Chapter 042 Qualification Testing Shop
Charlie cursed as he walked, complaining to his fellow comrades who had also been fired: "Lin Muqiu is such a blind man! Who wants to be a guard in this little town?"
After cursing for a long time, he found that his companion was keeping his head down and not saying a word.
He was a little puzzled, "Are you guys mute today?"
His companions spoke in unison: "Charlie, I think we have different interests. A few of us have decided to work hard again and take the examination for the position of guard. I realized yesterday that things are different now than before."
"Charlie, you went too far today. I don't think it's Master Lin Muqiu's fault. Besides, she's also providing qualification tests. You know, what I want most is to be an archer, but my father won't let me, insisting that I don't have the qualifications..."
"The most important thing is that our mothers are in Oez Town and haven't come here. I'm worried about the danger they'll face in this year's beast tide. I want to bring them here."
"Charlie, if you are willing to start over with us, then we can still be good brothers."
After hearing what they said, Charlie flew into a rage. "So you guys had already discussed this!"
Several people did not answer, but just looked at him quietly, as if waiting for his decision.
Charlie gritted his teeth and made an excuse, "We can't train it ourselves!"
The men said, "When you rent weapons, you'll be given a taming manual. Just practice with it. You can't always make excuses, right?"
Charlie gritted his teeth and said, "Then Ankang Town won't be any safer than Oez Town!"
Seeing that Charlie was stubborn, several people shook their heads and walked away silently.
Only Charlie stayed where he was, staring blankly at them as they walked away, his eyes gradually becoming moist.
Damn, that was his childhood friend. Is this town really that worth it?
And he also said something about bringing his mother here. What an excuse, all an excuse!
Doesn't he miss his mother? !
He wiped his tears fiercely, and still walked out of the city, bravely moving forward, hoping to kill some wild animals for dinner.
Not long after walking, I saw a ragged team in the distance.
After all, he was an intermediate swordsman, so he could see at a glance that the attacking posture of this group of people was completely wrong. Except for two or three leaders whose swordsmanship level was around level ten, the rest of the archers would not be higher than level six.
Especially when he saw that this team was actually hunting wild boars, he sneered.
He couldn't even do it, so how could he really think he could hunt with just a crappy animal taming manual?
Thinking of this, he used his stealth skills to hide quietly, waiting for them to make a fool of themselves.
The team leader, Lind, said to everyone, "Put the seeds in place first."
Everyone responded and immediately buried a lot of seeds around.
Seeing this scene, Charlie sneered even more -
It's useless. High-level monsters are very cunning and smart. They can recognize traps!
Besides, even if you catch it, it will only speed up the wild boar's frenzy.
But as he watched, he realized that something was wrong.
How come this group of people didn't even set the traps and just hid in the bushes!
And they actually put out a bunch of seeds, probably hoping to hunt more than one wild boar at a time!
His mind was in a daze, and he watched quietly as two or three wild boars came in groups. The wild boars seemed to have the same idea as him, so they looked carefully for a long time.
When the wild boars realized there were no traps, they rushed forward, revealing their greedy long mouths.
But it never expected that what it bit was clearly a tender sprout, but it also emitted powerful electric waves.
"roar!"
Two or three wild boars simultaneously became rigid, and in a split second—
Lind, Alex, and Russell seized the opportunity and rushed out, and with their swords in hand, they struck the heart of the wild boar in front of them. The remaining team members drew their bows and arrows and fired at the wild boars in an organized manner!
A few pig roars shook the earth.
Even if some team members miss their shots, the one or two second delay is enough to give them enough reaction time to fire a second round of arrows.
Besides, there are more than one of them.
The next second, the wild boar stood up, but fell down with a bang and closed its eyes forever.
Charlie was stunned, watching all this in a daze, tears dried in his eyes.
All the movements were slowly distorted in his eyes, until they became extremely slow, and played back in front of him like slow motion.
Even ordinary people can kill wild boars through strategy and skills, but he can't. So what has he, an intermediate swordsman, learned in the past twenty years?
