In the early morning, before the sun rises, the sea breeze is mixed with the smell of salty and wet seawater, blowing into the town of Yonglang.

Although Wave Town is a harbor town under the jurisdiction of Valen City, it is more than 100 kilometers away from Valen City, which is also located by the sea. It started out as a remote fishing village with only a handful of fishermen. However, with the prosperity of the port trade, the town gradually grew and became more and more populous, and even now, there is a mercenary union in the town.

When the first rays of sunlight pierced the clouds and just shone into Surge Town, the four members of the 'Journey to the End of the World' mercenary group came to the door of the Mercenary Guild in Surge Town.

Fearing that the soldiers of the Fifth Legion of the Byzantine Empire might find Surge Town, the Blade Four decided to leave Surge Town in the name of the mercenary mission the day after the establishment of the 'Journeyer of the Heavens' mercenary group.

The four of them entered the mercenary union, and after completing the registration procedures, they stopped in front of the task bulletin board to find a suitable task.

"Wow, the most difficult task level here has actually reached level 4A! Usually level 3A tasks belong to tasks that require the power of the Bronze Saint Rank, and this 4A level task, I'm afraid that at least a strong person of the Silver Saint Rank dares to undertake it!"

Blade, Ravnia, and Stephanie also saw the 3A+ mission, only to see that the mission content was impressively written: Kill or capture alive the owner of the 'ghost ship', the evil undead pirate - Rod Jalawi.

The four of them moved their eyes down and continued to look.

Mission Overview: Rod Jalawi is an undead spirit who lives in the southern seas of the continent of Northumbheed, known as the 'One Piece' of the seas. He owns a ship that can be stealth, the 'Ghost Ship'. For nearly 100 years, Rod Jalawi has relied on this 'ghost ship' to rob merchant ships of various countries on the sea, and has repeatedly escaped the pursuit of various countries. Especially more than ten years ago, after Rod Jalawi advanced to the Bronze Saint Rank Realm, he was even more troubled, and now he is a powerhouse of the Silver Saint Rank, and he is an almost invincible existence in the southern sea of the continent where he is active!

Reward: 1,200,000 Coins!

Quest & Bounty Note: If you can kill or capture Rhodes Jalawi alive, capture the 'Ghost Ship', and ensure that the 'Ghost Ship' is intact or only slightly damaged, and still has the stealth function, you will be rewarded with an additional 500,000~800,000 gold coins depending on the situation!

"This Rhodes Jalavi, who is the target of the mission, is actually a Silver Saint Rank powerhouse, no wonder the mission level is 4A!" After Lovenia finished reading all the mission contents, she was amazed again.

"It's only been more than ten years to be able to step from the Bronze Saint Rank Realm to the Silver Saint Rank Realm, this One Piece's talent is a bit amazing!" Blade was also surprised.

"This Rod Jalawi is a legend on the seas!" said Stephanie.

"Do you know him, is he famous?" asked Ravnia, curious.

"Hmm!" Stephanie bowed, "Not only me, but I'm afraid that as long as the coastal residents of the southern countries of the continent have more or less heard of the legend of this sea giant!"

"Yes, I've heard of him, too!" Ward said, revealing from the sidelines.

Ward then began to briefly recount the legendary deeds of One Piece: "It is said that when Rod Jalawi won the title of One Piece, he did not set foot in the Holy Rank realm at all. At that time, he was only a ninth-level powerhouse, and he had been trapped in the ninth-level level for decades. At that time, many pirates on the sea were not convinced of him, believing that his title as One Piece did not live up to his name. However, just more than ten years ago, Rod's cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, and in just over ten years, he was promoted from a ninth-level powerhouse to an eleventh-level powerhouse. By now, almost all of the pirate forces in the southern seas have submitted to his rule. He is already a veritable One Piece on the sea, and even some small countries on the sea are so obsessed with his obscenity that they have to pay tribute to him!"

After Ward briefly recounted the legendary deeds of One Piece, the eyes of the four of them no longer stayed on the 4A-level quest at the top of the bulletin board, but continued to look for a suitable quest downward.

Finally, after spending more than ten minutes, the four of them unanimously chose a task on the bulletin board with a difficulty level of only C to escort a group of maritime merchants and their goods to the Federation of Valencia, an island nation in the South China Sea.

For the 'Journey to the End of the World' mercenary group, although there are only four people, except for Ward or a mid-level warrior, the other three have reached a high level of professional rank. In particular, Blade is still a ninth-level warrior. Therefore, the four of them can take on tasks with a difficulty level of A.

However, the reason why the four of them chose this relatively difficult C-class mission was because the four of them made the overseas Federation of Valencia the destination of their trip. And this C-level mission is just on the way.

On the day of the task, the four of them met with the representatives of the group of maritime merchants under the guidance of the clerk of the mercenary union to discuss related matters.

When the maritime representative saw that there were only four mercenary groups in total who had undertaken the escort mission, and two of them were women, they couldn't help frowning slightly.

The expression of the maritime representative fell into the eyes of the four sharp blades, who still didn't know what he was thinking!

