Ashes and Glory: The Mercenary Era

In the 792nd year of the Source Calendar, the century-old flames of war in the Northern Borderlands reignite. Colin, a youth from Black River Village, loses his father in a wolf disaster caused by source-energy pollution. Together with Rael, his companion since childhood, he leaves his hometown for the border stronghold of Frostsnow City, seeking a way to survive as a mercenary. From border patrols to fortress offense and defense, from an unknown hunter youth to the leader of the Frostblade Mercenary Corps, he stands shoulder to shoulder with a silent dragon knight, a cold shadowwalker, an arrogant elven arcanist, a stubborn dwarven blacksmith, a gentle holy shepherd, and a simple-minded minotaur warrior, forging a true mercenary company through blood and fire. The two great factions mass their armies at the border, undercurrents stir among many races, ancient source-energy ruins awaken one after another, and the corpse tribes return from the wastelands. When a mercenary's oath collides with the survival of home and nation, when personal grudges are drawn into a continental catastrophe, they will pick up their blades from the ashes and, with blood and loyalty, write the era of glory belonging to lowly mercenaries. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Ashes and Glory: The Mercenary Era — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