Chapter 11: First Mission

After Shen Mu got acquainted with everyone, he stayed at the headquarters of the Twilight Snow Mercenary Regiment, and he chose the creeper's room.

The members of the Twilight Mercenary Regiment welcome the newcomers. In the evening, he deliberately went out to eat a big meal, and Shen Mu also drank a glass of wine for the first time, and he was a little dizzy. But it doesn't affect thinking. When I went back, I went straight to my room.

Shen Mu actually wanted to come back for a long time, he still had two spell exercises on his body, and at this moment, he couldn't wait to close the doors and windows, cross-legged on the bed, and after the pranayama was completed, he ran a side of the spirit trick, and it was not until the alcohol in his body was removed that he began to practice the low-level spell of the light system, the healing technique.

Low-level spells are still very easy to cultivate, Shen Mu quickly mastered the essentials, magic power and fighting qi are different, fighting qi out of the body requires at least the level of a high-level martial artist, and magic out of the body is indeed innate, the healing technique is to guide the light element and magic power to fly out of the body at the same time to the injured area, and then by guiding the magic to contact the light element and catalyze his healing ability, it has a multiplied healing effect. The so-called multiplied healing effect is only compared to the direct healing with the light element without using magic catalysis.

It's like Doctor Liu didn't use magic at the beginning, and directly used the light element to heal Shen Mu in five minutes, but if he used magic to catalyze the light element, it might be cured in one minute.

The reason is simple and easy to understand, but how to catalyze the healing effect is indeed the mystery of this spell. Shen Mu began to recover his magic power after practicing a few more times, the Qi Forging Jue and the Imperial Spirit Jue complemented each other, and the speed of recovering the magic power was also extremely fast, and the magic power was almost recovered in less than five minutes, and he could practice again. Shen Mu was already able to master this spell when he practiced again until his magic power was exhausted, although he was not skilled enough now, so that the healing effect was not so ideal, but this still had to be improved through diligent practice.

After Shen Mu recovered his magic power this time, he began to connect with the Holy Light Barrier, the principle of this spell is similar to the healing technique, that is, to use magic to catalyze the light element to create a barrier at the position where he wants to release the skill, the barrier needs to be continuously injected with magic power, and the magic power consumed depends on the size of the impact received by the barrier. In the later stage, when you become proficient, you will become more proficient in the magic catalytic ability, which is equivalent to making the barrier stronger.

This night Shen Mu was destined to spend the time in the repeated practice of these two skills, but fortunately, the speed at which he recovered his magic power was fast enough, saving a lot of time for practice.

Following.

Early in the morning, Shen Mu woke up from his cultivation, and the harvest of this night was not small, now he was able to skillfully perform the healing technique and the Holy Light Barrier, but his understanding of the control of magic transformation was not yet in place, and it was all to be explored by casting, such as the healing effect of wounds, and the ability to resist attacks.

After washing up, I went downstairs to the hall, where the track of Zhuozi Mountain in the center of the hall was filled with breakfast, bread, milk and wine. Shen Mu knew that ordinary mercenaries liked to drink, and the milk was probably just prepared for him personally, so he ate it directly after thinking about it.

"Jingle bell!" The bell at the gate rang, and Shen Mu looked up at the person who came in, it was Uncle Guang.

"Uncle Guang is early. Shen Mu greeted and greeted.

"Oh, Xiao Mu, come on, come on, today is your first mission, I went to line up early in the morning to grab a B-level mission back, this task is just right for you, go to collect twenty sharp teeth of the jackal beast outside Beicang City, and the bounty is five hundred gold coins." "Uncle Guang looked very happy in the morning, especially after seeing Shen Mu, the spirit people don't have any big mercenary groups, with Shen Mu, they can carry out much more difficult tasks, even if they are just a low-level spirit master, their role in A-level missions cannot be underestimated. Hirokan has a hunch that this is a teenager who can change their mercenary group. Therefore, he now wants to cultivate Shen Mu as much as possible, so that he can advance as soon as possible, from a low-level spirit master to a spirit master, and he can help the head of the group a lot when the time comes.

"Uncle Guang, you still work so hard, this task is also one of my kind. Mu Mirage, I said I would cover you. Zhou Qianbang walked down from the upper floor, the optical fiber in the room was not very good, but he also wore a pair of sunglasses, which looked a little cool.

