Chapter 95 SSS-level mission
Carl had to clean up the mechanic shop and take care of his grandfather, so he didn't go to the city hall to line up.
Ryan took the ID card codes of the grandfather and grandson, and followed Basel in secret, intending to take on a small team mission of four people.
After leaving the mechanical repair shop, Ryan first went to the shop of the "Red Nose" Hook mentioned by Carl, and paid to commission an intelligence gathering mission.
That's right, he wanted to find out where Boss Ymir lived.
In fact, when he first speculated that it was the Omar spy organization Blackwater that took Irubek away, he thought of this big shot. After all, she is the eldest princess of Omar. Even if she failed in the political infighting, her power is greater than others.
Besides, it seemed more direct to ask her about the Heishuitai matter.
Now Carl and the others have no better way to rescue them, so it seems that this is the only method they can try.
But Ryan was not sure that his relationship with Ymir, which was not even close enough to be considered an acquaintance, would be enough for the boss to give him this favor. He also didn't know if Ymir was still in the city...
But even if it was a one in a million chance, he was determined to give it a try.
The old man treated him well, and as a disciple, he naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.
…
It would take some time to wait for the news, so Ryan chose to take the mission first.
Outside the city hall of the fifth district, there is a huge magic light screen that looks like the waiting screen at the train station in the previous life, which broadcasts the information of the hunting missions in turn.
This time the whole city was mobilized for war, and countless new land reclamation missions were refreshed.
The rewarded mission points are also several percent higher than usual.
There are several S-level and above tasks on the top of the task bar, which are particularly eye-catching.
These first few posts immediately attracted everyone's attention.
[SSS-level mission: ' Search for the Vice President of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, Canossa J. Klofeler', bounty of 10 billion rizos, a set of rare gold-level extraordinary inheritance; relevant coordinates Red Rock Canyon, mission details...]
When Ryan looked up and saw this message, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he murmured, "So that lady's name is Canossa?"
When he took another look at the reward at the back, he was immediately stunned.
These 10 billion in cash seemed like a mountain of gold before people's eyes; and that set of gold-level extraordinary inheritance might have a fatal attraction to everyone except the "Top Ten Legends".
It seems that the "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" really spent a lot of money to save people this time.
The two conditions combined, this is definitely an attractive reward that can attract top-level extraordinary people and large hunting groups!
But Bazel, who was not far behind Ryan, was more curious about another piece of information.
[SSS-level mission: 'Searching for the Lost Temple']
There is no bounty for this task, but it is ranked ahead of the 10 billion bounty of the "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" and is at the top of the list.
The details of this task are as follows: There are clear clues that there is a temple dedicated to the "Seventy-two Temple Knights" during the Monk civilization period in the "Forest of Ashes". Anyone who provides clues to the exact coordinates of the temple will be rewarded with any corresponding value.
Ryan looked a little confused. The mission information was too vague, and even ordinary people had no idea what benefits they could get from it.
But a legend like Bazel saw the value of this mission at a glance and was very interested: "I haven't heard of any new temples being discovered in the past hundred years. I don't know which inheritance of the seventy-two sequences it is. Tsk tsk... In addition to inheritance, a complete sacrificial temple is very likely to find the 'Crystal of Divine Power'."
Ryan didn't quite understand. This was a term that had never appeared in the classics. "Divine power crystal? What is that?"
"A treasure that would make us, the so-called 'Ten Legends', risk our lives to get it."
Bazel's tone became slightly heavy. "You are too low-ranked to understand the laws, so the explanation is a bit abstract... But you just need to know that it is a treasure of laws that can allow a fifth-rank transcendent to transform and gain the power of an ancient demon god."
“So amazing?”
Ryan listened, read the mission details again, and pondered: "The treasure is so valuable. If the City Lord's Mansion releases this mission, I'm afraid that the top extraordinary people from the two empires will be attracted. Isn't it possible that..."
"Obviously, this mission was released to attract top experts!"
Bazel saw through the essence of the matter and said, "Hehe... It seems that the barbarian tribe is not an easy bone to chew. Even the five major families of the City of Glory cannot swallow it alone. I'm afraid this is the most important reason for launching this all-out war..."
After a pause, the legend's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement, "To make the City of Glory spit out this bone, the risk must be great. However, even so, once the news gets out, the two empires and major forces will probably send top masters... That barbarian tribe will probably not escape the fate of being exterminated this time."
“I see…”
When Ryan heard this, he suddenly understood.
He remembered that the barbarian girl had said that the high priest of their Coleman tribe could call the wind and rain, and the strongest warrior could tear tigers and leopards apart alive. The forest was still their home ground, and even if the "Ten Legends" went there alone, they would probably never return. Otherwise, the strong lineup of Lady Canossa would not have been defeated.
Now, relying on the strategy of sweeping across the mechanical city, it is possible to directly wipe out the primitive tribe and plunder everything in the tribe.
In the first mission, top experts will come uninvited, which can also minimize the losses of the Glory City's development... This is a "wise strategy".
…
Soon, Ryan lined up in front of the task desk.
