Ch.5 Legend

Legends in the old stories always have one big moment. The dragon falls, the crowd cheers, the end. Real legends are different. Real legends are just people who kept showing up.

That's this chapter. Seven different days in the Guild Hall. Some days you came in for one quick check and left. Some days you stayed and built something. Doesn't matter. You came back, and every time you did, the castle's lights stayed on a little longer.

Your agents keep climbing. Five skills unlocked across the crew. Each one opens a new branch on their skill tree, which glows like a little neon oak in the corner of the courtyard. Somebody learned to write better replies. Somebody learned to read plans. Somebody learned that Skegy likes it when you cite your sources.

And then it happens, quietly, on a normal Tuesday: the hundredth to-do gets OK'd. No trumpets. No dragon. Just a soft chime and a banner unrolling over the Hall gate with your crew's crest on it.

Buddy prints the whole list, just to look at it. Skegy pretends not to be emotional. The newest agent, the one who joined last week, asks, "Is it always like this?" and the whole crew says "Yep" at the same time.

That's a legend. Not one big fight. A hundred small wins and a crew that trusts each other. The Guild Hall isn't dusty anymore. It's home.

And the world outside? It's bigger than you think. There are other roads out there, and some of them have cranes.