The Author's POV

Inside of a large skyscraper made out of glass, multiple large portals that emanated strong magical power shone brightly.

-Vuam! -Vuam!

Soon after, as the light died down, a group of people emerged from the portal. They each wore different styled combat suits ranging from thin clothes to large bulky metallic ones. Each of them carried different weapons, with some holding onto massive swords whilst others holding onto long magic staff.

"Goodbye squad captain"

"Thank you very much for today"

"Hope you guide us again squad captain"

Waving goodbye towards the last person that came out, all of the individuals inside the group smiled brightly.

...it looked like they were all in a good mood.

"Heee...don't mention it, just doing my job"

Waving goodbye to multiple people wearing different-colored combat suits, a middle-aged man with a lazy smile on his face and a large cigar in his mouth stood within the lobby of the building.

He had Black hair, an unkempt beard, and a wild yet commanding aura around him that made everyone near him look at him in respect.

Leopold Ray.

That was the name of the middle-aged man standing in the lobby.

He was a ranked hero, and a squad captain working for the Moonlight mercenary group, a [IV] graded mercenary group.

His job was fairly easy.

All he had to do from day in and day out was train the new recruits that the mercenary group was seeking to recruit.

...In terms of ranking within the group, he was at the bottom of the mercenary corporation. However, despite being at the bottom of the hierarchy, he was a highly respected individual by all of the new recruits.

...and that's because he was extremely capable.

During dungeon raids, he was meticulous, efficient, and safe.

As long as he was in command, the raids would always be successful with the rookies barely sustaining any injury. Moreover, each recruit managed to learn a lot from Leopold as he would always calmly instruct them when the situation called for it.

...However, despite such accomplishments, the higher-ups of his mercenary group didn't bother to promote him nor give him a raise. To them, a ranked hero in his late thirties was not worth their notice.

Waiting for Leopold at the reception of the establishment, a young girl with custard brown hair and a neat grey uniform greeted Leopold with a professional smile on her face. Taking a stack of bills from the register, with both hands, the young girl handed it to Leopold

"Welcome back Leopold, here's your payment"

"Ah, thank you, Natasha"

Thanking the receptionist named Natasha, Leopold took the stack of bills and slowly counted each and every one of them. Not missing a single bill

"100U...500U...2800U...5000U...this should do for now"

Nodding his head, Leopold put the stack of money in his pocket and waved goodbye towards Natasha.

"Aight, cya around Natasha"

"Have a safe day Leopold"

With her usually business-like smile, Natasha waved goodbye to Leopold.

Not so far from Leopold, arriving at the lobby of the building, wearing a neat black suit and sunglasses, a young man spotted Leopold in the distance and headed in his direction.

Arriving a few meters away from Leopold, the young man said

"Excuse me?"

Having just received his payment, hearing someone calling out from him, Leopold glanced at the young man before him and asked

"Yes?"

Smiling brightly, the young man extended his hand towards Leopold

"Hello, Mr. Leopold, let me introduce myself, I'm Smallsnake"

...

On the same day, not so far from where Smallsnake was, Epsilon cafe

Sitting in the corner of the establishment, in a more secluded area of the cafe', I merrily sipped on my latte'.

I somewhat sorted out the stuff with regards to the company, it was time for me

through the files Smallsnake sent me, I

that directly and decided to jump straight into the hardest

Kevin into

already knew of a way to

was currently sitting inside of

took me a while to find

of my thoughts, was Kevin's figure. Currently, he was wearing a

Kevin's deep-red eyes were revealed. Holding onto a cup of coffee, Kevin

did you call me

you before I had a deal to make with

"A deal?"

Although he didn't know what the deal was, he was curious as to why he asked for him to meet him all the way over here. Far from

"Yeah..."

"Alright let's hear it"

raised my hand in an open-palm position. Noticing my action,

"High five?"

head,

"No, Five"

"...Five?"

in the eyes, I slowly

"Five-star sword manual"

my mouth, the

Yeah.

be more precise, I was giving him something that would've already belonged

Five-star manual [Levisha style]

the three five-star swords art that I had created

timeline he should've gotten

now that the opportunity presented itself, why not just use it as bait for enticing Kevin into bringing me to

I wasn't sure that he would

"Huuuuuu..."

tried his best to

with the system, he doubted he would ever

the world could he possibly have a

him more and more mysterious the more he

he wouldn't have proposed such a deal unless he wanted something from him. Therefore, taking a couple of seconds to regain his composure, glancing at Ren,

"The catch?"

my head, I didn't

have an ability that lets me foresee bits

"Huh?"

looked at me with a skeptical

for someone to have the ability to foresee the future, those people were a dime in

how sought-after

at me with even more confusion, Kevin grew

to me such

Kevin's internal conflict,

"You don't believe me?

Kevin in the eyes and

it wasn't clear, my ability allowed me to foresee

at me,

"...what?"

the ability

"..."

Kevin's ears, almost as if time

I couldn't help but be impressed by the level of

the future. After all, I did

the way I was describing it to Kevin...but still, he didn't need to

his head and in a low voice he

much do you

I shook my

much, just about

for him to become warier of me. I think this

didn't need

me some time to think about

Kevin slumped back on the chair and fell

'...A five-star manual"

admit, the

Problem was...

who was leisurely drinking

'Should I trust him?'

they never actually talked for long. At most 10 minutes. To him, Ren was someone that he

he knew him, the thicker the veil

of felt like he was a being that wasn't supposed

*Sigh*