Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji chatted with Todd for a while, and the number of drinkers in the tavern gradually increased, and Todd went back to the bar to drink. After drinking beer alone for a while, guessing that it should be dusk, Craftsman Ganna came to the Table Corner Tavern.

Zhao Ji, who had been keeping an eye on the entrance of the tavern, beckoned Ganna to come over. Ganna was out of breath and sweated profusely. It seemed that he ran over after closing the door of the workshop.

Serve the ganache with a cool beer to quench your thirst and refresh your mind. Zhao Ji greeted Todd at the bar, indicating that Todd could serve food here.

Two glasses of beer collided on the wine table, white foam splashed out and fell back into the wine glasses. Zhao Ji and Ganna touched each other, and then drank it straight away.

While inserting a piece of chopped barbecue with a fork, Zhao Ji chatted with Ganna: "By the way, why didn't I see your master when I went to the armor workshop?"

Ganna took a bite of the delicious chicken thigh: "Oh, he, he saw that I have become a craftsman. He didn't come here much, he just wrote his book in his room."

"Then congratulations, it seems that your master is indeed not willing to play for Kendall City."

"Hey, he is just perfunctory. If it weren't for the contract between him and the lord that he must train an armor craftsman for Kendall City, he would not have taught him his craftsman skills. Actually, my master His skills are very superb, and from what he said, he inherited the skills of famous craftsmen. Hehe, I guess he looks down on our city of Kendall.” After speaking, Ganner took a big sip of beer, apparently unable to accept it.

Zhao Ji clinked another glass with him: "Ha, then your master must have misread it, our Kendall City is not some remote rural place."

"How to say?"

"When did your family come to Kendall City?"

"My parents' generation, right? My father was unified and arranged here by the imperial army when he fled. My mother grew up with a caravan and met my father here. The two fell in love and settled here. "It seems that Ganner's parents have told him a lot about their love process.

"Haha, that's right. Your parents came here more than 20 years ago at most, and they must have never been in touch with Kendall's construction period. Do you know how huge the underground waterway in Kendall City is? From Kendall From the river to the bottom of the town, from the upper city to the drainage outlet outside the south of the city. That is an engineering miracle that anyone who knows about it will be amazed by." Zhao Ji explained to Ganna.

Ganner was obviously very surprised. Although he grew up here, he didn't realize how amazing the infrastructure of Kendall City is.

"If you don't believe it, you can go back and ask your parents. One of them came from the empire, and the other grew up from a caravan who traveled around. They know a lot about other places. You can ask them, let They compare the difference between other towns and Kendal, and I guarantee they will think Kendal is excellent."

"Hey, I'll go back tonight and ask them. Might be interesting."

"And your master, an armor craftsman with excellent skills inheritance, actually thinks his little skills are precious, and looks down on the opportunities given to him by the lord of Kendall City. He is lazy at work, arrogant, and blind to money. Hey, this It's arrogance." Zhao Ji spit out his complaints quickly.

Gan Na nodded, it seems that his thoughts are the same as Zhao Ji's, and he must have accumulated a lot of resentment: "That's right, he is usually like that. It seems that he has completely lost sight of it this time." Yan, do you think I should remind him?"

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows: "Remind him? Do you think it's necessary? Or are you a little grateful for the other party's teaching of your skills? Have you thought it through? That's the requirement of his own contract. Believe it or not, if it wasn't for him There is no such requirement in the contract with the lord,

Even if you become his apprentice, you will definitely not be able to learn a single bit of armor making skills. "

Hearing Keir's words, Ganner's face suddenly collapsed, and it seemed that he had figured it out. Based on his master's money-hungry character and his preference for his own skills inheritance, even if their family raised money for him to bribe his master, his master would not necessarily teach him his skills to Ganna.

It seems that the lord had anticipated this situation in advance and signed a special contract to ensure that Kendall City has its own local armor craftsmen.

Thinking of this, Ganner picked up the wine glass and had a drink with Keir. When the wine glasses collided, Zhao Ji asked, "What is this congratulations for?"

"This cup allows us to congratulate the lord for his wise decision!" Ganna said.

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Zhao Ji and Gan Na didn't leave the tavern until Zhao Ji and Gan Na wiped out all the food and drank all the beer in the keg. When we parted, Ganna said that he would repair Kiel's leather armor as soon as possible, so that he could use the brand new armor to hunt as soon as possible.

Zhao Ji beckoned, telling him not to worry, but to work slowly and carefully.

Going back and sleeping until morning, Zhao Ji became excited when he woke up. Today is his first commission. His career as an adventurer is about to start, so he can't be late.

Get up and wash as soon as possible, Zhao Ji put on the long sword and dagger, took a small change, and went out.

I had a full and full breakfast in the restaurant of the Chamber of Commerce. Hey, it is still the food of the Chamber of Commerce that supports people. Since Zhao Ji lived in the Chamber of Commerce, he has grown a lot taller and stronger in the past six months.

He still remembered that when he first came here, his limbs were injured quite a bit. Although his figure could not be called thin, he definitely couldn't be called strong either. But now, he is at least ten centimeters taller than before, and his weight has even increased, at least twenty kilograms.

Zhao Ji can swear that his current body has absolutely no excess fat or fat. In the past few months, I have been working part-time everywhere, and it is all hard physical work. And recently, he often fights and conducts martial arts training, all of which are high-intensity physical exertion. Especially in the past two days, he has been feeling that his body is a little different. He can't say what the specific difference is, but his mental state is particularly good, and his physical strength has increased significantly.

It turned out that the same job of hunting slime monsters, he was exhausted before. But recently, he felt more comfortable, as if he could hunt another hundred slime monsters while hunting a hundred slime monsters.

