Andrew Thompson
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As we got reassigned to a new team, we moved from the now-destroyed storeroom to an even smaller one. Like, don't they have tents or something? Those would be better than this. As soon as we checked the location of the 13th attack squad, I realized that it was at least bigger than the area of the 35th battalion. Even though the squad only had eight members, they were treated way better compared to the 35th. They even had more mercenaries as support, with us being the 10th group. "Attention,…-
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When I opened my eyes, the first thing that popped into my head was, "I'm still alive?" I pushed myself off the cold ground and looked around. My heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw a large beast's face right beside me. While I was reeling away in fear, I noticed that it wasn't moving anymore. "Don't tell me..." I touched the beast, the 8th-stage Duke of Insatiable Hunger, and found its body was already cold. No pulse whatsoever could be felt. It's definitely dead. I looked around…
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Beasts and monsters can still evolve even without the help of a tamer. However, this process usually takes an extremely long time. They need to store enough energy for evolution one drop at a time, which takes years, if not decades, to reach the next stage. However, there's a boundary that normal beasts and monsters can't overcome. The buffer zone; the 8th stage of evolution. Only the chosen ones, or those blessed with special constitutions and talents, could surpass the buffer and complete their…
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I was surprised, as she was acting all friendly all of a sudden, but with my current persona, I should smile and return her handshake. "Call me Leon; I'm the leader of the Masked Brigade. I'm not from any family and of humble birth." As I replied, Yulia tilted her head, her long red hair swinging down to her sides. "Really? Don't you have the Seimei bloodline?" My heart skipped a beat when she mentioned this. I tried faking a calm appearance as I asked. "What do you mean? I don't know anything…
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"C-Captain, isn't that unfair for just being a few minutes late?" I tried asking with a smile but only earned a frown from him. "Make that 20%." He corrected himself. Noticing that he wasn't someone to be reasoned with, I just laughed it off as we lined up amongst the other mercenaries. Lucky for him, we're not in need of money; otherwise, I wouldn't have let him off. The white-haired captain gave a short speech before briefing us about our mission. Well, rather than a motivational speech, his…
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We walked leisurely towards our destination, watching the still ongoing eruption of the volcano out of the corner of our eyes. Although Igni didn't show it in her expression, feelings of sadness and worry were taking up the majority of her emotions. Ember, the emotionally sharp girl, quickly noticed her feelings without me telling her. She patted Igni's back gently. "Your father is a sharp man who noticed Master's charm in a glance. No matter what happens to them, they'll be fine." Hearing her…
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"Seimei? You know the Seimei?" I couldn't help but ask. I don't know why, but I get a bad feeling about this. "Yes. We're basically serving the Seimei Family." The blue dragonman said this while nodding his head. "In exchange for giving us protection, we have sworn to offer them contracts with our young ones. It's a win-win relationship." Hearing this, my heart skipped a beat. It feels like my premonition was spot on. "Don't tell me... that the next one to be contracted is Igni?" I asked while…
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After I raised myself from the deep hole in the ground, Ember was snickering a little. Well, it is funny to see her master fall into a deep pit after a bout of carelessness, so I just frowned and let it go. I wasn't injured anyway, since I was still wearing the slime suit. "Congratulations, Master. That's a total of 1,100,000,000 Credits if we claim their heads." Hearing her consoling words, I can't help but grin. That's over a billion credits! I wouldn't be troubled with money for quite some time…
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After surveying the whole place, I found that there were about 110 Demon Tamers around the village. Most of them were in the central area, while a few were inside the houses, probably resting or sleeping. I removed my eyes from the scope and took a deep breath. I looked over at Igni who was waiting nervously for news. "... There are 13 humanoid dragons and 61 others in the middle of the village, they're tied up but seemingly fine for now. One humanoid female dragon is currently undergoing forced…
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We patiently waited for Ember's clones to finish shopping. It wasn't that far from the city, so if we estimate the time needed to procure all the items on the list, it would take about 3 hours at most. Well, other than food and camping goods, the only other things that they were to buy were ores and nothing else. It should be faster, depending on the proximity of individual shops to each other. Igni settled down after Ember passed her a steaming mug of soup. Although traces of worry could still be…
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