Volume 8 Guild Chapter 1 God loves the world, and he loves the minotaurs even more
After returning to Kale Town, Changgong Sheri, Niu Baiwan and I found our respective employers, handed over the completed tasks to them, and received our share of the rewards. Xian Ge Yayi and Yan Zhen also followed us around the town, repaired their armor and equipment, and stocked up on various medicines.
Kaler Town is a large town with a large population and prosperous business, no less than a medium-sized city. There are also many citizens and merchants seeking help here, and ordinary adventurers can receive many tasks here. However, this bustling market town is located in the east of Kansen Plain, facing the rich grassland, and is a paradise for hunters and fur traders. The tasks received here are most likely related to hunting, either hunting a few grassland lions or peeling a few lizards. Together with Yan Zhen, an animal protectionist, Xiange Yayi could only sigh helplessly at those well-paid hunting tasks, and pitifully accepted a task of delivering a letter.
The mission required them to cross the grassland to the city of Titlo in the Saltesas Highlands and deliver a love letter from a middle-aged lady in her sixties with more wrinkles on her face than a bat to His Excellency Viscount Enrique, the legion's chief of staff stationed there.
Before Xian Ge Ya Yi and the others, we had already delivered three love letters for this noble lady, and saw the appearance of Viscount Enrique with our own eyes. He was a young, handsome and heroic soldier. When he received these love letters from a lover who was old enough to be his grandmother, he was extremely happy and kept kissing the letters filled with love. I felt goose bumps all over my feet. Believe me, witnessing this earth-shaking and abnormal love with your own eyes was a huge torture for the messenger.
What's even worse is that Viscount Enrique will only give you ten silver coins as a reward for delivering the letter - this little change is not even enough to cover the wear and tear of your boots when crossing the prairie, and if you want to take a public carriage back to Kaler Town, you will have to pay for the fare out of your own pocket.
Faced with this unparalleled super-rubbish mission, Yan Zhen was actually very interested in it and took Xian Ge Yayi with her on the journey. Chang Gong She Ri and I made armor-piercing bullets while they were delivering the letter and handed them to Yan Zhen when she came back.
In the alchemy laboratory in Kaler Town, I sorted out the materials I collected along the way, put them into the magic furnace and stirred them, trying to make more high-energy gunpowder. Changgong Sheri sat aside, taking out various tools and hammering and hitting the copper plates he had just bought, busy all the time. The finished armor-piercing bullets were placed on the table in rows. Compared with ordinary musket ammunition, these special bullets are more slender and the warheads are sharper. Just looking at them gives people a stinging feeling - I don't want to know what it feels like to be shot in the butt with this thing.
Only Niu Baiwan had nothing to do. He wandered around the laboratory aimlessly. Sometimes he would come over to us to see our work, but he would soon feel bored and immediately walk away.
"When will you finish?" This is the ninth time the anxious Tauren Paladin has asked us this question.
"It will be done soon." This is the ninth time I have answered him in this way .
"But that's what you just said." He muttered unhappily.
"Oh, really? I'll say the same thing next time." I rolled my eyes at him.
He was speechless for a moment, and then he couldn't help but wander off to another place, messing up the experimental tools on the table at the door. He walked to the door and looked around for a while, then felt bored and turned back inside. He touched the horns on his head in annoyance, and finally couldn't help but ran back to my side and asked:
"When will you finish?"
"Shut up!" Finally, the patience of Longbow Sheri and I ran out, and we could no longer tolerate his torturous chattering. I almost suspected that the long horns on Niu Baiwan's head and the rough cowhide on his body were just a clever disguise. If we tore it apart, we might find a chattering halfling inside.
We roughly kicked this nagging big guy into the corner and ordered him not to say any more nonsense before we finished our work, otherwise we would not mind cutting off his super long cow tongue to make a belt. Our intimidation worked to a certain extent. For a long time afterwards, Niu Baiwan only dared to squat in the corner timidly, quietly glancing at us with his huge eyes full of resentment, and then stretched out his right index finger to draw circles on the wall of the laboratory in a depressed manner. His finger was thick and strong, and it made a destructive "creaking" sound from time to time when it was scratched on the wall. I was even a little worried that he might vent all his grievances on this wall and dig a hole in the wall.
