10. Conflict
The Mercenary Guild of Acala City, located in the east of the city, is a three-story building. The area is smaller than the branch that Su Yan hurriedly saw when he was in the Northern Winter City, about five hundred square meters.
On the first floor is the guild hall, which has an open layout and no compartments.
However, on the left side of the hall is a longboard five meters long and two meters high, on which a lot of parchment has been pasted.
Su Yan knew that these were all notification tasks of the Mercenary Guild.
These missions are mostly based on escorting caravans, and occasionally there are tasks such as finding cats and dogs, running errands and delivering letters, etc. Since the danger of such quests cannot be accurately assessed, the Mercenary Guild simply does not intervene, and only charges a little "advertising fee" to post such quests, and the specific reward for the quest is negotiated between the quest publisher and the mercenary who accepts the quest.
After the opinions of both parties are confirmed, the Mercenary Guild will serve as a witness to carry out the follow-up work of the contract signing.
And because this kind of mission cannot be accurately assessed as a danger, there is never a level limit to the notification mission, and even rookie mercenaries can take it freely. Over time, this kind of notification mission has become a task for the rookie mercenaries to survive.
According to the information Su Yan learned, more than 90% of the rookie mercenaries supported their families by constantly taking on such tasks.
At this time, there were many mercenaries around this notice board.
From time to time, people leave and go to the counter to inquire about more detailed information.
Directly in front of the hall are twenty counter windows.
This is the main service window for mercenaries to contact and consult, and of course, the registration of newcomers is also handled here.
Su Yan saw that there was a long queue at almost two windows.
He couldn't figure out why so many people came to register as mercenaries every day, ranging in age from sixteen-year-old hairy children to middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. But for now, he had no choice but to pick up Anna and follow behind one of the long queues.
Idle and bored, Su Yan began to look at the situation around the Mercenary Guild.
On the left side of the hall on the first floor is the mission announcement area, where in addition to one notice board, there are seven other longboards of different colors, but they are not as large as the one board.
These seven longboards represent the seven levels of the Mercenary Guild's high-bounty tasks.
Interestingly, though, the Gold difficulty has the most high-stakes bounties, with a total of thirteen; Black iron is the least, only three. The high-stakes Bronze and Silver bounties are six and four, respectively. As for platinum, mythril, and diamonds above gold, there is not a single one.
This high bounty mission does not refer to a single region, nor does it refer to the Kingdom of Tria alone, but to the entire world of Dlora.
For example, there is a mission in the Gold difficulty that has been rewarded for more than 30 years and has not been completed, this commission is issued by the Mercenary Guild on the Far East Continent, and the task requires the search for a family heirloom that was once taken away by the Horn Demon.
Su Yan knew that the Horn Demon, the level of this thing was about level thirty-eight. At the beginning of the game, any player above level thirty-six who broke through the hero barrier could easily take on monsters alone, but with the level of this world, Su Yan didn't know if they would be able to deal with it easily. However, he guessed that most of them could not be easily solved, otherwise there would be no reason for such a weak chicken to be listed as a gold-level difficulty task, and it would not be able to complete it for thirty years now.
Of course, it may also be the reason why the horned demon is more difficult to find.
This monster has a very special ability, which is stealth.
In the past, in the game, the trickiest part of dealing with this kind of monster was that when the situation was not good, the horned demon would hide and flee. And the general manifestation powder is ineffective against it, so how to break and prevent the stealth escape of the horn demon is the most important thing for this kind of monster.
As the team advanced, Su Yan's gaze swept to the right side of the hall again.
There, dozens of tables are placed.
At this time, more than half of the round tables were occupied.
In fact, the Mercenary Guild actually takes into account the hotel and tavern industry, but it is not open to the public, and there are restrictions on the use of the accommodation room on the second floor - the accommodation room on the second floor is only open to mercenaries above bronze, mercenaries above the gold level can enjoy discounted services, and mercenaries above the Mithril level can use it for free; The tavern industry on the first floor is also only used by mercenaries above Bronze, who can receive a free meat steak and a glass of honey beer every night, while the gold level and above are provided with three meals for free, and there is no limit for mercenaries above the Mithril level.
The mercenaries who can sit at the round table now must be mercenaries above the Black Iron level.
A rough count shows that there are about 100 people.
Among them, there are less than thirty people of the silver rank, and the rest are generally mercenaries of the black iron and bronze ranks.
According to the information Su Yan has obtained so far, as long as he reaches the level of a veteran, that is, the strength above level five, he can basically obtain the black iron rank assessment of the Mercenary Guild. On the other hand, the professional-level strength above the eleventh level can easily be qualified for the bronze rank, and the master-level strength above the twenty-first level is the silver rank. As for the gold level, you must at least reach the strength of the hero candidate.
This is an evaluation of the mercenary's personal strength.
As for the mercenary group, that's another set of evaluation criteria, which seems to be judged by the difficulty of completing the mission commission.
