Chapter 23: The Advancement Mission
"That...... Mr. Cat, is it really okay for us to take the promotion task first? Seeing that Wenlong asked for a more difficult promotion task as soon as he jumped out, Catherine couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Don't worry, Uncle Ben is here, no problem, meow!" Wen Long patted his chest and said.
Hearing Wen Long say this, Catherine also calmed down a little. After all, after the previous hunt, Catherine has become more convinced that Wenlong is a real hunter to rely on, although it is only an Ailu cat, but it gives people a special sense of security. Especially when Catherine was about to be stepped on by the hooves of the big boar, it was Wenlong who attracted the attention of the other party and rescued Catherine, and at that moment Catherine even thought of her brother.
"Since Mr. Cat said so, there must be his reasons, so I still believe that Mr. Cat is fine......" Catherine thought to herself.
After testing the waters before, Wen Long already has a general understanding of his current body, since he killed four big wild boars with just his claws without any weapons and equipment, it is not difficult to challenge a monster that is more powerful than the big wild boar.
And Wen Long also has an idea, that is, to let Catherine get familiar with the hunting process as soon as possible, although it is a little unrealistic to make Catherine become like a seasoned hunter in a short period of time and be able to take out more powerful monsters, but Wen Long is confident that after a certain amount of training, it should be no problem for Catherine to reach the point where she can help clean up other weaker monsters around her.
All in all, with the high-quality equipment created by Granny Ruisi, as well as the newcomers with huge room for improvement, Wenlong has the confidence to challenge the promotion task.
As before, Sasha didn't immediately agree to Wenlong, but looked at Catherine on the side, wanting to hear Catherine's opinion.
After all, the combination of humans and Elu cats, it is always humans who make decisions, and Elu cats are more like a follower-like existence, although there are also some powerful Elu cats whose combat effectiveness is not worse than that of hunters, but most of the time it is decided by hunters who are humans.
However, Catherine only smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said, "Mr. Cat said that he wants to take the promotion task, so let's see what the promotion mission is." ”
Catherine's approach made Sasha feel a little strange.
As the receptionist of the Hunters' Guild's office in Millard Village, Sasha often interacted with hunters and their Elu cats, but this was the first time she had seen a hunter who had given the decision to take over the mission to Eru cats.
"Well," seeing that Catherine agreed, and after a little hesitation, Sasha only nodded, "but before that, you must pay a deposit. ”
"Margin?" Catherine's eyes widened in bewilderment.
"Yes, the security deposit, this is to prevent some hunters from challenging the promotion task at will because of impulse, and because the promotion mission represents the next star task, it will be more difficult than the general task, so the security deposit also has the meaning of the cost of organizing a rescue team to rescue once the hunter encounters a situation other than when he completes the promotion mission. You can think of it as a kind of life insurance that hunters must buy when they take on dangerous missions. ”
Sasha repeats the overview of the margin that she has explained countless times.
"Got it, so how much does the margin cost?" Wenlong asked.
"A hundred silver coins, not a single one less." Sasha said.
In fact, Sasha didn't think that Wenlong and they could come up with a deposit of one hundred silver coins, after all, the one-star silver star task that they had completed before, hunting four big wild boars, only got a mere 20 silver coins, even if the income from the sale of big wild boar materials was included, it was only barely at the level of 50 silver coins, if you remove the cost of hunting, such as recovery medicine, dry food, sharpening stones, and the cost of accommodation in Milad Village, Then in the end, the rest of the money should be pitiful.
Therefore, Sasha didn't think that Catherine, who had just been promoted from the trainee hunter, would be able to get a guarantee of one hundred silver coins, which means that Sasha mentioned the issue of the margin at this time, and a big reason was that she didn't want Catherine to risk accepting a high-level mission too early.
After all, from past experience, if a newcomer is too aggressive, it often brings tragic consequences.
So when Wen Long took out a golden coin from his pocket and put it on the counter, Sasha was speechless for a while.
"Don't worry, we can still afford the deposit, isn't it just a hundred silver coins? I don't need my master to pay, I can afford to pay with Uncle Ben's pocket money, meow! ”
In order to help Catherine make a name for herself in Millard Village and even in the Hunters' Guild, Wenlong didn't blush when he told lies.
According to the thinking of ordinary people, Ailu cats generally rely on the wages provided by the contractor to maintain daily expenses, that is to say, as a hunting cat, then the pocket money comes from part of the hunter's usual income, in this way, Catherine, as a hunter, must be much richer than Wenlong.
Therefore, Sasha easily thinks that since Wenlong, as an Elu cat, can easily take out a gold coin in his pocket, then Catherine, as the owner of this Elu cat, must be a very rich person. With so much money at such a young age, it is easy to think that Catherine is likely to be the younger generation of some rich and powerful family.
At this moment, Sasha couldn't help but feel a little ashamed that she didn't know Taishan with eyes, and her face became a little crimson. After all, even in the world of Monster Hunter, the rich second generation with rich, powerful and capable hunting talent is always enviable.
"Okay, one gold coin, just equal to a hundred silver coins. Then I'll take it. ”
Sasha took the gold coin, then took out some scrolls, which were densely packed with the details of some tasks.
"These are one-star Venus missions, which are the next level of promotion tasks for you, you can choose one of them to complete at will, no matter which one you complete, you can be promoted to a one-star Venus."
"Well, I see, meow."
Facing the scrolls spread out on the counter, Wen Long looked at it carefully, although Catherine on the side didn't understand it very well, and she didn't even know what the strength of the monsters recorded on these missions was, she also pretended to follow Wen Long and read the information recorded on it carefully.