The next day.

In the Guild Hall.

The Guild Hall in the early morning is when it's most crowded.

Additionally, there has been no conflict in the Lantern Territory recently, nor anything requiring the guild members to be busy.

So all the members are in a relatively idle state.

Some people have already started to become aimless.

This results in a constant gathering of guild members in the hall, engaging in idle chatter.

They even started organizing competitions in the training ground on their own initiative.

For Explorers, strength must always be maintained and improved.

The training ground is their best venue.

Kane once even took out a premium Silver Equipment as a reward.

After all, participants in such competitions are certainly Silver guild members.

Most of the Gold members don't have such leisure, so they hardly participated.

Most of the time, it's sparring in the training ground.

However, this morning, almost all of the Explorer members gathered around Adoma's front desk.

Specifically, they were gathered beside the notice board.

A massive information sheet was posted above.

It detailed the task Kane and his team were about to undertake.

Raphael struggled to squeeze in front of the notice board, holding a freshly fried fritter in one hand and a cup of soy milk in the other.

He looked at the content on the information sheet.

"Are they really recruiting all the Explorers? And it's an open invitation, what kind of task is this? Why do they need so many people?"

"Can you stop asking after just reading the beginning? Read it thoroughly before asking, okay?" Kafka said helplessly in response to Raphael's questions.

And with that, he directly grabbed the fritter from Raphael's hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

Before Raphael could react, Kafka also snatched the soy milk from his other hand and gulped it down.

Seeing his hands suddenly empty, Raphael stopped reading the notice and started arguing and cursing with Kafka.

"Hey, take it outside. Fight and argue outside, don't block the way."

The people behind them, used to such scenes, made way and helped push both of them out.

Then they continued to carefully read the content on the notice board.

"The reward is rather generous. They are directly providing equipment of the same level according to the participant's capability," Funa commented upon seeing the information.

Currently, the Gold-level Explorers are a bit too idle.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will all participate.

Which means, excluding what Kane and his team prepare for themselves,

Kane and his team would need to prepare at least nine pieces of Gold Equipment for the guild participants.

Considering they also offer rewards that increase based on contribution.

A draconian being scratched the scales on its neck, puzzled, and asked, "When did the President become so wealthy? Can he afford to give away so much Gold Equipment?"

It's not a matter of looking down on Kane; although Kane and his team are strong and wealthy,

the issue is that there doesn't seem to be much surplus Gold Equipment available.

Not to mention getting ready at least nine pieces.

Even Kane and his companions aren't fully equipped with Gold-level equipment themselves.

"Who knows, haven't Kane and the others been away for a while? It seems they were quite busy during this period; maybe they struck it rich," Shire said, flapping his wings indifferently.

"In any case, given the President's credibility, he's not going to deceive us with such things, so what's there to doubt?"

"That's true; if he couldn't afford the rewards, he wouldn't put them on the notice."

The people around nodded in agreement.

After all, in their eyes, Kane is generally reliable in normal circumstances.

He wouldn't joke or cheat regarding such matters.

So they shifted their attention elsewhere.

While most people were still gathered around the notice board,

Kane and his team appeared in the Guild Hall.

They went to the bar where Burton stood, sitting at the counter.

As soon as Kane sat down, he was surrounded by guild members.

"President, what are the specific objectives of the new task? You haven't clearly stated them," Funa asked.

"Do we need so many people? What kind of task requires so many people?" Rui also inquired from the side.

Then came a variety of questions from different guild members, all related to this task.

Considering the content and conditions on the information sheet, it seems to be a significant event for the entire guild.

"Alright, alright, everyone calm down," Kane pushed the people surrounding him aside.

He then said, "Don't worry, don't worry, let me have breakfast first, and later, I'll brief you all about the specifics of this task and our objectives inside the guild. For those who aren't here, please pass the information around."

After these words, the crowd nodded and dispersed.

Kane and his team finally had space to have their breakfast.

After eating and drinking, Kane stood at the far end of the Guild Hall.

A platform resembling a small stage had been set up there recently,

Considering situations like the current one.

Kane stood on it and addressed the guild members below.

"This time, our mission target is a location in Area 3," he said while a projection appeared behind him showing a large map, indicating their destination for this mission.

"This time, it's quite a distance from us, so we won't bring too many members, nor will we take soldiers along; only elite members will be selected to go."

"Moreover, this task is extremely challenging, even if our entire guild of Explorers were to participate, it holds a very high risk, so please consider joining carefully."

Once Kane finished speaking, the screen behind him displayed four books that rapidly flipped through pages, eventually revealing several lines of data.

