Sky-Cleaving Sword (4): The Discovery

――Two weeks after they kicked Rent out.

Guy and the others in the Sky-Cleaving Sword were in dire straits.

After days of consuming huge quantities of mana recovery potions, their savings dwindled rapidly.

Eventually, their funds fell below one-tenth of what they’d had when they kicked Rent out, forcing them to change their approach.

They had no choice but to stop buying mana recovery potions and fight without using Skills.

――Rank B, the rank closest to Rank A.

That assessment was based entirely on their Skills.

They’d relied on their Skills for everything up until now.

Now that they could no longer use their Skills, their combat ability was on par with Rank C—or lower.

Naturally, they failed a Rank B request...