It was a normal day at noon, most likely to be at 2 PM, and the town street is busy with various activities, but there is something a little bit different today, and that is the appearance of extra guards that were patrolling and standing by the area, town guards are usually only placed at the exit gate of towns, where it is connected to the outside world, so they have to be cautious for an unexpected attack from monsters or other malicious being.
But this week, more guards have been launched to do a patrol and watch over the streets too, the reason being is due to the rising amount of missing person cases that kept piling up, and to this day, no one has any clue as to where or who the culprit is.
One of the guards that were ordered to watch over the streets for suspicious activity is Eldi, from Division 4 of Frontier Squad.
At first he was about to resign from this position due to how boring and uncomfortable this job is, but now he can't do that since the higher ups have assigned him a mission, even though the mission is not that different from what he usually do.
Despite being in the Frontier Squad, which is a group or division of guards that is placed at the forefront in battle, barely anyone took this position seriously, because a battle large enough to make every division work together is rare, in the end, most of the guards just laze around the town fortress.
If a monster attack occured, only one or two divisions got discharged into battle, the rest can do whatever they want and took turns guarding the town's gate, while thieves are common inside the town, theres already adventurers that does the job for them, guards only moved when a much more serious case involving the citizen's safety is in danger.
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As Eldi kept standing and held his head high, his leg were starting to feel a bit numb because of the constant weight from his body, but what can he do about it, if he takes a break now, his salary will be cut by the Commander.
"Damnit.. This shit is not worth 5 silvers, at all." Eldi said in anger, he kept his voice quiet so that his colleagues wouldn't hear it.
"I should've become an adventurer that day, and not this.. What a stupid old me, dreaming of becoming a knight when he couldn't even get promoted to a Captain Guard."
The sky is beautiful today, for most people this is the perfect weather to go on an adventure, but Eldi is unfortunately stuck in this town, so all he could do is just stare and hoped that something interesting would happen to make his job more fun and also to raise his salary.
To his surprise, his prayer would soon be answered, as when he lower his head again to look straight, he saw something at the corner of his eye, it was a demihuman, one with a unusual yet beautiful appearance.
'Huh? a demihuman, in this town? That's rare..' Eldi thought while secretly directing his eyes to her.
'She's beautiful'
He watched as the demihuman girl walked past him, he also noticed that many people around him also took a glance at her, that means most of them doesn't know her existence until now.
'Did she just arrive in this town? Out of all places? Well that brighten my mood a little bit.'
Just as when Eldi was about to imagine a fictional scenario, he was interrupted by another guard calling him.
"Eldi!" Said a guard that is running towards Eldi.
"Huh? Marc?"
It turns out the one that is calling Eldi is Marc, another member of the Division 4, both of them considers each other as a friend, and they have done a lot together.
"Come, the captain have called all of us to meet him"
"What happened?"
"Im not really sure but its the captain's order so we should hurry."
"Tch, alright."
Both Eldi and Marc ran together to where their captain is located, on their way there, Eldi's face began to show a slight annoyance, he furrowed his eyebrows and thought.
'What the fuck does that tyrant of a captain wants now? Shit.. I really don't wanna meet him'
***
[ Achstone, ???, South-East Area ]
Despite the shining light that came from the sun, the location that their captain is located are not so bright, because of the houses being so close to each other, it created a dark spot of shadow with a cramped space that is enough for a small road.
Eldi and Marc arrived not long after and saw everyone else standing, they have waited for them, their captain is the only one that doesn't wear any armor, but thats not because he forgot to wear it, but rather he doesn't need it.
Although the surrounding is dark, there is still some light that came from the sky, so they can see each other without the need of fire.
"Captain Jade, sorry for the wait.." Said Marc as he and Eldi got closer to everyone.
THWACK!
Captain Jade suddenly punched Marc in the face, thankfully he had his helmet on, so there was no severe injury, but the impact still left a substantial amount of pain on Marc's face and his nose almost bled.
"Useless piece of shit, why are you fuckers so late, do you want me to cut your leg off? It seems like you two don't need it, i'll report this to the commander." He said in anger.
Eldi and Marc didn't answer and just kept quiet the whole time, they didn't want to argue with him and instead accepted the punishment and harsh words, the other members that arrived earlier looked at Marc and Eldi with empathy, they all know that this is something that were usual in their division, their face shows a little bit of fear towards Captain Jade, its obvious that all of the member of Division 4 is not happy with their position.
In Eldi's mind though, he doesn't stop just like that.
'Shit.. This is why i want to resign, this motherfucker does not care about his subordinate at all, the only thing in his mind is money and fame— Fuck.. I really want to kill this guy.'
"I expect better in the future, or else i won't just be using my fist. All of you dumbasses, follow me" Said Captain Jade as he pushed the others to the side and walked away.
Everyone quickly followed him and went deeper into the unknown part of the town, soon they encounter a bunch trash at the side and even some feces, but they kept going and ignored all of the obstacles, until finally they arrived at slight open space, in there, a well made out of cobblestone was present in the middle.
'A well?..' Eldi thought.
'What's it doing here.. When we were walking, i didn't see any backdoor from the houses that we walked past'
Eldi thought that because usually a well means someone is using it to pull water deep from the ground, but looking at how long it took them to arrive here and the fact that all of the houses that surrounds them were nothing but walls, it was really odd.
"Listen up, you fuckers probably wondering what this is." Said Captain Jade, his hands is deep into his pant's pocket.
"This well leads to an underground space, and we will search for the missing persons down there— This is the only place that haven't been explored yet."
"Don't you dare to get away from me, stay close, or else i'll actually kill you, no one will question how you die in there, if one of you got killed by me, the rest of you will be next."
Everyone gulped in fear, including Eldi, he can feel a drop of sweat comig down from his forehead, they reacted like this because they know that Captain Jade would actually do that.
'There's a reason why captain doesn't wear armor.. Its because.. HES FUCKING STRONG!'
'That piece of shit was one of the strongest guard in town, he is even capable of using sword aura.. Damnit, if only he accepted the recruitment from the knights at Landerm, he wouldn't be here as our captain.' Eldi thought as he gritted his teeth.
Without any room for negotiation, all of the Division 4 squad went down the well using a rope that were attached on it.