Slayers

A long time ago, being a Slayer was a special job only given to the strongest and most trusted warriors that entailed hunting a wide array of dangerous beasts that harmed the lives of innocents. In history, the first occurrence of Slayers were recorded as a retaliation against Lord Errir's evil reign, these dragon slayers were enlisted to effectively study the weaknesses of and defeat any dangerous Draconians that threatened the peace. As time went on, different categories of Slayers were established against any creature that was maliciously harming the inhabitants of towns; the second most prominent Slayer class besides dragon slayers are demon slayers.

The meaning of the title of Slayer was watered down as time went on, its original noble purpose bastardized into a way of generating profit in modern times. Nowadays, you're very likely to find Slayers that consist of mercenaries and rogues that are hired to to take out particularly dangerous beasts for a very steep price, you'll rarely find anybody willing to risk their own lives with nothing to gain for themselves and some of the truly capable fighters usually take no issue in exploiting the fear that these creatures will bleed into the safer parts of the world.

The Slayers in the Badlands are considered the toughest out of them all, and the specialized guild of them that is stationed in this desolate land offer the greatest protection around..... granted you have the money needed to hire them.