Mercenary

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The Mercenary Clan was born for the a single intended purpose, to return home. Utilising his insight of future knowledge, Kim Soohyun wanted to create a clan that can survive in the coming future.

## Overview

Mercenary was founded within six months after Kim Soohyun had entered Hall Plain during chapter 182 of the Web Novel. It's initial founding eight members had discovered three ruins consecutively within a three-month span before formally being a clan. After being formed the clan starting rank was [D] which is rare as clans often begin at rank [E] or [F].

When forming the Mercenary clan Soohyun had 3 key features in mind when creating it:

Firstly he had planned for the clan to be composed of only a small group of elite players utilising powerful artifacts, elixirs and classes. At just ten members it had a combined five secret classes, (one secret awakening) four rare classes, and one normal class. Surprising many people of Hall Plain especially only being founded within just less of a year.

When first initially forming the Mercenary clan Soohyun wanted the clan to have a similar nature as a mercenary group as the name implies. However, unlike any other mercenary groups within Hall Plain that normally only operate within a single city or region, Soohyun intended for the Mercenary clan to be able to work on a much larger scale completing various commissions by recipients from all over the continent. Consequently, the Mercenary clans commonly take on search, rescue, and exploration-based missions.

In addition to this, each of the members within the clan is unique as each member do not belong to any city on the continent remaining "free" therefore the mercenary clan claims absolute neutrality as it is no longer bounded by any city nor organisation and is placed outside of city conflicts. Furthermore, due to the members being "free" they are not forced to obey any other city orders in times of war and can freely do activities without strings attached.

The Mercenary clan does place a high emphasis on ruin exploration due to Soohyun having future knowledge of their locations. As a result, the Mercenary clan has a high track-record of finding and excavating many ruins as the clan was able to excavate 9 ruins in just less of a year.

Within Hall Plain, the Mercenary clan is notorious for how difficult it is to join due to its strict entry policies. Only players that are the strongest or have the potential to become the strongest are allowed to join and even then only not all will be able to join. This is a result of Soohyun's ability, Third Eye which allows the user to see the player's information and most importantly their stats and abilities. However, it should be noted that even after everything Soohyun will only let a person join after judging if their alignment and whether the person will have a negative impact on the. Subsequently, the Mercenary clan is a very closed group although it has been stated that there is an entry test if players wish to join.

## Power structure

During its three years within Monica, the power structure within the clan remained constant. It was simplistic with all the members having equal standing with only the clan leader standing at the top. This is because of the lack of executive position within the clan as Kim Soohyun wanted camaraderie inside of the clan and prevent conflicts. Consequently, members of the Mercenary clan have a strong bond with each other which was the intent of what Soohyun wanted. Although, there are some clan members who have higher statuses within the clan like Jung Hayeon and Go Yeonju who help to manage the clan's affairs.

However, after moving to Atlanta the clan had faced major reforms that had removed its old system due to Jeagel Hasseol's advice. Firstly, it had abolished its former system and replaced it with a newly created ranking system which is based on abilities, success in missions, and leadership. The clan ranking system is a measure of status and authority within the clan as people with higher rankings are able to dictate the actions of those with lower status than them although this only is mainly used when Soohyun is not present to take command. Despite this, the clan ranking system does not necessarily equate to authority all the time as evident with Ahn Sol.

With the ranking system in place, clan members are given different missions according to their ranking. Furthermore, to encourage members to compete and rise in the rankings Soohyun had given certain privileges to the higher ranks. This is made very clear with the B rank as they are given a personal maid and given a larger accommodation than the standard room.

However, there are a few people who are exempt from the Clan ranking system. Such as those who have not been in Hall Plain for at least 3 years or clan members who are deemed as non-combatants.

