After the Loda blacksmith happily finished the rubbing, he waved goodbye to Ivan and welcomed his next patronage warmly, saying Ivan would always get a 20% discount in his forge. Ivan was also agreeable to his offer. After leaving the forge, Ivan exhorted FallenAngel to store the weapon in the depository. Just then, he read about an emergency on the guild chat channel. “The Realm Guild is balefully PKing us in the country outside Loda. Bros, come to our aid if you’re nearby!” “Realm Guild?” Ivan’s forehead knotted in a frown. He heard about Realm Guild long ago, but he had never come into contact with it. Yet, presumably it was just like Sovereign Guild, because it was its bullying tactics that had catapulted it to one of California’s top ten guilds. If Sovereign was likened to a contem

