After arriving in Sunset City, I headed straight for the Mercenary Guild and collected the 10,000 points of mercenary experience.
As soon as I entered the main gate of the Mercenary Guild, two players shouted excitedly and rushed towards me: "Are you the one who is competing against Heaven? Wait a moment, our guild leader has something important to talk to you!"
I was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, there was a commotion around me, and then a few people murmured something. They hurriedly ran out of the guild gate.
The two players who called me first also left, while the other one rushed up, tightly grasping my arm with excitement, as if afraid that I would run away.
I looked at him curiously. From the badges, I could tell it was from the Columbine Mercenary Team. Maybe they had heard about my image from their leader, or he had been in the Lost Village last night.
I asked: "What's the matter?"
The person pulled me to the corner, but there was still a large group of players staring at me, not knowing when I had become so noticeable.
After asking several times, that player only said: "You'll know later!"
In a flash of movement, it was Columbine. He strode up to me: "Brother, I finally got you. I was planning to go to the Lost Village to find you!"
I asked in surprise: "What do you want with me?"
Columbine whispered to me: "I want to invite you to join our mercenary team!"
I exclaimed: "What benefits will there be in joining? I don't want to be under anyone's control."
Columbine hurriedly said: "You don't have to do anything if you join. You are free. However, our mercenary team's salary and commission are still yours! I can also give you a position!"
The other player nearby also hurriedly said: "Joining the mercenary team has many more benefits than being an ordinary mercenary. First, you can get the additional attributes of the team. Second, you can receive more and higher-level mercenary tasks. Third, no one dares to bully you! So many benefits. Others would not even consider joining us. The size of the team is limited."
I smiled at Columbine: "Then what about the benefits for you after I join?"
Columbine smiled: "I won't lie to you. Of course, this is a mutually beneficial matter. If you join our mercenary team and take on tasks, it means this task is completed by our team. Your mercenary experience for this mission won't decrease, and the guild will give our team an additional 1,000 honor points."
I understood. This was indeed a mutually beneficial matter. However, I couldn't help but think that Columbine's price was too low. I could still extort some more.
I was about to speak when a group of people rushed in from outside. Then two anxious voices came: "Who is the one who just completed the top-ranked bounty mission, Tianzhitongfen?"
Both voices sounded simultaneously, startling me. I looked and saw a tall black man and a tall white man, both wearing elite-level equipment and wearing the guild leader's emblem.
Someone pointed out my position to them, and the two rushed up to me, shouting together: "Friend, don't join their Columbine. Their team ranks fifth and has no future. Join ours instead!"
"Our team is the 'Iron Blood Division'. Now it ranks second in the city!"
"We are the 'Grassland Lions'. Now we rank third!"
Columbine's face turned red: "Umeko, Agatha, don't be too excessive. This Tianzhitongfen is a friend I met first. Are you being too domineering like this?"
The tall white man chuckled: "Is this really your friend? The information we got is not like that. Even if he is your friend, he has the right to choose a more promising organization, right, friend? Come to our team, our team can solve any personal problems for the members!"
Black woman Agatha shouted: "Join our team, I appoint you as the deputy leader and give you 10% of the team income!"
Columbine also said: "I had already planned to appoint you as the honorary commander. Moreover, I can give you an additional 100 gold coins!" ...
Watching these people arguing, my heart was filled with a sense of achievement. Let them fight, hehe. Why hasn't that top-ranked mercenary group arrived yet?
Mercenary groups are like gangs. They need to reach level 45 to be established. Otherwise, I really would like to build one myself. However, I used to be independent and solitary, and I think I'm not a good leader. So, it's better to join a mercenary group.
In the end, the three mercenary groups had all drawn their swords. It seemed that they were going to fight. That was my fault. Forget it. I don't want to waste time.
I said, "Everyone, stop arguing. Columbine and I are friends after all. We have always cooperated happily. I have no reason not to help him. That's it. Columbine, please process my membership application."
Seeing Columbine excitedly putting on the Columbine emblem for me and upgrading it to an honorary leader, this position has no management authority, but it enjoys the same attribute bonuses as the leader, and can also accept some tasks that only the leader can accept.
Umeko and Agatha had to leave dejectedly. Maybe they were regretting that they happened to be doing other tasks yesterday and didn't come to the Lost Village.
Columbine, movedly, patted my shoulder: "Brother, thank you. Actually, I know our friendship isn't deep. Just now, I boldly called you my friend, and you didn't expose me. I'm really very grateful. From now on, I'll have you with me. Let's create something together!"
I smiled slightly: "Actually, the reason I chose you is that we are both Chinese. I still have a bit of nationalism. Hehe."
Columbine shouted: "Right! We are both Chinese! Well said!" Then he turned to look at the teenager behind him: "If my son were like you, it would be great. Ah..."
