The first snow that fell lasted for more than a day.

The snowfall has dropped the temperature a lot, because this year's snow came a little early, and it was wet snow.

This is a sign of a warm winter, at least for the Suomirs.

The older generation used to say that if the summer is very hot, the winter will be very cold. They can't talk about the meteorological principles like the imperial astrologers, and a bunch of professional terms emerge one after another, but with the wisdom accumulated over the years, the folk people always have their own set of explanations.

Wet snow is a sign that the temperature is not cold enough, and the snowflakes that fall in the air melt a little bit due to the increase in temperature, and they fall to the ground in the form of moisture.

This snow is more annoying than dry snow in the depths of winter, as it is sticky due to the half-melting, and it can get wet like rain if the clothes are not waterproof.

Fortunately, all three of them wore wool cloaks and hats, and covered the horses and saddles with spare wool felt cloth to prevent all kinds of supplies from getting wet and damaged.

It took them a little time because of the snowfall, but they managed to get the badly wounded soldier to a nearby town with horses on their way.

It was already about 10 o'clock in the evening, which is the moment when only prostitutes and rogues appear in the mainstream social opinion of the current society. In addition, the light has been turned off and the doors and windows are closed due to the falling snow.

Henry, who was leading the horse with a lantern, walked ahead. The wounded soldier lay on his horse, and they had tried to keep him warm, but he was still beginning to be unable to withstand the cold from excessive blood loss, and showed signs of hypothermia with trembling all over his body and white lips.

The pharmacist in the town would not have received a patient so late. And in places where the tradition of the White Church is stronger, the medicine man is often considered to be a sorcerer or witch who has come into contact with blasphemous things, so he is ostracized, and often lives alone far from the village.

When ordinary people are sick, there are no high-quality and inexpensive herbal medicines available, and there are only two choices.

One is to go to church and try to "get the gods to forgive you for your sins through prayer."

And the other is the direction that the sage and others are currently heading -

"Welcome—uh—" The receptionist at the front desk of the Mercenary Guild looked up, orange cards gleaming on Henry and Mira's chests in the light of candles - the guild only has a requirement that mercenary cards be mounted in a place that they can be seen at a glance, in order to prevent mercenaries from hiding their identities and evading their responsibilities when they are obligated to be recruited by nobles. Most of them will hang it around their waists to prevent it from being broken, but now they wear it on their chests because they are wearing cloaks.

"We need pharmacists. Henry cut straight to the point. "Uh, ah, okay. The young female receptionist nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran inside, and after a while reopened the door behind the counter: "Please come over here." ”

Following her guidance, Henry and Galeva supported the wounded young man, while Miss Loanne followed another receptionist who came out to lead the little unicorn and the two horses to the stable.

"It's so big—" In the dark room behind the counter was a stone hut, and there were many surgical instruments and medicinal materials on the cabinet next to it, and a pharmacist wearing brass-framed one-sided glasses glanced at their outfits and immediately frowned: "How did this happen, two people were injured without hurting one companion like this." He said this in Lamani, looking rather dissatisfied with them.

This is one of the lesser-known parts of the Mercenary Guild. The mercenary profession is dancing on the tip of the knife all year round, and the reason why they are willing to give 5% of their income to this organization when they fight for money, and abide by those strict rules and regulations, in addition to the large number of entrusted channels given to them by the platform, is the strong logistical support that the guild has.

It's easy to ignore if you're used to it, and in the eyes of ordinary people, it's often those star-studded mercenary groups and high-level mercenaries who are more popular. But only those who are really in the industry will realize that the mercenary guild is an organization, and the mercenary part is just the tip of the iceberg.

The operations management behind them is what sustains the organization to this day.

In addition to the staff who can talk face-to-face with ordinary mercenaries, such as reception and assessment managers, those they can't meet are the real heroes behind them. If there is no information section staff who collect information about various tasks and organize data to make resource maps, there is no way for all kinds of tasks to be classified according to region, type and required level, and the mercenaries who receive the tasks can only try to complete them while groping under limited conditions, which will greatly reduce the efficiency of completing the tasks.

