Chapter 1300: Plans of the Future

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    "The Azure Coalition..." parroted Thomas in response to Valyr''s words, with Meria and Lucques muttering the name to themselves.

    "That... sounds good. Cool, actually," said the man a few seconds later, nodding at the name in satisfaction. "Seeing that you took some time to think about it, I''m guessing there''s a meaning behind the name?"

    At those words, the three directly looked at the young man, their gazes making the latter feel like he''d been put in the spotlight.

    "Well..." Of course, even though he did feel some pressure from the curious gazes they gave him, the pressure he got from them was nowhere near the pressure he had endure in his past life.

    With that, although the intent behind the name had come from both his past experiences and new experiences combining together, Valyr went ahead and gave the three a response he felt was typical for a cool name like the Azure Coalition.

    "Don''t you think it sounds cool?" said the man, only to let out a slightly amused chuckle as he noticed the three''s expression crack at his words.@@@@

    "Then again, if you think about it, any guild name having a color at the front and another word would automatically sound cool."

    "There''s the Red Sky and the White Galaxy of the Five Leviathans," continued the young man. "And if you want to limit it to the famous guilds in the Southeast Alliance, then you have the Golden Stars and the Silver Thorns."

    "I... see," said Thomas after a while, the young man''s explanation slightly confusing him. Fortunately, the confusion he felt only lasted for a brief moment, promptly reminding him of the slight suspicion he felt towards the intent behind the name.

    "But seriously though." Still feeling that there had to be a grand reason behind the name of the guild, Thomas continued to press Valyr on. "What made you come up with the Azure Coalition as a name?"

    "Let''s just say it''s preparation for our futures," said the young man in a succinct tone, making sure to not show any cracks in his facade whatsoever.

    "I''ve got a strong feeling that we''ll go far with a guild name like that."

    "Unless... you have a suggestion for the guild''s name?" asked Valyr back, giving Thomas a knowing smile. "As far as I know, who named our guild Harbingers of Chaos in the last VRMMO we played?"

    "That... fuck you, man." Hearing Meria and Lucques laugh in response to the young man''s words, Thomas could not help but let out a sigh as he decided not to continue their current topic out of embarrassment.

    Letting out a bit of laughter at the response he got, Valyr quickly apologized to his good friend after that, allowing the four to return to their current topic not long after.

    "Anyways, do any of you have any objections to the name?" asked the young man to the three.

    "I''ve already looked into establishing guilds beforehand, so I''ll let you guys know now that it''s going to take a lot of effort to change the guild''s name after we formally establish it."

    "Got no problems here," replied Lucques with a slight smile as Meria nodded in agreement. "Plus, with how you showed no hesitation in helping us with our problem, the least we could do is not argue with you on the name."

    more.

    Though he still hadn''t found any articles or threads whatsoever that talked about the Reinforcement Elixirs in detail, there were still a few posts here and there that asked for ways

    to make themselves stronger.

    Seeing the responses on these threads talk about elixirs and the like, the young man was confident that it was only a matter of time until the player base discovered the existence of the paid Reinforcement Elixirs, which would in turn bring about the existence of the craftable Reinforcement Elixirs.

    Because of that, even though he still found it weird that the players hadn''t discovered the Reinforcement Elixirs by now, Valyr decided not to pursue the matter any further.

    ...Even if the reason as to why that was the case unknowingly had something to do with him.

    "How much time have I racked up on [Soul Shift]?" Thinking about giving the three a set of Basic Reinforcement Elixirs to help fortify their foundations for ascension, Valyr felt that it was a no-brainer for him to make use of his other identity to help with it.

    Thankfully, with the fact that he''d spent almost all of his time thus far as a player, the young man was able to bring back the duration [Soul Shift] could last to a day, and then a few hours

    extra after that.

    With that, the young man did not hesitate to activate the skill, briefly discarding his identity as Ataraxia as he returned to becoming Valyr Zeihardt.

    Whoosh!

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    Ding! Ding! Ding!

    "Hmm?" Hearing the system go haywire only a few seconds after returning to his other self, Valyr raised his eyebrow in curiosity as he did a few basic movements to adjust to his greater

    strength returning.

    Curious as to why the system bombarded him with notification sounds all of a sudden, the young man went ahead and pulled up the screen in front of him, only to see that he had received messages from various people while he was in his player self.

    Feeling a hint of panic set in as he wondered how much time had passed since he received these messages, Valyr went ahead and began to read through them one by one. ...Only for his heart to drop the moment a certain string of words laid before his very eyes.

    "...Elves attacked... by the orcs." "...They''re joining... the fray."