[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-strongest-hammer-god":3,"chapter-strongest-hammer-god-strongest-hammer-god-chapter-391":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Strongest Hammer God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},526786,779,"Chapter 391 Real Priorities","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-391",391,"\u003Cp>Kyle looked to the side for a while as he fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, for the past seven months, I've had a feeling,\" Kyle said. \"I don't feel like I've done anything ever since I got here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just listen to the Crown Prince, say okay, and forward his message. I didn't make any decisions, broker any deals, or solve any conflicts. In fact, I even caused conflicts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why am I even here?\" Kyle asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to step over the line,\" Shore said, \"but, to a certain extent, you are correct. You have not used your position's power to bring advantages to your Guild.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle nodded. \"Yep, that's what I've thought. But then, why was I chosen by the Chief? He knows that my negotiation tactic is very direct. I like a take it or leave it approach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, why did he choose me? Why am I here?\" Kyle asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore looked at Kyle with a raised brow. \"Because you-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was a rhetorical question,\" Kyle interjected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore's left eyelid twitched a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thing is, I think I know why I'm here,\" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Chief knows me. He knows what would happen if he sent me to the castle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think he saw this conflict coming from a mile away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he knew that I wouldn't bow my head in front of the enemy because some of our people died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore narrowed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enemy?\" she asked with a threatening tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle's face came closer to Shore's. \"E-N-E-M-Y.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere became tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My job is not to be the Guild's mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's because we don't need a mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We talk with our fists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm supposed to be one thing and one thing only.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle looked deeply into Shore's eyes with a cold gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A wall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore kept her expression under control, but deep down, she was livid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People were dying almost every day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three of them were losing money and resources constantly while the Wild Wardens and Mountain Tomb Gang kept reaping the benefits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this continued, the Mountain Tomb Gang would overtake them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, this stubborn, idiotic, cold, impulsive, irrational, opinionated idiot of a representative was refusing to do his job and forward their words to the actual person in charge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn't he see that everyone was suffering?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conflict wasn't helping anybody!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not moving from this stance?\" Shore asked. \"This is your final word?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore's expression turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a good day,\" she said politely before walking away from Kyle's storage room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Shore left, Kyle closed the door and scratched his chin in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I forgot our priorities,' Kyle thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Chief and I do not exist for the Stark Brotherhood. No, the Stark Brotherhood exists for us.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Our individual needs and wants surpass the Stark Brotherhood's needs and wants.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We do not want to be leaders of a Four-Weapons Guild.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We want to become Transcendents.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This conflict is severely damaging the Stark Brotherhood, but that doesn't matter.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We are not the Stark Brotherhood.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We are investors.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'We are going to jump onto the bandwagon, force it to drive at 120% capacity, and when it's about to break apart, we jump.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Stark Brotherhood is a tool.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I know what I have to do.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the next meeting rolled around, nothing unusual happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing was true for the next two meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, something changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There seems to be some tension,\" the Crown Prince said to Kyle. \"Something seems to be going on between you three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh yeah,\" Kyle casually commented. \"Our Guilds are not the biggest of friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore and Naga looked at Kyle with a warning glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was supposed to say that everything was fine between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By unveiling that there was a conflict, he was giving the Skysand Kingdom an opportunity to intervene, and nobody wanted that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you talk about it?\" the Crown Prince asked with a firm but empathetic tone. \"We are one team. Our shared enemy is the Winterfire Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I tried, okay?\" Kyle asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore looked with furrowed brows at Kyle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tried?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy hadn't tried anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look!\" Kyle said as he fished out several copies of letters from his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He unfurled the letters and put them in the middle of the room so that everyone could read them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were letters sent by Kyle, addressed to the Chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all said that they had to be nicer to the other Guilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should work together, and they should be focusing on their actual goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conflict was making them weaker, but they were supposed to get stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn't the conflict stop?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the representatives read the letters, they became uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The letters could almost be interpreted as being sarcastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the other hand, they could also be interpreted as desperate and very genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he answer?\" the Crown Prince asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but that's confidential,\" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crown Prince furrowed his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will it get better in the future?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, depends, \" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On?\" the Crown Prince asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll have to talk that over with Naga and Shore later,\" Kyle said. \"This doesn't involve the Skysand Kingdom… yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crown Prince furrowed his brows. \"You have one more month to deal with this issue. Otherwise, the Skysand Kingdom will intervene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go talk right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure,\" Kyle answered, looking at Naga and Shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them nodded to Kyle, and the three of them went to a neighboring room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they were alone, Kyle pulled out another letter and showed it to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He sent this as an answer to my request to stop the conflict,\" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two of them saw the contents of the letter, their eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only three sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop the conflict?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over my dead body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus on yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Guild Leader was just as crazy as his representative!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them looked at Kyle again, they realized one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle was actually the perfect representative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He perfectly represented the Guild Leader of the Stark Brotherhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crazy, aggressive, stubborn, idiotic, cold, and unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over his dead body,\" Naga commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over his dead body, yes. That's what he said,\" Kyle said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naga looked at Shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shore nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There you go, Chief,' Kyle thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I got you some Momentum.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or your death. I dunno.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tg:\u002F\u002Fresolv?domain=StrongestHammerGod\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The author's patreon. If he gets more than 1000€ per month, he will increase the number of words in the chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>",1085,"2026-05-30T13:30:43.672Z","2026-06-01T04:31:21.203Z",1,"novelbin.me","47d6d32a2305b1915f6540d17a8fbf6362f6421ebadba87e35a44080fd6e44a9","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-414","strongest-hammer-god-chapter-413",902,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstrongest-hammer-god-cover.jpg"]