It wasn't tacit understanding.
Rather, the guild had released a message inviting top adventure groups to reside in newly established local branches.
Adventurers were very pragmatic.
They often refrained from engaging in activities that offered no benefits.
If the Sanctuary allowed us to go to these branches, we would dutifully comply.
We were adventurers who yearned for freedom.
However, at the branch offices, lucrative missions awaited them while at the Green Shadow headquarters, the rapidly increasing number of registered adventurers and a limited total number of assignments slowly led to a shortage.
To earn money, to buy equipment, to grow stronger, to become a figure capable of teasing the newcomers, it was mandatory to visit the foreign branches.
And it was necessary to hurry, lest the local Awakeners snatch up the tasks.
At this moment, the adventurers were even more anxious than with their territories.
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