Joining the Guild

After hearing Gildarts's analysis, Ye Yang's pupils contracted slightly.

Before he could speak, San Mao had somehow already crawled out of the rubble.

"What do we do, Boss?! He found out our secret!"

The moment San Mao finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

Veins bulged across Ye Yang's face.

Hearing their secret get so easily tricked out by one of their own...

"San Mao! Will you die if you keep your mouth shut?!"

"Er Gou!"

"Er Gou!!"

At that moment, Er Gou had his head buried in the rubble, with the rest of his body sticking out as he kept wriggling, trying to pull his head free.

When he heard Ye Yang calling him, he somehow found the strength to yank his head out.

"Boss! I'm here!!"

"Drag San Mao out and beat him up for me!!"

"Yes, Boss!"

The moment San Mao heard his boss's order, he immediately covered his mouth. As if he had recalled something, he looked at Er Gou with utter terror in his eyes.

"Don't come over here!!"

Er Gou looked helplessly at San Mao.

"Cat, bear with it. The boss ordered this."

With that, Er Gou gave San Mao a thorough beating.

"Hey... Old Dog, can't you go a little easier?!"

"Ah, damn it!"

Wagang Village, night.

The bruised and swollen San Mao and the narrating Er Gou sat on either side of Ye Yang. In front of the three of them sat Gildarts, drinking. An unknown magical beast was roasting over the fire between them, sizzling with fragrant oil.

Gildarts had originally thought there would be a decent fight, but Ye Yang had not played by the rules and surrendered outright.

That was how they ended up in their current situation.

After listening to Er Gou's account, Gildarts understood everything.

There was even a hint of admiration in the way he looked at Ye Yang.

"I've got to say, kid, you've got quite a brain. How did you come up with such a brilliant plan?"

"You issued a commission to have yourself exterminated, then robbed the mages who came to accept it."

Then he looked at Ye Yang with a sly grin.

"You must've made quite a bit, huh?"

The moment Ye Yang heard that, he got angry.

"You'd better not bring it up. The second you do, I get pissed. I robbed all those mages, and it only added up to 100,000 Jewel. Are all you mages this poor?"

"And I even posted an A-Class extermination mission."

"One after another, they came over with weak strength, which would've been one thing. But none of them had much money either."

"It's not even enough to feed these two. The mountain stronghold I robbed is getting worse by the day!"

Gildarts burst out laughing after hearing that.

"Hahaha, can't be helped. Mages spend a lot of money. When they break things, they have to compensate for them. How could they possibly carry much money around?"

Ye Yang looked Gildarts up and down, taking in his clothes and appearance.

Then he slowly sighed.

"Sigh... I can tell. Just looking at what you're wearing, I know you don't have much money."

Gildarts gave an awkward laugh.

"I paid it all away, so I took this job. After all, exterminating bandits means you get to keep the spoils, and there's usually quite a lot of profit in that."

"But looking at your Wagang Village..."

"Hahaha, drink up, drink up."

Of course, Ye Yang knew what Gildarts meant.

"I originally wanted to join a guild too, but I figured doing commissions could never be as fast as just robbing people."

"Only after getting into this line of work did I realize it wasn't easy either."

"And I still have to support these two Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix."

When San Mao and Er Gou heard what Ye Yang called them, they immediately lifted their proud heads.

Gildarts took a drink and said, "Kid, want to join our guild?"

Ye Yang looked at Gildarts, then at San Mao and Er Gou, who were happily stuffing themselves with food. He thought for a moment.

"Can your guild take in the two of them? Neither of them has awakened any magic. They're just ordinary people."

"Hahaha, then you've come to the right place. Fairy Tail has never cared about things like that."

"As for magic, our Old Man will teach them too."

"And you..."

Gildarts's eyes kept studying Ye Yang, as though he had seen through the secret in his body.

"I know what you want to say. That's another kind of power."

Seeing Ye Yang's expression, Gildarts did not press further. Everyone had their secrets.

"In that case, want to come to the guild with me? It's a great place~ And there are lots of pretty girls too, hehe~."

The moment San Mao heard there were pretty girls, he immediately put down the meat in his hand and whispered into Ye Yang's ear.

"Boss, we've been stuck on this mountain for almost a few months now. We can't make much money, and we're operating at a loss every month."

"I think this Uncle is right. Joining a proper guild would definitely be better than what we're doing now."

"I'm definitely not trying to persuade you because of pretty girls, Boss."

"Definitely not!"

"I swear!"

Ye Yang looked at San Mao as if he were an idiot, then looked at Er Gou. Although Er Gou did not say anything outright, Ye Yang could tell from his eyes that Gildarts had convinced him too.

"Fine, fine. Since both of you have said so, what else can I say? Anyway, we can't keep being bandits anymore. Let's see whether a guild can make us any money."

After they finished eating, they rested where they were.

Lying on the ground and looking at the stars filling the sky, Ye Yang recalled the past.

Time really has flown by. I've already been in this world for two years.

If these two guys hadn't rescued me back then, I might've died before awakening the system.

I originally didn't want to drag these two into the main storyline. Although Fairy Tail is supposedly an immortal anime, reality and anime are completely incomparable.

After going around in circles, I still can't avoid it. After inheriting Yellow Monkey's template, I've become lazier and lazier too.

Open the system panel.

[Ding! System panel opened successfully.]

[Host: Ye Yang]

[Age: 13]

[Template: Borsalino 20%]

[Abilities: Beginner Armament Haki, Beginner Observation Haki, Intermediate Glint-Glint Fruit, Beginner Navy Six Styles.]

[Money: 206,948 Jewel]

[1,000,000 Jewel required to exchange for the next stage of the Borsalino template.]

[Backpack: Evolution Fruit ×1 (usable once the template reaches 100%)]

Sigh, why couldn't I have been assigned a better system? This is absolutely some cheap no-name product.

Since I can't avoid it, I should at least give these two some means to protect themselves.

I've already laid a solid physical foundation for them over the past two years. Once we get to the guild, I'll have that Old Man awaken their magic, then teach them the Six Styles. That should give them some ability to protect themselves.

I still need to make money properly. I have to raise my strength as quickly as possible.