Chapter 19: Bounty

Somewhere in the Inside. A man in all green entered a building. The temperature suddenly rise inside the building. There were people chatting , debating , shouting , drinking, laughing, punching etc. This is one of the many Mercenary building in the Inside. There were a lot of Mercenary Organizations in the Inside but there are also solo Mercenary or Mercenary acting in a small group. This building acted as a neutral place for Mercenary all over Inside to come make friends or share information. People also can commission job here.

The receptionist has just done taking a call from a client. She then stood up and went to the back room. She entered the back room and started saying something to the guy operating the display prompter. The man gave a nod and thumbs up.

She then gave him an information card. the guy take the information card and insert it to a slot on the display prompter. When he then inputting something, the floating display changed. There was a face of a man with glasses and black layered with dark blue hair on it with a price above his head. The price is 50,000 CP Dead Only.

Some of the Mercenary in the lobby started to make an uproar especially the newbie Mercenary that just started their career two to three months ago. While some of the older and veteran Mercenary looked displeased and helpless. The man in all green looked at the display and his face started to lit up.

"Finally I can make some big money!"

He then ran to the receptionist to inquire about the details of the bounty. Some Mercenary started to do the same. A queue started to form at the reception counter. They all people who wanted to take the bounty job. After a while the last person in the queue arrived at the reception counter. The receptionist just gave him a small digital card full of the details of the bounty to him. The guy then left the building.

The building became much more quiet now that most of the Mercenary have gone out to do the job. One of the veteran Mercenary said in a loud voice.

"Oi Miss Receptionist, are ya insane, crazy or mad, huh? Why did you put up that bounty?"

"W-W-What do you mean by that mister?"

The receptionist flabbergasted by the sudden remark of the white bearded Mercenary.

"Relax Old Man Yahk. She don't know about it. She just work here for two years."

A middle aged guy stood up and hold back the white bearded guy called Old Man Yahk.

"Didn't someone told her something?"

"I don't think so. Maybe they think he wouldn't do anything extreme after a long time."

"Tch, they might think like that but I still remember the pain of that day."

Old Man Yahk started tracing the scar on his left hand.

"U-U-Ummm, who is the guy actually?"

The receptionist looked confused. Old Man Yahk started to calm down and sat back on the sofa. He started open his mouth.

"We the old and veteran Mercenary give him a nickname. 'Non-ordinary'. That guy is an enigma of ordinary people. He is just a normal ordinary guy. He is not an Alchemist, he is not chosen by any Artifact to be called a Mercenary and he is not a superhuman like the Executioner. He is so ordinary that his total overall physique is just average. He is so ordinary that he use a gun to fight."

All the veteran and old Mercenary in the lobby started nodding as if agreeing with Old Man Yahk.

"But there is one thing not ordinary about him. His gut. His gut is so tough and hard that if he is put face to face with an Executioner, he will just say the Executioner is not worth it. Imagine if one of the ordinary people have to fight 1v1 with an Alchemist, they might just surrender immediately. But not him, he will fight until either any of them dead."

Old Man drink a glass of water as if his throat becoming more dry and dry as the story continue.

"5 years ago, a Mercenary went to The Outer and started reigning as a king there. He acted like he own the place and started a human trafficking business there. He kidnap children to sell them to the people at Outside and some people from the Inside. Then some sort of petition came. The petition was spread all over the Inside. The content of the petition was asking help from good natured Mercenary to stop the human trafficking."

Old Man Yahk looked more and more terrifiedas the story continue on.