The news of mercenary groups being hunted was spreading like wildfire in the adventurer's guild. In just a few days, over 10 mercenary groups had been wiped out. No one had survived to tell what had happened.
The killers didn't just target weak ones. A mercenary group with a 7th-tier magic caster had also been wiped out.
The guild had yet to find out who was responsible. They had issued a notice this morning, telling everyone to be careful out there and that mercenary groups with elves in them should put their missions on hold until the Gray Temple and the city lord's castle caught the killers.
The notice confirmed many people's suspicion that the killers were hunting elves.
First Alex's warning, and now this notice. Fear had been aroused in mercenaries.
Elves were talented archers and born healers. An elf could greatly reduce the risk of a mission, so many mercenary groups had one or more elves. They were an important part of a group.