286 Initiation Ceremony
"Your name is Thousand Paper Cranes...... Uh, no, it's a thousand-fingered crane...... Right? β
After a brief silence, the little girl with her blonde braids jumped up and down in front of the red-haired girl, looking back and forth at the girl named Thousand-Fingered Crane, while repeating the name above her head: "You just said...... Would you like to join our adventure party too? β
"Yes, yes. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Finally took the first step, the thousand-fingered crane, who seemed to have laid down his burden, nodded with some expectation, and then secretly glanced at Duan Qing beside him: "Can ...... May I? β
"Hmm......"
In the laughter of the two people around him, Mengzhu, who circled around the red-haired girl twice, glanced up and down the player in front of him up and down a few times, as if he was examining first-class goods: "Are you ...... Magician, right? β
"Yes, yes, yes!"
mentioned what she was good at, and the girl who was a little embarrassed by the other party finally nodded excitedly: "I'm a fire magician!" The best thing is fireballs! On the battlefield of Fars, I used to ......"
"Will you make money?"
ββ¦β¦ Yes? β
The little girl who suddenly spoke up asked a question that Thousand-Fingered Crane had never thought of, and choked back the words she had originally wanted to recommend herself. The smile of the maid in the back became even thicker, and Duan Qing next to her also touched her nose a little embarrassed, but the little girl with a satisfied face didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this question: "Yes, it's just to make money!" Although there are not many people in our adventure group, the members are also a group of lazy people...... No, only one or two are, and now they are being rectified...... In short, our adventure group is not a regular adventure group, so in addition to making money, the usual goals are also relatively scattered, there are no activities, and we don't participate in competitions much, except for chatting, just do their own things, or wander around......"
Like the leader of an adventure group of his dreams, Mengzhu's hands swayed back and forth on his chest, and at the same time walked up and down in front of Thousand-Fingered Crane, counting all the things that his adventure group usually did. However, hearing what she said, the smile on Duan Qing's face became even more embarrassing, and he looked at the red-haired girl who had also begun to ooze beads of sweat on her forehead, and was a little overwhelmed, and finally didn't hold back her movements: "That ......"
He stretched out his hand and pulled Mengzhu, who was immersed in a certain atmosphere: "Let's get down to business." β
"Huh? What's the matter...... Oh yes, you're going to join our adventure party, right? β
"Ah...... Yes, yes, yes. β
The girl hurriedly nodded again: "That...... Do I need to pay an entrance fee? I don't have a lot of gold on me......"
"Membership dues? That kind of bullying thing, how can we possibly have it! β
The little girl angrily let out the breath in her nose, and then crossed her waist and looked at the other party: "Well, let's ask you a few questions first......
"Are you part of the other party?"
"No, no!" The girl hurriedly waved her hand: "I'm alone now, and I have absolutely nothing to do with other guilds!" β
"So...... Why would you want to join our adventure party? β
"Uh......"
Thousand-fingered Crane was stunned, and then twisted his fingers a little tangled: "I, I...... I'm just looking for a place to get to know myself again. β
"I've always been a well-taken care of player before, I know few people, I have seen little of the world, and I always want to get stronger, but every time I get to a critical moment, I always drop the chain......" It seems to recall some things from the past, the red-haired girl lowered her head again, and her expression became gloomy: "Someone persuaded me just now, and my brother also dissuaded me before, saying that I was actually a novice, and it was not suitable for me to go out on adventures alone now, but I ...... I ......"
She looked up at the people in the room: "If you don't try, how can you know you can't do it!" I, I still want to give it a try......"
"That's why you're so happy to see me......"
In Mengzhu's strange eyes, Duan Qing on the side lowered his body and said, "I'm afraid it's because of ...... Finally met an acquaintance outside, right? β
"I know...... In the past time, I didn't leave a good impression on everyone, and it also caused a lot of trouble for Brother Qingshan......" The girl's voice became lower and lower, and then suddenly rose with her expression: "But...... But! I'll try to change! One day, I will definitely become the best magician, definitely! β
"You ...... Can you take me in? β
ββ¦β¦β
Mengzhu turned his head to gaze, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "Although I don't know what happened to you, it's ......"
