Goblins are a wealthy race.
Goblin merchants often come to the Mercenary Association to issue tasks about collecting monster cores, black crystals, and special minerals.
The girl who registered didn't think it was strange to see Ye Mo, but she heard a very strange task.
"Ms. Maria, is your mission confirmed to be 'guaranteeing that the hired Maria kills 15 first-level monsters personally and returns to the Irish town safely within two days'?"
"Yes," Ye Mo nodded and added, "I only want 7 of the 15 first-level monster crystal cores killed, and the remaining 8 monster crystal cores, including all the dead monster materials and other harvested materials, will all belong to the mercenary team."
"Okay."
After repeatedly asking, the recorder registered the mission.
Ye Mo gave a commission of 2 gold coins and a mission handling fee of 2 silver coins with a painful heart.
The 2 gold coins were temporarily deposited with the Hire Association to guarantee the interests of both parties, and the beneficiary was Master Ian, silently apologizing to the "uncle" who only lived in his memory.
An hour passed, and no one was interested.
Two hours passed, and two hired teams came to inquire, but neither met Ye Mo's selection criteria.
One of the mercenary groups was too small and looked dangerous; the other mercenary group was too large, and her hiring fee of 2 gold coins was chicken ribs for them, and the other party could not guarantee that they would return on the same day.
This means there is more risk of being abandoned.
It's not so easy to take advantage of a big group. Although this mercenary group looks powerful, the tasks they perform are also very difficult. There are many reports of casualties among mercenaries.
Ye Mo waited for another two hours.
After rejecting two more mercenary groups, he finally met a small and medium-sized mercenary group called "Wild Wolf".
There are eight people in the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group.
The leader, Hook, is an intermediate swordsman with a beard, and the stern-faced deputy leader, Thompson, is also an intermediate swordsman.
The remaining person is the intermediate archer Jack, four are junior swordsmen, and finally there is a fire magician apprentice with a sweet smile, Hook's biological sister Alice.
The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group has been established in the Irish town for more than three years.
This time they not only accepted one mission, but the other two missions were also to kill a first-level monster, and the main target was a part of a first-level monster.
This was the most suitable team Ye Mo had met so far.
Captain Hook's cheerful personality was also easy to get along with. After a conversation, Ye Mo agreed to change the two-day return to town in the employment content to three days.
Captain Hook accepted these low-level missions in order to train his sister Alice. Among all the low-level missions, there is no doubt that the Goblin mission in front of him is the strangest, but also the highest commission.
Without hesitation, he handed over a certain percentage of the mission deposit to the Mercenary Association.
"Happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation!"
...
The big bosses of the mercenary group usually look like rough men, hanging out in various taverns all year round, but living in a world of constant crisis, even small people have their own survival philosophy.
They are much more prepared than the rookie Ye Moqi.
Captain Hook has a very precious storage ring. The space is not large, but it is enough to hold some miscellaneous supplies, and there is still a large part of the space left to hold the spoils of this mission.
This does not mean that other people are empty-handed.
Although their basic supplies are only some emergency water and food, in case of any accidents, as for weapons, of course they are hung on each person.
Mercenaries will use a kind of rope woven with green vines to tie purposeful knots on their bodies to facilitate the carrying of various weapons.
For example, the special bow that Archer Jack always carries on his back can be pulled out at any time by the exposed upper left part. A stack of matching iron arrows is inserted in the upper right part, and there is also an insect repellent bag on his waist, which is convenient and simple.
This allows him to not have to think about or hold the bow and arrow all the way, and can quickly take out the weapon when encountering danger.
It is worth mentioning that the mercenaries cherish their weapons very much, and the damage they suffer on missions is all weapons and potions.
Ye Mo, who lacks experience in outdoor survival, has learned a lot of experience details from it at the beginning.
During the time of running-in, Alice, who has a sunny personality and a bright smile, played a good lubricating role.
She is quite curious about the goblin tribe, but not the malicious kind of curiosity.
Ye Mo couldn't answer Alice's question about goblins, nor could he explain the reason for issuing such a strange mission.
Therefore, he chose to change the subject and showed the mercenary group his professional identity as a junior craftsman, which was personally certified by the senior craftsman Master Ian.
The communication between the two sides became more harmonious.
Even the deputy head of the group in charge of finance, Thomason, said: "I hope we can have the opportunity for long-term cooperation in the future."
Ye Mo smiled friendly in return.
...
The Irish town surrounded by forests has more than one exit. All towns are designed in this way to have a chance to escape when encountering a thousand-year beast tide.
There are gates on the east, west, south, and north.
Ye Mo followed Captain Hook and his men out of the relatively safe Irish town from the heavily guarded northern exit. She was one meter tall and stood out with the swordsmen, who were 1.9 meters tall on average.
This was really helpless.
Once out of the town, the environment was really beautiful.
The beautiful blue sky was as transparent and pure as a mirror, with sparse big trees nearby, green bushes, and crystal clear streams.