In addition, there are also business people, who communicate and cooperate with merchants, buy retired second-hand equipment from large mercenary groups and even the army, arrange special benefits as listed mercenaries, and buy good quality weapons and armor at a lower price - of course, this is not necessary for our Sage Mr. and Luoan Maiden to understand this well.

The last department that must be mentioned is the Logistics Support Section, which includes custodial care and pharmacist treatment.

Mercenaries can present their commissions and pay an administration fee to temporarily store valuable items in the guild if they need help with a mission, as Henry and Mira did when they were in Poluzaro. And now they're going to use another function of the department, therapy.

"Tap, don't pull on the wound and cause secondary damage. The doctor instructed Henry and Caleva to put the young soldier down, then glanced at the surgical instruments and then at the receptionist.

"Help me take a hand, you guys, let me go out, I've been traveling for so long and I'm dirty, don't hurt the wound infection. He frowned and drove away Henry and Caleva, while the receptionist looked at him apologetically: "There are not enough people, so you can boil some hot water from the teapot outside." ”

She said this, and Henry and Caleva exited the stone chamber and closed the door.

"It's the Lamanites, in Suomir so north. Kaleva looked a little surprised, for the doctor was clearly of Lamani origin, and did not even know much Suomir.

"yes, you don't even know that. The girl of Luoan proudly taunted what she had read from the book: "Since classical times, there have been surgeries and good herbal treatments in the Lamanite Empire. To this day, the doctors of the Lamanites are still considered to be highly qualified. And unlike the local pharmacists in Suomir, the pharmacists employed by the Mercenary Guild are also protected by the Guild. ”

She turned around and began to look for the teapot, which burned for a long time in the winter Suomir indoor fireplace. In line with the idea of making the best use of things and not wasting firewood, pot racks are often set next to them, and boiling water and cooking are done here.

"Hmm. Henry shrugged his shoulders and added, "It's ironic, but it's clear that it's the same profession of healing and saving people, and pharmacists who work in the guild are considered decent people with high-end jobs. Traditional herbalists are considered to be sorcerers who collude with demons to obtain secret arts. ”

"It's the same person, but it's still divided into three, five, nine and so on. His words touched Galeva. After that, the three of them quietly boiled water and prepared to make a pot of hot tea. During this period, other guild staff from Suomir came in, but when they saw Henry and Mira's outfits, they were also afraid to come forward to talk, and there was a feeling of inferiority and cowardice in the face of high-level mercenaries, mixed with longing and fear.

The longing part is easy to understand, after all, many of these staff members just dream of becoming mercenaries, but because they are afraid of danger and the like, they eventually retreat to become guild employees. Fear, on the other hand, comes from the prejudice that experienced combat professionals will have, and it cannot be said to be completely groundless.

"If you climb to such a high position, you must have killed a lot of people. ”

If you make a living from swords, this is almost unavoidable. People pin their needs on these people who can wield their swords to fight, hoping that they will be able to achieve their wishes with powerful martial arts, either revenge or salvation. But on the other hand, they will feel that the combat professionals are dangerous characters who kill people like numbness and lose the heart of ordinary people, so they naturally have feelings of awe and timidity, and dare not approach or talk.

Mira looked at these people's respectful attitudes, remembering herself many years ago, and her feelings were a little complicated.

The silence lasted for more than ten minutes, after which the doctor opened the door and walked out with the receptionist.

The receptionist walked directly to the three of them, took the kettle with hot water from Mira's hand, poured it into the wooden basin next to it, added some cold water to neutralize the temperature, and then soaked the towel in it.

