Camille continued to move south. Of course, he didn't give up on cultivating on the way. After leveling up to Level 7, he would not be able to level up as quickly as before, but Camille still did not give up on this accumulation.
Starting from Level 7, each level was divided into four stages: initial stage, intermediate stage, advanced stage, and peak stage. Usually, those who were at the back of the stage were stronger than those at the front, but there was no absolute. Otherwise, there was no need for them to fight when they met. They would just have to show their levels to determine the winner. Of course, that was impossible. Strength also depended on one's moves and cultivation techniques, as well as combat experience and equipment.
There were also cultivation techniques on this continent. The main effect of this cultivation technique was to affect one's combat strength and cultivation speed. In other words, even if you didn't have a cultivation technique, you could still improve and fight through ordinary cultivation. However, his improvement speed was relatively slow, and his combat strength was relatively weak. Other than increasing the speed of cultivation, the effects of cultivation techniques were to increase the amount of magic power you could use at each stage and increase your mental strength. For example, Kameuta could use far more magic power than a powerhouse of the same level, and his spiritual power was more than three times that of a powerhouse of the same level. Of course, his cultivation method was provided by Aisha, and the gap would be even greater in the future.
There were also some special cultivation techniques that could strengthen the body and increase speed. Kameyu was currently cultivating these cultivation techniques. In short, Aisha would provide him with anything that was good for his body. However, these were all techniques that required long-term accumulation. Camille had been cultivating for more than a year, but he still could not see any effect.
Therefore, the experts on the continent usually came from their families. The country also provided cultivation techniques to entice the experts to serve them.
The moves were all kinds of sword skills, fist techniques, special magic usage methods, and so on. Basically, it was the use of various techniques of strength, using special methods to cause stronger and greater damage. Camille also relied on the sword skills that Aisha provided him to cultivate his own techniques, especially when used with a Treasured Artifact. In the 21 years in the dungeon world, although he could not use his strength, he could still hone his skills.
On this day, Camille finally arrived at Frostdance City, the capital of the Ice and Snow Empire, near noon. This city was indeed worthy of being called the capital of a country. The size of the city was beyond imagination. Camille entered the city through the north gate, which was 20 meters tall. The magic array attached to the city wall was said to be able to withstand a blow from a Level-8 expert. There were many magic towers in the city. These magic towers were arranged according to some kind of magic array, and there were many sorcerers serving the country in each magic tower. They usually trained there. During wartime, they would inject magic power into the magic tower together to form a city-wide defensive barrier. Of course, this was the information Camille had heard out of curiosity after entering the city.
The reason why Camille came here was because there was more comprehensive information about the continent. After all, the Ice Phoenix's mother had not been to the continent for more than a hundred years. A lot of information might be outdated. Camille had encountered them on the road. Some towns had disappeared, while others were newly established. The other thing was about the humanities. If he said something wrong in the process of talking to others in the future, it would obviously be ridiculed or suspected.
Camille planned to stay here for a while to learn more about this world. He would basically study history and read the news.
More importantly, there was a large auction house here. There should be a lot of good things. Camille didn't plan to obtain everything through exchange. No matter how many points he had, it wouldn't be enough. Therefore, if he could buy it with money, he would buy it with money. Anyway, he had an amethyst card in his hand. There would definitely be a lot of things that could be kept by the Ice Phoenix. Even if there was nothing in the card, he was not afraid. Next, he planned to register as a mercenary. With his Level-7 strength, he could earn a lot of money.
Of course, the first thing he had to do was check how much money he had. He went to the largest bank in the city (let's use this name for now, that's not the point).
He followed the waiter to a special private room. It was said to be a place to deal with large sums of money or VIPs. This was the treatment he received after entering the bank and flashing his amethyst card.
"Hello, you are the gentleman with the Purple Crystal Card (Reminder: Camille with a mask? May I know what business you want to handle?"
"Oh, it's like this. I plan to participate in the auction, so I want to check how much money is left in it.”As he spoke, Camille handed over his amethyst card.
"Alright, sir. I'll check it for you right away. Please wait a moment.”
As it was a room for business, there were still necessary facilities, so the person-in-charge quickly checked the amount for him.
"S-Sir, you still have 10 million purple gold in your card.”As he spoke, he swallowed his saliva. This was the first time he had handled such a large amount of funds.
"Ahem, is this a lot?"
"A lot, a lot."
"Hmm, that should be enough. Do you know when the auction is? I just arrived in this city."
"Yes, sir. There are auctions every day. However, someone of your status probably won't be interested. There's a large-scale auction every month, and it happens to be tomorrow night. You can go and participate in this auction.”
"Okay, I got it. Thank you.”
"Please don't say that. It's my honor to serve you.”
After leaving the bank, Camille went to the Mercenary Guild.
"Hello, what can I do for you?”
"Yes, I want to register as a mercenary. What are the rules here?”
"Sir, do you plan to be an independent mercenary, form your own team, or join another mercenary group?”
