Chapter 229 (2/2)

Upon returning to the lodgings and having their dinner, some of the Red Wolf mercenaries rested while the others sparred with each other.

At that time, a mercenary in charge of the lodge opened his mouth looking at men who seemed to be snooping.

“What is it with you guys?”

They went alarmed at the question. Their attire and their clothes were like they were mercenaries.

“That, we were interested in joining the Red Wolf Mercenaries who are over there!”

“What?” Asked the mercenary who was watching.

“We were very impressed with Lev who blew up the meteor last time. Please accept us!”

At the words of the mercenary, those who were behind him, who too wanted to join, ran close and begged.

“We will work very hard!”

“My arrows have never missed a single target on the battlefield.”

“I am not that great when it comes to fighting, but I can cook really well.”

‘What, what is this? Why all of a sudden?’

When the Red Wolf Mercenary had smashed the Garlic Mercenaries for the first time, several mercenaries wanted to join them.

But seeing Luke and Philip heartlessly work the newbies, they all left before even joining. And after that incident, there were no more volunteers.

But once again volunteers were appearing. It was proof that the status of the Red Wolf Mercenary had changed.

“Ehhheh, how can we not take you?”

“I can even do the chores…”

Before the Gigantic duel, the Red Wolf Mercenary had just one capable mercenary, but currently, it was the only mercenary with one Master class; Rune knight and Expert riders.

Naturally, as time went by, the reputation of the mercenaries rose, and the other mercenaries would run over to them.

Perhaps the legendary mercenary king was reborn after 300 years.

The Mercenary King Gilford, though he wasn’t in the same par as Warrior Rakan, he made the mighty men of his time kneel down.

Among them was the famous Sword Sage, the Fist Master of the Southern Continent, and the 8 circle Arch Mage.

Towards such a powerful mercenary Gilford, swarms of mercenaries had flocked.

As the number united, the numbers increased, which made it impossible for any kingdom to even touch him.

However, as it was a ground without any strong roots, it couldn’t last long after the death of Gilford.

The mercenaries went back to the nobles who wanted to recruit them and began to work for the pay like they used to before.

The past mercenaries told the legend of the mercenary king when they first stepped into the line of a mercenary.

However, while many mercenaries had dreamed of the return of the legend, most of them soon realized that their dreams were had to be thrown into the gutter.

But then, a man close to the legend appeared once again!

“Please accept us! We have been starving for three days.”

“In my hometown, my scary wife and kids like the elves are waiting for me to make money.”

“Ah, fine, understood. Wait a moment, I will go and ask the captain.”

The mercenary who was guarding the lodging went to Luke’s room and announced what had happened. Luke listening to the story nodded.

“If they are willing to train like the Garlic gang, then accept them.” Told Luke.

As he has already accepted the Garlic mercenaries, Luke had thought that a few more wouldn’t make many problems at all.

Hundreds of volunteers a day would flock to join the Red Wolf mercenary.

Some small mercenaries even called for a merger.

“This is a huge deal. It is needed to find the usable men and train them and secure the funding for their operation.”

Victor seemed very worried, but Luke smiled as if it wasn’t a huge deal.

“You don’t have to concern yourself with that since we already have what we need. In addition to that, apart from Count Marcus, there are a lot of nobles on run for us.”

As Luke states, from Marquis Valentino, the current chief commander of the army, the other high ranking commanders and nobles, whenever there was time, would invite Luke for dinner or send him expensive gifts.

And the most enthusiastic men of them all were Count Marcus and Bishop Maxim.

They put all kinds of offers and additional benefits to bring in Luke, but Luke had turned them all down saying that he would decide once the subjugation was over.

In normal situations, no nobleman would stand still when their pride got hurt.

However, Luke’s reputation grew so high that they didn’t mind waiting and asking him for it.