residence
In the woods of Anastasia Island, Darko was following a goblin along a path that led to nowhere. The goblin was only as tall as his chest, and its dark green skin was crumpled like parchment that had been stored for a long time.
This kind of goblin was originally the aboriginal of the Venus plane, and developed some rudimentary magic and medium-level alchemy technology, after the arrival of the human race in the Ameisia plane, it was constantly compressed to live in space, until now there is basically no trace of the goblin. On the other hand, the island of Anastasia, which is occupied by the Vitamin Guild, is still living freely and comfortably because no one else occupies the place.
These goblins are not members of the Vitamin Guild, but they also know that it is the existence of the Vitamin Guild that keeps Anastasia Island calm, so they often help the Vitamin Guild do all kinds of trivial things, maintain the operation of the Vitamin Guild's peripheral institutions, and make a little money from it by the way. Now leading the way for Darko is a goblin who speaks the lingua franca of Amesia with a certain goblin dialect to introduce Dakko to the island, and it is clear that this goblin is doing this job.
During the goblin's explanation, Darko also learned about the various conditions of Anastasia Island, which is an irregular spindle-shaped, high in the center and low in all sides. In the middle of the island is a large basin that has sunken down, where the Vitamin Guild is located, and where it is forbidden to all but its members. The forbidden goblin naturally didn't know what it was doing, but Darko knew very well that it was the tomb where the god Shura was imprisoned.
The waters around this island are guarded by four Eighth-Order Sea Demonic Beasts, which are easily inaccessible to ordinary ships, and only the ships of the Vitamin Guild can pass. When the goblin said this, Dakko was a little unconvinced at first, he had seen the strength of the Sea Urchin King and Mica, and naturally couldn't figure out why there were four eighth-order sea monsters gathered in the waters near an island. But what he heard the goblin say didn't seem like a lie from hearsay, but it further deepened his doubts, could it be that the four eighth-order demonic beasts around the island had anything to do with the Vitamin Guild?
The location of each killer's residence on the island is distributed in any way, and is completely random. Along the way, Daktronics has seen multiple killer homes, but for some reason they are all the same. These houses are large, covering hundreds of square meters, with three floors, the third floor in the shape of a spire roof, and the second floor with a protruding terrace.
This kind of house is a very eye-catching building, and when he sees the first one, Darko thinks it is beautiful, and when he sees the second one, he thinks it is strange why he wants to build two identical houses. When he saw the third and fourth, he was already aesthetically tired. No matter how good things are, when there are too many of them, they will be boring, just like those seven unique artifacts, if any of them suddenly appears an imitation with the same function, that artifact will immediately depreciate in value.
"Why do you want to build so many houses that are exactly the same? Is it that the people the Vitamin Guild has hired to build houses are only those kinds of houses?"
"These are all houses built by Lord V, so they are all exactly the same, of course, many of the ruling parties don't like to live in this kind of house, so they all build themselves. The goblin explained Darko's question in great detail.
Darko recalled the information he had heard before, and remembered that vitv's profession was an earth magician, but to be able to use earth magic to build such a delicate house, it was obvious that the magic control and mental power were very strong. Darko was also able to use the eighth-level magic spell to cast an ice shield to act as a house, but it was simply too weak compared to the three-story villa in front of him.
This is actually the refinement of the earth wall technique by the earth magician, turning it into a whole house with more defense, and adding all kinds of details. Presumably, this strong control is achieved through some kind of ability, and the structure of the houses is like a spell model in the spellcasting process, which cannot be changed once it is set, so it is not surprising that these houses are all identical.
Darko thought for a moment and asked, "N lives in his own treehouse, but what about the others?
The goblin replied as he recalled, "The Rulers and the Great Archons basically have their own houses, after all, those adults have more personalities. ā
"And what about V? Did he build so many houses on his own and not live on his own?" Darko suddenly became interested.
"Lord V's house is over there, the tallest building in the area, and you can see it from the top of the woods. "The goblin has a good sense of direction, and after a little recognition, it points in a direction.
