Chapter 2: The Chanda Sheriff
In the square, the townspeople continued to do their work, except for Shaw, who ran aimlessly around the town, as if he didn't know how tired he was. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
With his keen eye, Shibei looked at the people in the square from a distance, including tall woodcutters, hawkers with sinister expressions, and mercenaries with long swords, but he didn't see anyone who looked like sheriffs.
As if guided by fate, Xiao Yi trotted all the way to the two, took a breath, and asked, "Mr. Maitreya, is this your friend?"
Shibei nodded and bowed: "I'm Jian Shibei, a friend of Maitreya Xiayan, please advise." ā
"Mr. Jian, I like your attitude so much, if only Mr. Maitreya knew some etiquette~" Xiao Yi smiled evilly and grimaced at Xia Yan.
"Cut...... But we want to trouble you, who is the sheriff of Chanda, and where can I find him?" Xia Yan glanced at Shibei and asked Xiao Yi for news about the sheriff.
Shawy pointed to the town hall a few blocks away and explained, "Of course the sheriff is outside the town hall! There's an office in the corner over there, Harrick must be there!~"
After thanking Shaw, the two headed straight to the town hall and found the studio that Shaw had mentioned......
They came to the door of Harrick's office, the door was ajar, Xia Yan walked in, and saw a bald middle-aged man looking through some lists, Xia Yan stepped forward directly to ask.
"You're Harrick? Supposedly there's work to be done here, right?"
The sheriff nodded: "I'm Harrick, there has been a serious problem in the vicinity of Chanda recently, and we need someone to eliminate the water thieves and bandits nearby......"
Ten Guards followed him into the room and asked, "Can we join then?"
"Huh...... You boys should go to Instructor Kai to practice first, this is a dangerous job. ā
This provocative remark was met with Maitreya's angry glare, and Xia Yan replied fiercely: "Although I want to teach you a lesson directly, I still listen to your advice and go to that instructor to warm up......"
Harrick, who was intimidated by Xia Yan, panicked and told them the location of Instructor Kai: "There is a gladiatorial arena in Chanda, which does not occupy a large area, just around here, just find a middle-aged man with a ponytail." ā
The two of them entered an old gate nearby, as Harrick had described, and it seemed to be frequented by a gladiatorial arena, and in one of the rooms there were many fighters, as if waiting for the time to play......
After looking around, the two came to a middle-aged man in leather armor with a ponytail.
Maitreya looked at the man carefully, and speculated that he was at least forty years old, but his handsome face did not have many obvious wrinkles, and he was full of confidence.
"Instructor Kai?" said Shibei, unconvinced.
"It's me, it seems that there is a new person joining the Zenda Gladiatorial Arena, is it to train?" Kai clapped his hands happily in welcome.
Xia Yan interjected: "Just tell us the rules, Harrick wants us to come here to practice." ā
"You can't use sharp weapons, point to the end, to avoid any fighter dying in the game, do you want to know the basic methods ......of fighting? It seems like this is redundant. Kay observed the two of them's outfits and immediately realized that they had enough combat experience to come just to get a certificate.
"Are you going to fight as a team or do you have to fight individually? You have to defeat a few junior fighters first, followed by regular fighters, veteran fighters, and elite fighters......" Kai began to explain the details of the fight, and seemed to have a lot of confidence in the two of them.
Xia Yan confidently took over the topic and said, "Since you have the heart to take care of us, then I will let you open your eyes and ask them to go together, all." ā
Kai was a little surprised, but seeing that Jubei and the others were full of confidence, he couldn't say anything more, so he could only agree and let them enter the dueling arena without removing their armor......
There were more than thirty fighters gathered on the stage, all armed with wooden practice weapons, and after discovering that there were only two opponents, the fighters felt a little bored and pointed to the nearby weapon racks, meaning to let the two choose weapons.
Shibei picked up a wooden sword casually and said to Maitreya: "Xia Yan, don't go all out here, I think even a wooden knife is a sharp weapon in your hand!"
"I'm not going to kill them, just shut up and watch......"
In just an instant, Xia Yan rushed directly at the thirty or so people in front of him, the fighters all roared and waved their weapons to meet the attack, and one fighter slashed down with a long stick, he dodged and dodged, and instantly took out the knife under his clothes.
"Natsuhiko!!"
