T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 641, page 640: Feels inferior to potatoes.
In the early summer of the 36th year of the Kurien calendar, the uneventful daily routine of the ruling center of the Anna Empire was disrupted by the appearance of a rainbow rain.

An adventure team with an 8th-tier powerhouse at its helm and all members being wild mages has not appeared since nearly 20 years ago, naturally attracting a great deal of attention.

The idle nobles of Anna were all discussing this, curious about the composition of this suddenly rising force.

Some people are secretly considering the possibility of "breaking up the team".

There was no particular reason; it was simply out of a dark desire to watch the drama unfold and to witness the collapse of something powerful.

His Majesty Kurien sat upright in his study, his knuckles lightly tapping the table.

He still doesn't quite understand the exact purpose of Rainbow Rain and the people behind her coming here in such a high-profile manner. His years of experience in governance have led him to choose the safest approach.

He again instructed Wick to continue monitoring and refrain from any contact for the time being.

As for their first stop being to contact the prison guard master, rumors circulated that the prison guard master intended to recruit them, which is quite laughable.

They're all in cahoots!

Given the restless nature of nobles, once they enter the capital, they will likely be invited to large banquets soon to chat and get to know each other.

At that time, we will also be able to better understand the other party's intentions for this trip.

Kurien's prediction was correct.

The capital city is indeed "restless" and is about to make headlines.

However, the first wave of trouble was not caused by the senior nobles he had expected.

"Who?"

Upon waking up, Kurien listened to his personal servant's morning report and felt that he might not be fully awake or was hallucinating.

“Your Majesty, it is Miss Renee of House Grion.” The servant repeated cautiously and added, “According to various sources, Miss Renee seems to have had a magical duel with the Rainbow Rain Adventurers in private.”

"Later, in her conversation with the members of the Star Speakers Academy... she bluntly stated that all members of Rainbow Rain possessed the strength of a Mage Tower."

Kurien's hand holding the towel froze in mid-air, his face filled with astonishment and confusion.

Renee of House Grellion?
It's not too surprising; she harbors a deep-seated rebellion against the Grion family.

She resisted what her parents supported and her family liked, and in her behavior, she was very close to the wild monk.

Kurien was well aware that all members of Rainbow Rain possessed the strength of a mage tower, but this crucial information had previously been known only to him, Black Heron, and a very few others.

Now that Renee, the first new magician to publicly endorse it, one can imagine the huge waves it will cause in the capital.

This unexpected turn of events completely disrupted Kurien's plans.

He had originally expected things to follow a more conventional path.

At the lavish banquet, various factions mingled and exchanged toasts, testing each other's limits and gradually working towards a compromise amidst seemingly harmonious conversations.

This is a good buffer transition, allowing him to gradually shape and accept a more concrete team image of Rainbow Rain through gradual contact with various forces.

Renee elevated Rainbow Rain to the level of a "mage tower" in one step, even making Kurien feel that she was flattering him to death.

The starting pitch is too high.

The rainbow rain will once again be greeted by a lavish banquet, but this time it's estimated that not only nobles will be there to join in the fun.

The ambitious young students of the Imperial Academy and the elites of the Mage Tower will likely all come to participate in this grand event.

Kurien couldn't help but rub his throbbing eyebrows vigorously, feeling a headache coming on.

Wick asked with a smile, "Even if we don't make contact, we should still send some people to the banquet to keep an eye on things, right?"

The Lion King sighed helplessly.

"Rennie is young and ambitious. I think she's eager to have a match with Rainbow Rain after learning about it. This is really beyond my expectations."

“Young people should have this kind of passion and drive,” Wick comforted, his eyes revealing a longing for the past. “When we were young, we were just like her, daring to do whatever we thought of… It’s just that we are all old now, lethargic, and have far more things on our minds than things we actually do.”

Kurien doesn't shy away from the word "old".

His view on life and death was already fully formed on the day the wolf queen passed away.

He firmly believed that when he finally closed his eyes, someone would be on the other side of death to take away his childlike self, who knew nothing about the afterlife.

Having come to this understanding, Kureen felt a strange sense of relief and ease towards the end of her life.

All the efforts and attempts made by those currently in power are nothing more than paving the way and removing obstacles for their future successors.

Recent events gave Kurien a strange intuition.

He could sense that the mysterious figure behind Rainbow Rain's actions and plans all seemed to ultimately point to him.

The intriguing thing is that he couldn't sense any malice in this series of events.

This is an incredibly wonderful feeling.

Having wielded imperial power for decades, he thought he had long since seen through people's hearts and power struggles, but in his twilight years, he discovered that a new player, whose true nature he could not fathom, had quietly entered the game of the Ana Continent.

He felt a sense of novelty that he hadn't experienced in a long time.

“Then, I’ll play along with you.” Kurien instructed, “Once we confirm the time when Rainbow Rain will participate in the banquet for the first time in the capital, we’ll go and join in the fun.”

……

……

If you say you'll take any role, then you'll take any role.

