Chapter 8: The House of Mercenaries I
In the end, it was decided to characterize the potato mercenary group as an all-round mercenary group - that is, no matter what kind of mission you can consider accepting, after all, the mercenary group that is just starting out is not suitable for being too picky. If they can protect the caravan and repel the thieves, support the regular army, transport food, settle personal grievances and do a little farming, such a mercenary group can get all the opportunities and get the most benefits.
As for the case of participating in wars between countries, it is believed that it is necessary to remain neutral and try not to offend other countries by clashing with the regular army because of a single mission. Regarding Ayana's question of "good and evil", most people think that they will not favor the evil, but like Greif and Van they do not take a position, it seems that this issue has not been agreed by everyone, believing that Ayana will act according to her own standards, and Phyd has acquiesced to her doing so.
On the other hand, the dress of the mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Group is not uniform, and everyone had to wear the Moon Shield of each type of mercenary when they were in the Moon Shield Mercenary Group, but now the Potato Mercenary Group does not have its own characteristics, so this issue will be put aside for the time being. The banner was to choose a black potato as the flag, and the bottom of the flag was covered with dark yellow, which was proposed by Grass, and although Feld felt that the flag was sarcastic, he didn't really care about such a thing, so he readily agreed.
Accompanied by Keth and Marcus, Fylde prepares to go to the mercenary house run by the church to find out the situation, and Greif follows him, of course, because he has decided that in addition to sleeping, bathing, and going to the toilet, he will protect his "sister" in the future.
Basically, every city has a mercenary house, which is a place to issue mercenary missions and receive mercenary tasks, even small towns may have mercenaries and mercenary houses, because even farm work such as plowing the land and herding sheep may require the assistance of mercenaries, so mercenaries in some places may not be very good at fighting, but they will have a little bit of various skills.
The House of Mercenaries in the Papal States is controlled by the Church, and all mercenary groups living in the City of Light must register their mercenary groups here. The mercenary groups here have always been strictly managed by the church, and each mercenary group has obtained a mercenary legal certificate. And according to Marcus's understanding, the mercenary management of the Papal States and its nearby principalities is very strong, not as extensive as free cities or empires, and many places have clearly stipulated terms, let alone a little vicious competition.
After hearing Marcus's words, Fidel remembered the one-eared mercenary group he met in Free City at that time, the leader of the group, Gaisin is estimated to be still alive, that guy should not be defeated by a blow from the Moon Shield Mercenary Group, because judging from the formation that day, that Gaisin has been deeply rooted in Free City and has a strong strength.
The four of them walked to a building, this building is similar in style to all the buildings in the Holy Light City, the top of the three-story building is a large flat land, on which dozens of flags of different styles are erected, and the flag of a church knight is placed in the center, and its flagpole is also higher than the other flags, it seems that the flags of other mercenary groups are looking at the head of the church knights.
"Look at that flag," Marcus pointed to one of the flags with a vulture painted on the top of the flag, "that flag is the flag of the Torn Mercenary Regiment, don't ask me how I know, I don't want to remember the past." As he spoke, he touched a deep scar on his belly, which stuttered, but could not hide the once very serious injury.
Fed saw that the vultures on that banner had particularly large and sharp talons, and it seems that the flag was made with the intention of highlighting the eagle's talons.
"Since it's called a tearing mercenary group, then the leader of their mercenary group must like to tear others apart, right?" Greif likes to pierce fish or enemies with weapons, he always thinks that when he tears some meat with his hands, it will destroy the structure of that **, causing the meat to become difficult to eat, which is his experience in fishing and eating fish for many years.
"Hey, the leader of that mercenary regiment is called 'Sharp Claw', no one knows his real name, everyone calls him that because of the particularly sharp steel claws on his hands," Marcus slowly said what he knew like a storyteller, "Ordinary people can be torn apart by his claws even if they are wearing thick heavy armor, but I have experienced this myself." ”
Kesi shuddered, and she touched her goosebumpy arm with her hand.
Fei De nodded and said, "It seems that this Tear Mercenary Group is also working in Holy Light City, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate with them in the future." With that, he led the other three to the mercenary's house.
The interior of the mercenary's house was spacious, and there were no superfluous items, and they could see at a glance that the members of the church were sitting in the depths of the house. The church staff were like bartenders in a tavern, busily working behind a long desk.
