Craftsman Cheat System
Chapter 8 - Oath of Faith

Everyone has finished introducing themselves.

"Well, greetings know everything..." Clay spoke kindly.

They also returned Clay with a friendly smile.

Right now Clay had dozens of questions he wanted to ask them. But Clay tried to put that aside because he wanted to convey something important to him.

"Before proceeding deeper, I would like to ask you... First! Who am I for you?"

Melissa answered quickly. "You are the successor of the leader of the Black Dragon Guild."

"really. You are our next leader." Speak to all division leaders simultaneously.

"Do you really believe that I can lead you? I'm a 15-year-old teenager..." Ask Clay.

"Only you have the right to be the leader of the Black Dragon Guild, young master." Zen said casually.

Everyone fell silent without refuting Zen's speech. This is what makes Clay confused by their attitude.

"Why don't you argue and try to turn a teenager into your leader? Why are you guys quiet!? Or else you guys might try to frame me by promising me the position of Guild leader!?" Clay said in a high tone, he behaved arrogantly in front of the adults.

Clay didn't want to act like this, but he still didn't know what their true intentions and goals were.

Although Clay was currently acting arrogant towards them, but they were all not angry in the slightest.

"A very easy question, young master. Of course it's because we owe it to Mr. Chris... And all of us, the entire members of the Black Dragon Guild have sworn an oath of allegiance to serve the Valonia family." Melissa replied kindly, there is not the slightest feeling of anger or the like.

Clay is increasingly confused by the things he already knows.

"What kind of debt!? Until they are willing to take the oath of allegiance and give their lives to the Valonian family..." Inner Clay in the heart.

Clay knows from the memory of the real body that the oath of allegiance in this world is very inhumane.

In this world, if one had sworn an oath of allegiance, then the life and death of that person would be the property he had sworn.

The workings of the oath of allegiance in the world are like the contract between master and slave.

Those who do swear allegiance, will be permanently embedded a forbidden magic into their bodies.

The forbidden magic can never be lost or erased in any way.

"Damn!! Why is my father this old!!" Said Clay in a soft voice while putting on an annoyed look.

Although Clay said in a soft voice, but his words were clearly heard by everyone because they were currently in a closed room and their distance was also not too far from him.

"No, young master... Mr. Chris is not that kind of person, he is our savior." Jhon said, trying to explain that Chris is a good person.

Not only is John trying to explain, but everyone is also trying to explain to Clay that he has a good father and is considered a hero in the territory of the outcast.

"If only Mr. Chris had not accepted our oath of allegiance... Maybe we'll live in agony and maybe we'll be dead by now."

"Yes, young master. If it wasn't for Mr. Chris, we outcasts would have lived a tormented life."

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Explanation and praise about the goodness of Chris Valonia was continuously coming out of their mouths.

After a long time of hearing their words, Clay became curious about what was really happening.

"Why do you feel that you will suffer if you do not meet my father? Isn't living as a slave more torturous?" Ask Clay who now looks calmer.

"People of this wasted place like us are the target of nobles from various kingdoms." Answer Jhon.

"Hm, target? What kind of a target do you mean?"

"Of course it will be made into a slave... We know the rottenness of the nobles and upper class people in this world! They treat their slaves like toys that have no life."

Here Clay felt a little regret because he had previously introduced himself using the style usually worn by the nobility and the upper class. While they seem to hate the nobility and the upper class.

Although Clay was of the upper class, he did not deny the cruelty of the nobles to the slaves.

Clay found out from the memory of the real body, that he often saw the torture of slaves in public places. Even torture until there is a death.

But something made Clay curious about them. "You should also know that Valonia is a family from above... But why don't you hate my father and think of him as a savior?"

"Mr Chris treated us like humans... He multiplied slaves and created a Guild in a wasteland with the aim of protecting the people in a wasted place."

"How many slaves did my father have? And what kind of Guild was Black Dragon?"

"The number of lord Chris' slaves was 200 people and that was also the number of Black Dragon Guild members... Actually the Black Dragon Guild isn't a Guild like the monster hunting Guild in general, but we're more focused on surviving and foraging." Replied Melissa who knew the circumstances as well as set up the internal matters of the Guild.

"What kind of guild do you mean?"

"Actually we are a merchant Guild... But sometimes we also receive requests to deliver goods and do other menial work."

"Hm, Merchant Guild... What are you guys selling? And how do merchants help outcasts? Do you share your merchandise by a few percent or something?" Clay asked with a curious look.

"I will explain it clearly, so that you know what the Black Dragon Guild looks like..." Melissa stopped saying a few seconds while arranging her words, then she said again. "Our Black Dragon Guild's way of working was to help sell the abandoned natives' imported goods to various regions of the surrounding kingdom. We take only 10% of the profits of the goods sold as our travel wages... With the existence of this Black Dragon Guild, many locals felt helped because they could change their fate from the proceeds of selling out of the region."

"Why should I leave the area? Is it true that only selling in the area where it is wasted itself does not provide a profit?"

Melissa smiled for a few seconds and then she answered again. "It seems you don't know the real situation yet... The abandoned area is a very poor area. Let alone to buy something, to eat alone we are very difficult... If we don't seek profit out of the territory, every day we have to risk our lives to kill the monster and eat its flesh... Then what about our race that can't fight? Do they have to endure hunger to death?"

"What to sell merchandise with the help of the Black Dragon Guild? Why don't they sell it themselves outside the territory? Wouldn't it be more profitable for them without having to set aside wages?"

"That's very dangerous, young master... Since the days of our ancestors, our race has been hated by some races in this world because our race is considered to be the embodiment of sin between humans and demons... It was their hatred that made us excommunicated by this world." Melissa explained stick with a friendly face.

After Melissa stopped saying, Zen said. "The Demi-humans who have not made an oath of allegiance, cannot carelessly go out of the territory... Because so many races want to enslave and torture us."

Melissa continued Zen's speech. "That's right, young master... Demi-humans who have not made a vow of allegiance must be extra careful with their safety and freedom... As for us members of the Black Dragon Guild, we can safely conduct transactions to various regions because we have been contracted by Mr. Chris and in the name of the Black Dragon Guild."

Clay was silent while saying inwardly. "true too... Their freedom becomes very limited and lives with restraint... Is it possible that my father created this Black Dragon Guild with the aim of tempering the Demi-human race?"