"Our price isn't cheap," Alfred said.
"Price is not a problem," the other party responded, "but the target is quite tricky. We need the strongest Transcendent in Innsbruck City."
"Then you have no other choice," Alfred said coldly, "because the strongest ones are all here."
Indeed, this was the truth. After receiving the Earl's favor and becoming the Viscount of Innsbruck, his first action was to pay tribute within the city—he challenged every well-known and named Transcendent in Innsbruck territory, regardless of whether they were mercenaries or in some other profession.
He managed to establish prestige through sheer strength, and Alfred then gathered the strongest dozen Transcendents to join the City Guard, assembling his own trusted team.
In other words, even in front of the Earl of Innsbruck, Alfred could confidently proclaim that the strongest Transcendents in the entire territory were all under his command.
