You Win
Ryu's eyes narrowed. What did she mean by that?
He had been purposely vague and didn't mention the Ruin Master Guild, only asking about Guilds in general.
But if he took a step back, what he was talking about was obvious. Just because Veridia was a beast, didn't mean that she was foolish. The intelligence of beasts with potential on the same level as Dragons rivaled and even surpassed that of many humans from birth. Even in the case of beasts that started off less intelligent, so long as they continued to raise their cultivation, they would catch up in intelligence sooner or later.
As a beast that was certainly beyond the Lord Realm, to many Veridia would be smarter than Ryu by default just due to her cultivation. Whether that was true or not still had to be geared out, but this was the reality of the world nonetheless.