There is still a deep concern about the demon Jonah who has not appeared for a long time, but the approaching rent payment date is an even more terrifying reality, so reality that the astrologer apprentice spends every ten hours from the time he opens his eyes in the morning to the time when he is covered with a thin quilt at night, calculating how many days his thin body can survive in the cruel world.

On a certain trip to Pit Six to solve a physical problem, Elliott keenly noticed the strangeness of his companion and asked, "Is there anything bothering you?"

"Uh...... I'm fine, Eli. Jonah was reluctant to admit his cowardice.

"We see in you an aura of melancholy. It's a very light blue. Symbolizes confusion and fear. The Rose Knight patted the unicorn on the head.

Jonah wrapped his shabby dark blue astrologer's apprentice robes. The robes and the first-class apprentice badge he had hidden in the room were found from the ruins during Toba's maintenance of the wooden house, and were as valuable gifts as the two astrology textbooks.

"It must be the color of my clothes. Jonah changed the subject, "By the way, Eli, we are residents of the A-class room, how can we ensure the safety of the property in the house when we are not in the house?"

The knight laughed on horseback. "Of course, someone has to stay behind. During the collection and official missions, the property is protected by special provisions, and Daddy guards it for us. In addition, if it is not a mission requirement, few people beat our ideas, and the unofficial rating of the Pitchfork Squad is 19 points, which can be regarded as a strong team, and it has some deterrent effect. ”

"Unofficial......" Jonathan smacked the word.

"To be precise, Mr. W's rating. The Night King, though powerless, knows everything that happens in Cherry Town. By the way, he was the original editor-in-chief of the Cherry Ferry Survival Manual. If you have the chance, you should visit him. Elliott explained.

Jonah patted his forehead. "Mr. W. I remember you saying that Sibby knew him well. ”

"Shh~" Elliott held up a finger and looked left and right with some weakness, "Everyone has something they don't want to mention, and this matter is a taboo for Miss Sibby. Don't mention it in front of her,...... Otherwise, life is in danger. ”

"Understood. Jonah immediately shut up, his eyes rolling, "Tell me about grading again, Eli." ”

"Of course. The Rose Knight breathed a sigh of relief, "There are about 100 to 120 task teams in Cherry Crossing, of which about 80 are stable and combat-effective, and Mr. W scores the team by the team's professional equipment, combat strength, mission execution, and actual combat results.

At the top of the current rating is the V2 Room Squad 'Crumb', with a score of 26 points, which has been at the top of the list for a long time. The 'Crumbs' are an escort team of professional mercenaries, and five tough mercenaries are dedicated to safely transporting the VIP guests staying in the V2 rooms to the ferry and escorting them to the Southern Continent twice a year. We scored 19 points on A51 'Pitchfork', which is about seventh or eighth. ”

For the first time, Jonah realizes the place of his companions in Cherry's cotery. "And what about the A77 'sick dogs' squad?"

"13 points, ranking around 30. Without Jeff Tower, the Fallen Magician, they wouldn't be in the top 50. ”

"What about Mr. Dan, the Sutherland nobleman who went to the royal city of Bazelar and hasn't returned?"

"He's in room V7. Most of the superior rooms don't have task teams, and the big guys hire other teams to carry out the mission, and they are powerful people who don't do the dirty work themselves. ”

"Probably understood. Jonah nodded.

"So, about the rent payment in a few days......" Elliott finally brought up the subject, and Jonah interrupted the Rosenkavalier in a panic and impolitely, "Eli, I still have a lot of things I still don't understand, and I hope you can help me explain, like, like...... For example, occupation. Yes, what combat professions are on the continent, they are not written in these books, and Mr. Koshawar has not taught them. I need to start with the simplest. ”

"Of course. Elliott smiled and nodded, "It's not that complicated. ”

The unicorn stopped, Jonah steadied his footsteps, the long grass of the riverside wetlands covering his calves, and the low stone houses of Cherry Ferry creeping in the distance, in front of which was the ten-meter-square, bottomless Pit No. 6.

