Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Condemned by the gods.
The Mercenary Guild was in chaos, with constant shouting coming from the hall downstairs.
Su Cheng followed the team leader down the stairs and met a group of people coming up. They were arguing about the distribution of a certain reward, and their bloody boots made a loud noise as they stepped on the stairs.
One of them was about to speak, but when he turned around and saw Kai, he suddenly stopped talking. The mercenaries around him also stopped talking.
After the two sides passed each other and walked some distance, Su Cheng heard them continue to insult each other, saying that they had contributed more to the mission.
"...Do you know them?" She glanced at the group leader beside her. "They look scared of you?"
"There was a little conflict when we first came here the day before yesterday," Kai said casually, "it was just a misunderstanding."
The two continued to talk about her mission.
The curse was a deal between her and Camus, and was no longer tied to the Black Flame Mercenaries.
So the task they wanted her to complete was another matter.
He gave a brief explanation, "The mage gathering will begin next month, and we need to go to the imperial capital."
Jinpo City is located in the southern part of the empire, and the imperial capital is in the center. It would take more than two or three days to get there, let alone riding an ordinary horse, even if you ride a magical beast.
Many mercenaries are not willing to travel so far, so it is normal that they cannot recruit people in the short term.
Kai looked at her. "If you don't want to—"
"I'm willing," Su Cheng said quickly, "I originally wanted to go out and try my luck, but my abilities are limited. I can only promise that I will do my best."
He nodded, "I'll tell you more details. Now I'm going to go and retract the invitation."
The two separated and Su Cheng went to the lobby counter to register as a mercenary.
The mercenary's diary is a small, thick leather book that costs two silver coins because it contains magic.
She brought her citizenship certificate - it even belonged to the cannon fodder Su Cheng. Anyway, it didn't have the names of her parents written on it, only information such as gender and age.
You can use it directly after you get it.
The people from the mercenary guild tested her and confirmed that she was normal, then asked her if she was a mage or a warrior.
She showed the rank emblem on her chest, which immediately attracted several glances.
Most of the mercenaries here are first-level, and there are a few second-level ones, but they are all much older, and there are not many as young as her.
The guild member nodded and let her cast a random second-tier spell. Su Cheng then formed a wind blade, which drew another envious gasp. "...Instant? This is almost level three, right?"
There are eleven ranks of magicians in total.
Apprentice magician, trainee magician, junior magician, intermediate magician, senior magician, great magician, magician, great magician, magician, grand magician, holy magician.
For mages like first-level apprentices and second-level trainees, their level upgrade depends on whether they can successfully release a magic spell of the corresponding level.
The so-called release refers to chanting the entire spell.
In other words, if an ordinary apprentice magician wants to cast a second-level magic like Wind Blade, it will take at least five to ten seconds to chant the spell, depending on the speaking speed.
If you are more proficient, you can cast magic silently, which is called a silent spell, chanted in your mind.
Going a step further, the chanting is completely omitted, which is called instant casting.
"…Is she eighteen?"
Some people were muttering to themselves, while others started to take action.
"Hey, magician, is there a mercenary group you'd like to join?"
Su Cheng had just taken the small notebook where the employees had registered when he was almost blinded by the recruitment information of a mercenary group. The man waved the paper in his hand enthusiastically.
"We recruit elemental mages all year round, and the wind element is very——"
The mercenaries around reacted and started to gather here.
Su Cheng was about to escape when he suddenly heard a noise at the door.
A group of people appeared at the entrance of the hall.
They were all very young, each dressed in rich clothes and had extraordinary temperament. They all had similar college emblems on their bodies. The young man in the lead was handsome, and his white clothes made him look even more cold and aloof.
The mercenaries around gave way one after another, and their attitude could even be described as respectful.
Some people have recognized that those mercenaries are from a well-known team. They are all masters of living on the edge of a knife. It is rare for them to be so nervous.
"...Nine-star Battle Master!"
Suddenly someone exclaimed.
They recognized the rank insignia on the young man in white.
It turned out to be a fifth-level warrior!
Only one step away from the sixth level!
In Jinpo City, there are masters of similar level to him. Not only are they all famous local figures, but they are also over 40 years old.
Because of their fighting spirit, those people may not look old, but this man still has a childish face and the emblem of Nanhe College is on his clothes.