Even the air was extremely fresh.
The scenery looked peaceful and old, but even the young girl Alice put away her leisurely conversation and focused on the team's safe travel.
Ye Mo could feel the importance of their actions, even though she was facing a stream that might be empty.
Walk along the stream.
As time went by, the trees in front of them gradually increased, the bushes became deeper and deeper, and the forest slowly began to reveal its mysterious face
.
Ye Mo roughly knew what the forest on Earth looked like, but this copy was more terrifying than the original forest on Earth.
Thousand-year-old trees were piled up together, and the overlapping leaves blocked the sunlight. It was very easy to get lost. Even after finding the direction, you would still be confused and don't know where to go.
Sometimes the most dangerous thing in the forest may not be the beast. At least a pure idiot can never survive alone. The maps sold in the town are difficult to use here, and you have to rely on your brain to remember.
The map was bought in vain.
The mercenary group had already found a relatively safe shortcut.
With the help of the magic array that points the direction, they move quickly. The bushes on the ground and the vines that block the way are not a problem. They shuttle through the forest smoothly.
Alice said that they are only on the periphery of the forest now, which is not even a forest.
If the survivors really treat this mission as a game to fight monsters, they are really finished. The mission also includes how to survive in the wild. No wonder the mortality rate is so high.
Ye Mo is very grateful that the number of insects in this world is relatively scarce, otherwise the challenges he faces will be even greater.
Deputy Captain Thompson still has a certain understanding of the goblins. As expected, they did not hold them back physically. As for Ye Mo's calm and non-chaotic personality, that is a pleasant surprise.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He is not a difficult person to serve!
...
Gradually, the Wild Wolf Mercenaries began to reap rewards.
No matter whether it was common herbs or edible fruits, as long as they were easy to pick and within reasonable time, they were not afraid to come. Even a small mosquito is meat, and it is not easy to go on a mission.
Ye Mo would not forcefully insert or stop their actions, nor would she complain. These performances won her a good impression from the mercenaries.
Gradually, she got a lot of forest survival guides.
First of all, the Irish town is similar to the southern region of the earth, with four distinct seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the climate of the year will not affect the combat effectiveness and survival and reproduction mode of monsters and mercenaries.
Captain Hook: "The higher the level of the monster, the more territorial it is. There are basically no low- and mid-level monsters in high-level monster areas. Conversely, high- and mid-level monsters are unlikely to appear in low-level monster areas."
"In the forest, there are many high-level monsters that like to live alone, and more low-level monsters that like to gather in groups. Mid-level monsters are in between the two." From Captain Thompson.
The archer said, "Many times, the biggest difficulty in a first-level monster mission is not how difficult it is to kill a first-level monster alone, but that you have to face their group siege, and not only humans will cooperate."
"Most solitary low-level monsters will avoid human groups, but they are very cunning to attack the unfortunate scattered mercenaries." Alice added.
"Thank you, these are very useful."
Ye Mo memorized all the information from the mercenaries. The biggest difficulty in killing monsters is because this is a world with rules, not a simple single-player monster killing.
...
Sizzle~
The tiny sounds in the bushes made Ye Mo stop.
Captain Hook had already made a dangerous gesture, and everyone in the team was on alert, holding their weapons.
Including Ye Mo.
But they saw that something seemed to be hiding in the bushes on the south side of the upwind side within 100 meters of them, and it had been crawling towards them at a very fast speed.
In an instant, there were only 30 meters left!
Whoosh -
without hesitation, Jack climbed up the tree, looked at the angle, estimated the speed, and shot the first arrow.
Successfully hit!
"Hiss!"
A black snake that was more than ten meters long cried out in pain due to the stimulation of the arrow.
It stood up high from the bushes, and its slender body instantly reached nearly ten meters, spitting out red tongues at the enemy. There were still wounds on its body from the arrows that had just pierced it, and red blood was flowing.
This time, the black snake no longer crawled quickly, but its upper body flew up and passed ten miles.
A junior swordsman came forward.
His goal was to hit the black snake's upper body, but the black snake dodged it. The sword chopped its body, blood spurted out, and only bloody skin was left at the connection.
The black snake tried to bite the junior swordsman, baring its big fangs.
An arrow and a fireball attacked its head at the same time. At the same time, the junior swordsman had quickly hidden a position.
Another charge!
"Hiss!"
The snake broke!
One end of the tail was no longer a threat, but the part of the snake's head was still life-threatening. A junior swordsman continued to move forward and stab it.
When the snake was almost stabbed, Captain Hook looked at the goblin in the team and
motioned her to go up.
Well, with the Wild Wolf Mercenaries, killing a level 1 monster is as easy as swinging an axe. Moreover, when killing a level 1 monster, the mercenaries will also guard closely to guard against the half-dead snake beast.
Ye Mo: "..."
[Main Mission 2: Kill a level 1 monster (1/100)]