Valkham!
The largest city on the southern border of the Kingdom of Nergal.
One hundred kilometers south of Valkham is the Aier Mountains.
Further south is the Storm Sea, a forbidden zone for humans!
There are various monsters in the Aie Mountains, but they are not the main force of the Demon King's army, and most of them are below level 15.
Of course, this is all speculation by the Valkham people.
As for whether there are monsters above level 15 in the Aie Mountains, no one knows.
After all, no mercenary group was willing to risk destruction and go to the Aie Mountains to confirm the news.
Since it is a truce period now, the monsters from the Aie Mountains have not invaded in large numbers.
However, small frictions occur every day.
From time to time, groups of monsters would attack the villages and towns around Valkham.
Viscount Renault, the ruler of Valkham, will also offer rewards for some monsters that are more dangerous.
In order to earn commissions, mercenaries would hunt down these bounty-bearing monsters.
When Anno and his party approached Valkham, they were all shocked by the tall city walls in front of them.
"As expected of Valkham!"
Xue Feibai looked at the wooden bridge that was more than ten meters long in front of him and said excitedly, "The moat is more than ten meters wide. Which monster can capture such a city?"
The others also looked as if they were saying, "It must be safe to live here."
An Nuo glanced at everyone and smiled bitterly.
They have all lost their memories, and their understanding of monsters is limited to the goblins and slimes they have encountered so far, and everything else is just hearsay.
The Valkham in front of us is very magnificent, but there are also species of monsters that can fly.
When encountering flying monsters, even city walls cannot stop them.
"Let's go into the city!"
An Nuo followed the caravan and called on others to catch up.
When they arrived near the city gate, they saw a row of fully armed guards standing on each side.
There were five people in each row, wearing full sets of plate armor, helmets, and holding spears in their hands.
The guards' sharp eyes kept scanning the passers-by, looking very majestic!
Their equipment and aura were much better than those of the Gruul town guards who were protecting the caravan.
“Is this a regular military professional?”
An Nuo licked his lips, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.
The equipment on these guards looked very luxurious, and Annuo simply couldn't afford it.
The manufacture of armor requires a large amount of materials such as steel.
Some individual pieces, such as breastplates, are more expensive than weapons.
Not to mention a full set of protective gear.
The guards in the town of Gruul only had a few pieces of armor on them, not a full set.
An Nuo and Xue Feibai could only drool at the equipment on the guards.
Led by Mayor Ria, Annuo and his party walked into Valkham.
Behind the thick city walls are a large number of medieval-style buildings and people of all kinds.
Valkham is known as the "Southern Frontier Defense", so naturally there are a lot of professionals there.
In the town of Gruul, apart from the guards and priests, the only professionals Annuo saw were Harry and his group.
But as soon as he entered Valkham, several professionals wearing equipment walked by on the street in front of him!
Because it was getting dark, Annuo led everyone to follow the caravan and went to a hotel to rest for the night.
The hotel's prices are 20% higher than those of the Guangyue Tavern in the town of Gruul, but the service and comfort are also much higher.
After the nine people finished their meal, they booked three rooms to rest.
No words were spoken that night.
By the time Annuo got up, it was already bright.
After asking the waiter in the store, I learned that it was already past seven o'clock.
Old John and the other merchants were out on business.
We only have one day.
Tomorrow morning, the mayor will return with the caravan.
If you miss it, you can either issue a mission and ask the mercenary group to escort you back.
Otherwise, they could only wait for a month until the caravan in the town came again, and then return with them.
As for returning alone...
Monsters love to attack humans who are alone!
Annuo and others were not planning to return with the caravan.
Becoming a professional requires practicing with a mentor for a period of time.
Only when you have mastered the basic skills of a profession can you be considered a professional!
After An Nuo and his group finished breakfast, they prepared to go look for their mentor.
This was their primary mission when they came to Valkham.
On the way here, we discussed the issue of career choices more than once.
Finally, a plan was decided upon.
The main force of the team includes An Nuo, Xue Feibai, Lu Zhishang, Lu Yan and Meng Xin.
The second echelon is Liu Rongrong, Geng Qingxue, Ning Wen and Wang Zixuan.
As the main combat personnel, the first echelon must have reasonable occupational allocation.
The six major human professions are warrior, knight, magician, hunter, priest, and thief.
Warriors, with high attack and defense, as the vanguard of the team, Xue Feibai and Lu Zhishang, who have strong physiques, are the most suitable.
Compared with warriors, knights are more mobile, and Lu Yan finally chose this profession.
Meng Xin chose the thief profession, which has strong concealment, and can act as the eyes of the team together with the hunter profession.
The hunter profession is quite special. You can use bows and arrows for long-range attacks, use daggers for close combat, tame combat pets to assist in combat, and set traps.
All in all, this profession looks like an all-rounder.
But it is also the most difficult!
Because there is so much to learn.
If you can't master it well, it will become a useless job that knows a little bit of everything but is proficient in nothing.
The reason why Annuo values this profession is because hunters can bring babies with them.
The summoned creature cannot be hidden forever, it will eventually show up.
The hunter profession allows you to bring a baby with you, which is just right for providing cover for Anno.
Five people chose four careers.
As a qualified adventurer, the team must not have any shortcomings!
The remaining two professions are held by the second echelon.
As a profession that can heal teammates, the priest is definitely indispensable.
An Nuo asked Liu Rongrong and Ning Wen to choose this profession.
The remaining Geng Qingxue and Wang Zixuan became magicians.
As an output position, the magician should be played by people from the first echelon.
But the five people’s current choices are all careers that best suit their personalities.
After final discussion, it was decided to assign occupations according to the above results.
In this way, the team of nine people became a configuration of two warriors, two magicians, two priests, one knight, one thief and one hunter.
According to the standard configuration of a ten-man mercenary team in this world, the team is still missing a knight.
But that's enough.
It is worth mentioning that just because a person chooses a certain profession does not mean he cannot choose other professions.
However, practicing a profession requires exhausting all your energy.
Very few people choose multiple careers.
After finding out the location of every professional instructor in the city, Annuo went to the hunter profession headquarters alone.
Of course, before he left, he gave each of the others ten silver coins - Annuo specially exchanged the gold coins for silver coins in the tavern where he was staying.
Although the tuition fee for learning basic skills to become a professional is only five silver coins.
However, as a team member, you can't go without any money on you.
Valkham is huge.
Anu set out from the tavern where he was staying and walked for nearly half an hour before he found the location of the hunter professional instructor.
It was a manor covering an area of about ten acres!
There is a plaque above the gate of the manor.
It says 'Hunter's House' on it!