Chapter 972 The Problem Is No Money......
"What, in fact, we almost went around the Bright Holy Kingdom in half a circle in order to complete a very troublesome task!"
Just when Sui Yu said, "The problem is that we don't have money", which caused the atmosphere in the entire hotel to fall into an awkwardness, Ryder, who has a lot of experience, hurriedly stepped forward and tried to play a round: "No, because we don't have money to eat, we have to hunt hard to get food!" β
When he said this, Ryder also pointed to the huge red boar parked outside the door of the hotel: "Look, isn't this just that we came here by chance in order to hunt this reserve grain that is enough to eat for ten days?" β
"Hey, you've worked so hard!"
The strong man innkeeper with the severed hand couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression when he heard Ryder say this, and then Ryder smiled embarrassedly: "However, this is also due to my little indulgence of my brothers!" I have to admit that the prostitution parlors in Eternal Night City are really addictive! β
"Oh! No wonder! When the innkeeper, who originally seemed to be a little skeptical, heard this, he instantly showed a look of embarrassment and an unbearable expression of the past, and nodded in agreement: "Back then, I spent all my time there, so I had to end the long-awaited trip in a hurry, and then it was not easy to ask for food all the way back to Hushan Town!" ...... year Ay! β
This long sigh is full of how much sigh and annoyance, of course, how many of them have endless aftertaste is not something that others can understand.
In short, under the shrewd Ryder's round, the innkeeper easily believed Ryder's words.
In fact, this is also normal, mercenaries and adventurers are basically a profession that licks blood with a knife, and people who are engaged in this profession of pinning their heads to their belts generally have no concept of saving money.
There is wine today, drunk today, and tomorrow is sad, and tomorrow is worried.
In the words of many adventurers, the money you have saved so hard today will not know whose pocket it will go into tomorrow after your death!
Therefore, when Ryder said that they were penniless except for the weapons and equipment they had on for food, the innkeeper, although it was strange that Sui Yu was dressed and looked like a person who was short of money, finally had to believe Ryder's words.
And, from the town's standpoint, the innkeeper and Link were eager to believe Ryder's words.
Because, the arrival of a group of mercenaries and adventurers who have no money means that someone can finally do some troublesome work!
Yes, adventurers and mercenaries who are short of money will clear out a large number of tasks issued by the adventure guild in order to make money.
And in this case, as long as the townspeople collectively pay for it, maybe the hidden danger of the bandits will be lifted!
So, under the effect of the mentality of "human beings are willing to believe what they want to believe", the owner of the severed hand inn immediately gave advice to Sui Yu and his party after believing what Ryder said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, if you sell the red boar you hit to the adventure union, it should be worth a lot of money!" Of course, if I could, I would like to be able to buy about 20 catties of red pork, and I can pay 30 silver coins for the price! Truth be told, it's been a long time since we've eaten this wild boar that likes to live in the southern woods because of the bandits! β
As he spoke, the innkeeper also snorted a mouthful of saliva, obviously yearning for wild boar.
"At the same time, after the remaining materials are sold to the Adventurer's Guild, you can almost get a reward of about two gold coins, and this money can almost allow you to charter the entire hotel for five days, if you don't charter the hotel but squeeze in the room, it won't be a big problem to stay for ten days."
Hearing the innkeeper's words, Sui Yu thought about it and waved his hand very domineeringly again, deciding: "That's good!" Ryder, you immediately send someone to sell the wild boar to the Adventurers' Guild! This hostel, we packed! Moreover, everyone has worked hard along the way! Since everyone is tired and this town seems to be very comfortable, let's take a little rest in this town for about a month this time! As for the money that is not enough, we will earn it back! β
"That's right, meow!" Catwoman Nana was instantly full of energy: "Be an adventurer! Complete the mission! It's funny to say! The owner hadn't taken me to experience the life of an adventurer before, and I won't miss it this time! β
Well, what Nana is talking about is the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Group that Sui Yu set up in order to make money after crossing at the beginning.
At that time, due to various considerations and various reasons, Nana did not have the addiction of being an adventurer, and now it seems that she has a chance!
In other words, it seems that because of the cultural differences between the two worlds, adventurers and mercenaries in the sealing world are called mercenaries, and in this world, although there is a blurred boundary between the two and divide them into two professions, but because many people have part-time jobs, the tasks of the two actually overlap a lot.
So for Nana, there is not much difference between being a mercenary or an adventurer in this world, the key is fun!
Well, Ryder's desperate livelihood is just fun in Nana's eyes, like playing an RPG game......
This has to be embarrassing, with the continuous improvement of strength and vision, the world view will indeed change dramatically!
Just like many dicks who think they are smarter than national leaders, if Dick Si really grows up to be a national leader for a day, then he will find that his way of looking at problems is definitely very different from when he was a dick!
