Chapter 98 Sign Of Chaos (2/2)

Upon hearing Sereck joke, Rhode rolled his eyes at him, shrugged his shoulder then shook his head.

”If it's truly mine, then I wouldn't let it be taken away by anyone. If it's not mine, then even if I want it, I still won't have it. I don't really care about it, Mr. Sereck.”

”If those kids heard what you said it'll definitely cause a misunderstanding. Anyway, let's drop the nonsense, don't we have more important things to do?”

From the exterior, the Mercenary Association seemed to be no different from the usual.

But when Rhode and Sereck walked into the hall, they immediately found that the atmosphere within the Association changed dramatically.

At this moment, the lively hall was no longer crowded. Those mercenaries that sat in front of the table were no longer as energetic as usual. They were either sighing or drinking liquor. When they discovered the presence of Rhode and Sereck, they only looked up and bowed their head, seemingly lifeless.

Rhode and Sereck glanced at each other, although they didn't say anything, both of them could understand what they were thinking.

The matter had become more serious.

They wanted to get confirmation from the Old President.

”We looked into it, but it was too late.”

Sitting behind the desk, the Old President seemed a little older than usual, the liveliness from before has disappeared.

”Since then, I've sent an urgent notice to all of the mercenary groups, informing them that there was a problem and requested them to stop every mission, of course, without incurring penalties. But we were still too late. Of the 32 mercenary groups, including 'Victorious Wine,' 21 mercenary groups had a significant reduction in members, 3 mercenary groups were dissolved. And as for the last 5 mercenary groups... there is still no news on the situation according to the members that stayed behind, but I think they're a hopeless cause. Now in the entire Paphield area, including your Starlight mercenary group, there is only four mercenary group left that didn't suffer any loss.”

Old President frowned and his face turned serious as he delivered the bad news.

”According to the news report, this time... it's a big disaster. Ever since the Deep Stone City Mercenary Association was built, until now, there had been no such situation! This really... Sigh...!!”

Saying until here, the Old President face turned gloomy. Clearly, the situation was not good for him.

”What's their benefit from deliberately trying to ruin us?”

Sereck stroked the beard on his chin, spoke and muttered.

Rhode didn't answer his question; he almost grasped as to why the Deep Stone City would encounter an attack from Country of Darkness. But now there's no use saying these, it was impossible for Sereck and the Old President to believe him. He didn't care about it though; many people thought that they could only stop the enemy as long as they could find the motive. On the other hand, Rhode knew that obstructing the enemy and finding the motive afterward wasn't too late... Like the story in many novels, where the prisoners couldn't be identified because there's no motive was only an exaggeration. Of course, Rhode wasn't interested in following along these two to add the artistry.

”What happened to those 21 mercenary groups?”

Rhode asked quietly.

”Half of them united themselves to form a new mercenary group. Some of them hadn't given up yet and planned to recruit more people. No matter what, vacancies in these 32 mercenary groups were inevitable,”

”What will happen to these vacancies?”

”According to the rules, we must bring forward a few names from the existing mercenary group to fill the vacancy. And the other mercenary group is also having a hard time, frankly...”

At this time, suddenly there's a knock on the door, interrupting the Old President. His face turned even darker, but even so, he still resisted his temper and spoke.

”Come in.”

A young man aged around 27 years old walked in.

He was wearing a red armor that emitted a weak magic light; it was evident that the armor price was extraordinary. A green sword and a black dagger hung around his waist. His handsome face showed a confident and proud smile. He narrowed his eyes and showed a trace of calmness.

The young man walked in towards the three people in the room. He was surprised for a moment, but still smiled and came before the Old President before respectfully bowing and handing him a scroll on his hand.

”Dear President, I represent the 'Jade Tears' mercenary group. I am applying for my group, and this is our draft.”

”Oh?”

Hearing the man's words, the Old President took the scroll from his hand and took a look at it. He nodded before taking out the quill pen beside him to sign his name on it.

”Yes, there's no problem. The Mercenary Association will now officially recognize the 'Jade Tears' regrouping. From now on, you can recover your identity as a mercenary group. I hope you can work according to mercenary rules and not doing anything that will ruin our reputation.”

”Please rest assured, Mr. President. We will try our best.”

Saying until here, the man respectfully bowed towards him, then turned around to look at Sereck with a serious expression.

”It's my pleasure to see Mr. Sereck. I never thought that I could see you here. If you have the time, please come to the 'Jade Tears' mercenary group to have a look. Right now, our mercenary group is very depressed; if you could appear in front of them, I think their spirits would rejuvenate again.”

”I will consider your invitation.”

As for his words, Sereck only nodded and didn't say anything. The man also seemed to be unaffected by it. He then turned around to look at Rhode, thinking for a moment before warmly reaching out his hand to him.

”You must be Mr. Rhode, that rumored mercenary group leader that went to the Silent Highland to assist in the rescue operation. It's nice to meet you, my name is...”

”Mr. Frank Chelis.”

Rhode stood up to shake his hand. Rhode was emotionless, in contradiction with the man face that smiled warmly.

”It is rather surprising to see the third heir of the dignified Chelis family here. Aren't you suppose to stay in Barce, what are you doing here in Deep Stone City? I remember that your family is famous for business, since when they were interested in mercenaries?”

Hearing that last sentence, the man expression changed!

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