“Ah? It’s the mansion.”

With a single blink of an eye, everyone found themselves in the hall of the mansion, unable to contain their excitement.

“Uh, what?”

The sudden appearance of the group startled today’s housekeeper, who stumbled backward.

“Hans, are you okay?”

Raphael rushed to his side.

“What is this…?”

“It’s Luella’s magic. Impressive, isn’t it?”

“Very impressive.”

Hans marveled, then quickly retrieved something from a table by the entrance, as if he had remembered something.

“A letter from the guild office arrived.”

Raphael took the letter and opened it.

“What does it say?”

Kite approached Raphael and asked.

“It’s a letter granting formal permission to establish the guild. It states that if we attend the royal party on June 15th, as indicated in the previous royal invitation sent from Wangseong, we will be officially awarded a guild permit. It also mentions that those who request to join afterward will be approved as needed but must report to the guild office.”

Kite confirmed the letter with Raphael and added.

“Official guild activities for each guild member will be possible after receiving the permit. Does that mean we shouldn’t engage in external activities until then?”

“It seems that way.”

Hazen looked at the letter over Kite’s shoulder and said.

While they discussed the letter’s intent, Luella entered the reception room. Due to her rise to level 8, she wanted to check the alarms ringing everywhere.

As she was checking her new skills and specialized techniques, an information notification popped up. Upon reading it, she saw an announcement stating that they would conduct pre-updates in preparation for the upcoming major update.

The notice included information about defeating seven named monsters and a hidden intermediate boss to collect tokens in order to enter Kurangongjag’s dungeon.

Luella became lost in thought.

What mattered most to her was who would be the first to conquer the final boss. Therefore, there was no need to rush until the major update. They only needed to collect tokens for the Kurangongjag dungeon before the update date of July 30th.

“But…”

Luella sighed as she looked beyond the open door at the five men gathered.

The party members she had to be with were all special and exceptionally skilled, but the concept of a ‘raid’ was something they had just learned today.

So, it was uncertain whether they could collect the tokens and be the first to clear Kurangongjag’s dungeon within two months.

She sighed deeply.

In truth, she still couldn’t believe that she might die. No, perhaps it was more accurate to say that she didn’t want to believe it.

But she couldn’t just worry and do nothing. From now on, there was only one thing to do: train every day.

The first dungeon to Kurangongjag’s mansion would open in a week. Unlike other users, they still had some preparations to make, so they decided to go after information on the strategy had been posted.

Still, thanks to reaching level 15 today, Luella could now create defensive and offensive potions, even if they were low-level.

While checking the newly acquired skills, Luella absentmindedly glanced at the party window.

Something seemed different as she saw the names of all six people lined up in the party window.

She tilted her head in confusion, and after a while, she realized.

“Kite! You leveled up?”

The men gathered in the hall, adjusting their weapons, raised their heads.

“What did Kite do?”

Hazen asked with a puzzled look, and Luella pointed at the air.

“Check the party window. Kite’s level number has changed.”

“81… Huh? You’re right. Until a moment ago, except for Tien, everyone was at the same level, but Kite is different now.”
“Perhaps it was because of our recent monster hunting together that I leveled up faster than the others. But why didn’t I know about this?”

“Well, there was someone at level 7 who was leveling up relentlessly, so even if something had happened nearby, you wouldn’t have known at that time.”

Mitchell muttered in response to Raphael’s words.

“Do you think we’ll shine all over like Luella when we level up?”

“Maybe?”

“We’ve lived without knowing about levels our whole lives.”

“Come to think of it, that’s true. Is Luella the only special one?”

Luella looked at the two of them murmuring and said.

“Right now, that’s not important, is it? Increasing your levels will increase your chances of achieving your goal without getting hurt.”

“Luella.”

Raphael raised his hand, indicating he had a question.

“Yes, go ahead.”

“While we have the goal of reclaiming Kurang as Hellenain, why are you working so hard, Luella? In reality, the person inside that body isn’t even Luella’s soul, so we don’t owe any gratitude for saving her.”

It was quite a pointed question. Luella almost flinched for a moment, but fortunately, a suitable excuse came to her mind, and she quickly used it.

“When Kurang is returned to Hellenain, they promised to give me the title of Romynin Duke.”

“Kite made such a promise?”

“Yes.”