Chapter Ninety-Seven: Issuing Tasks
Although he didn't find the goal he wanted after going around in the preliminaries, Xia didn't give up and continued to look in this arena. After all, she didn't come up with any other feasible way to write www.biquge.info fun.
However, it wasn't until the evening of the day came that the preliminaries of the day were announced to be over for the time being, and she ended up with nothing.
Disappointed, she walked out of the arena gates, heading for a magical girl's courtyard.
Not...... Is there any way to get the information of the battle spirit right away from waiting for the ten-day preliminaries?
On the way back, Xia frowned, constantly thinking about this question, and even, after returning to Alexie's courtyard, she only ate a little casually the dinner that an old butler had carefully prepared for her, and she looked absent-minded from beginning to end.
The next morning, she got up, put aside the troubles in her heart for a while, and concentrated on fighting physical skills for the day's morning exercises. However, after the morning exercise was over, she didn't even care about breakfast, went out directly, and hurried to the Bired Arena in Beicheng District to continue yesterday's observation tour.
But what disappointed her was that for a whole day, the player she wanted to see who had mastered the power of the battle spirit still did not appear, and she was disappointed again.
Did you miss it?
There are actually competitions that show the power of the war spirit, but it just happens to pass by yourself?
With such suspicions, during the third day of observation, Xia took the initiative to use his two bloodline clones, acted separately, and observed at the same time.
However, this method that she thought would be able to gain something was still the same as the previous two days, and it was nothing.
"Hmm...... is there really such a thing as 'war spirit', is it really that rare?"
Xia couldn't help but feel a little strange, and he was a little puzzled in his heart.
After all, even the ability that the leader and deputy head of a certain thief group can possess may not appear in such a large-scale martial arts competition with great influence, right?
Could it be that you really have to wait until the end of the preliminaries in seven days?
In the evening of this day, Natsu stopped in a square on her way back, and she sat beside a fountain, watching the droplets of water flutter and jump in the light of the setting sun, and her light red eyes were quite helpless.
She turned her eyes to the sound of melodious and cheerful music, but saw a troubadour in the distance playing a strange-looking instrument in his hand, attracting several passers-by to stop and listen.
"Huh?"
After listening to this otherworldly music silently for a while, she suddenly let out a soft sigh, and an idea quietly came to mind.
She rose from her stone chair and walked over to the troubadour, and when the song was finished, she flicked her right hand and thud the ground to deliver a silver Manny into a wide-brimmed fur hat that he had placed in front of his feet.
"Well played!"
That's what she said.
"Thank you for your generosity!"
The troubadour looked at her with some surprise and bowed lightly to her.
Inside the fur hat, there were only a few lonely bronze mannies, and the addition of a silver manny would undoubtedly shock the spirit of the troubadour, who was a little down-whelmed, and at least, his dinner would be more sumptuous for the day.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Natsu nodded at him, but he said his true purpose.
After all, the troubadour, who has traveled many places, probably knows more about this world than she is as an otherworldly visitor.
You say. ”
Hearing her words, the troubadour understood the true meaning of the silver Manny, and his attitude was correct, and he put on a look of answering all questions.
"I want to know one thing, it's about the 'War Spirit', the more specific the better. ”
Xia reorganized his words a little and asked him.
“... War Spirit?"
Hearing this, the troubadour couldn't help frowning, and he thought for a moment before answering her in a serious tone, "Sounds like a battle skill or something...... However, I don't know much about combat, and if you really need it, I'd suggest you ask the Mercenary Guild about it, or post a message about it there for a quest, and I'm sure someone who knows about it will be happy to answer for you. ”
Mercenary Guild?
Hearing the troubadour's answer, Natsu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he nodded and said to him, "Mercenary Guild?"
"On Grigor Avenue in Xicheng District, it seems to be the number one... I don't remember exactly what it looked like on the twenty-three, but if you just go there and ask for directions, you can easily find it. The troubadour replied with some uncertainty, but that didn't make much of a difference to the outcome of the matter.
Not...... Xicheng District?
It's the opposite of the direction I went back to the yard, but it's not a big deal.
"Okay, thanks for the pointers. ”
She nodded to the troubadour, thanked her, and walked away briskly.
"Where, I should thank you for your generosity!"
The troubadour shouted at her back, and soon he picked up his instrument again, and a hearty melody of joy began to spread through the square.
......
On Grigor Street in Xicheng District, Xia looked up at the building with the sign of 'Willidi City Mercenary Union', and walked in.
