Chapter 16 The Mist Incident
Surman stepped into the door, behind it was a venue slightly smaller than the tavern hall, with a bar and a wine table.
The difference is that this 'li tavern' is no longer noisy, and each one is dressed dignifiedly, generally with black and gray tone, with straight clothes and top hats sitting around the wine table.
Some were talking in a low voice, some were playing bridge, but more people were focusing on the middle of the bar, the bounty card with dense small notes hanging, which was the billboard for the bounty hunter to receive the task.
The billboard is managed by the Bounty Guild and the tasks are uniformly distributed.
The Bounty Guild is second only to the Orthodox Church in the cold land of the north. In terms of scale, it is larger than the ancient aristocracy in the local area. However, the Bounty Guild does not participate in secular power struggles. They only provide a trading platform for bounty hunters in each city-state and draw rewards from it.
No matter where you belong, as long as you give money and enough, the bounty hunter will work for you.
Even during the war, different factions hired bounty hunters to attack and kill each other's members. This is not uncommon. They are similar to the arms merchants on earth. The difference is that those merchants betray arms, and bounty hunters betray their abilities.
When Surman came in, some bounty hunters cast curious eyes.
This is a strange face.
As bounty hunters in Gangdian City, most of them have a little impression of each other. Even if they are not intimate with each other, they look familiar at least. However, the young man in front of them feels strange and is likely to be a newcomer.
Sure enough, the waitress at the counter made them sure of this next move.
"Sir, are you Surman Arthurdore who came to take the assessment?"
Obviously, the waitress had already received the news and asked directly the first sentence.
"Yes, I'll get the qualification certificate for the Bounty Hunter." Surman nodded slightly. In his previous life, he also joined the Bounty Hunter. Not only that, his level is also very high and he is qualified to go to the headquarters of the Bounty Guild.
At that time, Surman, with his identity, also participated in the epic war that swept across the cold land of the north. He transformed himself into the "Night Reaper" on the battlefield, making people in the hostile camp frightened and earned a large number of experience and merits.
"This is a very wise choice, Mr. Surman." The waitress was very polite and explained to him the nature of the work of the bounty hunter, which is what Surman had known long ago. At the end, she smiled: "As bounty hunters, sometimes we will receive commissions from ancient nobles or the sects of the gods. Of course, those tasks are at great risk."
Bounty hunters are different from joining private chambers of commerce. The former is a mercenary. Not only does it not restrict itself, it is favored by forces of all sizes. Sometimes, when official forces are helpless, they will ask bounty hunters to help.
"For new entrants, we need to take assessment..."
The waitress led him to the billboard, with dense task notes hanging on it, but there were small notes under each note, which read: Gray Iron, Silver and Original, etc. She smiled and said, "For the division of bounty hunters, we use the name of the era, just like now it is the Third Era, also known as the Gray Iron Age, so the bounty hunter in the first stage is the Gray Iron Hunter."
"The second stage is the Silver Hunter, which corresponds to the Second Age, also known as the Silver Age."
"The third stage is the primordial hunter, which corresponds to the first era, the earliest era, also known as the primordial era."
After saying that, the waitress added: "Of course, it is very difficult to promote the hunter's title and must make enough contributions. If you reach the primitive hunter, you are even qualified to go to the headquarters to participate in the assessment of higher titles."
"However, this situation is too far away for you. Not to mention the primitive hunters, even silver hunters are very rare. There are only three silver hunters in the guild of Gangdian City, and two of them are accepting commissions and are not within the scope of Gangdian City.
The remaining one is Mr. President, who is currently following the 'Traveler' to investigate a major commission."
After the female waiter introduced her, she finally got to the point. She pointed to the commission on the billboard-
"Please choose a commission event to serve as your assessment."
Surman looked at the billboard and began to slowly choose. At this moment, he recalled the future plot of Gangdian City in his mind.
While he was choosing, at other tables, the curious hunters retracted their gaze and started chatting after drinking again.
"It is said that Mr. President, who has cooperated with the tourer, is searching for descendants of the Stuart family..."
"That original level mission? There is only this original level mission on the entire billboard."
"After all, Gangdian City is not as good as those top cities with sacred churches. It is said that the city where the sacred church of the Snow Church is located, the bounty guild in the Snow City, just the tasks above the original level are more than two digits..."
The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. Surman felt aroused. Sure enough, the target of the tourer was not him, but another descendant of the Stuart family who was hiding in the city of Gangdian. The other party was of great value, and even inspired the president of this branch to take action!
Can I catch that guy's position, should I report it? A bold idea came to Surman's mind, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate. It was not a bloody friendship. Except for Silvi, those people had bullied the original owner.
Surman reported the other party, and there was no psychological pressure.
There is only one thing that he can't explain the source of the "news" and can't say: "I'm the insider among them, right?" This is definitely inappropriate. It's easy to trick yourself into it, just like reporting someone else's failure.
It seems that this task has to be discussed for a long time... Surman retracted his sight and secretly kept this only original task in mind. Perhaps when he becomes a formal bounty hunter, he will have the chance to complete the task.
And he remembered that if the Gray Iron Hunter completes an original mission, he can be promoted to Silver Hunter.
Let's complete the assessment first...
Surman swept it again, and soon his eyes fixed on a commission.
——Mist incident.
Degree of commission: silver.
Event content: In the steelmaking area of Gangdian City, No. 16 Hansen Street, the northernmost part, in the Golden Taro Iron Smelting Field, people disappeared for several consecutive days. When the incident occurred, it was accompanied by fog, and extraordinary lives were suspected to be present.
Remuneration: 25 gold pounds.
"It's it!" Surman's eyes lit up because he remembered the Gangdian City in his previous life, and the foggy incident was recorded on the record.
The reason is that the extraordinary life that causes chaos in the case is a very rare "Mistress". It is not only an extraordinary monster, but also an extremely precious extraordinary material. When players are promoted to the second level, it can greatly increase the success rate!
At present, after being promoted to the Night Knight, Surman has entered the first level (Extraordinary Realm), but he will definitely seek promotion in the future and prepare for the future. Therefore, Surman is bound to win the materials for the Miracle Mirage.
"Miss Waiter, I decided it was it..." Surman was about to reach out and lift the paper when suddenly, a slender palm covered with armor was inserted next to him, and also pressed down a corner of the commissioned paper.
"I'll take on this mission.....Hmm?"
The owner of the armor was a young woman. Her appearance was not pretty, but her facial features were a little sharp. Next to her were two hunters, one man and one woman, who were also dressed up and set off.
At this time, Surman heard someone exclaiming at the wine table next to him: "Scarcey is actually back..."
Scarcey, this is one of the two silver hunters out.
The result was obvious that the two fell in love with the same commissioning incident.
The waitress was stunned for a few seconds, then stepped forward and asked Surman: "Sir, why don't you change the entrustment? Moreover, this is a silver entrustment..."
Responding to her was Surman's firm shaking his head.
............
Half an hour later,
Steelmaking District, No. 16 Hansen Street, in front of the gate of the Golden Taro Iron Smelting Field.
Surman glanced at the bounty hunters next to him, especially Miss Scarthy with a tight face.
He couldn't help but shake his head secretly. He never expected the result of the dispute between the two sides...
That is,
Chapter completed!