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nNext-day Morning,

nEdmond and Ajax had some simple breakfast and went to the mercenary guild to register Ajax.

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"Woahh

", seeing the mercenary guild building Ajax mouth wide opened.

nIt was the most beautiful and biggest building he had ever seen. It has more than 5 floors.

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" oh, Captain Edmond, are you here for your mission submission???

", asked the beautiful receptionist in her late twenties with a smile.

nRecently, the Hazegrove mercenary squad took a mission, so she assumed that and asked Edmond about it.

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" Yes, but before that please help me register a new bronze grade mercenary for him

", while pointing at Ajax, Edmond asked with a smile.

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"Sure, please fill this form first

", taking a paper from the desk, she gave it to Ajax.

nAjax quickly filled the form and returned it to that receptionist.

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" Since you have the recommendation of captain Edmond, you can directly obtain the bronze badge and no need to go through any further procedures. Please wait for some time, your badge will arrive quickly, until then you can check the mission board

", Said the beautiful receptionist with her usual smile and left with the form.

nEdmond also gives her his spirit ring saying,

"Please evaluate my mission completion

".

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" Absolutely, sir Edmond

", taking the ring, she quickly left.

nIn the meanwhile, they went to the mission board which is fully crowded.

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" Hey, isn't it Captain Edmond

",

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" Captain Edmond is coming here to take a mission, everyone moves aside

",

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"captain Edmond do you remember me

",

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nAll mercenaries quickly gave away for Edmond with their random shouting.

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"Bring 10 Black lotuses

nReward :- 10,000 Spirit stones (any of Fire, water, air, and earth spirit stones can be chosen by the mercenary)

nDanger rating:- A

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" Bring the mutated lightning serpent

nReward :- 10,000 spirit stones ( If alive)

n6,000 spirit stones ( if dead)

nDanger rating:- A

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"Need claws and teeth of high-grade spirit beast heavenly crocodile

nReward :- 20,000 life element Spirit stones

nDanger rating:- A

nThere Ajax saw many missions with their danger rating below it.

nSoon he saw Edmond pick a mission from the mission board and left with Ajax to sit in the lobby.

nBut Ajax saw the mission details clearly

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"Protect the Mason family's caravan from Goldcrest to Coalfell

nDuration of the mission:- 10 days.

nReward :- 10,000 Fire element spirit stones

nDanger rating :- B

nAjax didn't ask anything about the mission to Edmond and just looked around with curiosity.

nSoon the beautiful receptionist came towards them and gave Ajax a bronze color badge which has a symbol of 'H' on it.

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"This is the bronze badge for Hazegrove mercenary squad

", Edmond explained about 'H' to ajax.

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" Here, this is your reward for the completion of the previous mission, sir Edmond

", with a smile she gave the same previous spirit ring to Edmond.

nEdmond just put it away without checking it and gave her the new mission paper he just took from the mission board.

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"Add it to the name of Hazegrove mercenary squad

", Edmond said after giving it.

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" Yes sir

", she took it and left again.

nAfter she left, Edmond and Ajax also returned to their living residence.

n.....

nIn the depths of the cursed wilderness

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"Are we finally going to die here???

", said a youth with scratches all over his body.

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" No, we should try to escape from this beast, if we don't Ajax's sacrifice will be in vain

", said another youth with a bloody wound on his back.

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"But, this damned beast is playing with us for the past 1 hour

", said the first youth.

nBesides them, there is one youth who is unconsciously lying on the ground.

nThey are Ajax's friends who ran into the cursed wilderness to escape from the assassin.

nThey survived in the cursed wilderness for five days based on their pure luck but now that luck is finally over as they became a playing toy for a beast.

nSoon, as though the beast lost its interest in toying with them, it jumps at them in an attempt to kill them all at once.

nHowever, before it even reached them, a shadow came from the ground and made a blood hole in it, and Killed it.

nAfter killing the beast, it took the shape of a human silhouette and stared at them.

nJust looking at it made them shiver unconsciously. But soon they heard a familiar voice,

"Hey brats, what are you doing here

".

nSeeing the familiar figure in the far made them shocked but finally, they heaved a sigh of relief.

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