At one point in time, mercenaries were viewed as tools for war and used as such. In exchange for cash, they would die for those that hired them, sometimes even becoming their meat shield.

All of the empires and kingdoms across the continents paid no heed to the mercenaries, until an incident happened. A member of the imperial army fought against one mercenary, which resulted in the death of the imperial army soldier.

Upon investigation, the imperial army soldier tried to take advantage of a woman and take her home. However, the mercenary that witnessed the scene tried to scare the soldier away, only for it to end up in a physical brawl that cost the life of the soldier.

However, the empires and kingdoms from all over the continent were of the same mind and declared this:

—We will use this as an opportunity to teach those rough and unruly mercenaries a lesson.

Afterward, an era of slaughter, the Mercenary Hunt, began.

Any mercenary that did not join the ‘Latona Mercenary Alliance’, created by several kingdoms and empires, was labeled as evil and killed. However, the Latona Mercenary Alliance was not favorable to the mercenaries. A deeper look at their system and one could see that the Alliance prioritized the imperial and kingdom armies, and even forced the mercenaries to become tools of war.

The world had turned into one where mercenaries were persecuted. It was quite ironic. All they wanted to do was earn money. Since most of them had a family to support, they went to the battlefield to kill and be killed. However, they were treated as if they were dirty.

‘I was born in such a world. However, I met...