Just when Su Yan was still thinking and observing, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
Turning around, it was a burly man looking at him with a sinister smile.
Su Yan didn't speak, but his brows couldn't help frowning, and he could feel the malice emanating from the other party.
"Hey, man, what do you think this place is, and you still have a little girl here, should you think of this as a nursery?" The strong man laughed fiercely, as if he felt that he had told a very funny joke, and let out a burst of piercing laughter, "This girl looks quite cute, but she doesn't look like you at all, it can't be that you stole it?" I've heard that a lot of people in the city have lost their children recently, so you probably didn't do it. ”
"Not really!" Anna let out a disgruntled voice, "My dad wouldn't do such a thing!" ”
"Dad? Hey, this little girl's mother shouldn't be someone else's love. Women's bar. The strong man burst out laughing again.
Su Yan's face couldn't help but become gloomy, he had already realized that the other party was coming for Anna.
Similarly, Su Yan had already noticed that Anna's hand grabbing her collar suddenly became very hard.
The little guy may not be able to understand the meaning of those two words, but with her half-elf blood, she can definitely feel the malice that the strong man in front of her constantly exudes. Therefore, Anna naturally knew very well that the two words that came out of the mouth of the person in front of her were definitely not good words.
Su Yan glanced at the surrounding situation.
Six or seven men sitting at a round table on the right were looking at Su Yan with interest, the expressions on their faces were relaxed and comfortable, and they were occasionally communicating in a low voice, obviously not taking Su Yan seriously. It's just that the whispered exchange that the other party thought no one had heard, but Su Yan happened to hear it word for word, which also made him understand that the other party was indeed coming for Anna, and it seemed that he was planning to sell it to an underground organization in the Tria Kingdom.
Fallen Hands.
This underground organization seems to have a branch on the side of Acala City.
Regarding the situation, evaluation, and even practices of this underground organization, Su Yan didn't care, and he didn't care what kind of business the other party had with these mercenaries.
But that doesn't mean the other person can hit the other side with their own ideas.
As Su Yan's mind changed, the strength information of these people was suddenly presented in his retina.
There were eight people in total, five silver-rank mercenaries above the twenty-first level, and the rest were bronze-rank mercenaries. Among them, the strongest one in the Silver Rank is level twenty-seven, and the weakest one in the Bronze Rank is only level sixteen.
These eight people are obviously members of the same mercenary group, and the mercenary group they formed is obviously in the relatively strong category of this mercenary guild.
At least, Su Yan saw that several other silver-rank mercenaries were all unhappy, but they had no intention of coming out.
"Full-fledged mercenaries?" Su Yan retracted his gaze and looked at the strong man standing in front of him.
A contemptuous smile appeared on Pader's face, and then he reached out and tugged at his collar, revealing the silver nameplate he had worn as a necklace around his neck: "I suspect now that you are the prisoner who specializes in abducting children in the city recently, please come with me to the police station." ”
"This kind of behavior, in the Mercenary Guild, is there no one to care about?" Su Yan's volume couldn't help but increase a few points.
"Hahaha." Pad, the brawny man, began to laugh out loud again, "Listen to what this little guy with thin skin and tender flesh is saying?" A suspect like you, or is he looking for justice? Come with me to the police station, if you are really innocent, then there will be no problem. Or is it something you're afraid of? ”
"My dad is not a suspect!" Anna roared loudly again, her voice already tinged with tears, tears rolling in her eyes.
Su Yan's heart had already risen with a strong killing intent.
He reached out and patted Anna's back gently, showing her a smile: "It's okay, trust Dad." ”
"Oh, what a touching scene." Pad continued his farce.
"That's enough, Pad. You clown! A mercenary sitting in the rest area on the right finally couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and shouted, "Don't you see that they are indeed a father and daughter?" ”
"Hey, Mr. Tsuelsen, don't take everyone for idiots if you're stupid." Without hesitation, Pard retorted, "Don't forget the efficacy of the water of temptation. Maybe this little girl drank the water of temptation? ”
"I didn't!" Anna shouted again, her voice full of grievances, "My father and I have only eaten a little bit of dry food and a little water since the morning!" I haven't drunk what you said! ”
Rao was the thickness of Su Yan's face, and he couldn't help but turn red at this time.
On the side of the rest area, there was finally a small chatter.
In the past few months, due to Su Yan's unbridled spending and the previous expenses of buying intelligence in Northern Winter City, the coins he had scavenged from Grey Sand Castle and those mysterious attackers had basically been squandered. Now he only had four silver coins and sixty-three copper coins left on him, and he didn't even know if it would be enough for the next two meals of the day, let alone the night's lodging.
Therefore, Su Yan came to the Mercenary Guild to register a mercenary identity, which naturally also included the idea of wanting to make some extra money.
It's just that he didn't expect this kind of trouble here.
He originally thought that the Mercenary Guild should at least have a dedicated manpower to maintain order.
Now that I think about it, it seems that I am thinking too much.