It was early morning when Ray logged back on in Square One, where he had just finished acquiring a new skill. As he logged back in, he was greeted by Sterling at their usual spot.

"Welcome back, was wondering when you would be coming back." Sterling said as he was leaning up on the tree.

"Yeah, had to take a little break, but I'm all rested up and ready to go now."

"Good, then shall we get going so that you can finally leave this place?"

"Yeah,lets go, I need to go back to the mercenary guild."

Scout and Sterling took their walk, it turned out that they were outside the city, inside a dense forest, and the area that they had come from was very hard to come by. Sterling and Scout had arrived at the city after half hour walk.

"This is where I will drop you off. Any more questions before I go?" Sterling asked

"When will I know that I have work of an Eliminator?" Scout asked

"You will know, we have people that we dispatch to inform you. Before I forget, this is for you, all Eliminators have it, you will recognize another Eliminator if the person has this ring. Do you remember when I mentioned there was a power structure within the Eliminators?" Sterling handed over Scout a ring.

"Yeah, what about it?" Scout said as he took the ring.

"Well once you wear this ring, a mark should appear symbolizing how strong you are. once you wear this ring it will never come off, it will be bound to you, but worry not, the ring has different stages off evolution, its like a leveling item, but instead of it growing stronger every time you level up, it only grows at certain levels.. Well I'm headed off, I have to open up my shop once more. Good luck on your journey." Sterling said as he started running off towards inside the city.

Scout inspected the ring that he received, at first it just looked like a regular black leather ring, but upon lacing it on his finger, Scout felt it, the power that had surged through his body. Suddenly a red mark that closely resembles an eye came out, Scout immediately inspected the item, it stated that it was a blue tiered item, and it gave +1 to all basic stats. Suddenly another red mark popped out, this time it became a green tiered item, with +5 to all stats. Once more another mark showed up, the same as the other 2 and this time the ring had become a yellow tiered item giving +10 to all basic stats. Scout hoped it to change once more, but it didnt happen, Scout inspected the final product of the ring.

Eliminator RingYellow tierItem level75Attributes+10 to all basic statsUser RequirementsEliminators Only, User boundRing made out of a special leather that Eliminators use, the ring evolves at certain levels. Only Eliminators can use this, the item is forever bound to its user, Scout

Scout was amazed, he had stumbled upon something amazing. At first he thought that being an Eliminator was already an enough gift for him, but he never expected to receive a new skill and a new semi leveling equipment. Scout took a look at his armor and saw that it wasn't up to his level. He decided that he needed a new set of armors, he decided to go the Black Dragon Market.

The Black Dragon Market is like the Adventurers Guild, but instead of handing out missions, the Black Dragon Market oversees trade. The Black Dragon Market works like this: A person can register any item with the Black Dragon Market, the person will then set a price for the item, of course there are items that are the same, and people will try to beat the other persons price. The job of the Black Dragon Market is to oversee that all transactions are legitimate. By using the Black Dragon Market, the seller of an item pays a fee towards the Black Dragon Market to register an item, the fee they have to pay depends on how much they are willing to price their items. Black Dragon Market's are located all over the Square One world, items are stored in a database which can then be easily accessible by buyers. Buyers buy an item, and that item would be instantly pulled out from the database storage and be handed out to the buyer.

Scout went over to one of the Black Dragon Market stalls and browsed at the items, there were many items there, from low level herbs to the highest damaging weapon. Scout browsed the armors section that matches his level. He found it, Scout bought a new set of armor for 115g for the whole set, but he sold of his old armor for 30g for the whole set.

Hardened Leather MaskYellow tierDefense100Durability75/75Extra Attributes+10 Agility

+10 Vitality

+5 StrengthLevel Requirement75Mask made out of multiple hides of different animals, forged together to create a sturdy mask

Hardened Leather ArmorYellow tierDefense150Durability100/100Extra Attributes+15 Agility

+15 Strength

+5 VitalityLevel Requirement75An armor made out of several hides, forged together to create an armor

Hardened Leather GlovesYellow tierDefense100Durability75/75Extra Attributes+15 Agility

+2% Attack speed

+5 StrengthLevel Requirement75Gloves made out of several hides all forged together to make one piece.

Hardened Leather PantsYellow tierDefense120Durability85/85Extra AttributesStrength +15

Agility +15

Vitality+5Level Requirement75Pants made out of different leather hides

Hardened Leather BootsYellow tierDefense75Durability50/50Extra Attributes+10 Agility

+5 Strength

+2% Movement SpeedLevel Requirement75Pants made out of different leather hides.

The armors weren't the best, they pretty standard and generic, almost all of the people within the level range had them. It did not bother Scout though, he was satisfied with just having an armor set matching his level. Besides, Scout still had a few extra stuff that placed him above the rest. His skills, and his miscellaneous items, and also his weapon place makes him stronger and better than most of the people within his level range.

