"Red Blood Bear?"

In the evening, Kordak took advantage of the dinner time for everyone to talk to them about their next mission.

"Yes," Kordak said, spreading his hands, "This bounty was issued by a small town in the north.

Their town is often harassed by a red blood bear during this time, although the bear has not broken into the town so far, there are still many townspeople who have gone out to be torn to pieces by it, and the town's self-defense forces will probably pay a considerable price if they want to hunt this bear. After thinking about it, the townsfolk decided to scrape together the money to go to the Mercenary Alliance to issue a bounty quest, and that was it. ”

"Commission, location, requirements. Selenos said.

Kordak took out the commission from the pocket of his windbreaker, looked at it, and said: "Their reward amount is 50 gold coins, this price is not particularly high, but the reward is mentioned above, we only need to show the bear head after returning to complete the task, as for the bear bile bear skin and other materials, they don't want it, all of it is at our disposal." ”

"Sounds pretty good. Vera nodded, although the Red Blood Bear is terrifying, it is still within their ability to bear, even if it is not a bounty, the things on this bear can be sold for forty or fifty gold coins, and this part of the money mercenary alliance will not be commissioned, so the commission and materials together are almost a hundred gold coins, and this price is enough for them to run.

After receiving an affirmative reply from Vera and Selenos, Kordaq continued: "In fact they had no demands other than the death of the bear, they did not want to capture the bear alive, they did not want the way the bear was killed, they did not want any material on the bear. As for the location, it's a bit farther away...... The bear was found near the Shimmer Lake in the Nightsong Forest, and they could only determine the bear's range to that extent, and we needed to find the rest ourselves. Overall, the time from our departure to our return to Meteorite City should be between twelve and fifteen days. ”

As Kordak spoke of the Nightsong Forest, Regner noticed him pause and give Vera a careful look. After all, Vera's former hometown was near the Nightsong Forest, and mentioning that place at this time would inevitably evoke Vera's sadness. Obviously, if Vera is not happy, the three men and women present will suffer some kind of sin, which even Regner, who has only recently joined, knows very well.

"You don't have to look at me, I'm not that vulnerable. Vera didn't look at Kordak, but just cut off a piece of beef and munched on it in her mouth.

"Hehe, don't I, as the captain, also care more about my companions. Kordak laughed dryly, "That'...... If you get to that piece of the guide's question......"

"It's been seven or eight years since I left there, and when I was young, my father rarely took me into the forest, so I wasn't very confident as a guide. Vera shook her head.

"It doesn't matter, there's a map anyway. Kordak said, "I'll buy one tomorrow and come back and study it." ”

"But I want to remind you that the northern part of the Nightsong Forest is the activity area of the orcs, although I haven't heard of any orcs in the Nightsong Forest in the past few years, but I think it's better to be careful. Vera said with a hint of hatred: "That's a bunch of brutes who don't know mercy and mercy, if we encounter it, please be ready to fight as soon as possible." ”

"Of course. Kordak readily agreed, but he was still somewhat unimpressed: there were a lot of orc coolies in Meteor City, and although those guys were short-tempered and irritable, they rarely made trouble as long as the food supply was sufficient, and it had to be said that these simple-minded and well-limbed long-haired creatures were indeed good at their work. Not to mention anything else, the three or four hundred pounds of building stone can be carried without breathing for a day, which makes the conceited and strong Kordak a little embarrassed.

"Boss, I have a question. Regner raised his hand.

"What?"

"Boss, you also said that this is a bounty mission, so according to common sense, anyone can complete it, how can you be sure that the bear will not be preempted by others, what if we run for nothing?" asked Regner.

"Don't worry about this matter, although the things on the red blood bear can be sold for a lot of money, but considering the danger of hunting, the weaker ones naturally don't have the courage to provoke it, and those strong people don't bother to toss for these dozens of gold coins, after all, it will take half a day to sort out the corpse of that thing. Moreover, the location of this mission is remote, and if it weren't for the commission subsidy of an additional fifty gold coins, I'm afraid we wouldn't have bothered to make this trip. The most important thing is that no matter who killed this red blood bear, as long as its death is confirmed, the commission of fifty gold coins is entrusted to the person, that is, ours. Kordak explained.

"Why is that?" Regner was puzzled, he could get a commission without making a effort?

