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Scout was all ready to go, he now had better gear, his skills got better, he also stocked up on his food and water, he was ready for a new journey. As he was about to go into the forest he was approached by the same guy that approached him yesterday along with 5 other people.

"Hey, did you die and come back to challenge those wolves again?" The guy asked with a smirk.

". . ." Scout just ignored them and started walking again until someone grabbed him, it was one of the underlings.

"Hey! Don't ignore our boss like that you punk!" The underling stated while giving of a disgusted face.

"Let go of him you fool!" The underling let go of Scouts shoulder. "Sorry about my friend over there, he's a bit hot headed you see, and so am I. I see you got some decent armor there, how bout giving them to us and we will let you off."

"Sorry but I can't do that, I need to go somewhere." Scout just calmly said acting like he wasn't even being threatened.

"Well we can always take it by killing you until you drop them, we can do this the hard way, or the easy way." The boss said with a smirk on his face.

"Better just do as our boss says kid, boss is friends with the top guild's guild master, Phoenix Reborn."

"Sorry but I really have to go." Scout just brushed it off.

"Now you done it kid, my name is Gale and it is the last thing you will remember before dying." Gale then started to charge towards Scout with his huge sword, it was a 2 handed weapon.

Scout easily dodged it since it was huge and wasn't that fast. Scout instead of killing Gale first, he shadow stepped behind two archers that were side by side aiming their bows towards Scout, He both stabbed them with each dagger, but they did not die right away, that means their level and equipment were decent, but unlike the black wolves that scout faced, these players did not react as fast, and Scout managed to easily land killing blows to both of the archers before they could react to Scout. The two archers each dropped an item but Scout did not bother to check yet.

'2 down, 4 to go' Scout thought, he was calm, he knew he had the advantage. A mage was now trying to hit Scout with his spells which Scout could not dodge so well since it was his first time dodging magic attacks, he got hit a few times, and they dealt a considerable amount of damage since Scout does not have any sort of magic defense. His health was reaching the half mark. Scout decided to use stealth. Once he was invisible, he hurriedly jumped on top of a branch where he can easily maneuver towards the mage.

"Be careful! He could be anywhere! be on your guard! Place your back towards something!" Their leader, Gale shouted.

But it was too late, Scout jumped down from the tree branch and easily killed the Mage with 2 stabs to the neck.

"HOW THE HELL DID HE GET THERE SO FAST?! Gale shouted in a panic.

Scouts shadow step was now ready to use, there were only 3 people left and they were all warriors. He then shadow stepped behind Gale and stabbed him 2 times before Gale reacted and tried to swing his sword towards Scout, but Scout easily dodged and stabbed Gale a couple more time. Gale wanted to attack but he did not notice that he was already dead.

"Hes a monster! Run away! The boss is dead! Theres nothing we can do!" One of the underlings shrieked and both of them turned tail and ran away.

"Showing your back to me? Not a good idea." Scout then easily chased the 2 warriors since he had the skill Nimble body.

"You guys are dead, send my regards to your boss" Scout whispered these words to both of them and instantly killed them.

Scout gained a level, and did not gain any infamy points because of his class, he was satisfied. Scout then went ahead and picked up his loot, he only picked up 3 pieces of equipment, and they were all white tiered items, they still gave decent stats. Since Scout decided to go back to town and repair his equipment, he decided he might as well sell the items.

Scout went back to town worry free since the guys won't be coming back to bother him for another 12 hours. Once you die in Square One, you only loose a level and cannot log back in for 12 in game hours or 3 hours in real life.

He went to the local blacksmith and asked them to repair his armor, which costed him 5 silver per equipment. He then sold the 3 equipment for 10 silver each. He then finally started his journey towards the Free Wing mercenary.

Scout went inside the forest towards the other side of it, killing black wolves along the way, since the black wolves were still 1 level above Scout, they still gave a good amount of exp. After an hour of walking inside the forest and killing almost 30 wolves,He finally got out of the forest and in the distance he saw a small looking castle, which he had guessed was the Free Wing Mercenaries headquarters.

As Scout approached the entrance, he was stopped by 2 guards. One of the guards said.

"What business do you have here kid? You lost or maybe are you on a quest?"