The other side of the holy river rushed and roared in an invisible place, pushing the fishy moisture towards the alluvial plains of the northern continent, the sky was deep blue, there were no clouds, and the golden "Materaktili", one of the three suns, was shining in the northeastern sky, dispelling the morning mist of the cherry crossing.

The golden Matraktili, the bright red Iocotel, and the dark blue Quiavello are the three suns that appear in turn, and according to the same trajectory, each sun shines on the world for a full ten days, and the cycle of the three suns is called a month, so the first ten days, the middle ten days, and the last ten days of each month are usually called golden, bright red, and dark blue.

Confusingly, despite the different colors of the three suns (the difference becomes more pronounced in the early morning and dusk when people can look directly at the sun), their trajectories are exactly the same, and the color of everything on the ground does not change because of the sun.

Jonah once asked Mr. Koshawar about this, and the old man replied without hesitation: "Astrologers study the night sky, and let others worry about the things of the day."

Jonah squinted at Matlaktili and listened to Elliot's voice: "Our four continents are full of war, whether you want to or not, the will of the individual will be affected by conquest, the so-called combat profession is the classification of all races and individuals with combat effectiveness by the people, it does not represent the official attitude, nor is it scientific, it is for reference only."

First of all, warriors with strong bodies and skilled skills in hand-to-hand combat, including military light infantry, heavy infantry, shield infantry, cavalry, dragoons, rangers, knights, and folk swordsmen, fighters, warriors, thieves, wrestlers, etc.

Secondly, the archers who are dexterous, accurate, and use long-range weapons as a means of attack, including military foot archers, mounted archers, crossbow archers, spear throwers, and civilian archers, hunters, blow archers, etc.

Again, mages with powerful psychic energy who use magic and other mystical forces to fight, including the military's battle casters, military priests and mages of the five guilds, astrologers, priests, steam puppeteers, and more.

Finally, through cultivation and inheritance, special professions with certain special physique and techniques, including Magician, Power Releaser, Bloodline Heir, Warcraft Rider, Wind Resistant, Ghost Summoner, and so on.

There is no clear boundary between these four categories of professions, and thieves who are proficient in crossbow arrows or strong magicians exist in the world. For each class, it is usually divided into nine levels according to ability, such as ......"

"My teacher, Mr. Koshava, is a seventh-level astrologer. Jonah came to his senses.

"Yes, most of the occupations supported by guilds and systematically are assessed according to the nine-level incremental method. The seventh-level astrologer is only one step away from the eighth-level, i.e., the powerful astrologer. As for the ninth-level astrologer, that is, the master astrologer, it is said that there are only ...... in the entire continent"

"Five people. Jonah continued in a low voice. He always felt depressed when he thought of his mentor who didn't know what he was going to do.

"That's right. Elliott sensed his depression and didn't continue the topic of astrology, "As for the members of room A51, the head of the room is an extremely rare type who spontaneously learns how to fight and uses his physical strength to the extreme. ”

Jonah nodded.

"Miss Sibi is a typical archer, she has been systematically trained in bow and arrow shooting, and she has learned the art of elven archery, so she can be called an elven archer. Need an explanation of 'elves'?"

"Legend has it that a rare race that lives in the cold regions of the northern continent, has little contact with the outside world, has a long lifespan, and is skilled in archery. Jonah thought of a passage in Geography of the Western Continent that had little to do with the subject. This book points out that a small number of elves migrated from the northern continent to the western continent, hiding in the forest area, where their whereabouts were hidden and had no quarrel with the world.

Elliott gave him an appreciative look. "That's right. As for us, we are hereditary knights who wander the world, and we don't need a king to canonize us, and of course we don't have fiefs. It is the otherness of the knights, so to speak, and of course, the otherness of the race. He struck the breastplate with his fist, and the shining breastplate was engraved with the family crest of a blood-stained sword wrapped in a blooming rose.

Jonah nodded.

"Mr. Yakong is a warrior who has cultivated the mystical spells of the Southern Continent Buddhism, and has the characteristics of both the first and fourth classes, and can be called a magic swordsman. We have a deep admiration for his fighting prowess, and he is a reliable companion – provided that he is sane. Elliott said.

