"Hilton? He is a high-ranker that's skilled in Strength . He has his own faction as well but not a big one . Around five to six common veterans, nothing to worry about . You noticed him because of the battle with Ghost Claw before? Don't worry, he and I are the same type of people, we love to watch things happen," J . Pearlman said .
Kieran nodded without commenting further .
It was the truth that the high-ranker named Hilton only managed a small faction but it was also highly possible that he showed killing intent to KIeran .
Kieran hac absolute confidence in his own Intuition, he would never be wrong about his hunches .
"What's Hilton's faction called?" Kieran asked .
"The Burning Bottle," J . Pearlman answered .
Then, the topic switched and he started to rope in Kieran in a obvious manner .
"Hilton has quite the name among the veterans but for a high-ranker like you, they are not enough, let alone for us Freedom Alliance . "
"Each of the members of Freedom Alliance is a high-ranker and our casual system doesn't set too many rules on members . All of us like to help out each other, not just trading equipment and items, we even party up to clear dungeons…"
While J . Pearlman was promoting his organization relentlessly, Rachel took up her wine glass and was looking at Fisherman with a spurious smile behind her blurred face .
The female inn owner knew what exactly Fisherman was going after . In fact, when Kieran asked her about Fisherman, she knew what the elder wanted to achieve .
Flame Emperor, Fiery Tyrant, Flaming Devil!
Even though J . Pearlman's words were a little extravagant, those three titles had started to spread among the high-rankers .
A couple of small groups of high-rankers showed interest at Kieran right away .
After all, a Chosen One high-ranker was not always easy to come by .
More so, Kieran has displayed substantial fighting capabilities, he was not like the other Chosen Ones who were still growing and needed a bigger investment .
Once Kieran joined a certain group, the group would have a sudden jump in battle power, as long as the leaders of the group weren't idiots, they would know what to do .
However, Rachel knew it wasn't that easy to persuade Kieran .
The female inn owner had a rather deep experience with Kieran's vigilant and somewhat doubtful character . Under such circumstances, unless Kieran were to come across another idiot like Lawless, all the other high-rankers were wasting their efforts trying to rope him in .
Rachel didn't care about the conversation after that .
Until J . Pearlman went off, she brought Kieran a low alcohol honeymead .
"On the house . So how was the talk?"
She placed the honeymead in front of Kieran and picked up another empty wine glass, wiping it before she asked .
"So so . " Kieran replied as he took the honeymead .
"Fisherman is quite a nice person," Rachel said .
Kieran didn't disagree on that point .
Perhaps it was his age or maybe it was his character that drove his motives, J . Pearlman maintained his manners and kind appearnce despite Kieran rejecting his offer .
While he left, J . Pearlman even invited Kieran to fish sometimes but it didn't mean Kieran would join Freedom Alliance .
True, like J . Pearlman said, after Kieran joined an organization, he would have access to all kinds of conveniences but at the same time he would be bound by a certain level of duties .
Kieran who chose the path of a lone-wolf in the first place would never tie himself down, even though J . Pearlman was being explicite that Freedom Alliance was a casual organization without too many of rules, nothing would change .
Not too many didn't mean no and as for the convenience he mentioned?
Kieran never had to worry about equipment and items .
The female inn owner in front him was a high-ranker as well and Kieran believed each gathering they held in the inn wasn't just for food and drinks .
Compared to a stranger, Kieran was more willing to trust someone he was familiar with, especially this particular someone that had an unusual relationship with Lawless .
The help in a party dungeon?
Kieran would beg to be excused for that particular point . It was enough for Kieran since he had partied with strangers once before .
"Can you talk to me about the Burning Bottle and this Hilton?" Kieran asked while lifting his glass .
Even though he had gotten quite a lot of information from J . Pearlman, he didn't mind knowing more .
A high-ranker that he came across for the first time yet held killing intent toward him wasn't something normal .
One needed to know even Ghost Claw Casswell who came after Kieran for the bounty only had slightly denser malicious intent .
"There's nothing to talk about with Burning Bottle, everyone would hug and help each other but Hilton, Hilton is not that simple . You can consider him to be apart of the earlier batch that entered the game . That being said, while he was acting quite normal in front of everyone, whether it was benefits, buying equipment and items, he was just like any other common player . "
"Then soon enough, those players who performed better than him or had more talents than him went missing but this Hilton grew from a newbie to an experienced player, to a veteran and eventually entered the Advanced Ranks"
"And after he joined the Advanced Ranks, he had gotten more mysterious . We didn't see him anymore within our small groups but he established his own and roped in some decent newbies . If the number of players in his group weren't too little, I'd really think that guy was up to something bad . "
Rachel said slowly as she cleaned the wine glasses .
While listening to Rachel's story, Kieran sipped a mouth of honeymead, savouring the sweetness of his drink—he smirked slightly .
Sweetness always made a man feel happy, even Kieran .
After another bigger gulp, Kieran squinted his eyes in a pleasant way .
"It's a first for me to see someone enjoying honey water to this extent! Are you sure you don't want to try the cocktail that I mixed myself? Or you should really try the real honeymead . When alcohol and honey are combined together, you can't help but want more," Rachel said with a smile when she saw Kieran's expression .
"This will be enough . At least drinking this lesser version allowed me to clearly analyzed Hilton's secrets and motives . If I was drinking what you recommend, I might have passed out right away . "
Kieran didn't conceal his weakness to alcohol .
"You little bastard really, you look a lot like someone I knew!" Rachel exclaimed .
Then, she looked behind Kieran, waving and said "Blacksmith, here . "
"Give me a glass of Ice Lake!"
Blacksmith who was wearing a red mantle greeted Rachel before sitting beside Kieran .
"Hi, didn't think I'd bump into you here . This round's on me," Kieran turned around and looked at Blacksmith in surprise .
"Thanks but no thanks, I prefer to pay my own wine," Blacksmith said without even shaking her head .
Then, before Kieran said anything, she placed [Brutal Lightning Hand] that was embedded with the [Thunder Fall Stone] on the bar .
Kieran's attention was instantly captured by the newly embedded [Brutal Lightning Hand] .
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