“High Rankers' trials?” Zax probed. “For the sake of being accepted into a Geared mercenary band and gaining proper status”. Xinia proceeded. Mendor also mentioned to him about being a Ranker mercenary, but that was as far as their conversation on the matter went. “On the twenty eight of every fourth month the Mercenary Association upholds trials for mercenaries to improve their rank through special assignments or tests. It is up for you to choose, but to participate in the trials you first need a certain level of cultivation and to have a passible record of successive complete jobs or assignments. Unless you do, the only other method to get approved for the trials is if you participate as an envoy of a high class family”. “And I suppose, the Sensensar family will appoint me as its env