Chapter Twenty-Six: Make Money, Adventurers
After not sleeping well all night, Luo Xue yawned against the puffy dark circles under her eyes, and slowly put on her coat and walked downstairs to start washing.
The various adventurers downstairs have long since dispersed to accept commissions from the Adventurers' Guild. The shopkeeper was dozing off on the counter.
Thinking of the shopkeeper's angry appearance last night, Luo Xue asked him with some caution, "Excuse me, how should I go to the place where the awakening ability is tested?"
The shopkeeper didn't raise his head, he lay on the table, stretched out a finger in a daze, and said, "There's a sign, look at it yourself." ”
Following his finger, a sign was glued to the inside of the gate, and it turned out that everyone could see the road map drawn on the sign when they went out. Luo Xue got a little closer, but she still couldn't see clearly.
"Is this the place?" he accidentally tapped the route map with his finger, but the clicked place quickly enlarged and cleared in front of his eyes.
"This is also a magic item? This is incredible!" he nodded curiously, marveling at the magic of the magic, and the road map kept zooming in and out as he clicked.
"No, you dirty bun. Unconsciously, Fan Xi'er was already standing next to her, mercilessly sarcastic, as if she was still angry about what happened last night.
"Isn't this the first time I've been here, and I've not been exposed to magic much. But wouldn't such a roadmap be a waste of precious magical memory grids?" he scratched his head and smirked, but didn't retort.
"These things are made of the materials of Warcraft, and as long as the magic structure is sketched on the surface and the magic elements are infused to charge, they will work for a long time. She gestured to the lampposts and magic signs around her. "They're completely different from enchanted items. At best, it's a magical accessory. That is, this thing doesn't need to consume the mage's spell slots. ”
Hearing Fan Xi'er say this, Luo Xue finally understood.
"Now that Fan Ge's body has recovered, why don't you go and learn magic?" Luo Xue saw that Fan Xi'er knew a lot about magic, so she asked her.
"Nothing, I don't want to learn. These words seemed to poke at the bottom of Fan Xi'er's heart, she lowered her head and gave an explanation that was not an explanation.
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Luo Xue took Fan Xi'er to ask several hotels along the way, and found that the prices given were similar to the "Adventurer's House", and some shopkeepers even offered a sky-high price of 20 silver coins, and the environment was not as good as the place where she was staying now. Luo Xue thought in her heart that what the farmer said was still right, the adventurer's house was indeed a conscientious inn.
The Watchman City Proficiency Testing Institute is one of the largest in the country. Early in the morning, when you arrive at this high-rise building made of huge stones, there is a long line of people who wind from the doorway to the street. The Adventurers' Guild next door to it is more imposing, with more people coming and going, probably because of the large space and the speed of processing, so it doesn't cause crowding.
It is also the main purpose for Fan Xi'er to come to Overwatch.
The two of them were at the end of the line, already posted to the Adventurers' Guild next door.
Seeing so many people, Luo Xue felt that her worldview had changed.
"The City of Watch has hosted all gifted people thousands of kilometers away. Such a situation should not come as a surprise at all. Fan Xi'er told Luo Xue about the reason for the team's appearance.
After waiting for hours, it was finally their turn, and both were frightened to hear about the cost of the test.
A test actually costs 50 silver coins, this is simply a naked robbery! Luo Xue asked the waiter at the front desk again and again, and the answer was always like this.
The young man in charge of the reception quickly explained: "We have the most advanced testing methods here, and the oldest experts will conduct evaluations, and will invite the best evaluation experts in various ability fields to test them one by one, and will issue you with certificates, which is definitely worth the money." And whether it is the ability of the character or the grade of the item, as long as it is an evaluation, it can be done for you. ”
Hearing him say this, Luo Xue gritted her teeth. No matter how much money you have, you can only pay for it, so let's look forward to the results of the test.
"Hurry up, it's unpredictable!" "Why isn't it good!" "The person at the back of the queue couldn't bear it anymore and urged loudly.
"This way, please. Seeing that Luo Xue agreed, the young man got up to lead the way for them, and the original vacant seat was replaced by someone else. The young man led the two upstairs to one of the curtained rooms, and after knocking on the door to get a signal, he opened the door.
"Can I come in and sit in on it?" Luo Xue asked, getting the young man's answer, "We have no right to stop your decision as long as the subject wants to." ”
Hearing him say this, Luo Xue also entered the test room with Fan Xi'er.
As the receptionist opened the door, there were many examiners sitting in front of a large white stone table, their eyes blazing and very serious. An old man at the head cleared his throat and said to Fan Xi'er below, "First of all, please tell me how you feel after awakening your ability and how you use it. “
Fan Xi'er briefly introduced the effect of her awakening ability and the rough way to use it. Several examiners' faces changed slightly, they discussed with each other, and then made a professional decision in response to what Fan Xi'er said: "According to your own understanding of ability, try to use your ability on these items." “
The receptionist placed several items on the white stone table, including wood, stones, iron balls, and a water cup for clean water.
Fan Xi'er put her hand on it and blessed them one by one. The items were then presented to the examiner. "This piece of wood has been endowed with the property of slow recovery from the slightest damage!" a bespectacled master of the School of Nature picked up a magnifying glass and found a property.
