217 Chapter 217 - Interviewing after Young Master’s Elite (1/2)

Only Gu Fei did not react to High Cloud mercenary group leader Cirrus's request, as he knew nothing of the underlying implication behind the latter's request. The founder of a mercenary group had to pay an exorbitant sum to the system when he or she was establishing it, and to raise a group to level 4 like the High Cloud mercenary group… It could be seen how difficult this task was just from the fact that Yunduan City currently had few level 5 mercenary groups. For most people, even if they were unhappy with their mercenary groups, the most they would do was kick existing members and recruit new members once more to improve the groups' overall strength. As for Cirrus, he was actually thinking of abandoning his mercenary group just to join Young Master's Elite.

Cirrus let his action speak for him, and the members of High Cloud behind him suddenly exclaimed in shock, ”Leader Cirrus just left the group!” Leaders could disband their mercenary groups. Fortunately, Cirrus was not that inconsiderate, and he merely opted to quit High Cloud of his volition. When a mercenary group leader quit, the vice group leader would automatically take over his post.

Hearing the surprised exclamation of the members of High Cloud, Gu Fei turned his head to address Young Master Han, ”Who's our vice group leader?”

”Our group only has six members, so why would we need a vice group leader for?” Young Master Han answered sarcastically as he waved his hand grandly.

From this exchange, Cirrus found out that Young Master Han was this mercenary group's leader, so he sincerely focused his gaze on him half the time.

”Ahem. Treat me to a few rounds of drinks first and I'll consider your request,” Young Master Han said.

”Ugh! You're so corrupt!” War Without Wounds expressed his indignation when he heard Young Master Han's extorting attempt. However, his negative reaction was not due to him having high sense of justice but merely due to him not being interested in imbibing liquor. In the end, he suggested, ”Why don't we make him pay a membership, instead?!”

”Membership? That's right! Members should pay me membership fee!” Having an epiphany, Young Master Han exclaimed in agreement, ”You five should pay me as well, being members of my mercenary group and all. Let me set the rule: All members must pay the group leader 10 gold coins as membership fee every day.”

”Shameless!” all of them cried out in frustration. Some members of High Cloud who had overheard their conversation also voiced their disdain regarding Young Master Han's attempt to earn money from his fellow mercenaries.

”I think you shouldn't trust this type of person,” Gu Fei seriously advised Cirrus, knowing full well that the latter had already resolved to treat Young Master Han to a round of drinks at the other's request.

”I strongly concur,” War Without Wounds solemnly nodded his head.

”I, too!” Royal God Call seconded.

Cirrus felt stunned at these few men's antics of ridiculing and badmouthing one another without hesitation. This atmosphere was very similar to his High Cloud mercenary group. In fact, Young Master's Elite was even worse compared to High Cloud when it only had six men.

Cirrus watched the six men bicker on as they walked away. Mmm... I'll observe them in greater detail first! he decided not to pursue the six men for now. Turning around, he saw his ex-mercenary companions still standing beside the teleportation array. Uhm… This is kinda awkward. But they probably don't think of me as their comrade to begin with, anyway! Cirrus smiled wryly and quietly left without bidding any of them goodbye.

”Actually, we do need to find a Mage for our group,” Brother Assist suddenly said after they had walked for quite a distance.

Gu Fei did not say a word, knowing that he did not really count as a Mage. Although his Magic Attack Power was insanely high, he could only cast three or five spells and would have to eat fruit afterward to replenish his limited mana pool.

”Cirrus's skill as a Mage is pretty average,” Royal God Call opined.

”Yeah… His equipment is so-so, as well,” Brother Assist added.

”His skills at giving commands are acceptable, but I'm still far better. More importantly, he can't hold a candle to my looks,” Young Master Han said. As none of his fellow mercenaries bothered to comment at his words, he merely concluded, ”In short, he does not meet the criteria we have for our group.”

”There are few elites out there, so we can just nurture one,” Sword Demon suggested.

”Let's look around for someone with potential; we're not really in a hurry to acquire a new member, anyway,” Young Master Han drawled, showing his lack of interest in adding new members to the mercenary group.

Although the rest of them were discussing the matter, they were not really that into developing Young Master's Elite further, given Young Master Han's leadership style. This mercenary group was no more than an avenue of entertainment to all of them. Frankly speaking, they were more concerned with increasing their fame than enhancing this mercenary group. Moreover, it was currently not ideal to develop the group since the Five Unyielding Experts were the foremost experts the public had acknowledged to dominate Parallel World. Young Master Han and the lot were no more than hidden powers biding their time in Young Master's Elite. They were in a whole different ball game altogether.

”Man, it's so fun killing in today's match!” All of them moved on from discussing about recruiting a new mercenary for their group into the activities they had in today's match. War Without Wounds was flexing his muscles; it was rare for him to get a chance like today to gain kill points with this bunch of experts.

”Still, won't Young Master's previous set up be for naught now?” As usual, Brother Assist was being a worrywart.