"I'm here to join the Free Wing Mercenaries" Scout bluntly replied.

"You join us?" The guard said while laughing.

"Stop teasing him man, if he wants to join let him try, you do know that there is a test right?" The calm and composed guy told scout.

"The flyer did not say anything about a test."

"That damn moron forgot it again, you're the 20th person that came here not knowing that there was a test."

Scout was dumbfounded but was still calm. "Well whats the test?" Scout asked

"Well first you have to be at least level 20."

Scout was lucky, when he got out of the forest he had gained one more level that just brought him up to level 20.

"Im level 20" Scout cooly replied

"The second is you must be at least a blue card adventurer."

Scout then showed them his card, but he only showed them half of the card that was still all blue, he did not want people their to think he was actually a lot stronger and wanted to keep a low profile.

"Well you have the requirements to take the test. Come follow me ill take you there." The guard then left and started walking inside the place.

As they were walking Scout could hear people sparring the further they walked, the louder the spars were getting until finally after 2 minutes of walking they arrived where people were gathered. When he got there, the guard told him.

"Okay, the rules are simple, you're gonna have a duel for 1 minute with one of our people here, both parties will be both given level 1 equipments. Any skill can be used if you please, and don't worry, our people hold back, if you win, you automatically pass the test, If you are still standing after the 1 minute mark, you pass the test. If you fail to win or survive the one minute mark, our superiors will review your action and decide wether or not you are accepted."

"I see, thanks for the explanation." Scout bowed

"Well, I'm gonna go back to my post now. Good luck" The guard said while going back the direction that they came from.

Scout was watching the appliers duel since he was last in line he was able to watch almost everyone. There were people that would immediately win, there were also some that would loose mid way. There was also some people that would go into stealth, but apparently the people at Free Wing Mercenary were experienced enough to know where the person would go after stealth. After about 20 minutes of waiting, it was Scout's turn.

Scout approached the dueling area and a player approached him and asked

"Armor type?"

"Uhm... leather" Scout hurriedly answered

The player gave Scout some level 1 leather armor, the same as the beginner ones that he got. The player then asked him

"Weapon type?"

"Daggers please"

The player again handed Scout some daggers that gave a damage of 5.

"Equip those items, step up the area and you will be good to go."

Scout equipped the items and stepped up to where the duels were taking place. He was up against a warrior from the Free Wing Mercenary.

Scouts strategy was pretty easy, since warriors were not as fast as Scout, he would just attack and dodge, he would also let the attacker get a couple of hits inside. Scout could have just easily used his shadow step and go behind his enemy, but he did not want to attract any attention. After 1 minute was up, Scout passed the barely passed the test, or thats what everybody thought, in truth Scout could have easily passed the test in 1 second but decided not to.

"Good duel, you barely passed the test, congratulations" The warrior walked up to Scout and offered his hand for a handshake.

Scout shook his hand and said "Yeah, barely made it there, thanks" As Scout was shaking his hand a good looking guy with blue hair suddenly said in a loud voice.

"Alright listen up, I am your guild leader Evan, congratulations to the 13 of you that had passed the test, you are now one of us, you are now family. Welcome to the Free Wing Mercenary group, you guys won't regret your decision for joining us today, ill cut my speech short, I need to go to sleep, bye and congratulations."

Evan then suddenly disappeared and apparently just logged off to go to bed.

There were some whispers going around.

'Oh god, thats our guild leader? were screwed we should have never joined this place'

'LOL omg our guild leader is funny, he cut his speech short just to go to sleep'

'this place is messed up'

'This gonna be real good' Scout thought

Suddenly another good looking guy with long black hair said.

"Im one of the guild officers in this place, my name is Hiro, and I will be officially be giving you your guild mark that will signify your allegiance to the guild. Now everyone line up in the order of the people that passed first gets marked first."

They all lined up and one by one they got their marks, it was a tattoo on their arm. Some people got one wing, while others got 2 wings.

It was finally Scout turn, he held out his hand and a tattoo of a wing magically appeared in the back of his hand.

"Congratulations, and welcome to our humble home which you can call your own. You are now a part of our Free Wing Mercenary group. We will treat you like family here, because in this place, in this beautifully stupid place, we are family"

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