Time: 2011-5-2119:03:49 Words: 3128
It was actually very simple to become a mercenary. You just had to fill out a form at the Mercenary Guild and spend a silver coin to buy a badge. We looked through the missions at the Mercenary Guild. There are many that we can do, but not many that are of value. According to the map route, we chose a few collection missions. This is our first time being a mercenary, and it is mainly to gain experience. After choosing the mission, we walked out of the Mercenary Guild and waited for Alice's arrival under the city wall near the south gate.
"Sit for a while." Seth suggested. Seeing that I nodded, he unsheathed his sword and leaned against the city wall. He sat beside the sword. I imitated him and leaned my iron rod against the wall. I sat sideways beside him.
"Why are you looking at me?" After a while, I couldn't help but ask when I saw Seth sizing me up.
"Nothing. I just didn't expect you to have such a side to you.”Seth said with a smile.
"This side? Do I have any other 'faces'?" I asked doubtfully.
" Yeah," Seth leaned back and said in a reminiscing tone,""When I first saw you lying in the cell, my first feeling was anger, and my second was pity. After all, you know what you look like. When I saw your calmness, or even coldness, I was surprised and even afraid. Especially when you said expressionlessly,'I don't have time to be weak and cry', I was really afraid, so I..."
Seth shrugged and continued,""However, when you cried with me, I knew that you were just an ordinary girl. Perhaps you were very strong, perhaps you were very calm, but there were also times when you were weak. At that time, for some reason, I actually felt a little happy. Just last night, I saw you in battle for the first time. I had imagined this before, but I didn't expect it to be so different from reality. When you smashed that black-armored soldier's head with your rod, you didn't even change your expression. I almost vomited! I didn't expect you to be so violent."
" Hehe, I'm sorry…" I laughed dryly.
"But now, the feeling you give me is different.”Seth turned around and said to me," You're sitting here so quietly. I feel like I was hallucinating when you fought last night. Tell me, which one of you is the real you?"”
Heart, heart…beating so fast…what's going on?
" By the way," Seth suddenly asked," Have you been practicing stick techniques since you were young?”
"Yes, yes." I answered, trying to control myself.
" Is it because of your staff skills? You're so small, but your chest is…" Seth's expression was strange as he made a " big circle " gesture with his hand.
"Stupid Seth!" What kind of words are these! This should be flirting, right? I picked up the iron rod beside me and wanted to hit his head!
"Stop! Stop! Stop! I'm just joking!" Seth quickly raised his hand in a surrendering gesture. I glared at him, but I slowly put down my iron rod. From the moment we met until now, we had never joked like this. No, it should be said that we had never joked before. A series of cruel events had been weighing down on our hearts. Now, could we finally smile with relief?
Probably because of the awkwardness, none of us spoke after that. At some point, snow began to fall from the sky. The Mage Tower was built on the top of a mountain in the north. It was winter all year round here, so it was normal for it to snow. Looking at the falling snowflakes, Seth and I had a strange atmosphere between us. It was very mild, but I liked it.
"Sorry for the wait!" After an unknown period of time, Alice, who was dressed in a purple mage robe, ran over. For some reason, I suddenly felt that she was a little annoying…
"I was waiting for you." Seth stood up and said to her,"" I've already accepted the quests. There are a total of five. Our final destination is our original home, Rates City. The quests are all collection quests. We can complete them by walking all the way here.”
It's getting late, so we'll set off immediately. Although there are only three of us, we have a complete troika of combat, magic, and animal husbandry. Moreover, the missions aren't difficult, so we'll be able to complete them. Our first stop was the Snow Wolf Plains under the McGee Snow Mountain, where the Magus Tower was located. It was named after the large number of snow wolves that roamed the area.
Snow wolves were not scary individually. Although they were also magical creatures, they were much weaker than the grassland wind wolves that could shoot wind blades. However, they usually appeared in groups. According to records, the largest wolf group that had been observed had tens of thousands of them. These tens of thousands of snow wolves could destroy a small army.
Of course, the snow wolf plain is so big, but there aren't many big wolf packs. There are a few or a dozen small wolf packs. They live in the forest at the foot of McGee's snow mountain, and their fur is our target.
Snow Wolf Pelt was a good material for making enchanted leather armor. Since it was a magical beast, the snow wolf pelt also had a certain magical attribute, and many leather craftsmen bought it. However, the problem was that small groups of snow wolves only moved in the forest. It was very troublesome to track them. On the plains, small mercenary groups could not afford to offend the snow wolves, but large mercenary groups did not care. This led to the fact that snow wolf pelt had always had a market.
