(WSG) “Hey, hey, great elder, have you heard the news? Baron has managed to create his faction despite the obstacles that our faction put in his way. Such a spoilsport, right?” Wu San Gui, someone who hated Baron dearly, said.

(HY) “I can’t believe such a mishap was allowed to occur given that Wang Yi was in charge of dealing with them.” Ho Yang, also someone who despised Baron, feuded.

(HE) “This piece of news I have heard, but it is nothing that we need to worry about. They will get what’s coming to them, I’m sure our leader Zheng He will make it so.” The Head elder reassured his juniors.

(WSG) “Humph. This Baron fellow is so lucky, he hasn’t had to deal with many of the realities of this world yet.”

(HE) “You may see it that way, but I think this is exactly what will cause his downfall. Oh yes, I heard that you recently paid off your debt to Baron. Didn’t you have enough money to make a one-time payment? Why did you wait?”

(WSG) “That childish prank that he pulled at the Great Auction gave him way too much face, I couldn’t just give him the money like that, it had to be done slowly. Enough of this, I’m going to train, you coming, Ho Yang?”

(HY) “Sure. Till' next time, Head elder.”

(HE) “Mmm. Work hard you two. Your drastic improvement has been noted by the inner circle, keep it up.”

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(H1) “Looks like that little brat Baron and his team finally managed to win the faction selection tournament. Not bad.” The First said to Second and Madam Zheng.

(MZ) “Not bad indeed. Although with the extra help of Lu Mu there wasn’t a doubt in my mind as to whether or not they would lose.” Madam Zheng smiled.

(H2) “Hmm. I wonder how far they’ll go. We managed to do quite well for ourselves, do you think we should give them a hand?” The Second husband asked the other two.

(MZ) “Hmm, now that you mention it, they are a faction now so we should be able to declare an alliance with them. We couldn’t do so before as they were not officially a faction. I suppose that would be enough to get quite a few people to join. However, that also brings with it that the Vesper faction will be going after them too. Who knows if it will end up benefiting them or not, well, if he needs our help, I’m sure he would send us a message.”

(H1) “That’s right, if he has the characteristics of a leader then he should be coming to us for help himself. There is no reason to discuss this further. What other pieces of news is there for us to talk about?”

(H2) “Hmm, have you heard of the Imperial Dragon and Eternal Dragon factions that also made it in addition to Baron?”

(MZ) “Wasn’t the Imperial Dragon group the one that made it into third place during the naval Sun Alliance tournament?”

(H2) “It is indeed. We never had the chance to fight them as it was the Vesper faction that offed them before we had a chance, but I heard they were pretty dominating in their local regions.”

(H1) “What about them, is there something so special about them?”

(H2) “Well, it seems as if both of those factions will be led by Zhang Da Zhi. Qi Ji Guang, the leader of the Imperial Dragon faction is supposed just there to act as a figurehead and nothing more. Both of those men are quite powerful in their own ways.”

(MZ) “Two factions under a single new leader… that could lead to disaster if they aren’t careful with how they handle the situation. Tell me, what are they doing to attract more members?”

(H2) “Nothing much, they just seem to be idle whereas Baron and his group are giving it their all. I don’t think I’ve seen terms this generous aside from some of the major, major factions. Even we aren’t this nice.”

(H1) “Hoh, with things like this, It has to be Baron that is in the lead now in terms of new members. Though I’m not sure how well that statement will hold in the grand scheme of things. If the Dragon factions don’t do anything to combat this soon, they will have lost a great deal of opportunity.”

(MZ) “Quite right, for us, we didn’t have to worry as much as most of our former pirate crew members would come flocking back to us. Thus, we were able to skip most of the trouble and we have been growing ever since. Truly a blessing.”

(H2) “That is the common-sense conclusion, but somehow, both Baron’s new faction and the two Dragon factions aren’t that far off from what our intelligence has gathered.”

(MZ) “Oh? Did you already get a spy into their camp? That was quite fast even for you, Second.”

(H2) “That is the extent of the knowledge I have regarding the 3 new factions. I still think we should help out Baron, after all, there is no telling how powerful they are going to be in the future. I have a good feeling about them.”

(H1) “Fine, we’ll put it to a vote. Second, you wish to help out Baron, correct?”

(H2) “Aye.”

(H1) “I think we should let him come to us, so it is one to one. Looks like you have the final vote once again, dear.”

(MZ) “Mmm… What the hell. Let’s help him out, first, let’s get a messenger to get the notice to Baron. Once he gets it, we’ll announce our alliance.”

(H1) “Humph. Fine, since you two seem to love Baron so much, you two handle it. I’ll be going to go deal with my own business for quite a while.”

(MZ) “Alright. Second, get everything done. The more power and recruits Baron is able to get into his new faction, the better.”

(H2) “Of course.”