This is the first time Shen Mu has looked at Ah Bang, and he doesn't seem to be a few years older than him, so he doesn't know what his strength is. "Ah Bang morning, let's have breakfast. "Shen Mu is also very kind to his brothers, but when he thinks of going through battles with these brothers in the future, he is still a little worried, after all, the people of the mercenary group can be said to have very distinctive personalities. A bad boy Ah Bang, a flying squirrel with a somewhat gloomy personality, a drunkard swallow, a scarred man who looks fierce He Jiu, and a bald man with no eyebrows.

After the three of them had a chat in the hall, the others also got up and went downstairs to eat.

Uncle Guang naturally analyzed the objectives of this mission with everyone, and then everyone volunteered to participate. In the end, it was decided that he, Ah Bang, Shen Mu, and Yanzi would complete the task.

A few people packed their luggage and went straight out.

After a few people went to Cangbei City in a carriage, they made a little supply, bought some food and water, and they couldn't bring alcohol to do the task, in case anyone drank wine and didn't sober up, but it would kill everyone together.

Cangbei City is one of the northernmost main cities in the Cangnan Continent, although it is an important place for the military headquarters, but this kind of place is also a paradise for mercenaries, and most of the tasks are to kill demon beasts. Ordinary escort mission commissions are often not so good, and only those C-level and B-level mercenary groups will pick them up. And Cangbei City is a huge fortress that separates human civilization from demon beasts, and there are not many mercenaries who go north out of the city. More people means there is a market, so this fortress is also full of shops, and there are even branches of mercenary unions and some large conglomerates.

The military did not stop this, but felt that it was fun to have so many mercenaries to help them kill demon beasts. Although most of the time is happy, but at the beginning and middle of each month, the monsters will become unusually manic, and the violent monsters will form a beast tide to impact the city, and at this time, the main force to resist the attack of the monsters will become the defenders.

Shen Mu also learned from Uncle Guang that in recent years, the task of going out to kill demon beasts has become more and more difficult, and the demon beasts seem to be much more ferocious than before, and it is even more difficult to deal with. And the impact of the monthly beast tide is getting more and more severe, and for this reason, the military has spent a lot of money on mercenary tasks. The B-level tasks of the Mercenary Guild will be released on time every month to assist in guarding Cangbei City, and rewards will be issued according to the number of kills per person.

"Xiao Mu, when you go out of the city, you have to keep moving between the few of us, and we will protect you. Swallow and I are both mid-level martial artists, I'm better at defense, and Swallow is a natural killer. Uncle Guang arranged everyone's work and continued, "The flying squirrel is not here, no one is exploring the way, Ah Bang, you should take care of it, and protect Xiao Mu." ”

"Okay Uncle Guang, I'm covering him and no one, oh no, he doesn't move. Ah Bang carried a mace and walked in a figure-eight step, looking like a bad boy, but his mouth was promised.

"Don't worry, Uncle Guang, I'll pay attention to it myself. Shen Mu also said.

"Well, let's walk along this road, this side is not far from the city, the demon beasts are still relatively low-level and scattered, they are all low-level little demon beasts, and after two more hours, we will almost enter the real Cangbei Forest, our mercenaries generally call the Cangbei Forest the Demon Beast Forest. The forest is so vast that only a handful of people have ever been to the other side of the forest, which I heard was a sea. Some people also say that the legendary Vast Continent is there, but no one has ever returned, and they have all disappeared. Although Uncle Guang didn't look back, these words were obviously said to the newcomer Shen Mu. "Our former head of the regiment also disappeared after receiving a mysterious mission, and we all felt that there was no trace of him in the depths of the forest, but we had organized many teams to kill deep places and never saw any trace of him. Uncle Guang's tone was a little low, obviously entering into a sad memory.

"Uncle Guang, the former head of the regiment is Twilight, right? What rank is he?" Although Shen Mu devoured Twilight's soul, he obviously only got the benefits of cultivation and battle, and knew very little about the trivial matters of Twilight's life.

