34: Rangor
It was about a day's journey from the village to the city of Langor, during which time Takichen managed to deal with two giant forest wolves that had suddenly attacked.
The huge body is two meters tall, and although it has terrifying fangs, it was unfortunately planted in the hands of Takichen and lost his life in vain.
"Are you going to take these two wolves to the guild?"
"It's almost, I don't know what to do with the corpse of the monster when I first arrive, and it's more wasteful to throw it away."
From the beginning of entering the city, the eyes of pedestrians on the street were basically focused on Takichen who was dragging two wolves, and Devile Wood beside him naturally enjoyed the same treatment.
The belly with white hair was stained red with blood, and along the way, the wolf's blood had almost been lost, thanks to the wolf's sturdy fur.
When entering the town, the soldiers guarding the gate charged two people to enter the city, twenty copper coins, and did not pay much attention except for a little more glance at the corpse of the demonic beast.
It turned out that he had been right to deliberately take a silver coin when he left the village, and before entering the town, Takitashi had also secretly observed the entry and exit of pedestrians.
Judging from the appearance, most of the people who entered the city were adventurers, the rest were mostly traders with luggage or goods, and a few richly dressed nobles sat in exclusive carriages.
And among those adventurers, although there are also those who bring demonic beasts into the city, the corpses of those demonic beasts have basically been simply disposed of.
In this regard, Takichen also thought about how to deal with these demonic beasts.
I don't have any money on me, and to put it bluntly, it's because of lack of money that I drag the two wolves directly into the city. However, before that, Takitaki also faked the wound left by the blade in the neck of the Mori Wolf.
Although these two wolves were deliberately suffocated to death by Takichen in order to protect their bodies, it is inevitable that this will be a little shocking, and the wounds left by the blade will be faked, even if the other party has suspicions, they can also be fooled.
From the moment he entered the town, Takichen had already probed the general specifications of the buildings in the city with his domineering appearance. And the adventurer's guild he was looking for, perhaps for the convenience of adventurers, was very close to the entrance of the city, and it was basically easy to see it by walking along the main road for a short while, and it was also very recognizable.
It's a very ordinary two-story building, but the area is slightly wider in comparison, but the people who come in and out are adventurers. Takichen dragged a wolf's leg in each hand, and walked in with Devile Wood in this way.
"I've heard that salamanders have appeared in the rocky area to the west of town, and this is a rare opportunity, and maybe we can make a profit."
"Hahaha..."
As the two of them walked into the hall, Takichen's very recognizable hair color, coupled with his very young face, and the giant wolf of the forest trailing behind him, instantly attracted the attention of other adventurers.
"Look over there."
"Hey, those two people won't even be able to dissect the corpse of the demonic beast, right?"
"It should be good luck to pick up a demonic beast that others don't want, but who would be so generous, the wolf skin of the wolf is very popular in the market, and it is not easy to keep it so well."
One of the adventurers who was talking to his companion looked a little surprised.
From the outside, Takichen is a teenager, although he has a height of 1.8 meters, he still can't get rid of some immature faces, if he wasn't wearing male clothes, I'm afraid he would be mistaken for two girls.
Ignoring the strange stares of those people, Takichen walked to the counter, but Devile Wood was a little embarrassed by the burning stares of the people.
The imaginary episode of being troubled did not appear, and some adventurers were just more interested in the two of them, after all, even junior adventurers knew that they could not bring the entire body of the monster directly to the guild, such a basic common sense.
"Be careful on the road!"
The guild staff at the reception saw off the person who picked up the task and said again, "Next one, please come here." ”
"Excuse me, how do I become an adventurer?"
"Are you sure... Want to be an adventurer? ”
Takijin was greeted by a front desk lady wearing a black and white steward uniform similar to a men's suit, giving people a smart and neat temperament.
However, at this time, the front desk lady leaned her fingers against her chin, and her expression was the same as that of those adventurers, and she looked at the wolf behind Taki Chen with some surprise.
This kind of demonic beast is not something that a teenager can solve, and for this reason, even the tone of the inquiry is a little uncertain.
In her opinion, this situation is more like the son-in-law of some nobles who are troublesome and will do this in order to upgrade as soon as possible. However, not only did there be no entourage next to the two people in front of them, but even they were dressed relatively ordinarily.
"Sure."
"Okay then."
The front desk lady put on a smiling face, which looks like it gives people a warm feeling.
Immediately after, she took out two forms from the drawer, one of which was handed to Devile Wood: "Please fill out this form, can you read and write?" ”
Although she was talking to Devile Wood, she turned her head to look at Takichen.
This really stopped Takichen, although he can understand what is written on the form, and he can communicate with others without barriers, but he can't write!
"Hmm... Yes... I used to learn from my mother..."
Although I often talk when I'm with Takichen.,But after meeting strangers, I'm a little timid.,Sometimes it's quite bold.。 This half-elf girl is quite cute at this time, and even the front desk lady can't help but praise it.
