Aside from the hospitality at the beginning, the meal was exceptionally quiet.
In front of him is an expensive meal, and on the right is a box with a new set of clothes. According to the other party's intention, he has soiled his set of clothes. Please eat is just a basic apology etiquette, and some compensation must also be paid. Gotta have.
Silent Yan was a little surprised that the other party didn't enter the topic for a long time. After all, the customer's words on the reward list were extremely heroic, and it was completely impossible to see that he was such a restrained type.
Of course, Silent Yan couldn't just let people touch porcelain without knowing anything about it. He took a few glances at the reward lists that the Chamber of Commerce hung up and asked him to pick them up by name, and remembered a few that he thought. Employers who can, this one is one of them.
It just happened that the employer chose the right time, and he was touched by the situation.
Silent Yan still remembered that in addition to the mission description on the other party's reward list, there were two extremely exaggerated propaganda words written on the incomparable huge sum of money sincerity. He also thought that the other party was a very public character.
What's more, shouldn't it be a consensus that they all know each other clearly that they are sitting here to talk about business? Why is the meal almost finished, as the party who took the initiative to invite him here, there is no sign of opening.
He was not the only one who thought so at the scene. He had been standing quietly beside the boy. The man who looked like a housekeeper was probably finally unable to remain silent. He raised his white-gloved hand and clenched his fist in front of his lips. cough lightly.
The boy who was immersed in his own world was brought back to reality by the cough. He finally stopped pretending to be transparent with his big fluffy tail, but cleared his throat "You... what do you think of this meal? Sample?"
"It's pretty good." Although the opening was a little different from what he expected, Silent Yan responded with a good temper.
The housekeeper on the side finally couldn't bear it anymore, he turned sideways to face the man sitting across from him, and said, "You should know the purpose of our invitation to come here, it's not too early, the young master and I both want to delay your time. time, so let’s get straight to the point.”
The butler's attitude and respectful words clearly delineated the master-slave relationship, but the boy who was sitting turned pale when he heard his words.
Do you know why we invited him here? ?
Could he have seen through the plan that they were deliberately pouring juice on his clothes and using the excuse of compensation to almost take the opportunity to try to entrust the task? !
As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, he saw his young master hugging his tail and shivering on the chair, as if a child was lying and was exposed by adults and wanted to cry. So many people tried to have a relationship with this man and failed. It's a simple one-time success, no matter what you think, it's also the other party's intentional actions, and they are willing to listen to their entrustment.
Only the young master of his family still thinks that his lies are flawless.
At first glance, I knew that I would definitely not be able to talk about things properly, so the butler naturally took this job on himself.
Perhaps he had already guessed that this would happen, and the housekeeper had carried out a rehearsal of the current scene in his mind early in the morning, and the description was simple and easy to understand and smooth throughout.
To put it simply, they need him to go to the Tacos Canyon to pick a plant called the lantern flower. The lantern flower is a flower that emits a very beautiful light even at night. It is not only ornamental and functional. Except for a certain degree of lighting, there is no special effect, but its handling difficulty is not generally high.
The lantern flower cannot leave the ground. Even if the entire piece of soil with the roots attached to it is dug up and transported away, it will quickly deplete and lose its light within half an hour.
So if you want to transport the lantern flower from the place where it grows to another place, you need to let it absorb the juice secreted by the glands in the body of a strange beast called the passion scorpion. The absorbed lantern flower can last for two days. The life of the plant is preserved as long as it is replanted within two days.
It doesn't sound like it's very difficult, but the problem is that once the Passion Scorpion dies, the juice secreted by the glands will lose its effect within a minute, and the Passion Scorpion has the characteristic of committing suicide when it is caught and cannot escape. It is no longer possible to move and transport by the clever method of catching the passion scorpion first and then picking the lantern flower.
The difficulty is to capture the passion scorpion in the same area within half an hour of picking, to ensure that the lantern flower does not wither and the passion scorpion's glands do not lose their function.
As for why it took so much trouble to get a lantern flower that was troublesome to carry and had no practical value, the other party didn't seem to want to reveal this.
"In short, that's it. We need to get the Lantern Flower within a week, so instead of waiting indefinitely with a bounty, we think it will be more efficient to take the initiative to find a suitable mercenary to take over this task."
Although the mouth is full of "we", this idea is probably also the meaning of the housekeeper.
