Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

With the addition of seven individuals, the guild could now really be called a guild, although it was still only a small one. One interesting feature though was that it allowed them to discuss in a group chat, so Adam asked them 'When are you going to attempt your Bronze Promotion?'

Eddy quickly replied 'Each of us aren't that far from breaking through to the second Gate, and thanks to the experience we got from your help, we will all be able to breakthrough quite quickly. That's why we will stop adventuring and focus on breaking through before graduating.'

Adam asked 'What about you Judith?'

Jude replied 'I want to open my Gate of Limit, but it will take too long, and I'm confidant I can get myself an SS Class with my current capacities. SS Class is the limit of my talent, if I were to get an SSS Class even getting beyond the Silver Realm would be incredibly hard. So I'll leave it to my talent, if I can breakthrough before they do, then I'll have a shot at SSS, but otherwise I will just attempt my graduation when they do.'

Adam nodded to himself and sent 'Wise. But Eddy, I remember you talking about a missing member who was going through their promotion. How is that person?'

Eddy replied 'She is going through some difficulties…'

However Louisa was more direct as she said 'That' b*tch has deserted us for another guild.'

Adam raised an eyebrow, what a timing. He asked 'What happened?'

Eddy replied after a few seconds of silence 'Lily has gotten an A Class, and was recruited by one of the Five Sovereign Kingdoms.'

Adam said 'Too bad for her, she just missed the opportunity of her life.'

Baugh couldn't help but ask 'What do you mean? She took it rather than miss it, she joined the strongest powers in the Coalition.'

Adam smiled and said 'She has, but the Coalition is nothing compared to what my guild will become. Think about it, even if your team didn't enter this guild you would still be one of the strongest adventurers team in the world in future. For now you are only Iron Rank, but all of you will at least get an S Class, with a big probability of getting an SS Class. Adding in the experience you got from me, you are assured to reach at least the 5th Gate.

For example, the princess of the Azure Sky Kingdom is an SS Class, and she said that opening the 5th Gate would allow her to become a Hero Rank. Now tell me, can the Coalition even put together a team of 7 SS Heroes?'

The chat remained silent after that, they were shocked by what they saw. Until now they still hadn't realized how much their future had changed. But thinking about it, their team really had the potential of becoming the strongest in the entire world.

In this world, S Class were considered true elites, while SS Class were the ultimate experts. A group of 7 SS Heroes was simply unthinkable, even the Racial Powers didn't have that many of them individually, even counting the hidden ones.

Adam then added 'And that's only counting you 7. For me, I will be reaching for the SSS Class, I am stronger than all of you so me getting an SS Class is already a fact, and my chances for the SSS are not extremely high, but they are there. I will at least open 5 Gates, and very possibly 6 or 7.'

If SS Class were known as ultimate experts instead of SSS Class, it's because of a simple reason: breaking through as an SSS Class was just too hard. First, the requirement of opening 3 Gates as an Iron Rank was very hard to meet, and opening the following Gates would be even harder.

That's why, there was actually a few SSS Class appearing every few years, but the vast majority was forgotten because they would get stuck at a stage and die with regrets.

However, for the very rare few SSS Class that managed to get at least to the Gold Rank, they were absolute legends. In front of an SSS Class, even a dragon of the same level would be cautious.

Had it been anyone else, Eddy and the others would just have taken them as an SSS Class who would fall. However, they had witnessed by themselves the power Adam would get to in the future. He was already at the peak of the 5th Gate, so it was almost certain that with enough time he would open the 6th Gate.

Finally, Adam said 'Even if that isn't enough, the guild still hasn't started recruiting people. There are bound to be talented people joining the guild in the future, and that will make us even stronger.'

After some time Louisa asked 'Did you join the Coalition or the Coldlands Empire?'

Adam replied 'The Coldlands Empire. My second disciple, Johan, is the son of the King of the North, and when I get my class in the future I will need to do so in the Coldlands Empire, so it was better for me to join them. Does it make a problem to any of you?'

Baugh was the first to reply 'Even though Buwog has taught me many times Northmen weren't to be trusted, I have left my homeland many years ago, and I owe you too much. So no, it doesn't pose a problem to me.'

Baugh came from Buwog, one of the Dark Racial Powers, who are enemies with the Coldlands Empire, so he was the one with the best reason to be reluctant, but since even he didn't hesitate, neither did the others.

Adam grinned and said 'Good, now focus on your training, your entire future depends on the following days.'

After that, Adam closed his system and couldn't help but laugh. Originally, he had entered this game with confidence, but there were still doubts in his mind as everything could be over easily if something went wrong somewhere.

But now, Adam's future in the game was pretty much assured. He already had a high level of influence in the Azure Sky Kingdom as well as the Coldlands Empire, making it so that even if in the future he were to get his guild destroyed by an enemy, he wouldn���t be over as a player.

Adam now understood why the beginning of the game was the most important phase. Had Adam started playing the game even a week after the game's release, he wouldn't have been able to grasp so many opportunities and his path would have been rockier.

So it was with a happy attitude that he approached the dungeon, which was supposed to be too high leveled for any player right now.

However, there was one thing that was on Adam's mind, and that was the assassins. He had already leveled up twice since Jude attacked him, so there should have been two assassins, but they didn't approach him yet.

After thinking for a bit, he concluded that the Blackheart Alliance had finally understood that he wasn't just any normal target, but instead a highly dangerous one. So it had either completely stopped assassins from attacking him, or wanted to send even stronger assassins.

Whatever the answer was, it didn't matter to Adam, as he was confidant that with his current strength anyone who only opened the first two Gates would be stomped by him.

Even if the opponent had become a Bronze Rank and had several levels ahead of him, Adam was still confidant that the one who would grant him his first death was going to wait for a while.

Anyway, Adam observed his surroundings as he stood in front of the dungeon's entrance. This dungeon was actually an abandoned mine that was infested by the spiders, who had been proliferating ever since then.

There were two old wooden doors forming the entrance of the mine, which was going down quickly. When Adam approached the doors he received several notifications.

[Congratulation for discovering 'Spider's Nest'!]

[Player's level detected to be several levels below the standard for this dungeon, advance with caution.]

[To enter the dungeon, please choose one of the following difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hardcore, Nightmare.]