It's 3:40 a.m., and it's time for all the residents of the old Big 6 to rest, but the world-famous metropolis of Cutrice is still in the midst of a lot of noise.

The voices of people are boiling, and cars are coming and going.

Located in the corner of the central square of this bustling city, the South Wind Tavern is still thriving at this time, with mercenaries who are busy with their work, and employees who have finished working overtime... People of all kinds gather here to enjoy a break from overwork, and want to wash away all the fatigue of hard work in one go.

In the corner of the bar near the front desk of the Southwind Tavern, Curt and Oscar, two guys who had finally returned from what should have been a simple job, were reporting the details of this operation to the eldest sister. Lizzie, who nominally has nothing to do with work, is lazy and dozing off at the bar.

"In general, it's you've found a large number of unregistered monsters in the underground lake connected to the mine. And you've repelled the attack, right? And according to what you're saying, there's a good chance that those 'unidentified monsters' are man-made rock golems..."

The eldest sister was now flipping through the "fragment samples" that Curt had brought back from the bodies of some unknown monsters, but no matter how she looked at them, she couldn't see anything special about these "samples" in front of her other than being a little harder than ordinary rocks.

As a result, she watched it for a long time, and finally could only admit defeat: "No matter how I look at these samples, they are just relatively hard sword rock mines." Ben, the guy in charge of detecting the composition of the spell, is already off work, and there's no way I'm going to dig him out of bed at this time. ”

The eldest sister is a scribe by profession, and these researchers who specialize in the power of words are better at dealing with words than they are at manipulating actions such as mana, building spells, or making spell objects. Trying to see the clues from these samples is not what she's good at.

No one can be proficient in a qiē, so there is also a lot of division of labor among the managers of the mercenary management office in normal times. The task of inspecting spell items is usually entrusted to Inspector Ben Vikas. But it was already early in the morning, and the weak scholar had already fallen asleep on the bed with his head covered.

Curt nodded knowingly, he had this problem when he was collecting samples before: "You're right, this should really be something special for people who have basically not touched spell objects. So, this is the time to ask the magician. ”

Then he patted the silent Oscar and said, "Oscar, please do what you did at that time, purify some magic and inject it into the stone." ”

Hearing Curt's command, Oscar nodded a little sluggishly and said, "Understood." ”

Staying up late and the long journey left him in high spirits, but she still held the "stone of no special significance" on the table on the table as Curt had requested. At the same time, the magic power in the body is refined, and the guidance of the Guò Dharma machine is poured into the cold stone little by little.

Suddenly, those colorless magic powers seemed to melt, spreading out little by little. A faint white glow crawled slowly across the stone like a spider's web. After a while, the originally black and hard stone was densely covered with lines with an opanine shimmer.

Curt changed his usual hippie smile and pointed to the stone that had become quite unusual after being injected with magic by Oscar, and explained solemnly: "See? These places of light are all connected magic tracks, this is not the form of magic tracks that ordinary sword rocks should have when they are 'natural minerals'. ”

"Of course, with my level alone, I can only see that the magic channels on these 'monsters' are huge and complicated," Curt deliberately emphasized that he was not good at spells, "As for whether this is the occasional demonization caused by natural action or someone deliberately, I can't judge in detail." ”

He said that he couldn't judge the cause of these "unidentified monsters" in detail, but when he said "deliberately", he slightly accentuated his tone without showing a trace. The eldest sister was immediately distracted by this leaking clip, and she even suspected that this was Curt's attitude unintentionally.

However, she did not chase after her, but just said "I know" and said no more.

She looked at the stone as the magic faded, and frowned visibly. She has been working here for a long time, and she has experienced a lot of things. But this time, she had a feeling that she might have a headache for a long time after a long absence.

Watching the eldest sister and Curt "exchanging" information with each other, Oscar seemed at a loss.

For him, this time the result may be between luck and misfortune. Originally, if all the actions were as planned, then the work should be simple, but the appearance of the rock puppets completely ruined a good "simple work". The report collection mission actually only took a little time, and after that it was all about the sudden appearance of the spiders.

"Ahh If there is any sudden situation after that, it will not be easy to solve. ”

The eldest sister looked unhappy and muttered.

As the head of this mercenary management office, she is also a general civil servant in the "General Affairs Management Department", a unit under the jurisdiction of the city government of Catrice. One of its responsibilities is to sort out the work situation and special situations reported by the mercenaries and report them to the relevant departments.

