Whisperwind is one of the towns near the Elf Forest. It is home to a large number of adventurers who go to explore the Elf Forest and the Gnome Ruins. There is an endless stream of travelers coming and going. The most lively one is the branch of the Mercenary Guild here.
Receptionist Annie was playing with her nails in boredom. Today's Mercenary Guild was much quieter than usual. Recently, there seemed to be a major incident in the depths of the Elf Forest. Countless monsters ran out, and even triggered some small beast tides. A week ago, many people witnessed the fire in the depths of the Elf Forest, and the huge fluctuations transmitted - that was the impact that only the self-detonation of the God of War or the God of Magic would produce. Even though the transmitted fluctuations have weakened a lot, they still frightened countless people.
The elves live in the Elf Forest. This beautiful race is not easy to mess with. They have at least three warriors. This is the consensus of the Chaos Continent. Judging from the situation that day, the elves seem to have some problems. Now the task board is full of tasks related to the Elf Forest. Almost all mercenaries have gone to explore the Elf Forest. The news is varied. Some people say they saw traces of forbidden spells, some say they saw an empty elf kingdom, and some even say they saw a dragon.
When Annie first heard the news, she was amused, but then she felt very confused. When the legendary demons appeared four years ago, everyone knew that the Lost Land was actually a "passage" connecting the front and back sides of the continent. Although the Temple of Light repeatedly called for joint resistance against the evil demons, when people really came into contact with the demons, they realized how terrible this race was. Their bodies were born for fighting and destruction, and every demon was at least at the level of a great swordsman. The most terrifying was the legion called Thunder, where the demons were at least sword saints - you have to know that the entire human race only has no more than a hundred sword saints. The demons took away 1/5 of the land on the continent. If they had not taken the initiative to stop the invasion, the entire Chaos Continent would have fallen long ago. Now even the elves are in trouble. Anne feels that the world is becoming more and more chaotic, and her intuition tells her that this is far from the end.
“Tick, tick.”
Annie was stunned for a moment before she realized that someone was knocking on the table to remind her to come back to her senses. Opposite her were two people: a black-haired young man and a silver-haired...elf?
Du Ze calmly watched the receptionist staring at Xiuzhi in a daze. He was used to it. With such a blue-faced troublemaker by his side, how could he not receive a lot of attention along the way?
Du Ze knocked on the table again, and Anne came back to her senses. Her face turned red. It was not that she was too surprised. She had received many elf mercenaries, but none of them were so beautiful that she lost the ability to think.
Anne put on a smile, trying to cover up her previous gaffe: "Hello, what can I do for you?"
"Register as a mercenary."
"Okay, wait a moment." Anne took out a form from the drawer: "Please show us your warrior badges."
Du Ze was stunned. He had forgotten this detail. Although the threshold to become a mercenary was low, it at least required force. The warrior badge was the proof that warriors were separated from civilians. It was also a certificate of professional rank. Not to mention Du Ze, an earthling, Xiu's previous warrior badge was also left in the Magic and Martial Arts Academy and its whereabouts were unknown.
Seeing Du Ze's reaction, Anne roughly understood the situation.
"We can apply for a warrior badge here, but only for entry-level ones. If you want to upgrade, you can only go to the relevant professional union." Annie pointed to a door inside the Mercenary Union: "After paying a silver coin, you can go there for a force review. If you meet the standards, you can get a warrior badge."
What are you reviewing? Is the combat power of the reviewer negative five?
Du Ze wept in his heart. Being a mercenary is very convenient. You can freely enter and exit some countries and cities, and you can also use magic teleportation arrays. Du Ze learned from the original text of "Mixed Blood" that the current Golden Mercenary Team is probably in the Star Empire. If he doesn't have a mercenary certificate, even if he doesn't use the teleportation array to get to the Star Empire, how can he cross the border?
A hand reached out and placed the silver coins on the counter, but it was Xiu who had been silent all the time. Anne stared at the two silver coins for a moment before she realized that the other party wanted to conduct a warrior test. She called a boy over and said, "Ron, take the two gentlemen to test their strength."
