Chapter 271: The Rogue Crew.
“Young master, what should I na the division?” Haley stopped Ozul to ask.
While Ozul had previously told her to na it whatever, she couldn’t just casually na such an important division of the organization placed directly under him. Not to ntion, she didn’t think herself to be qualified enough to na a division consisting solely of Rank-8 Mages when she herself had just advanced to beco one recently.
Although Ozul didn’t really care about naming it himself, he noticed the pleading look in Haley’s eyes and decided that it didn’t matter anyway, “How about... the Rogue Crew?”
He hadn’t bothered asking what cris all of those mbers had committed to be hunted down by their own organizations, but since they had taken the oaths, it didn’t matter to him either way.
Whatever cris they had committed previously didn’t have anything to do with him.
Anyone in his place would have been reluctant to use this thod to recruit a whole division under him, consisting of criminals and runaways of other factions, but he had thoroughly checked that oath artifact.
After these Mages took oaths, the pulse of Mana that bound the oath takers was even more restrictive than one might expect. Since Mana is filled throughout the Mages’ bodies, they had no way to get rid of this parasite-like oath binder.
.....
Unless one had absolute mastery over the Mana and its workings, aning they had broken past Rank-9, they wouldn’t be able to break free from their oaths. He was also certain that no Rank-10 Mage would bother about so group of Rank-8’s.
“The Rogue Crew? Hm. As simple as ever. But it is perfect~” Irvin comnted with a thoughtful face. He didn’t expect Ozul to na the division anything fancy anyway.
All of them were criminals in one way or another, running all over the continent to save their lives, so the ‘Rogue Crew’ fit them perfectly.
With that, the new division Rogue Crew known only to the core mbers of the Three-Eyed Strangers was ford under the direct command of Ozul.
Satisfied, Ozul asked Haley to lead them to this newly ford group of runaways.
Until now, Haley had been dealing with everything related to this division, so even Oliver and Irvin knew very little about them.
As she led Ozul outside the tower, others also curiously followed after them.
At this point, except for the occasional custors, there were only the mbers of their organization in the entire town. All the others had already moved out from the Neutral Lands.
Unlike the giant organizations, ordinary people couldn’t afford to stay for long. Unless they moved earlier, they wouldn’t be able to establish their business outside the Neutral Lands.
Since the Three-Eyed Strangers had the whole town to themselves, Haley had created a lodging for them using the abandoned structures.
As Haley stopped before a particular structure, Ozul sensed all the Rank-8 Mages cultivating inside the compound. It was surprising to see that none of them were slacking off.
When they entered the compound, the Rank-8 Mages all opened their eyes and the people behind Ozul noticed the dead look in their eyes. Having death looming on their heads even while they slept previously had obviously changed their psyche a lot compared to an ordinary person’s.
They all wore different types of clothes. So had simple white robes while others were even worse. Although they were Rank-8 Mages, they didn’t have enough ti to enjoy living a luxurious life.
As the group of people entered, these people stood up and eyed everyone one by one. At last, their gazes stopped at Ozul and it was a surprise for them that they couldn’t feel any Mana from him.
“Young master-” Haley was about to introduce them to Ozul before she was interrupted.
“We greet the leader!” Suddenly, all of them got on one knee and bowed towards Ozul!
Their voice was really loud since all the thirty five people had shouted in unison. At this ti, they didn’t look like so rogue runaways who were hunted like street dogs. Instead, they had the air of trained warriors who were ready to give up their life for their leader anyti.
Surprised, Ozul squinted his eyes at Haley. Most of these people shouldn’t have known about each other beforehand, so it was unlikely that all of them would be so cooperative like this.
Haley revealed a proud smile and replied, “I had enough ti to teach them the basics...”
‘Just basics?’ Ozul shook his head. It was obvious that she had spent most of her ti in the past four years on this bunch. Otherwise, he would never believe that such people would beco so cooperative in such a little ti.
What really satisfied him was the fact that none of them held any bad thoughts about him. They all had neutral thoughts for him, even with their heads bowed towards him.
“Rise,” Ozul said as all of them stood up one by one.
These people all looked down on the ground without making any unnecessary movent. Although they weren’t hunted down like street dogs now, they had still forfeited their lives in soone else’s hands.
No one would be happy with such circumstances.
The group of people behind Ozul all felt an eerie feeling looking at the dead stares of these n who willingly handed their own leashes in so other’s hands.
However, Ozul wanted exactly sothing like this. He raised his eyebrows at Haley and said, “You did a good job.”
Being praised made Haley smile ear to ear, but she tried her best not to lose her composure.
‘With them, things will be a lot easier,’ Ozul mused in his mind. The day had finally co when he could have people do most of his work!
As he turned back around to face these people, he noticed that they were still not properly dressed.
“Get them proper clothes later,” he ordered to which Haley nodded her head. They were all waiting to see what Ozul would say to this group of people as he hadn’t previously explained to them the reason he wanted to create such a division in the organization.
Much to their disappointnt, Ozul turned around again and said, “All of you can leave.”
However, it was obvious that this ‘all of you’ didn’t include Raven and Blaze as both of them stood unmoving on their spots. anwhile, Haley and Irvin quietly left.
“Aw! Can’t I just stay for a while?” Unlike them, Oliver wanted to give it a shot. He was really curious as to why Ozul had created this division and allocated them so many resources.
“...”
“Alright...”
Being the target of Ozul’s vacant gazing, Oliver couldn’t win the staring competition and decisively chose to take his leave as well.
The compound turned silent after a few monts as Ozul confird that no one was spying over them.
He suddenly shifted towards the group of n and a couple of won mixed within turned tense noticing his strange behavior. They had willingly handed over their lives to this person, so they were extrely nervous as to what kind of person he was.
“I am Ozul... and as you already know, you will be following my orders from now on,” Ozul first introduced his na with a casual tone.
The people before him didn’t express any emotions listening to his words. They only wanted to know what their real job was.
From what they understood by the organization’s work, they expected to do infiltration, or maybe even assassination in secret? He could have very well created their division as the main force of the organization as well.
“You will do any and all kinds of things under . If you have any questions, keep them brief. I have a nap waiting for ,” Ozul spoke impatiently.
For a while, no one dared to ask anything. No one knew what was included in this ‘any and all kinds of things’, so so of them had a bad premonition.
Many of this group consisted of old-looking people and only a small group looked to be around middle-aged.
After a few monts, a relatively younger looking man with small brown hair and saggy eyes stepped ahead.
Just a single stare was enough for Ozul to know that he was one of those Middle Stage ones in the group. He faced this brown-haired man and asked, “What is your na?”
“Huh?... I am Tatsuo.” Though surprised, Tatsuo imdiately answered the question.
“What is your question?” Ozul asked with bored expressions on his face. He really wanted to go and take a nap right now.
Even though Tatsuo realized Ozul’s impatience, he still questioned with an unwavering tone, “What does ‘any and all kinds of things’ an?”
“Hm?” Ozul looked at him as if it was the stupidest question he had ever heard. But he still answered Tatsuo, “You will be following all the ti. If I tell you to call over anyone, you will do so. If I ask you to take things from one place or another, you will obey. It depends on the situation really.”
He said all of that so casually that one might have even thought that he was only joking with the group.
However, Raven and Blaze couldn’t conceal their astonishnt as well. And just as they had expected, the Rogue Crew also showed various degrees of facial expressions as all of them had a single thought in their mind, ‘You created a group of 35 Rank-8 Mages to do such miscellaneous tasks for you!?’
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