"By the way, Chu Tian, it seems you don't have any weapons. Do you have any equipment or weapons in mind that you'd like me to craft for you? If possible, I can also help you strengthen them," Clyssa said, her beautiful eyes narrowing with excitement.
"You see, even though we've only met twice, I feel a strong connection with you. How about this? I can craft weapons and equipment for you and even enhance them, all for free. What do you think?" Clyssa's eyes were filled with eagerness, not greed.
Chu Tian was taken aback, not sure how to respond to the cyborg heiress of the Skysen family. But just then, Norta happened to disembark from another aircraft, spotted Chu Tian, and waved at him.
"Chu Brother, you're back!" Norta, a slightly chubby man, squeezed through the crowd and rushed over.
"Hello, Norta. It's been a while," Chu Tian said, hugging Norta and then introducing Red Dress. "This is Red Dress, a Fire Attribute Talent Warrior."
"Oh, I'm also a Fire Attribute Talent Warrior. My name is Norta," Norta said with a friendly smile, extending his hand to shake with Red Dress.
Then Norta looked at Clyssa and smiled, saying, "Little Sasha, are you itching to work on some materials again?"
"What do you mean 'itching to work'? I am a master weapon crafter, after all," Clyssa replied without hesitation.
"Alright, alright, Little Sasha is a weapon master. Just don't cheat my friend Chu and my brother's friend," Norta said, taking a fabric bag from his own space bag and handing it to Clyssa. "Here you go, some materials for you to play with."
"Haha, that's great! Thanks, Norta. I promise to craft you a good set of armor. Look forward to my good news!" Clyssa said enthusiastically.
Chu Tian didn't want to offend Clyssa, so he thought for a moment and said, "How about this? We'll come to you after we've completed our tasks. I have some armor and weapons I'd like to create, so I hope I have some good luck."
Hearing Chu Tian's words, Clyssa smiled like a child who had just received a beloved toy.
Norta, Chu Tian, and Red Dress continued to the mercenary base together to submit their tasks. Upon arriving, they went directly to the task submission area.
A round-faced girl with short hair, looking bored, sat behind the counter reading a book. When she saw Chu Tian and the others approaching, she spoke up, "Take out your communicators and submit your task items."
Chu Tian suggested, "Why don't you two go first?"
Red Dress didn't hesitate and took out her task items, opening her communicator to access the mission.
"Let's see... one C-rank beast tail, ten left ears from D-rank beasts, and one hundred left ears from E-rank beasts. Okay, your task is completed. I'll log it for you."
With a wave of her hand, the task items Red Dress had submitted disappeared from the table. In their place, five spirit crystals, brimming with energy, appeared.
"One Grade 3 Spirit Crystal, one Grade 2 Spirit Crystal, and three Grade 1 Spirit Crystals. Please take them, and your mission reward of 2.58 million has been processed. You can check it yourself."
Next, Norta stepped forward, took out his task items from his space bag, which included ten C-rank beast heads, two B-rank beast brains, and a large pile of left ears and tails from E-rank beasts.
"Come on, Sweetie, calculate it for me. I'm in a hurry, planning to treat my brother and friends to dinner."
"Efficiency is still Norta's trademark, huh? I'll settle it for you right away." The round-faced girl, referred to as "Sweetie" by Norta, waved her hand and collected all the heads, ears, and tails.
"Here you go, ten Grade 3 Spirit Crystals, two Grade 4 Spirit Crystals, and an additional 10 million as your mission reward. Please check."
Now it was Chu Tian's turn. He took out all the parts of the beasts from his system space, which filled the table in no time. It was clear that the table couldn't accommodate all the materials, so the rest were piled up on the floor.
This scene left Sweetie and the passing mercenaries dumbfounded.
When all the task items were laid out, the table designated for task submissions and the floor were piled up like small mountains.
"Is this... Did you kill these or loot them?" Sweetie asked somewhat nervously as she looked at the mountain of task items.
"What do you think? Of course, I completed these tasks myself," Chu Tian replied, opening his communicator to show Sweetie the tasks.
Sweetie glanced at the task displayed on the communicator, then at the mountain of items piled up, and finally, she widened her eyes and carefully examined the communicator.
"Wait, are you Chu Tian? The youngest C-rank Talent Warrior as rated by the mercenary base?" Sweetie said, still calculating the task items.
"My, these are your accomplishments! You've completed seventeen C-rank beast kills, one B-rank beast, fifty-seven D-rank beasts, and a staggering one thousand three hundred and forty-three E-rank beasts!" After the calculations were complete, Sweetie was shocked.
Red Dress and Norta were equally astonished, their mouths hanging open.
"Um, can I get the settlement now?" Chu Tian didn't respond to her question but asked Sweetie about the settlement.
"Oh! Right, you can," Sweetie hastily replied with a smile. "Seventeen Grade 3 Spirit Crystals for killing C-rank beasts, a reward of 8.5 million Federation Credits. One Grade 4 Spirit Crystal for the out-of-scope B-rank beast, a reward of 3 million Federation Credits."
Taking a deep breath, Sweetie continued, "Fifty-seven D-rank beast kills, a reward of 5.7 million, and for killing one thousand three hundred and forty-three E-rank beasts, a reward of 13.43 million. In total, that's 25.5 million Federation Credits, along with seventeen Grade 3 Spirit Crystals and one Grade 4 Spirit Crystal."
Having said this, Sweetie waved her hand, and the mountain of beast ears and tails disappeared. She then handed Chu Tian the Spirit Crystals.
"Since you don't have a Federation real-name storage card, I'll issue one for you now and transfer the 25.5 million Federation Credits to it," Sweetie said, manipulating a holographic projection and handing Chu Tian a brand-new Federation storage card.