"I plan to be an independent mercenary first. I should be able to form my own team in the future, right?”Camille thought for a moment. He might not be able to find a teammate of his own level, so he decided to become an independent mercenary first.
" Yes, sir. Every mercenary can accumulate their own mercenary rank through missions. The higher the mercenary rank, the greater the benefits. For example, if you want to accept a mission that is higher than your rank, the deposit you have to pay will be different. The higher the rank, the more information you can obtain from the Mercenary Union.
There are not many missions that you can accept as an independent mercenary. If you want to take on other missions, you will have to pay a higher deposit. If you fail the mission or give up halfway, the deposit will not be returned. In the future, if you start to form your own team, your mercenary level will be added to the team. In the same team, the highest mercenary level was used as the team level. In comparison, independent mercenaries accumulate mercenary levels very slowly. Are you sure you want to register as an independent mercenary?”
"I'm sure."
"Alright, we need 10 gold coins as your registration fee.”
The Mercenary Guild was very efficient. Soon, Camille received a mercenary badge. The guild didn't ask Camille about his level, because all the quests clearly indicated the required level. If anyone was willing to challenge someone above his level, he could not blame anyone else for dying. Moreover, those who were high-level mercenaries would not be low-level.
After a busy day, Camille quickly found a decent hotel to stay in. He had an early meal and began to cultivate and rest.
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Camille first completed his homework and then began to familiarize himself with his surroundings. In the evening, they arrived at the largest auction house in the city, the Red Moon Auction House. It was said that this auction house had branches in many cities on this continent. Its influence was considered very large on the continent, so no one dared to cause trouble here.
Camille showed his amethyst card and got a room for free, which made him feel pretty good. Of course, it was impossible for them to provide all kinds of services like the private rooms of the big families, the royal family, and the great nobles. However, there was still a service staff here to serve him at any time. The waitress was a very cute girl who always looked at Camille with curious eyes.
"Do you usually treat others like this?”Camille couldn't hold it in anymore. He wasn't an animal from a zoo.
"I don't usually do that. I see that your amethyst card is very old, so I'm curious about who you are. I don't usually come here to receive people. Why didn't you let me sit down? My legs are hurting.”At the end of her sentence, she even revealed an aggrieved expression. Her pouted lips were probably enough to hang a bottle of oil.
"Oh, well, please sit. By the way, I'm Camille. What's your name?”
"Is this considered hitting on me?" As soon as she sat down, she became as naughty as a curious kitten.
"Cough, you can say so."
"Then I won't tell you. Sister said that you can't pay attention to people who come to hit on you. They will do perverted things. Although she didn't know what sex was, she asked her sister. Her sister only blushed but didn't tell her.”Camille didn't know what expression he should make, so he decided to ignore it.
"If you don't tell me, I'll call you kitten, kitten.”Camille was a cat lover. When he was young, he often slept with cats.
"What kind of form of address is that? You can't call me that. I won't agree.”
"Are you not satisfied? I'll call you puppy then, even though I don't really like this title.”
"No, no, I don't want it. Forget it, I'll tell you. Her name is Nia. How about it? Isn't it nice?" He had a smug expression on his face.
"Yes, Nia. That's a good name. It matches Camille very well.”
"What match? You're bad. You're taking advantage of Nia." At first, she did not expect it, but then the young girl, Nia, reacted and began to blow Camille.
"How could that be? The two of us are compatible, so we should be taking advantage of each other.”
"That's not true. I don't want to be a match with you. Oh right, take off your mask and let me see what you look like.”
"Can you really take it down? What if you fall in love with me?"
"I won't fall in love with you. I've seen many handsome people, including princes and dukes. They were all pursuing her sister, but no one came to pursue her, even though they knew that her sister was beautiful, had a good figure, and was very capable.”At the end of his sentence, he seemed to have thought of something and could not help but feel depressed.
Camille could not help but reach out to touch her head." No way. How can there be no one pursuing Nia? Wasn't I just hitting on Nia and pursuing Nia?”
"Then let me see your face. Who would wear a mask when pursuing someone?”
" Alright." Camille took off his mask." How about it?" It's still not bad, right? By the way, I'm a real man. Don't treat me like a girl.”
"Really? Are you really a man? If you didn't say it, people would have thought that you were a girl. Oh, I know. You must be afraid that others will mistake you for someone else, so you put on a mask, right?”
"Something like that. You don't know that when a girl walks alone outside, there will always be all kinds of troubles. Although I'm a man, I'll always be mistaken. In order to avoid trouble, a mask would be more convenient.”
"I've never gone out to play alone. Sister always says it's very dangerous. Actually, he was very strong. He was already level 6.”
"Your sister is right. The outside world is not as good as you think.”
"Then tell me about what happened outside. Hey, wait, the auction is starting.”
Although she seemed to want to know what was going on outside, Nia still dutifully stopped after the auction began.
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The characters were introduced. The plot was monotonous without women.
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