A veiled elf picked up the stone, and suddenly his delicate jade hand shrank, and blood flowed from his fingertips. "This iron ball seems to be much lighter than before!But the damage caused has not changed at all!" A mercenary with a purple and gold badge on his chest weighed the iron ball and gently threw it up, but smashed an unexpected large hole in the specially laid sand in front of him. "And this glass of water! There are a lot of five elements gathered in it!Even the cup!" an old magician cast a magic eye spell on himself, and saw the thick magical aura attached to the water glass, and continued to absorb the elements around him.
The test method is simple and effective. With the display of Fan Xi'er's ability, the eyes of the originally majestic examiners seemed to instantly emit golden light, as if there was a big treasure in front of them. Especially an expert who has studied in the mysterious field, his excited eyes are about to fall, he scrambles for the items in the hands of other examiners to observe carefully, and even has a fierce quarrel with other examiners, and finally gives an answer with others.
"There's a good chance that your abilities belong to the occult department, and have some connection to the priest's blessing!"
I've known this for a long time, okay. Listening to their judgment, Luo Xue felt in her heart whether the money was spent in vain.
Later, at the request of the examiners, Fan Xi'er followed the examiners into the side door, and the sign posted on it told him that this was a test room specially prepared for those with potential abilities.
"The next test is very complicated, and you need to test the limits of your ability and the number of times you can use it, so please be patient. The receptionist was kind enough to remind him that the test could take a long time.
"No wonder there was a lot of queues in the back, and it turned out that there was another test. Can I go out and breathe?" It's a bit stuffy in this place, and the ceiling that can't be seen far from the end is dizzying. Luo Xue exhaled a long breath and focused her gaze on the Adventurers' Association next door.
Luo Xue left the ability testing institute and unknowingly entered the Adventurer Association. The adventurers in the guild were in a hurry, leaving one after another after taking their mission, and there was no chance of staying.
This is different from the ability test, the walls are made of wood and the brown floor, and the antique atmosphere gives Luo Xue a familiar feeling. He browsed through the various commissions posted on the counter, and he was dizzy at the myriad of tasks and conditions.
It is not yet known what kind of person Tutor Claire is, and maybe there is also a tuition fee to apply for the Academy of Magic. Maybe you can make some money from here first. Luo Xue had an idea, so she no longer hesitated to find a task that suited her.
Adventurers are engaged in some of the less difficult jobs. Mercenaries, on the other hand, are engaged in very difficult jobs, most of which are life-threatening, but the rewards are also very rich. This is evident from the fact that the Adventurers' Guild is based in the commercial district, while the Mercenary Guild is established in the military district.
There are also several levels of entrustment, including bronze entrustment, silver entrustment, platinum entrustment, and purple gold entrustment. As the name suggests, each reward unit entrusted to it is based on its own level, for example, bronze is entrusted to copper coins.
"Silver-level commissions aren't just a bit of a fight-and-kill job, just right for me. Everything has to be prepared with both hands, Luo Xue carefully read one commission after another on the board, eager to try. "What's the deal with this bronze commission to find a cat for a neighbor?" "And this one, a silver commission that loudly insults the city lord on the street, and this kind of commission can be put on it, it makes no sense. “
But the knowledge that Grandpa Vank had taught him could finally be put into practice!Luo Xue walked from one end of the long wooden corridor to the other, and finally found a silver commission that suited him. "Can I take on this assignment?" he asked, picking up the facsimile of the commission and walking up to the receptionist.
The receptionist smiled sweetly: "Do you have a team?"
Luo Xue replied honestly: "No." “
"Do you have a title from the state?" "No, either. “
"I'm sorry, but I suggest you don't take this task. She looked at Luo Xue and tactfully told him why.
"This task has a time limit for failure, and once it fails, 20% of the liquidated damages will be deducted. There were three people before you who took the task, but it didn't work. I see you...... It shouldn't be that ability......" She looked at Luo Xue's plain clothes, and at a glance she could see that he was from out of town, and she couldn't help but be a little suspicious.
"Give it a try. "With the information provided on the order and my tracking ability, I will definitely be able to find that demonic beast, Luo Xue has passed this task again in her mind, and she has a bottom in her heart, so she said to the receptionist.
"Then please pay a deposit and put your name here. ”
Handing over 20 silver coins, he walked out of the Adventurer's Guild with the order form, looking at the information on the order and falling into deep thought.
Order: There is a rare monster icetail insect in the north of Overwatch City, please confirm its whereabouts in time and report back, if you are caught alive, the bounty will be doubled, and the client will trade face-to-face in person. Note: For some reason, the activity area of this monster will become an icy area.
This should be a bounty from a mage, as the Icetail's tail is a good medium for ice-based magic. Icetails appear in pairs, and he must have gotten one, so he made the commission. There is a time limit, not only because I am afraid that it will run away, but also because I hope that the person who receives the commission will have some strength.
Grandpa Van Ke told me about the morphological characteristics and activity characteristics of the icetail insects, and this task should be fine! Luo Xue estimated the risk, and finally took over the task.