The candidates sat straight and just waited for Graham to begin.
"Diablo," he said. "Bring out those."
"Here."
THUMP!
Diablo picked up sothing from below the table and put it on the table.
They were envelopes of so kind. But they were thick and heavy.
"These are your missions. I will give them one by one in the order you are seated."
The candidates nodded.
"On the first chair, we have Adolf Hustler. But we will skip him and Pablo too. They will get to choose in the end."
The candidates ignore that part. They just wanted to hear for themselves.
"So, on the second chair, we have Harley Davidson. Diablo, give ."
Graham reached out his hand and Diablo put an envelope on it.
Graham held it and walked towards Harley.
Harley stood up and took the envelope.
"This is your mission. It’s Brown rank. Read it right here and rember the rules I told you. You can’t ask questions about it. You just have to read it, morize it, and in the end, burn it. Don’t let anyone peek. If they do, kill them. After doing all that, start the mission." Graham gave so instructions and Harley began reading his mission right away.
"Now seat number three, Ursula Jarel. You are a strong woman. But you will get a red rank mission."
Graham took the envelope and gave it to the muscular woman, Ursula.
"The instructions I just gave to Harley are the sa for everyone. I won’t repeat." Graham said and moved on to the next one.
Seat number three got their assignnt.
Seat number four got their assignnt.
Seat number five got their assignnt.
Like that, one by one, everyone kept getting their assignnts.
They all were reading it right there and were trying their best to morize its details.
By now, most of them got only red and brown ranked missions. The tough missions were still to be given.
And as ti went on, Draxus’ turn ca.
"Seat number forty eight. Draxus Wick. You perford very well in the tests. The military gave you the mission worthy of a man like your stature."
Graham held the envelope and gave it to Draxus.
"It’s ranked Purple. Best of luck. I hope you co back."
Draxus just nodded and began reading it right away.
Pablo wanted to peek but he let it go. He would ask Draxus anyway.
"Now, seat number 49, Flashy Rail. You are one strange man. At the beginning you were a coward and as the fight to the death event ca, you beca a changed man. Your eyes are sharper now.
And keeping this change in mind, the military gave you the chance to completely break out of your shell."
"I don’t like the sound of it." Flashy said.
Graham laughed and gave the envelope to Flashy.
"It’s Purple."
Flashy’s brows twitched.
’Just how much change did they see in to give a purple one. I don’t even change my underwear regularly. What are they talking about?’
"I’ll do my absolute best."
Flashy’s thoughts were different from his real words but he could do nothing but accept the mission.
So he sat down and read the details.
Those who had done reading and morizing left the room but not before giving the envelopes back to Diablo. He would burn them for them.
"Seat number 50, Pablo Castillo. The man who ended a bloodline. You will also get to choose but first, Hustler will choose his assignnt. He is seated in the first chair, that’s why."
"Sure thing." Pablo didn’t mind that.
Graham and Diablo turned their attention to Hustler and even the other candidates were curious to see what he would choose.
Hustler stood up from his chair.
"How exactly do I get to choose? I an, will you tell all the remaining assignnts and I have to choose among them? Or will there be sothing else?"
’I have the sa question.’ Pablo would have asked the sa thing as well.
"I was about to give you a list. A list containing unfinished and latest assignnts.
It has the na of the missions. A short detail of the mission. The rank of the mission. The rewards are hidden though. And I don’t think I need to tell you. The higher the rank, the higher the rewards."
"So does it an I can also choose a white rank assignnt and pass this test?"
"Yes."
GASP!
The other candidates gasped at the reveal. Hustler and Pablo got such huge advantages.
They could choose the easiest assignnt and get selected in the military. What else was there to ask for?
Nevertheless, the candidates were left with bitter feelings and just focused on their own hard assignnts.
"Here is the list, Adolf." Graham gave the list.
But Hustler pushed Graham’s hand away.
"I don’t need to see the list. Just give the Black one."
"What?" The candidates exclaid.
"You fuckers mind your own shit. Don’t react. Everyone is not a wimp like you." Graham scolded all of them and no one overreacted after that.
He sighed.
"Yes. What were you saying?"
"Give the Black rank assignnt." Hustler said the sa thing.
"Are you sure about that?" Graham asked.
"Yes. Just give that." Hustler was adamant.
"You know, even so Generals face difficulties doing Black rank missions. You could die in the worst way possible there. You still want it?"
Hustler clenched his jaw. "If you don’t give it to , I will take it myself, old man."
"Hah. Well, I tried."
Graham finally agreed. But this ti it was different, he didn’t ask Diablo for any envelope. Instead, he put his hand inside his bracelet and brought a pitch black book.
It was a thick and small book, like a dictionary.
"This is your mission, Adolf. The Black one."
Graham gave the book to Adolf and Adolf began reading it right away.
Graham then focused on Pablo.
"What do you want?" He asked.
Pablo smiled. "Do you even need to ask?"
"Of course." Graham put his hand inside his bracelet again and took out another pitch black book.
"Here it is. Your Black assignnt."
Graham gave the book to Pablo and Pablo saw the words on its cover.
Graham told him about it.
"That’s the title of the Mission. And it couldn’t be more accurate. The mission you took will be one hell of a challenge. And as the title says, you will really see darkness there. By choosing this mission, you chose to travel. By choosing this mission, you chose to go…"
Pablo traced his fingers on the title and read it with interest.
Graham smiled at Pablo’s interest and they both spoke the title at the sa ti…
"In The Abyss!"
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[Volu 2 : In The Abyss! Finished!]
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