Estimated number of Gold-level enemies: about 200.

Number of Silver and Copper-level enemies: incalculable.

???

The guild members below looked at the two lines of data and tilted their heads directly, with rows of question marks appearing above their heads.

Are you serious about these two lines of data?

Kane read this from their expressions.

"Ahem, these two lines of data are not fabricated but real, and this is our target for this trip."

Then, Kane closed his mouth and waited above.

Waiting for the guild members below to digest this information.

These two lines of data are the most crucial part of this operation. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

If these two lines of data weren't exaggerated, Kane and his team would have gone themselves without needing to gather the members of the guild.

"This really is... an exciting battle!" The dragon man licked his lips bloodthirstily.

Being a battle maniac, he never feared challenges.

Such challenges only made him excited.

The others whispered to each other, starting to exchange wildly.

"200 enemies of the golden level? How many golden level members does our guild have now?"

"I don't know; as for Explorers, there are 13, and if we add the president's subordinates, it's a bit more, around twenty or thirty."

"So even if we all mobilize, the difference in strength is still exceptionally vast."

"Yes, you're really smart."

"Get lost."

After exchanging fiercely for more than ten minutes, they quieted down.

Kane spoke from above, "How about it, everyone? Thought it through? Want to join this operation?"

Unexpectedly, below voices echoed in unison, "Yes."

The reason why they dared to face such a gap in strength and still dared to take on this task was mainly due to their trust in Kane.

Since Kane dared to release such a task, it represented he definitely had some confidence, not entirely a dead end.

Since there's a chance to complete it, what's there to refuse?

As for the danger of the task, being Explorers, they are always facing danger.

So, conversely, it wouldn't be something they overly care about.

Unless the danger level has reached an extent where they absolutely couldn't face it.

After all, no one would intentionally go to die, right?

Since it's not courting death, then it's no big deal.

It's foreseeable if the target succeeds this time, whether Kane or themselves, they will definitely gain huge rewards.

Not to mention anything else, just the Magic Stones alone would be more than enough for them.

After this battle, the situation of insufficient Magic Stones might no longer exist.

Solving all difficulties in one go.

And if someone doesn't go, once others succeed, it would really be uncomfortable.

The envious tears alone would be enough to flood the guild.

"Since everyone wants to join, let me explain the enemies we'll face this time."

"This time, all the enemies we face are Undead type monsters, without exception. They once belonged to a certain God of the Dead's undead, but eventually regained their freedom."

"So everyone can prepare more materials and offensive methods against these undead."

"Secondly, we are not directly facing all these enemies but in a situation where they are visible, and we are not.

Moreover, our opponents are not a monolithic force but divided into several factions.

However, in any case, our ultimate goal is to annihilate all these undead."

After formally stating the intelligence for the task, Kane continued, "For those who want to join, leave your name with Adoma, we plan to start action in three days."

During this period, please make sure you are completely prepared."

After Kane finished speaking, he stepped down.

And the guild members immediately dispersed, rushing to Adoma to sign up.

After that, they had many things to prepare.

Knowing the enemies this time are undead, it's easier to target them.

Monsters like these with very obvious weaknesses are actually one of the easier ones to deal with.

Especially for Explorers.

Who hasn't encountered a Dungeon with an undead theme during exploration?

If not encountered, it means the exploration experience is not complete enough.

Explorers more or less have plenty of experience dealing with undead.

The ones who don't need much preparation among them are Funa and her team.

The team consists of four people.

Two Angels, one Saintess.

Simply a nemesis team for undead, calling them sworn enemies wouldn't be over the top.

It's foreseeable that this time they would definitely shine brightly.

Didn't see Shire and her sibling's faces right now laughing uncontrollably?

They inherently have more advantages than others.

After Kane stepped down, he said to Meizike, "Meizike, Holy Water and various potions against undead are handed over to you, best to get help from those Pharmacists in the Platinum Country."

This time, our demand might be huge."

Meizike nodded indicating he understood, then disappeared from the Guild Hall.

Kreya and the others also left one after another to make preparations.

Kane then went to the government building of Lantern Territory to find Bonona.

After discussing with her for a while.

Kane decided that besides the Explorers from the guild, this time's operation.

Would also include 100 members from the Lantern Knight Order.

Among them, including three golden members from the Lantern Knight Order, and other strongest ones.

Also, a few months ago newly joined Kingdom Sword Saint.

Ten Ghost Maids and twenty Dark Servants.

All other forces and golden-level members will remain in the territory to guard against possible unexpected situations.

Thus, began to make final preparations.