Valkham!

The headquarters of the Bloodstain Mercenary Group.

A tall knight wearing plate armor and with a fierce face walked in from outside.

"Captain Sharp!"

When a member of the Bloodstain Mercenary Group saw Sharp, he immediately stood at attention and greeted him.

Sharp waved his hand and asked, "Who is the person who went to the surrounding towns to collect security money this quarter?"

"Captain, it's your brother. He has been walking for several days. If everything goes well, he should have arrived at Gruul today. In two days, he will come back with the caravan from Gruul to Valkham."

"Harry!" A rare hint of tenderness appeared in Sharp's ferocious eyes.

Although he knew that his younger brother often used his name to do bad things.

But he only has this one brother.

As long as he is there, it doesn't matter if Harry gets into trouble.

In Valkham, a level 10 knight is already a top-level warrior. Everyone knows the name of "Furious Knight" Sharp.

"It's already April, and some monsters are about to riot again." Sharp's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he ordered his subordinates: "Go and call the other captains over. I want to discuss with them how to fleece our Viscount this year!"

"yes!"

…

Name: Anno.

Race: Human

Level: 5

Experience: 7/500

Occupation: None

Magic: 21/50

Skills: [Low-level Perception] [Acid Spray]

Talent: [Sacrifice Spirit]

Anno's magic power has never been fully restored because when he left the town before, he summoned four slimes in the alley for battle.

Experience increased by six points!

"Killing people also gives you experience points!"

Anno discovered this on the way back to town.

However, compared to hunting slimes, the difficulty of killing people has increased by who knows how many times!

It feels like getting half the result with twice the effort.

Walking all the way to the church, Anno found the priest who was praying.

"Pastor Henry, I want treatment!"

Anno walked to the old pastor, his voice a little weak.

When old Henry saw Annuo, there was something strange in his eyes.

A few hours ago, this guy had a conflict with Harry and now he ran back injured.

"You didn't fight with Harry and the others again?"

Henry checked the knife wound on Anno's back, the magic wand in his hand emitting a soft light.

The wounds on An Nuo's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Huh~!”

After performing the healing spell several times in a row, Old Henry finally healed all of Anno's wounds.

"Treatment fee: 2 silver coins!"

Annuo stretched his body and took out two silver coins from his pocket and handed them to Henry.

"An Nuo, you better be quiet these two days.

The Brooke people in town are nice.

With him around, no one dared to kill anyone in the town.

Harry and his men just came to the town to collect security fees as usual, and they left after a few days.

Then, you can do whatever you want.

Don't make yourself hurt all day long.

If you are careless one day and lose your life, you will have nothing left!"

Henry said as he turned and left.

He thought that Anno was surrounded and attacked by Harry and had managed to escape with great difficulty.

An Nuo was silent for a while and finally said nothing.

He left the church and walked along the town road to the blacksmith shop.

Old John looked up and frowned when he saw the person coming.

"I heard that you had a conflict with Harry this morning? That guy is not a good guy, you should be careful these days.

There is no rush for the debt. After Harry leaves, it will be the same when you go out to hunt slimes. "

Hearing Old John's caring words, a smile appeared on Annuo's face.

"I didn't expect that you already knew about what happened at noon?"

"Nonsense, Gruul is a small town. If anything happens, it won't take long for everyone to know about it!"

After Old John finished speaking, he remembered to ask Annuo what he was doing here.

"I want a shield!"

Anno pointed at the shield placed against the wall in the store.

It was a small wooden round shield only two centimeters thick and about forty centimeters in diameter.

On the inside side, there is a handle in the center for easy grabbing.

The outward position and edge areas are covered with a thin layer of iron sheet, which adds some defensive capabilities!

“This one!”

Old John said, "Although the defensive power of this small shield is not very strong, it is enough.

At least it can block the slime acid or the attack of the apprentice. And it is very light, just right for a little guy like you!"

When An Nuo heard Old John calling him "little guy", a frown appeared on his forehead.

He is about 1.78 meters tall. Although he is not strong, he is well-proportioned and can be considered a little guy.

But seeing the huge size of old John, Annuo felt that there was nothing wrong in him calling himself a little guy.

This shield cost two silver coins, and Old John sold it at cost price.

However, Annuo still owes money on credit.

Although Anno made a fortune after killing Harry, it was not something that could be made public.

On the surface, he didn't have much silver coins.

Lunn, the owner of the Guangyue Tavern, also donated five silver coins to him.

If Annuo casually took out a few silver coins now, when someone discovered Harry's death in the future, they would inevitably suspect Annuo.

After picking up the shield and fiddling with it for a while, Annuo felt a lot more at ease.

"The body is too fragile. If you don't get some defensive equipment, it's easy to capsize!"

Anno's mind flashed with the scene of Ford and Harry being hit by acid and their skin and flesh being corroded.

If they had a shield, they would never have been injured so badly.

The results are likely to change.

However, there are no ifs.

Anno learned from his enemy's lesson and bought a shield for self-defense.

"You look like a knight!" Old John joked, "I heard that Lunn sponsored you and let you choose a career. I think you can choose the knight career. Hahahaha..."

"You know about Uncle Lun's sponsorship of me?"

"I told you, this town is so small, something like that will spread quickly!"

An Nuo curled his lips in disapproval and said, "Pastor Henry won't tell anyone that Lun needs to keep an eye on Lu Yan. The only people who know about this are Brooke and Owen!"

“Hahaha, they’re both frequent customers here. After all, the equipment needs regular maintenance.” Old John laughed and said, “After they solved the problem you had, they came straight here and just happened to tell me about it.”

"Okay, uncle. I'm leaving now. I'll come back next time!"

Annuo was about to leave with his shield in hand, but was stopped by Old John.

“Take this!”

Old John took out a hollow backpack made of several leather belts and stuck the shield inside.

"When you don't need it, you can carry the shield on your back."

"Thanks, uncle!"

Annuo put the shield behind his back, waved his hand and turned away.

"Boy, you owe me so much money, please don't die!"

Hearing the voice coming from behind, An Nuo said without turning his head: "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely live longer than you!"

"Asshole!"

…

Standing at the edge of the forest, An Nuo exhaled heavily.

"There are still two hours until dark, so go in and explore carefully first."