Dacko looked in that direction, and saw the shadow of a house over the canopy. When he walked to a clearing, Dacko saw that it was also a house with the same structure, and there was another identical house on top of that roof. It feels like a huge mirror has been placed on the roof to reflect the reflection of the house.
"This ...... Is this V's personality house? Dakko was completely speechless.
"Of course, Lord V lives in two houses alone, which is naturally amazing, and only Lord V can build a house like this on the entire island. ā
Just when Darko was surprised, a man came up to him, a human body to be exact, because this person had no head. He was dressed in an Assassin's attire, tight-fitting and simple, with only a badge pinned to his chest with a character indicating the ruling party.
The goblin pulled Darko to the side of the road and waited for the headless to pass first, while respectfully calling out, "Lord A1." ā
The headless body suddenly stopped, turned its neck to the goblins and Darko, and let out a shrill voice, "Call me Lord A! or Lord 1! Or Lord Principal! How many times have I spoken to you goblins!Although my code name is A1, I am not a substitute, but a ruler!"
There seemed to be a strange spout of saliva in the space above the neck, and the goblins were just nodding their heads busily. Vita1 then turned to Daktronic, who found that he could only tell who he was looking at by the direction of the Adam's apple.
"You're new here, aren't you? remember what I call you, I won't say anything a second time. After vita1 finished speaking, he turned to leave, and another goblin happened to pass by not far away, and when he saw vita1, he also greeted, "Lord A1!"
"Call me A-sama!Or 1-sama!Or ruler-sama!How many times have I told you goblins......"
Darko and the goblins took the opportunity to hurriedly walk away, until Vita1 disappeared from view, and the goblin said, "Wearing the suffix of 1 makes A1 feel like a substitute has always been a knot in A1's heart." ā
Vita to Vitz correspond to different professions, because the Venus plane is an eighth-level plane according to the upper limit of strength, so the classification of occupations here is delineated according to the transfer of each class in this upper limit of the level. For example, VITA is a Phantom Assassin who kills thieves, VITB is a Demon Breaker Dark War who is a weapon warrior, and VITC is a Judgment Knight who is a punishment knight. There are numbers at the back representing the substitutes of the corresponding profession, VITB1 is the first substitute of the Demon Breaker Dark War class, VITB2 is the second substitute, and so on. However, the Phantom Assassin is an exception, as the former profession of St. Vita himself, the code name of Vita has always been retained, so the Phantom Assassin can only govern Vita1.
Darko's focus wasn't on whether or not Vita1 was a substitute, he glanced back wryly, and then muttered, "Phantom Assassin class...... Could it be the Light Concealment Technique?"
Light Concealment is a fourth-level light auxiliary magic that works by making the light around the body bypass the caster in a certain arc and then continue to shine directly, so that the effect of stealth is achieved by distorting the light. In fact, the effect of light concealment is extremely limited, first of all, it can only conceal the body at a distance, and if you get close, you can clearly see the traces of light distortion.
However, Darko was less than a meter away from Vita1, but he didn't see any traces of light distortion, and only noticed a blur where his neck touched the void, and he was sure that it was the effect of the light magic skill. There are two possibilities to cause such an effect, one is to have some kind of powerful bloodline ability or real name ability, which has a promotion effect on stealth skills, the second is to have some kind of non-standard glyph inlaid on the body, which strengthens the effect of light concealment, and the third is to have super magic control, which can make the light completely distort against the surface of one's skin. Either way, it shows that Vita1's stealth and stealth skills are not to be underestimated, and he is definitely a powerful assassin.
Darko was thinking wildly, and the goblin had already led him to the front of a house, "Lord D38, this is your house, if you need anything, you can call us at any time, just shout in the forest." ā
With that, the goblin burrowed into the woods, and Darko walked into the room on his own. The houses look very high-grade, but because Daktronics has seen too many identical houses along the way, I don't think it's very attractive. The furnishings in the house are relatively simple, and obviously if you want to decorate it, you will need to do it yourself.
The house has five rooms and an attic, each with an area of more than fifty square meters, which includes a bedroom, a kitchen, a studio, a gym, and even a secret room. The chamber was located in the very center of the house, a fully enclosed room, with only a fist-sized cat's eye to see the inside of the room. So Darko couldn't get in, and if he hadn't found the cat's eye, he wouldn't have known that there was a cell-like secret room here.