After a full meal, Zhao Ji rushed to the Table Corner Tavern as soon as possible.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mr. Weiss sitting at the bar of the bar under Todd's gesture. It was obvious that Mr. Weiss's troubles were still unsolved, otherwise he would not have run to town so early to drink away his worries.

Coming to the bar, Todd introduced Keel to Mr. Weiss. After hearing Zhao Ji's introduction, Mr. Weiss' eyes showed some anticipation.

This Mr. Weiss is a middle-aged man in his thirties. His long brown hair is tied up casually behind his head. He has a strong figure, but he is also a little out of shape, with a big lump protruding from his stomach. He was also well dressed, with a fur waistcoat over the thin cotton coat. Zhao Ji noticed that he was also wearing several gold rings. It seems that this Mr. Weiss should be a man with good money. Or, he's just flaunting his wealth on purpose.

"I heard from Little Todd that you can solve my troubles?" He said, taking another sip of his wine.

Zhao Ji took a look and found that what Mr. Weiss drank was reddish-brown spirits. Zhao Ji has never drank strong alcohol, so he doesn't know how much this thing is worth.

"Yes, I have been hunting monsters outside the city recently. You should have heard of my name. I am Joe Keel. A new adventurer." Zhao Ji briefly introduced himself to Mr. Weiss, At the same time he played out the title of 'adventurer'.

"Adventurer? Maybe, but I have heard your name and stories from my farmers. I didn't expect it to be a young man. I don't know if I can trust you."

Zhao Ji smiled: "Maybe you have other ways to solve the trouble you encountered? Tell me, Mr. Weiss, I want to hear what trouble you have encountered."

Mr. Weiss took a deep breath, fixed his eyes on the wine glass in front of him, and talked about his troubles in a trembling voice: "Do you know the farms outside the city? Not east and southeast of Kendall City, they They are all in the north of Kendall City. Because it is close to the river and the terrain is flat, it is an excellent piece of land. The annual spring flood can bring enough fertility to the land, so it can produce a good harvest every year, and there is no need to fallow to accumulate soil fertility .”

Zhao Ji asked Todd for a glass of ale that he often drank, and after taking a sip, he responded to Mr. Weiss's words: "Huh."

"And just two days ago, something terrible happened in our farm." Mr. Weiss said, looking at Zhao Ji.

"One of the cows in the farm was killed by some unknown monster. The child who got up early to feed the cow found this, and the child was terrified. In fact, everyone who went to see it was killed Terrified. There was blood everywhere. The slaughtered cattle were in the corner of the cowshed, on the walls, on the roof, and the ground was covered with coagulated blood. The cows were also frightened. The young man tried to drag them out, but he couldn’t. In the end, he had no choice but to cover the eyes of each cow with a cloth, and many people dragged them out of that terrible place.”

Zhao Ji listened silently, it seemed that the scene at that time must have been very frightening, not only the people were terrified, but even the cattle were too frightened to move.

Zhao Ji stretched out his hand to signal Mr. Weiss to continue talking.

Mr. Weiss swallowed a mouthful of spit, drank a glass of wine and continued to say to Zhao Ji: "No one dares to collect the corpses of the dead cattle, and no one even dares to take a step into that cowshed, for fear of following in the footsteps of that cow. Everyone in the farm was terrified, and no one stayed at home at night recently, and every night they gathered in the middle of the farm to light a fire and live on the ground."

"Have you asked the guards to solve it?"

Mr. Weiss said anxiously and angrily: "I found it, I found it. But as soon as the past guards arrived at the place, they ran very fast. I managed to catch up with the inquiry, but they felt that no people died, only the cattle suffered. Death, it counts as property loss. I know it’s property damage, but no one in the farm thinks that the monster can’t eat people, and it’s just a matter of time before people die. Some farmers have already moved their families to live with relatives in other farms. If it goes on like this, I'm going to die."

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows: "Have you ever considered the possibility that someone from another farm sent someone to mess with you?"

Mr. Weiss smiled bitterly, as if recalling the scene at that time: "Believe me, as long as you have seen it, you must know that it is not a horror scene that humans can make. And the farms have been established for decades. , we have grown up together from the older generation, and the output of the farm has never been unsalable. The population growth of Kendall City has been very good. No matter how many crops we produce, the market in Kendall I can eat it."

Zhao Ji pondered for a while, and felt that he had to ask more clearly: "Have you looked for the church you rely on? Didn't they send someone to solve this matter?"

"No one dies, so no one interferes. Hey! Those gentlemen in the church never hesitated when collecting offerings. Now, when there is trouble, no one dares to come and take care of it."

Zhao Ji shrugged: "I don't think all the pastors of the Saturnalia Church are like this. They don't lack courage and wisdom. May I ask, which god do you believe in?"

Mr. Weiss rubbed his nose and said embarrassedly: "It is the god of wealth, not the god of agriculture. I am the owner of the farm, not the farmers who work in the fields."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't understand your beliefs. But I heard that there are two very powerful water god priests at the Kendall River Bridge. Have you asked them for help? I guess as long as they make a move, there will be no problem?"

Mr. Weiss smiled awkwardly: "That's not something I can get in touch with, and I never believe in the water god. Only those fishermen who fish by the river believe in the water god can talk to the two great priests of the water god."

Zhao Ji drank the beer in one gulp, and said directly to Mr. Weiss: "Okay, now I'm done asking. Then, considering that you are very urgent, Mr. Weiss, we can leave now, but we have to make a commission first." The contract is witnessed by Mr. Todd here. I declare in advance that if things change for the worse, our entrustment contract must also have new changes. We generally use popular terms, that is, Need to pay more!"