"It's Twilight, you kid heard us say it in the tavern that day, hehe, you remember. Whether Twilight is alive or not, he is destined to go down in the annals of our Twilight Mercenary Group. Awakened his magic at the age of 14, entered the Spirit Master at the age of 16, entered the Spirit Venerable at the age of 20, and at the age of 24, he established the Twilight Snow Mercenary Group with his lover Lin Xue, who was 7 years younger than him, and at that time he was already the strength of the mid-level Spirit Venerable. He was 28 years old that year, and the Twilight Mercenary Regiment was thriving under his leadership, but he disappeared, some people say that he was in retreat to attack the Spirit Emperor, and others say that he was killed by the Demon King. Since then, a year has passed, the disappearance of the head of the regiment and the departure of the elites in the regiment have made our Twilight Xue mercenary group decay day by day, Lin Xue saw that the mercenary group was getting worse day by day, and resolutely took up the heavy responsibility of the group leader and began to cultivate desperately. He was only a middle-level martial artist, and he had reached the middle level of martial arts in just ten years. ”

Guang Tang also knew how much effort Captain Lin Xue had put into the Guardian Twilight Mercenary Group, and he wanted to share this with others, so that the new members of the group could also feel the spirit of their mercenary group. A mercenary group without spiritual support will always be just a group of people whose interests have gathered, and they are the Twilight Mercenary Group. Not really.

Soon a few hours passed, and the time was close to evening, and Shen Mu's mercenary team had really entered the Cangbei Forest.

"It's getting dark, and although the activities of the demon beasts will decrease a lot after dark, we still have to be careful, let's find out if there is an open place nearby. Ready to set up camp. Guangkan reminded everyone and issued instructions for the next step. The mercenary team must have a team leader to do mission activities, Guangkan has obviously been everyone's leader, and he has a lot of experience in this, arranging the progress of the task step by step. Everyone is obviously a veteran, and although they are not usually normal, they rarely make mistakes when they go out on a mission. Among them, although Shen Mu is a novice, he has also dealt with the Iron Fang Mercenary Group before, and the steps of setting up camp at night can also help a little.

A bonfire was lit and dry food was eaten.

"Uncle Guang, you are too strict today, there are any demon beasts for us to avoid, now even the barbecue is gone, this thick bread is hard to eat. Yanzi complained a little angrily, although Yanzi who went out on the mission was still dressed in a sexy, low-cut, bare-backed, and off-legged dress, but she finally put on a mercenary cloak, and there was nothing strange in everyone's eyes when they looked at her, they should be used to her dress. But Shen Mu is different, it is the first time for him to be so close to his peers so sexy*, although he has no evil thoughts along the way, he always can't help but glance at the past from time to time, Yanzi often finds it, but he also smiles disapprovingly, and occasionally teases twice, such as squeezing his chest at Shen Mu or something. Shen Mu couldn't bear this, and he had nosebleeds several times. The swallow laughed even more for this. Guang Tang and Ah Bang sighed again and again, worried about Xiao Mu. At the age of fourteen, he had to endure the torture of women.

Guang Mandarin usually leads the team to kill a few wild boars or something on the outskirts of the forest, to increase rations for everyone on the road, but this time he didn't do this, after Yanzi asked, he also explained to Shen Mu: "This mission is special, mainly to train Xiao Mu so that he can adapt to the battle, bringing fresh meat on the road will attract attacks from other demon beasts, you must know that some demon beasts with a keen sense of smell can smell the smell of blood from a few kilometers away." ”

Such an explanation is also reasonable, Shen Mu praised Uncle Guang again and again for his experience, secretly looked at Yanzi and thought that as an old mercenary, Yanzi must also know, and it is estimated that he deliberately said it for Uncle Guang to explain, so that Shen Mu could know more knowledge, thinking of this, Shen Mu couldn't help but feel a little less resentful about Yanzi teasing him.

"Let's take turns to rest, I will keep vigil in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, Yan Zi and Xiao Mu have a good rest, you will be very tired during the day tomorrow." After dinner, Uncle Guang arranged tonight's task again, and then signaled that the three of Yanzi, Shen Mu, and Ah Bang could rest.

Although Shen Mu didn't understand why he and Yanzi would be very tired during the day tomorrow, he didn't want to ask again, it would seem that he was too ignorant. So he entered his tent and began to cultivate cross-legged.

Nothing was said all night. Some of them were only the occasional glimmer of light coming from the Shen Mu tent.