Now that Scout had gotten his new armor, since the armor was brown, his first order of operations was to go to a local armorer and dye it black. He got to the armor shop and paid a sum of just 10 gold to dye the whole set black. Scout felt more comfortable having his armor dyed black, it made him harder for people to detect.

Scout decided to go back to the guild, he did not have anything to do, he could go on an adventure, but he decided to go on an adventure while getting paid.

It took Scout 2 days to get back to the guild HQ. As he got there, something strange was there which wasn't there before, there was a line of people from the gate. At least 50 people and at the most 75 people. Scout slowly approached the line, he was at the very back and asked a person there.

"Hey, what is going on here?" Scout asked

"HA!, you came here and did not even know?!" The person said laughing

"Can you please tell me?" Scout asked once more, showing a slight hint of anger

"Calm down boy, its the line to take the test for the Free Wing Mercenary."

"I see, thank you very much." Scout asked and started to walk towards the gate cutting everyone off in line.

"Hey where are you going?! The line is back here!" The person shouted, but Scout just ignored him.

Scout got to the very front and approached the gate, as he was about to enter the area, 2 C Class Free Wing Mercenaries stopped him.

"HEY! STOP! No cutting in line go back to the back" One of the guard said.

*LAUGH* People at the back laughed

Scout then lifted up his sleeve to show his three white wings. It was clear Scout was their superior.

"Ah were sorry sir, its because this gate here is used mostly for examinees." the other guard said while taking a slight bow

"Ah, I apologize for using this gate then" Scout said calmly

Scout then went inside the area, and it was still busy and crowded. He decided to look for some answers.

As he asked around, he got his answers, apparently the guild gained a good amount of reputation from the war and managed to level up the guild's level to 2, increasing the number of maximum members from 300 to 500. Ever since their name had spread out, more jobs came their way and since the Free Wing Mercenary already made a name for themselves, people wanted to join them.

Scout decided to go to the Guild Hall to look for a job.

As he looked for a mission to take, a familiar voice came to him.

"Hey Scout!" It was Baron

"Hey Baron, do you need anything from me?" Scout asked while looking at the job board

"Yeah, ever since the war, I got promoted to A class" Baron said as he showed his 5 wings.

"Congratulations, so what do you need me for?" Scout asked once more

"Me and a bunch of B class are taking some new C Class for a mission"

"I see, what kind of mission is it?"

"It pretty simple, a lord has hired us to protect his manor, it seems that every night some kind humanoid monsters attack them."

"I see, I guess I can join you, when do we leave?" Scout asked

"Later in the afternoon, about 5 hours from now."

"I see, yeah ill be there, Ill just take a little nap before we leave."

"Alright cool man, see you later." Baron said as he left.

Since Scout found a job, he decided to leave and look for an Alchemist so that he can make his level 2 potions. He had gotten 1000 level 2 hers from the cave in which him and the other Shadow Wings explored and trained.

Scout looked and looked, even though the area was small, he still could not even find one NPC Alchemist, now he wasn't even too sure if there was a NPC alchemist. He looked and looked until finally someone stopped him in his tracks.

"Can I help you with something? You seem to be prowling around for quite some time now."

"Ah, Sir Guild Leader Evan" Scout said as he saluted.

"No need to be so formal we are all family here, and don't salute me, we aren't in the military." Evan said while letting out a small laugh.

"Ah sorry sir." Scout replied

"Again with the sir, now what can I help you with?" Evan asked once more

"Im trying to look for an Alchemist shop, I have these herbs, but I need the vial containing potion water in order to create them. I might just have to go to the next town over."

"Oh so you're an alchemist?" Evan asked

"Yes sir."

"You're our first one I'm afraid so we really don't have an Alchemist shop at the moment."

"No worries, ill just go over to the next town, it isn't too far."

"Tell you what, once you get those potions made, why don't you sell them to us? We will buy any potions you make."

"Sure, ill be back in a few, ill go over to the next town over and make them there, ill come back with the potions finished."

Scout left and went over tot he beginner village and bought 1000 of the potion vials. He created the 1000 potions that he had. His alchemist profession went up by a decent amount, but not enough to level up the profession. He went back to HQ and looked for Evan. After a few minutes of looking, he found Evan in the same spot where they were talking.

"You're back, did you make the potions?" Evan asked

"Yeah"

"Good, how many do you have there? 100? 200?"

"1000"

"WOAH! 1000?! Thats a lot of potions!" Evan said with a confused and amazed face at the same time.

"Yeah, I have 1000 level 2 potions."

"Heh, how much are you selling them for?"

"I can sell them to the guild for 80 copper each, and you guys can sell it at 90 coppers to other members each since they cost 1 silver at the store."

"Heh, not a bad deal, all right, heres 8g for all the potion."

"Thank you" Scout said as he left

Scout had a couple of hours before their mission started. He decided to go to his room, which wasn't technically his, but it was the room that he would always use. When he got there he was greeted by an unknown face which he does not recognize.

