Travels of the Necromancer

When Noah and I rushed back to the mercenary guild branch on the western border of the Purple Wing Empire, it was not completely dark yet, and we could still catch up with dinner.

"Freelance mercenary Chris and Noah have cooperated to complete the C-level mission: to capture the most wanted criminal of the Purple Wing Empire, Big Tyre." Noah put the package in his hand on the table in the registration office.

"Big Tyre, a high-level earth magician. Because he coveted the high-quality earth magic crystals underground in Suer Village, Sig County, Purple Wing Empire, he violated the "Magic Use Regulations" of the Magic Association when he failed to acquire the land. Magic circle, and triggered an earthquake in Suer Village, causing many villagers casualties. Earlier this year, Bigger Tyre was wanted by the Purple Wing Empire for murder and abuse of magic. The reward was 1000 silver coins. The mercenary guild will arrest Bigger The task of the grid is set as C-level." The person in charge of registration in this mercenary guild was a young girl, she opened the package, and carefully checked the head inside the package to confirm its identity.

I couldn't help but wonder that she was jumping up and screaming because of a cockroach a few minutes ago, but now she can face a person's head without changing her face.I can understand why people are afraid of dead bodies, but why are they afraid of cockroaches, which are completely harmless insects?Maybe cockroaches have dangers that I don't know about yet. It seems that I need to take a good look at "Insect Encyclopedia".

Of course, it would be more convenient to directly ask Noah or the registrar himself.But because the teacher's education method makes me very cautious about asking questions, and asking questions can easily expose my weaknesses and defects, so it's better for me to find the answers by myself.

"The identity has been confirmed. Congratulations! After completing this mission, you will be able to upgrade to B-level mercenaries. In addition, this is the reward for this mission, 1000 silver coins, please accept it."

"Since we've upgraded, shouldn't we have a drink to celebrate?" Taking the money bag, I proposed to Noah.

"Okay." Noah was obviously not very interested because he had just taken a life.

"If you feel that killing people is an uncomfortable thing, I will do it in the future..."

"Chris, haven't we reached a consensus on this?" Noah interrupted me, and then continued in a slow tone, "Don't worry, I have also been on the battlefield and know how to adjust my mentality."

I'm still so stubborn, but I'm starting to admire this quality of the knight.

There is a bar in the basement of the mercenary guild, and there is an inn behind it, with quite complete facilities.The ale provided in the bar is made of high-quality materials, and the unique fruit called "Yingxing" is added during the fermentation process. Therefore, in addition to the mellow taste, it also has a special fragrance, which I like very much.

Unlike bars in other places, the walls of the mercenary bar also posted the latest missions issued by the guild.Noah and I ordered two glasses of ale and watched the new tasks on the wall while drinking.

"Look, Chris, the task of going west to the wilderness is still here, and the level has been upgraded to B level."

"It's interesting." I took a sip of ale and said to Noah, "We can pick it up for the next mission."

Westward Wilderness is located on the western border of the Purple Wing Empire, which is near here.It was originally the main channel for the communication between the east and west continents, but since the opening of new sea routes, this route has gradually declined.Last month, a group of merchants and their escorts disappeared after entering the westward wasteland. The mission issued by the mercenary union was to investigate the reason for the disappearance of the merchants, and the mission level was c-level.

The reasons for the caravan's disappearance were nothing more than encountering robbers or encountering sandstorms. If it wasn't for the relatively high bonus from the Chamber of Commerce, it would not have been rated as a C-level task at all.Naturally, I would not be interested in a mission with a high bounty, so I chose another C-level mission to capture Big Tail.Unexpectedly, the level of this task has been raised, which means that there is a new situation, which may be very interesting.

While I was discussing with Noah, there was a commotion in the bar.The waiter at the bar walked to the wall, took off the letter b in the level column of the Westward Wasteland mission, and replaced it with a. This action immediately sparked heated discussions among the onlookers.

The task level was raised twice in a month, and it was raised to A level!Noah and I looked at each other, squeezed through the crowd together, and came to the waiter.Noah asked the waiter: "Man, we just came back from the outside, so we don't know what happened, but it's really rare to upgrade the mission level twice in a row."

"Sigh, all the seven teams who took over this mission are missing." The waiter sighed, "The captain of one of the teams often comes to my place to drink, and he even said that he would bring me good wine from the Western Continent. Unfortunately... "

Seven teams are missing, which is really interesting.Next, Noah and I split up to inquire about the news, and finally met at the hotel behind the mercenary guild to exchange information.

The earliest disappearances began three months ago, but those who disappeared were some adventurers acting alone, so they did not attract attention.Last month, because of the disappearance of the caravan, the Chamber of Commerce issued a mission in the Mercenary Guild.This task seemed simple, and the rewards were relatively generous, so it attracted a total of four teams, but none of these four teams came back.The mercenary guild even received reports that even the thieves group that had been moving westward into the wilderness had disappeared.

All this has attracted the attention of the mercenary guild, so the guild has raised the mission level.So three more teams accepted the mission, but so far there has been no news, and the guild had to raise the mission level again.

"Noah, have you noticed that not all the people who entered the westward wasteland disappeared. In fact, many small caravans and ordinary travelers passed through the wasteland safely. The only caravan that disappeared hired a large number of guards."

"what do you mean?"

"Adventurers, guards, mercenaries, and thieves are all people with certain strength, that is to say, the person hiding in the wasteland, uh, may not be a person. In short, the goal of that guy is the so-called strong By."

"That sounds tricky."

"But it also has research value." I think in the eyes of others, my eyes must be shining when I say this sentence.

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Although I decided to take on this mission, because Noah and I have just been upgraded to B-level, we cannot take on the A-level mission independently, and we can only wait for other mercenary teams to recruit temporary members.Because according to the regulations of the mercenary guild, as long as one person in the team reaches level A, the team can take over level A missions.

While we wait, we continue to gather news of our westward march into the Badlands.To face a powerful and unknown enemy, the more detailed the information, the better.

On the third day when the mission was changed to A-level, more powerful mercenary teams have arrived from all over the world one after another, and many teams have temporarily recruited members to enrich their strength.However, it is very important to choose the team carefully. Neither Noah nor I want what happened in Skull City to happen again.

"The Ford team is recruiting temporary members. Warriors who want to take on new missions in the wasteland, please sign up quickly!" A red-haired young man jumped onto the bar table and shouted to everyone in the bar.He was short and thin, and his voice was loud and energetic, but there were too many teams recruiting newcomers in the past two days, and this team was not well-known, so the response was not enthusiastic.But the name of the team sounds familiar to me.

"Brat, I ran into you again! But this time I'm not alone, you can't run away!" A group of holy sword mercenaries surrounded the table where the red-haired young man was standing. he shouted murderously.

"That's not necessarily true." The young man trapped on the table didn't panic at all, and still had a playful smile on his face. After speaking, he jumped from one long table to another, his movements were very flexible.

"Damn it, catch up to him, don't let him run anymore!" The mercenaries of Holy Sword immediately chased after him. Their moving speed was also very fast, but they were always slower than the young man, so they could only chase behind the young man. , keep going in circles.

At this time, a blond young man came in from the door. The red-haired young man who happened to escape to the door immediately dodged and hid behind him. "Okay, our boss is here, if you have anything to discuss with him."

After seeing the appearance of the blond young man called "Boss", I was stunned for a while, although my appearance has changed a lot, but I will not admit that he was thrown in Ford City by me Ley.