Nate was up to mischief again, which left Gao Yang somewhat puzzled.

"What do you mean? What’s going on?"

Cui Bo shouted, "You’d better come over and take a look. The mercenary magazine ranked us as the First Small Mercenary Group."

"What? Are you kidding me?"

Gao Yang was extremely surprised because how could Satan be the First Small Mercenary Group? But after thinking about it, he realized that Satan unknowingly had over twenty members now, and definitely couldn’t be considered an ultra-small mercenary group anymore.

But even if Satan moved up a level and reached the scale of a small mercenary group, it shouldn’t be number one.

It’s not that Satan’s strength isn’t enough, but the fact is, Satan hasn’t taken a single actual mercenary task recently, even though they claim to be a mercenary group.

Moreover, everything Satan does is kept ultra-secret, fearing even a slight leak. Even if they’ve done a lot recently, the outside world should know nothing about it. How could the mercenary magazine rank Satan as number one?

America is a magical country, and the mercenary magazine truly exists bizarrely but realistically, and even more surprisingly, it has quite a subscription base.

Though the mercenary magazine mainly focuses on reporting PMC now, it still pays close attention to real mercenaries, and its exclusive mercenary group rankings are highly recognized, authoritative, and a trendsetter in the mercenary circle.

Since Cui Bo scolded Nate, there’s no need to guess. Nate must have told the mercenary magazine, which led to Satan being ranked first.

Even after reaching the top, a mercenary is still a mercenary.

Even if they become the First Mercenary Group and can charge higher fees, they can’t escape the essence of risking their lives for money; at most, they can only be considered high-end cannon fodder.

Gao Yang no longer plans to mix in the mercenary circle. He wants to level up, to make Satan a big and strong, legitimate company, and completely escape the fate of being cannon fodder. So he doesn’t care about being the First Mercenary Group.

Also, Gao Yang always believed in the saying that people fear fame like pigs fear getting fattened, so he would never seek to make Satan number one in any ranking.

But Nate always cared about the Angel Mercenary Corps’ ranking. Not being number one always frustrated Nate, so Gao Yang couldn’t understand why Nate would leak the information to the mercenary magazine, making them number one.

"This doesn’t make sense; it doesn’t fit Nate’s character."

After Gao Yang astonishingly said this, he continued, "You’re at Little Donnie’s place, right? Wait for me, I’ll be right over."

It wasn’t far, so Gao Yang quickly arrived at Little Donnie’s house, bringing Yelena with him.

Cui Bo had a magazine in his hand, casually tossing it to Gao Yang, "See for yourself."

As Gao Yang opened the magazine, he asked, "What’s going on?"

Little Donnie laughed, "The Aurora Mercenary Corps made a statement in the mercenary magazine, announcing their disbandment and complete withdrawal from the mercenary world. According to the rules, Angels, second in rank, automatically become first."

Gao Yang replied, "Right, so how does that relate to us?"

Little Donnie helplessly shrugged, "Nate called the mercenary magazine and made a statement, saying the Angel’s strength isn’t on par with Satan, so Satan should be first. As a result, the mercenary magazine released an updated ranking in their latest issue: Satan first, Angel second."

Gao Yang stopped flipping through the magazine and shouted, "Isn’t this too hasty? Doesn’t the mercenary magazine care about their credibility anymore? It can’t just be whatever Nate says. How would other mercenary groups feel about this? Publishing rankings without investigation? It’s a joke."

Little Donnie shrugged, "It’s a survival of the fittest world. Angels are first, but they admit to not being as good as Satan. So fine, if someone disagrees, they can take us out and naturally become first, or take out Angel and become second, then come discuss with us about who’s really first."

After saying this, Little Donnie laughed, "Mercenaries rarely let others know their identities, so the mercenary magazine has to make rankings based on unverified evidence. Third might not necessarily be stronger than tenth, but this system makes sense. If you beat tenth, you’re tenth; beat first, you’re first. I think it’s fair."

Gao Yang muttered a few words and finally flipped to the page with the mercenary rankings, seeing Satan’s name at the top.

However, Satan’s description was quite brief, just a few sentences.

"Based on the recommendation of the head of the Angel Mercenary Corps, we’ve republished the rankings. The biggest change is the Satan Mercenary Corps moving from being the first ultra-small mercenary group to the top of the small team list. It’s indeed surprising, but Mad Wolf, head of the Angel Mercenary Corps, personally confirmed that Angel’s strength is not on par with Satan, so this change in the rankings is still convincing."

Due to Satan’s sudden appearance on the list, the Moth Mercenary Group, which was ranked tenth last time, regretfully fell off the list.

For the mysterious Satan Mercenary Corps, we know no more than we did during their ultra-small period. The daunting Ram continues to lead this enigmatic mercenary group, but besides that, we know nothing.

Name of the Mercenary Group: Satan.

Scale of the Mercenary Group: Small.

Number of Members: More than ten.

Member Nicknames: Unknown.

Achievements: Unknown.

Active Locations: Unknown.

Contact Information: Unknown."

After a brief introduction, a string of unknowns followed. Fortunately, nothing more was leaked. Gao Yang flipped through the magazine further, finding no other mercenary group introductions, so he asked Little Donnie, "Is that all?"

Little Donnie immediately picked up another magazine, "You have the latest one. This is last issue’s magazine. Last issue published the rankings. After Nate talked to them, the magazine revised the rankings in the latest edition, so they only added our content; the other parts largely stayed the same."

Gao Yang took the last issue’s magazine, seeing the biggest news on the cover: the long-gone Aurora Mercenary Corps announcing their disbandment.

Gao Yang scratched his head, "Alexander, for years, refused to release a disbandment statement, persistently suppressing Angel. Now suddenly, Aurora inexplicably disbands, and Angel inexplicably pushes us to the first spot. What’s going on? What’s Nate trying to do?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Cui Bo suddenly laughed, "Do you guys think Nate’s just used to being the eternal number two, and suddenly becoming number one is uncomfortable for him?"