After a job well done, Raven is paid and Giren receives his weapons, Raven decides to visit the fifth floor.


    Raven enters the room, on the wall on his right, he sees a crystal stuck in the wall projecting a task board in the air, he looks around he sees tables and chairs, far on the left is a bar table behind it is a golem bartender, though this golem is unique, he''s made with metal and held by screws and wires, he still has a magic orb in his chest but it isn''t floating in a hollow hole, the metal engulfs most of it except for some of it, on the other side of the wall where the door he entered through is, there is another door.


    "That must be the door to the training grounds."


    Raven headed to the golem.


    - A golem as a bartender, weird.


    - I am not just a golem, I am a sentient golem.


    - And what does that mean?


    - That means I have a soul.


    - Didn''t know golems could have a soul.


    - Not naturally, I was once human, I nearly died, there was no coming back, my body was beyond repair, by the help of a golem maker and a necromancer, my was put in this advanced golem, after that I met young Giren, he just founded Red Steel, I used to work in the first floor, and here I am.


    And then, two entered, it was the archers from before, the woman had sharp eyes, nimble limbs, and it felt like she wasn''t in the room.


    "The woman is Fox, the archeress, here arrows soar the air faster than sound and always hit their mark, they say their enemies don''t even know what hit them."


    The man''s physique was impressive, he had a dominant presence, and he was much more intimidating.


    "And that''s Wolf, the hunter, everything else is a prey, if we are talking skill, Fox beats him ten out of ten times, but his arrows break shields and even without his bow he can manage against any warrior, the two are considered the strongest duo in Red Steel."


    Seeing the new merc, Wolf was hoping to test him, his killing intent was strong, since the moment he entered the room, he saw Raven only as his prey, but there was no reaction.


    - The new guy isn''t our usual run of the mill green merc, he''s special. Wolf said.


    - His calmness is impressive, his heart is unwavering and his mind is clear, even more than me. Fox said.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    The two talked as they sat in a table away from Raven.


    - He has a sword, he''s a swordsman, I wonder if he could take me if we fought with no weapons.


    - I heard he can''t use magic.


    - Then why is he sitting in the same room as us?


    - Haven''t you heard Giren complaining about us being nothing more than muscle with no brains, sure he wasn''t talking about us but that''s only makes two out of many, so this one might not have muscle, so he must have brains.


    - That explains his attitude, you wanna test him?


    - No thanks, maybe if he gets stronger, now I have no interest in him.


    - I think you''re right, I''m rooting for him, if he gets strong enough we''ll make a good trio.


    - A trio? Never, it''s only me and you.


    - Sure babe.


    Raven recognizes the strength of the duo, Wolf and Fox are not a force to be reckoned with.


    After a while, the duo leaves, Raven decides to take a job, he heads to the magical task board, he looks at it, he sees a bounty for someone called "Ralph, the one eyed", he looks at the picture.


    "This is the bandit leader, I saw him on my last job, I could''ve hit two birds with one stone, I guess I could take this job."


    Raven looks at robo.


    - So how does this work?


    - Tap on the job you want, a list of name will appear, tap on you name.


    It''s on, Raven headed out head hunting, he''s thinking maybe he gets lucky and discovers his weapon''s special ability, he head to the hideout, he searches every corner, there is no one.


    "What a waste of time."


    Heading out the forest he gets ambushed by two bandits, one is a mage and the other is a rogue, the mage wears a robe and wields a magic wand, the rogue wears light leather armor and wields a single dagger, the mage starts the fight by casting an ice spike, Raven dodges it but it goes through his clothes.


    "That one was fast."


    The rogue attacks, Raven dodges, the rogue swung too hard.


    "Now he''s wide open."


    Raven slices through him.


    "Shadow step."


    The rogue melts to his own shadow, Raven sees the shadow moving on the ground.


    "It''s a distaraction."


    Raven moves his sights to the mage, the rogue emerges from the shadow and slashes his thigh, Raven counter attacks and the rogue steps back, Raven misses, the mage casts an ice spike, Raven dodges it, now he''s away from the rogue, the rogue charges at him and the mage starts casting, this time the cast is long, the rogue casts shadow step instead of attacking, Raven sees the shadow move under him.


    "An ice spike to his head."


    "And a dagger to his heart."


    Before the mage casts his spell, his hand twitches, Raven sees that, he dodges though he hasn''t seen the ice spike coming his way, as he moves away, he slices the air behind him, he looks, the rogues head starts sliding off his neck and then the ice spike blows it, Raven raises his arms preventing the blood from hitting his face.


    The mage horrified, he just killed his friend, he turns around to run but he''s too slow, Raven catches up to him at stops him immediatly.


    "Answer my questions, or you''re as good as your friend."