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"Master! Master! We Have a problem.

nThe Pyno Clients are revolting!

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nThe tension in the air was choking as the 40-something-year-old man seated on a luxuriously cushioned armchair, continuously oozed out bloodl.u.s.t in rage.

nAbian Branch head, Walter Wallace III, looked at one of his apprentices with a murderous expression on his face.

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"What did you say?

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nOn listening to Walter, the apprentice knew that his Master wasn't angry at him but at the underlying enemy, so he didn't take his Master's coldness to heart.

nAs for the apprentice, at 27 years old, he was already considered a real man.

nAfter all, he had his coming of age at 15.

nAnd for 12 years now, he had been working under his master and apprentice.

nOf course, before he turned 15, he had taken both swordsmanship and healing classes.

nHe lived in the Capital city and moved from one academy to another to take his classes.

nAnd after the coming of age ceremony, a person could decide to fully focus on sportsmanship

/ battle techniques or focus on another profession instead.

nBut the catch here was that even when doing another profession, they would still have to have swordsmanship tests 1~10 times a year, depending on how busy their profession had made them be.

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nAnyway, everyone would get tested.

nAnd if they fell below the basic Morg standard, then they had to take time off their profession to train harder.

nOf course, these rules were there for those within the Main academies.

nMorgany alone had so many different academies, be it Art, Research and whatnot.

nProvided they were at a public Academy; then they had to follow these rules.

nIn short, there were rules to follow that kept Morgany on top.

nHe had been out of Morgany for close to 4 years now.

nThat's right.

nHe left Abian and sailed towards Yodan in Arcadina, spending over 7 and a half months at sea.

nFrom there, he spent about another 7 months just from the shore to 3 clients in different regions.

nAlready, that was 14 months gone.

nAnyway, his Yodan clients didn't seem to want his help, so he spent months again travelling to the shores.

nFrom there, he sailed for 2 and a half months to Lingingburg, Veinitta, seeing a few clients there for a year and 4 months.

nBut that Wasn't all.

nHe then progressed to sail for 3 weeks to one of the empires in Tenola and another 7 months there.

nOkay. He spent close to 4 years or even more out of Adian.

nNow, he'll get scheduled to only do work in Abian for another 3 years before setting out again.

nThis was how a typical journey was like when one left the continent, they could spend years out before coming back.

nAnd so now, he had to undergo 12 Swordsmanship tests to prove that he had still been training and hadn't been slacking around.

nMorgany made sure that its people remained the best!

nOf course, if one chose their primary profession as Swordsmanship after the coming of age, then that was when the grand door opened for them.

nThat's right.

nThey would start learning all the hidden skills, techniques and practice methods in Morgany.

nThose who didn't choose this as their main profession would know the basic Morg battle skills... Which were still higher in standard than those everywhere else.

nOf course, some noble clans had their secret techniques as well, so their clan children would've already started learning these techniques at the age of 7.

nAnd funny enough, this empire of Abian was the same place where Ren's mother was.

nIn other words, Ren was their future Monarch.

nBut would it be easy?

nHeh.

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nBack to the impending situation, Walter looked at his loyal apprentice calmly.

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"You said they're revolting?

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"Yes. Master. They tried to hide it as much as possible, but my men and I could see it easily.

nFor the first client, when we got to his home, he claimed to have been cured and tactfully refused treatment.

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"Healed? Is that Sir Haffins Graham?

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"Yes, Master.

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"Oh? It's impossible for him to be healed.

nHis ailment can only be suppressed since it has no cure.

nAlright. What about the other 2?

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"They claimed to be healed as well.

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nWalter's eyes turned colder when he heard this:

" So in other words, someone is stealing our Morg clients? How bold! Who dares treat the clients that we, the Morgs, have set our sights on? Good! Good! It seems like someone likes to play with fire!

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nThe apprentice nodded while suppressing his rage.

nThe matter was a slap to their faces as proud Morgs.

nWere these people saying that there were people better than them in treating illnesses?

nThey have more advanced and researched methods than any other place.

nSo, who was it?

nWho was indirectly testing their waters?

nWalter was furious!

nThe apprentice looked at his angered Master and understood his pain.

nIt was better for a patient to die without any treatment than to be treated by someone who wants their own.

nThey were the only rulers in this world.

nSo when they put their eyes somewhere, no one else could look there!

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"Master, when I asked a little more, I was sure that our clients had met with quacks.

nMaster, we all know the importance of the 4 humors (A.K.A, bodily fluids); Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.

nAnd keeping a good balance within the body is the key to good health.

nThese people did say that their pee was collected for studying, which should be done.

nThey probably took the pee to observe, sniff and determine what was what, which again is okay.

nBut they missed the most crucial step.

nThey didn't even do Bloodletting!

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"Preposterous!

nBloodletting is the most critical step!

nYou need numerous leeches to suck out the bad blood, or you need to cut the skin and blood out at least 1

/6th a bucket of blood for the patient to get well!

nWho? Who are the quacks?!

nDammit!

nHow dare they steal our clients and not even do a proper job?

nThat's basic healing!

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nWalter's c.h.e.s.t rose and fell in anger.

nGood. Good.

nThey better pray he never found them, or he would have their heads!!!!

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