"A lot of people." Jihuan murmured while standing in the crowd.
When he went hunting for the first time, he once passed by this market. At that time, he just stood from a distance and looked at it, and felt that there were many people. Now he walked in in person and found that there were more people than expected.
Well, this place can barely be regarded as a "talent market" in another world.
There are many people everywhere looking for a job. Although Jihuan has never experienced it, even in the previous world, I heard that the talent market was crowded with people, and the population density there was higher, so it should be more terrifying than here.
but-
The previous things have nothing to do with them, and there is no need to think about the irrelevant things.
Looking down at the little gray devil who was less than his waist tall, he didn't seem to have thought that there were so many people here, so he stopped blankly.
Although he couldn't see his expression through the cloak, Ji Huan accidentally imagined it.
There are more and more monsters around, and Jihuan's stature can only be regarded as low-medium, not to mention the little gray devil!
Ji Huan stretched out a hand and waved in front of the little gray devil.
The little gray devil raised his head and looked at him puzzled. From this angle, the little monster's eyes were bigger and his chin was more pointed.
Xiaoyi Tuan stood there, still a child after all.
"Hand out." Ji Huan only said two words.
The little monster then stretched both small claws to Jihuan's palm.
Holding the right hand, Ji Huan held the cold little paw in his hand.
Then he went on.
The little gray devil followed him stiffly, his slender arms raised high, and his little claws were surrounded by warm temperatures.
He quickly discovered the benefits of doing so.
You don't have to keep staring at the man next to you, and you don't have to keep paying attention to the road ahead. When someone is about to hit you, the man holding his hand will gently pull him behind him and block him in front of him.
Don't pay too much attention to the road conditions, the little gray devil rarely has time to observe the surroundings.
Although he has lived here since he was a child, there are always some places that he usually does not have the opportunity to come to, such as the extravagant area in the north, such as this job introduction market.
Like Jihuan, the little gray devil is also entering this market for the first time. Although he knew that this place was looking for a job, everything here was completely unfamiliar to him.
He looked at the world around him curiously.
It's no different from the vegetable market I've been to before. There are people who sell and people who buy it. The voices of the monsters are not too loud, but they can't stand the crowd! All kinds of bargaining sounds filled Jihuan's ears. Jihuan slowed down and began to listen carefully to what the monsters were saying.
"How strong is it?" This is the employer.
"It's very big!" This is Candidate A.
"How big is a big one? Have you ever done a test?" The employer snorted in disapproval.
Just when the first candidate couldn't answer at all, a candidate at the back quickly squeezed him out, and while squeezing, he shouted: "I did it, I did it! My strength It's so big that it can lift two stones!"
What are two stones
With the words I just heard in my heart, Jihuan listened carefully to the conversations of the monsters. After a while, he heard a new word:
"I'm fast, 40 a minute!"
Uh... what unit is this
"I usually make a living by hunting monsters, and I can catch 5 Caltras every month."
Finally, there was a sentence that Ji Huan could fully understand. Caltra knew that it was the kind of pink, snail-like soft monster! Jihuan had eaten it a few times when he was still A Jin, and that kind of monster was very expensive, and he was usually reluctant to buy it.
Just like selling meat, the monsters introduced their specialties one after another, and the hiring party surrounded by them listened, asked questions, and recorded something from time to time.
Overall, it looks messy.
Because there are so many people talking, the monsters often have to repeat the same words several times, so that the employer can remember what they said. If one booth fails, they will continue to repeat what they just said after going to the next booth.
Jihuan watched around several booths for a while. During this time, many monsters mentioned "stone", "how many times a minute", "hearing level" and other words, and the employer was even more obvious. Recognizing this set of standards, Ji Huan thought: There must be a place nearby that provides various ability tests for monsters. Now I can't say anything in the queue, so instead of queuing for a long time and finally being sent to the test, it is better to do all the tests in advance.
After thinking about this, Ji Huan left the noisy business area with Little Gray Demon's claws.
Let him pull, the little gray devil just follows him.
Ji Huan was originally worried that he might need to inquire to find the test area, but there are so many people here, and none of them seem to be easy to talk to. Ji Huan is quite worried about who to ask for directions and how to ask for directions.
But soon he saw the tall monster who said he was very strong at first, but was sent away by the employer because he didn't have the test.
It was really a tall monster, walking in the group of monsters, it was a head taller than most monsters.
He obviously didn't know where to go for the test, and Ji Huan saw him asking for directions.
The person who was asked for directions was an anxious candidate. When he was asked for directions, he was trying to cut the queue. He was patted on the shoulder unexpectedly. Although the monster turned around, he must be in a bad mood. The proof is that Jihuan saw him asking. The tall monster Lu raised his fist.
The monster asking for directions is very tall, and the one being asked for directions can’t go anywhere, and the fist raised under the cloak is terrifyingly big! His temper is also very scary. After being interrupted, without saying a word, the scary fist immediately went straight to the face of the monster asking for directions!
There is indeed a risk in asking for directions here - Ji Huan's mouth pursed.
At this moment, a scene that made him speechless happened:
Faster than the monster punched, the tall monster smashed the monster to the ground with one punch!
Then he continued to ask for directions.
This time, the monster being asked for directions no longer dared to have any complaints, covering his face with one hand and pointing to a certain direction in the west with the other.
Next, one of the two monsters walked over to the west, and the other continued to try to cut the queue, what to do.