*
The team members didn't notice Charlie was looking at them, and they just talked to each other excitedly:
"This seed lock is so useful!"
"Beast meat yyds!"
"What is yyds?"
"I don't know. This is what Lady Lin said. When she said making money, I guess she meant it was something she really wanted and cared about."
"That's definitely what it means!"
“…”
Everyone was excited.
If it weren't for Lord Lin, how could low-level noobs like them have joined a high-level team and even hunt prey!
It is so delicious to eat it with the vegetables you planted in the evening!
Someone was caught off guard excitedly: "Then who knows when the Lord's election will begin?"
"It should be soon," someone winked. "I asked the mayor privately, and he said that the election will be held after Lord Lin has completed the military's qualification assessment."
"Maybe we can catch up with Lord Lin before the beast tide?" Lin Dexing joined the conversation excitedly. "I want to vote for Lord Lin!"
Russell quipped, "Is it still our turn to vote? Isn't it a done deal?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a wizard suddenly teleported in front of them. He was riding an icy flying beast, holding a staff, and had a defiant look on his face. "Excuse me, is this Ankang Town?"
Everyone immediately recognized it as a high-level wizard robe and immediately understood, "Yes! For business, please pay attention to Lin Muqiu's shop!"
Everyone automatically started to advertise for Lin Muqiu.
After all, quite a few people from the Chamber of Commerce have come recently, and they have almost formed muscle memory.
The senior mage's mouth twitched, "I'm not here to do business."
After saying that, he teleported away.
Everyone was confused and thought that this person was really rude.
The next second, Russell slapped his head and suddenly realized, "He came here at this critical moment, isn't he trying to compete for the position of town lord?!"
*
This is indeed the case.
As an ice wizard, he was constantly looking at the town.
This is a really strange place.
Outside the city, there were people farming or hunting. Though their ranks were low, their methods were brutal and their skills were sophisticated. Meanwhile, within the city, the sounds of hawkers hawking their wares continued incessantly, as if the high temperatures had no effect on them.
What's even more bizarre is that the infrastructure in this town is quite complete, and many people sell a wide variety of animal meat, including pork, chicken, duck, and snake meat, as well as a wide variety of vegetables.
Logically speaking, there should be no vegetables in small towns at this time of year.
"Interesting." The great wizard muttered.
For the first time, he felt that perhaps the task assigned to him by the Duke was worth doing.
After taking a quick look around the village, he was attracted by the crowds of people gathered.
He saw a crowd of people surrounding something. He squeezed in and found that the outer layer was a group of townspeople, the inner layer was a large number of guards, and the woman surrounded was shouting, "Don't push! Come one by one, and we will verify your qualifications!"
Hearing this, the archmage raised the corners of his lips slightly.
Haha, it turns out he was not the only one who hired external help.
You should know that warriors are divided into professions such as swordsmen, archers, assassins, and stealth warriors, while mages are divided into professions such as ice mages, fire mages, and wind mages, and there are countless other professions.
But without exception, the qualification assessment of each profession requires a senior job changer.
Judging from the situation, Lin Muqiu probably hired a lot of external appraisers and spent a lot of money, right?
Look, her external aids are actually all guards. Tsk, I guess her sphere of influence has expanded to the army.
Thinking of this, he walked over with an arrogant look on his face, "Where is your master?"
"What?" The guards were stunned before they realized that they were being talked about.
"Stop playing dumb." The Archmage said with disdain, "Aren't you Lin Muqiu's foreign aid appraisers? I'm asking you, where is Lin Muqiu?"
Lin Muqiu looked at him as if he were a fool, "That's me."
Ice Mage:?
His expression twisted. "Huh? As my competitor, you actually have to compile the data yourself?"
Lin Muqiu imitated his tone: "Ah, not only that, I also have to personally verify everyone's qualifications one by one."
After saying that, the guards lined up again, completely ignoring him.
Archmage: I’m so angry!