The school badge can also tell how long he has been in school, and then calculate the school's age requirement for admission -
"This guy is barely twenty years old, right?" someone gasped. "He's almost at the sixth level!"
"That's not necessarily true. For some people, going from Level 5, Level 9 to Level 6 might be impossible in their lifetime!"
"The 'certain people' you're talking about certainly don't mean someone who can possess this kind of strength at the age of twenty, right?"
"This is too young..."
While everyone was whispering, a group of people from Nanhe College had already entered the hall. Murong Yue had a cold expression and didn't care about other people's attention.
He suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure in the crowd and his expression froze slightly.
The students nearby noticed this scene and looked in the direction he was looking.
They did not go to the Lin family mansion together, and did not recognize Su Cheng, so they were confused at this moment.
"...It's just a second-level one," someone muttered, "It's nothing special, right?"
Another well-informed person suddenly took a breath, "I heard that Senior Murong's fiancée looks like this—"
"Ex-fiancée!" Murong Yue was still in a daze, but she interrupted her immediately after hearing this, almost as if she was under pressure, "Please don't say the wrong thing."
The student was stunned on the spot, "Oh, oh - okay."
Murong Yue has always been cold and arrogant. When have they ever seen him with this attitude?
How much do you hate that fiancée?
Although I heard that the guy was a loser and couldn't gather his fighting spirit at the age of sixteen or seventeen, it was understandable if he disliked this marriage.
...But isn't that an apprentice magician standing over there?
Although in their opinion, the second level is not particularly powerful, it is still pretty good.
And it has nothing to do with the word "waste", right?
Did Murong Yue simply hate magicians? Or did he think anyone who didn't practice fighting spirit was useless?
Everyone was in disarray in the wind.
Warriors and mages have always looked down on each other, but isn't this a bit too extreme?
The students of Nanhe College were still speculating, but the girl in the crowd just glanced over here and ignored them.
She tilted her head back as she spoke to the tall swordsman next to her, showing him the mercenary diary in her hand and raising the small notebook a little higher.
Murong Yue frowned slightly.
He remembered that Su Cheng was very active when she broke off the engagement. Although it seemed that she wanted to gain benefits, it also indirectly proved that she was also dissatisfied with the marriage.
...Does she already have someone she likes?
"Hmph, he's just a second-level elemental mage, not worthy of you!"
A young man in gorgeous clothes raised his chin with disdain on his face.
She is Murong Yue's junior, and she admires this senior very much and always regards him as a role model.
As soon as he finished speaking, the black-haired girl not far away suddenly turned around, with a smile on her face that looked like a fox seeing a chick.
Murong Yue: "..."
Before he could speak, Su Cheng came over with a smile.
"Well, hello." She first looked at the school girl next to Murong Yue, "May I ask your name?"
The schoolgirl sneered, "You don't deserve to know."
Su Cheng looked at her thoughtfully.
In the original novel, Murong Yue had a junior fellow student who was also a son of a noble family and had good talent. He was one of Murong Yue's suitors, so he disliked Lin Yun very much.
The junior student said a lot of nasty things to Lin Yun, including but not limited to belittling him as a good-for-nothing from a humble background, saying that he was not worthy of Murong Yue, and that he was a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, etc.
Later he was slapped in the face, and then he was killed by Lin Yun.
now--
Murong Yue has become a man, so the vicious junior boy might also become a vicious junior girl?
Of course, it may not be the same person.
After all, with Murong Yue's status, there must be no shortage of people around him who want to please him. Those who jump out to attack him may not really like him.
She thought about it and realized that since she couldn't remember the name of the vicious junior, even if the junior introduced herself, she wouldn't be able to match it.
"...then don't tell me, but Mr. Murong and I are strangers to each other. Since we've broken off our engagement, we're no different than strangers."
Su Cheng paused. "Two strangers, what are you talking about? Are you implying that we're still engaged?"
"Bah!" The schoolgirl sneered, "Why don't you look in the mirror? Who do you think you are? You're just lucky enough to have a marriage contract with Senior Murong—"
Su Cheng: “…”
The lines are similar to those of the vicious junior.
They are all like deaf people who don't listen to others and only know how to output.
"Shut up!" Murong Yue suddenly interrupted her schoolmate, "Miss Su and I no longer have any relationship. Stop saying these things."