#### Rankings

* EX - People who have supernatural abilities that no one else can replicate. At this point EX members are given up to 4 personal maids.
* S -
* A -
* B - At this position members are given much large rooms and have personal maid.
* C -
* D -
* E -
* F -

## Monica

After the Mercenary Clan had moved their base of operation to Monica, home to the main clan Istantel Law, the Mercenary Clan had instituted their first clan house. The Mercenary Clan had bought a clan house formerly owned by the Pistachio? (Have no idea of accurate translation 285) the clan that was wiped out after an expedition. As a result, the property was severely neglected leading the clan house to become dilapidated due to the fall of the clan. Before the renovation of the clan house, the clan was shown to be overgrown with greenery and had fallen apart needing vital repairs to live in.

The clan house is divided into two different buildings with a garden. Furthermore, it has a large amount of land surrounding the clan houses allowing for the potential to extend. The building was initially intended to house over a hundred people for the previous clan members and is composed of two buildings

However, after the renovations of both the interior and exterior of the clan house, with the support of the Istantel Law clan, was refurbished. After being redone it restructured the clan house into three separate categories for public, personal and temporary use. The public spaces that created were shared restaurants, bathhouses, workshops, and training grounds. Whilst private quarters are mainly for offices and accommodations on the other hand temporary rooms are simply empty spaces intended for future extensions when needed.

The clan house has multiple floors intended for different purposes with the basement and first floor used as public baths recreational facilities. On the other hand, the second and third floors are for private quarters and the fourth floor is designated as temporary space.

The temporary space was later used to construct a personal prison and a storage space for all the artifacts that the Mercenary Clan has amassed during its numerous expeditions.

**(-IN PROGRESS) chapter 285 (personal notes)**

* first floor with reception
* meeting roos
* decoration
* stairway

## Atlanta

After arriving at the new continent Atlanta, the Mercenary clan was given sovereignty over the (southern need to check this) city --- as a reward for being the top contributors during the Steel Mountain expedition.

Now being the main clan of ---, the Mercenary clan had the duty to manage and protect the city as well as to attract different players to the city. For the first few months where movement between continents was limited the Mercenary clan had prioritise repairing the ruined castle which became the new clan house for the Mercenary clan as well as rebuilding the entire city alongside the creation of a new temple, library as well as the Mercenary academy. With the Mercenary clan now having new objectives, they had relocated from their former clan house in Monica to the new continent.

With the restoration of the castle, it was renamed the Mercenary Castle and became the new headquarters for clan operations and accommodation. It was significantly larger compared to their former clan house and ten different floors (need to check this) with Kim Soohyun residing on the top floor.

(description of the city here) reminder to find it

Whilst Soohyun is the main manager of the city he is assisted by other clan members and receives support from ---.

However, despite the Mercenary immense gold reserves they alone could not fund the entire reconstruction project and had received help from multiple different clans like the Magic Tower clan, Koran clan, and the ---.

## Powers

As a small clan of less than a hundred, the Mercenary clan was designed around the idea of being a team of a small minority of elite members with just an average member of the Mercenary clan being equal to that of a high-ranking member of another clan in Hall Plain. With the elites within the clan being as powerful as other clan leaders and even rivalling the Ten strongest in the Northern Continent. And as a collective, they are able to compete against clans composed of hundreds of players and even be deemed as better than them.

Despite being a neutral clan it has formed an alliance with the Hamil clan and the Istanel Law clan. Together with their combined forces, they are easily able to threaten the Koran clan alliance, the former main clan of ---, and forced it to dismantle it with the threat of waging war. And just with a small special group of 15 Mercenary clan members were able to fend off an attack against a horde of 500 players (reminder to find exact numbers)

Within under 3 years, the Mercenary clan had gathered 60 members and become the first [S] rank clan after the fall of the Golden Lion clan and asserted its dominance across the entire Hall Plain and has excavated multiple ruins and later becomes the first-ever [S zero] clan in Hall Plain.

However, despite its growing dominance over the continent the angels began to fear the might of the Mercenary clan as they had become a central pillar to Northern Continent which no there clan could hope to replace. Due to being a central power which is the pillar of the current Northern Continent without its presence, the Northern Continent would fail to do many of the things that they have been able to do such as defending against the Western continent and successfully reaching a new continent like Atlanta and Terra. Even though the angels have attempted to create a new clan to replace the Mercenary clan they had failed due to how unique Kim Soohyun and Ahn Sol.

