Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Light Novel) Vol. 13, The

JOURNEY TO THE NORTH Thinking it high time they meet the enigmatic chief of Loren’s defunct mercenary company, Lapis proposes the party head to the northern reaches of the continent.
While Loren is unenthused by the idea, the decision is quickly taken out of his hands when an urgent request hits the guild, sending them on a quest to the chief’s last known location—the Justinian Empire!
Series Overview: One by one, the mercenaries who raised Loren fell in a terrible, bloody battle. The lone survivor in a hard world with only his wits and his sword to his name, Loren hires himself out as an adventurer. His new party, however, proves all too willing to run headlong into danger using him as their meat shield. Only Lapis, the party’s sly priest, sees his true worth, just as Loren sees hers. They must rely on each other, or else neither of them will live to see the end of their first adventure.