Solar Calendar October 1728 Lozema

As the light of the morning light flashed in the sky, with a low roar, Hopler opened his eyes from his bed.

He yawned, got up, and was really startled, two teenagers were already waiting for him in his room, and were napping on the table.

Hopler's expression was a little surprised at first, and then he smiled, his smile was half relieved and half self-deprecating, the two teenagers had such a positive attitude and were gratifying, but the two of them didn't notice it at all after entering their room, if it was the person who came in who wanted his life, he was probably dead, it seemed that he was really old.

He patted the two teenagers on the back, and the teenagers rubbed their eyes and woke up, "Uncle Hopler, let's get started!" Rod's voice couldn't hide his excitement.

Hopler thought for a moment, "Let's not train today, you two will come with me." ”

Obviously, it started today as it was said yesterday, and the teenagers were a little dissatisfied on their faces.

"Just come with me, I won't let you down. Hopler said and began to put on his coat, because he was in the city, so the armor was still folded. However, the teenagers were ordered by him not to do so, and this was part of the training. But the Axe Warrior still had it with him.

After breakfast, the three hired a carriage and soon arrived at the Adventurers' Guild. It was morning, and the Adventurers' Guild in Lozemar had been crowded all the time, and the morning was already very busy. The three of them walked into the guild hall, and the teenagers felt that the interior decoration style of the hall was no different from that of other branches, but the space was much larger, and the number of seats, windows, task boards, information boards and other facilities had also increased a lot.

Hopler led them to the quest board, "See, what do you two think you can do?"

The old soldier's question was like a test for the two teenagers. The teenagers glanced at each other, looked at the task panel, there were many entries on the panel, each with a description of the difficulty and content, and clicking on it with their hands would zoom in on the details, and the teenagers discussed in a whisper, and finally they chose a task.

"Putting up propaganda newspapers?" the old soldier looked closer and laughed, "What are you going to do if you take this task?"

"It's just a post...", Rod replied bluntly.

"What about you, Lot?" Hopler asked the other teenager.

"He asked me to do such a large amount in one day... I think I'll probably hire some citizens or give some money to the beggars to help with it, and I'll still get most of the pay when it's done. Lott sounded reasonable.

Rod listened and exclaimed, "It's okay to do this." ”

"Ah," Hopler shook his head, "I guessed right, you guys, you don't understand what an adventurer is." ”

Being commented on by the old soldier like this, the teenagers didn't understand, especially Lot, he felt that his thoughts should be reasonable.

"Let's talk about you first, Lot, are you thinking that this is the most reasonable way to do it now?" asked Hopler, and both teenagers nodded

"Is this wrong, or a big mistake. Hopler raised his voice and looked stern, "You're doing this very well, and if you're a servant of some old man's family, it might be right to do so." But you're an adventurer now. You can't make sure that the people you're hiring are serious people, and what if the posters are crooked, reversed, or wrong? Can you find the person who posted it? Can you hold him accountable? At least Modrilla has the right to hold you accountable. Lott only thinks about completing the metrics given to you, but does not think about quality in the slightest. ”

The two teenagers were stunned by this.

"Besides, Rode, although you can promise that you will complete the task seriously, you can't finish it at all. In fact, the two of you are the same, and if you fail to complete the mission, you will be deducted from the adventure points, and the adventure points will be issued according to the difficulty and quality of your mission, and it is also the only basis for your ranking. Confident recklessness is not welcome here. ”

After saying this, the teenagers nodded silently, and then Lott asked again, "So Uncle Hopler, how exactly should this task be accomplished?"

"You see it's a daily quest, but that's not what you can do, do you think the traditional flyer quest would be entrusted to the Adventurer's Guild?"

"So who can do that?"

"A squad or team of adventurers who want to do it individually is something that only thieves can do. That was the correct answer, the teenagers thought it was an easy task, and Hopler was glad he had thought of it, as he had vaguely felt that the two teenagers didn't really understand their own identities.

The teenagers were taught a lesson and fell into deep thought.

"I hope you will always remember what I said today, the task is not a challenge, the adventurer should give priority to the interests of the client, and a qualified adventurer will only accept the task that he is sure to complete. Sensing that they were reflecting, Hopler looked at the reception window in front of him, "You two go sit over there for a while, I'll go through some formalities, and we'll go somewhere next." ”

The teenagers found a seat as instructed by the old soldier and sat down. Hopler walked straight to Modrella's window.

The window was full of people, and Hopler was in the back of the line, but after a long queue, he found that there were often people who cut in the line, and it seemed to be members of the same team, so that the already long line was infinitely stretched, and Hopler's patience was gradually worn out, and finally he raised his axe and smashed it on the ground, and a muffled sound made the people in line in front of him startled, which was a smash that made the ghost Depp feel frightened, and ordinary adventurers were naturally frightened.

"The one over there, I won't admit to cutting the line violently. Modrella's voice came from the window in the distance.

"Shouldn't gold adventurers be privileged?" shouted Hopler.

"But you're already a retired former gold adventurer. The old soldier could hear Modelilah's laughter.

