Chapter 12: The Kisla Mission
Ash stroked their small bodies and motioned for them to enter the fairy space. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Noxisi was already scared and his teeth were fighting, but he still shook his head stubbornly and said, "Death... Undead... Magic... I... I... with you..."
Pink Jingjing also pulled her gray hair without saying a word, and she didn't let go.
The two elves were terrified, but they couldn't resist the worry about Ash.
Necromancy is the easiest form of magic to fight back, and they are worried about what will happen to Ash, and they would rather hold on to their trembling bodies than stay by Ash's side to keep her company.
This made the gray heart feel warm, the corners of his eyebrows unconsciously softened, and the excitement that was originally indulged in undead magic dissipated unconsciously, and his mood calmed down.
She felt the elements of nature with her heart, let her spirit be in tune with the elements, and slowly waved her right hand, from the bottom to the top, like the most beautiful dance, and made a movement.
There was silence for a while, and when Pink Jingjing and Noxisi probed their brains, with a "bang", a white bone hand suddenly came out from under the ground, and the two elves screamed at the same time.
Ash hugged the two little ones to his chest, covered their trembling bodies with his hands, and comforted, "It's okay, you see. ”
Pink Jingjing was holding at her gray clothes, and her big eyes were full of frightened tears, like full droplets, fluttering down.
Nocisi was a little bolder, blushing, and looked carefully through the gray fingers.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he didn't believe his eyes, and then he pulled Pink Jingjing, and said, "Look, look!" ”
Pink Jingjing wrinkled her little face and looked out timidly.
The hillside was already stained with countless white bones, some stretching, some kicking, and some of their companions in the dirt.
Some of the skeletons seemed to know each other, hooking their shoulders and giggling their jawbones as if they were talking.
There were a few skeletons with missing arms and legs, and they were walking around digging here and there, patting other skeletons from time to time to join the digging for the missing bones.
During this period, Pink Jingjing also saw a small skeleton shaking its tail vertebrae walking around in the skeleton group, is it a puppy?
Except for the lack of any soundtrack, the skeletons on the entire hillside danced as if they were in a carnival.
Looking at it like this, Pink Jingjing was not afraid, and sat on Ash's shoulder with Nossisi, and greeted the skeletons with Ash.
This is once a mass grave in the slums, and poor people who have no money to bury themselves usually dig a hole in the hillside here and bury their bodies in it.
It was not until recent decades that the lives of the poor in the imperial capital were gradually improved, and there was a cemetery specially planned by the state, that this place was slowly forgotten.
Ash also saw this sentence from a necromancer's travelogue when he was reading it in the Midtown Library, and he just came to try it, but he didn't expect it to happen.
However, what she didn't expect was that these skeletons acted naturally, without a trace of stiffness, and were completely different from the low-level skeletons mentioned in the necromancer magic books, as if they all had their own thoughts.
Thinking slightly, Ash considered whether it was because she was not from this place, and her spiritual power was different from their relationship. In addition to the magic power of the magician, the most important thing that supports the magic is its spiritual power.
Depending on the changes in the magician's mental power, the magic will also produce different changes, such as the compression magic of Ash, which she has not seen in those low-level books.
The skeletons are all white bones and slender bodies, and only when you look closely can you see the faint soul fire in the hole in their eyes.
The strength of the soul fire of each of their skeletons is different, and Ash remembers that the more powerful the skeleton with soul fire, the stronger it is.
Walking among the skeletons, she felt as if she were walking on a boulevard.
The skeletons looked at the anomaly curiously, pointing at Ash and the elves.
Some of the bold ones suddenly rushed over and put their heads in front of Pink Jingjing, startling them.
Ash was about to test the next undead magic, and suddenly felt a spiritual power visiting, and immediately alertly dispersed the magic power, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
By the time the spirit power peeked in, the hillside had been calm, and the bones had obediently burrowed into the ground and slept before losing their magical support.
On the contrary, it made the master of the spiritual power wonder, could it be that the strange undead fluctuations he felt just now were just his illusions?
Following that powerful spiritual fluctuation, there were several successive glances of spiritual power, gray hidden figure, carefully hiding his own existence, the spiritual power of the visit was all powerful and she could not match the existence, so that while she was on guard, she was also afraid of such a powerful existence in the imperial capital.
