"Are you asking me to jump in there or what?" William rolled his eyes, before starting to take a tour around this grand hole. He walked around it a few times but didn't find anything that could help at all.
It was just as simple as a rabbit hole. And it looked like the old fox just found it here and built this grand building around as a shell or something.
"So... I have to get in there to get all the answers I want?" William didn't find any other way but to do so. He looked in doubt towards that weird hole, seemingly worried about his landing and his way back here.
"I have to tell him that I will remain there for a long time," he didn't want to just go missing at such a critical time. So, he went out there, found Thomas and told him about his expected absence.
He entrusted dealing with Remy and the new recruits over to him. And to make things go smooth even if he went absent, he decided to spend lots of hours writing many blueprints and formulas.
He also wrote a long list of materials that his guild would need to make all of these. He selected the most important blueprints that could be made and sold at high prices. And even wrote a few techniques and tricks for those coming here who would need to make all of these.
He knew he was dealing with people who got access to far away and advanced places like the capital of this kingdom. And so, he didn't select any useless item and made sure to include even the rare and unique weapons like glaives, knives, and even a few grenades that he knew their blueprints.
But he didn't select the best blueprints he knew. In fact, he only selected these from what could be considered mid-tier blueprints.
As for alchemy, he made sure to leave behind lots of elixir formulas. He didn't want the useless potions and such. He wanted elixirs, high grade ones that wouldn't even be found anywhere in this world. And he specified that all the elixirs made would be delivered to him.
Once he stepped outside, he'd be faced with lots of enemies and harsh battles. Elixirs were a must, and he wanted to monopolise the entire production of the guild for the time being.
As for everyone else, he just selected the basic potions like healing, strengthening one's body, speed up potions, and such.
He didn't know for how long he'd be gone. But something told him that he'd go for a long time and that hole wasn't that simple. After doing all this, he left clear instructions for Remy and Thomas to make anyone joining the guild sign a harsh and strict contract.
Like this, he got done with the early and needed foundation of his guild. All he needed to do was to wait for his guild to grow in number, while watching from the side and select the rare gems that he could find.
He spent close to ten hours doing all this, finishing lots of scrolls. He then trusted them to Thomas. He explained a little about each scroll and what it got, before stressing over the need to start producing all these once people joined the guild, and Remy finished remodelling the entire area.
He made sure to let Thomas know that in his absence; Remy was like the general manager of this place. As for him, he'd be his eyes to supervise and watch everyone, help him in spotting any troublemakers and gems.
For gems, William planned to rope them closer and personally supervise their progress and work. As for troublemakers, there was just one end for them: death on his hands.
Even if part of them were dark gold spirit masters, William would kill them all. He knew going by logic, any force in this fort would make sure to send lots of eyes inside his guild. And he wouldn't have a way to stop them.
All he could do was to spot any troublemaker, and then dealing with him wasn't going to be an issue.
"I need to fortify this place first," William left instructions for Thomas and Remy to prevent anyone from getting close to this central building. But as he knew there would be lots of spies here, it was better to surround this place with a strong defensive array.
He started to take out materials from his rings, go through them and see what he could make use of. He didn't go through his loot from that battle yet, and his gains were estimated to be astronomical.
He wanted to first see what lay in that hole before he'd go through all his loot. Just the number of rings was in hundreds. And if he gained a thousand or more, he'd not be surprised at all.
"It's enough," he placed not only one array, but ten. Any of them would be enough to stop any prying senses of even dark gold spirit masters. As for their defensive abilities, the best could stop the gold grade spirit masters.
But as he used ten, he was confident it was enough to stop any attempts from dark gold spirit masters. All he needed to do was to stop these villains for a few minutes, and that was enough to stir up everyone in the place and rile them up against them.
"Time to see what that old fox had for me down there," as he finished doing this, he entered the building and stood in front of this hole. He took a deep breath, before jumping.
"Ahhh! Damn you bastard!"
Unlike what he expected, the moment he jumped, he was welcomed with a fierce gale of wind. It looked like someone was standing at this hole, blowing a fierce gale of wind towards him, sending his weak body flying in the air like a deflated balloon.
*Thud!*
"Do you want to kill me or something?"
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