I was stunned. Just when we had got along a little, you took advantage of me. Do you know that I'm older than you by a few years!
Anger aside, things still need to be done. I walked up to the NPC of the guild and completed the task of capturing the mythical law god.
I received 10,000 mercenary experience points, and immediately upgraded to level D. Columbine also upgraded to level C mercenary group.
Columbine immediately ordered all his subordinates to go out and vigorously publicize the news of the upgrade, and issued a full-city announcement. He even went to other cities to promote the Columbine mercenary group.
Being a level C mercenary group is not just a title. It means that the first mercenary group can now accept B-level tasks. Moreover, the maximum number of members of the mercenary group has increased from 1,000 to 2,000. At the same time, even if you are just a lowest G-level mercenary in the C-level mercenaries, you can also accept C-level tasks as an individual.
They were so busy, so I didn't get involved. I walked towards the city lord's mansion.
The city lord had already received the news and his face was glowing with excitement. He came to the hall to greet me. You can imagine that in his territory, this major event must have put a lot of pressure on the king. Now that I have relieved this major threat, can't I be excited?
Now I am a person with a title and identity. The city lord no longer uses the former kind of official authority to pressure me. Instead, he started chatting with me. It was really very kind and gentle, completely different from his authoritative image.
Finally, they got to the point. The city lord smiled at me: "You are really lucky. The king just raised the reward for the arrest, and you completed this task. Now all the rewards have been increased."
After saying that, a beam of white light fell on me, and the system gave me several prompts one by one.
"You gain 2,000 merits... You gain 600,000 experience... You upgrade to level 33. Strength +3, Constitution +3, Agility +3, Spirit +3, HP +20, MP +20; You upgrade to level 34. Strength +3... You gain 2,000 gold coins."
"Because you killed the notorious fugitive, your justice value increases by 100, your reputation rises by 500, your charm increases by 1, and your luck increases by 1."
"Since the top fugitive was killed in the village you own, as the lord, you receive 100 merits, 500 gold coins, your reputation increases by 100, and the village's fame rises."
I couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably. Before I could recover my composure, the mayor chuckled again: "Your justice value exceeds 100, so I will also award you an 'Hero' medal. Your charm increases by 1, your chance of explosion increases by 10%, and the number is 0000000001. Additionally, your reputation has reached the 'Renowned' standard, and your merits have reached the 'Baron' standard. These two things will be presented to you by the king's envoys."
I hurriedly said, "I'm actually going to the capital soon, so you can send an envoy to let him know not to waste his trip."
The mayor murmured, "Sure, also, the item reward has been upgraded to jade items. This prize is provided by me. What equipment do you want?"
I smiled, "Mayor, since the prize is provided by you, it's easy to handle. You see, my level is so low that I don't know when I can get the jade equipment for defense. Can you change the prize to 'Growthable' or 'No Level Requirement'?"
The mayor laughed loudly, "Competing against the gods, you have a brilliant plan. These two types of items in the game are much scarcer than divine-level items. How could they be equivalent to jade items?"
I was rather indignant in my heart. Aren't such equipment rare? I only have one set of jade equipment, and I also have a growthable magic wand in my hand, and I have three items of unlimited level in my pocket...
After thinking for a moment, I said, "Mayor, since the prize is provided by you, it's easy to handle. You see, Louison still needs jade equipment for self-defense, so I suggest giving me a set of warrior equipment, preferably clothes."
The mayor waved his hand, and a guard quickly brought two jade-level warrior equipment. I chose the "Wind Concealing Robe", the biggest advantage of this robe is that the character name has "Wind", and the agility increases by 10. The second advantage is "Concealment", not only can it weaken the effect of others' detection skills, but it can also hide one's own light. In this way, there is no need to worry about players coveting Louison's equipment.
The mayor laughed loudly, "Actually, you completing this fugitive hunting task this time has also helped me a lot. I also want to express my gratitude as a reward."
Haha, I hurriedly said my thanks. In fact, my saliva was already in my mouth.
The mayor looked at me, "However, the equipment on your body is already the best among players of the same level. I don't have anything better to give you..."
I panicked, "This, this, Mayor, actually, I was able to complete the task thanks to a group of friends. Hehe, their equipment is still very poor, look..."
The mayor murmured, "Actually, the items in my treasure chest are numbered. If the task is not triggered, they cannot be given to the player. How about this, the discarded equipment of the guards in my mansion can be repaired and still be usable. Later, I'll have someone take you to choose a few items."
Alas, it's better than nothing. The guards are generally above level 50, and the discarded ones are mostly of platinum-level items, which is not bad.
The mayor said, "Actually, I observed your attributes and found that you don't have a good combat skill yet. Plus, you are a multi-class character, so I specially prepared a gift for you."
Looking at the small booklet handed to me by the mayor, my heart almost jumped out. This is exactly the prize I want the most!