"We're not bad people who can't be saved."
"Hmph."
The little girl snorted with some disdain, and then crossed her waist in front of him: "You still need to say it...... Absolutely! We don't care about anything like those big guilds, we know rewards and punishments all day long, we know how to distinguish members by equipment and contributions, we are a big family of free formation! Our mission is to fill all corners of the free world with true love and warmth! Don't worry, the people here are good people and won't bully you! You just have to stay here in peace, and if anyone bullies you, just tell me......"
"Hey, hey, calm down." Duan Qing hurriedly grabbed the excited little girl: "What kind of messy slogans have you shouted out, pay attention to the image, okay?" β
"Huh? Oh, oh yes......" Mengzhu cleared his throat, and then returned to his previous complexion: "So, where did we just ask...... By the way, you said you are a magician, what is your magic level? What spells have you comprehended? How is the actual combat experience? β
"According to the level of the Mage Council, I should still be counted as a second-level magician...... But my fireballs are pretty good! I'm best at fireball, and of course I'll be good at low-level fire-based magic, and other spells...... I haven't studied yet, but I have a lot of actual combat experience, and I have participated in many battlefields...... Battlefield...... What's it called? β
"It's a battlefield copy." Duan Qing covered his forehead: "Forget it...... What she just said, I can attest, after all, when I was over there, I also acted with her twice, although she was ...... at that time Well, it's a good player anyway. β
"Huh?"
A long tail note dragged out of her nose, and the little girl looked at Duan Qing with slanted eyes, and then nodded with a little hesitation: "Okay, I believe you for the time being, and then ......"
"Next...... Hmm, what's next? β
Whispering Ning Lan silently hid her laughter, Mengzhu, who was dangling her ponytail, glanced at Duan Qing who couldn't cry or laugh again, and then stood in place and started to worry, and only after a while did she knock on her palm: "Forget it, so be it, you ...... Qualified. β
"Really? Yes! The red-haired girl exclaimed excitedly, "Am I a member of the adventure party now?" β
"Noβyes!"
The little girl waved her hand with a serious expression: "Those questions just now are the test made by the leader of an adventure group, and the next thing is my own request!" Not...... For the sake of our party, I think it's okay......"
"What?"
"Initiation test, huh...... It's not very good, the initiation ceremony ......."
In the inexplicable eyes of the people around, the little girl who had turned around three times finally jumped and decided: "It's called the initiation ceremony!" β
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"What kind of initiation ceremony, to put it bluntly, isn't it still making money!"
Outside the door of the Adventurers' Association, Duan Qing, who was dragging his tired body, looked at the crowd coming and going on the street at sunset, and commented helplessly: "It's a good thing to say in the name of exercising the survival ability of the members......
"No, you don't have to, Brother Qingshan." The thousand-fingered crane on the side shook his head with a smile: "Commander...... Maybe it's for everyone's good, so I have to do something to approve my request......"
"When the whisper and the code whisper Ning Lan joined the club, there was definitely no such thing." Looking at the red-haired girl's fairly normal face, Duan Qing said in a broken voice: "You listen to that name, it's all freshly taken......"
"No, the head of the regiment has been very good to me." Thousand-fingered Crane hurriedly waved his hand, but his voice involuntarily lowered a little: "You see she also sent you to assist me......"
"Nope." Duan Qing replied with a dark face, "She just wants me to make money too." β
ββ¦β¦ Aha. β
In the dry laughter of the red-haired girl, Duan Qing wiped the muscles on his face with his hand, and then took out the stack of pages that Ning Lan had handed over to him from the package around his waist: "No matter, let's try to pick some good commissions first while it's not dark." Not...... How much are you aiming for? β
"Looks like three hundred and twenty-eight gold coins."
The red-haired girl tilted her head and looked at the sky: "I don't know this number either...... What is the special significance. β
"Rest assured, those small game ads ...... She certainly didn't look at it. Duan Qing said expressionlessly: "So maybe it's just a casual thought." β
He flipped through the pages in his hand, and with the other hand he skillfully picked up the contents: "But if we can't fake it, then this number is still a little difficult for us, deliver news, help carry goods, and collect furs...... Don't do this, this is not enough time to get to the Talon Plains...... Jeweler's assistant, huh...... This one was not bad, and the cleaning ......"
