870 Two’s Company, Three’s Crowd (Part 2)

He was a man in his early thirties, almost as tall as Lith, standing 1.8 (5'11") meters tall with pitch-black hair and eyes. His pale blue uniform had one large black silk band around the right arm with several golden marks knitted on it.

Each mark represented a fallen member of an elite army corps during the current week. Even though the Griffon Kingdom was in a privileged position, they kept losing good people on a daily basis.

All the upper echelons of the Kingdom wore such bands to be reminded of the consequences of their actions.

"Ranger Acala has already explored the complex while Ranger Verhen has proved time and time again to be a one-man army. It offers us a perfect combination and the opportunity to test the buddy system for the Ranger corps." Berion said.

"With all due respect, sir, I work best alone. All I need is a detailed report of the complex's location and layout." Lith already had a partner. Compared to Solus, Acala was dead weight.