The Battlefield

"..." Ambrose sat on a bench and stared out towards the ancient door. The villagers minded their own business as they walked by. A few children threw glances in his direction, as they hadn't seen an outsider before and were curious.

However, their mothers led them away. They didn't want their children to get too close to an outsider, even if he was frequent visitor of their grandmaster.

'Black-ranked criminals. Huh, I never expected there to be such dangerous individuals just roaming around. I wonder how high their bounty is.

'That one red bounty I saw already had an astonishing bounty, but I feel like black bounties will throw me off my feet!'

Ambrose felt curiosity rising inside him and kind of wanted to see those bounties and the reward.

However, if the rank itself was hidden from the public, he wondered if even those bounty posters existed.