“What’s going on? We’re waiting for you two! Hurry up!”

A group of over ten people came over, their leader being a large, muscular man with twin hatchets on his back. He looked rather impatient. However, when he saw Long Chen, he was startled. Looking at the couple, he asked, “This is…?”

“He should be a novice who came out for experience. I saw him crying here pitifully. Captain, why can’t we bring him with us? He might get into trouble if he stays here alone,” said the woman.

The primary danger lay in being deceived into joining a mercenary group and getting the most perilous role: the scapegoat. Numerous mercenary groups often recruited inexperienced...