Pulling Strings

"You're saying the new Throne of the Awoken Moon Sect strolled in and took so many Fourth Order missions at once?" A tall, fiery red-haired man slammed his palm against counter.

There was no surprise that such a large commotion had erupted within the Mercenary Guilds. Missions could only be claimed once. Until the certain deadline passed, or the claimer admitted their failure and paid a penalty, no one else could accept such missions.

Not only had Ryu taken a Fourth Order mission, he took all six that had become available, leaving none for the highest-grade Mercenary Squads. This meant that if these teams wanted another mission, they'd have to travel all the way to another major city in hopes of claiming one of their own.