47 Frowned Upon. (2/2)

Master Borin thought that there might be some grudges between the two teams, so he asked;

”May I ask why do you not want to work together? This will be an opportunity for you guys to get promoted to a Gold Rank!”- Borin said the last part in hopes of convincing them.

The Headquarters had described this to be an essential mission. Count Edwin had paid a ton of money to make this mission a priority.

”Hm?! You are asking me why we won't work together with these scums? Ask them!”- Blaze furiously spat. He could not wait to kill them right here, but Ozul had signaled him not to.

Larry could not take it anymore; he was a Gold Rank Mercenary for crying out loud! He bellowed;

”This is enough!!! Master Borin, out of respect to you, I have not spoken a word yet. But I can't tolerate this guy anymore!”-

Larry and the rest had not seen the faces of the trio that night. So, they still had not recognized the people in front of them.

”Oh? You don't recognize us? Don't you remember the people that you passed those Rank-5 Beasts to in hopes so they would 'kill' us and you could run away?”- This time, Raven sarcastically said.

When Larry and his team heard those words, their faces turned ashen. Their eyes went wide as their pupils constricted.

After two days, they had tried their best to forget about the incident. Only now did they recognize the trio that they thought to be dead!

Borin and Roland's eyes also went wide when they understood the implications. It was basically a murder attempt, even if to save your life! Even if a Mercenary's job included killing and other such tasks, they had their morals.

If it was a normal fight and they killed someone, no one would have asked them any questions. But people heavily frowned upon this kind of act.

Why did people even hire Mercenaries? Only because they were trustworthy!

If the people in question would just run away in the first sign of danger, no one would want to hire their services.

Borin had his doubts about the situation, but Larry's next behavior cleared those doubts away.

”Y-you... t-that can't be! T-those were R-rank-5 Beasts! How!?”- He did not even realize that with these words, he had admitted the act.

Larry's image hit an all-time low in Borin's mind. All the officials of the Mercenary Guild highly valued their reputation and trust. This act only confirmed that the guy couldn't be trusted as much.

”This is not about how we 'survived', but how we will settle our accounts!”- Blaze said with a sneer.

When Borin saw that the situation was getting out of hand, he intervened;

”Larry! Apologize for your actions.”- Borin knew who to choose between them.

Larry was a Rank-5 Mage; he did not want to lower his head in front of some kids! He spoke;

”B-but...”-

However, he was cut off by Borin who threatened him saying;

”If you do not, I will spread this news! No one will give you any missions after that.”-

Larry's words got stuck in his throat, and he unwillingly apologized before running out of the room together with his team. Roland also went out when he received the eye signal from Borin.

Only Borin and Ozul's group remained in the room. Master Borin massaged his temples as he said;

”I know a simple apology is not enough. But I request you guys not to take revenge on Larry. He is a Gold Rank Mercenary, losing him would be a huge loss.”

Raven wanted to refuse him, but Ozul spoke first;

”We will leave this matter here, but what is there for us to gain?”- He didn't really care about some revenge when he could get something he wanted instead.

”Hm... I can allow you guys to accept the Count Edwins mission. Before, you could only accept it if there were a Gold Rank Mercenary with you.”

”I can let you guys do the mission alone since you are already qualified. There will be many benefits if you complete the task. You may even be able to form a connection with Count Edwin!”

'Exactly what I needed!'- Ozul smiled in his mind, but his face still kept the blank look.

There was an opportunity to get near his 'parts', Ozul did not want to miss it since Edwin most likely had them.

”Explain the details.”- Ozul said.