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.

surprised. You just saw three Martial Squires stronger than you leaving the Voidhunter team," Chairman Deacon

like what it is to follow, I just very well might decide to leave as well. So, I suppose I am interested in hearing what you have to say. I also do have

what?" Chairman Deacon raised an

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

pointless to even stay," Chairman Deacon

you grant independence according to the contract?" Rui raised

official documentation," He replied. "With

Rui replied. "At the

"Alright, fine. But your remuneration goes down.

the investigation in order

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

level of coordination?" Rui raised an

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

bounty, but you have far less control, you still can mobilize a greater amount of

shrewd of you to have realized all of that in an

cursed himself inwardly as he realized he got carried away with his analysis. It was careless, however, he had been momentarily

as a bounty hunter, that can be considered as well. It's just that you

can contact my secretary directly and inform them of your choice. For now, we can put a pin in this discussion as I