The meteoric rise of the Mercenary clan is said to be centred around two key figures, Kim Soohyun and Ahn Sol. With Soohyun's extensive knowledge of the future and his incredible powers that rivals demons, he has been able to lead his clan to become one of the strongest in Hall Plain. And with Ahn Sols and her extreme luck, she is capable to foresee dangers to the clan and is able to help the clan avoid disasters and significant losses. As a result of having both members, they have been able to become one of the strongest clans whilst being able to avoid destruction.

## Members

All the members within clan are assigned a rank (I'll be using their initial rank).

During the Steel Mountain Expedition it is stated that there is 64 members in total. Among them, 61 except married couple who run the restaurant, and their child. In other words, there is 61 people that can be regarded as the real people available to Mercenary.:

* Years : 2 = 0 years, 4 = 1st year, 8 = 2nd year, 11 = 3rd year, 14 = 4th year, 11 =5th year, 4 = 6th year, 5 = 7th year, 1 = 8th year, 1 = 9th year.

* Classes : Proximity class = 26, archer class = 10, mage class = 14, priest = 10, unique = 1.

The Mercenary clan has 70 (reminder to check exact number) members although not all the members of the Mercenary clan are named at least half have been named.

### EX Rank

* **"Mercenary Clan Lord"** Kim Soohyun [Clan Lord]
* **"Priest of Brilliance"** Ahn Sol [Founding Member]

### S Rank

* **"Shadow Queen"** Go Yeonju [Founding Member]
* **"Sword Queen"** Nam Da-Eun
* **"Chimera Alchemist"** Vivian La Clarydas [Founding Member]
* **"Heaven Palace"** Seon Yu-un
* **"Silent Enforcer"** Huh Jun-Young

### A Rank

* **"Holy Fighter"** Shin Jae Ryong
* Jung Hayeon [Founding Member]
* Cha Sorim

### B Rank

* Kim Hanbyul
* **"Divine Shield"** Baek Hangyul
* Ahn Hyun [Founding Member]
* Im Hannah
* Cho Seung-woo
* **"Spell Sniper"** Jin Soohyun
* **"Red Fang"** Yi Yoojung [Founding Member] (Formerly - C Rank -> D rank -> C Rank -> F Rank -> B Rank)

### C Rank

* Wu Jung Min
* Sasha Felix
* Sarah Jane
* Ha Seung Yoon

### D Rank

* Kim Dong-Seok
* Park Samsom
* Park Hyun Woo
* Won Hye-Soo

### E Rank

* Gang Chulin
* Woo Ji Ji - Proximity Class
* Seung Hoon - Priest Class
* **"Red Fang"** Yi Yoojung [Founding Member] (Formerly - C Rank -> D rank -> C Rank -> F Rank)

### F Rank

* Mark Hyunmi - Mage Class
* **"Replicator"** Ha Seung Woo

### Members (Rank Unknown)

* Jegal Haesol
* Cha Hee Young
* Kang Chan - Archer Class
* Mar

### Deceased

* Shin Sang Yong {Dead - Chapter 378} [Founding Member]
* Magna Carta {Dead - 658}
* Eum Baek Hyun - Archer Class {Dead - Revealed : 670}
* Park Hyo Chan - Mage Class {Dead - Revealed : 670}
* Seo Ji Hoon - Priest Class {Dead - Revealed : 670}
* Lee Woo Suk - Priest Class {Dead - Revealed : 670}
* Lee Man Sung (Dead - Chapter 700)

### Non-Combatant Members

* Yumi
* Park Sang-nam and Nono (chef couple and kid)
* Won Hye-Soo's child
* Dodo
* Maids
* Elizabeth Yeshka

### Unknown (note to self find more accurate translation)

* Baek Seung Hoo
* Pyo Hye-mi

## Trivia

* Kim Soohyun one days to hope to fill the main meeting room with 100 seats.
* Many of the members in the clan are players who would have become leaders of their own clan in the first timeline.
* It is often said that if a member of the Mercenary clan were to leave, they would instantly receive a high ranking position any clan that they joined.