Chapter 16: Mercenary Society
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Chiss pointed to the large chaise longue in the hall of the house and asked Leo to place the Og he was carrying on it.
"If it's okay, then I'll go. ”
Leo was ready to leave the place after putting down Og.
"Oh, don't go. ”
Chiss grabbed Leo, who gently shook his hand away.
"Why?
"It's not a big deal, I'm just curious about the magic you used when you fought with Big Brother Og just now, I've never seen that type of magic. ”
Chiss blocked Leo's doorway to get out, putting on a look like if I wouldn't let you out if you didn't tell me.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Uh...... This one. ”
Chiss was embarrassed to apologize to Leo after thinking of something.
"I'm so sorry I forgot that this is a magician's privacy, and I shouldn't have asked. ”
"So, can you let me go? ”
"Oh...... Yes, I'll get out of the way. ”
Chiss was embarrassed to let Leo out of the doorway, and Leo seemed to remember something, and turned around and asked Chiss something.
"By the way, do you know where the mercenary guild is here?"
"You're looking for the Mercenary Society?"
"Hmm. ”
"Then, as an apology, I'll take you to the Mercenary Association. ”
Leo had the idea that it would be better for someone to lead the way than to find it himself, and followed behind Chis, asking him to lead the way to the Mercenary Association.
Soon after, Leo and Chiss arrived at Central Street, and Chis, pointing to a building that looked very imposing, turned back to Leo.
"This is it. ”
"Well, thank you for leading the way. ”
"Then I'll leave first. ”
"Hmm. ”
Chiss left the place after bringing Leo to the Mercenary Society. Seeing that he had left, Leo walked through the gates of the Mercenary Society.
Hall, mercenary registry.
"Excuse me, help me get the identity of a mercenary. ”
"Okay, please show me your professional certificate. ”
"I'm sorry, I don't have a professional certificate. ”
"Hmm...... , then you need to accept the assessment of our mercenary association, and after judging that you have the strength to be a mercenary, we will help you apply for the identity of a mercenary, is that okay?"
"Well, no problem. ”
"Okay, then please follow me. ”
One of the registry clerks took Leo to a nearby room where what looked like a metal block was placed, and a man was sleeping next to him.
"Mr. Krico, someone has come to the assessment, wake up. ”
The clerk shook the sleeping man, and under the agent's movements, he seemed to wake up and staggered to Leo.
"Is that the kid?"
"Yes, Mr. Korico. ”
"Then you kid hurry up and hit your strongest blow at that test stone, just let that stone appear marked, and you will pass. ”
He pointed to the stone placed in the center of the room and told Leo to attack it.
"What kind of stone is that?"
"Don't you know?"
"I don't know. ”
Leo shook his head, he really didn't know.
"Hmm...... Well, let's put it this way, it's an unusually hard stone, and because it's so hard, it's hard for the average professional to break it. Therefore, it is often used only to test strength, also known as a test stone. The standard is the phenomenon that appears after the attack. Probably...... If you let it have traces, it will be the strength of the third to fifth order, and if there is a crack, it will be the strength of the sixth to seventh order, and if you can break it, it will undoubtedly be the strength of the holy order. ”
"I see. ”
Leo didn't know that this thing that looked like metal was actually a stone, and it was a stone used to test his strength, so it seemed that he was still very ignorant.
"Okay, now you know, then don't hurry up, I'll continue to sleep. ”
The man urged Leo impatiently, seemingly unhappy that Leo had disturbed his sleep.
"Good. ”
Leo thought to himself, he's in a hurry anyway, so let's hurry up. After all, he doesn't have much money in his hands, and if he can't find a way to make money, he will probably become a robber or something.
"What are you still grinding, hurry up. ”
The man looked at Leo standing there, motionless, and urged him impatiently.
"Okay, then I'll get started. ”
Leo stood directly in front of the stone and took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Although I don't know what level my strength is, I should have a fourth- or fifth-order strength. You should be able to complete some intermediate tasks. ”
Leo continued to take a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, completely relaxing himself, as if calm as a water level.
"Condensation"
Suddenly, Leo's aura changed, as if it had turned into a stone, extremely hard.
"This kid, yes, has reached the point of 'receiving'. ”
The man glanced at Leo when his aura changed, and then looked at him with admiration.
"Broken"
At this time, Leo changed his aura again, and this time, it became as if a mountain had collapsed, which was shocking.
