Orbis Online
220. Debt at Sky Value

   "I'm sorry for my subordinates' impoliteness."

The first thing Crystina did after arriving at her study was apologize to Reus, making the silvery-white-haired young man a little surprised.

He had heard of Crimson Surt, one of the powerful players who had once been rumored to be almost on par with the Hundred Best Player including a person of high self-worth and not easy to bow his head, but it seems that rumor is a little off.

   "No need to apologize, Chief Crystina. I didn't think about it that much."

Crystina was stunned for a moment to hear Reus' words, then sighed and smiled slightly while propping up her chin looking at Reus.

   "Actually I'm a little confused what kind of person you are."

   "I mean chief?"

Reus tilted his head not understanding the direction Crystina said, even though he felt he was not a person who was too difficult to guess. The look of confusion on Reus' face made Crystina even more curious.

   "Some time ago you faced hundreds to thousands of Lavore Kingdom warriors alone without trepidation like a demon, yet now? You don't look like a rumored 'devil."

   "Wait a minute, what do you mean 'rumored devil'?"

   "Ah, don't you know how big the Orbis Forum is because of you?"

After saying that Crystina showed a panel containing hot news among players inside and outside the game. Reus' forehead shriveled for a moment as soon as he read it.

In the news there is a group of players who ruffled Lavore Kingdom with only four people, later it is known that there were two others who attacked the palace Lavore Kingdom without knowing the motive.

This group of people wore certain masks and robes which their identity as a player managed to seal, but not for Crystina who had the hallmarks of her fiery red hair and Ogre horns, which she had said, plus the Crimson Meteor Greatsword Art Series he used against Xavier was striking.

Thanks to that, moments after the battle was over, Crystina was immediately mobbed by various questions from the players when the news was widely circulated.

Other than Crystina, there was a completely unknown player facing a thousand Lavore Kingdom warriors and managed to finish off tens to hundreds of thousands of such warriors by himself.

If that player was the Hundred Best Player then it would still be acceptable, though, but there is no information about the player who masterminded the big event so that Crystina who became the only player known to be on the spot was raided by all sorts of questions.

   "Well, it's a hassle to banish them for your selfishness."

   "Sorry about that."

Reus smiled dryly unable to reply to anything. He had actually thought his actions fighting against Lavore Kingdom would shake the world of Orbis Online once again so Reus asked Crystina to shut up regarding his identity, but he had not expected it to be this big.

Crystina flicked her hand rejecting Reus's apology. He stood up and walked over to the window, then looked at the members of Crimson Castle who were passing by busily working outside.

   "No need to think too much about it, that's a reasonable request considering that you also gave most of your loot from the battle to Crimson Castle. Thanks to that the Legion was able to establish relations and establish branches in Lavore Kingdom."

A satisfied smile was created on the edge of Crystina's lips. As a Legionmaster there was nothing more exhilarating than the success of building his Legion branch in a foreign place like this.

The region that saw Crystina smiling was satisfied with her Legion's achievement in smiling, she could judge in one look that Crystina was not a ruthless Legionmaster like Gaia's Tree whom she had declared her mortal enemy.

   "Is it really okay for you to give us such a large amount of Equip for free? You might be able to make at least half a billion byl if you sell."

   "I am indeed a greedy person, but too great greed will only bring disaster. If I sell all that then my identity must be immediately discovered by my buyer then the chairman can guess his own continuation."

Hearing Crystina's umpteenth comment, Reus shrugged while the long-haired red-haired Ogre girl still felt bad about taking all the sky-worthily loot.

Unfortunately although Reus repeatedly said no problem, Crystina still could not accept all of it for free. Reus also does not accept payment in the form of Byl for all of Equip's loot.

Crystina's expression was still shrinking as Reus let out a long sigh of decision.

   "Alright, if the matter is so incriminating to the head, assume that the head of Crystina or Crimson Castle owes me."

Reus' words immediately attracted the attention of Crystina who now put on an expression as if saying 'really?' with wide eyes.

   "If I'm in trouble then help me as long as the chairman or Crimson Castle is able. That way we're even, right?"

Crystina pondered for a moment to hear Reus' slightly disturbing offer, but he also had no right to refuse considering that the Equip given by Reus was arguably equivalent to a sufficient contribution for an ordinary member to rise to the rank of a Legion official.

Crystina sighed before extending a hand to Reus.

   "Actually I was planning to recruit you into Crimson Castle and make you one of my high-ranking players in return, but you will definitely refuse without a second thought."

   "Of course, I don't want to be tied to any Legion for now."

Reus grabbed hands Crystina received the handshake of the Ogre girl while muttering inwardly.

   'Besides, I have a mission to free Arshwind. Being a member of the Legion will only limit my movements.'

After the agreement, Reus and Crystina talked about several things, especially regarding the issue of the Chaos Order which has recently been revealed to have taken control of several countries in order to facilitate a major war in the future.

Crystina explained that she has given orders to level up and provide hard training for each member to be ready to face the Order of Chaos at any time.

   "What about Dunk? Has he been training hard since joining?"

   "Oh, you probably won't believe how popular she is in this place."

Since Reus and Ikshan left Lavore Kingdom, Dunk was invited by Ramsey to join Crimson Castle. His potential as a melee and medium-range fighter is so high that Ramsey cannot miss the opportunity.

Crystina herself had also witnessed Dunk's abilities so she agreed to Ramsey's suggestion.

Dunk's initial joining caused a small stir in the Legion because Crystina herself immediately agreed to this and Dunk had received many rejections, of course the dueling challenge was inevitable.

Although only a tier around 100 Dunk was able to deal with Crimson Castle members who were several levels higher than him thanks to the power of his fire element Elemental Rune, this is one of the reasons why he is so popular now.

Elemental Rune is a rare Item that is able to grant its users a certain elemental magic power without having to be limited by its class, Dunk is welcomed after being known to possess this power.

   "Then another reason...."

   "Quite, I can tell you the reason from the look on your face, chief."

   "Is that so? Thank you, it saved me a lot of mental energy."

Crystina let out a dry laugh with a blank look of eyes as she said so. Reus immediately understood what Crystina wanted to say next as soon as he recalled Dunk's face that was so beautiful compared to his.

True, Dunk's handsome face bewitched some of the female members and made him very popular. Crystina even received complaints about why Dunk was not in a certain female unit.

That was the reason behind Crystina's current blank expression.