Jihuan: …
Holding the little gray devil, Jihuan carefully adorned the tall monster behind him.
This market is too big and lacks signs. The test place is obviously not so easy to find. The tall monster asked the way a few times later, each time he asked the monster of the same height as him, and every time he was almost killed by the other party. attacked, and each time attacked the opponent before being attacked by the opponent.
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In short, with a powerful fist, the tall monster finally successfully arrived at the test site.
Jihuan and the little gray devil, who had followed the tall monster all the way, also arrived at the testing area safely.
I don't know if it's because you need to fight first to ask for directions here, but the monsters... people... that appear in the test area at present are only the tall monster, Jihuan and the little gray monster.
The little gray devil didn't reach Jihuan's waist, and Jihuan just reached the chest of the tall monster. The three were arranged in descending order of height, and they stood at the entrance of the test site.
Turning his head, the tall monster seemed to glance at him.
Nodding to the other side, Ji Huan said nothing.
The tall monster took another look at the hand held by Ji Huan and Little Gray Demon, and finally withdrew his gaze and walked to the door first. There was an old monster sitting there. He seemed to be very old. At the moment, he was sitting tremblingly on the chair at the door. It seemed to be the staff here.
"How much does the test cost?" The tall monster walked over and asked the old monster directly.
The old monster raised his head and stretched out five fingers for a while.
"Five bone coins? Here's to you." He took out five shiny pieces from his pocket, and the tall monster handed the money to the old monster.
Tremblingly stretched out a dry paw, the old monster took the money into his pocket.
Then came Jihuan.
Shaking his head at the little gray devil who was paying for money, holding the little gray devil's hand, Ji Huan only said good afternoon to the old monster when he entered the door, and then...
Then he walked in with his head held high.
no money~
The old monster at the door didn't even mean to stop him, he just let him in!
A question mark appeared on the head of the little gray devil who entered with him, but the little gray devil hadn't opened his mouth yet, but the tall monster who had just entered the door couldn't help it. He rushed over and asked the old monster at the door loudly: "Wait—why do I need to hand in five bone coins! Don't these two guys need it? Could it be—"
"Are you charging the test fee based on your height and weight?!"
His voice was loud, and he seemed to be drooling a lot. He didn't answer his question. The old monster just stretched out a paw from under the cloak, calmly... and stretched out five fingers again.
The tall monster was stunned.
"Wait—you have to pay for asking questions! It's too dark!" Seeing that he was actually paying again, Ji Huan was about to stop him, but unfortunately he paid too fast, the old monster was trembling though Wei Wei looks like he is inconvenient to move, but the action of collecting money is very agile. In a blink of an eye, five bone coins entered his pocket again~
"Now, answer my question, right?" Standing aside, the tall monster snorted.
Then-
The old monster raised a paw tremblingly.
"What!!!!" Seeing that the tall monster was about to go wild, Ji Huan quickly stopped him.
Pointing to the wall behind the old monster, Ji Huan said in a steady voice: "He didn't mean anything else when he reached out his hand, he just wanted you to look at the wall behind him, you see, there is a line that says there is no charge for the test area..."
"...I, can't read." The huge fist froze in midair, and the tall man was stunned.
Jihuan: …
Bowing his head, he glanced at the little gray devil.
The little gray devil raised his head, just enough to catch his gaze.
"I usually don't want to ask you to recognize a few words, and say it's useless to recognize words. Look, isn't it useful?" Ji Huan said with his eyes.
The little gray devil clucked his mouth and turned his eyes away for a while, but the little paw scratched lightly in Jihuan's hand.
Like Grandpa, Little Gray Devil is also a typical child who doesn't like to read books. He clearly loves learning. For example, he loves to learn the skills of catching bones with Grandpa, and is also willing to learn how to find the valley with him, but he doesn't. love to read.
When Jihuan was reading the newspaper, he once thought of teaching him to recognize a few words, but Little Gray Demon's willingness to learn was extremely low.
"Lettering is very important. Paying more money is a trivial matter. When the job needs to be signed, it is possible that someone will sell it because he cannot read."
However, although he does not like to learn to read words, he likes mathematics. Not only has he memorized all the expressions and writing of numbers, he has even learned addition and subtraction very well. Now he is learning multiplication and division!
This kind of knowledge that is usually used in business at the market, the little gray devil has learned very quickly. At the end of the day, this little guy is a complete pragmatist.
After this incident, presumably the little gray devil will pay attention to the recognition of words in the future.
Just when Jihuan and the little gray devil communicated with each other with their eyes, things took a new turn. The tall monster was so angry that he wanted to forcibly pick up the old monster and ask the other party to spit out the money he had swallowed.
With both feet hanging in the air, the whole person was carried in the air, and the old monster was stubbornly disagreeing!
Seeing that the fist of the tall monster was about to appear again, Ji Huan was wondering whether to stop it, after all, the old monster looked so old, and then—
Picking up the stick next to him, the old monster knocked the tall monster stunned.
Pulling up the tall monster in a coma, the old monster pointed to the front with a walking stick, motioning Jihuan to follow him, and he immediately took the lead and walked in front of him tremblingly.
After swallowing his saliva, Ji Huan heard the little gray demon and seemed to sigh in a low voice:
Sure enough, you still need to read more!
Ajin seems to have said the same thing.
The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and Ji Huan immediately took the little gray devil and followed the old monster away.