS- Don’t hate Victoria