I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Chapter 32 Mercenary Commission

Early the next morning, Lis was already fully armed, standing at the entrance of the Mercenary Guild.

Having confronted his desires yesterday, he felt even more determined–perhaps that was his path of conviction?

Lis chuckled at himself, but the determination in his eyes didn’t waver in the slightest.

The Mercenary Guild’s hall was busier in the morning, with hardly anyone sitting around idly chatting and drinking. Most people were gathered around the commission wall, checking and discussing with their teammates about which task would be more suitable to take.

Lis scanned his surroundings and noticed that Ya’er and the others hadn’t arrived yet. Maybe he should have gone to the villa to find them first.

But then he thought, let’s wait a bit longer.

He might be a bit anxious, having arrived a tad early.

He found a spot near the guild’s entrance to sit down, and Lis began to mentally construct a Magic Model. His recent progress in arcane study hadn’t been significant, as he had devoted much of his energy to training in Martial Arts.

Now that he had obtained the “All Martial Arts Mastery” specialty and had become proficient with various weapons through sparring with Ya’er, it was time to focus his energy back on arcane research.

After all, the arcane was his foundation!

While Lis was pondering how to make a breakthrough in the Protection system of arcane spells, someone gently patted him on the back.

“Lis, what are you daydreaming about? I’ve been calling you for quite a while,” Ya’er’s crisp voice rang in Lis’s ear.

“Oh, I was just pondering something and didn’t notice.”

Lis turned around and saw the fully armed group of four standing behind him.

Ya’er was wearing a set of dark red leather armor that emitted a faint glow, indicating it was a precious piece of Enchanted equipment. A black longsword was sheathed and carried on her back, making her look lively and adorable.

Arsen, unlike Ya’er, hadn’t chosen light leather armor but was wearing a full suit of white armor, holding a silver Long Spear that gleamed coldly in his hand. He looked dashing, although a bit flamboyant.

Lunbos was dressed in a full set of pure black Dwarf Shield Guard armor. His armor looked much thicker than Arsen’s, but he seemed to carry it effortlessly, even casually resting a hammer nearly as tall as himself on his shoulder.

Ailina, on the other hand, wore a standard Ranger outfit. Her slender figure complemented her stunning face, making the surrounding mercenaries turn their heads to look, and not just them–Lis’s gaze lingered for a moment on the fair skin between Ailina’s shorts and boots.

“Let’s go. First we need to get Lis registered as part of our adventure team, then we’ll check out the commissions.”

Arsen waved to Lis, and they all headed to the guild’s registration area.

As it happened, Lia was again seated behind the counter.

Seeing the Ya’er Adventure Group approach, Lia took the initiative to ask:

“Is there anything I can assist you with, ladies and gentlemen of the Ya’er Adventure Group?”

“This is our adventure team’s new member, Lis. Please register his information.”

The formal personnel information of a Mercenary Group is recorded and filed with the Guild. Of course, it’s not mandatory to file it, but without a record, the commissions completed by the Mercenary Group cannot be credited to an individual’s Mercenary Points, and without that, there’s no way to increase an individual’s mercenary level.

“Is this… Mr. Moriarty?”

Facing the odd glances from his teammates, Lis couldn’t help but cough awkwardly and said:

“That is a pseudonym I’ve chosen. Please register me under that name.”

“Okay.” Lia hurriedly responded. Being able to join the Gold Level Yaya Adventure Group, this Mr. Moriarty was certainly no ordinary person, and she hadn’t misjudged him.

The people around them heard that the Yaya Mercenary Group had a new member joining and couldn’t help but curiously come over to watch Lis.

Although the name of the Yaya Mercenary Group didn’t sound very imposing, compared to Blood Wolf, Lion, Falcon, and others, mercenaries valued strength more, and all members of the Yaya Adventure Team were of Silver Power or above, which indeed made their reputation resound amongst mercenaries.

“Is there any other information you’d like to change?” Lia asked.

After thinking for a moment, Lis said, “Register my profession as a Mage.”

Lis had previously concealed his profession in order to learn Martial Arts without attracting attention. Now that he had acquired the Warrior Professional Specialization, there was no need to hide it. Besides, an Unemployed joining the Yaya Adventure Group would have seemed even more strange.

“Then…”

Seeing Lia’s somewhat embarrassed look, Lis didn’t say much and directly took out his Jade Wand from the storage ring.

With Magic Power circulating, the gem at the top of the wand emitted a verdant Magic Radiance.

Upon seeing this, Lia immediately finished the registration and handed the card to Lis with both hands, saying, “Mr. Moriarty, your information has been fully registered. Please keep your mercenary status card safe.”

Lis took the card, and the surrounding mercenaries looked at this young and handsome Mage, discussing in low voices.

“No wonder he could join Lady Ya’er’s adventure team. He looks so young, but he’s a Mage.”

“When will our team be able to have a Mage join too?”

“He’s probably Silver Power, right? So young and already a Silver Mage, impressive, indeed.”

“Of course. Didn’t you see the size of the Advanced Magic Gem on his wand? That’s definitely Gold Level Equipment. If he’s not Silver, could he be Bronze? If that’s the case, I’ll eat my sword right here and now.”

“That’s true. But could he possibly be a Golden Mage? After all, Lady Ya’er is so young and is already a Golden Warrior. I can’t quite tell with this handsome guy.”

…

Lis, hearing the surrounding mercenaries’ conversations, couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Me, a Bronze Mage, would really be an apology.

Lis forcefully resisted the urge to let that onlooking mercenary perform the act of swallowing a sword and instead followed his teammates to the commission wall to check for suitable tasks.

[Search Commission: Mr. Smith has run away from home once again (attached with a portrait). The task is to find and bring him back (forced methods can be used), remuneration: 5 Gold Coins, duration: unlimited.]

[Escort Commission: Escort the Mile Caravan to the Eastern Duke Baird’s Domain. Requires a Mercenary Group of more than ten people. Remuneration: 100 Gold Coins, duration: one month.]

[Extermination Commission: Hiero Manor outside the city is suffering from an invasion of Tusked Wild Boars. The task is to eradicate all Tusked Wild Boars on the manor, remuneration: 2 Gold Coins for each exterminated Tusked Wild Boar, all spoils go to the Hunters, duration: unlimited.]

…

Lis scanned through several commissions, and the feeling from his previous life returned.

He had taken many similar commissions like the third extermination task. Such commissions were quite generous; a wild boar sold for about 4 Gold Coins, and eliminating one rewarded 2 Gold Coins. In total, that made 6 Gold, the compensation was quite substantial.

However, not many would take up such a task. Aside from experienced Hunters using traps to capture them, one would need to at least be at Profession Level 10 to deal with Tusked Wild Boars alone, which was equivalent to battling low-level demons.