"Of course, as a double insurance, we will also keep the reward hanging in the Chamber of Commerce, but please rest assured, even if someone hands over the lantern flower to us earlier, as long as you get the lantern flower and bring it back, the reward will be rewarded. We will still pay as you go.”
On the one hand, the housekeeper said this to hope that he would not have any concerns, and on the other hand, it also showed Silent Yan that they were not short of money.
However, both of them know how unlikely it is that the reward hanging in the chamber of commerce will be completed first by others. Of course, if someone is determined to make this reward, then as long as they put in a little thought and a little more time, maybe done.
But there is obviously a bounty hanging there that can be achieved without so much effort, why do they make trouble for themselves
The housekeeper is also aware of this, hoping that this commission can be handled in a low-key manner, so although they put a lot of money on the reward list of the chamber of commerce, the actual target reward is not much different from the ordinary third-order reward, but to them in front of them deliberately. For the mercenaries they found, the price they privately offered was much higher than the number on the reward list.
After all, the lantern flower does not grow near the Monkey Kingdom. If you make a special trip to the Tacos Canyon, it will take a whole day to go back and forth. Considering that the other party can complete at least seven bounties in one day, the amount they give is natural. It can't be too low, otherwise, what reason do people have to put aside the bounty that can be completed around them and make a special trip to do their commission
Silent Yan is of course happy to see this, and the more commission the other party can give, the better.
At the same time, since his client did not want to be named, the written contract could not be signed. In order to allow him to work for them with confidence, the butler prepared a deposit for him in advance.
This deposit is the amount of a single Tier 3 reward.
"I hope you can get in touch as soon as possible. If you encounter any difficulties, please contact us."
Silent Yan seemed to be unable to hear what the housekeeper was saying, so he naturally exchanged contact information along the lines of the other party's intentions, and promised, "I will naturally complete the entrustment, don't worry."
Of course, he knew that the reason why the other party wanted to exchange practice methods was that he wanted to know his progress as soon as possible. If he couldn't complete this task, he had better find someone else as soon as possible.
Although the contents and reasons for the entrustment of the two principals are full of strangeness, what Si Si Yanyan lacks the most is curiosity. It was completely out of his consideration.
In fact, if you just think about it, you will know some obvious things, such as the background of the client is not ordinary, or if they want to keep a low profile, it must be that they do not want to let some people pay attention, which means that the background of the client is not ordinary. To the extent that there are opposing interests.
This is information that can be obtained immediately, and no amount of information is necessary for him to understand.
It was not until he was about to leave that the boy who let the housekeeper speak did he find the time to interject, and he reminded cautiously, "Well, you forgot to take yesterday's apology..."
This boy has not forgotten the excuse he made when he touched porcelain, and is determined to carry out the plot to the end.
The time limit given to him by the client is one week. No matter what the reason is, he has to set off as soon as possible. After all, even if he goes to Tacos Canyon now, it will be night when he arrives there.
But this time, he didn't have the idea of rushing the night, but first dealt with the problem of his equipment.
Since orcs are more agile and most sensitive to their surroundings when they are in animal form, why do they still maintain human form to fight? That is of course because the equipment they wear when they are dolls can greatly improve their combat capabilities.
So far, Silent Yan has not obtained the materials that can replace the sword in his hand, but the other materials are quite rich. In addition to the ones he offered and sold, he also reserved some that he needs to use. to make equipment.
The most basic thing is the gloves needed for the hand holding the sword. Even if the orcs are physically thick and skinny, the greater the available energy, the greater the force on the hand. A good pair of fingerless gloves is It is very necessary, for this he specially reserved the fur of the third-order alien beast.
In addition to gloves, there are also clothes and shoes. If the material of the shoes is good enough, it can reduce the physical consumption of long-distance travel to a certain extent, and it is not easy to wear. The material used for the clothes simply determines its own defense ability. Less attacks from alien beasts.
Of course, there is no shortage of armor shops in places like the Monkey Kingdom. There are many people who bring their own materials and request to make equipment. In addition, the speed of such equipment damage is also fast, and they can basically receive a lot of them every day. Business.
In order to ensure efficiency, he divided shoes, gloves and clothes into two different stores for commissioning. After he expressed his hope to pick up the goods early the next morning, the owners of both stores were very happy to give him no problem. Reply.
