chapter3

Browntown is a small town similar to Yorktown, close to the sea, and most of the people make a living from fishing.

Takales and Monthama walked the streets of Yorktown, greeting acquaintances on the side of the road - once a month there was a joint market between the two towns, selling items that were difficult to buy on a normal day, so the people of the town would always go to the next town once a year to buy rare things, and it was not surprising that the town had a little more intimacy with each other.

It was late in the evening when they arrived in Browntown, and they calculated the time, and it was unrealistic to get to the next town before dark, so they had to find a cheap inn and rent a room for a night's rest.

The two of them were tired from the two-day journey, so they threw their burdens into their respective beds and lay on their stomachs.

"It's so tiring," said Monhama, "if only we had horses." ”

"We have no money to buy a horse," said Takales, "for the most common horse for farm work will cost seventy pieces of silver, and the cheapest one for renting a carriage will cost ten pieces of silver, which will give us enough to eat several meals." ”

"Oh my God, let me be a mercenary," said Monthama, I can't wait to earn money." ”

Takales thumped his back and said, "By the way, I remember that there is a weapons shop in Brown Town, we should go buy two weapons, where are the mercenaries with their bare hands." ”

"You're right," said Monthama, "I'm going to buy a handsome sword!" ”

Takales said, "Haha, I'm going to buy a sword too, I'm going to be a knight." ”

"I think the knights are a good fit for me as well," said Monthama. ”

When the two of them said this, they both paused strangely.

There are seven registered mercenary professions today: Knight, Rogue, Archer, Magician, Sorcer, Summoner, and Apothecary. Among them, knights, thieves and archers are the most common professions, no matter who they are, as long as they have a strong physique and flexible adaptability, then they are eligible to participate in the corresponding professional guild to participate in the assessment; Magicians, wizards, and summoners are rare professions, as the number of people with magical talents is decreasing, and many more people with even modest gifts are not enough to be one of the three; Pharmacist is a profession that everyone can learn, but this profession is easy to get started, and many people learn for a lifetime as a miscellaneous apprentice, and even junior pharmacists can't mix, so pharmacists can be regarded as a scarce profession.

The most basic requirement for forming a small mercenary group is to gather ten people, and these ten people must include four classes.

There are only two people in Takales and Monhama, which is already very worrying in terms of numbers, and if you choose the same profession, it will be even more difficult to recruit three other professions.

Takales said, "Amon, it's not good for us to choose the same profession. ”

"You are fit to be an archer," said Monthama, "and the archers are good-looking." ”

"Face is not the criterion for choosing a profession!" ”

"I don't care, I'm going to be a knight, I don't know how to shoot arrows at all, and we learned swordsmanship when we studied with Uncle Toby!" ”

"Uncle Toka was a knight when he was a mercenary, and he only knew swordsmanship, so I only learned swordsmanship, and I didn't know anything about archery," said Takales. ”

So, both men fell silent.

After a long time, Monhamati said, "Why don't we pretend that one is a knight and the other is an archer?" As long as the mercenary group can be successfully registered, it will be fine. ”

Tacales said: "No, I have read the law of mercenaries, when applying for the formation of a mercenary group, the name, age, occupation, etc. of the first batch of members must be recorded, and within one year of the establishment of the mercenary group, those who have not obtained a professional certificate in this group of members must obtain a certificate and register with the mercenary guild, if the certificate obtained at that time does not match the registered profession, it will be regarded as fraud, and the mercenary group will be forcibly disbanded." Of course, if the members of this group die in the mission or are transferred to other mercenary groups, it will not count. The two of us must not lie about our careers, otherwise we will be unlucky in a year. ”

"Then maybe we can get someone else to lie about their career," said Monthama. ”

Takales said: "When we join the mercenary group, we are partners, and we can't expect our partners to have an accident or abandon us." ”

Monthama covered his head and shouted, "There are so many rules to break!" ”

The two discussed it all night but didn't come up with a clue, and then they both fell asleep in a daze.

