Ballad of the Hired Blades

Pilet Whydah dreams of joining the "Hired Blades Association," the world's premier Mercenary organization. The brash, young high school dropout would soon find his prayers answered; when "Faxion of the Deadeye," a notorious member of the famed group passes through his mountain village. Before long, Pilet finds himself on a perilous crash course with this new friend and mentor, as he struggles to train for the deadly "Hired Blades Exam." Meeting a trio of fearsome friends along the way; swordsman Max Quinn, and the aura-casting, arcane sisters Faith and Yuuna Sierro, the group set forth in their quest to become revered Licensed Hired Blades. But under the surface lies traces of a force far more sinister than anyone had imagined. A parasitic entity called "The Wurm" begins to mysteriously grip the creatures of this world, and only The Hired Blades have the power to stop them.