He ignored the reminder of the Ten Soldiers, and directly knocked out the first person with the hilt of the knife, and then held the unsheathed knife and swung it at the fighters at a super high speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and he went all the way forward, and the fighters who had rubbed against him all fell down until the last person. Maitreya slashed him with a wooden sword, then turned and slammed his scabbard into his abdomen, and unleashed a roundhouse kick that knocked him to the ground.
Without much effort, Natsuhiko defeated all the fighters and did what he said to Kai, and the two were able to leave the arena and return to Kai......
"I'm not mistaken, you're qualified, go to Harrick with this certificate, and this certificate can also allow you to go to the arena to participate in the competition, and you can win a few bucks......" Kai applauded excitedly and handed the letter of recommendation to Natsuhiko.
"Thank you, you better go and see those apprentices, after all, they are not lightly injured......" Xia Yan reminded Kai.
"Our Zenda fighters are very strong, they won't be defeated so easily!" Indeed, as Kai said, the fighters helped each other out of the dueling arena.
"Xia Yan, don't underestimate your opponents too much, I think they deserve respect!~" Shibei patted Xia Yan on the shoulder.
"Of course you, who talk about the samurai spirit all day long, think so, let's go and apply for bounty hunter qualifications, otherwise if we don't pay off the arrears by then, the Suke of the tavern will eat us!"
After leaving the arena, the two rushed to the sheriff's studio again......
Harrick saw the two of them coming back so soon, and asked in a mocking tone, "What's the matter, is Kai's training too difficult?"
Maitreya didn't bother to deal with him, and directly took out Kai's certificate, Harrick was a little surprised, and hurriedly awarded them a license to join the bounty hunters......
"Seeing that you are not so greedy for equipment as the others, give you a few more ropes to tie up the ......captives," Harrick took out some linen ropes from the sack beside him and handed them to the two.
Shibei looked at Maitreya and shook his head: "With him, it is estimated that there will be no prisoners......"
Maitreya ignored it and continued to ask Harek: "Tell us the payment, we urgently need money." ā
"The water thieves and the bandits are two hundred and three hundred dinars respectively, and in order to prove your merits, you must bring back the weapons of the water thief leader and the bandit leader. Harrick explained.
"Okay, just leave it to us!!"
But Maitreya had already left, and the Ten Guards had no choice but to catch up......
At this time, there seemed to be movement in the square, and a large group of cavalry left the gate of Chanda Town, and Xiao Yi on the corner ran over to tell the two of them a message.
"Uncle Robin and Uncle Alex seem to be looking for someone to help, do you want to go and see it?"
The Ten Guards nodded and said, "Now as long as we can earn some dinars, we will take ...... job"
"Follow me!~"
Shaw led them to the blacksmith shop, where stood a slightly chubby middle-aged man, who was supposed to be Robin that Shaw was talking about.
Fat Robin looked angry and roared, "Are you here to help me solve my problem or to buy weapons! Now I'm not in the mood to strike iron, you go buy it elsewhere! If you're here to help me, I'll tell you about the trouble I've had!"
"We don't need weapons, tell me what problems you're having, we're here to help you solve them. Natsuhiko replied.
Fat Robin was as excited as if he had seen a savior, and asked, "Really!......? I recently acquired a legendary forging material and wanted to use it to create a weapon of equal value, but it turned out... As a result, just yesterday, a crow took it as fruit candy and took it......"
"What did you lose?" asked the Ten Guards.
"A piece of fire crystal, this is a rare crystal that is rare in a hundred years......" Fat Robin said weakly.
Xia Yan wrote down the contents and asked, "Tell us its characteristics, and we may be able to help you find ......"
"A spar like fruit candy, it's easy to find...... Please. Found the best weapon I'm willing to use to build you out!!" Fat Robin swore by it.
"Thank you in advance for that, we have taken this task! Wait for the good news!" the two replied in unison, and Robin was very excited, saying that he would definitely not treat them badly.
After talking about Fat Robin's commission, Shaw pulled the two of them to the tailor's shop on another street, but the boss was not there.
Shaw walked around the front of the store and came to a conclusion: "It seems that Uncle Alex is locked in the house by his wife again, and this job may be talked about next time...... Oops!!You guys seem to be late, and now you're the only bounty hunter left in Zenda......"
Xia Yan and the others listened, hurriedly said goodbye to Xiao Yi, and rushed out of the town......