After a six-month-long mission, Garcia returned to Vienna with his teammates. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Garcia is a senior adventurer, and later because of the pressure of life, he became a mercenary, and after years of hard work, he gathered a few friends, recruited a few reliable partners, and pulled out a small mercenary group, and he also became the leader of this "sword mercenary group".

Their last assignment was a bit far, a transnational mission, escorting a minor Viennese nobleman to Hungary to inherit his uncle's legacy. The task is not difficult, the road is calm, and there are no careerists who want to seize property to come out to intercept and kill this poor little nobleman, and the few gangs of bandits that occasionally encounter are also three-legged cats who can't hold the table, and they will be sent away with a little action. But after all, the journey was long, and I got lost once during the period, but it took half a year to complete this task and return to Vienna.

After a good rest for a few days, Garcia was a little frustrated, and he decided to go out and ask for information to see if there was a suitable task. After all, he can't manage the country's independence or not, and he can't manage it, but the money still has to be earned. Although the last mission was lucky that no one died, but the money earned was not much, a few people were divided, and there was not much in the end, for Garcia, who was ready to save money and donate a knighthood, and then return to his hometown to marry a wife and have children, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

After a while, he came to the familiar "Rolling Stone Bar", which is not the best bar in Vienna, and the food is lackluster, but the wine sold here is the strongest in the whole of Vienna, and it is loved by these rough people who are rolling on the knife edge, and the business has always been good. It is also the most intensive place for the exchange of intelligence in the whole of Vienna, and a gathering place for all kinds of mercenaries, adventurers, and intermediaries.

Garcia asked for a glass of wine, and after greeting a few familiar guys, he came to the corner of the bar and sat down, sitting in front of a middle-aged man with a pale face and an overly drunk face.

It was a middleman who specialized in issuing strange tasks for nobles and nobles.

"Oh, Pittman, my old fellow, wake up, how long have you been drinking?" patting the somewhat groggy middle-aged man in front of him, Garcia then asked, "Did you go out yesterday and fool around again, looking listless." ”

After looking at the person in front of him with misty eyes, the "middleman" Pitman was shocked, and seemed to be much more sober: "Isn't this the head of Garcia? You have only been back for a few days, you can't rest at home, and you are in such a hurry to come out to take over the task." ”

"Alas, I don't want to, but I have to think about it for the future, while I still have the strength to make more money, I can earn a little more. Garcia took a sip of the wine in his glass: "Do you have any suitable tasks lately? It's better to have more money and be closer, you made us miserable last time." ”

"Close and rich?" Pitman glanced at him and sneered, "Is there another such task? Why don't you introduce me to one?"

"Okay, so what's the one who makes a little more money?" Garcia immediately lowered his notch.

"There is a lot of money, yes, the French army recruits mercenaries on a large scale, as long as you go, you will immediately send 3 gold marks to settle in, and after you go into battle to kill the enemy, you will be rewarded according to your merits......" Pitman introduced it seriously.

"Come on, I'm not one of those newcomers, but I don't want to die, you just put this set away, although I haven't been back for half a year, I've heard of what the fight is like over there, it's not good, it's a meat grinder there! Garcia waved his hand, straightened his face, and said seriously: "I'm not joking with you, it's just those ordinary tasks, okay? Don't worry, the introduction fee is indispensable for you." ”

After a pause, Pitman also became serious: "To be honest, now the city is strictly controlled, there are really not many tasks, and there are a lot fewer people who are willing to spend money, the best one recently is the one who transports illicit wine, and it has been taken over by the black and white mercenary group, and the others are all small and fragmented tasks, which are not suitable for mercenary groups like you......"

"Piecemeal is fine, and single people are also picked. Garcia didn't have any consciousness as a mercenary leader, and said shamelessly: "Just make money." ”

"Then let me take a look. With that, Pitman took out a small notebook and flipped through it.

As he flipped through it, he introduced: "Madame Bovary asked to follow her husband and find out the old witch who seduced him, yes, the old witch, and that's what she said, and she was willing to pay five gold coins." ”

"Baron Todd wants to call in two masters to help take care of the farm, this is a long-term task, 1 gold coin per month......"

"Viscount Dennis wants to buy a copy of the first volume of Jack the Great Swordsman for his daughter, and he is willing to pay a gold coin to buy it, but he must ensure that the book is complete and there are no missing ......"

"Madame Luna wants someone to help her go to the German front to help her get her husband's body back, and she's willing to give 15 gold marks, oh, that's a lot of money......"

"Mr. Horsen wants to buy a copy of "Jack the Great Swordsman", and he is also willing to give 1 gold coin, and if it is in good condition, he can add 10 more silver coins......"

......

After listening to more than a dozen tasks in a row, Captain Garcia couldn't help but interrupt Pittman's introduction: "This, what is this "Great Sword Master Jack" book? Why are so many people asking for it? It also costs a whole gold coin? And the price is increased so much?"

"Well...... Pittman mused, "Simply put, it's an album." ”

"The album is a masterpiece of the masters of the Academy of Arts?" Garcia asked impatiently.

"Nope. Pittman denied: "Actually, it was painted by a group of unsuccessful street painters, you know the art street, some of the painters there." ”

"Art Street, those guys are still painters?" Garcia's face was full of disdain and disbelief: "As far as the ghost things they painted, how many of them can be sold for more than 1 gold coin?"

"This difference, in fact, this "Great Sword Master Jack" has 18 pages, each page has four pictures, which is equivalent to 54 paintings, and if it sells for 35 silver, it is not expensive. Pittman explained.

"Isn't 35 silver?" Garcia didn't understand.

"When he first started selling, it was indeed 35 silver, but the quantity was limited, and it was sold out all at once, and now it has risen to more than 1 gold. Pittman continued.

"Why has it gone up so much?" Garcia was puzzled: "If they sell out, they will paint again, don't they make money? Aren't the people in Art Street all poor?"

"They're painting, and they're not stopping. Pittman explained: "It's just waiting for the next batch to come out, and it's about 4 or 5 days away." ”

"4 or 5 days? That's not a long time, why do you want to buy them one by one?" Garcia still didn't understand: "Can't you wait so much?"

"I just can't wait. Pitman shrugged: "Although I haven't seen this album, it is said that it is a whole story painted in it, as if it is about some kind of revenge, adventure and the like, the story is very exciting, very attractive, and many people are following." ”

"That ......" Garcia was about to speak, but was interrupted by Pittman.

"Listen to me! The story is good, but the attraction is one thing. But that's not the most important thing. I've also heard from the grapevine, and it's said that someone has found a whole set of swordsmanship in this album! Yes, it's swordsmanship! And it's not that kind of big road, it's a very subtle and peculiar swordsmanship! It's very likely that there is a inheritance level!"

"Swordsmanship?" Garcia's mouth opened wide, not knowing how to continue.

He is the leader of the "Sword Mercenary Group", as the name suggests, his entire mercenary group is a good hand at using swords, and he is the best among them. However, the swordsmanship he learned was only a little better than those big road goods, and he couldn't take it to the table at all. Not to mention compared to those inheritance-level martial arts that can create a noble family.

"Really, where can I get this book?" he asked, standing up and staring at Pittman.

Pitman shrugged: "I don't know about this, most of them have been collected by others, maybe they still have some stock in their comic club, and there are some circulating on the market, but they are all expensive......"

"I see. Before he could finish, Garcia left the bar without looking back.