Some of the guards didn't even know who this mage was, but out of love for Lin Muqiu, they immediately started to learn from him. "Ah! I didn't expect that just by having my qualifications verified by the Master, I would become his external aid. It's my honor, ah~"
A cheesy tune.
The ice mage was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his pupils were bloodshot.
Especially when he saw Lin Muqiu checking the qualifications of everyone on his own.
This is impossible!
Could it be that his opponent, Lin Muqiu, is the top boss in the department?!
He stared at Lin Muqiu intently, vowing to find the flaw.
*
At the same time, a family in the town.
"Mother, why can my brother be a swordsman but I can't!" the little girl cried.
The woman next to her was about to comfort her, but was stopped by a loud shout.
"Why would a girl practice sword fighting?" the man next to her interrupted her cries. "Besides, it's obvious that you're not as talented as your brother. Of course, you should give the opportunity to your brother!"
"Father! You're biased!" the girl yelled. "I practiced with my brother's sword, and it's obvious that I'm making faster progress!"
The woman patted her head. "Naunay, if you want to learn something else, we'll let you do it. Whether it's planting, gathering, or making medicine... as long as you're interested, we're willing to support you. The only thing we can't do is become a swordsman; that's too dangerous!"
"What's a swordsman's relationship with a man or woman?!" Naunai turned her head away, preventing her from touching her. "You clearly think renting two weapons is more expensive! And having two swordsmen is more expensive too!"
The two were speechless, not knowing how to respond.
Because this was indeed part of the reason. They had just settled in Ankang Town, and their family resources were limited, so of course they had to focus on one person.
Although magic has narrowed the gap between men and women, among the lower-class people who have no skills or job changes, they still use subtle differences in strength to determine victory or defeat and still maintain stereotyped ideas.
The woman winked at the man and then said to Naunai, "Okay, Mother promises you that if your talent truly is higher than your brother's, I will support you in studying swordsmanship!"
Naunai looked at them with disappointment. Both his parents knew full well that they couldn't afford a qualified inspector.
She gritted her teeth and said, "You guys promised me this!"
"Yes!" they answered in unison.
Naunai no longer hesitated, picked up the small piggy bank where he usually kept his money, and ran out.
"This kid." The man sighed.
The woman patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be angry. She ran out and found that there was nothing she could do."
*
The first thing Naunai did when he ran out was to run to the martial arts field.
Even if she had to beg, she had to ask Lin Muqiu to help her do the qualification test!
She held the piggy bank tightly in her hand, hoping that Lord Lin Muqiu really loved money as much as the rumors said.
Unfortunately, there were too many people in the martial arts arena. Even if she tried her best to raise her head and squeeze through the crowd to line up, she could not see the bottom even though she was sweating profusely.
Many guards and adults didn't notice the eight or nine-year-old little carrot standing nearby and accidentally bumped into her. Realizing they had bumped into a child, they all smiled guiltily, squatted down, teased her, and asked her where she came from.
After she finished explaining her purpose, the guards' eyes were filled with surprise. They consciously protected her and pushed her forward.
What kind of parents are these? It’s too much!
I really can’t believe there is such a thing in Ankang Town!
For the guards and people who have lived in Ankang Town for a long time, they really couldn't imagine that there was such an outrageous family.
Furthermore, the first item in Lin Muqiu's training manual stated: In the magical world, men have strong explosive power and are suitable for mining and forging, while women have good agility and are suitable for assassins and potions. There are only slight differences in the initial data, but in reality there is no difference in superiority or inferiority.
But compared to these, the most important thing is that everyone should decide what to learn based on their own preferences, strengths, and training level, not gender.
Lin Muqiu noticed a child squeezing in front of him, and his expression softened. He half lowered his head and smiled, "Eh? Little boy, what's up?"
However, just as Naunai was about to answer, her parents came rushing towards her.
Her parents grabbed her arms and were about to take her away, yelling, "Naunay, what are you doing here? Come home and eat!"
After saying that, the father bowed to Lin Muqiu again, his face full of pleasantness, "Sir, I'm sorry for letting my child disturb you."
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