Chapter 2: Novices on the road
"Looking for a cat?" Elwin's eyes widened, looking at the Adventurers' Guild's aunt in disbelief, and cried out in disbelief, "Are you kidding?"
"How can you joke about the mission?" This aunt is really as strong as an ox, with broad shoulders and thick waist, fluffy blond hair, and looks a little bit of the momentum of the "Golden Lion King", she squinted at Erwin and said, "You have no credit record, how can I leave the matter of human life to you to do?"
"But you can also let us destroy the monsters and the like!" Erwin said.
"With your equipment, you're going to destroy the Warcraft?" the aunt shook her head, "I'm afraid it's to bring food to the Warcraft." ”
Erwin was furious and was about to quarrel, but the aunt said unceremoniously: "Look at you, the old one is sick, the young one is unreliable, and there is a little girl in the team. There is a hotel called 'Grey Pigeon' in the east of the city, and the price should be quite reasonable for you, as long as you can tolerate the boss singing every day with a broken gong. ”
Erwin was stunned, although he was anxious, he was not a bad person. Auntie was obviously taking care of them, and of course he could hear it.
In this way, the fight will naturally not be able to be quarreled. The group of four registered and took on the mission, and received a detailed description of the mission: the merchant Malfoy took his family out of the city yesterday to visit the temple of the god of travel in the south, and on the way back, their cat "Toby" somehow jumped out of the carriage and never returned.
Toby is a black-spotted male cat, he is eight years old, and in terms of the cat's age, he is considered to be about to enter old age at the end of middle age, and there are probably three or five years left to live. However, according to an orc shaman, this cat has a faint demonic bloodline, and may be able to live a few years longer than ordinary cats, and if it is lucky, it may be able to live to be twenty years old.
The cat was a gift that Mr. Malfoy sold to his girlfriend when he was courting his wife. Now the two have been married for six years and have a son and two daughters. They watched Toby grow little by little from a palm-sized kitten, and for them, Toby was more than just a pet, but also a family member.
So last night, Mr. Malfoy hurried to the Adventurers' Guild to register for the mission.
"The exact place where Toby got lost is on the riverside south of the city - why did the cat leave on the river, aren't cats afraid of water?" Wren asked curiously, looking at the mission description.
The aunt was a little surprised, but she didn't expect him to be able to read and write - most of the middle and lower class adventurers did not have a high level of education, and the tasks were all dictated by the staff of the association, and most of the signatures and drawings when taking the task were stamped with handprints. There are only a few people like Wren who can see the content of the task clearly at a glance.
"You're not the cat, how do you know what it thinks?" Erwin smiled and patted him on the shoulder, making a big brother gesture, "The important thing is that the reward for this mission is three gold coins!
The aunt subconsciously looked at the task registration form, and the "task reward" column said "Bring Toby back healthy and safe, three gold coins, one gold coin for the injured but alive, and two silver coins for the dead".
There is no doubt that this somewhat reckless red-haired kid also knows words.
She couldn't help but look at the blonde, if she was literate, the level of this adventure team was really amazing.
But Ryana didn't look at the mission description, she just waited quietly by the side.
Panda wrote down the name of the "Novice Beginner Squad" in the task register, and this task is considered their next step. Before this line, there are also a few other lines that record several other adventurers or adventure teams who took on this task, but unlike them, each line is stamped with a fingerprint, obviously those adventurers do not know the words, and can only use fingerprints as marks.
After the four of them said goodbye and left, the aunt was still looking at their backs suspiciously, and after a while, she walked up to the one-legged middle-aged man and whispered, "President, suddenly there are four literate ...... Could they be spies?"
The one-legged middle-aged man was drinking water, and a mouthful of water suddenly squirted out: "Ahem! What are you kidding! Which spy will look so ugly? If you look like this, people will pay attention everywhere you go, how can you be a spy?"
When the aunt thought about it, it was indeed the same truth, so she could be regarded as letting go of her worries. But he still wondered in his heart, and said to himself: "It's not a spy, what is that for?"
"It doesn't matter what they do, as long as they do things honestly, they are our guests. The one-legged middle-aged man said nonchalantly, "Even if they are the princes and princesses who failed the palace struggle and fled, or the fugitives who killed the lord, it's none of our business!"
Auntie nodded, finally stopped talking about this.
Panda and the others left the Adventurers' Association and went directly to the south of the city. At this time, it is still early, and there is no need to rush to stay, it is better to take advantage of the sun to find the whereabouts of the cat, if you can find it all the tails, it will be a small fortune.
There is a large river in the south of Pollock City, and the river flows into the sea, which just forms the intersection of sea and river transportation, bringing vigorous business opportunities. There is only one bridge on the river, which is very wide and large, and the whole bridge body is like a rainbow across the river, and there is not a single pile in sight, but an arch bridge.
In a world without magic, it is not easy to build an arch bridge, but in a world with magic, the difficulty is reduced a lot by relying on magic reinforcement materials. However, the cost of magic reinforcement is not low, and the cost of building such a bridge can reach five figures.
"The Molai Federation is really rich!" Looking at the bridge, the panda couldn't help but sigh, "Just one Pollock Port City can build such a bridge!"
"Aren't there quite a few bridges near Tara Khan City?" Erwin asked curiously, "I don't think this bridge is bigger than the one west of Tara Khan City, why are you so surprised, master?"
Panda shook his head: "It's different, the earl's subordinates are full of talents, and I won't be surprised by what he builds." But here...... Hehe, don't say it, it's being heard, but it's troublesome. ”
Fortunately, these words were not noticed by the passers-by, and when they came to the river, they saw a young man dressed as a druid muttering words as if he were chanting a mantra.
The level of the panda's magic recognition skills is not low, and he immediately heard that he was summoning animal companions, and sure enough, after a while, the air around him was filled with white mist, and a big black-haired dog covered in oil jumped out, shook his head and tail, and licked his hand with his tongue, very affectionate.
"Kaka, smell if there's an old cat here, and help me find out where it's gone. The druid played with the dog for a while, and then gave the order.
The dog was not ambiguous, only circled around the bridge, sniffed a few times, found its target, and barked at the river.
The druids stared at the wide river in amazement and stammered.
The cat fell into the river? Isn't that dead!