Chapter 2: The Fall of the Iron-Crown Dungeons
The Heart Guild, led by Jason and Natasha, had recently achieved the impossible: the simultaneous conquest of two Triple-S Rank Dungeons—the Iron-Crown Abyss and the Eternal Glacier.
These weren't just monster dens; they were Resource Wells. The Iron-Crown Abyss alone produced enough Star-Iron to arm a generation of Tamers. The victory should have been a moment of global celebration, but instead, it lit a fuse.
In the war room of the Heart Guild, Natasha slammed a holographic report onto the table. "Three smaller guilds—the Silver Fang, the Iron Maw, and the Obsidian Seekers—have formed a blockade around the entrance to the Glacier. They're claiming 'Historical Squatter Rights' because their ancestors lived in that zone pre-merger."
"They don't want history," Jason Heart sighed, leaning back in a chair made of World-Anchor granite. "They want the Glacial Marrow. One drop of that can evolve a Water-pet to Grade-SSS instantly. It's worth a billion Alliance Credits on the black market."
The Heart Guild was now so powerful that its shadow intimidated the rest of the world. But power breeds resentment, and for the first time in a decade, the conflict wasn't Human vs. Beast—it was Guild vs. Guild.