Even Sui Yu is a very obvious example, don't you see that Sui Yu, who has always demanded himself by the standards of ordinary people, has now gradually developed a sense of responsibility as a supreme?
In short, at the strong request of the playful Nana, Sui Yu and Nana simply came to the Adventurers' Guild in Hushan Town with Ryder's team escorting the red boar.
Ryder will be responsible for negotiating the sale of red wild boars (because Sui Yu doesn't understand the market and is worried about exposing his foreign identity while being depressed, so this piece will naturally be handed over to Ryder, who is more knowledgeable), while Sui Yu and Nana are ready to accept some commissions to earn some money to supplement their families.
For the powerful Sui Yu and Nana, presumably, the two of them can easily earn enough money while playing.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the Adventurer's Guild has enough quests for them to complete......
"! Why isn't there a mission released in this place?! β
Staring at the kanban board used by the Adventurer Guild to issue tasks, Sui Yu let out a very uncivilized wail, and the reason was because there were only a few mission notices hanging on the task board at this time that were about to disappear God knows how long it had been hanging, and the seriously diluted text, even if Sui Yu used the strong spiritual power of the demigod level to analyze it, there was no way to parse what was written on it, let alone take the task.
And what made Sui Yu feel even more cheated was that not only was there not a single adventurer in the dilapidated Adventurer's Guild hall, but even the receptionist didn't know where to go, and the innkeeper who had broken his hand before swore that he came to the Adventurer's Guild to sell red wild boars.
"Yikes! I didn't expect that kid Link really didn't lie to me, and there was really business coming to the door today! β
Fortunately, just when Sui Yu was complaining about the adventurer's guild singing the empty city plan, a woman's voice that sounded very bold suddenly sounded at the door, and then a woman with a chest that was also very bold, even if she was wearing leather armor, could not stop the proud curves of the curve, and Ryder and his men resisted the urge to whistle.
To be honest, because he was not familiar with the place, Sui Yu had actually been scanning the surrounding environment with his mental power on, and Sui Yu naturally discovered her existence when this woman appeared at the door of the Adventurer's Guild.
However, Sui Yu, who had experience in adventure towns before, always thought that in the Magic Continent, the beautiful receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild in the story was completely a legendary species, so he didn't associate this passing fierce beauty with the receptionist at all.
And now as soon as he heard her words, Sui Yu realized that the poor countryside of Hushan Town was actually equipped with a legendary beautiful receptionist, and if the bumpy figure was relied upon, if it was not S-level, at least it would be A-level!
And just when Sui Yu secretly sighed that the adventurers in Hushan Town were really blessed, the beautiful receptionist who seemed to have expected Sui Yu and what they thought in their hearts greeted Sui Yu and the others loudly while walking to the counter: "My name is Arisha!" I'm sorry! Originally, my father was supposed to be the leader of the Adventurers' Guild! But two years ago, my father was assassinated by bandits! So now it's me to be the leader of this adventurer's guild! If you have any complaints, just complain to me, of course, I won't punish myself! β
"Huh? You're not a receptionist but a president? β
Sui Yu was stunned for a moment, when he originally saw this girl dressed as a female adventurer with the most strength of the silver rank, he thought that the other party was the receptionist of the adventurer guild, who would have thought that this was actually the president.
"Receptionist?" The heroic female president pouted: "Don't tease!" How could a small guild in the countryside be so extravagant to be equipped with a special receptionist! Besides, since the bandits blocked the way out of the town three years ago, the adventurers with some ability have run away one by one, and now the remaining low-level adventurers are basically engaged in the low-level work of collecting medicine and hunting goblins and slimes every day. Normally, I hand over the task reward directly when I encounter it occasionally, and I will only make up the guild points when I come back. β
Well, as soon as he heard this, Sui Yu understood why there was no one here when they came before.
Obviously, due to the extreme shortage of manpower, Arisha, who is the president of the Adventurers' Guild and the receptionist and adventurer, has to work as an adventurer in her spare time.
If Link hadn't found her and informed the Adventurers' Guild that there was business coming to her door, Arissa probably wouldn't have known where to kill the nascent slime at this time......
"I see!"
Sui Yu, who had figured out the cause and effect, nodded slightly and then went straight to the point: "Then the two of us want to take on some adventurer tasks to make some money, but I took a look, and your task is on the kanban......"
Before Sui Yu finished speaking, Arisa waved his hand and interrupted Sui Yu's words: "Kanban that thing hasn't been used for a long time!" We're just a few of us, and the adventurers who used to be stationed here weren't very tough! It is impossible to complete the high-level missions issued by the guilds in those big cities, so naturally no one will travel thousands of miles to convey the mission briefing of the adventurer's association. As for those low-level tasks, because they are all routine tasks nearby, there are basically fixed personnel in charge, so naturally there is no need to waste paper and post them! β
"I see...... Sui Yu nodded slightly, and then suddenly stunned: "That's not right!" So, there's no task for us to make money right now?! β
Yes, since there are personnel in charge of regular tasks, wouldn't Sui Yu and Nana's plan to get a lot of rewards by quickly completing difficult tasks so that the team can be comfortably stationed in the hotel to avoid the limelight?!