With four identity cards, including an apprentice doctor, two mechanics, and Basel, the bodyguard, he successfully received a relatively easy logistics supply mission using the name of the newly registered "Soy Sauce Hunting Group".
After leaving the house, Bazel was still a little worried about the "SSS mission". He smacked his lips and said, "If I were not injured now, I would be really interested in seeing which temple the Knight Temple is in the 'Forest of Ashes'..."
"Hey...now I have to accompany you to complete a D-rank mission."
He felt very bored, pursed his lips, and complained: "By the way, when can you completely pull the silver needle out of my body?"
"You ask me this every day, aren't you tired..."
The two of them were already familiar with each other, and Ryan was not so polite when he spoke, "I have condensed the second 'Gang Line' in just over a month. My progress in cultivation is already very fast, okay? Didn't you find that the efficiency of needle removal has increased a lot?"
“…”
Bazel rolled his eyes. There was nothing wrong with what he said.
This progress is indeed not slow. If it were someone else, it would be hard to say whether they could even master the secret technique, let alone condense the second "Gang Line" in a month.
Thinking of this, the legend sighed again: "However, having said that, your talent in cultivation is indeed surprising. If I hadn't seen you practice step by step with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that you have only been promoted to the extraordinary level for a few months. In comparison, I feel that it has taken me more than two hundred years to reach this level. It's simply... living a dog's life."
Ryan: "You are over 200 years old?"
Bazel: "Yes. We werewolves have a long life span, isn't that normal? If you were human, you would be around 40 or 50 years old..."
“…”
Ryan felt that apart from their rough looks, God really favored this group of werewolves.
They have a long lifespan and are born with an extra "gene chain".
He then asked, "How many werewolves are there in other places?"
Speaking of this issue, Bazel's eyes instantly became full of hostility, "There were quite a lot of them a thousand years ago... but then they fought against those filthy vampires, and now there are very few. I haven't heard of large-scale groups anymore, maybe there are still some in some remote corners..."
When he heard that the whole clan was going to be exterminated, Ryan didn't ask any more questions.
These “Ten Legends” were all hunted down and forced to flee everywhere, so one can imagine the fate of the other werewolves.
God opened a door to become strong for them, and also arranged for them to have the old enemy "vampire".
At this time, Bazel seemed to have remembered something and changed the subject, saying, "By the way, didn't you ask me before about the origin of that Carl kid's grandfather? I suddenly remembered now that I have heard of the name 'Tuster Fuentes' before!"
The advantage of being a werewolf is that you get to hear all kinds of gossip.
Ryan also became interested: "Where have you heard of this?"
I knew it, it’s impossible for such a master mechanic to be completely unknown.
"My impression is that it was a farce at the Royal Academy of Sciences of Omagh thirty years ago. It was quite a big fuss at the time."
Bazel thought about it and said, "At that time, there was a 'patent' dispute... involving a second-generation official at the time, um... the current president of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Brendan de Molay."
Ryan became interested: "???"
"It was said that a young man from a poor family reported Casa de Molay by name, alleging that he had plagiarized hundreds of his technologies, applied for a unique patent, and even killed his fiancée..."
Bazel: "I remember the young man who reported it, his name was 'Tuster Fuentes'. Of course, the president of the Royal Academy of Sciences at that time was Brendan's father, so the matter was quickly settled. The official judgement was that the report was a false accusation, and the young man was expelled from the Royal Academy of Sciences. I heard that the young man's baron father was also implicated because of this, and his family was broken up..."
The difference in status between the president of the Royal Academy of Sciences, a hereditary grand duke and a country baron, is huge.
I've watched so many melodramatic TV dramas in my previous life, this routine is inexplicably familiar...
When Ryan heard this, his keen sense of smell made him immediately feel that this matter was not simple, and he exclaimed in his heart: "Is the academic circle in this fantasy world also so ridiculous?"
Carl's grandfather was obviously a master mechanic with real skills. If he was the young man who was suppressed after reporting the incident, it means...
Things were reversed back then!
It doesn't take much thought to guess that Grandpa Carl's paralysis from poisoning is also directly related to Brendan, the current president of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Stealing technology, paralyzing people, harming people's wives, destroying families... This is definitely the common script for second-generation officials who act like villains!
It turns out that there are such people who seek fame and reputation in high positions in academic circles everywhere?
This being said, given the scandal that happened back then and the background of Brendan, the son of an official, it was only natural that Carl's grandfather's name was "expelled" from the Machinists' Union.
No wonder I haven’t seen a single patent…
After Ryan heard this story, Lao Zhong immediately thought of the frail old man he had seen before.
Thirty years ago, he must have been a brilliant and ambitious mechanic... But now he is just an old man hiding in the "Glorious City" and barely surviving.
"Tsk tsk, this aristocratic centralized society is really rotten..."
Ryan suddenly lost his favor towards the "Omar Royal Academy of Sciences" which once changed the destiny of mankind.
He also thought that the scientific community should be as pure as the starry sky on a summer night, just like his teacher, Irubek.