When he got up the next day, Tacales suddenly figured it out and said to Monthama: "Since we all want to be knights, let's all be knights, after all, we have no talent for magic, and neither thieves nor archers are what we are good at, so it is not good to change jobs hastily." ”

"What about the composition of the profession?" said Monhama. ”

"I'm sure we'll be able to find three more companions from other classes!" ”

Monthama laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's right, let's be optimistic!" ”

"Yes," said Takales, "we haven't reached Marion yet, and who knows what will happen along the way." ”

By what happened to Tacales, he meant something good, but he didn't want to, the good didn't happen, but there was a bad thing - they lost their money bags!

After breakfast at the inn, Tacales and Monhama went to the weapons shop, a small weapons shop with old décor and cramped space, and it was difficult for the two of them to move around as soon as they squeezed in.

The weapons sold in the weapon shop were all of the lowest end, and the iron swords were piled up in the corners, dull, and some of them were even rusty.

Monhama picked up a sword and gestured, and Takales had to crouch as he gestured, lest the other man hit him in the head.

"I doubt that this sword can split a piece of wood," said Monthama. ”

"It's not that bad, just sharpen it with a whetstone," Takales said. ”

"Yes," said Monthama, "we can't afford a good sword. ”

The two poor eggs suddenly felt a little sad.

Tacales and Monhama each picked one and paid the bill to the owner of the shop.

The boss was drinking porridge, it was his breakfast, he didn't even sweep the two of them, and said, "One iron sword is one gold coin, and two iron swords are two gold coins." ”

"What? This broken copper and iron costs a gold coin?! Monhama was incredulous, "Hey, boss, we're from Yorktown next door, we're all neighbors, you can't give us a high price." ”

The boss said: "This is the market price, you want a sword with a lower price, and there is also it." He pointed in one direction with his toes, and said, "Hello, a wooden sword for seventy silver coins." ”

Those wooden swords were much shorter than the iron swords, and at first glance they were used by children when they were learning swordsmanship, and no matter how down-and-out Tacales and Monhama were, they would not use wooden swords to compete with others, wasn't that a joke.

Tacales asked, "Boss, can't it be cheaper?" ”

After the boss finished drinking the porridge, he looked at Takales and said, "For the sake of your good looks, I will charge you one gold coin and ninety-five silver coins." ”

Takares smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, boss. ”

Although only five silver coins were missing, Tacales and Monhama were content, and it was several days' worth of food!

Tacales touched the money bag around his waist - he kept the money of two people, but when he touched it, it was empty, and the money bag was gone!

Tacales groped around his waist in disbelief, but felt nothing.

Monhama wondered, "What are you touching?" ”

"The money bag is gone," Takales said. ”

"Could it be that it was left in the inn?" ”

"No," said Tacales, "I confirmed it when I went out!" ”

Monthama was anxious, "Where will that be?" Dropped on the way here? ”

"I'm tied up so tightly that I shouldn't have fallen off," said Tacales. "Ah, when we came, a man in black passed by us, do you remember?" ”

Monthama thought for a moment and said, "It's a bit impressive. ”

"He seems to have touched me!" ”

Takales recalled the image in his mind, there were many pedestrians on the street at that time, but the man in black seemed to be wandering out of the world, with a cold temperament that was out of place with others...... The more he remembered, the more certain he became, and he said, "It was the man, it must be the man, he was the one who stole our money!" ”

"There's all our money there!" said Monhama! We've got to catch him! ”

"Yes, we're going to get our money back," Takales said. ”

The more the two young men thought about it, the more angry they became, how important that bag of money was to them! That's not only their savings and living expenses, but also a blessing from everyone in Yorktown!

Tacales and Monhama turned and walked out of the shop, but they had barely crossed the threshold when they were stopped by the owner of the weapons shop.

The boss said slowly: "Even if you look ten million times more beautiful than my obese mother-in-law, you can't take my goods for free." ”

After the boss said this, the two remembered that they were still holding other people's swords, and they were immediately embarrassed, and they were busy saying sorry words to return the iron sword to its place.

The two men ran out into the street in a fit of indignation, in the midst of the bustling crowd, and then they were dumbfounded.

Brown Town is not too big to say small, from the easternmost to the westernmost at the speed of an adult man, it is exactly a sunrise and sunset, and there are about twenty or thirty thousand inhabitants in this town, how can they find a person from so many people who they don't even remember very well?