"Is it difficult?" After understanding that ordinary tasks were monopolized, Sui Yu had to have some more dangerous thoughts: "If I'm in a hurry, I'll go out and rob!" Well, robbing the two hundred or so bandits in the mountains outside must have a lot to gain, right?! β
Yes, Sui Yu has the values of ordinary people, and most ordinary people naturally don't think about robbing good people as soon as they lack money.
Therefore, Sui Yu, who didn't plan to rob a good person, naturally made the judgment of robbing the bandits......
Fortunately, just when Sui Yu was about to turn his head to find the bandit to "borrow" some money for emergency relief, Arisa dug out a pile of parchment paper that had obviously not been used for a long time from the counter and wrote a few words on it.
Then, while she showed the parchment to Sui Yu, Arisa explained at the same time: "It doesn't matter if you don't have a regular task! I can make one! Anyway, I'm also the president of the Adventurer's Guild and Mercenary Guild! β
Well, Arisa has a part-time president of the mercenary union, which makes Sui Yu have to sigh that Arisa is really "capable people work hard"! If this is placed in a factory in the 21st century, the boss will definitely love this kind of employee to death!
"Moreover, this task is really important for the entire Hushan Town!"
When Arisa finished saying this, Sui Yu finally recognized with some difficulty what was the content of the mission briefing written by Arisha, and the summary was ...... Gather for food!
"Although Hushan Town can rely on fishing boats to fish in the nearby North Lake, because there are too many large underwater monsters in the depths of the North Lake, in order to prevent the attack of underwater monsters, the fishing boats cannot go deep. In addition, fishing requires good water skills and fishing skills, so the catch in the town is always low. β
"Although there are a lot of prey and wild vegetables in the mountains next to it, we also dare not go too far due to the presence of bandits, plus it is about to snow, and we can't pick wild vegetables or anything, plus because the terrain affects the fields in the town, the food produced is not enough for the whole town to eat, so now there is a serious shortage of food in the town for the winter!"
Waving the task briefing in her hand, Arisa continued to say to Sui Yu with a sad expression: "So, I have increased the purchase price of ingredients without authorization, as long as you can get enough food, I am willing to buy it at a price sixty percent higher than the market price!" And there is no limit to the variety! Whether it's edible monster meat, non-poisonous fungi, or wild vegetables in the mountains, as long as it's food! β
"And this is the main reason why I desperately wanted to go to the big city for help!"
At this moment, Link, who had come with Arisha, suddenly clenched his fists and interjected in a resentful tone, "Because those bandits are so hateful! Originally, our Hushan Town would not have fallen into such a crisis situation! It's all because they robbed the caravans along the way, so that the number of caravans was greatly reduced! In the past two years, it was okay, and there were some traveling merchants who occasionally came here to sell food and other necessities, but this year it seems that because of the increase in the number of bandits, many caravans are afraid to come, so because of the lack of food, it is very likely that someone in our town will be starved to death this winter! β
"So! That's why I risked my life to try to rush out and ask for help! Link tried to restrain the tears in his eyes and shouted at Sui Yu: "As long as there are top adventurers in big cities who are willing to accept our commission to get rid of the bandits!" Then the days of the town will be better again! Well! It's going to get better! β
When watching the naΓ―ve Link say such words full of yearning for his future life, Sui Yu couldn't help but sigh and secretly said in his heart: "If only the world was really as simple as this young man thought in his heart!" β
Not wanting to wear down the young man's fighting spirit because of the cruelty of speaking out of reality, Sui Yu directly ignored the obvious hope in Link's words that Sui Yu could eliminate the bandits, and turned his head to Arisa and confirmed: "Understood! Gather ingredients, right? There is no restriction on the type, as long as it is edible food, anything can be exchanged for gold coins? Isn't it? β
"That's right!" Arisa nodded in agreement: "And the price will be three percent higher than the market price!" Of course, if you're not satisfied, and you're able to get enough food, we can negotiate the price! β
"Three achievements are enough!" Sui Yu waved his hand to take over the task.
Although there are some troubles that cannot be contaminated casually, so as not to do bad things with good intentions, there are some things that should be done without problems.
Anyway, he, Sui Yu, is now playing the leader of a team of poor bastards, and it makes sense to complete the task promulgated by the adventure union because of the simple reason that "a penny is difficult to defeat a hero", right?
And since that's so reasonable, I guess some trouble won't be easy to get entangled, right?!
In short, who made Sui Yu have no money now......