A TROUBLED TRANSMIGRATOR

Mercenary Association

After this was a feeling that came from so deep inside him that he felt like he discovered the meaning behind his existence and a single thought surfaced in his mind that extinguished all other thoughts like a flood, 'Move Forward'

'Yes, move forward and think about a way to live because I can do anything if I am alive but nothing if I am dead' he thought and washed and then walked along the stream to hunt for some animal. Because some animals should come to drink water even if it is the middle of the night.

He didn't have to walk for long and saw a deer, it was drinking water as expected, Alex used mana in his legs for a boost in speed. And ran full speed towards it, brandishing the sword that he had picked up before and didn't have the time to use, as he reached it. instead of running, the deer turned to him and tried to attack, but failed as Alex evaded the attack and beheaded it cleanly.

*sigh* "Finally something to eat after such a long day," he said as he prepared some wood to have the first meal in this world. His mouth-watering at just the thought. He seemed to have changed a little. But this change was very inconspicuous and even he didn't notice it.

"Not bad," he said while eating, even though it was called a deer it was much more than just a simple deer as it was more ferocious and bulkier, so he had a big meal.

After having his first meal after coming to this world he set off in the direction the sun was rising.

…

In the morning, Alex reached another kingdom without much trouble because it was very close and prepared himself to act as a mercenary after thinking for a while even though his actions seemed very planned. He did every action as if it was the most appropriate for the situation and the most natural thing.

As he reached the gate the guards stopped him and asked him his purpose for coming here, and 10 copper coins that he didn't have.

After thinking and looking at the greedy light in their eyes he asked them if the sword will do, the guard looked at the sword and then looked around and accepted in a heartbeat.

After a successful trade, he was allowed entry inside.

He stopped someone to get directions for the mercenaries association because he had to get an id of some kind to move around freely. He had already heard the name of the mercenary's associations so he made a simple guess from the name and decided immediately.

"Go straight after the third right and you will see a board with the words Mercenary association clearly,"

After getting the direction he went directly and reached the mercenaries association, and there was a hustle and bustle in the building. On the right side, there were benches with mercenaries sitting and eating and talking amongst each other and waitresses were serving them.

“It should be where we can form hunting parties."

He thought as he went to the reception, a girl in her prime wearing purple garments was on the counter and immediately greeted him with her most beautiful smile as soon as she saw him. Alex looked like a veteran fighter with his clothes that were ruptured.

“How may I help you, sir?"

"I wanted to get registered as a mercenary,"

He said even though he was not familiar with everything, it was evident that it should work like that from what he was about to see. Watching so many animes and reading mangas and novels was proving to be useful.

The girl smiled and asked him his name and said

“Okay, this way, Mr.Alex white.”

The girl then took him to a hall filled with all kinds of devices and equipment lying around.

There was a middle-aged man with a bulky body sitting motionless on the ground facing them. As they entered he opened his eyes to look in their direction. His body exudes a powerful aura.

"This sir wants to get registered as a mercenary," The girl said as she pointed toward Alex.

"Huh? Hahaha kid do you have a death wish? don't you know that you can easily die and it is very dangerous out there for some still young like you," the man laughed as he said, Being a busybody?

Alex narrowed his eyes slightly but didn't react to his tone and said.

“Yes, I know but I still want to be a mercenary.”

The man stopped laughing and a stern expression appeared on his face opposite to the minute before and said.

“Very well, then come to no need for this machinery I will test you personally,"

"But-" the girl was about to tell him that he should do it properly with proper etiquette but was cut off by the bulky man.

“Enough, don't interfere in my work," he said and then turned to look Alex in the eyes and said: "I am a C-rank cultivator, Jake, and I will test if you have what it takes to be a mercenary. The minimum requirement for a mercenary is survival and battle strength.”

“Well, show me what you got.”

Swoosh!

Without waiting another second Alex used mana in his legs and used the enhanced speed to reach jake in the blink of an eye. the girl was surprised to see this speed as this is not something a young man should have. Jake was also surprised but immediately reacted and punched him.

Bam!

As the punch was coming straight to his face he bent down and avoided the punch and directed the punch toward jake using the momentum it connected and he slid back with his neck turned toward the right. He stayed that way momentarily before looking back slowly.

"Nice one," he said and released his mana outward, and leaped towards Alex. He rushed toward him as he shouted.

“My turn.”

The girl was surprised to see this exchange because jake is a C-rank cultivator and it is very different from the f or e rank and d rank because the difference in strength is very great the higher ranked someone is. But the point here is not cultivation, but battle power. And that is directly related to experience in battle.

“How can he match a C-ranked cultivator at that age?

Alex was also surprised to see that his punch didn't affect jake even though he used a lot of strength in that strike but he didn't think much because jake was already right in front of him and was punching out.

Alex bent down again and saw a kick coming toward his face and before he could defend he was hit right on his face and was thrown backward, "D-rank with zero combat experience and one-armed?"

Jake gave his judgment and was also surprised because being at the D-rank at that age was a great achievement. of course, it was because of his absorption method that he directly tempered his physique and also absorbed so much mana otherwise it would have taken a long time.

"One arm missing, you must have been through a lot right, kid? for you to come here to become a mercenary means that you have something in mind, revenge, right?" Jake kept talking and guessing about Alex. Alex got up and looked at him straight in his eyes and had an idea.

'A young man with a pursuit huh? It should be a nice backstory to ask even though no one seems to care he thought as he said.

“yes, but you don't have anything to do with why I want to join the mercenary association, now come," he said as he enhanced his speed with mana and approached him. but jake didn't move and smiled and said. “it is done, you can get your id from her,"

Alex immediately stopped and looked towards the receptionist, "yes, sir you are more than qualified to become a mercenary as a D-ranked cultivator," Alex didn't say anything and relaxed his body and mana to follow the girl outside.

Meanwhile, jake was looking at him all the while he went out and softly said: "D-ranked at this age, I wonder how far you will go,"

After the form-filling and the registration was completed he took his mercenary identity and

asked where he could get general information nearby and the girl directed him toward the library. He thought it would cost money so he was hesitant but he went to check anyway. It was just a few streets distance from there.

In the evening, after reading some information about the world and its situation that didn't cost anything and was available for free because it was common knowledge. He left the library and headed towards the forest again. He couldn't stay in an inn as he didn't have the local currency. But he had something in mind so it didn't matter to him.

"Time to make a clone.”