It's just that as the owner of the armor shop, the customers he faces all day are basically mercenaries who have problems with their equipment or need to buy new equipment. In addition to the overall atmosphere of this Monkey Kingdom, there are not many armor sellers. With a sense of intelligence, how could they not know about the uproar in the Chamber of Commerce these days.
It is too easy to confirm who the protagonist in the topic is. Just because the other party is an adult male of the Black Panther clan can already delete a large part of the orcs in the entire Spirit Monkey Kingdom, not to mention that the other party is used to bringing Wearing a pitch-black long sword with a silver blade and detailed labels such as height and appearance, it is not easy to recognize him immediately.
The two bosses did not expect that they would receive a commission from a topical person by accident, but their professionalism still made them not show any surprise. They just asked casually when the other party suggested that they should get the goods early the next morning. He said, "Do you have to leave early tomorrow in such a hurry?".
As a result, they did not expect that they would get a positive answer, and only after inquiring did they know that this was a commission from a distance, so they had to leave the Monkey Kingdom for the time being.
You must know that after so many days, no one has been able to successfully let this person take over his commission in private.
Now this is someone successful
This is incredible information!
Soon this information was sold to the intelligence dealers, and they soon got the news that Silent Yan went to the inn to rent a horse, which undoubtedly made the previously obtained information more credible. .
After all, the bounties received by the other party in the chamber of commerce are all selected according to the principle of proximity, and no bounty beyond a certain range has ever been selected.
Now that they have rented horses, I am afraid that they have received a private commission from a certain employer, and the task location is still a little away from the place where horseback is required.
Who is it
The intelligence mongers wanted to start an investigation, but Nai He Si Si Yan had come into contact with too many people every day, and most of them were the people who the intelligence mongers sent out in order to connect with the other party. It is somewhat difficult to find out who succeeded among so many people, even those who specialize in intelligence.
Is that the girl who bumped into it on purpose? Or the boy who splashed him with juice? Or the waiter who deliberately served the wrong dish at the restaurant and tried to leave his contact details to apologize afterwards
The fox clan who tried to get close in the name of chatting up was also suspicious.
The intelligence dealers couldn't find the target in a short period of time, so they thought that it would be more convenient to keep their eyes on the person concerned. It was impossible to send someone to follow them all the way. He was thrown all the way in minutes, not to mention that the other party was riding a horse and was going to run a long way, there was no way to ensure that the tracking along the way would not be discovered.
Then we can only see if there are their people where he went, or wait for him to come back.
The intelligence dealers are not sure whether this mercenary who suddenly became very famous in the Monkey Country will come back. After all, no one has said that if he takes a mission here, he will definitely come back here to hand over the mission. This is a private life. It's the same wherever the employer wants to.
If he comes back, then they will get the news as soon as possible this time, if he doesn't come back...
So far, the value of this person to them is a mercenary with considerable strength, and what they sell is an intermediary price as an introducer. Although the employer is rich, this will be quite considerable compared to the intermediary fee, but this money is also Not necessarily profitable.
If the other party is silenced, then there is no need for them to continue to follow up on this person's news. If the situation is the opposite, they already have first-hand information, and it will be faster and more convenient to find someone than others. .
The intelligence of this continent is well done here, which means that they are all the same, and they are not afraid of other places.
As for Silent Yan, this kind of thinking of the intelligence monger allowed him to be clean along the way.
Despite this, there are still a few people who know the news. There are still many unwilling employers who tirelessly try to get his attention. Until the next day when he leads his horse and prepares to leave the city, there are also people who "accidentally" fell in front of his horse.
The only thing that surprised Silent Yan was the rabbit clan who was sent by Geng Ming to receive the goods yesterday. The uncle looked like he had cute rabbit ears and a tail like a pom-pom. Such a combination is actually not uncommon in another world.
He didn't know where he heard the news that Silent Yan was going to do a commission, and he stayed at the gate of the city early in the morning.
The uncle of the rabbit clan touched his nose a little embarrassedly, and handed out a storage bag tied around his waist. He didn't seem to have done such a thing, and he was a little bit awkward when he handed it out decisively, "I owe the wine first, these Just take it as a thank you gift, that is, some worthless rations, don't accept it!"