"Okay!" The boy called Ron ran over. When he saw Xiu, he couldn't speak smoothly: "Please, please, please follow me, come, come--"
Inside the test room, there was nothing in the empty room except for a humanoid target. Ron pointed at it and stammered, "Attack, attack once. If it turns red, you'll pass."
Du Ze looked at Xiu and found that he had no intention of attacking first. A certain fool circled the target, reached out and touched the texture. Well, he had seen the end of his right hand fracture.
Now it's you, Fatty!
"Chirp? Chirp~" The little phoenix spread its wings excitedly, opened its pointed beak, and sprayed a small flame at the target, ending the attack.
Du Ze silently looked at his charred hair falling down, and started fighting with the little phoenix again.
If you can't even destroy the target, what use is there for me?
At this time, Xiu reached out and grabbed Du Ze's right hand, which was trying to pull the ball of fur off, and pressed them together on the human-shaped target.
"Bang!"
Ron looked at the human-shaped target in horror. It was a tool used to test strength, and it could withstand a full-strength attack from a great swordsman. How could it be destroyed just like that? Could the slender and beautiful silver-haired elf in front of him be a swordsman...?
Under Ron's incredulous gaze, Xiu turned back and said in a cold voice: "Did we all pass?"
Under that cold gaze, Ron nodded vigorously. He felt that if he expressed any objection, his fate would be exactly the same as that of the human target.
"I, I'll get you the warrior badges!"
Du Ze watched the boy run away as if for his life. His current mood can be summed up as follows: a good student who could have passed the exam with full marks beat up the proctor for him, and at this moment the proctor was sobbing and revealing the answers to the test paper to him.
Lord, you are so domineering...
Xiu Ping took the warrior badge from Ron's trembling hands. The silver, blue and black badge had six red stripes on it, which meant that the person holding this warrior badge had reached the level of a great swordsman. In "Mixed Blood", the lower-level ones could not specifically perceive the strength of the higher-level ones. The higher-level ones could hide their strength from the lower-level ones, and could even suppress their own strength to give the lower-level ones an illusion. Therefore, among the human race, judging a person's strength is usually based on his warrior badge. For many people, the warrior badge is a display of strength. As long as they advance, they will definitely go to the vocational union to upgrade their badge. This created a situation for the Master to play the pig and eat the tiger. Since Xiu applied for the junior warrior badge, he has never upgraded. So in the later story of the Star Empire, a second-generation official looked at Xiu's junior warrior badge and proposed a life-and-death duel. At the end of that chapter, the idiot was still thinking about how to completely defeat the Master who was only at the level of a great swordsman. Readers sighed: Please allow me to make a sad expression, parentheses smile.
After Du Ze and Xiu showed Anne the warrior badge, the receptionist handled everything very quickly and handed over a new mercenary certificate.
"Here are your mercenary certificates. Please keep them." Annie pointed to the notice board of the Mercenary Union that was constantly being refreshed with magic and said, "That is the mission board. Your current mercenary level is E, so you can only accept E-level missions or missions without level."
Du Ze curiously checked the task board. He saw the top task "Explore the Dwarf Ruins" at a glance, and the tasks below were almost all related to the Elf Forest. Du Ze's eyes suddenly froze. He saw a task "Defeat the Demons"... Demons?
Have the demons appeared on the mainland now?!
Du Ze thought of the metal pyramid he had opened. He subconsciously looked at Xiu, but found that Xiu was staring at a certain point without blinking. His handsome face seemed to be covered with frost, exuding a bone-biting coldness. Du Ze followed his line of sight and looked at the task board. When he saw the task, he could only sigh: Drama God, you work too hard. You are simply the conscience of the industry.
In the original version of "Half-Blood", after Xiu came out of the Gate of Wisdom, the mercenary team of his old enemy had already left. They left a message: If Xiu can see this message, go to the Star Empire to find them. At that time, Xiu had awakened four races. He transformed back into an elf and left the dwarf ruins. Xiu handed in the task at the Mercenary Guild and upgraded the mercenary level to A-level. He wanted to go to the Star Empire according to the message, but at this time he was hit by a task.
Just like now.
