Blood Nemesis-Chapter 75: Recruiter 3

There were three important parts to a guild contract.

First was the bond period. It was the time the superhuman was required to work for the guild after signing the contract.

Often, bond periods are set in years. But there were cases where it would be in decades.

That was an oddity, but you never know until you read it.

Superhumans are known to live longer than normal people. Some of the S rankers in their eighties still could perform like they were in their twenties.

So, a guild would only gain by setting the bond period as high as it can.

From some of the less trustworthy guilds’ perspective, there was no loss in scamming a young chump to work for them for an eternity at a low wage.

Hence, it was correct to always be wary of guild contracts.

While that may be true, Nova Rift doesn’t usually go that far. They had their reputation to maintain, thus their bonds often only spanned five to fifteen years.

Oliver took the contract from Leon’s hand and flipped through it. He was glancing over it quickly to find the bond period.

Finally, his eyes skimmed through the contract printed in small letters and caught the clause about the bond period.

"Fifteen years of bond period. It will begin the moment party B starts working in a professional capacity." Oliver spoke slowly and clearly.

Each of his words was like bells ringing in Leon’s and Clara’s minds.

Their hearts loudly thumped.

Leon was only alive for 18 years. Clara was a little older, 24 years old.

When it was compared to their lifetime, it was a significant portion of time.

Finally, Clara could see why Oliver immediately rejected the offer. The rookie mistake she made caused her to be flustered.

Leon, on the other hand, was happy that Oliver came by.

If not, they would have fallen into their trap and signed the contract in excitement.

Oliver only requested five times the amount he spent in return for his help. He was a saint compared to the guild.

While money could be paid back, time was different. You can never become young again, nor could you get back the chances you missed.

Leon felt his heart calm down.

The initial excitement he felt died down quickly.

The possibility of joining the guild didn’t seem that enticing anymore.

"It’s the standard time. Most of our recruits are given the same contract..."

"I didn’t ask." Oliver waved his hand and stopped Yuna’s assistant from speaking.

"Let me read the rest." He added and went back to reading the contract.

It took him a few seconds to reach the second most important part of the contract.

"Profit sharing ratio is twenty-eighty."

Oliver looked up from the contract like he had seen one of the funniest jokes ever.

Twenty-eighty split.

And eighty was going to the guild.

Does that even make sense?

You do all the work and give eighty percent of what you earn to the guild.

While the guild did promise a base salary, house, car, and other amenities to the signed superhumans, it wouldn’t matter at all when it was compared to the profit from a single raid.

Raids are targeted attacks to secure land or other resources on Second Earth.

An A ranker’s contribution on a raid should be worth a lot more.

When he further read the part about guild contribution and profit sharing in detail, he found many vague clauses and terms that further decreased his confidence.

It was like they were practically saying—we would pay you what you deserve, dumbass who signed the contract.

Oliver couldn’t believe they brought a contract like that to recruit an A-ranker.

"Was this a mistake?" Oliver asked with a slight chuckle.

He didn’t really have to dig deep to find any dark clauses hidden within. It was too easy.

The assistant sitting nearby was sweating bullets. It was his job to bring the right contract.

Seeing the situation worsen, Yuna finally had to step in.

The contract indeed seemed like a mistake.

This was not the contract they usually offer an A ranker.

"I think we made a mistake on our part." She politely stood up and bowed while saying.

For some reason, she felt like her assistant was digging a pit for her to fall into.

"Should I continue reading?"

"Sorry for the trouble. I would prefer it if you returned the contract. We can provide you with a better version in a short while."

Yuna motioned her assistant to go and take back the contract.

Oliver doubted whether it was a mistake or if Indra was scheming against her.

Kim Yuna was an influential figure in the guild. Her father’s family was a distant relative of the current leader of Nova Rift. Thus, she had some importance in the guild.

Indra could have felt she was a threat and made moves to decrease her value in the eyes of the guild leader and directors.

’Most likely, Indra didn’t want any competition during the director’s selection process.’ Oliver thought.

Still, he handed over the contract to the assistant without saying anything else.

He didn’t have to even dig up the third most important part of the contract—the alignment with guild directives.

Guilds could be thought of as companies that manage superhumans. However, unlike normal companies, they are given special privileges and powers.

For example, they were allowed to freely access second earth, buy specialized equipment, sell or use weapons and pay less taxes when bringing items back to Earth.

However, these special privileges come with their own responsibility.

Responsibilities like assisting the government during disasters.

The guild directives hold clauses that deal with these responsibilities and at the same time hold the ’do what the guild/guild leader says’ clause.

The supreme authority in a guild was the guild leader. He has the power to veto any decision the guild directors made and could make decisions on any guild activities alone, without consulting anyone else. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

That includes ordering around guild personnel.

To enforce this, they usually add a ’do what the guild/ guild leader says’ clause to the directives section.

From the way it looked, the directives section would have been an even worse mess than what Oliver had read.

Maybe everything was a genuine mistake.

Maybe it was not.

However, one thing was sure.

Yuna was not pleased with what happened. She could easily read the emotions of everyone except Oliver.

And by the looks of it, her chances of signing Leon had decreased significantly.