For the uncle himself, it is a bit embarrassing to give food. If you have money in modern times, he will give such a thing, but the savior is leaving, and he has just worked for the little man for a few days, and he has no money at all. I don't have much money to spare, so I can only make a little bit of it temporarily to express my feelings.
Living in the Heian era, he had never experienced any strong winds and waves. He still remembers the fear of death when he was dying. The more he remembered it, the more grateful he was to the person who saved him.
It was also thanks to the other party who brought other people at that time. Those people raised a torch because they knew that they had become a rabbit clan with poor night vision. Otherwise, he would not even know what the savior looked like. Someone who has encountered the same experience described that they were almost all rescued by a strange orc and pointed in the direction to leave the forest, and then they escaped.
After saving so many people without leaving their names, this is definitely going to be on the list of the top ten most moving characters last year!
This also strengthened his view that the other party must be a good person. He was lucky enough to meet the other party, and of course he wanted to do everything possible to repay the grace of saving his life.
This feeling of eagerness to do something for his benefactor was easily captured by Silent Yan. He had not reacted much to this in the past, but this time he unexpectedly had some rather complicated feelings.
Silent said for a while, considering whether there was a new progress in the repair of the system and where this special feeling came from. In the end, because the repair was not completed, he couldn't get a definite conclusion.
However, he still obeyed his intuition, and thankfully took the storage bag handed by the other party.
"It will be very inconvenient to not store things. You can take this." Considering that the other party is new, he may only have such a storage bag all over his body, and the rest are probably given to him by Geng Ming to store goods for work purposes. , Silent Yan unbuttoned one of his storage bags and threw it into his hand.
The uncle caught it subconsciously after realizing it, and then stared at the storage bag in his hand for a long time, almost crying because of the savior's thoughtfulness in details.
Fortunately, at least he didn't do the shameful act of shedding tears in front of the other party, and he said goodbye quite readily.
After the people walked away, he suddenly felt that the storage bag seemed a little heavy.
When I opened it, I saw how many pieces of mace lay there? !
After all, he was with the merchants. Although he had been here for a short time, he knew a lot of things, which were much more valuable than his worthless rations.
Self-confessed that he had found out the sweetness of the savior that could not be expressed in words, the uncle standing at the gate of the city finally reached the point where the macho burst into tears.
Tacos Canyon is some distance from the Monkey Country, and it would take nearly ten hours to ride a horse one way, so even if he leaves in the morning, it will be at least dusk when he arrives at Tacos Canyon.
Now, as long as he pays attention to the areas that bypass the advanced map, there will be basically no problems, and naturally he does not need to follow the route of the post station to reduce risks as before.
Counting the time the horses needed to rest on the way, it was no surprise that when they approached the Tacos Canyon, the sky was already dark.
Before entering the Tacos Canyon, he was still in a low-level area called Erz Forest. There were no exotic animals around him that he needed to pay special attention to, but he still slowed down the speed of his horses slightly.
When he reached the boundary between Erz Forest and Tacos Canyon, a striking rustling sound came from the dense grass not far away, and then an adult male orc walked out from there.
This beastman has a pair of raised beast ears and a plush and curled tail. He also has a sword attached to his waist. At this time, his hand on the side of the sword is casually placed on the sword. On the other hand, he was vigilant and ready to draw his sword at any time.
There is no doubt that this is a canine.
After all, the Hound Country is in the depths of the Erz Forest, and it is not surprising that there are dogs around, and it is said that if they see someone who wants to go to the dangerous area alone, they will kindly come out to warn that there is danger ahead.
Really good dog.
"In front of the middle-level area is the third- and fourth-order alien beasts." Sure enough, although the dog race seemed to be wary of him on the surface, it was a kind-hearted exhortation, "You'd better bring a companion when you go. Together."
The usual reminders are over here. After all, the dog clan, who has seen the sinister beasts in the world for a long time, does not want to be too involved with a strange object, but the dog clan obviously did not expect that after he finished saying this. After the remarks, the man in front of him who should be quite popular actually smiled and said, "I don't have a partner to go with."
Although he said it with a smile, the abject desolation in the words that sounded free and easy in reality made the dog clan stunned for a moment, and all the movements that were going to leave stopped in place.
Silent Yan seemed to think for a while, and then suggested it as if he had come up with an idea temporarily.
"Otherwise, I'll hire you, how about you accompany me?"