Rainbow Rain hadn't expected that Renee would set such a high bar for them upon their first arrival in the capital.

While most people knew them from their exploits in dealing with the Mad Blood Clan in the south of the empire, they were already considered on par with the members of the empire's most outstanding mage tower.

Gloria joked, "The scale is a bit high, isn't it? The words 'Mage Tower level' really put us on a pedestal." "The stage is set up, so we can only go on stage and perform." Elsa waved the gold-embossed invitation in her hand. "We've already been invited to a banquet, tonight."

It was all very rushed, and the person in charge of the situation seemed impatient.

The inviter was a famous nobleman from Anna, who was believed to have close ties with the eldest prince, Thiago, whom the potato described as the most loving father and son.

This person's most extraordinary act was that when his father, Kurion, was purging the academic clique, he came forward to plead for leniency, almost disregarding his own position to save people.

"How could there be such a stupid person? The writers of Proof of the Stars should at least make it believable."

In a past life, some people criticized the Anna storyline of Stars in this way.

Yes, there really are.

In Anna's history, the offensive of the Kurien Reckoning Clique was far more moderate than that brought about by the boundary between reality and virtuality in the game.

Even so, Thiago still managed to block it.

Looking back at history, Jiang Heyi couldn't help but provide voiceover for Thiago, who performed this operation.

"You're not allowed to touch them! They're my father!"

Having learned of Thiago's glorious deeds from the potato, everyone knew the true nature of tonight's banquet.

"They're trying to win us over, aren't they?" Plata murmured.

Henila Kai was more direct: "It feels like he's the one who most wants his dad to die suddenly."

"Uh……"

After an awkward moment of hesitation, everyone agreed with what the bear had said.

Elsa stretched and said, "It's been years since I've participated in a large banquet. This is a rare experience."

"You are the saintess of the Clarity, you shouldn't be missing out on banquets and fun," Golia wondered. "Our Golden Royal Family has declined, yet we still indulge in nightly revelry."

"You know I'm the saintess. With me around, the topics of conversation are either magic or inter-organizational negotiations. We can't even get a bite of the delicious food on the table. We have to worry about our image, holding the food awkwardly and taking tiny sips. It's not even enough to satisfy our cravings."

Elsa sighed, "At the banquet, even Dark Green ate better than me."

Dark Green pointed to himself: "But I mostly eat leftovers..."

"Then you can also disregard your image, jump onto the table, and stuff yourself with soup and leftovers."

Henila Kai suddenly realized.

No wonder Elsa ate so boldly and unrestrainedly after being taken to the jailer's manor by the potato.

She could often be seen using a spell to isolate herself from fire elements, grabbing a steaming, juicy steak and tearing it apart with her big mouth.

She's the only one who can squat by the potato and fries grill, enjoying a husband-and-wife barbecue, grilling and eating one skewer at a time.

Even the incredibly insensitive Hernila Kai couldn't bring himself to squat down at the food outlet and devour the food.

What I initially thought was a post-traumatic stress disorder from escaping death now seems to be nothing more than a release of one's true nature with a sense of relief after changing identities.

If you're no longer the Holy Maiden of Clarity, then forget all your rules and image!

As night fell, the area outside the manor where the banquet was being held was bustling with activity.

The hasty event did not dampen the enthusiasm of the nobles to attend the banquet; many even turned down other banquets to come specifically for this one.

Simply put, their intuition told them that there was going to be some fun tonight!

I wonder if Renee will be there tonight.

If the rainbow rain she praised were to fall, wouldn't it be very embarrassing for this first among the new magicians, the future legend of Anna?

"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't that Yarga from the Mage Tower over there?"

"Who is that? Is he famous?"

"She should be Anna's top barrier magic master. It is said that she was also one of the main characters in the incident that happened in the mage tower not long ago."

"Oh, Elaine stole things, right? I remember that."

"Why are there so many students here?"

"I heard that the students are from the five major universities in the empire, and quite a few of them managed to sneak in by using their parents' invitations."

Before Rainbow Rain and her group's carriage even landed, hovering in mid-air, they saw a dense array of lights in front of the manor.

"So many people?" Elsa exclaimed in shock. "Are the nobles of Anna so idle?"

Seeing this, the others, who had been somewhat lazy, began to tidy up their clothes and appearance.

"Cheer up, everyone. We're not just representing Rainbow Rain ourselves; this is about Potato's plan, and making a name for ourselves in Anna depends on this."

"You must strive to be as successful as the prison guard."

The mouse shrank its neck.

"Then...isn't that a bit difficult?"

Everyone looked at each other.

The morale-boosting post-battle attack was thwarted by the Ghost Rat. Gloria coughed, "The successful jailer is also here; he'll provide support for us."

Ghost Mouse muttered to himself, "Can I really trust the jailer? He doesn't seem as trustworthy as Potato..."

"Ouch~~~ Sister Gloria, stop pulling my ear, it hurts! I'll shut up, I'll shut up!"

(End of this chapter)