Protagonist? Antagonist? I Reject Both

"Hey, what are you doing now? Are you doing good or caught up in some petty trouble?"

Leon heard a soothing voice from the other side and smiled looking outside as the plane prepared to take off.

"I am fine and doing good."

"Did you miss me?"A voice filled with excitement and anticipation fell into Leon's ears.

"Do you want to tell me the truth?"

"Just lie sometimes, okay?"The other side pouted.

"Haha!" Leon chuckled.

"Might have missed you a bit, Sophia. "

"Hmmm! I know, "Sophia snorted at the other side.

"Fine! Just keep on missing me then."Sophia replied and asked"By the way what's your assassin's name and did you take and finish any mission now? Knowing you, I won't be surprised to hear dozens of missions finished by you."

Leon paused a bit with a smile and tapped on the armrest looking outside.

No one knew what he was thinking but his smile was anything but gentle.

Leon sensed vibrations and the plane he was in soon started to accelerate.

"Sorry, Sophia I have to switch off the call. As for the assassin's name, wait a bit. I want you to be surprised when you know. Okay then see you and take care. Don't worry, we will meet soon."

"Uh...Okay."

Leon then cut off the call and rested his head on the seat while glancing at the phone.

"It feels nice to have someone caring for you and nagging you but whether we can take this forward depends on fate."Leon sighed as resisting the change in fate wasn't as easy as a few words.

His abruptness might have hurt her a bit but it was better to be safe than sorry later.

"The world is cruel and complicated. Simple people don't live long."

The plane started to accelerate and took off into the clouds.

Its destination was Savana, the forest covering one-fifth of Vista.

.....

There was no glaring sun shining brightly on the endless green vegetation but the place was hot, humid, and with dangers carried at each stop, it was quite irritating

The vegetation outside in this place is abnormally luxuriant with trees turning predators if one isn't careful enough.

A group of 15 trudged through the brushes stepping on twigs.

They were clad in torn and tattered gray clothes. Their robes had not been cleared for go know-how long. Their robes were drenched in sweat as well as the filthy mud of the surrounding releasing a foul smell.

Fatigue was evident on their face and they were moving shakily and it was as if they were going to collapse at any moment.

Savanna was a country of the rich but after the war and various natural calamities, the entire country had perished following which a heaven-defying phenomenon took place.

A spiritual storm passed by this place and rain infused with spiritual qi started showering this place. The trees and animals who came in contact with spiritual qi started mutating and evolving.

Many people believed that this place was a plethora of treasures or had given birth to one that attracted this heavenly phenomenon.

Many citizens from the nearby town visited and searched for this. Though no treasure had been found, they had managed to find rare spiritual herbs which had great use.

It had also been found that the genes from their herbs and recombining them with genetic engineering had yielded great results.

So, every time the local people find something amazing, they fetch a sum.

"We need to find the ruins. I am sure the ruins had the treasure."One of the locals guiding a team of mercenaries shouted, leading them to the unknown.

....

A large fleet of vehicles returned to the boundary of the forest.

"Did you find anything on the trip?"Rose, the Vice Chief of the place questioned.

"This time we searched in sectors C1, C2, and C3 while Mike's group searched D5 and E1, and the remaining team searched in sectors F," Ron replied with great frustration. He was a strong man with a great build but his face was disfigured by a scar and had muscular arms filled with scars hard to see due to her black complexion.

Behind him, stood a petite white girl known as Foxy, a brilliant assassin of their group, and Heiros who is a Grade 3 supernatural.

Foxy swayed her petite body and asked"Why did Leader take such a troublesome mission for searching this? It's like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"I am also wondering that," Ron spoke blankly but his voice carried a slight dissatisfaction.

They were a 4-star mercenary group with a large number and only lacked enough accomplishment while their leader had already been hailed as a Mercenary King finishing many solo quests.

They have done all kinds of dirty work but this was the first they received such an unusual request.

That was a search for serum hidden by a scientist somewhere in Savannah. Ron even wanted to refuse this but the leader was adamant about doing it.

Rose sighed seeing their reaction. Her being a Vice-Captain comes second while firstly she is one of Ye Chen's women so she knew the insider things about all this.

Ye Chen spent all these resources because of the woman he had fallen in love with and engaged in Aurorica. Ye won shares from another in a bet and became a shareholder of the Mariotte group but handed it to that woman and after knowing the insider information, she dispatched the team to search for the serum.

However, she was more inclined for the treasure but she was forced to search for a serum that no one knows if it existed or not.

"This mission held a great importance for the leader as well as our future endeavors so we can't neglect this. Do you even understand how our lives will be impacted if we manage to find this thing?"Rose spoke looking at everyone.

"We might not have to risk our lives anymore."

Ron and others fell silent upon hearing this.

"In search, we have lost three members who came in contact with other mercenaries while Luo Yang died saving the other two from Shadow Panther. We might lose more."Ron smacked his lips.

All returning members of their group suffered from severe injuries and drowsiness. Their bulletproof vests were riddled with holes and protecting talismans were also shattered.

Rose gave a cold glance and shouted"Be careful in the next search. The Ironhawk is funded by Woods, Viperblade by Morrisons, Steelblade by Rockefeller, Hellcat by Tangs, and Bloodhound by Ambanis. The top families of Aurorica, Mystara, Vista, and Elysium are keeping tabs here."

All the mercenary groups active in Savana had their sponsors. They all had the mission to find the treasure which if didn't exist, they needed to find something equally valuable thing to repay the cost

They either find something or stay here till death searching for treasure. Therefore battles between the different groups were very common.

The mercenary soldiers don't care about lives but they carry the lives of many in their hands.

Ruthlessness etch deep inside their bone-to-core.

"Just increase the level of patrolling troops. Keep on guard to avoid the losses."Rose ordered with a sigh.

Meanwhile in Van City near the edge of the forest

"The plane has landed."

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