According to the work regulations, the "appearance of a large number of unregistered types of monsters in the abandoned mine pit in the suburban mountains" reported by Curt and others just now is an anomalous phenomenon, so she must contact the security team as soon as possible and ask them to verify this matter.

It's a pity that the mercenary management office has always had a bit of a holiday with the garrison - which is why the eldest sister is unhappy. Mercenaries, as civilian armed groups, are not allowed to directly intervene in tasks involving the security level of the city. Whenever the mission level rises to this level, the delegation must be transferred to the garrison or above.

This is undoubtedly a forcible robbery, but if they do not obey these regulations, the mercenaries who have escaped from the management will be designated as dangerous elements with unjustified force. At that point, the only way left is to go underground or disarm above the civilian ranks.

At the same time, in the eyes of the people of the garrison, these mercenaries are armed personnel who "do things when they are paid", and even if they are under the jurisdiction of the Authority, they are a factor of instability in the city. And the mercenaries, of course, do not like to be called "dangerous elements", so they do not like the self-righteous guards.

In such an environment, the disputes and frictions between the two parties have hardly ceased since they coexisted in the city - if they hadn't known that it would be annoying to make things bigger, the hot-tempered martial arts factions in the two groups would have started a long time ago.

Curt sighed sympathetically: "It's really hard for you." ”

The eldest sister seemed to have seen it a long time ago, but she just raised her head and poured most of the remaining cup of "cage fire" into her throat, and then said: "It's okay, it's okay, I've known since the first day I came here that I have to get used to this kind of 'trouble', as long as those two dumb people can be a little smarter and let me save some snacks." ”

"By the way, I almost forgot about it. She scratched her face, then flipped out a stack of papers, "Oscar, put these away, here is your registration paper." ”

It was several pages of printed paper encased in a jiàn folder, with neatly arranged texts. Curt remembered that this was the mercenary's agreement and registration form, and after reporting the collection task before, the eldest sister said that she would give them to Oscar, but it was delayed because of the matter of those rock spiders.

There is a large stack of texts, and there is naturally a lot of text, but there are almost no of them worth seeing. Most of the things written above seem to those who have become mercenaries to be completely unconcerned terms. However, in order to prevent disputes in the future, Oscar still read the precautions and related terms carefully.

"Is that okay?"

Originally, he thought that there would be more assessments or something, but it was only with Curt that they went to pick mushrooms, and they officially passed guò, which surprised him a little. This mission is almost risk-free if it doesn't take into account the things that Curt accidentally accepted to investigate the monster's tracks.

"Originally, if you want to join the mercenary industry, you don't need to be particularly troublesome to test, after all, our function is only responsible for managing unregulated force. The eldest sister explained, "Although there are many newcomers like you, the work you can receive is usually not particularly eye-catching, and at most you go to the surrounding villages to expel monsters. In that case, isn't it asking for trouble to engage in any kind of strict inspection?"

The mercenaries are wide in and out, but they are strictly managed - this is almost a matter of "common sense", and even Oscar feels that his question is a little stupid, and hurriedly responds: "It's what you say, it's what you say." ”

"You're currently registered with the Catrice Mercenary Administration. Starting tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., you'll be one of the vagrants here. As long as you don't pick and choose the task like this senior, you will be able to fish for three days and dry your nets for two days, then you will be somewhat accomplished. ”

The eldest sister used a half-joking tone to dissipate Oscar's nervousness, and then said to him in an encouraging tone by the way: "No matter what, please work hard for the peace and tranquility of this city in the future." ”

This feeling of being trusted and expected came into his mind, and Oscar immediately stood up, officially made a gesture of understanding that mercenaries often use, and said at the same time: "Yes! Oscar Rogris has officially joined the ranks of mercenaries today, and I hope you will give me more advice in the future!"

"Congratulations, work hard in the future. The eldest sister said with a calm look, and then he hesitated for a moment as if he remembered something, before continuing, "Speaking of tomorrow, I remember that before I left, I said that the academy will prepare for something tomorrow, do you want to rest?"

"Oops, I completely forgot about it!" Oscar exclaimed, jumping up from his chair quickly, "I'm going to say goodbye, I'll be on time for the next morning off!"

After saying this, he hurried out of the door.

"Ah, what a young man, full of energy. ”

The eldest sister looked at the back of the young man leaving with an expectant expression, he had also seen many young people who had entered the mercenary job over the years, but Oscar's impression on him was a little different. Even she didn't know what it was.

Seeing Oscar walk away, she suddenly turned back to Curt and asked, "What's now?"

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