"The Mercenary Alliance's bounty mission used to be a public bounty, and anyone who got the head of the bounty target could get a bounty. But this system makes the mercenaries' field battles more intense, think about it, if you meet a group of mercenaries who are weaker than you, and they have a bounty in their hands, and you can kill them with just one attack, not only their inheritance, but also a large commission, wouldn't you be tempted?" asked Kordak.

Regner thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No...... I steal a lot, but if I were asked to kill for gold, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I've never killed anyone. ”

"Well, a few dozen gold coins may not be worth it, but what if it is hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands?" Kordak sighed, he found that even after living in that poor and dirty place in the slum for more than ten years, Regner still had a small piece of clean and pure place in his heart, maybe because of innocence, maybe because of ignorance, maybe because of kindness, although this small piece of pure land seemed a little childish, a little ridiculous, but no one could deny that it was precious. The world is like this, there are things you really want to have, but you have to throw them away.

Kordak didn't know when Regner would abandon it, or whether it would be a good or bad thing to abandon it, but there was no doubt that Ragnar would regret it when he abandoned it, just as Kordak did back then.

"I ......," Regner hesitated.

"No matter what you do, for the sake of 10,000 gold coins, I don't have the confidence to say that no. Kordak smiled meaningfully and said, "People are very greedy, so don't underestimate your desires, don't overestimate your restraint. ”

"Maybe. Regner agrees with Kordak.

"So, do you have any other questions about this bounty?" Kordak glanced at the group.

Vera gently tapped her head with her white and tender index finger: "Although this thing is rough and thick, it has a clumsy body, and it shouldn't be particularly difficult if you prepare well, huh...... I don't have any problems. ”

Selenos also nodded after thinking about it for a while: "Vera and I are both long-range shooters with bows and arrows, if Kordak is confident that you can withstand the attack of the Red Blood Bear, then the two of us will naturally have no problem." It's Regner......"

Regner was stunned: "What's wrong with me?"

Vera explained, "What Selenos means is that although you are good at hand-to-hand combat, it is still quite dangerous to face a magical beast with incredible brute strength like the Red Blood Bear. After all, you don't have the physical fitness of Kordak, and you are wearing leather armor, if you are not careful, it will probably not be as simple as injury, that thing can catch you in half at once. ”

"I'm going, so powerful!?" Regner was so shocked that a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Nonsense, I have to raise a shield to resist the red blood bear, and I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it if you have a dry little body. Kordak looked at Regner with some contempt and said, "Considering the above factors, plus this is your first time going out on a mission. So, you just need to help us do the investigation this time. By the way, do you know how to make traps?"

"Trap?" Regner thought for a moment and nodded: "It should be, I can try to practice my hands first in the next two days, anyway, Sister Vera also bought me some parts." ”

"Good! You'll get a few more traps then. "Kordak is satisfied.

"And then, then?" Regner looked at Kordaq expectantly.

"Then wait for us to kill the bear. Kordak didn't understand why Regner suddenly became excited.

"What about me, what am I going to do?" Regner still had hope.

"Uh...... If you want to find a place to hide, you can hide, and if you don't want to hide, find a big tree and stand on top of it to watch us. In order to take care of Regner's emotions, Kordak added: "If there is something around you, you shout." ”

"Am I just looking at the wind?" said Regner, frustrated.

"Who said that, aren't you still in charge of scouting and setting traps?" reassured Vera.

"You can do those things yourself...... Boss, if you let me mess around like this, I won't be able to get that half of the commission, it's hot. Ragner shook his head.

Cordak smiled and patted Regner on the shoulder and said, "It's not that we don't believe you, it's just that you really don't have much room to play in this mission, the red blood bear thing is not for fun, a claw is the size of a basin, and you may really explain it with that slap." Moreover, it's your first time going out on a mission, so it's good for you to see more and learn more, isn't it?"

Seeing that Kordaq said sincerely, Regner couldn't continue to object, he nodded and said, "Okay, but this time I will only take one percent of the commission, and half of the commission will be invited to you when I come back." ”

"Okay, that's it. Kordak didn't say much to it, but immediately agreed, and after he had said a few more summing ups, everyone went back to their rooms after dinner.

Over the next few days, everyone conducted a series of tests around Regner's combat ability to improve their understanding of their new teammates, and Ragnar himself, in addition to practicing with Kordak and others every day, was crazy about practicing trap making, he dismantled and installed several traps until he could arrange them with his eyes closed. Less than a day after that, Kordaq and his party finished their gear and started a new mission.