After bidding farewell to the troubadour, she hurried here at considerable speed, fearing for time. But then, she found that even at sunset, there were still a lot of mercenaries in and out of this union, far more lively than the weird place where a certain magical girl belonged, and it seemed that she didn't come too late.
"Tsk, that's the gap!"
She sighed as she could, she was more accustomed to the excitement in front of her than the branch of a witch's hand, because it gave her a familiar feeling of the original world.
After entering this union, Xia didn't pay attention to the task board where many mercenaries gathered to watch together, but went directly to a counter window.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
A woman standing behind the counter asked her, who seemed to be a member of the mercenary union, about twenty-five years old, with long brown hair and a sweet appearance, and looked pretty good.
Not... Name: Alia Givson, Gender: Female, Position: Receptionist at the Task Release, Job ID: 0103
Xia Fei quickly glanced at the public card placed somewhere on the counter, and had already written down all this information, but this did not affect her conversation with the receptionist in the slightest: "Hello, I want to post a task, is there anything to pay attention to?"
"Things to watch?"
The woman, Alia Givson, only smiled, as if she understood that this guest was the first time she had come into contact with the Mercenary Guild, and her eyes were half-squinted, and she replied succinctly and quickly, "Well, of course there is. First, the issued mission must not endanger the security and stability of the Kingdom of Chirod, second, the content of the mission must not involve murdering any nobles, third, the employer must pay an honorarium after the mission is completed, and fourth, the specific circumstances or conditions must be negotiated with the mercenary who takes over the employer's mission, and so on. Is there anything else you would like to ask?"
"Uh......"
Looking at a female receptionist who was talking eloquently and had an amiable attitude, Xia couldn't help but squint his eyes, and he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Not...... I hope this person in front of me is not that type of person!
"So, are there any restrictions on the specific scope of the release task?"
She looked at the smiling receptionist and asked again.
"Is there anything else you would like to ask if you can help recover lost property, take care of small pets, hire travel guards, or carry out large-scale armed strike support?" said one of the female receptionists, still smiling.
Whew! You simply said that except for those few rules and restrictions, as long as the employer is willing to pay, you dare to take on any job!
Someone complained in her heart, and after a slight pause, she thought for a moment and said her task release request: "Uh... Well, my request is simple, I just want to post a mission to seek information, specifically about the 'War Spirit', the more detailed the content, the better. ”
Hearing this, the other party's expression did not change, as if no matter what the employer asked, it could not surprise her: "Okay, then, how much are you prepared to pay for this?"
"This... I don't quite know. Hmm, what is the appropriate remuneration for this type of task?"
After thinking about it, Xia decided to kick the question back, which could be regarded as a kind of temptation.
"Oh, that's right......," the female receptionist suggested to her with a smile on her face, "Generally speaking, requests for messages that contain a certain amount of value, and the remuneration is determined by the employer himself, but similar to yours for the kind of news that seeks the 'war spirit', based on the past mission records of the guild, I suggest that you set the reserve price of the gratuity at twenty silver mannies, and explain that the gratuity can be increased according to the level of detail and importance to you according to the level of detail and importance of the message to you, what do you think?"
What is the reserve price of the gratuity, and will it be increased as appropriate?
"That's a good way to do that. ”
After listening to the other party's suggestion, Xia also felt that this was a good choice, and couldn't help but nodded: "Then, I will tentatively set the remuneration at twenty silver mannies, and you can increase the remuneration according to the situation, so it will be no problem, right?"
"Yes, in that case, the assignment you posted is fully compliant with the rules for the publication of union assignments. ”
When she said this, Alia Givson's expression was still the same smiling professional appearance, and she didn't seem to be affected by anything: "Then, I'll register the content of the mission for you now, but after the content of the mission is confirmed, please pay a deposit equivalent to 50% of the honorarium, which will be temporarily controlled by our mercenary union, so as to prevent the occurrence of malicious posting of tasks and other incidents." ”
“... Well, you can. ”
Although he was a little surprised by the amount of fifty percent of the gratuity, Xia quickly agreed and paid ten silver mannies.
"Okay, the deposit has been confirmed, so how do we notify you if someone takes over your assignment?"
Alia Givoson counted the amount she had given Manny to make sure there was nothing wrong, and wrote it down in the task log form she had under her, and then looked up and asked her.
"Oh, about this, you can come to me at this address. ”
Hearing the other party's inquiry, Xia didn't hesitate, and reported the address of a certain magical girl's yard.