A squad of mercenaries, taking part in yet another battle, was utterly defeated. Roren, a big, muscular warrior and one of the few surviving swordsmen from the destroyed unit, decided to give up the boring life of a mercenary and become an adventurer. After all, an adventurer’s life—if you don’t stick your neck out— is much easier and more predictable: you can take the guild’s jobs to collect healing herbs in the nearby forest or hunt weak goblins. You probably won’t earn much money, but you risk almost nothing. However, fate seems to have planned it otherwise: the very first job he took from the start went completely wrong…