However, Leo took advantage of this time to strike his own blow, a blow that shook the mountain.
As a result, the stone was instantly knocked out by Leo's punch. Then, slamming into the wall, there was a loud bang. Because this room is in the Mercenary Association, the Mercenary Association shook it a few times because of Leo's blow, causing the people in the hall to eat a pile of ashes.
Soon after, the two men in the room looked in amazement at the stone firmly embedded in the wall.
"How...... How is that possible!"
"Oh my God......!"
The two of them were stunned, how could a young man who looked no more than twenty years old have such strength?
"Whew...... , let me see, huh...... , is it just shattered?"
"Huh? shattered...... Cracked, won't it!"
Originally, Leo just thought that his blow could only appear dents and the like...... , it is estimated that it can only reach a sixth-order level at most. But is this really my own doing? It's not a joke, right?
"How...... How is it possible, close to shattering?!Hey...... , this is close to the strength of the Holy Rank. ”
Surprised, the man was not very confused, and slowly walked near the wall, stretched out his hand, and tried to remove the stone embedded in the wall.
"Uh-huh...... uh-huh............ drink ......!"
At first, the man seemed to feel nothing, and his expression was very relaxed. However, after he tried to take it with his hand. Suddenly, his face twisted.
It may be that he feels that in front of Leo, if he can't take it, it will be very embarrassing. So, he tensed his whole body and began to exert himself. Finally, after exerting all his strength, even his own face turned red, he finally took the stone down.
"Whew...... Call...... Whew, that's pretty ...... Awesome, you boy. ”
The man held the shattered stone, panting, and said to Leo.
"Boy, what the hell are you? ”
After the man stood and rested for a while, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious of Leo. A pseudo-saint under twenty years old? Just kidding, he's not an old monster or anything like that...... ,……。
"Slow down...... old monster ......, is he ......?"
The man thought about it, and gradually had his own answer in his heart, but the answer he thought of was not necessarily the correct answer. After all, Leo's situation right now is a bit complicated.
"I—my name is Leo, what's the problem?"
Suddenly, the man asked Leo what his identity was.
"Leo......? By the way, Leo, do you want to come to our mercenary association? ”
Although the man didn't know very well whether there was a name for Leo in the mainland, however, a professional who was close to the Holy Rank, it would definitely not hurt him to be wooed, on the contrary, he might be promoted because he was trying to win over a false saint.
"You...... What do you mean?"
Leo looked at him suspiciously, although he was now a professional close to the Holy Order, but for a behemoth like the Mercenary Guild, there were not many professionals of the Holy Order.
"I mean, do you want to join our Mercenary Guild. ”
He looked very serious, as if he wanted Leo to join.
However, it is a pity that Leo does not want to join any forces now. He knows very well that although he has become stronger now, he can be regarded as a strong man. However, there is no shortage of strong people in the world, there are many people who are stronger than him in this world, and joining this kind of organization with many strong people gathering is not of any benefit to him now.
He knew very well that he was just a reformed person. If these big organizations discover this kind of physique, it is very likely that they will be taken to analyze, experiment, etc. After the makeover, Leo never wanted to go through that again. And, after he went through that transformation, he was very disgusted with things like organizations.
Besides, he still needs to regain his lost memories, so he doesn't need to join here at all.
"That...... I'm sorry, but I'm still refusing. ”
Just as the man imagined that he was being promoted by the upper echelons, Leo told the man very directly that he refused, and he didn't want it.
"What do you say...... Do you refuse? Then I'll do it for you now...... , slowly...... You...... What do you say! You refuse...... you refuse!"
Just when the man thought that Leo had agreed and was about to take Leo to join the mercenary association, the man suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Leo in shock.
"Why? You say, what's wrong with our mercenary association? Where are you not satisfied? Why do you refuse! Or ...... You've already joined another organization?"
Then, the man said to Leo in an almost shouting voice.
"Calm down, I refuse not for these reasons, it's just that I prefer freedom. ”
Leo made a random excuse and prevaricated. Anyway, he didn't have to tell the man the real reason.
"That'...... You can also join our mercenary association, hang ...... It's okay to put it on the name, okay or not?"
The man did not give up and continued to give Leo very tempting conditions.