"Anyway, the wound was treated first, the bleeding was stopped, and then the sewing was sewn. Now that the stone bed has been heated, fortunately there is no internal organ injury, but the tendon is damaged, and his left foot should be lame in the future. Of course, the premise is whether or not you can survive tonight. The doctor spoke, then wiped his hands with the hot blue striped towel handed to him by the receptionist, and held out his hand to Henry, "Three gold coins." ”

"So expensive!" Caleva cried, and Mira was about to speak, when she met the sage's eyes.

"I see. The girl nodded, and the doctor took the money from the sage, weighed it, and put it in his pocket, and walked back to the stone chamber.

"Is this?" said Caleva, feeling like she was the only one in the room, looking left and right at the two of them.

"Hush money. The girl was concise and to the point.

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Time passed quickly, and after the night, the tenacious young soldier survived. After moving him to a room on the second floor of the guild to recuperate in a better environment, the receptionist gave him some stewed porridge. By the afternoon, Henry, Mira, and Caleva could finally listen to the young man who had come to life recount his commission.

The narration lasted for more than an hour, and when he finally finished speaking and lay back to rest, the Luoan girl who walked out of the door immediately held her forehead: "It's a loss." He said.

"Well, it's a loss. Henry's tone was calm.

"What's going on?" and Kaleva was as dumbfounded as ever.

"Ahh

The young soldier who escaped death told a story that is not uncommon in Suomir today.

The soldiers stationed there sold military supplies such as weapons and armor to merchants, and then exchanged them for cheap second-hand goods. These people formed a considerable force within the army, from the junior officers to the non-commissioned officer ranks, colluding to share the benefits, and this upright young man, who was not used to this, was unwilling to join them, and finally decided to flee and report to the higher nobles.

And after this was discovered by the other party, they sent people to chase and kill, and finally there was the previous scene.

His commission was to bring the news to the city-state of Suao Marina in the north, report it to the generals under the local jurisdiction, and made a package ticket: "Such a big news, the lord will definitely give you a heavy reward." ”

In other words, after paying for the treatment of 3 gold coins and a lot of room and board, they got a job that was an empty check for which they didn't even know the pay.

Aside from the dumb-headed young porter, both the Roan Maiden and the Sage were apparently not very optimistic about this task.

In order to prove the identity of the three men, the young soldier gave them some valuables as collateral, saying that they could also be sold as compensation.

"Forget it, it just so happens that our destination is also Suo Marrina. And such enthusiastic young people serving the country are rare in this era. Henry spoke, and Mira shook her head and sighed.

"Three gold coins...... "Caleva was still muttering about the expensive money, and the sage suddenly shrugged his shoulders: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much about the funds. ”

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of gold coins.

"Uh-" Mila and Kaleva's eyes straightened, "Where did this come from-" The young porter blurted out, and Mira was stunned for a moment before frowning, "Lu Miqi?"

"Hmm. Henry shrugged: "Dragons like to collect treasures, and adventures are not unfounded. ”

"But this is a pure gold coin from many years ago, and now it is not in circulation, so it will be very cost-effective if you weigh it directly. So if you can, I hope to meet an antique dealer or something like that, and exchange it for some usable gold coins. ”

"Suao Marrina doesn't know if there is such a scale, but considering where we're going next, I guess the money spent will need to be exchanged for gold. As he spoke, both Miss Loan and Kaleva looked at him questioningly.

"Nothing. Henry shrugged: "It's that we have to find a captain who can have enough courage under the money, and a ship that will not sink." ”

“...... Boat?" Kaleva's face turned white.

"If you want to leave, you still have a chance. Mira looked at him.

"No, I said it the day I parted with Her Majesty. I'd like to take a look. He lowered his head and looked at the notebook at his waist: "I want to write it down." ”

"Okay. ”

"All in all, since it's a stop, let's go and fulfill this young man's commission. ”

"Although I have a hunch. The sage turned his head and looked at the two behind him with calm, gray-blue eyes.

"It's going to have a cliché and boring ending. Said word by word.

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