"You're really realistic, Modrella. Hopler sighed, "You guys, don't let anyone in in again, don't you hear, not on the same team." He had no choice but to warn the adventurers in front of him, at least that the line would not be stretched any longer.

At this time, a pair of hands grabbed Hopler, and the old soldier turned his head to see that it seemed to be a member of the guild, and a woman took his hand and dragged him forward, "According to the instructions of the president, I will give you priority authority, please come with me to the front." ”

Hopler went straight to the window.

"Ordinary business procedures don't need to be lined up at my window, you just withdrew from the meeting yesterday, won't you regret it today?" said Modryla, but the work at hand did not stop at all.

"No, I just want to get three tickets to the Colosseum. Hopler said, "Tickets for the regular show can only be bought at your window." ”

"For those two children?" glanced at the old soldier, and the puppet immediately took out three pieces of paper from under the cabinet, "The ticket for the day is two gold coins each." ”

"I'm going to buy an annual pass. ”

After a pause in the movement of her hand, Modrilla looked at Hopler, "Six hundred gold coins, deducted from each of the three of you." ”

"It's all from me..."

Jasmine stretched her hand and interrupted Hopler, "That's not what good people do, old man. ”

"You call me an old man!?" Hopler scrambled to get up from his seat, "I'm only fifty years old!"

"Listen to me, deduct from their respective accounts. Jasmine pulled her face and said, "Sit down for me." ”

Although he was very dissatisfied with the rough breath, Modrella did not dare to disobey her words, and Hopler could only sit down.

"I know you have money, but the kids don't have money, so you can't spoil them too much. Old man, what should they do if they are still young, so what should they do?" Modrella quickly processed the papers, and her tone softened a lot.

"You call me an elf who has lived for a thousand years—" Hopler muttered quietly, still haunted.

"I'm the president, I'm willing, and if I don't accept it, I'll go out. Three slips flew out of the window, and Hopler hurriedly followed.

"You don't need a pass for the annual pass, that's a receipt, you just have to go there. Moselilla smiled, and it seemed that she liked Hopler's reaction now, "Is there anything else, old man?"

"No, thank you. Hopler huffed and turned away from the window.

"I can't stand it. Jasmine laughed as she looked at the old soldier's back.

Soon after the teenagers sat in their seats as Hopler intended, they were noticed. Lott sensed that something was wrong, and he pulled Larod, and both of them began to be vigilant.

"Two little brothers, are you a novice?" a man walked up to them with a smile on his face.

"What's the matter?" Lott looked at him suspiciously.

"Don't be nervous," the man saw Lott's wariness, and he continued to laugh, "I used to be a novice like you, but later, I joined an adventure party, and I'm already a silver medalist." The man said, pointing to the badge on his clothes.

"What kind of adventure group are you?" Rod asked.

"Are you interested in the number one 'Dragon's Tooth'? You must have heard of it? Do you want to join? I can guarantee that you will be upgraded to the bronze medal in a week. The man then began to talk about his adventure group, and the two teenagers were too embarrassed to interrupt him, so they heard him say this, thinking that he would leave with the same fun as the clerk that day, but after a few minutes, the man still did not stop, and Rod couldn't help but yawn.

"I'm sorry," Lott finally couldn't take it anymore, and he held out his hand to signal "We're not interested." ”

"Not interested?" "Not interested?" The man who was still smiling just now suddenly turned pale after being rejected, "After listening to me for so long, you dare to say that you are not interested?!" He suddenly stood up and pulled out the weapon on his waist, which was a big curved knife, and it looked a little scary, "Tell you, either join the 'Dragon's Fang', or pay me 200 gold coins as a hardship fee." ”

At this time, although I was a little scared in my heart, after all, I was also a person who had been wandering outside for several years, and I had seen a lot of ruffians, and they did not show panic in the face of this empty threat, Hoppler was on the side, and if something happened, just shout over there.

"We're not 'newbies,'" Lott pretended to laugh confidently, "I'm not an idiot who would embroider rank patterns on my clothes. If you don't know how to be interested, this friend of mine will draw his sword. ”

"Eska. Rod didn't stand up, he sat down in his seat and raised his hand to pull out a slit in his sword, and a white light came out.

The man took a step back in fright at the sight of the light, he felt that the two children might not be simple, he made a note of their appearances, and hurried away.

"It's a bluff, but it looks like it's working. Rod smiled and put his sword away.

"Scoundrels like this are everywhere in Portnatus, and they're used to it. ”

"I didn't expect Lozema to have such a person, what is the dragon's fang, I'll ask Uncle Hopler later. ”

Soon after, Hopler returned, and the old warrior saw the faces of the two teenagers and felt something.

"What's the matter, boys, did something just happen?" said Hopler, pulling the two of them away and sitting between them.

Rod nodded, "Uncle, do you know the 'Dragon's Fang'?"

"Dragon's Fangs?" they just came?" Hopler said, standing up and scanning the entire hall, but how could he still see the crowds, he snorted and sat down again, "Be careful, Dragon's Fangs are no ordinary adventure party, they are a group of fringe elements. ”

"Edge...."Lott thought "Is that like that?"

