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Five days later.
Requests to join the Eastern City Alliance continued to rise at an alarming pace.
Ethan had officially opened the alliance to the public, and news of its existence spread rapidly. Before long, nearly everyone across the eastern continent had heard about it.
Even though the alliance was publicly open, strict criteria were put in place to filter who could join.
Only Rank A guilds were eligible, each required to have a minimum of one thousand members. In addition, they could not already be affiliated with any other alliance.
These conditions were non-negotiable. Ethan had no intention of allowing weak or unstable organizations to dilute the alliance's strength.
Registration centers were established in five major cities, one of which was Mavelard. As expected, many guilds within Mavelard expressed strong interest in joining.
Ethan and Hanss worked side by side, carefully screening each application that came in.