As for Takita, in the end, it was through the help of Devile Wood that he successfully wrote his name on the form.
What the form says is nothing more than some regulations and things that need to be paid attention to in the guild, to put it bluntly, it is almost the same as signing a contract. For completed tasks, the guild will charge 10% of the service fee.
"What is your occupation?"
The front desk lady retrieved the form, stamped it with the guild's seal, and placed it in another drawer containing the documents.
"Swordsman, she's an archer."
Although I don't know the specific division of the so-called professions, through previous observations, these adventurers basically carry weapons with them, and Takichen chose a more common profession.
"Fifteen?"
"Sixteen years old, because I rarely go to other towns, so I didn't register with the guild to become an adventurer."
"I see."
The front desk lady used a quill pen to write something similar to a dog tag, and then handed it to the two of them: "Please put this away." ”
"It's... Green branches? ”
The small sign in Takita's hand reads Green Branch, and on the other side of the board is Takita's name.
"This is an ability identification card that represents the adventurer's level, and it can also be used to prove identity."
The front desk lady patiently explained that she was obliged to explain to the newcomers.
"There are a total of ten levels recognized by the Adventurer's Guild, including Green Branch, Black Stone, Sapphire, Ruby, Black Iron, Steel, Mithril, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Among them, there are very few people who can obtain the platinum title, and the main task of the gold rank is to travel through the countries and help the kingdom deal with problems, in fact, the highest rank in the civil society is the silver level. ”
There are quite a few levels, but Takichen's purpose is only to obtain the identity of an adventurer and facilitate travel around the town. As for his own level, unless necessary, Takichen has no intention of improving.
Immediately afterwards, the front desk lady added again: "The silver level belongs to the middle and high grades, the Mithril, Steel, and Black Steel belong to the intermediate level, and the lower ones belong to the middle and lower grades." According to the rules of the Adventurer's Guild, if a mid-to-low-level adventurer wants to be promoted, he must have good character while abiding by the guild's rules. In the next six levels of assessment, the Adventurer's Guild will examine the completion of the task and the level of social contribution, and then make an evaluation. ”
"May I ask what I need to do to pass the adventurer level assessment in the future?"
"The assessment is not only a hard standard, but also based on the personal character of the adventurer, and a bad character will lower the evaluation. The higher the level and brand, the more difficult and dangerous the tasks you can receive, but the relative rewards are also very high, and at the same time, adventurers in the last six levels must abide by the principle of never doing evil. ”
The front desk lady said in an orderly manner, which can be described as dutiful, which also gave Takichen a more intuitive impression, and after a little thought, he understood the relationship between the adventurer levels.
The platinum level can threaten the kingdom, the gold level has the ability to cause disasters to multiple towns, the silver level can deal with problems that threaten the safety of towns, the Mithril level has a monopoly on one side, the steel level is one enemy to a hundred, the black iron level adventurers endanger the lives of many people, and the remaining trash fish can't make many waves. Of course, these conjectures are just a bad taste of Takichen.
The higher the level, the stronger the combat power, he still knows this truth.
The adventurers of the first four levels do not seem to have hard requirements, as long as the conditions are met, they can be upgraded to the level, the key is the next six levels, and they must have strength and noble character at the same time.
If the rules and regulations of the entire adventurer's guild are like this, then some information will definitely not be announced, and will only be circulated among adventurers with enough levels to do so. If this is the case, then the platinum level and the gold level should be restricted, and they cannot appear in a certain place at will, after all, they have strong strength, which makes sense.
Although the silver level is not common, it is not dangerous enough to cause excessive casualties, and at best it will only attract a lot of attention.
In addition, Qingzhi should be the so-called trainee adventurer, and the level that can be obtained so easily can most of them only take on some tasks similar to running errands, and I'm afraid that if you want to level up, you will have to take on such tasks many times. This kind of meaningless task, Takichen is not in the mood to do.
Except for the green branches, the first four levels are named after stones, while the last six levels are metal, and the higher the grade, the higher the value of the metal.
It seems that things like gemstones are not worth much in this world, on the contrary, those rare metals are valuable, and things like gold are hard currency everywhere.
As a result, Takichen couldn't help but think of the lines that often appeared in advertisements in the past: diamonds are eternal, and one will last forever.
The mouth of the merchant is a deceitful ghost, that is, a deceiving woman with material points. People in this world probably don't even know what a diamond is.
"Then our rank is the most beginner, right?"
Takichen asked as if he didn't know, and even he felt a little redundant.
"Correct! You belong to the Green Branch, which means that you are the most junior adventurer. In the unlikely event that something happens, this sign will become your identification, so don't lose it. ”
"I see."
"Quest orders are posted on the bulletin board over there, so please choose the right quest according to your level. Alternatively, you can join an experienced party, but I personally recommend that for missions that aren't too dangerous, go collect herbs or deal with mutant rats in the sewers, and then consider teaming up for more advanced quests. ”
"Thank you!"
"Then the formalities are complete... So..."