Fortunately, our Tauren friends soon found a better way to pass the time.
This alchemy laboratory was transformed from an old tile-roofed house. The house was low, damp, dilapidated, and the floor was even lower than the road outside. Even in the natural world with a wide variety of biological species, there are only a handful of species that can adapt to such harsh living conditions. Unfortunately, humans occupy one of them. In addition, there is another unpopular small animal that often becomes our neighbor without human knowledge and permission.
I think you have guessed what I am talking about, yes, it is - rat.
Like all dark, damp, old and dilapidated houses, this alchemy laboratory is also inhabited by a flourishing family of mice. Those annoying little creatures often sneak out from dark corners, and then quickly flee to another corner with a "squeak" when you are not paying attention, and then disappear into caves hidden behind bookcases or dining tables.
Just as Niu Baiwan was squatting in the corner, an unlucky mouse happened to run past him. Niu Baiwan casually slapped it, and the mouse instantly fell on its back and died miserably on the spot. Its soul turned into a thin white line and shot into Niu Baiwan's chest - its fragile soul symbolically added a little experience value to the "brave" paladin who killed it.
Immediately, Niu Baiwan fell in love with this challenging mouse hunting game. He began to observe every corner of the room attentively, looking for signs of mice. At first, the swift movements of these mice made him flustered for a while, and four or five mice escaped from his capture one after another. But soon, our Minotaur Paladin mastered the laws of these mice's movements, and fewer and fewer mice escaped from his capture. Later, it was difficult for a mouse to escape his clutches alive...er, Niu Hoof.
I can't think of a more appropriate way to deal with Niu Baiwan's twisted behavior of showing off his powerful force by killing level one mice. In fact, as long as he doesn't continue to abuse our ears, we don't care what he does during the waiting period. What's more, although the soul power provided is very scarce, killing mice can be regarded as a healthy job that exercises the body, improves experience, and is beneficial to the body and mind.
At this time, two dwarves, a man and a woman, and a female dwarf walked past the window together. They walked very fast, so I couldn't see their occupations and names clearly, but there was an identical line of small words written under their names, which allowed me to see clearly. It read:
"VIP Customer Gathering for Ba Ni Chang Height Increasing Insoles".
Obviously, this should also be the name of an adventurer's guild. Judging from its name, I guess it must be a guild where dwarves and gnomes occupy the majority of seats.
"It turns out that our Continental Alliance also has a guild." I said casually.
"The guild system was opened after the server merging campaign. I heard that there are almost 20 guilds in the alliance now." Changgong Sheri explained to me. As if to confirm his statement, a half-orc warrior who had joined the guild happened to walk past the window at this time with a big axe on his back. The guild he belonged to was called "Shanghai Senior Axe Art Troupe - Former Shanghai Axe Gang".
"Come to think of it, the four people from the Doomsday Empire we killed just now seemed to belong to the same guild." I suddenly thought of this.
"Yeah, there seem to be about 16 or 17 guilds in the Empire." It seems that Longbow Shooting the Sun has more information than I do...
"Bang!" A loud noise came from the side, attracting our attention. We found that the "Knight among Knights" Niu Baiwan was completely addicted to this violent game of killing mice. After killing forty or fifty mice in succession, he was no longer satisfied with using ordinary attacks to deal with these weak lives, and began to use his skills instead. Holy collision, light of punishment, heavy blow, war trample... Even when facing a strong enemy, I rarely see him use combat skills so wantonly, and he doesn't regret the huge waste of magic power at all. So many powerful skills hit the walls and the ground at such a high frequency. The reason why this house has not been destroyed until now, I can only attribute it to the great will of the Supreme God Darimos.
The thick obsidian pillars swung by with a strong whirlwind, leaving the rats nowhere to escape and could only wait to be killed by the powerful fighting force of the Paladin. Seeing this scene, I suddenly felt that keeping a cat might not be the best way to prevent rat infestation. Perhaps keeping a minotaur at home would be a better way to kill rats - of course, you might have to take a small risk of your house being violently demolished by him, but, isn't there a risk in everything you do in this world?
Reluctantly retracting our contemptuous gazes from Niu Baiwan, we continued with the work at hand while continuing the topic about the guild.
