Chapter 17

The New Eternal Lands

When I quit the game for the second time, I chose not to bring any attention to where the guild was going. I was no longer the face of RICH and I no longer had much influence on the culture of the game, so I had no need to announce another retirement. The guild’s new plans would be made by a new guild master without my direction.

This time I made sure to get the transition right. I knew that I could not have the guild run by a committee, and I knew that I needed a guild master who could run a guild with intelligence and integrity. I needed someone who cared about what was best for the guild but did not consider their personal power to be important. There were a few qualified players who supported me from the very ...

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