Chapter 24: The Next Course Of Action—3
It was somewhat hard to believe that we acquired the fourteenth floor entry permit and the second fragment of Frost Daiken with only a little effort.
I mean, yeah, the Mido clan could ask us to a dual like Yuukimura. Instead, they just kneeled to Shika as soon as we approached their premises. Not just Yuukihara—the leader of the Mido clan who looked much like Mr. Hiba—but the entire members of the clan greeted Shika with respect as if they had been, too, waiting for her arrival.
"I never thought the job would be this easy." I murmured as we headed back to the teleportation center, "Yuukihara, the clan leader, seemingly wasn’t conspiring anything, but it felt oddly strange. I mean he could at least put on an act of being defeated after challenging us into a dual, but he didn’t do any of it. And not just him, but every member as well. Was submitting themselves considerately a better option for them?"
I stared with utter bewilderment.
Of course, I did. The whole Iceborn thing was going out of my comprehension.
First of all, five clans worshiped the same belief and were competent in ice-related magic and fighting styles.
And of course, there was also the ongoing struggle within them—a conflict that surfaced time and again. Consequently the emergence of a Superior Seraphyll and the election of a leader. They promised her to abide by the rule, yet they broke their words and betrayed their brethren. And then there was the ’Unwritten Pledge’—a vow that had served little purpose until this point.
Then again, the other clans were now waiting for the successor of the Mavi Clan to resolve the situation and I somehow got entangled with it due to my deadweight title.
Such complexity! No wonder why players hesitated to play ADC before the NxGEN Engine adapted it. Even if they had improved so much, few things still remained for improvement.
"Mido Clan had always been this way."
Here we go again. I guess it’s another new story that she never mentioned to me before!