Hopler shook his head, "They are the rankers, and they are the first, they are adventurous groups on the surface, yes, they are not the blatant gang of thieves, but their methods of completing the task are indeed very rough, threatening, intimidating, and even killing, as long as it is a way to complete the task, they will do this kind of dirty means, and there is almost no evidence of them, and occasionally they will directly betray this group member to protect themselves when they are discovered." Most of the members of the group are tricks of young novice freelancers, and you should have encountered this kind of scammer just now. ”

"Can such a guy be the first!!" Rod was a little annoyed when he heard this.

"There are more people, and the more tasks are completed, the more benefits will naturally be brought to the guild, about one-fifth of the people in the entire adventurer's guild are from their group, and they are all free people. ”

"What do you mean by a free man?" Lott heard Hopler say over and over again.

"You are free people, you do not belong to any guild, and after joining the adventurer's guild, you are no longer a citizen, and you do not belong to any country. These people are called free men, and they make up about half of them in the Adventurers' Guild. ”

"How did these people learn to fight? They can't go into the guild to learn, can they?" said Lott.

"Self-taught, or some small genre will also have a heritage, or... See more, listen more. Hopler smiled meaningfully when he said the second half of the sentence.

"By the way, Uncle also said that if we don't join, we will pay 200 gold coins. Rod said, picking up his sword, "I flashed it a little and scared him away." ”

Hoppler frowned as he looked at Rod's sword.

"Uncle—" Lott was also a little nervous by Hopler's expression.

"Forget it, if they have a move, the 'sparrow' will deal with it, this is Lozema, who dares to mess around with the Queen's hands. We still have things to do, come with me. Hopler then led the two out of the guild. They hired another carriage.

"We're heading out of town?" Lott noticed something strange about the direction of the carriage.

"Yes, go out of the city, and you will know when you arrive. ”

The carriage finally drove to its destination. The three of them got out of the car, and the teenagers saw that there was a huge building here, the outer wall was very high, and what was inside could not be seen, and it was surrounded by a wasteland, and the building standing in the wasteland did not know what it was for.

Hopler led them on, and a man dressed as a servant approached, he asked for their names, and after a burst of blue light they were allowed inside the massive building.

After the three of them walked through the tunnel leading to the interior, they were greeted by a huge sunken plaza, and they were standing on a high platform looking down, surrounded by spectators, who were cheering as a fierce duel was taking place below. Two men are engaged in a fierce fight with weapons in hand.

"What the hell is this—" Rod and Lott were stunned by what they saw.

"It's called the Colosseum, and it's where the kingdom of Pamela entertains its citizens and challenges adventurers. Hoppler explained, "This is a death arena, not for you, let's go to the normal arena." ”

"Does the death arena mean to fight to the death?" Walking all the way, Rod looked at the two men fighting fiercely in the audience, and his eyes couldn't take his eyes off.

"At first, it was like this, but the deaths caused often led to acts of revenge, so then everyone showed mercy, and although there were occasional people who didn't know how to measure, most of the time both sides survived, but usually the injuries were severe. ”

"Why do you want to fight like this, you know you might die?" Lott couldn't take his eyes off the people in the audience.

"Earn bounties. The people who come to the death arena are people who are quite confident in themselves. That bonus is enough for the average person to live for ten years. The two teenagers were attracted by the scene of the death arena, and finally Hopler forced them to carry them to the stands of the ordinary arena, compared to the previous place, the audience here is much smaller, and the audience of the death arena is mostly civilians, but many of them are adventurers in equipment, "This is a place for adventurers to practice their skills, and you have to come here every day to stand their fighting skills, and you have to go up and fight me in two months." ”

"Are they holding wooden weapons?" Lott observed carefully, and he could see at a glance that the weapons were special.

"Yes, you can't use bladed weapons in the ordinary field, and injuries can be healed by the clergy of the Church, unlike the next door who can only rely on himself if he is injured. Hopler said and found a seat to sit down, "Come, sit down" He pointed to the two teenagers, "Now start to show me, whether you can understand it or not, show it to me, don't rest, see until lunch, read it after eating, understand?"

"Yes!" It was actually quite interesting to watch the battle in the audience, so the teenagers were not averse.

Hopler nodded, this is the real reason why he brought them to Lozema, because they are not affiliated with the Warrior Guild, he can't teach the relevant combat skills, he can only strengthen their basic physical fitness, and the rest is up to them to learn through the gladiatorial arena, which can teach them skills and is also a shortcut, and the old warrior can't help but be proud of his resourcefulness.

"It's a shift change! Eh, why is there blood on your short knife?

"Ahh I just heard that the people of the 'Dragon's Fang' were discussing the matter of snatching things, so I dealt with them. ”

"Is the body clean?"

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if the 'Dragon's Fang' lives or dies anyway, Modrella also has an agreement with Queen Palinda, what are you afraid of?"

"It's always a hassle to find a body. ”

"Don't worry, it's all done, I'll go to sleep. ”

"Well, don't forget to report the matter to the she-finch, and I'll leave it to me here. ”