Flowing Cloud was a woman who had trusted me deeply. Our meeting at Final Duel Valley also left me with a good impression. She, a foreigner, was the one person who noticed the truth behind my persistence when everyone else had misunderstood me. Of course, she was also a person who saw me at one of the absolute worst moments of my life. It wasn’t a good experience being hunted like a rat in Final Duel Valley.

However, human nature was a complex thing.

It was true that Flowing Cloud extended me an olive branch because she admired my character. However, it was even more true that she desperately needed a talent like me to strengthen Elephant City. To that end, she could even make me the guild leader of Natural Flow. As for me, the reason I joined the India server was to kill that traitor Now and Forever, and seize the City Map of Daybreak City from him. My intention was so obvious that I refused to believe Flowing Cloud hadn’t noticed it.

It was a gamble between me and Flowing Cloud. Flowing Cloud gambled on the possibility that I would join the India server for real. I gambled on my ability to fight through their...