( Cervantez's POV )
This week in Terra Nova was a crucial time for Cervantez, as for the past week, the singular direction that he was focused on was recruitment of talents and ensuring that they got nurtured in the proper environment.
Using his future knowledge, he had already collected a considerable amount of MP and gold coins in the first few days of the game by using various underhanded strategies.
After reaching the capital city Stronghaven, he had first gone to the underground market and bought the treasures that the street vendors were selling for cheap, but were actually extremely valuable.
These were the treasures that were found out by various players in his past life, who bought them not expecting it's true value to be too much but got shocked when they had the item appraised.
An item that he bought for 4 gold was appraised to be worth 20,000 gold coins and it was only one of many items that he made a killer profit on.
If not for him, this would be the opportunity that would be divided between several dozen lucky players, however, in this life he monopolized all these resources alone.
Earning MP was more tricky compared to earning gold, however, Cervantez had found a way to exploit the system in this department as well.
There was a particular orphanage in the royal capital, where if one donated milk before dawn, they were given 5 MP for their charity alongside some fame points.
This was a perpetual MP bank for those who found out about the glitch, however, as of now Cervantez was the only one who knew about it.
Using this glitch, he earned 5 MP on a daily basis and he even set it up on auto-mode as he had already paid the milk vendor a year's worth of salary in advance and asked him to deliver milk on his behalf.
This way, Cervantez earnt an assured 5 MP/day, which allowed him to focus on completing other missions with a free mind.
Apart from the daily mission, Cervantez also did some small/ big missions that primarily gave fame in the capital city, as he progressed towards his goal of making a guild, while also amassing wealth in the process.
However, now that he had the capital secured, his focus shifted towards recruitment of talents as it was high time for him to expand his guild.
This week, his efforts had reached a fervent point, as all the characters that he wished to recruit into his guild had now arrived at the capital, and for him to rope them into his guild, it was a now or never type situation as all of them were still undecided on their future paths.
With his ultimate goal being to not only recruit them, but also to guide them as best as he could to become the best version of their class that they could become, Cervantez was in a race against time to recruit them and guide them before they made some dumb irreversible choice.
Recruiting them later would mean that they would have already walked down a less optimal path on their skill gathering journey, which was why time was of the essence for Cervantez.
Cervantez hoped to recruit 7 new talented people into the core of his guild, who alongside Luke, Amanda and himself would form the 10 core member team for the guild.
The candidates he had in mind for this were
1)Expert Mage - Lysa
2) Berserker - Tor
3) Tank - Cola
4) Archer- Jex
5) Tracker - Snoop
6) Inscription master - Tony
In his past life, Lysa eventually became the best expert mage to have graced the game, being capable of performing multiple crowd control spells that could turn the tide of any battle.
In his past life she belonged to a guild of mages and rose to the position of becoming a viscount on her own, however, Cervantez believed that in this life with his guidance, she could achieve even greater heights.
Similarly, In his past life, Tor the Berserker was a beast whose name itself was enough to send fear into the hearts of any player army that he faced.
A typical alpha male with insane chest hair and rowdy fearless attitude, Tor was the sort of man who put the word man in manliness.
A dual ax wielder. Tor was closer to a barbarian berserker rather than a human and he was a talent that Cervantez was keen to have.
In contrast, the tank Cola, was a shy and reserved guy who was a fearless damage taker.
He was the sort of individual who would gladly sacrifice his life to save that of his teammate and while he was not the best tank in the game, his attitude was the right match for the kind of player Cervantez was looking for in his guild and hence he became Cervantez's first choice for this role.
The archer Jex on the other hand was one of those generational talents that was just a joy to watch.
In his past life. Jex was known as the 'Sniper' although he wielded the bow, as his shots were just that accurate and powerful although he used a bow.
' One Shot, One kill' was his motto and rarely did he ever use more than an arrow for an opponent.
As a player who could perform both crowd control and fight one on one, Jex was an extremely valuable guild member of any guild he joined and Cervantez was eager to poach him as well.
Next, there was Snoop, the tracker that Cervantez was looking out for, who was a non combatant, however, just like Amanda, could easily become an invaluable part of the guild.
Whether it was tracking fleeing enemies, scouting for enemy positions or disarming traps in dungeon runs, Snoop was the guy for all those tasks and he was one of the best in his job.
Famed as a dungeon path finder, his name was the one that stood out the most to Cervantez when he made the choice to scout for a tracker and hence he decided to recruit him as well.
And finally, there was Tony the inscription master. One of the top 5 talents in the entire game, and the number one non-combatant player of all time.
Him, just like Amanda was someone that could change the fate and financial condition of a guild single-handedly as his work was just that valuable.
For the future that Cervantez had envisioned for his guild, Tony was a must have addition to his ranks and Cervantez was prepared to break his back bending backwards to recruit him, if it was possible.
Probably him and 'TheBoss' were the only two players that Cervantez deemed as 'Must Have' in his team, as he was Cervantez's top priority for recruitment.
While this was the team that Cervantez was willing to go forward with, he had always kept a spot open for 'TheBoss', should he ever find the opportunity to recruit him, however, with no information on who he was, Cervantez had little hope to make this dream come true.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the GT Target, good job everyone! ///