Chapter 1 The boy who ran away from home
Welcome to this world, this is a world full of fantasy and beautiful, magic, fighting spirit, holy words and alchemy together, witnessing the civilization and development of this world. Elves, humans, demons and beasts all live here. A huge explosion that was unknown to no avail caused the originally integrated continent to split. After a hundred years of elegance in territory, it was finally divided into the eastern continent, the northern continent, the western continent and the southern archipelago.
After the split of the mainland, the eastern continent was occupied by human races, while the northern continent lived with demons, elves and beasts lived in the western continent, and various ethnic groups lived on the southern archipelago. In the following thousands of years, all human countries in the eastern continent were spent in peace and war. It was not until more than three hundred years ago that a human hero named Eragon unified the countries and established a great empire on the eastern continent, and the peaceful development of the human race continued to this day.
In the eastern continent, deep in the lush bamboo sea, an old house stands there, ancient and mysterious, calm and...
A burst of rapid steps broke the calm. The butler trotted all the way to the main hall. The owner of the old house was sitting in the main seat drinking tea.
"Master, Master, he is not in the room." The butler bowed slightly to the man sitting in the main seat.
"Where is the practice field?"
"No, I have searched for other places, but I haven't found them."
"I understand, I'm hiding this from the wife and the lady in advance. If they ask, they will say that the young master has been assigned a task by me." The man took a sip of tea and said slowly, as if he did not take what the butler said to heart.
"Yes, Master."
"About the imperial capital." The man took a sip of tea and thought for a while, "It seems that I'm going to go there in person."
"Okay, lord, I'll make arrangements now." After the butler said, he bowed again and left the main hall.
While savoring the tea carefully, the man tapped the tabletop rhythmically.
"Hmph! This guy!!!"
In the eastern part of the eastern continent, an unknown town.
In the morning, the sun was already rising, and the town ushered in a new day. People began to get busy with their livelihoods, while children were playing on the avenues, and shops on the avenues opened one after another. The town became more and more lively as the sun rose. A young man wrapped in a cloak walked slowly on the avenue of the town as the crowd stopped in front of a house with the words "mercenary" and then pushed the door open and walked in.
Mercenary Hall: an intermediary place for publishing and receiving tasks, which is almost everywhere in every corner of the world. People can publish tasks in the Mercenary Hall by paying remuneration. The Mercenary Hall draws 10% of the publishing fee. The difficulty of the task is divided into seven levels: "s", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", and "no". Tasks above "b" and "b" usually require multiple people to complete. If multiple people need to complete tasks below "c" and "c", you must state it in the task. The difficulty of the task determines the task experience obtained by the mercenary after completing the task. The difficulty of the task is determined by the Mercenary Hall in the place of release. The published tasks will be posted on the bulletin board for the mercenary door to receive.
Mercenary: If you spend 5 gold coins in the Mercenary Hall (the income of an ordinary family of three is 10 to 15 gold coins per month) you can register as a mercenary. After registering as a mercenary, you can accept tasks on the bulletin board of the Mercenary Hall. After completing tasks, you can obtain task rewards and corresponding task experience. Task experience is used to improve the mercenary level. Task level corresponds to mercenary levels. For example, C-level mercenaries can accept tasks below "c" and "c", and mercenary levels can only obtain experience upgrades by completing tasks. After receiving tasks exceeds the specified time or if they are not completed, double experience will be deducted.
Just now, many tables in the mercenary hall were filled with people. Some were waiting to be a mission partner and ready to set off at any time; some were waiting for a new mission to be released; some had just returned from the mission and shared what they saw and heard with other mercenaries; of course, some were ready to fight at any time when they had disagreements.
After the cloaked boy walked into the Mercenary Hall, he walked towards the bulletin board in diameter. The bulletin boards here are all tasks of "no" and "e" level, such as helping find pets, helping to harvest the dealer, collecting 10 wild wolf skins, etc.
"It's a small town after all." The cloaked boy said self-deprecatingly, his voice really helpless.
"Oh, young man, you're not a local, right?" said the uncle who was also looking for a task next to him, looking at the cloaked boy with a smile on his face.
"..." The boy naturally chose to ignore this kind of mature uncle and continued to look at the bulletin board without even looking at it.
"Hahaha, it's really..." The mature uncle ignored him when he saw someone and smiled dryly to resolve the little embarrassment. "A batch of new tasks will be announced in a while, so you might as well wait."
"Thank you." The cloaked boy nodded to the uncle and continued to look at the task on the bulletin board.
"The young people nowadays... are so cold!" The mature uncle was really helpless about encountering such a soft nail. But it was okay. After a while, he chatted with the people around him.
Time passed quickly, and more people were coming in and out of the Mercenary Hall, and it became more noisy.
"Everyone let me know, a new task has been released!" The girl who released the task was a girl in charge of daily life in the counter of the Mercenary Hall. As she was close to the time of the release of the new task, the bulletin board was blocked. The girl had to speak out and let everyone give way.
"Xiaoya, I have a good task to do it."
"Xiaoya, let's have a drink with me later?"
"Xiaoya, it's becoming more and more beautiful!!!"
"Who said you, don't block the way."
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Although the mercenaries were coaxing, they still gave way to this girl named Xiaoya. Xiaoya ignored the mercenaries' cheers because they had long been used to it and put the tasks in their hands on the bulletin board. At this time, the mercenary hall seemed particularly quiet.
When the last mission that marked the "c" level appeared on the bulletin board, the entire Mercenary Hall was in full bloom!
"Hey hey hey, level c? No, we actually have level c tasks in this small place?"
"Oh, I can't handle it anyway!"
"Can anyone take it? This C-level is my one."
"Reward 1,000 gold coins is such a big deal!"
"What is the content of the task written, Xiaoya!"
"I'm too far away to see it. Please read it by the brothers in front of me."
"Yes, who gets close to you? Please read it, hahaha."
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The appearance of a "c"-level mission instantly attracted all the mercenaries in the Mercenary Hall, and the bulletin board suddenly became even more distracted. The mercenaries shouted, full of curiosity. This town was the first time that a "c"-level mission appeared.
"I said, everyone is quiet!" The uncle of Jilaima shouted. "I'll take a look." Jilaima was already close to the bulletin board, so he was unstoppable. "Well~ escort the mission and protect the two gentlemen to arrive in Ryan Town safely, and there are many people!!! You can set off after accepting the mission! Reward 1,000 gold coins!"
The mature uncle finished reading the task loudly, turned to look at Xiaoya who had not left yet and asked, "Xiaoya, if it is just an escort mission, how could it be C-level?"
The uncle's words suddenly focused everyone's attention on Xiaoya.
"The mercenary hall will not make any mistakes in the assessment of the mission. The 20-member escort of the client, now only 5 people are left. The other 15 people are either dead or injured. The client has encountered three assassinations on the road, so the mercenary hall evaluates this mission as a C-level mission." Although Xiaoya, who seems to be in her early 20s, speaks very skillfully.
Xiaoya's words instantly made the originally quiet mercenary hall noisy again, and everyone was discussing the degree of danger of this task. The mature uncle also frowned and said this to the mercenaries around him.
"Old Cai, why don't we try it? 1,000 gold coins can take this risk!" A mercenary who looked in his 30s next to the mature uncle.
"Although the reward is very attractive, it is difficult for us to eat 5 of us." Old Cai, the mature uncle, shook his head.
"Old Cai..." The mercenary in his 30s had not had time to say anything.
Chapter completed!