I hurried to reiterate the usefulness of ?Lightning Armour? under the frosty stare һ that was almost like the glimpse of cocytus һ of Sierra as she straight out rejected my plea.
I mean, we're talking about an item from a rare boss's ?Gold Chest? you know. Let's not talk about things, just talking about the equipment alone, it was sufficiently strong to stay relevant in a High-low dungeon without having to opt for ?Equipment Reinforcement Jewel?. Its benefits are endless.
Then I spoke out why I pay for it through the guild's balance.
"I want to use it for our guild. Well, by loaning it of course. ?Lightning Armour? is extremely effective against thunder attributes, and shines in dungeons infused with lightning-attributes."
Of course it's a fine set of equipment to be used in other dungeons or places beside them but that isn't the point now.
The point is, the need for equipment that provides resistance against terrain damage, attribute attacks, abnormal status conditions etc that starts popping up from high-ranking dungeons.
So do every member have to buy such equipment with their own money? As of now, the rule in ?Eden? is «Prepare your own equipment at your discretion».
However wouldn't it be easier for everyone's pocket if we get 5 sets and use them in turn? This is one of the fundamentals in RPG. Well that's why.
"This equipment series will be a joint property of the guild. So anyone can use it when they need it. Naturally, I'm not saying to do it for free. They will have to pay a rental fee, no exception."
Even the ?Juvenile Dragon? Marie-senpai has been using is a joint property of her guild. The usage fee, too, is collected from the customers and paid back to the guild.
Then there should not be any harm in trying the same thing with equipment, no? As for the size problem, it will be kinch with ?Emblem Seal Sticker?.
I cannot deny that һ as the long-term habit that had etched into me after pouring so many hours in the game һ I may have gotten carried away in the excitement rush, but it had also been in my mind lately to prepare some equipments for guild members where they can borrow them anytime they want, instead of just for me.
I frantically explained all this to Sierra.
"I see."
"Sigh so I have finally your understood."
I exhaled a relieved sigh hearing Sierra's reply while wiping the sweat.
However she still didn't stop giving me her frosty gaze, and then, she passed her verdict.
"This is that and losing yourself in an excitement rush is another. Minus point for making decisions without prior contact, this is unforgivable even if you're Guild Master. I believe you wouldn't mind paying for one of the equipment, right?"
"Ah......, Well, how about we call it off from the ?Flute? cost......"
"Did you say something?"
"N, no......."
I'm sorry for making an impulsive purchase with the guild's money.
The quiet smile hanging on Sierra's face was terrifying.
Though I would like to believe she has at least acknowledged their value so things wouldn't be too rough for me.......
Anyway, time to change the topic.
We exchanged information on what we had done yesterday after that and then started morning meeting.
"So it seems Sierra's party has successfully gathered the final round of materials to complete ?Dean's Quest?."
" " "Yay." " "
I passed the information I received from Sierra a while back to which, members responded with small cheers of excitement and applause.
Using the 8 flutes loaned to them, Sierra's party of Hannah, Lulu, Pamela, Celia and she herself managed to summon the rare boss ?Shaman Marionette? with enough time. Though being only able to summon it 19 out of 32 times was on the lower side, still, it was acceptable with them achieving the material quota necessary for ?Mechanical Carriage?.
Well, if it's just about the material for carriage, just 40 of rare boss material were enough, but it was such a heaven sent opportunity that it would be against divine providence if we don't grab it quick and need not to say, they had gotten a massive amount of materials piled up.
They fought the rare boss 19 times, so a total of 190 materials. They can still be used so I guess we will be keeping the leftovers. Fufufu, absolute win.
"Materials have been passed to that craftsman, err was it Gant-san. He said he will not fail to meet the month's end deadline."
Hannah threw her hand in the air and informed us.
Alright, now we just need to wait for it to be delivered.
"As for flutes, Celia was in charge of them."
"Yes. I got them first thing in the morning. I'm returning them here, Zephyr-dono."
"Oh, registered."
I see, so Sierra was in charge of keeping the report and other miscellaneous things while Celia was in charge of taking the flutes to that Explosive Flop guil....... Ahem ?Let's Become A Bomber Together? guild.
But apparently materials weren't enough at that time so they weren't ready until today's morning. I guess that's where Celia must have gone after splitting with Lulu on the way to the guild.
I confirmed the count was indeed reset to 5 and stored 6 ?Flute? away. I left the two flutes borrowed from Dean in Celestine's hand to return back.