"So, it seems that there aren't many guilds nowadays. Is it difficult to create a guild?" I asked my dwarf friend curiously.
"There are quite a lot of requirements, like the president and two vice-presidents must be above level 45, there must be more than 20 members, the guild property must exceed 5,000 gold coins, and a guild establishment fee of 500 gold coins must be paid. But these are relatively simple. The most difficult thing is that you must get a 'Stone of Faith'. Only with a Stone of Faith are you eligible to apply to establish a guild." I have always wondered where Changgong Sheri got this information from?
The noisy "clang clang" sounds came from Niu Baiwan from time to time, making it almost impossible for me to hear Changgong Sheri's voice clearly. I glanced at the minotaur who was indulging in the perverted pleasure of bullying the weak with dissatisfaction, and continued to ask:
"Faith Stone? What is that? Where can I find it? Is it rare?"
Changgong Sheri made an exaggerated expression helplessly: "Why, man, don't you ever browse the homepage? There are notifications on the homepage!" Before I could ask him what this "homepage" was, he continued:
"The chance of getting the Stone of Faith is very low. The entire server can only produce two pieces a day, one for the Empire and one for the Alliance. It is also possible that none will be produced. The location where it appears is completely random, and no one knows where to find it. However, it is said that the chance of dropping in some places may be higher... Lao Niu, can you be quieter? I can hardly hear myself talking..."
After reprimanding the Tauren Paladin who was making too much noise, Longbow Shooting Sun continued, "Do you remember the 'Lifelong Devotion to Dreams'? He was the Paladin who used invincibility as a shield with Lao Niu. On the first day of the opening of the guild system, he identified the Fiery Cave in the Dragon Spine Mountains and led his men to clear it seven times in a row. As a result, a Stone of Faith was indeed spawned. The 'Knights of the Hammer of Punishment' he founded is also the first guild on our server."
"Then he is really lucky." I exclaimed enviously.
"You can't just rely on luck. They put a lot of effort into the guild... I say, Old Cow, you don't need to use a super special move like Divine Punishment Starlight that attacks a large group of mice!"
Niu Baiwan half-knelt on the ground, in front of him were countless lights of destruction that he devoutly summoned from the divine power. The sparkling halo turned the entire room into a turquoise color. The poor mouse had been shot into a rat corpse when the first starlight descended, and was not lucky enough to witness the brilliant light of the Supreme God descending on the earth. After hearing Changgong Sheri's denunciation, Niu Baiwan looked at us shyly, and his cheeks actually had a rare faint red glow.
"What are the benefits of joining a guild?" I continued to ask the well-informed dwarf believer.
"Many things are very convenient. Someone will provide you with the raw materials you need to upgrade your skills, someone will help you complete difficult tasks, you can borrow money if you don't have enough money to buy equipment, and you can always find help when you go to a dungeon."
"If it's so good, why don't you join a guild?"
"Many things will become very troublesome. You have to provide the raw materials needed for others to upgrade their skills, help others complete difficult tasks, lend money to others to buy equipment, and be ready to accompany others to dungeons at any time..."
"It sounds like it's going to be quite troublesome." I weighed the pros and cons and finally came to my own conclusion.
"...The most annoying thing is joining someone else's guild. There is no sense of accomplishment or belonging at all. Even if you want to join a guild, it is better to find a few friends to form one yourself." Changgong Sheri added.
"Yeah, if we can form a guild ourselves, then the hard work will be worth it." I completely agree with Longbow Shooting the Sun.
"Establish a guild? Haha, dream on. The probability of hitting a stone of faith is lower than the probability of you being struck by lightning twice in a day. I might as well buy two lottery tickets and try my luck instead of hoping that we can hit a stone of faith."
"Bang!" Niu Baiwan was probably tired of killing rats in the room, so he finally threw his obsidian pillar to the ground and walked towards us with an anxious expression. Before that, he had probably killed no less than 200 rats. The rat family living in this room was really unusually prosperous. Even though they had lost so many lives, they continued to appear in the corners and continued to be beaten by Niu Baiwan without knowing whether to live or die.
"Changgong, Jeff, you..." Niu Baiwan wanted to speak eagerly.
