Soldier of fortune ares
They died when bandits looted the village. In the Chronos village of Jagsen, young Mickey cries in front of the graves of his parents. The three join Temple Mercenaries as C-Rank soldiers. Ares throws the sword at the tester and then throws back the sand he'd caught. The tester throws sand at Ares' eyes, but Ares catches it. When the tester attempts a second simple tactic on the somewhat simple-minded Ares, Ares feints and easily dodges with an acrobatic maneuver.
He hits Ares solidly on the head, but Ares has a very hard head. He attacks while Ares tends to an untied shoelace. He hands the practice sword to Ares, telling him, "I'll be waiting, so you'd better come!" Angered for the pride of Temple, the new tester fights dirty. When asked for his name, Mikael refuses to give it. When Mikael's turn comes up, he asks to use a real sword and is denied. Testers are switched out, and the new one harshly speaks against all those who came to the entrance exam. He lasts the three-minute minimum by easily evading attack, and Mikael and the tester both realize he never intended to attack in the first place. He hesitates to fight with a practice sword, but Temple will not allow him to use his preferred weapon of twin chained daggers. Inside the gate, they find the testing grounds and join the queue. Mikael threatens the guards and beats one of them. They also mock Ares because he did not know there was an entrance exam - a test of skill against a B-Rank soldier. Two guards at the gate belittle them for their youth. Mikael, who had been observing Ares, casually dispatches the leader as swiftly as Ares defeated the other two.Īres and Mikael proceed to Temple Mercenaries. The leader then holds a knife go to the waitress. After offering them a chance to back down, Ares quickly takes out two of the three. They laugh, and the leader says that he got his facial scar from defeating the Red-Eyed Swordsman. They decide to take her instead, and Ares intervenes to return her earlier kindness. He returns to find three thugs demanding "rent" from her father, the owner. When she asks if he is any good at fighting, he replies, "I'm as good as the next guy." Later he hears a scream and realizes it is her. She warns him against the dangerous choice of joining Temple Mercenaries, telling him how men from her village never return alive. The waitress also takes pity on Ares and sneaks him a bowl of food.
Mikael finds the same ad and takes a meal at the same shop. He first tries his luck for a meal at a nearby shop but is thrown out. He's broke, homeless and hungry, and their offer of room and board appeals. In the Chronos year 237, Ares finds an advertisement for Temple Mercenaries. Despite the frequency of war, the country of Chronos has had relative peace for 10 years.