I gripped my sword tighter and chuckled. “No wonder that selfish, profit-minded Candlelight Shadow came all the way from Wind City to participate in the territory war. He’s just trying to protect his guild’s spot!”

Hot and Sour Noodles nodded. “Right, getting a good placement in the Guild Ranking is incredibly important to a guild’s development. Once the new ranking comes out, it won’t change for at least a month, so the top ten guild gains a huge advantage in terms of recruitment, war, reputation, and more over other guilds.”

His explanation made perfect sense to me. “By the way, you’re part of the staff, right? You must know Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ current points and ranking, don’t you? Can you give us a sneak peek or something?”

Hot and Sour Noodles burst out in laughter. “Haha, do you even need to ask? Obviously, both Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Snowy Cathaya will be entering the top ten as rising rookies. I don’t know your exact ranking though. In the end, whether you can contest the Top 3 spot contested by Warsky Alliance, Purple Lily, and Candle Dragon is up to you.”

“Got it!” I nodded before smiling. “Hehe, we’ll definitely win this territory war...