The next day, from Vivien's mouth, she learned that in the imperial capital, there was a place dedicated to testing magic, and instead of practicing alone outside the city and being watched by people, Ash decided to choose this closed and safe training place.
"Where?"
"The magic training area is only available in the Magic Guild, but the Magic Guild in our lower city does not have a training area."
Vivien said shyly, "All official magicians are treated as nobles, and they all live in Midtown or Uptown, so..."
"Understood."
"Ah, wait, Ash, where are you going?"
"Midtown."
"Okay, come back early for dinner."
After saying that, Vivien reacted, not to mention whether Ash had a pass to go to Midtown, what was she going to do in the magic training area? Could she still be magical?
Vivien was frightened by her own idea, and knocked on her head, Ash is a high-level thief, and he knows pharmacy, he is already very powerful, how can he still do magic, besides, if Ash can magic, how can he be with them, the magicians who can use the magic training area are all nobles.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh, if only she could become a magician, then Migrena and her eldest brother wouldn't have to run around so much for a living.
But where is it so easy to become a formal magician, some magic apprentices can't even become a formal magician for more than ten years, decades, let alone an apprentice like her who is clumsy, stutters when nervous, and can't even pronounce spells.
After a slight frustration, Vivien slapped her little face, thinking that she couldn't worry Migrina, and bent a smile before stepping into the kitchen.
Ash stood on the street corner near the Mercenary Guild, cold-eyed and picking on her prey, Molika was not there, she wanted to enter Midtown, and the fastest thing was to "borrow" a pass.
After receiving the assurance that the Ash Society would return it, Pink Crystal and Nossi didn't say anything, they were actually very interested in the so-called magic training area.
While looking at the prey, Ash saw a familiar figure, and the man noticed Ash's gaze, and when he turned around to see that it was her, he immediately waved his arm happily.
"Ah, isn't that the Via I saw in the library yesterday?"
"yes, what is he doing here?"
"Maybe you're here to play?"
"I don't see it."
The two elves saw Via Trail trotting over and said excitedly, "Ash, I'm about to post a mission to find you!" ”
Looking for me? Ash raised his eyebrows and said, "Do what?" ”
Via smiled, showed her white teeth, and said, "Please join our club, the pharmacy department is a good place." ”
Isn't this guy dead yet?
After all, Via is not a fool, he thought about it for a night yesterday, and was sure that he was fooled by Ash, Ash must have multiple attributes, and after being extremely shocked, he came up with the idea of definitely poaching such a person into their pharmacy department.
You know, the production of many potions requires the assistance of magic, and not everyone who studies potions has every attribute, so it leads to the inability to make many potions.
"I'm not a student."
When these words heard in Via's ears, it meant that Gray didn't go to school, and he was stunned for a moment.
Ash's costumes were all given by Molika, and the texture was naturally very good, and Via didn't know that Ash was from Downtown, let alone that she didn't go to school. After all, people who can wear cotton clothes are not well-off, and they have more than enough.
He wondered, "Your parents didn't let you go to school?" ”
"No father and no mother."
Viazalen, her parents are gone? Suddenly, his little face burned red, and he muttered, "I'm sorry." ”
"It doesn't matter."
Seeing Ash's expression, he thought that what he had just said hurt her, and he was very guilty, so he hurriedly said, "No, it's okay, I'll ask the tutor to give you a special application, just as an off-campus support, so that you can also participate in our club." ”
"No, I don't."
"Hehe, you don't need to be so polite, although the tutor is a little weird, he is still very kind to the students."
Via chattered in Ash's ear, not noticing Ash's brows of the word "Chuan" more and more, and persuaded Ash to join the Pharmacy Department.
Having this guy standing here really hinders Ash's search for prey.
Seeing that the prey in the crowd had submerged, Gray Ni glanced at Via and said, "Give me your pass." ”
"Huh?"
Gray fingers moved slightly, ready to knock him unconscious and snatch his pass as soon as Via refused.
Wei Ya didn't know what Gray was thinking at all, but his face was abrupt, and he said, "Ah, you lost your pass!" No wonder I'm staying in Downtown, but it doesn't matter, I'll lend it to you first, and remember to come and pay me back when you make it up later. ”
Ash took the pass, didn't say much, and left directly.