Before the front desk lady was about to send Takichen away, Takichen interrupted her: "I want to trouble you to buy something." ”
"Are those two wolves? According to the regulations, the guild will charge 30% of the fee. ”
"No problem."
What the two wolves did with Takitaki didn't care, he just wanted to take this opportunity to understand how valuable the corpses of such magical beasts were.
"Please wait, I'll let you know."
It didn't take long for Takichen to see a man dressed in a vendor's costume walk up to the corpse of the wolf, check the wolf's fur for a while, and pinch the wolf's tail for the other.
"The fur is very intact, according to the market price, the untreated wolf fur is eighteen silver coins, but such a complete fur is rare to see, I am willing to pay a total of forty-eight silver coins, do you sell the rest?"
The merchant looked at the wolf carefully, and finally looked at Takita.
Although Takitaki handed over the right to deal with the wolf to the guild, it seems that the front desk lady only went to call the merchant over, and had no intention of interfering, it seems that there should be a cooperative relationship between the guild and the chamber of commerce. And since she left, it didn't make Takitaki wait for much time, so the Chamber of Commerce must be near the guild.
The power to deal with Warcraft was re-handed over to the adventurers, and it seems that it should be because the value of the wolf land he brought is not easy to estimate.
"Well, how much are you willing to buy these two wolves?"
"The fangs of the four wolves are nine hundred and sixty copper coins, and the meat can only be sold to hotels or made into jerky at most, and I am willing to pay a maximum of thirty-five silver coins, do you think such a deal is okay?"
The merchant frowned slightly, probably because the fur was very well preserved, and there was also a factor of showing favor to Takichen.
"So be it, the corpse of the monster is of little use to me."
"Ninety-two silver coins and sixty bronze coins."
After the conversation, the merchant walked over to the counter lady, and then led his men to carry the two wolves to the wooden cart with great difficulty.
After seeing a few burly people carry the wolf away, Takichen could be regarded as understanding the surprised gazes of those people looking at him before, and even the idea of "being an adventurer to make so much money" that had just emerged disappeared.
From beginning to end, he had always ignored one thing, that is, Takichen regarded ordinary people as people with similar strength to himself, and a moment ago he felt that the remuneration paid by the village chief was not as much as selling two wolves, and he was relieved later. The strange woman I met at the beginning, people with that kind of strength are not common.
"According to the rules of the guild, we will charge thirty percent of the fee, a total of sixty-four silver coins and eighty-two copper coins, please keep it."
The front desk lady handed the bag containing the silver and copper coins to Takita.
After checking the coins in her pocket a little, the front lady didn't mind the adventurer's behavior, but instead smiled professionally.
The coins weren't as special as they could see, and they were only the size of a thumb, the copper coins didn't even have a pattern, just a simple number, and the silver coins had leaves printed on one side.
At the same time as seeing these coins, Takichen dispelled the idea of counterfeiting, not to mention whether its purity is enough, if it is faked, it will definitely lose money, not to mention that rare metal resources are in the hands of the state, and other individual forces are definitely not allowed to get involved.
"Thanks, there's one more thing I'd like to ask."
"Please."
The front desk lady is in a good mood, and it seems that they can also receive a commission for selling prey to the guild before.
"I want to skip the rank of Qingzhi and be promoted directly to Blackstone."
Takichen observed the reaction of the front desk lady, and the fact that she said before that she had to pass the guild evaluation to be able to upgrade did not include the first four levels, so it also gave Takichen the possibility of cheating.
"No problem! Is Miss Devile Wood the same? ”
"Well, we want to skip the most basic stage and take on a higher-paying mission."
Takichen spoke his mind, initially planning to get the ruby level directly with money, but changed his story after considering that he would be embarrassed if he didn't have enough money.
"Twenty silver coins."
"Is that okay?"
Takichen was a little surprised, he thought it should be a difficult thing to do, but he didn't expect the front desk lady to answer so simply.
"This often happens to those nobles, usually to save time, and by paying money, you can skip the most basic level, but after that, Blackstone must complete a required number of tasks, and be promoted according to the evaluation of the tasks."
"Thank you very much for explaining."
Takichen took out twenty silver coins from the cloth bag, which seemed to be not much, but it was also the living expenses of some families for more than half a month.
"Well, I wish you a safe journey! My name is Shiro, please come to the guild if you need help. ”
After saying goodbye to Miss Shiru and Takichen, she returned to her previous capable appearance: "Please come here next... “
Then, Takichen walked to the bulletin board, there were only steel-level tasks at most, and the other tasks were almost all to solve Warcraft or something, and Takichen was not interested in it.
However, when Takichen's gaze moved to the Qingzhi-level quest bar, which he had disliked very much before, there was an announcement posted at the bottom of the taskbar that Takichen was interested in: next week, there will be a week-long preliminary tournament for adventurers in Sgelmo, Langor, and Randall, and the top five will be eligible for admission to Tristine Academy of Magic, and participants are requested to be on time at that time. Note: Under the age of eighteen, the Adventurer level has reached the Blackstone level.