Chance

"Why hello there Alex" Eredeti said Alex's face instantly stiffened as he straightened his back and put his fist to his chest "My lord! Sorry for not being able to recognize you immediately" Alex replied. Eredeti didn't mind after all as he has never shown Alex his face before but before Eredeti said anything else he slowly took off his helmet as his black hair flown out and emerald green eyes shone in the room. "It matters not if you couldn't recognize me, however I have important business to discuss with you" Eredeti said. "Of course my lord, So why did you go through all that trouble to find me?" Alex asked "Well you see I am relatively new here so I was wondering if you knew of any jobs that needed to be done in the kingdom that need to be under the rug. However I'm not telling you to tell me for free! If you help me with this problem of mine I can help you further improve your abilities because as far as I can see you seem to be in a bottleneck currently no?" Eredeti thought of this before when he saw how even throughout the training the knight Alex seemed to be struggling to gain an upper hand against the other knights in battle. As Eredeti watched he realized that Alex wasn't learning anything at all he seemed to be stuck in place like a turtle on its shell unable to move.

Alex went into thought as he thought that the powerful knight in front him merely wanted to cleanse the kingdom of the scum that are usually hidden under the shadows. As some knights had powerful feelings of justice that despised any form of evil and this included any form of corruption within the kingdom itself. Although the kingdom looks united on the surface, deep down their were many unjust acts including slavery, espionage and bribery of aristocrats to let those guilty loose on the streets and let foreign countries with malicious intent against the Zoldivolk kingdom to gain an upper hand. Alex started to think of possible jobs the kingdom needed to be done that was rather dirty in a sense however Alex wasn't going to openly condemn this powerful knights belief. "Personally I rarely participate in these operations, so I know little to no information regarding such things" Alex said "I see, that's a shame" Eredeti replied before turning around about to leave.

However when Alex saw this his eyes flashed as he went deep in thought 'If I don't take this opportunity I may never advance to the next class'. "Wait! sir Eredeti I may not know of any but I think I know of someone who does" Alex said. Eredeti who had a grin on his face thought 'It worked!' as he turned around and looked at him before saying "Well what are we waiting for?" Eredeti said as he put his helmet back on. Alex quickly gathered his armor and put it on taking a few minutes before saying "The person I'm taking to you is rather dark person although he is incredibly cold and annoying from time to time, he is still reliable as long as you can make him a profit he'll lead you to the place you want to go" Alex said before walking out of his room. Eredeti quickly followed suit as he walked towards the general area of the barracks where there were drunk knights at almost table drowning down their sorrows and injuries as Alex looked around and sat at the bar. The bar tended asked "Anything in particular? or just the regular?" Alex looked at him and said "I'll have something a little special today, give me something with a kick with a pinch of salandar!" the bartender looked at him before asking "Would you like a shot of our specialty?" "Sure if you would add a slice of Tarnage" Alex replied

The bartender frowned at him before saying "Sorry to say were fresh out for the day" Alex looked at him before saying "Do you mind if I have a look in the back for something a little special?" Once Alex said this the bartender opened the small saloon doors and gestured for Alex and Eredeti to come in. Once they entered behind the bar counter Alex continued to walk forward and opened the door to the right of the counter when they entered it really looked like a ordinary storage room however Alex looked around and pulled a small hidden compartment behind a shelf as he took out a strange looking silver and blue switch that looked out of place in this stone and wooden back room. Eredeti looked on in astonishment as he kept watching as Alex placed the lever in a socket as a distinctive click sound came out of the hole. Once the lever was in place Alex pulled it down making a shelf that was connected to a wall slide backwards and then to the left as it revealed a flight of stairs that had a dim light at the end of it. As Eredeti followed Alex down the poorly lit stairs the arrived at what appeared to be another barracks it looked similar to the one upstairs however it had a board with a wall of papers on it and no bar in sight and instead it was replaced by a man with a scar crossing his left eye all the way down to his chin.

The people that were present in the room all looked suspicious whether it was the knights who had hood over their helmets or the lightly armed people who had armor that favored mobility over defense. Alex looked rather confident and walked to the bald man who was tall and sturdy and looked similar to a retired general, once Alex walked up to the small counter he said in a stern voice "I have someone who's looking for work". "Ahaha if it isn't the old chap Alex, I've been waiting till you returned" The bartender said "Can it Xander, I'm not here for your petty missions! As I've stated before I'm bringing someone who's interested, I'm not going to be your petty foot soldier any longer" Alex replied with a hint of annoyance. "Oh is that so!" Xander left out a sigh before saying "You were such a good lacky to keep around too, Wait before that have you broken the contract?" Xander said before he released a hint of killing intent. However this small amount was able to get everyone in the room tense and held onto the hilts of their prospective weapons and as if it was a unanimous decision everyone looked towards Alex with killing intent when they heard the words 'contract'. Eredeti looked around in astonishment every single person in this room could give the current him a run for his money especially that bartender 'Damn he's even stronger than the war troll?!' Eredeti thought as he reacted instantly and gripped the hilt of his sword and dagger. "Calm down Xander, the contract states I can't disclose information about this place to anyone who has ill intent. If I did the contract would have burned by now" Alex said "Hmph very well" once Xander said this his killing intent disappeared almost as if it was never there as if they were sent a signal everyone present calmed down once more and sat back down or went on with their business.

This put Eredeti in a slightly better mood but nonetheless they looked as if they would cut down Alex in a second and who was Eredeti to stop them even if he could he would rather not get into the affairs' of someone he is simply using 'such a problem would be to troublesome' Eredeti couldn't help but think. Once the situation quieted down Alex continued to speak "Now as I was saying I brought a potential ally for you" "An ally you say? Very well bring him to me!" Xander said. Once Eredeti heard his words he walked in front of Alex and told the bartender Xander "Excuse me for bothering you, Xander if I'm not mistaken?" Eredeti said. "Yes and you are?" Xander replied "Call me Eredeti, now on to the main point I heard you had work that needed to be kept rather secretive and that you were in need of qualified people" Eredeti said. Xander looked towards Alex almost saying 'If I smell anything fishy your both dead!' however he looked back towards this knight in front of him and replied "Indeed we are and I presume I don't need to tell you what we handle here correct?". "Indeed so I believe I got the gist of it all" Eredeti replied "Very well however their is a certain quality check we do on all of those who wish to join after all we can't just let anyone join a elite branch of the kingdoms army, now can we?" Xander said