"Hey, you just passed the test too?" The unknown person asked.

"Huh? oh yeah, sure, mind if I take this bed?" Scout wasn't paying too much attention since he was tired.

"Yeah, go ahead, my name is Ignite by the way, I'm a mage specializing in fire."

"I see, my name is Scout, I'm a bit tired, I'm gonna rest before a mission."

"Ah I see, I have a mission too later, my first actually." Ignite said

"You better rest up too then. Im going first"

Scout took a little nap and woke up just before the mission, when he woke up, his new roommate was gone already. He got up and started walking towards the gate. As he got there a decent amount of people were already gathered, more than he thought. As he got closer, a figure was slowly approaching him. The figure was male, red hair, and young looking face.

"Hey Scout, I guess were on the same mission today!"

"Huh? Who are you again?" Scout asked confused

"Hahaha stop joking around, its me Ignite, your roommate." Ignite said while laughing

"Ah, I see" Scout said while letting out a fake laugh. He just genuinely didn't recognize Ignite cause Scout didn't pay too much attention.

"Lets go I heard we were about to leave." Ignite said as he started walking towards where the rest were being gathered.

Scout slowly walked towards the crowd, after a few minutes, Baron finally appeared.

"Alright guys! Mission is pretty simple, but don't let your guard down, especially you C class, since you will be doing most of the work, our scouts told us that the enemy are grawls, they're humanoid creatures with ape like features. Me and the rest of the B class will only ensure that the mission will not fail. So good luck to us all, we are moving out, we will arrive roughly around sundown. Lets move out."

They marched for a few hours, there was 75 of them, 1 A class, 14 B class, 40 new C class and 29 old C class. More than half of them were made out of new and inexperienced mercenaries.

It was just about sundown when they were in sights of the manor, but something was not right, there was a fire coming from the direction of the manor. Baron felt something was not right.

"B Class! Move! Hurry towards the manor! C Class! find a partner and stick together with him or her and start going towards the manor too! Go! The grawls are already attacking!" Baron shouted

Scout was given a direct order, just as he was about to run, Ignite came up to him and said.

"Hey Scout wanna pair up?"

"I can't, got a mission to do, go pair with with a different C class." Scout said as he started running towards the manor.

"What are you talking about?!" Ignite shouted because scout was already at a considerable distance.

"What do you think?!" Scout shouted as he continued running.

Scout was the fastest among the mercenaries present, and he arrived first. As he got there, he was greeted by a grawl carrying a sword, coming at him. The grawl swung his sword, but Scout dodged to the left and a quick stab towards the heart instantly killed the grawl. The grawl let out a nasty scream, alerting its members that it had died.

A few grawls had gathered towards their dead comrade, surrounding Scout. Scout decided to utilize his new skills, He firs summoned a clone of himself, taking a decent amount of his mana, both him and the clone then instantly threw their daggers at separate opponents, and both used the skill Shadow Throw. The dagger damage wasn't enough, but them teleporting right in front of the enemies surprised them, a few more quick stabs and they died. 2 grawls instantly died in a matter of 3 seconds. Scout and his clone immediately Shadow stepped behind a few more grawls easily taking them down. In 10 seconds, Scout easily dominated 10 grawls by himself.

Scout decided to move on, since the other B class had arrived and started engaging the other grawls. Slowly by slowly the C class had arrived. One by one the grawls started to die. Until finally the last grawl died.

The lord of the manor stepped out of his house and approached Baron.

"Oh thank god you guys got here just in time"

"This happen every night?" Baron asked

"Just a few nights a week, we tried asking help from the capital, but they couldn't help cause they were still dealing with cleaning up the war damages."

"Alright, Set up your guards around the civilians, I will set up my men in various locations around the manor, we will be staying here protecting the manor. Until we find the source of the attacks, we will be staying here."

"Thank you very much" The lord said and went back to his house

"Alright guys, take camp for tonight, only 4 tents in one location, spread out! B class, make sure you clear out any remaining grawls hiding, we don't want any more casualties."

"Yes sir!"

Scout and the rest of the B class, patrolled every inch of the manor, there were no grawls present. They then decided to make their own tents. The night passed without any more disturbance.

Morning soon came and a new day had dawned.

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OMG guys, I'm really sorry for not posting for like a weak now! Its just that my macbook broke, it had all my notes about this story. Good thing It was only the screen that broke, once I got it fix, all my files and data were still here.

The black dragon market = black lion trading post from Guild Wars 2 :D

The Eliminator ring = Zahards ring from Tower of God

these just give you a visual representation on what they look like.

Also about the ring, It was originally something like Scout comes back for a new one every now and then, but its a pain to do it, so I decided that it changes when it changes tier, which won't be for at least level 150+ or something.

Thanks for reading, and once more I'm sorry for posting late.

Hope you enjoy!