He put away the stack of pages, and at the same time handed the few that he had picked out in his right hand to the red-haired girl: "Let's do these things that look easy first, and then make up the money......
"These ...... Is it all the work that our adventure group usually has in its backlog? Looking at the things that Duan Qing had put away, the girl asked suspiciously.
"Some of them are like this, and some of them just got hooked up to the Adventurers' Guild today." Pointing to the hall behind him, Duan Qing replied helplessly: "One is also done, and ten is also done, so I don't pay attention to so much." β
"Oh." The girl nodded suspiciously, and then looked at the first note in her hand: "Send a letter: Help Lord Skoku in the west of Tania City deliver a message and reward twenty gold coins...... Wow, just a saying, is the money in the capital so easy to make? β
"There's definitely something in between." Raising the big knife behind his back, Duan Qing explained helplessly: "But it's okay, let's go and have a look first." β
The fact is as Duan Qing expected, it is not so simple - the Lord Skaoku mentioned in the commission is indeed the captain of a city guard stationed at a certain intersection in the west of the city, but judging from the short contact between the two of them and him, this guy is indeed not a good guy to get along with. And when she got the letter in the other party's hand, the girl who looked at the other party's strange eyes became even more confused, because she didn't get any other hints from the other party except for this mission item that was not allowed to be opened.
Except for the name of the target he wants to deliver: Wiesel.
"What should I do?"
In the girl's helpless eyes, Duan Qing sighed with a headache: "I know ......"
"Hello old man." He chuckled under his breath, "Will the shadows be on the outside......"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing." Duan Qing shook his head and said, "It's just...... Forget it, I know this person, let's go and send the message now. β
"Oh."
In the girl's puzzled expression, Duan Qing pulled the other party to the civilian's dignity tavern, and then was told by the tavern owner who had not yet opened for business the fact that Wiesel was not here now. Leaving the message in his hand on the counter, Duan Qing put down the mood of preparing to explain to the other party the previous turmoil in the city, and walked out of the gate with the girl instead: "Do you remember that Kima?" That Wiesel...... He is now the head of the Shadow Society in Tania. β
"Wow, Brother Qingshan even knows such a person!"
"It's just a little bit of a relationship." Throwing the twenty gold coins in his hand to the girl, Duan Qing explained in a low voice: "The previous task was also thrown to me by that guy, although in the end...... I didn't get any rewards. β
"Hahaha, then the twenty gold coins this time are considered early interest." The girl snickered and put away the gold coins in her hand, and then asked happily, "Why didn't anyone complete such a simple task before us?" β
"Probably they don't know who the so-called Wiesel is, and the previous captain has such a bad attitude......," Duan Qing guessed casually, "But isn't this a good thing for us?" At least we can make a few more bucks......"
"Uh-huh." The red-haired girl nodded with satisfaction: "I hope the commission in the future will go so smoothly." β
"How can there be such a good thing......"
Unintentional words became prophecies and gradually became prophecies, because their next mission encountered difficulties - they had been to the aristocratic area of Yar Street for a long time, but they did not find the target mentioned in the search commission, so they had to abandon this task that might have expired at the suggestion of Duan Qing and rushed to the warehouse by a bridge in the south of the city. It was the location of a cargo consignment, but looking at the two panting players, the guard guarding the door of the warehouse tore up the letter of entrustment in his hand with a blank face, and then informed them of the fact that the task had been completed.
"The goods here have been moved, you can wait for the next time." He said.
"It's bad luck."
Looking at the gradually darkening sky, the Thousand Fingered Crane kicked a small pebble on the side of the road in frustration: "How can this be." β
"It's supposed to be small tasks, and some people come to sweep them." Duan Qing comforted the other party: "Let's hurry up and try to run all these tasks before dark, whether they exist or not......
He picked up the page and looked at the next place on it: "Fania Jewelry Store...... Well, it's a task to help a jeweler. β
"I hope it won't be too bad." (To be continued.) )