Jonah nodded apprehantly.

"Lord Jonah is an astrologer, and certainly belongs to the category of mages. ”

"Apprentice of a fourth-level astrologer. Jonah confirmed, "Not yet a qualified astrologer. ”

"Your Excellency has grown fast. The Rose Knight smiled, "Finally, Miss Dragongie belongs to the fourth class, she is an heiress from an ancient family in the East, a magician of pure blood. Of course, usually she is playing the role of a thief, and she is reluctant to show special abilities unless she is forced to do so. ”

"Magician......" Jonah repeated.

"If you have time and Miss Ryuji is in the mood to share, she will tell you stories from the past, and we can't say more. So that's it...... Let's avoid it first. See you later. Elliot bowed slightly, and turned the beast out of the way.

Jona had just thought of what he was here for, and rather embarrassedly approached the edge of Pit No. 6, lifted his robe, and unfastened his belt. Jonah shivered several times as he shivered as he pondered the upcoming rent payment day and his role in the team, as he tackled his physical problems.

The Pitchfork team obtained the latest information from the Zavi Empire and returned to Cherry to return the mission to Mr. Hachime, specifically mentioning the intention of the "Golden Hammer" commander Storm Knight Isaacchios to send two Golden Land Dragon Knights to the east, reminding the Colombo chieftains who had personal friends to migrate as soon as possible to avoid conflict with the Reclamation Legion of the Zavi Empire to establish a new ferry.

Mr. Yame didn't show surprise and settled the quest reward briskly, and Jonah secretly wondered if Daddy and Yame had already found relevant clues on the remains of the two dragon knights, and just asked them to confirm it twice, but in any case, the arrival of the invaders was a sure fact, and what would happen to Cherry Cross tomorrow, Jonah couldn't foresee, and I don't know what Daddy himself thought.

More than once he wanted to tell his friends and even his father the prophecy of the nameless book.

If Jonah's guess is correct, the prophecy shows the destruction of Cherry Ferry in the Deep Blue Moon, shortly thereafter, April 26, to be exact.

But the 17-year-old astrologer's apprentice lacks firm faith in the vague narrative of the betrayer Segres, and even less in himself from demonic possession, unable to judge how those around him will react to this nonsense, and Jonah's courage is worn away little by little in another simulation of inner anguish.

"Let's wait until it's safe to pay the rent......" he thought, knowing in his heart that this was an escape. What can be done? He is too far from the hero of a knightly novel who can take on the task of saving the world on his own.

In the 19-pointed, high-scoring Pitchfork Squad, he was a blatant oil bottle with the words of an astrologer's apprentice, and all Jonah could do was act as a tool for night lighting and fire two harmless beams of scorching light.

In a world full of dangers, he needs the protection of his teammates at all times, and if he hadn't been lucky enough to stay in room A51 and befriend his friendly tenants, Jonah might not have survived the first sunset of Cherry Ferry, where the enemy has countless legitimate and legal ways to torture an A-class tenant to death, such as what the Pitchforks did to Harold the A77 "sick dog": crush his spine.

The more he realized that he was weak, the more he tried to study astrology books, the more he found himself weak, and the guilt he felt because of his weakness, and gradually felt that the care of his teammates was a mockery, and Jona had not had a good time these days, he had too many things on his mind to tell people, but Mr. Koshawar was not around, and he could not find anyone to talk to.

As the day of rent payment approached, Jonah's fear grew and his little head felt like it was about to explode with suffocation. He wanted to shout out his inner distress at the dark abyss of Pit No. 6, but after thinking about it, he just raised his toes and kicked a stone on the edge of the pit, and the small pebble tumbled and fell into the darkness without a single echo.

"Let's go. Jonah straightened his clothes and walked over to Elliott.

"Okay. The Rose Knight said no more, and the unicorn raised his head and walked slowly along the path that the tenants had stepped on, slowly towards the silent cherry ferry in the morning light.