There was an incredible celebratory atmosphere at the guild hall. Barrels of booze had been brought over and the NPC soldiers , guild members and even the elves were partying with the others. 

Those who had died in the war had rejoined the guild mates after reviving , and they were the one's who were most thrilled about the victory. Especially those who died when the guild was still behind in terms of points , hence they wanted to hear about all the details and the epic action. 

When Karna walked in to the joyous atmosphere he could not help but smile ..... He always knew that Rudra would pull through. Hence the moment he saw Rudra , he launched into a bear hug to meet the guy . 

Rudra too did not shy away , as he understood the sentiment. While for others this war was a great victory for the guild , for Rudra and Karna they knew that they had very obvious flaws that they had to work on . 

Karna had contemplated a lot about his death at the hands of edge , Karna was a very prideful man , and he knew that he let his emotions get the best of him in the moment. 

He needs to be more rational , and he needs to work on his skills more. He is not invincible and he needs to start behaving that way. Also he needs to realize that he is a vice guild master first and an assaulter for the guild second. His role is not just to slay more enemies but to lead the guild. He needs to think twice before jumping before enemies. 

All of this Karna swore to improve upon , he had matured a lot from this experience and he would use it as a fuel for his growth. 

For Rudra the lesson was to not rely on plan A , and to have a plan B , C , D and fu***** Z plan ready . 

Also if even Plan Z fails , he needs to not panick and think about a plan that's out of the box. More rational , and more decisive is what he needs to be. 

However in this moment , he and Karna could be said to be truly happy , as the guild was now the damn overlords of Purplehaze City. 

The exact mechanics about being a managing guild of a city was not clearly mentioned , but Rudra knew that it meant that pretty much everything was under their control. 

If they blackflagged a player , that player could never enter Purplehaze city legally , if they try to illegally infiltrate the city and get caught , it would be a 7 day prison minimum , and could go upto 30 days. 

Also the guilds were authorized to make their own military unit to mentain security. Not more than 8% of total city population. However for Purplehaze city that had more than 30 million residents , the 8% number translated into a 240,000 soldiers! 

It was by no means a small number , and no guild could hope to remain calmly in Purplehaze if they provoked the Elites. 

Hence Rudra knew , that for the coming year the guild would face no more guild wars , and untill the countdown for city wars was not lifted one year for now , there would be no territorial conflict either. 

This was a time for rapid growth and consolidation , the time to become soo strong that when the VR Olympics open , they could make an impact on the world stage. 

It was also a time to mint money while managing the city. The next system auction would be continent wide , and would need a lot of money to bid for the top items. 

The biggest change that Rudra wished to bring was that he no longer wished to be a leader of a small guild. 

Numbers was the biggest problem with the True Elites , and their low numbers had them rely on tricks time and time again. Hence he wanted to increase the numbers of the guild , significantly! 

Although he would not expand it to the scale of 300,000 members or so , he wanted to at least expand to 20,000 main guild members , 5000 lifestyle members and 2000 logistics and intelligence members. 

But his ideals for the guild would not allow anyone below the Elite level to be recruited in the guild , hence in a moment of inspiration he decided to create an academy. 

He wished to create the Elite school of eSports in the upside , where students who graduated school could join as a carreer option. The course would be a 6 month course and upon graduation you would be directly enrolled into the main guild with a fixed pay and housing in the Elite tower. 

His vision was to create an eSports school , where students who just cleared school could join , these 18 year old youths would be trained in the institute and helped in being power levelled by senior guild members. 

They would be guided since the start of the game and have teachers from the main guild teaching them. Even he himself would take some lectures for this purpose. 

He would have a school set up here inside Purplehaze city , aswell as in the real world in the upside , and the course would require students to take practical classes in game , as well as physical classes in classrooms. 

And hence in this way he wished to enroll the 27000 members into the guild , and keep the process recurring for every 6 months cycle. 

With the guild accepting 27,000 new members every six months through the academy and 3000 members directly based on performance as per recruitment standards 

The guild would recruite about 30,000 members every 6 months 

This way they could slowly and stably expand the guilds foundations without deviating from the original core values. 

After the one year gap , if all went to plan , the Elites would have 60 K new members , about that of a third rate guild , and not be soo pitifully low numbered. 

While he was thinking all this , he did not realize that he had zoned out , when his eyes regained focus and he scanned his surroundings , he realized that Naomi was very close to his face , staring at him.

There was less than 3 cm distance between their lips , and Rudra instantly backed off and blushed ... His mind could not process how Naomi suddenly got there. 

Naomi puffed her cheeks as she said " Are you listening to me??? ". 

She looked extremely cute while throwing a fit , and only then did Rudra realize that she had probably been talking to him as he had zoned out.... 

He said " Apologies , can you please say it once more , I did not pay attention ". 

Naomi sighed , it seemed Rudra did not listen to a word she said .... She repeated " The Elven princess has been wanting to talk to you since a longgg time , you better go talk to her , you dumbo ". 

Only then did Rudra realize that even Ruby was here , and she was glancing in his direction....

/// We missed the 4800 mark by 100 Ps ending the week with 4700 , however I'm still releasing a bonus chapter because of all the summoning pens iv recieved. Because why not? 

Honestly I was only contemplating today about how I have great fans supporting my book, and from the bottom of my heart , thankyou guys! Hope you enjoy the bonus! ////