There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237: Chapter 230. A New Determination

Unlike the time they announced the establishment of new guide division, which was done vi a video conference, the announcement this time was made in person.

All of the guild members and management team were being called, no exception. Every hidden squad members were being pulled from their missions, and there was no paid leave being issued for this date, since the invitation had been sent out before the conference. It was the fullest Trinity compound had ever been, filling the biggest conference room of the second floor that was as big as the one the Association had.

It was the chance for the regular guild members and workers to chance upon the ’rare’ espers, like the squad members of [Anzus], who usually could only be seen once in a blue moon. In fact, some of them didn’t know those people existed of all, especially the one who still comparably new.

It was also the first time they saw the ’white’ and ’black’ divisions of the Guide Department sat together. Most were fascinated by how different those divisions looked from each other in just half a year. As if mirroring their leaders, the strike division’s guides looked sharper and had more edge, while the rest of the guides looked like their usual calm and relaxed self.

Or perhaps because the black-uniformed guides were just fresh out of their morning regime. Either way, it was fascinating.

Despite what he said in the plane, Zein still had a little bit of worry about the kids’ reaction. He gathered them yesterday to tell them about the project first, and how many of them would he bring there.

He had expecting some reservation, but it seemed like a couple of days were enough for these guides to already come to term with the whole idea. Conversely, it gave them even better understanding of why this division was established in the first place; why the training regime had been hard, and why Zein had never lessened them; why they had to go through challenging mental stimulation every week.

And then, there was something that Zein did not include in his calculation; his ’speech’. While Zein couldn’t care less about the things being said about him, his kids were following the articles closely, reading what the journalist sumarized from it, and then asking for confirmation from Dheera.

They were not stupid, and knowing Zein, they realized his emotion came from his own experience. They might not know what the guild’s objective in taking this difficult and deadly project, but they glimpsed on their Captain’s objective within his outburst.

So, when Zein gathered them to talk about the project, they listened to him keenly without making a fuss or protest. Of course, some of them didn’t want to go if they could, for various reason--such as being the only bread winner for their family. But when Zein told them he would take volunteers first--just as he did when the division was established--he easily got eight, including Dheera.

Zein needed more, but having eight volunteers was beyond his expectation, so he wouldn’t push it for now.

That was why, the black-uniformed guide didn’t look distressed when the Guildmaster made an official announcement regarding the project, as well as declaring their future directions. And looking at the calm guides, the espers couldn’t bring themselves to feel agitated because...well, pride.

"That went better than I thought," Zein commented in the executive meeting room after the conference ended.

It was ended for the regular members, but it was only the start for the executives.

"Because mandatory general meeting had been issued before we went to the Association," Bassena said. "When the Association’s announcement came out, they should already put the pieces together."

"Not everyone wanted to be a part of it, but even those people knew better than to raise an issue publicly," Rina added from the side. "They called us ’entertainment agency’, but we actually had less drama than other guilds."

"Drama?" Zein tilted his head. He had only ever in one guild, and it was chaotic in nature due to their status, so he couldn’t use Umbra as comparison to any decent guild.

But why would other guilds had drama?

"Politics, mainly," Bassena explained to the clueless guide. "Some guilds had different factions inside the management, especially those with sponsors. A lot of leaders create a lot of interests that bound to clash."

It was a classic thing within sponsored guilds; a conflict of interest between the espers that only wanted to do their job and those who wanted to gain as many benefit as they could. Different opinions would come from the espers who actually came inside the dungeon and the sponsors who only wanted profit.

"It’s not like we have no internal drama in each department," Abel chimed in, smirking as he recalled the tension between two guide divisions at the start. "But it would never be big enough to alter the overall management policy."

"Because of Radia?" Zein asked, and the others nodded their head.

"To be exact, it’s because we have an absolute voice of authority," Bassena said. "He’s the founder, the owner, and the sponsor, so no one had higher authority."

And that was why, many people simply called Trinity as Radia Mallarc’s guild. To be fair, though, the guild did established as an adjacent to Mortix Group--among other things.

"Of course, there’s people who hated authoritarian rule, but hey--" Rina leaned back and smirked as she crossed her arms. "I can’t object the one holding my salary."

"The benefit is we won’t have confusion about the line of order," Bassena said as he put his pen in a vertical position atop the table. "But if Radia crumble..."

He let go of the pen, prompting it to fall down and rolled out of the table. Zein let out a long sigh--this was why Radia would not be in the frontline during the Deathzone raid. Suddenly, he was being reminded of Han Joon.

"I guessed nothing in this world is perfect," Zein concluded with a shrug just as the meeting room opened to Radia walking in with a document in is hand. _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}