Almost three weeks later;

    On Planet Isa;

    A giant Chimera, with the head of a lion, the body of a rhino, the legs of a horse, and the wings of an eagle, was seen falling to the ground.

    Azzy, who had his mask on, was following it behind and eventually taking over it, caught it in mid-air with his one hand and stored it directly into his dimension bag before landing on the top of a grassy hill.

    Rynmere was waiting for him, looking all tranced and clapping in awe. With a slow, deliberate clap, he bowed slightly, "Your prowess is unmatched, Master. Truly, those rumors don''t do you enough justice."

    Azzy shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "it is just a Tier-90 beast. I have hunted stronger ones."

    "Only master could boldly say that a Tier-90 beast is nothing," Rynmeres eyes shone with reverence and he couldn''t help but add, "Master, you are beyond incredible."

    Azzy, however, sighed inwardly, thinking, "If only the monsters in this Angel realm had spirit cores, I could have added them to my army. But, it is just nothing but another undead skeleton I got. Well, atleast, I can get another million grace shards from this quest."

    Together, they returned to Astrael Planet''s Xarx City, where they were residing at the moment.

    However, as it is Everlasting Guild''s business, they separated for a bit. Azzy went to the guild to submit the quest''s proof and also sold the entire corpse for another 530K grace shards to the guild manager.

    With this, Azzy now managed to save 50 million grace shards overall and he intended to quit this adventurer business.

    Since the manager helped him indirectly, Azzy was about to speak to him but the guild manager instead asked him to follow to his office in order to speak of an urgent matter.

    Azzy went with him but found a stranger waiting for them in his office.

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    Azzy was certainly unhappy with the guild manager''s intentions. Not to mention, he already planned on leaving after this. Hence, after quick thinking and consulting with the Reaper regarding this Baphomet, he said to the stranger, "Mr. Oriniel, I just need one other thing from what you are offering."

    "What is it? "

    "Independency. I don''t follow your team leader''s orders or whatever. I will act on my own, which definitely includes kill-stealing the main target, and I want everyone to put up with it."

    Oriniel: "..."

    Lantern: "..."

    Needless to say, both of them went speechless at Azzy''s unexpected demand.

    ***

    After a while;

    Azzy returned to his residence.

    *Creak*

    "Rynmere, we ha... Hmm?" Azzy spotted a familiar-looking middle-aged man who was having tea; Rynmere stood before him with his arms crossed forward like a servant.

    "Master, welcome back." Rynmere smiled big with a bow, letting out a sigh of relief.

    "Mr. Steelclash, what are you doing here again?" Azzy''s facial expression hardened.

    Yes, it wasn''t Liam, the one Azzy finds annoying. It was his client from three weeks ago.

    "Hello again, Mr. Azrael."