"Hey, anyone?" a voice came from outside Darko's house, and Darko came to the window and looked down, only to see a young man in a red-striped robe on a white background greeting him outside the house. Seeing Darko poke his head out, the young man smiled at him, "You're new here, aren't you? Yesterday I saw V casting spells here to build a house, and I knew that a new neighbor was coming." Oh, I forgot to introduce, I'm G2 and my house is right next to you by the river. ā
"Please wait. Dakko shouted, and hurriedly ran downstairs, and soon saw vitg2 downstairs, and greeted, "Hello, I'm Daktronics, oh no, I'm D38......"
"Ahaha!" vitg2 laughed, "It's okay, newcomers aren't used to saying their code name when they are introduced, not to mention that this code name changes frequently." Well, you know, if the contribution grows or the subs ahead of you hang up, then your sub ranks will go up...... Huh, what did you just say your name was? Darko? Why is it familiar?"
Darko was stunned for a moment, touched his nose and said, "I escaped the guild more than two years ago, so you must have heard my name because of this, right?"
"Oh, yes, I remember!" vitg2 cried out on his feet, "You're the one who killed B12 in the first place, haha, that's good, B12 is a substitute that B2 appreciates." I don't have this kind of good luck, the two bastards G and G1 have been alive and well, and they don't die. ā
āgā¦ā¦ Shura priest......" Darko remembered this profession, which was also special in the guild.
Because of the divine power of Shura, the profession of Shura priest also appeared in the Vitamin Guild, which is actually inherited from the Shura Church. Although the god Shura was imprisoned and the Shura Church long since ceased to exist, the profession of the Shura priest continued because of its own characteristics. This is actually a kind of assimilation, just as one's own soul will be affected by the corresponding obsession when absorbing other people's souls, the profession of Shura priest has also become an important profession in the vitamin guild.
"But speaking of which, there are really few people in the profession of Ice Law, there are only 39, and G is ranked here with more than 100 substitutes. ā
Hearing this information, Darko finally knew how the nearly 2,000 population of the Vitamin Guild came from, and it turned out that the number of substitutes for each profession was not the same.
"The meal is almost here, let's go eat together, I'll treat you to this meal. vitg2 patted Darko on the shoulder and said.
It just so happened that Darko didn't know how to cook himself, and he wanted to know how to eat here, so he decided to go with G. On the way, Darko asks VITG2 about the internal affairs of the guild, and VITG2 doesn't seem to have anyone to talk to him on a regular basis, so he keeps talking when he gets the chance.
"The killer who is ranked as the tenth substitute has three thousand gold coins to withdraw every month, and you can go to the central hall on the 15th of the next month to receive your salary. Looking at Darko's surprised expression, Vitg2 smiled to himself and said, "Originally, you were supposed to meet Vitd when you first arrived. After all, in addition to voting within the guild when there is a meeting, the ruling is also the role of the substitute for the relevant profession. However, each ruler has his own life, and many of them are afraid of being disturbed by others, and they are easily reluctant to meet people. What's more, D is still working part-time outside, and if he wants to see him, he has to run to Ametsia, so this step is waived. ā
Of course, it is a good thing to have money, although Darko doesn't care too much about the amount of money, but gold coins are also needed for food, clothing, housing and transportation on this island, so naturally the more the merrier. But he was more concerned about the other information mentioned by VITG2, "You said that D is working part-time in other planes? What does this mean? Is it possible for the ruler here to work part-time outside?"
"What's so strange about this? In those halls in the middle of the island, aren't there all kinds of auxiliary professions, and they are all guild members working part-time. There is no essential difference between working part-time in a guild and part-time working in other forces, and guilds do not require loyalty like the Church of the Gods. Vitg2 thought for a moment and said, "X, for example, is still working part-time as a cardinal in the Church of Prophecy, but the Church of Prophecy is also the only place where other guild members are allowed to do part-time work. As for D, I don't know where he works part-time, but the salary is said to be quite high. Vitg2 sighed, and then concluded, "After all, the situation in the plane is unstable, so one more income has more security." ā
Darko was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he ask, "So many people have gone out to work part-time, what if there is an order from an employer?"