"Bang!"
A snow wolf that was charging at me from the front was sent flying by my staff. It landed in Seth's direction. Seth didn't even look at it and slashed his sword backward, cutting open the snow wolf's stomach. Another snow wolf pounced on me from behind. I turned around, stepped forward, and stabbed forward! The iron rod pierced the left side of the snow wolf's chest. Although there was no wound, the snow wolf's heart had been shattered by me.
"Fifteen." After killing the last snow wolf, Seth shook off the blood on his sword and sheathed it. He looked at the dead wolves around him and said.
"In this case, the 50 wolf skins required for the mission will be complete.”Alice continued," Although we spent three more days looking for a suitable wolf pack in order to get exactly 50 wolf skins, I think we did the right thing.”
"Yes, and this wolf pack doesn't have any wolf cubs. In this case, we don't have to worry about the survival of the wolf cubs after their parents die.”I put away the iron rod and picked up a wolf corpse. I walked over to Seth, who was skinning the wolf, and said.
"I still don't have any experience." While skinning, Seth sighed." Why didn't I think about how to carry these fifty wolf skins when I received the quest? If Alice hadn't brought her space backpack, I don't think we would have been able to continue on the road.”
"No matter what, this collection mission is finally over. I think we can finally change our taste, right? I've been eating wolf meat for half a month." I mumbled softly as I put down the wolf corpse.
"It is shameful to waste the food that the God of Light has given us!”Alice said with her hands on her hips.
" Yes, yes-" I waved my hand and said perfunctorily.
"It doesn't matter. We'll arrive at Snow Wolf Town in about two days.”Seth said with a smile.
Seth finished peeling the skin, Alice kept the edible meat, and we gathered the rest together and buried them. Alice even made a simple prayer. I really don't know who the nun is…
Just as Seth said, two days later, we arrived at Snow Wolf Town. This was a small town built by merchants passing through the Snow Wolf Plains. Merchants rested here and formed temporary partners to pass through the Snow Wolf Plains. Some of them even seized the time to do some business. If we wanted to pass through the Plains of Snow Wolves, we would have to join a merchant group. Fortunately, there was a merchant group heading south to Wharton, so we joined them as mercenaries.
Although we were young, no one bullied us in the caravan. It wasn't that the other mercenaries were friendly or anything, but that we had the strength. This place was very realistic. Caravans did not bring idle people. If one wanted to join as a mercenary, they had to first show their strength.
The way to test one's strength was to chop wooden stakes. The thick pine wood that had been frozen solid by water was stuck in the snow. It had to be cut down with at least one sword to pass the test. However, this wasn't a problem for Seth. With a casual slash, the upper half of the wooden stake flew out and landed on my side. I used my staff to shatter the broken wood in the air. That wasn't all. The shattered wood shavings flew towards the crowd like raindrops.
"Water shield!"
Alice shouted and a few semi-circular water shields surrounded the crowd. Most of the wood shavings were blocked, and the remaining wood shavings flew past the crowd and nailed to the wall of the wooden house behind, about half an inch deep.
Just like that, we joined the merchant group. The mercenary group that escorted the merchant group even contacted us and asked if we could join their mercenary group. Of course, we rejected all of these. It would take at least five days to get out of the Snow Wolf Plain. After three days, we finally arrived at the most dangerous area.
Wild Wolf Valley. Some caravans wanted to change the name of this place to Death Valley, but because of the same name and the inauspicious feeling of others, they didn't change it. This was the place where the snow wolves were most likely to ambush. Almost 70% of the caravans would be ambushed here, and countless caravans would disappear here.
The Snow Wolf Plain is very quiet at night. Right now, we are setting up camp in the Wild Wolf Valley. Since this place was so dangerous, why did they set up camp here? Because the Wild Wolf Valley was very long, it was impossible to finish it in a day. If one wanted to rush through the Wild Wolf Valley without caring about fatigue, it would only lead to death. This was a bloody lesson that had been learned over the years.
Except for the sentries, everyone was taking the time to rest, because no one knew if the snow wolves would come, when they would come, and how many they would come. The sentries widened their eyes, holding the alarm flute in their hands. If they found the snow wolves, they would blow the flute immediately, and then think about whether to escape or how to escape back to the main force.
"Di-Di-"
At some point, the shrill sound of police sirens rang out. Everyone opened their eyes. The merchants returned to their cars, and the mercenaries automatically stood around the defense line. They looked into the darkness not far away. There were pairs of green eyes...
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