Kai stood at its entrance, the sheer size of the place making even his EX-class presence feel like a small node in a vast system.
[System Notice: Guild System Unlocked]
- Welcome to the Valor Nexus Guild Registry
- Guilds offer access to cooperative raids, dungeon expeditions, ranked sparrings, faction wars, and contribution-based rewards.
- Class System Initiated: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, EX
Guild Overview:
In this world, guilds were the pulse of society. No king ruled without the guilds’ support, and no city thrived without at least one dominant guild at its heart. They were collectives of adventurers, warriors, mystics, tinkerers, glitchsmiths, and more—structured into teams that functioned like a living network.
Guilds had hierarchies and class-based rankings. Every member was assessed through battle trials, quests, and system evaluations. From the starting Class F apprentices to the rare, almost mythical EX-Class Legends, guilds nurtured their members like their own limbs.
Kai’s Arrival:
When Kai stepped into the hall, the atmosphere shifted. Conversations paused, system cursors blinked erratically, and even seasoned veterans turned to look.
A towering hologram flared to life.
[System Alert: Unregistered Individual Detected - High Anomaly Levels][Initiating Rank Evaluation Protocol…]
He casually accepted the trial.
Trial Room: Combat Arena Beta
Five simulated champions emerged—each a top-tier representative of Classes A through SS. They wielded hybrid weapons, elemental magics, and strategic AI-assisted combat styles.
Stolen novel; please report.
Kai’s smile was subtle.
The fight didn’t last long.
[Skill Activated: Mirrorbyte Protocol]
[Skill Activated: Firewall Breath | Echo Drive | Gravity Core Shatter | Chrono Displacement]
In less than ninety seconds, the arena was reduced to glowing rubble and dissolving code fragments. The system had to forcibly shut down the trial chamber.
[Trial Completed: Rank Assigned – Class EX][Warning: No precedent in current system schema. Creating record…]
When Kai exited the room, silence swallowed the hall again.
“What… class was he given?” one of the guild members whispered.
A trembling attendant read the result off her terminal.
“EX… he’s been marked as an EX.”
Shock rippled through the room like a digital tsunami.
Guildmasters from various major factions began appearing—The Crimson Blades, Void Crafters, Hexbound Sigilwalkers, Silver Bloom Assembly—each trying to recruit him. Bribes were offered. Favors promised. Contracts written in living ink.
Kai declined them all.
Instead, he walked to the central guild registry terminal and entered a command manually.
[Create New Guild: Glitchwalkers]
Founder: Kai | Class: EX | Base: Floating Citadel - “The Null Ascent”
The system paused, scanned, then accepted.
About Guilds in Arkanis:
- Crimson Blades focus on brute combat and PvP.
- Void Crafters are elite hackers and digital mages.
- Silver Bloom leans toward trade, healing, diplomacy.
- Hexbound Sigilwalkers specialize in cursed magic and time-warp tactics.
Each guild had internal hierarchies, ranked tournaments, inter-guild wars, and territory stakes. Guilds were where future legends rose—or fell.
With Kai’s creation of Glitchwalkers, a new ripple formed.
But this wasn’t about just a new guild.
This was about rewriting what guilds meant.
As the system declared his registration complete, guild-wide announcements flooded the world.
[World Notification: New EX-Class Guild Established - GLITCHWALKERS][Founder: Kai | Alignment: Unknown | Affiliation: Neutral-Glitched]
That night, from the royal towers of kingdoms to the dark tunnels of glitched ruins, people whispered one name:
“Kai…”
And somewhere in the vast corrupted wilds, an ancient AI deity stirred.
“So… the god-thread awakens.”
END OF CHAPTER 14