The latter looked at him in surprise.
"Let's go," Murong Yue turned around, "The Silver Wing people should have arrived."
The mercenaries who were listening to them nearby took a deep breath.
Silver Wing is one of the famous medium-sized S-class mercenary groups in the empire. It is full of experts and has some cooperative relations with the royal family.
It is not easy to upgrade the level of a mercenary group. The higher the level, the more stringent the requirements.
Even if you look across the northern and southern continents, there aren't many S-rank mercenary groups.
Su Cheng knew what happened.
Among the members of Silver Wing, there is a very young and talented person. Nanhe College wants to invite her to study in the Sword and Martial Arts Academy.
This is not poaching. After all, the academy is not a mercenary group, and being a mercenary and studying do not conflict much.
Mercenaries don't carry out missions every day, and they don't need to stay in the academy all the time to go to school.
Especially for these extremely capable students, the school gives them freedom.
The man did not refuse the invitation, but only invited Murong Yue to meet him because he wanted to see the youngest genius of the Sword and Martial Arts Academy.
Because the other party said that he did not want to meet the teachers of the college, Murong Yue only brought his younger classmates with him.
Su Cheng couldn't help but look at Murong Yue, thinking that you are obedient now.
Why did you have to bring a bunch of old men with you when you went to her to break off the engagement?
The schoolgirl noticed her movements and couldn't help but sneer, "Master Xiao Lan of Silver Wing is a few months younger than you, but he is already a sixth-level rank——"
Su Cheng didn't say anything.
In the original novel, Xiao Lan is also a great beauty, and she becomes Murong Yue's best friend. Later, she meets Lin Yun, and there are some scenes where she is jealous of Murong Yue.
However, Lin Yun did not participate in the first meeting between Xiao Lan and Murong Yue.
He should be taking the entrance examination for a college right now.
Su Cheng turned to Murong Yue and said, "Did you tell her about the contract? If you didn't, you'd be in breach of contract. If you did, I'd ask her for the money."
The junior schoolmate obviously didn't know about the contract, and most of the other students were also confused.
There were two people who looked terrified.
The two of them accompanied him to the Lin Mansion and witnessed the death of Elder Li. Because it involved the gods, they did not dare to say anything.
This resulted in other people being completely unaware of this, and they didn't even know that Elder Li was gone.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" The schoolgirl asked in confusion: "What contract?"
Murong Yue was about to speak.
Su Cheng had already pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket and waved them casually, "Yes, the contract, written in black and white."
"Yeah?!"
The schoolgirl suddenly reached out and snatched the paper from her hand, then tore it into pieces and used her fighting spirit to shatter the paper into powder.
As a general and a fourth-level warrior, she moved with incredible speed. At such a close distance, ordinary magicians would not be able to dodge in time.
After doing all this, the schoolgirl looked smug, "I don't care what contract you have, it's gone now——"
The voice stopped abruptly.
Because there was no fear on Su Cheng's face.
Su Cheng sighed, "Although I don't understand why you tore up the mercenary group's recruitment advertisement, your behavior will be condemned by the gods."
My palms started to feel hot.
Even without lifting her sleeves to check, she knew that the Libra mark symbolizing the contract had already appeared.
——What is happening at this moment has already touched upon the realm of divine authority.
It is true.
Some conjectures were confirmed again.
The God of Contracts may tolerate, or even be happy for, people to play tricks on the text of the contract, whether it is to harm each other or to deceive one party unilaterally.
But he obviously did not approve of such a simple and crude act of tearing up the contract.
Or rather, it violated his taboo.
So even if it is not a real contract that is broken, the person who does this will be punished.
and--
Those favored by God can initiate punishment.
Su Cheng took two steps back. "His Highness the God of Contract hates those... fools who lack a sense of contract. Hmm, this seems easy to understand."
The expression on the schoolgirl's face froze.
Her hands became transparent, and fine lines appeared on her skin, extending continuously, like irregular jagged cracks when paper is torn.
"No!"
The flesh on the young man's arms began to peel off, and the muscle fibers were like torn pieces of paper, floating in the air accompanied by splashes of red.
“Save me—”
She staggered backward, each step causing more debris to fall. Her chest seemed to be crushed by an invisible force, completely collapsing, and her ribs broke with a teeth-grinding snapping sound.
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