Trick held nothing back and told him exactly what had happened. A month earlier, he and his younger brother had entered Tirisfal Glades to carry out an employer's commission.
Although they had stayed on the very outskirts of the glades, they had still come under an unknown attack. Trick could not tell what it was. He had only felt waves of terror, as though the entire world had gone dark.
They had fled desperately, but it had done no good. The trembling seemed to come from their very souls. Just as he was about to be attacked, his brother had thrown his arms around him, and the two had rolled down the mountain, narrowly escaping disaster. But his brother had ended up like this as a result.
The two had returned to town, and he had originally intended to demand a larger reward from their employer. After all, the accident had been caused by the incorrect information the employer had provided.
Besides, the difficulty and danger of the assignment had far exceeded what the employer had described. Under such circumstances, asking for higher pay was generally not unreasonable.
But they had still been refused. Their employer seemed to have no intention of paying them at all. Not only had he refused, but he had also threatened Trick, demanding that he hand over the item.
Naturally, Trick had been furious at the refusal. He felt he had been treated unfairly, so he had refused to hand over the quest item, the Moonshadow Flower.
But the matter had not ended there. That employer was no pushover, and as a noble, he was naturally furious at being humiliated by a mere mercenary.
Before long, Trick had found that he could no longer find any work in town. Even the Mercenary Guild had turned