Via waved goodbye to Ash, and the petite man was quickly drowned in the crowd, and Pink Jingjing couldn't help but worry, "Just throw him there?" ”
Nocisi said uncertainly, "It should be okay, we'll be back in the evening." ”
In fact, Ash was not able to enter the magic training area of the Magic Guild at all, and the cost of one gold coin per hour made Ash stop, and she had no money on her at all...
For the poor bastard who has no money, the apprentices who guard the door of the Magic Guild are all despised, and they don't even let her enter the door of the Magic Guild.
Gray Yuan was ready to wait for the middle of the night to infiltrate the Magic Guild, but while feeling several powerful fluctuations in it, he dispelled the idea.
Back at the small restaurant in the lower city, she found that Via was sitting with Annottby and the others, chatting together.
"Ah, Ash, you're back."
Via beckoned and said, "Has the pass been reissued?" ”
"Why are you here?"
Annotby smiled, "Oh, Ash, you don't know, I went to the Mercenary Guild to take the mission, and I saw Wei Ya sitting alone in the corner of the wall, and it was pitiful, and when I asked, I found out that he was a friend, so I brought it back." ”
Migrena smiled as well, and said, "What a coincidence, anyway, it was dinner time, so I left him for dinner." ”
"But what's the deal with that replacement pass?"
Ash naturally didn't explain, but under Annoteby's explanation, Via learned how much of a mistake he had made, and he kept apologizing to Ash.
In the days that followed, he came to the door almost every day, firstly to persuade Ash to join the Apothecary, secondly, for Migrena's good cooking, and as for the third, only he knew.
At the end of autumn, David finally received a big task, which was issued by the Fire Rose Mercenary Group in the imperial capital. According to the news inquired by Annotby, the large army of the Fire Rose Mercenary Group has other missions, and this mission is very dangerous, considering the lack of personnel, Fire Rose has set a task to gather mercenaries in the mercenary guild here in the surrounding area of the mission.
Whether it is a straggler who has not joined the group, or a small mercenary group with only a few people, as long as they can successfully encircle and suppress Chithra with Fire Rose, they can get a reward of 100 gold coins each.
Such a generous reward made David feel that it was a loss not to accept at all, but Migrina was very worried, but under David's persuasion, she finally agreed.
After all, the Fire Rose Mercenary Group is one of the largest mercenary groups in the mainland, even if there is no main team by his side, his strength should not be underestimated, it is just to encircle and suppress a group of vicious demonic beasts, it should not be too difficult.
Fire Rose's requirement is that the recruits must reach the intermediate level, and David naturally has no problem, but Vivian, Annottby, and Morica can't participate, not to mention that Fire Rose is not so "kind" to let children participate in such a dangerous encirclement and suppression activity.
Ash has the ability to never forget, she remembers that it is recorded in the "Continental General Warcraft Illustrated" that this is called Qisla's Warcraft, mostly living in groups, with a lion's head and a bat body, a poisonous scorpion tail, three times a year, each litter can lay five to six eggs, strong fecundity, irritable personality, fierce, and understands wind magic, which is one of the targets that mercenaries often encircle and suppress, and it is also one of the Warcraft that various countries have a headache for.
Considering that his understanding of magic is not deep enough and the actual combat is insufficient, Ash is also ready to follow David to see it.
"Ash, you're not a mid-level profession yet, and the Fire Rose Mercenary Group won't accept it."
"Assessment."
In order to give low-level professionals a chance, the Fire Rose Mercenary Group also proposed that if they could pass their assessment, low-level professionals could also participate in this mission.
Annotby's head shook his head and said, "Why bother, Ash, you go and determine the intermediate qualifications." ”
"No, I don't."
Ash didn't think that the so-called rank test would do anything to her, the grade was just an evaluation criterion for humans themselves, and if it weren't for a profession to disguise her identity, she wouldn't even be a junior thief.
Seeing that he couldn't convince Ash, David had to take her with him to participate in the gathering of the Fire Rose mercenaries, and as he expected, Ash was brushed off when he registered his profession.
"I'm sorry, but you didn't meet the minimum professional standards we require, please come next time."
The girl in charge of the reception smiled sweetly, and the next moment her smile suddenly froze, because Ash actually summoned a black sword in front of her!
Dark Mage! And it's instantaneous?!
The three girls in charge of the reception shouted in unison, and the mercenaries around them all shrunk their necks.