"No, no, no, there are not many people who go out to work part-time, and there are still few of them. Most of them are like me who have no skills, and they can't do anything but kill people, so they can only stay in the guild. vitg2 didn't think it was a shame to think that he wouldn't do anything, and explained to Dakko indifferently, "Now the economic situation in the plane is sluggish, there are not many lists to buy murderers, and there are only a few ordinary tasks, even if we have few people in the Vitamin Guild, there are nearly 2,000 killers, and we can't take the turn." So simply release it in a task situation, whoever likes to do it will do it. ā
Darko also smiled, "I see, I don't need to do tasks and I have money every month, that's a good errand." ā
"Of course, there are times when there are troubles, and if there is a shortage of manpower, there will also be mandatory tasks. At that time, it will not be able to push away. vitg2 suddenly remembered something, and then looked at Darko with a somewhat strange look and said, "But the tasks that are assigned are all designated by the Great Archon or the corresponding profession, and your Ice Law is not in power all year round, and I heard that your relationship with a certain Great Archon is not ordinary, so you don't have to worry about the forced assignment." ā
"Is there any additional benefit to completing the mission?" Darko quickly changed the subject, knowing that the Great Governor that VITG2 was talking about was VITJ.
This problem is indeed strange to Daktronics, even if they don't take the initiative to take the task, they have a fixed salary, which makes many people unmotivated to work. So he concluded that there must be some specific reward that needs to be obtained by completing the task, so that the killers will have an incentive to take orders.
vitg2 replied, "The reward for completing the task is the contribution point, the level of contribution is directly related to your substitute ranking, and the purchase authority of some items in the magic item trading office also requires the contribution to reach a certain standard before trading, and the purchase and sale are still carried out in gold coins, but the threshold is set with the contribution value." ā
It was clear to Darko that this was similar to the rules of sacrifice in the major churches. At the altar of the Dark Temple, Darko started out as a cultist of Darkness, and the list of charismas was only the first level. Ten points of Divine Grace were consumed to obtain the title of Dark Saint, and the Divine Grace List opened the second level to him. The purpose of the Vitamin Guild to restrict trading by contribution points is also to encourage each killer to complete as many tasks as possible. It's just that the contribution value of the vitamin guild is not consumed, and the earned contribution will always be accumulated, and the transaction is still using gold coins.
"Since the contribution value has such an effect, won't there be a lot of people competing for each task?"
"Yes, there are always a lot of people waiting at the mission request office, even late at night. Every time a new mission is released, it is often necessary to go to the training ground to fight in order to compete for the task. vitg2 shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and said, "For a newcomer like you, the first contribution is the hardest to get, and most of the substitutes have been in a state of zero contribution for a long time. If you're unlucky, you might fail the first assignment you receive, and your contribution will be negative. ā
While talking, the two of them have walked more than 500 meters away, and when they arrived at the outside of a house, this house is naturally the same as their residence, it is a masterpiece of VITV, and even the layout of the interior of the house is not bad at all. Dakko and the two walked into the house with ease, found one of the rooms and sat down, and immediately a goblin ran to serve them. The two ordered a vegetable salad, steak, and red wine, and it wasn't long before a goblin brought the food.
Dacko tasted it and found that the goblin craftsmanship here is very good, and it is not inferior to the luxury restaurants of San Yale and San Diego. However, inadvertently glanced at it with the pupil of cause and effect, and saw that it was all a strange color made of connected lines, and now Dakko's entire pupil had turned blue, and it was easy to open the pupil of cause and effect inadvertently. At first glance, it seems that every bite eaten is human flesh, and every bite is human blood. Darko was in awe, knowing that it was the words Vitj had had had an effect on him, and that he would never be able to get rid of it.
The meal was eaten in the introduction of VITG2 and the silence of Dakko, and if you don't consider Dakko's mood, it actually tastes pretty good. What's even more rare is that the price is also very low, this meal for two people only costs seven silver coins, which is much cheaper than those restaurants of the same grade.
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