Demonic Pornstar System

Talia found the situation significantly less amusing.

Even Tessa froze in place, not knowing what to say.

"Absolutely not!" Talia hissed.

"Twenty percent of Runewoven is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and we’re only just getting started! Even I only own twenty-eight percent. The rest is split between the board, our top executives, and senior stakeholders."

"What you’re asking for is outrageous."

For a moment, silence reigned supreme again.

Then came a silky chuckle.

"Is it, Miss Talia?" Nyx leaned back in her seat with a gorgeous foxlike smile. "You might’ve been an up-and-coming guild with a promising future, but you’re slipping. You don’t have a foundation anymore."

Her voice was sweet and musical, unlike her sly eyes.

"You sent twenty of your most promising rookies into that last dungeon. Only Diaz made it out. It was a monumental failure as far as the association is concerned. Your guild wasted the lives of nineteen promising youths because of poor decision-making or perhaps a lack of training. And now, you’ll outright fail to clear this next attempt. Even with the generous grace period the Association gave you."

Talia flinched.

Luna, grinning from ear to ear, took over smoothly. She sent her friend a gaze of joy, beyond happy to see her friend back in action. Comparing the current Nyx to the one that was in a coma for a week in the hospital made the Storm Valkyrie’s heart flutter.