Stephanie snorted coldly, and with a crush of her right foot, a green brick on the ground was suddenly crushed into powder by him.

The eyes of the maritime merchant representative shrank suddenly, knowing that the four people in front of him were by no means mediocre. He immediately put a smile on his face and said: "The contemptible person is the representative of the Sedren Merchant Order, Mark! I have something I want to ask the four of you, the route from Surge Town to the Federation of Valencia is a mature route, and it is not very dangerous along the way, so the difficulty of this escort mission is not great, and the reward is not high, many mercenary groups do not look down on this mission, I wonder why the four are willing to accept this mission?"

"We're heading to the Federation of Valencia, so that's why we're taking this mission!" Stephanie said lightly.

"Oh, I see!" Mark nodded, in understanding.

"Your Sedren merchant group is heading to Valencia, so have you found a suitable merchant ship?" asked Stephanie suddenly.

"Since we don't know when someone will take on this escort mission, we didn't look for the merchant ship in advance!" Mark said, "Since it has been decided that you 'Voyager' mercenary group will escort us, we will go to find the merchant ship later!"

"I know a merchant ship in Surge Town, and if this merchant ship doesn't go to sea, I can help you connect with this merchant ship!" Stephanie said.

Hearing Stephanie say that they could contact the merchant ships that went to sea, the other three members of the 'Journeyer' mercenary group all showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, but the three of them didn't say much.

Mark pondered for a moment and said, "As long as the price is reasonable, our Sedren merchant group can use the merchant ship you recommended!"

Stephanie led the group to the harbor docks in Surge.

It didn't take much effort for Stephanie to find a large sailboat more than eighty meters long among the rows of sea boats on the pier.

The sailing ship had a large fixed javelin firing pad in the bow, apparently an armed merchant ship.

"Hey, Ramos, it's good that you didn't go to sea, I'm here to introduce you to business!" said Stephanie as she approached the sailboat and shouted hello to one of the bald seafarers who were leaning against the side of the sailboat and chatting.

When the bald seaman heard the shouting, he turned his head to look, and when he saw that it was Stephanie, his face was startled, and he quickly ran off the sailboat.

"Why are you here? I heard...... The bald seaman's voice stopped abruptly, and he swept his suspicious gaze to the few men who were following Stephanie.

"Ramos, you and this Mr. Mark will finish talking about business matters first, and about other things, we will talk about it later!" Stephanie gave Ramos a color, and then she introduced each other: "This is Mr. Ramos, the captain of the merchant ship 'Chopping Waves', and this is Mr. Mark, the representative of the Sedren merchant group......"

Through Stephanie's introduction, Ramos learned Mark's intentions. After a brief exchange with Mark, he happily offered a low charter price. Mark was also very satisfied with the price offered by Ramos, and after the two sides agreed on the date of going to sea, Mark took his leave and went back to prepare for the boarding of the goods.

After Mark left, Ramos said to Stephanie with a look of disbelief: "I didn't expect you to become a mercenary, and you also started a business for me, the world has changed too fast!" After speaking, Ramos turned his head to look at the three blades who were still staying here, and asked tentatively, "......Who are these three?"

"These three are not outsiders!" said Stephanie.

When Ramos heard this, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he no longer behaved as cautiously as before, he opened his mouth and asked Stephanie urgently: "I heard that your 'Nightblade Leopard' was suddenly exterminated by the Byzantine army, what is going on?"

"It's a long story, I'll introduce you to these three first!" said Stephanie, introducing the three blades to Ramos.

Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Stephanie did not reveal her true identity when introducing Raffonia. In addition, when Robonia introduced Ramos, she only talked about Ramos's good friend when she was there, and she didn't say much about how the two met.

In fact, Ramos was the one who rescued Stephanie from the distant North Sea more than two years ago and brought it back to southern Byzantium.

At that time, Ramos led his seamen to drive the 'Cutting Waves' to the Northern Grasslands to do a business, and when he returned, he rescued Stephanie who had escaped from Senjin Village into the North Sea.

After bringing Stephanie back to the south of Byzantium, Ramos and Stephanie still maintain contact with each other, although Stephanie later broke through the world with her own skills.

Two days ago, Ramos was shocked to hear the news that the Byzantine army had captured Blackson Castle overnight and wiped out the 'Nightblade Panthers' bandits. And today, after seeing Stephanie and knowing that she had become a mercenary and had also undertaken an escort mission to prepare for the Federation of Valencia, she suddenly mistakenly thought that she was using this as a cover to escape to the Federation of Valencia. Therefore, when he negotiated the charter price with Mark, he only charged a low price in order to facilitate the matter as soon as possible.

Two days later, the four of them arrived at the harbor dock in Surge Town according to the agreed date of sailing, and after meeting up with the maritime merchants belonging to the Sedren Merchant Group, they boarded the 'Cutting Waves' together.

As the sails were raised, the Wave Chopping Waves, carrying dozens of sailors and passengers, as well as a full load of cargo, slowly sailed away from the harbor docks of Wave Town and into the vast expanse of the sea.