A night without words
Early the next morning the group of four entered the town. Strangely enough it seemed that Hahn's entrance into the town yesterday had not caused much of a stir. The people of the town didn't care much about them, apart from their inherent caution.On the other side of the "ice gate", it was the chief who negotiated the first time and, as a result, everyone fled in disarray.
Standing in front of the "Adventurers' Union". The four men hesitated, and finally Hahn said, "Well, I'll go and negotiate." The other three were visibly relieved.
When you enter the "Adventurers' Union", there is a large counter facing the main door, a smaller table to the left of the door with a middle-aged man in his forties sitting next to it, and a hall of more than 30 square metres to the right of the main door. To the right of the main door is a hall of more than 30 square metres with three tables in the middle, each with four or five chairs for visitors. On the wall to the right of the hall hangs a large notice board with a few scattered lines of entries. A large chandelier hung in the centre of the house, used to light candles at night, but now covered in cobwebs, it had not been used for some time.
I don't know whether it was because they had arrived too early or because business was not very good in this town, but inside the hall, apart from an old man behind the counter facing the door, was the middle-aged man by the door.
Seeing someone enter, the middle-aged man behind the table looked up and looked at them, presumably not recognising from their attire who they were or what they were about. So still, they greeted them with a professional smile.
"Excuse me, are you few here to post a quest? Then you have come to the right place, don't look at our place as small, but all the adventurers registered with us are experts on the continent. Even if you want to slay a dragon we can find manpower for you."
Seeing that the four people did not seem to respond, the man added his lips and continued, "My name is Bill and I am the receptionist here, although this is a small place, we are actually the largest adventure union in Sunset City, the House of Adventurers. "If your quest is really difficult, we will post your information in every branch office in the country. And we don't charge for the quests and bounties you post, we just take a percentage of the commission from the adventurer after the quest is completed."He also sensed that his place did not look like a place where there were dragon slayers.
Hahn: "I say, Mr. Bill."
Bill: "Just call me Bill."
Hahn: "Bill, here's the thing a few of us wanted to come here to see if there were any tasks here for us to do."
Bill: "Oh, so you're here for a job." The words spoken at this point were no longer respectful,what a snobbish world!
Hahn: "Yeah, it doesn't matter how much we earn, as long as we can do it right away."
Bill: "So did you bring your adventurer badge? If you need to do a quest, look at the bulletin board over there, it's all written there."That Bill has sat back behind the table, and while burying his head in a large account book while official accent said.
Hahn: "This ..., we don't have an adventurer badge at the moment, by the way Bill what is an adventurer badge ah?"
Bill: "Please call me Mr. Bill." Sure enough snobbery,"You don't even have an adventurer's badge, so what kind of quests are you here for? Go to the counter over there and ask for advice."While saying this and burying his head in his books, he pointed his finger at the counter facing the door.The four men also walked past knowingly,as they were leaving they kept bowing their heads and bending down in thanks and respectfully saying:"Thank you so much, Mr. Bill."A hero in trouble is just that!Is not a hero now dare not say, but no more pride and dignity is certain.
Going to the side of the counter, Hahn bent low and said curtly: "Please ask the old man, we want to take the business of the adventurers' union. I don't know what procedures we should do?"
The old man behind the counter: "Call me Sam, Bill is that temper, you guys don't care. You guys don't have adventurer badges now, do you?" The old man seemed quite kind.
Hahn: "Yes."
Sam: "It's your first time out, right? It's not easy to be an adventurer in this profession! In addition to suffering and sometimes life threatening, and although some people have made a fortune from this business, but most people just mix a subsistence, hey ~~~~~~, too many people are overwhelmed by rumors. Young people, look at your young age, and seem to be educated, why not find some serious business it? By the way, where was I?" The old man is usually very lonely, there is no one to talk to him, so it seems to be particularly talkative.
"I think it's about the adventurer badge." Hahn said, scratching his head.
Sam: "Yeah, you guys don't have adventurer badges yet, do you?"
The four men looked at each other and muttered in their hearts, "It's not Alzheimer's, is it?"Fortunately, the old man continued, "You cannot accept quests until you have an adventurer's badge. This is because members in the Adventurers' Union are dependent on reputation. If you must join the adventurers, you can apply for admission here for an application fee of one gold coin each, and then go to the appraisal office next to the mercenary union across the street to have your profession ranked.Appraisal fee seems to be 2 gold coins per person specific you can go over and ask, after getting the grade certificate you can come over here to open an account, and then receive the task, after completing the task, we will charge a certain percentage of commission according to the difficulty of your task, the other part will be allocated to your account"With that, he took out a card made of purple crystal and said:"This is the card for adventurers, your credit rating and unspent income balance are all recorded on it. The money on the card can be withdrawn at any place where there is an adventurer's union in the whole of the Great Road. But the main thing for adventurers is the record of the most difficult task you have ever completed, which represents your ability. As for the reputation level is not as high as the mercenary union requirements, because here are generally open tasks, as long as you think you can complete, any difficult work can be done, who finished first count who, no need to register in advance. But many people just lost their lives because they overestimated their strength. Be careful! That's all, any more questions?"
Hahn: "Mr. Sam, we are experiencing some liquidity problems, I wonder if there are any accommodations?"
"A cash flow problem?" Sam didn't seem to understand.
Hahn: "It's that we may not have a way to pay the opening account fee and the level identification fee all at once right now, Is there an alternative to paying?"
Sam: "This one! It's a problem. We haven't had this happen in the past. Let me think about it. ~~~~~, I think the primary problem you want to solve now is not the problem of food ?"It's true that people always get wiser with age!In two or three sentences he discerned what was in the minds of these four men.
Hahn smiled coyly, "That's basically it."
Sam: "Here it's a little more difficult to do." All four men showed a disappointed expression "But ~~~~"
Chief: "But what?"
Sam "However, if you don't mind, you can try your luck at the mercenary union. The requirements there are lower, and no income dues, but the danger can be much greater than here. Once you have accepted the task you can not back out, even if it is a task to lose your life is the same ah. Young people, you have to think carefully!"
Chief: "What will happen if renege?"
Sam: "Well, by the way, you guys don't even know about this, do you? No one in the whole continent should not know about it?"
The chief smiled embarrassedly: "We live in a place where information is rather closed, so you can see that we are also dressed so old-fashioned!" .
Sam looked at the cloak they were wearing outside: "It's rustic enough, lad, this is the first time you've been in town, isn't it?"
In an instant the ruler of the world of the future became a rustic who had never even entered the city. The lieutenant was standing in the shadows at that moment and could not see her expression.
Fortunately, Sam was not pursuing the issue further. Then said: "If you accept the employer's task, in the case of not completing the task backtracking, the responsibility of less compensation ten times the cost, serious will be mercenary union hunted down to death to thank the crime."
The chief's face went a little white, then asked, "What is considered light and what is considered heavy? "It seems that he was concerned about the consequences of renege, and the lieutenant came out of the shadows and gazed at the chief with a serious face.