Rebby has always been interested in book-related tasks.

However, you can get 200,000 J just for retrieving a book. This reward is already considered abnormally high, so Lebby hesitated for a day.

As a result, I learned today that I was picked up and the reward was increased to 2 million.

This makes Lebby a little...happy.

Although she is unwilling to do so, tasks with such high remuneration are generally beyond her ability.

It's hard to say what the consequences will be if you accept it rashly.

Mira encouraged: "Find another suitable one."

Loki had already hid in a corner, quietly wiped his hands with cold sweat, and slipped away when no one was paying attention.

Forget it about Lucy, the real Celestial Mage, but Rhodes, the fake Celestial Mage, is nothing more than calling the Gate of Leo?

I feel like it’s becoming increasingly impossible to stay in the guild.

"Here, two beers!"

"Here we come..." Rhodes sent two glasses of wine over, "Makao? Why don't you come here to drink before your injury heals?"

"This kind of injury is a piece of cake!"

"It's just a crusade against Vulcan that can actually lead to such injuries, and you still have the nerve to brag?" Wakaba puffed out a puff of smoke, slapped the table and laughed, "Kill Macao!"

Rhodes glanced at him. You were the one who looked the ugliest when there was no news about Makao. How come you were the one who mocked him the most after knowing that he was okay?

"What did you say? 18, I defeated 18!" Makao stood up and leaned forward, "If it were you, it would be 17 at most! No, 16!"

Wakaba also stood up and pressed his forehead against his: "I have at least 19, no, 20!"

"16!"

"20! Don't think that I will let you go if you get hurt!"

"15! Don't think you can compare to me just because I'm injured!"

"twenty one!"

"14!"

"Is this some kind of novel auction?" Rhodes didn't bother to care about them, feeling that today's fight wouldn't be possible.

…

Three days flew by.

"Partially received·Claw of the Mountain Dragon!"

Rhodes moved his dragon claws to get used to it, then clenched his fist and smashed it on the ground: "Fist of the Mountain!"

Bang!

Centered around his fist, the ground rumbled, and a crack extended from the center of the guild yard to the door.

Rhodes was not satisfied, so he adjusted his force method and punched again.

This time the extended distance was shorter, but the effect was that spider web-like cracks appeared on the ground centered on the fist, and the earth and rocks below the ground were also shattered by the punch.

"It feels like a bit of a show. Is this considered a strange power?"

Rhodes carefully checked the fence. Although it was not broken, this type of move was really not suitable for practicing in the yard.

"Repair the ground...whole-body reception·Mountain Dragon!"

"Earth magic...feel the magic of earth, the power of the earth, together!"

The broken ground came back together, but a calf-high earth bag bulged out.

The cracks from the first punch also gathered together and formed a ridge.

"It's still easy to exert too much force." Rhodes shook his head to dispel the receiving magic, and it was time to go to work.

It's not too tiring just to take it in all over the body.

As soon as Rhodes entered the door, he saw Lucy complaining to Mira about not getting paid:

"Lucy, are you back? Where are Natsu and Happy?"

"There." Lucy pointed weakly. Natsu and Happy were fooling around in the tavern like nothing happened.

And Lucy was a little bit shocked because she couldn't get paid for her first official mission.

"What happened?" Rhodes sat next to Mira naturally.

Mira prepared towels and water for him.

"Actually..." Lucy told the story of the mission.

It turns out that the client, Kirby Menlo, is the son of the famous novelist Kem Saleo (Renqua Menlo).

The mission this time was to remove the stain on his father's writing career.

——Kem Saleo was once imprisoned by Duke Aibar for three years and was asked to write a novel with Duke Aibar as the protagonist.

Then he wrote the book "DAY BREAK (Dawn, Dawn, Sunrise)".

After he was sent home, he claimed that he had written a bad book, cut off the hand that held the pen, and died of depression soon after.

Kirby believed that the existence of this book was an insult to his father, so he wanted to burn it.

But Lucy unlocked the magic hidden in the book, rearranged all its words, and "DAY BREAK" became "DEAR KABY".

The content also changed from a bad story to a letter to his son. The book was also accepted by Kirby as his father's best work.

"That's it, because the client increased the reward and changed the request from 'get the book' to 'destroy' the book.

Then Natsu said that since the mission is not completed until the book is destroyed, considering the reputation of the guild, no reward can be collected."

Two million! Although Lucy could understand what Natsu did, she still felt heartbroken.

"I saw a work by Kem Sareo, but I didn't expect him to experience such a thing."

While Rhodes was supplementing his common sense, he also didn't forget to learn about some literary works. Although he didn't read enough books, he still read a few works by such famous writers.

"Writing novels is a really dangerous profession. If you're not careful, you may be locked up by readers to press for manuscripts. If you can't write, you won't be given food."

"That kind of thing is an extreme case!" Lucy felt sad. In fact, she was also secretly writing a novel... She wouldn't meet such crazy people in the future, would she?

"I hope." Rhodes asked again, "How is that Duke? Illegal imprisonment seems not to be within the privileges of the nobles, right?"

"We helped Mr. Kirby collect some incriminating evidence. The Hirozmen City Government plans to investigate him, and then because he is a magician, the Senate will also intervene."

Lucy and Natsu did a great job of finishing things off.

Lucy was a little frustrated: "My first job..."

Mira consoled her: "Although she didn't get paid, Lucy got to read the best work first. Isn't it great?"

"That's what I said." Lucy really felt honored to be able to witness this great work full of love,

"But I still want to come to Miss Mira and ask you for the secret after I complete the task."

"What's the secret?"

"This is the secret to Mr. Rhodes becoming stronger. Habib said that Mr. Rhodes was given to Miss Mira for safekeeping."

Rhodes wondered: "I have the secret to becoming stronger? Why don't I know?"

"Did they lie to me!?" Lucy wanted to settle accounts with them.

Mira thought for a while: "If I insist on saying it, I really do."

"What what?"

"Wait a minute." Mira rummaged around and took out three pieces of paper, "That's it."

Lucy took it over eagerly and looked at it: "Push-ups, sit-ups, meditation, long-distance running, practicing magic... what is this?"

"Rhodes' training schedule, including the original version, the later extreme training version, and the later revised version, are all here."
Chapter completed!