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.

just saw three Martial Squires stronger than you leaving the Voidhunter team,"

don't like what it is to follow, I just very well might decide to leave as well. So,

what?" Chairman Deacon raised an eyebrow with

it's already been made clear that you are unable to keep such things covert from your enemies, whoever they are. I don't mind staying as 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

level of independence makes it pointless to even

according to the contract?" Rui raised

do, but at the very least, you're registered as a Voidhunter in official documentation," He replied. "With this arrangement,

"At the very least, I can't be officially paraded around as a Voidhunter anymore after what

"Alright, fine. But your remuneration goes down.

the investigation

a given, I intend to be more liberal and reduce the level of coordination and partnership anyway, after this incident," He mentioned. "You

of coordination?" Rui raised an eyebrow. "What exactly do

it's similar to what you're proposing, but the Voidhunter idea is a flawed way to go about it," He replied. "A dungeon bounty

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

have realized all of that in an instant,"

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

if you want to work as

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