One of the walls of the room is plastered with job announcements, and you can see the employer of the task if you pick up any one, and each task is marked with the content of the task, the pay, the time limit, and the location. According to a church member standing next to the mission announcement, as long as any mercenary group is willing to undertake one of the tasks, you can take the mission announcement nailed to the wall to the front desk to apply, and the church will act as an intermediary to deal with the specific matters of both parties.
Hearing this, Kesi hurriedly nailed back a task about harvesting wheat that she had torn off with her hands just now.
The church official also explained to Fei that there are some special quests that cannot be obtained here, and must be consulted at the front desk, and that not all mercenary groups will be able to browse those special quests, and that they must obtain enough mercenary contribution points in the Papal States to be able to access them.
He glanced at the black plate armor on Fidel's body, and then began to introduce the question about contributions.
The contribution value will be counted in every country, and the Oguna Empire converts the contribution value into privilege value, and then promotes those mercenary groups that have been serving the work of the empire to privileged mercenaries, so that when the nobles of the Oguna Empire want to find mercenaries, they will contact these mercenary groups as soon as possible. Privileged mercenaries will also be subsidized by the Oguna Empire, so even if they don't have a mission, they don't have to worry about the mercenary group going bankrupt because they don't have a job.
Since the Papal States are only a city country, there are only a few dozen permanent mercenary groups here, and the scale is uneven, so the contribution points are relatively easy to obtain. Among them, the number of tasks accepted in the Papal States, the number of tasks completed, and the amount of fees paid have become important indicators of contribution value.
The church official also specifically mentioned that whether a task is completed depends on the two-tier checks between the church and the employer, and there will never be a situation where the employer does not pay after the task is completed, and the church will pursue it to the end. Of course, the mercenaries must also complete the task in order to get the corresponding reward, in short, the church is not only a friend of the mercenary group, but also a friend of the employer.
After a brief introduction by the other party, Fed, Coss, and Greif all understood the details of the mercenary group's acceptance of the mission. Fei De had never been in contact with these when he was in the Moon Shield Mercenary Group, and the tasks that Andre was responsible for were all major tasks assigned by the Senate, and these various tasks in front of all the mercenary groups were not considered by the Moon Shield Mercenary Group at all.
Fei De only now realizes that he has entered a big store at the beginning, so the things he sees are the most high-end and high-spec, and now his potato mercenary group will be exposed to very low-end goods, as well as mid-to-high-end goods, and everything will have to start again.
He glanced at one of the missions: to protect fifty villagers to trade goods in the kingdom of Salins. If it were a mercenary group with thousands of people, such as the Moon Shield Mercenary Group, they would definitely not even look at such a mission. In fact, when he was in Honor City, Fei De also saw the Mercenary House, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and now he has to relearn everything about mercenaries.
Marcus knew everything the church was saying, but it was the first time he had heard of some special rules in this place, after all, every place had its own rules, let alone the religious Papal States.
Among them, the church personnel mentioned the issue of the control of the Church Knights over all mercenary groups. He said that all the leaders of mercenary groups stationed in the Holy Light City must meet with the leaders of the Church Knights, and when the Papal States or the Church Knights are threatened, these mercenary groups registered and with the mercenary group flag planted on the mercenary hut must unconditionally support the Papal States and the Church Knights, otherwise they will be disqualified from living in the Holy Light City for life.
If even the main Church Knights of the Papal States were defeated, then this religious country would definitely not be able to survive, could it be that the mercenary group here would be like the Marvil Republic? For the sake of the place where they lived?
Of course, Fei De and the others agreed with the church personnel, and when they were really in danger, the specific reaction was difficult to predict.
The church official took a lot of effort to tell them all about the situation, and then he took out a pamphlet from his back, "What are you calling the mercenary group, and how many are there?" he said, taking out a pen as he prepared to record the situation of the feld and them.
"The Potato Mercenary Regiment, there are fourteen people now. Fidel replied directly.
"Fourteen," the church official had just written down the number that Feder had said on the pamphlet, and then he looked at the number again, and after confirming that it was correct, he raised his head and his eyes protruded, "Fourteen?! Are you kidding me?!"