bookpower Chapter 20 I'm A Merc Now
Chapter 20 I'm A Merc Now
The group was arguing in front of one of the Mercenary guild counters and the interesting thing was that the guy sitting behind it didn't even seem that bothered by the sight. It's as though this was something that happened often around here.
I counted three men surrounding the female Merc and all of them wore unfriendly expressions on their faces.
There were also others in the guild but most of them seemed content to watch the scene from a distance while the others were not even paying attention to it.
"You sure you want to do this, Amber?" One of the men growled.
The woman leaned against the desk casually, "I should be the one asking that question. Are you sure the bunch of you Silvers are up to the task? Because I believe there's a reason why you losers are still stuck at Silver."
A snicker came from my side and I turned to see Yirfa laughing to herself, "You Mercs aren't all that different from pirates aren't ya?"
I'm not in a position to answer that since I don't know if this was the norm in the first place.
The male Merc growled, "Oh now you've done it! Don't blame me for this then!"
He tried to grab that blonde haired Merc's neck, but I saw her hand move in a blur before the man was suddenly sent flying away.
I had to step aside as the guy crashed near me and skidded past where I had been standing earlier.
The other two watched their friend fly in a stupor, needing a minute to comprehend what had just happened in front of them.
"What... What did you do, you bitch?!"
"You're finished!!"
The one on her left also tried to grab her and it was her foot that moved this time.
There was a loud 'crack' before the guy doubled over, his hands clutching in between his legs and falling onto his knees.
He even let out a rather high pitched wail before curling himself up into a ball on the ground.
She casually turned to the last guy, "Do you still want to try? Or do you want me to break something of yours too?"
He raised his hands and backed away from her, "Alright, alright... Fuck, fuck, fuck... I get it ok? I'm leaving!"
She watched him leave with dispassionate eyes and only after the guy picked up his buddies and ran out of the guild did she turn her attention to me.
"Hey, sorry about that just now. You alright?"
I waved at her, "I'm fine, don't worry about it."
She stepped aside and gestured towards the counter, "You're turning in a bounty aren't you? Go ahead."
Well... I guess it might be rude to turn down her offer so I went towards that counter in particular.
The man behind the counter was a middle aged man with a receding hairline and sharp eyes.
He spoke gruffly as soon as I stepped up to the counter, "You're not a registered Merc."
That made the blonde haired Merc raise an eyebrow but I ignored that and nodded, "I want to register as one. Is there a rule against someone capturing pirates before registering as a Merc?"
He shrugged, "There's none. Whatever... Let's see now..."
His eyes shone red and both mine and Yirfa's profiles were projected in the air in front of him.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"Ok... Do I get an explanation of the ranks?"
The blonde haired Merc who had been standing beside me the whole time leaned against the counter, "Were you living in an asteroid this whole time? You don't know how the Merc system works?"
Is it supposed to be common knowledge or something? Time to bust out my excuses in that case.
"About that... I was actually caught up in an anomaly and my memories were quite messed up. I remember some things though I also seem to have some incorrect knowledge as well."
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that my home is supposed to be Earth."
The guild staff and the Merc shared a look before turning back to me.
"You still managed to catch that pirate with your memories like this?" She asked.
"As I said, I got lucky. Her crew found me floating out in space while I was trying to do repairs, mistaking my ship as a derelict. I got the jump on them and then found the location of her pirate base through them."
The blonde haired Merc beside me whistled, "That's still impressive. What did you do? Sneak into her base and bag her?"
"Nah, I blew up her base."
I didn't really feel like explaining the whole mining station thing so I decided to just give them the summarised version of what happened.
That was when her hand shot out and grabbed me by the shoulder, surprising me.
"Wait! You went to a pirate base alone and blew it up by yourself?!" She cried out.
I winced a little, she had a pretty strong grip.
"Yes? Not really a big deal, her crew wasn't even that big. Plus they had their guard down since they thought the system was too remote to have any Mercs hunting for them."
"You're crazy, you know that?"
I was about to refute her again when she suddenly leaned in and whispered beside my ear, "I like crazy~"
I felt my spine shiver as she pulled back, the woman now looking at me with a rather hungry look. She even licked her lips like she was looking at some piece of meat.
Ok... That was weird.
She then stuck out her hand, "Name's Amber by the way. Guy behind the counter is Ges. He may look like a tough, mean old man, but he's really just a tsundere."
"Who the fuck are you calling old? I'm only in my forties, ok?" He protested.
"With a receding hairline that you don't want to mod out for some reason."
He grumbled but said nothing.
I shook her hand, "Tera. Nice to meet you?"
"Ahaha! Very nice to meet you too, Tera! Now since you're obviously new here, how about I show you around? It's not everyday you get a Gold rank Merc being your escort you know? I can even give you the introduction to Merc life instead of listening to Ges over there!"
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Actually, why not? Let's go then.