Forsyx said nothing, as he had already done his work.
Now he just had to sit and let the others decide.
Not to his surprise, Danish backed Elish within a moment—but he wasn't the one whose decision mattered here.
He just stared at Cion, and this time, he focused on his Firebird badge.
Now he remembered these Firebirds were the symbol of one of the six legacy kingdom guilds.
They were nothing compared to Radiant, nor would they ever be in the future, but yeah—they had decent control over the northern side of the 6th Sever.
Now he understood everyone's reaction. Well, it wasn't that big of a deal, as even the Akinu Guild, which he wanted to be part of, was also one of the six legacy kingdom guilds.
All these guilds were super active and popular among players, but on a bigger scale, they would at most count as decently sized medium guilds.
But that didn't matter.
Except for him, or he glanced at the three from Radiant—no one would want to mess with a member of a legacy guild.
Even Cion knew the power was in his hands. That was why this guy took all the time in the world to think.
Everyone just sat there in silence until, finally, Cion pointed to Elish. "I'll agree with Elish here. Including the other players would just make things messier."
Elish smiled at this and gave him that 'I told you' look.
But then Cion continued. "But the Forsy guy also had a point."
Forsyx cut him off. "It's Forsyx. Syx at the end."
He couldn't let others mess up his name. They needed to remember who they were dealing with.
Cion nodded to him. "Oh, sorry. So yeah, I agree with Forsyx. From what I know, a Hibiki Snake is at least 30 meters in length, and it can stand like a cobra. Once the fight starts, it'll only be a matter of time before others notice that massive snake in the area."
Danish said, "But don't forget, the common strategy to deal with those snakes is to destroy their eyes. Anyone with that knowledge would try to target them first."
Surprisingly, this time, Drakim spoke in a deep voice. "Ah, but I don't think that's going to matter much. We all know anything below bronze-grade weapons won't be able to pierce the Hibiki's large scales."
Elish nodded her head. "Yeah, that's why I don't think having other casual players would matter much. There'd be a high chance of the snake just running."
Cion shook his head. "True, but on the other hand, it'd be the same even if I called in my team members. It's not like we have the money to purchase bronze weapons for everyone."
Even Rodium added from their side, "We also need to keep in mind that no matter which path we choose, the death rate would be super high."
"Most of my team members are working on their own chain quests. Their death would be an enormous loss for our guild. I don't think the compensation is enough for us to suffer that death toll."
Elish once again said, "In that case, we could wait for their chain quests to end. It's not like we have any timer in our quest."
Forsyx was about to refuse that, but others beat him to it. Kos, Zanarc, and even the ever-quiet Lucami all shook their heads.
"No, I can't do that."
"No way."
"No."
With urgency, the three of them jumped in to say no, and even he looked at them with suspicion.
Well, he couldn't forget—out of everyone here, he was the second to last to finish the task.
So, Radiant wasn't the only problem.
These guys could also pose a risk to his current self.
With that reaction, Elish just closed her eyes.
It looked like she was giving up.
Well, he could not blame her.
After all, this quest had a kind of tricky passing condition.
The only condition was that any of them had to submit the Hibiki eyes to the old butcher.
Never in the task did it say they had to come together to submit them.
All of that meant a small thing: even if you didn't participate in the task and just stayed alive, you'd still get a reward.
Everyone knew this. And including the eggs they were all lusting after—those two were the reasons he was confident none of them would want to take the risk alone.
After all, your death would cripple your character.
But the destruction of the eyes would endanger everybody.
The answer was simple.
And sure enough, Cion said, "Well, in that case, I believe involving the other players would be best. I'll call my team to keep an eye on the snake—and even on the guild players—so they won't go for the eyes. Also, at this point, no one could jump 10 meters when the Hibiki stands up."
As Cion said that, Zanarc chimed in. "Oh, but we have our bird boy who can do that."
The moment that guy said that, everyone stared at him.
Forsyx just glanced at Zanarc.
He'd love to peck that guy right now, but controlling himself, he looked around and started mumbling some nonsense.
The next second, he changed into the white Pipler bird.
Not to disappoint, he just jumped and started flying round and round in the room.
After making two rounds, he calmly came back to his seat. The next moment, he was back in human form.
Those who hadn't known about his transformation just stared at him with wide eyes.
He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "If we can damage the tissue around the eyes, then I'll gouge those eyes out with no problem."
Cion smiled. "Haha, that's great. This will decrease the risk factor so much."
Rodium added from the side, "By the way, remember—unique beasts are super intelligent. So you'll only have one chance to surprise that snake."
Forsyx smiled. "Don't worry. I'll act once you guys damage the snake's tissues."
Cion nodded. "Well, that's decided then. We're going to use the other players. Anyone want to add anything?"
This time, Lucami raised her hand.
Forsyx glanced at her. He wasn't sure whether she was about to drop another bomb.