Chapter 25: Shame (Part 2)
The four knights broke into the Hunters' Guild, which was incompatible with their identity.
But the hunters of the city of Kantas seemed to be no stranger to this, and after one look at them, they went about their business.
The leading knight took off his helmet, revealing a pretty face that was no less beautiful than that of Anna, the fairest of the guild's most beautiful Kanban girls, but this pretty face was ruined by her icy temperament.
Anna smiled stiffly, "May I ask what is the matter with the four knights?" ”
Her question is "what's the matter", not "how can I help you".
The female knight didn't seem to hear Anna's wordplay, and she introduced herself: "I am the new knight who has taken over the security of the city of Kantas. My name is Elusa. ”
With that, Elusa took out a scroll from her pocket and handed it to Anna.
Anna took it, but didn't open it: "What is this?" ”
"Conscription. It must be posted as a five-star quest on the Hunter's Guild's bounty board. Elusa said coldly.
Five-star mission.
It is a very high-level quest in the Hunter's Guild's quest bar, and only a very small number of unknown or extremely dangerous creatures can climb it. For example, the Star Dragon Tide that appeared on a large scale twenty years ago was a five-star mission, and in the Star Dragon era, once it was related to the Star Dragon, even a small reconnaissance mission would be four-star. And the crusade mission is as high as five stars! As people gradually learned about them and the Star Dragon Age reached its peak, the Star Dragon's mission star gradually decreased, and finally its crusade was fixed at four stars forever.
But now a small conscription job also occupies five stars?
Anna angrily threw the scroll back in her hand, and Elusa caught it without blinking.
"This is not a street, not a city gate, not your barracks! This is the Hunters' Guild that has been passed down for hundreds of years! This is a place that was built by our ancestors with blood and flesh! This is the place where you can point fingers! "Anna was hysterical like never before. And the hunters sitting in the guild seemed to be infected, and looked at the four of them coldly one by one.
The three knights nervously put their hands on the hilt of their swords to prevent the hunters from rioting. But the knight Elusa, who was the leader, didn't look nervous. Is it trust in the truth? Or is it confident in your own martial arts?
"His Majesty's laws state that the military has the right to interfere with the Hunters' Guild's bounty missions. As long as it is beneficial to the military. ”
"This is the Hunters' Guild!"
"It's the law."
One hysterical, one incomparably calm. The faces of the two men were almost pressed together.
But in the end, Anna couldn't hold back. She turned her head away, trying not to let her tears be seen by the people she hated.
"It's not for me to call the shots. The president is upstairs, please move. ”
Anna said coldly.
Elusa put her helmet back on and walked up.
The Hunter's Guild became dead silent, and some of the hunters who couldn't stand the strange atmosphere left one after another, and the huge Hunter's Guild became deserted.
After a while, the four of them walked down again. I saw a man bring over a bench, stand on it, and aim the recruitment notice at the empty five-star taskbar, trying to make it look as smooth as possible. Then his partner handed over a pair of nails. He used his metal-wrapped hand as a hammer, punch after punch. Taping the notice to it is like nailing the Hunters' Guild's endless shame.
The knight came down and put the bench back in its place.
"Farewell." Elusa was polite. But in exchange for the anger of the hunters, Elusa didn't care. Just be yourself.
They left, with the sound of the crash of heavy armor.
Keida met the four knights at the door. They looked at each other and nodded in greeting, then staggered by.
That represents two worlds.
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Keida slumped in his chair, tired from the strange atmosphere in the Hunters' Guild, though he was a little puzzled.
The maid brought a glass of water, and as soon as Kedar picked it up, before it even touched his lips, a slap was thrown in Keida's face.
"Smack!" A bang.
Almost the entire guild heard it.
Keida turned his head to take a look, only to see Xiaohua with tears in his eyes.
"Did you know that sickle crabs are dangerous? You're still going alone! You're trying to kill me! ”
After scolding her head and covering her face, Xiaohua turned around and held back her tears.
Keida, who has neither high nor low emotional intelligence, also knows what he has done, and he endures his fatigue. Pull Xiaohua over. With both hands on Xiaohua's face, two scarred thumbs gently wiped away her tears.
"Isn't that okay with me?"
"Then are you okay~"
Kida stretched out his arms to show his body, though embarrassed but without major wounds: "Look, unscathed. ”
Xiaohua glanced at it twice, as if there was really nothing wrong: "Next time, you must listen to your predecessor and me!" You can't take on such a dangerous mission! ”
"Yes, yes, yes. I will definitely be junior. ”
...
