As if planned in advance, the party ended three hours after sunset, and the guests began heading home. It gave the Mayor plenty of time to get his overnight guests settled, and it gave everyone else time to get home and get to work on time in the morning.
"Guild Leader Karl," the Mayor called as they stepped inside. "Is there a particular reason that your group chose to come here now? No offence, but you’re a long way from home, and this is not one of the weaker countries that might have issues with the leftover monsters."
Karl nodded. "Indeed, it is not random luck that brought us here.
You see, we are actually scouting out new locations for Guild Houses. We currently have three locations, all in the eastern isles, and we were hoping to spread the influence of the Darklight Host a bit further.
Some of our members will be moving to Cyhosasa, to fill in while the Supreme Lady is busy, but our crafting halls are crowded, our membership roster is getting full, and it is inconvenient for customers on the other islands to purchase what they need.
We have employed skilled professionals in nearly every major trade, you see. We’ve even hired spiders who specialize in silk production to create retail grade products, while Lady Rae focuses on the higher end custom pieces."
They had also needed them just to keep up with the volume, and the spiders were happy to have a safe place to spin the cloth, while the spider beastkin enjoyed working with the fine quality materials.
"Ah, so it’s a matter of Guild Logistics. Do you know what is going to happen in Cyhosasa? I heard that the Supreme Lady has advanced, and that she will be spending less time there."
His question sounded suspiciously ambitious to Karl, but he couldn’t see how it would help a young dragon.
Perhaps he was asking for an Elder.
"I believe that she intended to have one of her Immortal friends come back and watch things in her absence so that there wasn’t a power vacuum with her gone." Karl offered.
He had no idea what she planned, but her branch was very small. He should talk to her about that.
The dragons all stopped to stare at him. "Call on an Immortal friend? Is she still in contact with Immortals who have left the world?"
Karl nodded. "Indeed. I know that she keeps in regular contact with at least a few. But that’s largely for practical reasons, as at her power level, she can only interact with the mortal world so much before she starts to destabilize it."
The older dragons nodded. They knew how things were, and that the power of a Supreme Ranked being was never meant to be more than an anchor for the world. She was already at the level where she could reshape the world to her will if she wanted.
"If that is the case, then I can see why you would want to add an outpost here on the western islands. Did you have somewhere in mind?" The Mayor asked.
"I was thinking of looking somewhere in Zararag. The Dwarves are particularly well suited to Runecrafting, and that is the core skill of equipment making." Karl replied with a shrug.
The Mayor sighed. "The dwarves get all the good things." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚



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