The Martial Unity

That declaration came as a bit of a shock, but, in hindsight, it shouldn't have.

('I can see why she wants to leave the place whose negligence and enemies caused the death of the people she cared the most for,') Rui completely understood her decision.

The other two surviving Martial Squires also followed suit when they saw that even the strongest Martial Squire among them refused to continue working under Chairman Deacon.

"I think I too can't afford to continue under this contract,"

"I did not come to the Shionel Confederation to get embroiled in some kind of political conflict,"

The three Martial Squires left the room, leaving only Rui left.

To his credit, Chairman Deacon did not seem fazed by them leaving. He turned towards Rui with a blank expression "What about you?"

Rui considered his next course of action, he had not expected that the three other survivors would exit the equation this quickly, and that was a bit of an unexpected outcome.

At the moment, he could choose to stay or leave. Regardless of which outcome he chose, he did not have much to say.

"I'm not too inclined to leave just yet," Rui replied.

Squires stronger than you leaving the Voidhunter

yet," Rui added. "If I don't like what it is to follow, I just very well might

Deacon raised an eyebrow

a part of the Voidhunters if you are willing to grant some guarantees as a bare minimum. For one, I do not wish to partake in any official mission since it's clear that whoever your enemy is, they can access information through your people somehow. In which case, I would rather operate independently without

it pointless to even stay," Chairman

you grant independence according to the contract?" Rui

least, you're registered as a Voidhunter in official documentation,"

think that's a more viable way to go about this," Rui replied. "At the very

Deacon sighed. "Alright, fine. But your remuneration goes

the investigation in order to keep up. There's no point in

intend to be more liberal and reduce the level of coordination and partnership anyway,

of coordination?" Rui raised an eyebrow. "What

go about it," He replied. "A dungeon bounty is a better way to

the man's plans. "You plan to gather more people with a more free and independent engagement. You can gather more people using a bounty, but you have far less control, you still can mobilize a greater amount of Martial resources. Furthermore, the legality is not a problem since it would be a bounty to kill the Voider inside

all of that in an instant," Chairman Deacon

himself inwardly as he realized he got carried away with his analysis. It was

it much further thought, causing Rui to sigh in relief. "Thus, if you want to work as a bounty hunter, that can be considered as well. It's just that you won't be a Voidhunter anymore. You can choose to go either

and inform them of your choice.