"...We'll be done soon!" I was really afraid of the nagging of this Minotaur Paladin. Before he could finish, I interrupted him and replied, "...Just wait a little longer." This time I was telling the truth. Now I have used up all the raw materials in my hands, and it is impossible to make more high-energy gunpowder. As long as Changgong Sheri works harder and turns all the gunpowder in front of him into armor-piercing bullets, our work will be done.
"...But, Jeff..." Niu Baiwan was not satisfied with my answer and continued to talk relentlessly.
"Please, finish this promising job of drawing circles in the corner from beginning to end!" Changgong Sheri wanted to kick this big guy into the wall.
"Actually, I already..." Niu Baiwan looked indignant.
"We all know that you have been waiting for a long time, but since you have waited for so long, you should not mind waiting a little longer. Besides, even if we have made these bullets, don't we still have to wait for Yan Zhen and the others to come back?" I tried my best to comfort our Tauren friend.
"But I killed mice..." Niu Baiwan seemed to feel a little aggrieved.
"Killing rats is a noble job. Everyone has the responsibility to eliminate the four pests. And you can get experience points by killing rats. Aren't you going to level up soon? Look, as long as you kill... um... 79,641 more rats, it will be enough. Actually, this is not a lot."
Changgong Sheri praised Niu Baiwan's heroic act of killing rats. However, he obviously did not consider that if there were really more than 70,000 rats hiding in this broken house, it would be better for Niu Baiwan to think about how to escape instead of thinking about how to kill them and upgrade his level.
"I just want to..." Niu Baiwan fought unyieldingly for his right to speak!
"Shut up!"
"Let's teach him a lesson!"
Finally, our patience was worn out to the limit, and our dissatisfaction with this rap bull was completely cleared out. We tried to force Niu Baiwan to learn how to keep silent again. Just as we rushed over and knocked him to the ground with three punches and two kicks, and began to discuss whether to stuff his mouth with smelly socks or use his belt as a bull bit, Niu Baiwan struggled hard and finally stretched out a hand from under our buttocks, holding a piece of light yellow transparent crystal, and waved it in front of us.
When we saw this crystal, Changgong Sheri and I were instantly petrified.
The Stone of Faith is a miracle stone that contains the power of faith, a treasure of the soul, and a source of courage. The warrior who obtains it will unite his companions, become a respected leader, and create a great cause.
The above is the introduction of this crystal.
"Where... where did you get this thing?" Before Longbow Shooting the Sun, I had never seen a dwarf's eyes grow bigger than a minotaur's.
"Mmm... This is what I just typed out..." Niu Baiwan replied in a dull voice - because Changbow Sheri's butt was sitting on his face, his voice couldn't help but be dull.
"Where did you get it from?" Changgong Sheri looked like he was going crazy. From his eyes, I saw the same absurd guess as I thought. Could it be that...
"Is there anything else to kill here besides rats?"
It’s actually true!
A silent thunder ripped my brain apart, completely destroying all my wonderful feelings about this world. What kind of world is this? There is a saying that "hard work will always be rewarded with equal value", but some people have gone through untold hardships, embraced passion and courage, and faced the powerful and brutal Hellfire Demon to make great sacrifices to obtain rare treasures, while another guy just killed a mouse out of boredom and got it effortlessly. For the first time in my life, I felt that the supreme god Darmos was not completely fair to the intelligent life he created...
At least from what is happening before our eyes, we can infer that he is obviously more generous to the Minotaur!
"Did you... see it clearly?" Niu Baiwan asked us with difficulty in a low voice.
"We can see it very clearly." We answered truthfully.
"Does that mean... you can take your butts... off me?"
We suddenly realized that we almost stuffed the stinky socks into the mouth of this lucky minotaur. Changgong Sheri stood up, stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to us as if he had a flash of inspiration:
"I'll go offline for a while and will be back in about ten minutes." As he spoke, the magical light unique to the Sky Traveler emanated from his hands, and his body became thin and transparent - this was a symbol that the Sky Traveler was traveling through the turbulence of the time and space planes and leaving this plane world.
"Where are you going?" Niu Baiwan asked hurriedly.
"...Go downstairs and buy a lottery ticket!" The sound of Longbow Shooting the Sun gradually faded away. As soon as the words fell, his body completely disappeared and he left the Falvi Continent forever.