Suddenly, there was no dialogue, and the atmosphere became awkward.
Anna collected her thoughts as if nothing had happened. Came to the two with two drinks. Put down the drink: "Flying with Wings", a couple's drink. ”
Xiaohua took a sip and left with a red face.
Keida watched Xiaohua leave with a "smile".
Then drink the drink in front of you. And then another cup. Anna looked at the starving ghost reincarnated Keida with a smile and handed over a basin full of roast meat.
When Kida was almost finished, Anna asked, "How did you do with your promotion mission?" ”
"Failure." Kida slapped the broken knife on the back of the platoon.
"The weapon is broken."
Then he also buckled a piece of the armor of the big monster bird on his body.
"Even the armor for self-defense is broken."
Keida said helplessly.
"There were no failures." Anna looked at Kida and was a little serious: "There are a total of five days for the promotion task, as long as it is completed within five days." ”
Kida pursed his mouth, as if he was sensing Anna's intentions, but no matter what he thought, it was in his favor, so he gave up thinking: "How much bounty was there for my previous mission?" ”
"There are 1,123 silver coins in total, and you can use this money to repair your weapons and buy some auxiliary combat items."
Anna reminded.
Keida closed her eyes and experienced relief from exhaustion: "I will." ”
"By the way, what's that five-star mission?"
Keida asked inappropriately.
"That's a shame."
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The next day, after resting, Kedar arrived at the Earthhammer with the Broken Knife, remembering that his weapon was actually purchased here, so it would definitely be relatively cheap to repair here.
When he arrived, Uncle Kenzi did not receive him, but sent an apprentice... According to the apprentice, the uncle is really busy with Xiaohua's list, after all, fifteen days is also a tight time.
But fortunately, Keida didn't care whether the person who received him was an apprentice or a master, he handed the knife in his hand to the apprentice, and the apprentice gave the price after doing a fairly professional assessment.
In harmony, Kida paid the money, and when he learned that he would be able to come and get the weapon in two days, he quietly made an agreement with the apprentice.
That is, no matter how long it will take for his weapon to be repaired, everyone says it will be three days.
Although this request is very strange, there are often all kinds of strange requests from customers in the work, so the apprentice does not ask the reason, but just agrees.
Kida then wants to buy a piece of armor to replace the seemingly uneventful but shattered Monster Bird armor. Unfortunately, the price of the armor was a bit high, so Keida had to continue to wear that armor and leave.
While doing all this, Kida follows Anna's prompt to a river on the outskirts of the city.
According to Anna, this is where a powerful old hunter lives. If you can learn a few tricks...
The so-called general scythe crab is just a snap of a finger.
After searching for a long time, Kedar finally found a thatched hut at one end of the river. And next to the thatched hut is a dwarf dragon man fishing.
Not only short, but also old.
A black line came out of Keida's head, this old guy is really a "powerful" old hunter? That's too old, isn't it?
But Kedda went up to him anyway and visited him.
"Hello old fellow...."Kida couldn't wait to slap himself twice, and sure enough, he couldn't talk while thinking about things, and directly said everything in his heart.
But Kida looked at the old dragon man for a while, and found that he didn't react at all.
"Didn't you hear?" Keida muttered.
Keida bowed his waist again and said respectfully, "Old man, I have come to learn from my teacher." ”
Half a sound, the old dragon man still didn't react, and kept holding a verdant bamboo stick fishing. Not only that, but the hook was soaked in the water, motionless.
"Deaf?"
Kida tiptoed over to him and brushed his hand in front of the dragonman's eyes.
Still no response.
There is no way, what can a man who is deaf and blind at the same time teach him?
But fortunately, Keida didn't leave, but sat there to accompany the old guy.
At this time, the bait that sank in the water moved. When Keida was about to remind him, it suddenly occurred to him that this guy couldn't hear. So Keida smiled helplessly. He gently poked the old guy in the shoulder with his hand.
At this moment, the old dragon man suddenly burst into a rage, and he jumped up, ignoring the fish, and waved his fishing rod at Keida. There were also some words that he didn't understand at all.
Keida hurriedly took his hand to block it.
Pain in the arm and chest at the same time.
Keida was shocked, not because of pain, but because he felt sorry for his armor, you must know that his body has a sense of pain, so will the armor still be intact?
He looked down and saw that his armor was intact, but there was still a dull pain in his chest.
Kida was puzzled, and he hurriedly removed his armor and lining. I found that I don't know when there was an extra red line on my chest that was exactly the same as on my hand.
He looked at the old hunter in astonishment.