( Rocky''s POV )


    After his lunch with Buhara, Rocky took a quick shower back at his apartment within the Upside and returned to the True Elites Guild, looking prim and proper for the meeting with the Guildmasters.


    Rocky had half expected that his presence would not be taken seriously by the various Guildmasters, just like it wasn''t during the meeting for the monster raid. However, this time things seemed to be different.


    After his performance in the monster raid, the view that the various Guildmasters held towards him seemed to have changed a lot.


    No longer was he viewed as a young brat who was out of his depth while making war ns, as this time around everyone seemed to respect him and also attach gravitas to the words that he spoke.


    When he spoke during the meeting, everyone else went silent and respected his words, which was a refreshing feeling for Rocky since he did not expect to be treated as an equal.


    Nearly 90% of the meeting with the Guildmasters was carried by Karna, who exined the final war n to all and negotiated the final demands of the various guilds to be a part of this raid, which gave Rocky a rare opportunity to observe how real world negotiations went and how a good leader managed everyone''s expectations without creating too much friction between parties.


    During the negotiations, Karna made it explicitly clear to all who were present, that the safety of his own guild was his first priority and that should things start to go wrong, he was not going to hesitate to pull off from the battlefield alongside the rest of his guild.


    With this warning made clear, Karna also agreed to split the rewards generated from this raid equally with all other guilds participating, while also agreeing to distribute future administration rights over Floor 21 equally amongst all should they win.


    The remaining 10% of the meeting was conducted by Rocky, where he discussed a potential gambit that could either make this raid a cakewalk or fail horribly.


    Initially, a few Guildmasters approved of the n but wondered who would be foolhardy enough to carry it out. However, when Rocky revealed that the fool''s gambit was going to be undertaken by none other than himself, everyone went silent.


    Nobody had expected the Champion Of Gemini to risk his life for such a dangerous n, however, nobody was against it either.


    Noone present within this room belonged to the Church Of Gemini and hence while they respected Rocky, they were not devoted enough to him to the point where he came before their own self interests.


    Since he had volunteered to take on such a dangerous mission, the others did not wish to protest his decision, however, they did ask him to reconsider his choice out ofmon courtesy.


    "I thank you for your considerations, guild masters, however, my decision to go through with this n is irond.


    It''s my sister that the Olympians have kidnapped, not yours.


    And I will not forgive them for it" Rocky said, reassuring all that his decision to go through with this dangerous gambit was final.


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    After the meeting with the Guildmaster''s was concluded, Karna had to head off into the meeting with the rest of the guild as he briefed them about their roles in the uing war.


    Unlike the political atmosphere of the meeting with the Guildmaster''s, the meeting within the True Elites Guild seemed to be charged with a patriotic atmosphere, as every team leader present within the room seemed to be genuinely bubbling with rage.


    It had been almost a year now since Riva had been kidnapped and the entire guild felt her absence every single day that she was missing.


    For the True Elites, this floor raid was more than just taking their revenge on the Olympians or Saving Riva, as this was a test for the guild''s core beliefs, whereby they said ''One For All and All For One''.


    If they failed here, the guild''s morals were sure to degrade and the True Elites were sure to slowly degrade into bing just another normal guild, which is why this floor raid was an existential challenge for all guild members, and they understood it well.


    "Don''t worry guildmaster, whatevermands you give us, we will execute them to the T, even if you ask me and my team to be prepared for the ultimate sacrifice, we are prepared to die if it saves the life of our fellow guild members"


    "Don''t worry, guildmaster, even if every single Elite has to kill over a dozen Olympians for the sake of Riva, they will not fail their goal.


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    There is no way we will fail this mission".


    "Don''t worry, guildmaster! The Olympians will realize their mistake when the wrath of the entire guild is expressed individually through each of our members….. For we shall fight like there is no tomorrow–".


    The various team leaders assured Karna that no matter how big their responsibility was, they would not fail theirmands as this raid meant too much to them and their team on a personal level for them to fail here.


    Reassured by this attitude, Karna did not find any need to pump up the room with a motivational speech as everyone was already as motivated and charged about this raid as they could be.


    As Karna assigned them their roles, every single team leader swore to not fail him as their infectious enthusiasm caused even Karna''s blood to boil in revenge by the end of the meeting.


    With the roles assigned and the war supplies already prepared, Karna concluded the day with the message that they were going tounch a floor raid tomorrow, issuing a message to all guild members to rest properly tonight, for tomorrow was sure to be a long day.


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    /// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the PS target. Good Job Everyone! ///