Vice-captain Scott arrives at what appears to be an empty mercenary tavern with Miss Logan. The proprietor, Yates, reveals his business is not hiring human guards but renting spectral mercenaries. He summons a powerful A-level specter, the Soul Burial Coffin, which triggers a tense standoff. Despite her bodyguard's alarm, Miss Logan pragmatically reasons that cooperation is their safest option. She then negotiates to hire the specter for her urgent journey to the Seventh Sanctuary, astonishing Yates by immediately offering ten million gold coins, a sum far beyond his wildest expectations.