Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 1 April 2321

Time- 20:22

Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse no.234.

The trap laid by Butcher Bob's goons was not that fancy, a dozen of Card Overlords and a few card Kings laid in wait when my men were expecting a few dozens of Card Grandmasters and Card Lords. Van swears that when the sinner squad detonated their calamity daughter gem they took out over half a dozen of Card Overlords and a couple of Card Kings. The sinner squad managed to outlive their expectations, thanks to their ruthlessness Van and Old Ben didn't get captured. Van and Old Ben were important and public faces of my organization I can't risk losing them.

My Calamity Daugther Gems could not be captured as it had the risk of leaking the secret of the gem inside them because like me they too were near immortal thanks to gems protecting their souls and reconstitution skill regrowing their bodies back whole. I had ordered the calamity daughter gem to detonate their gems on capture if they felt the risk of their gems being discovered.

I lost my newest calamity daughter gems yet I had nothing to show for it. Butcher Bob got me good this time. Racking up the debt he owes me. First, he took the item that belonged to me and now ambushed my people, this call's for war but I didn't the appropriate soldier for war. Butcher Bob was not short of Card Overlord and King goons but I had zero Card Overlord forget Card Kings that is where Aba's Wolf fang mercenary group came into the picture. They undertook the job of retrieving my item and killing the people hiding it. For now, this was the only solution I could come up with to deal with Butcher Bob while the alternative involved me enslaving hundreds of Card Lords and having them act as human bombs and attack Butcher Bob's facilities. This would be nothing short of an act of terrorism something which the demon cultist was famous for. Not to mention brazen use of calamity daughter gem could raise flags about my abilities to those keeping watch.

I could ask Anna to mediate the conflict between Butcher Bob and me, Anna would do it despite the law stating that the royal family stops her from meddling in these conflicts. But I could handle my enemies on my own. I am a big boy I didn't need to run to my sugar mama every time I am faced with trouble.

"So the details of the mission are simple, I will give you the location of the place where my cousin Ronnie is being held you retrieve him and kill anybody and all that tries to stop you from doing so." I narrated the details of the mission to Aba.

"That won't do, we are a mercenary group, not an assassin guild for you to hire us to kill your enemies." Agatha protested the idea of killing all the Butcher Bod goons that would be stopping them from retrieving my item.

"You guys are a mercenary group you do what your employer asks you to. If I say kill you kill." I glanced at Agatha and stressed my words to make them sound serious.

"Princess, tell me you will not agree to unnecessary killing, Right?" Agatha ignored me and directly asked her boss.

"We do what we are tasked with while avoiding unnecessary killings," said Aba, she agreed with both Agatha and my arguments. Making clear that she will decide when the time comes.

"You two know that the mercenaries are also hired to kill people right." I pointed out seeing how Agatha and Aba showed little tolerance for killing.

"That may be true for other mercenaries but not for ours," argued Aba, making it clear to me that her mercenary group will not kill Butcher Bob's goons if they do not resist and surrender.

"Wyatt, you do know that we have cops to handle these kinds of things right?" Anna reminded me.

"Come on, Anna. don't tell me you believe that the Butcher Bod doesn't have southern academic city cops on his payroll. If so, then he wouldn't so brazenly kidnapping my cousin in broad daylight." Cops, to be honest, I never thought of going to them until Anna reminded me.

"I don't know if my city's cops are corrupt but I do know that under my watch they are the most honest and hardworking men and women I have known." This was Anna's way of telling me that though she cannot meddle she could force the cops to be honest and help me with all their might.

"..." My eyes flashed with brilliance when I realized that I could use the city's cops as my goons. This would even the odds of the power gap between Butcher Bob and me.

"You know my cops won't hesitate to kill a few criminals to get justice," Anna spoke mischievously.

"Anna, stop meddling in my mercenary group's business. Master Wyatt, send me the location of the place where your cousin is being held hostage I will ask my men to rescue him. They will see to it that no harm will befall him." Hearing Anna's proposition to her first client Aba felt that she may lose the first and last mission she had just gained. Alerted Aba rushed her client to give the location so her men could go complete the mission before the client changed his mind.

"Hang on, what Anna proposed seems to be more cost-efficient and exactly what I want." Since the cops had no calm about killing to achieve their goal they were more suited to my taste but their strength was questionable. The state's police force was has a limited budget meaning the Cops were ill-equipped to cope with the expensive Goons of Butcher Bob. what they lacked in resources made up for in numbers but this came with casualties and other complications. That I would rather prefer to avoid. So hiring Ada's mercenary group was the better option.

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