Shortly after Carmen exited the area in a flashy fashion, the remaining people were once again amazed by her ability.
"The Vanguard Guild is really mysterious." Dusk Sky commented. The scene from earlier simply cemented his intent further.
If even a Guild Commander had such ability, then what about the Vice Guild Leader? Till now, no one had ever seen the Vice Guild Leader of the Vanguard Guild.
It couldn't have been Eclipse Nova since an investigation had shown that he wasn't a part of the guild. Although not part of the guild, it was already a known fact that Eclipse Nova was the boss of Guild Leader Lin Feng.
"I'm sure you have made your welcome longer than intended, Dusk Sky." Amidst his thought process, Dusk Sky was quickly interrupted by Purple Flame, who kindly reminded him to scram.
The area here was still the base of the Phoenix Guild, so for Dusk Sky who managed the Riverbane Guild to remain any longer was essentially pushing his luck.
"Hehe, relax. I'm not interested in your base whatsoever." Dusk Sky raised his hands and replied cheekily.
"My goal was only to show the Vanguard Guild my sincerity and that's done already." He then said before promptly making his exit.
A few minutes later, Purple Flame received news from the intelligence network department about the Vanguard Guild Leader's whereabouts.
"Huh, he's in Dawnshire City?" Dumbfounded by the news, Purple Flame cried aloud. She had paid such a hefty fund to recruit them, but the result was this?
"Dawnshire City. That should be the city of Silver Wind Guild." Iceheart commented. "It appears that the Silver Wind Guild is really more prioritized."
Nodding in agreement, Purple Flame found it baffling that they lost out to them. It was to the point that she failed to recognize the tone Iceheart used was laced with a hint of jealousy and envy.
'I stayed behind back then to repay the favor but the Silver Wind Guild ditched them.' Iceheart pursed her lips, having referred to the time when the Vanguard Guild was ambushed by the Lethal Corp after the completion of the large-scale raid.
Although it was done to repay a favor, she still held some hope that they might be prioritized for her action and honor. Alas, it was clear that she was overthinking too much.
Frustrated, Iceheart turned to Flame Bird and decided to use her to vent her emotions.
"Flame Bird, you have misbehaved in front of others, so you better be prepared for the upcoming training." Iceheart coolly said and used the excuse of improving combat experience for the monster wave to drag her to the training section.
Meanwhile, Flame Bird was horrified and hoped that Purple Flame would rescue her. It was just a pity that Purple Flame was too concerned about Dusk Sky's move to pay attention to her plight.
"I can't let Dusk Sky and his Riverbane Guild pull a fast one on us." Purple Flame murmured and realized she had to work hard to regain Carmen's favor.
With that in mind, Purple Flame turned around and left the opposite side of which Flame Bird was being dragged away.
'Noo, I've been abandoned.' Flame Bird cried inwardly when she saw her Guild Leader headed to another path.
"Forgive me, Sister Iceheart. I was wrong." Having realized that Purple Flame's path was cut off, Flame Bird decided to use the second strategy: begging for mercy.
"No can do." Iceheart coldly responded. "The previous raid, you made too many minor mistakes which nearly caused the run to fail. This is for your own good."
Outskirts of Dawnshire City, Watchtower Building #5
At the top of the watchtower, Carmen was overseeing the situation while conversing with someone else.
"So the situation is now, Guild Leader. I don't know how to allocate these people." Carmen sighed as she glared with an annoyed expression at the person on the video call, Xu Feng.
"I see. You're doing pretty well so far as an authoritative person." Nodding, Xu Feng lightly teased her for being headstrong when necessary.
And before she could scold or yell at him, Xu Feng continued. "I have compiled the data already and you can just assign the necessary classes on the map I highlighted in the message."
As soon as he finished his words, Carmen received the message request—this time, she opened it through her friend list. Aside from Veronica, there was another name available.
She clicked on 'Lin Feng' and opened the message.
Browsing through it, Carmen inquired, "By the way, Guild Leader. I know you told me to be confident, but are you sure I can solo the Colossus?"
"Shadow Blade did it as well." He tried to explain that it was possible.
"He didn't do it solo though. I've seen clips of it and I know you were definitely supporting him discreetly. If that counts as solo, then solo leveling might as well be called grinding with a bunch of shadow supporters." She smoothly rebuked his explanation.
What made it hard to counter her words was the fact that Carmen's base class was ultimately still a Summoner.
She might have advanced to a Voidmancer, but most of the skills were still aligned with the Summoner style.
"Fine, I'll send you a bunch of my newly crafted potions." Xu Feng knitted his brows and requested a trade window.
Sometime later, Carmen nearly emptied out his entire stash—with the most quantity being his prized EXP Potion.
He was already behind in level due to the difficulty of his Origin Cleric.
Thus, those precious EXP Potions were required to maintain the gap between the mainstream level.
"The mainstream average level is 38, but you're about to reach level 40. I'm only level 37." Xu Feng pursed his lips and wondered how lucky Carmen was.
Despite having an OP hidden class, she didn't receive any penalty or reduced experience points whatsoever. In fact, her experience point was actually multiplied passively.
"Should have grind harder and stop scheming so much." Carmen shrugged, grinned menacingly, and ended the call—not giving him a chance to respond.