"But I still refuse, don't talk about this, help me go through the mercenary procedures first. ”
Leo was a little impatient, he was here to go through the formalities of becoming a mercenary, not to join them. It was strange for the man to bother him like this. Moreover, it would seem strange to join these organizations so simply and inexplicably.
Although the man still wanted to persuade Leo, however, looking at Leo's impatient appearance, he knew very well that if he continued like this, it would be counterproductive. So, he gave up on the idea of letting Leo join now.
"Alas...... It's a pity, there's no way, okay, you, go and help him with the formalities. ”
The man still let Leo go, but did he actually give up? We don't know, anyway, Leo won't be joining any organization now.
"Oh...... Okay, Mr. Krico. ”
The clerk was stunned for a while, but then came back to his senses and heard the man's voice. So, he took Leo to go through the formalities of mercenaries.
"What kind of mercenary code name do you want?"
After a period of tedious formalities, it was finally time to decide on Leo's own codename.
"Codename? Uh-huh...... ,…… It's called ...... It's called the Hermit. ”
"Hermit, huh? Wait a minute,...... Well, in the future, your code name will be 'Hermit', and you can accept some quests now, but you can't accept quests across too many levels, so please note this. By the way, this is your mercenary badge. ”
"Okay, but how many levels can I take?"
"Hermit, you are a newly registered mercenary, the level is Black Iron, the task you can accept now is probably that you can only accept cross-level tasks, and the tasks of one level higher require you to have a higher level of identity before you can accept them. ”
"Really? Then please show me the highest level of mission I can accept right now. ”
Leo didn't want to do too low-level tasks, so he just asked him to come up with the highest-level tasks he could do right now.
"Mr. Hermit, are you sure?"
"Well, I'm sure, please bring it to me. ”
"Okay, please wait,...... Come on, this is the bronze mission that we have now. ”
Leo picked up the list he handed him and began to read it. As he looked at one of the missions, Leo took a closer look at it with interest. This is a task to find a medicine, and it is a relatively rare plant called Biggs, which is a medicine that can treat high fevers, usually growing on the walls of some mountains, which is more dangerous. So, the pay for this quest is good. What interests Leo even more is that the person who issued this mission was the lord of the city, Ogg, that is, the city lord who was knocked out by Leo.
"Please help me register, I'm going to take this task. “
Leo points to the task of taking Biggs and indicates that he is going to take on this task.
"You're going to take on this collection assignment from Biggs, right?...... Okay, registered. Please get the mission medicine within the mission time, otherwise, you will be treated as a mission failure. By the way, there will be a penalty after the mission fails, please pay attention. ”
"Thanks, I remember. ”
After he explained a lot of the precautions of the mercenaries, Leo, who already knew a lot about it, left the front desk, intending to check out the black market first.
The Black Market, a place where mercenaries and merchants battle their wits. Mercenaries and merchants are all trying to buy better things for less. Or, sell your own goods to a higher price. So, in the black market, it is really difficult to buy a really good thing without spending too much money.
Soon after, Leo walked out of the Mercenary Guild and prepared to buy some necessary tools and medicines in the city first. After asking a lot of people on the way, Leo finally found the black market here, looked at the stalls in the black market, and walked to one of the stalls selling miscellaneous goods.
"Excuse me, are there any cooking utensils and camping tools in the wilderness?"
Leo walks up to a grocery stall and asks the owner if he has anything he wants.
"Yes, here, you can take a look. ”
The stall owner casually took out a bunch of all kinds of things and piled them up in front of Leo's eyes for Leo to choose.
"Hmm...... That's all there is to it, how much is it."
Leo lowered his body and picked out something, choosing two inconspicuous but flawless cooking utensils and camping tools.
"Okay, it's a total of one gold coin and three silver coins. ”
"One gold coin and three silver coins?"
Leo searched for the wallet he had snatched, took out the small amount of money from it, and handed it to the stall owner.
"Okay, welcome back. ”
Leo picked up the stall owner's stuff and put it on his back, ready to go to the nearby mountains to find medicine for the mission.
"The closest mountain to here is...... Is it Mount Lao? Then it's decided, go to Mount Lao?"
Leo looked at the map he had bought at a high price from the black market and looked at the nearby mountains. After screening some mountains that didn't meet the criteria, I decided where I wanted to go.
After deciding on his goal, Leo embarks on his first journey as a mercenary.
(Slightly revised today, how about you take a look?)