Summary
The Witch and the Mercenary
Description
Zig is a battle-hardened mercenary who has spent years surviving through bloodshed, taking on dangerous contracts without questioning the reasons behind them. Tall, broad-shouldered, and intimidating, he has become accustomed to facing death head-on. But during a brutal witch hunt, Zig finds himself confronting an opponent unlike anyone he has ever encountered.
The witch is powerful, mysterious, and far more dangerous than the rumors claim. Their confrontation quickly turns into a fierce duel, with both of them pushing their abilities to the limit. Yet just when Zig expects their battle to end in death, the witch makes an unexpected request.
“I want you to protect me.”
For the first time, Zig realizes that the witch isn’t simply a monster to be hunted. She is a woman desperately searching for a way to survive in a world that has already decided she is disposable. Exhausted from having her life treated as worthless, she wants to escape the endless cycle of persecution and find somewhere she can live freely. also read the swordsmaster’s son.
Zig accepts her request, and the unlikely pair sets off on a journey far beyond the lands they know. Their destination is an unexplored continent rumored to hold countless dangers, strange civilizations, and secrets untouched by the world they left behind.
With a mercenary who knows only the battlefield and a witch whose very existence puts a target on her back, survival will not be easy. As they travel deeper into unknown territory, they must overcome monsters, enemies, and the growing distrust between them while uncovering the mysteries surrounding the continent.
What begins as a simple agreement between a mercenary and his former enemy soon becomes an extraordinary journey of survival, trust, and freedom. Together, Zig and the witch must carve out a new future in a world where danger lurks around every corner.