[Searching for Ice Crystal Grass: A non-level mission. Go to the extremely cold land to search for Ice Crystal Grass. The reward can be discussed in person. Client: Edie.]
The point is not the content, the point is the client - Edie, Lolo, do you still remember the cute master you abandoned back then?
Back then, I witnessed with blood all over the screen how the cute master was abandoned by everyone, including his two childhood friends, Edie and Lolo. They came from the same orphanage as Xiu and were admitted to the Magic and Martial Arts School together. However, when Xiu was captured and tortured by the Temple of Light, Edie and Lolo not only did not testify for their friend who grew up with them, but were afraid of being implicated because they came from the same orphanage as Xiu. When the undead Xiu waited for the Temple of Light instead of the cute girl in the cemetery, Du Ze's heart was broken.
Mom, you guys should give the Master some spiritual support, otherwise how could Xiu turn into such a villain later! QAQAnnie saw Xiu staring at the "Search for Ice Crystal Grass" on the notice board, and she kindly reminded him: "It is recommended not to accept this task. Although this task has no level, it is at least as difficult as an A-level mercenary group. This task has been put on hold for quite some time, and I am almost familiar with the client. He is also a mercenary. During the previous mission, his companion was poisoned by the fire of a black fire lizard and had to be cured with ice crystal grass."Annie sighed: "Although it is pitiful, the environment in the extreme cold is very harsh. There are powerful monsters around the ice crystal grass. Only an A-level mercenary group can deal with it, and he can't afford an A-level mercenary group."
Just like the original story, Lolo was poisoned by fire, and Edie recruited a team to pick ice crystal grass. Du Ze looked at the cold face of the silver-haired elf. In order to avenge Edie and Lolo, Xiu should take on this mission as in the original story.
Xiu noticed Du Ze's gaze, he picked up his mercenary certificate and put it away.
Why?
Du Ze said in disbelief: "You don't want to take that mission?"
Xiu reached out and gently stroked the back of Du Ze's neck. His face was still as cold as ice, but when he looked at Du Ze, a hint of warmth appeared in his green eyes.
"You want to go to the Star Empire."
——So none of this matters.
Du Ze's heart suddenly tightened, he felt dizzy from lack of oxygen, and his thoughts exploded.
Lord, you can’t do this. If you keep going like this, I can’t control myself any more…
A certain silly boy put his hands on his earphones to cover his burning ears, his eyes wandered around, and the sound was so strange that it sounded like another person was talking.
"You, you don't want to meet them?"
The silver-haired elf was silent. He looked like a volcano covered by ice and snow, cold and depressing. Seeing Xiu like this, Du Ze placed his mercenary certificate in front of Annie and said to her, "I'll take this mission."
Anne wanted to persuade them again, but she found that she could not intervene in their world at all. The two people opposite each other only had eyes for each other.
"You said," Du Ze said seriously to Xiu's stunned look, "you would take me to meet your 'good friend'."
In the Lost Land, there was a lich who said to the only person who accompanied him: When we get out, I will take you to see my "good friend".
——A very good “friend”.
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[Searching for Ice Crystal Grass: A non-level mission. Go to the extremely cold land to search for Ice Crystal Grass. The reward can be discussed in person. Client: Edie.]
Xiu opened his eyes wide and stared at the client's position.
Yi, Di?
——LuoLuo and I are innocent, we know nothing.
——We have nothing to do with him.
——We are more afraid, okay? There is always a ghost staying with us!
"...I'll take this mission."
The receptionist saw the task and was about to remind Xiu, but the moment she saw Xiu, she froze.
The receptionist was convinced that it was like a vengeful demon that had crawled out of the abyss.
——Excerpt from "Mixed Blood"
Author has something to say: Author: [Making the protagonist cute: No level mission. Make the evil protagonist cute, reward can be discussed in person. Client: Author.]
Reader: I accept this task.
Author: [Push down the reader: no level task. Push down the arrogant reader, the reward can be discussed in person. Client: Author.]
Protagonist: I accept this mission.
Author: Do you believe me when I say these two tasks are actually one?⊙▽⊙
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The girls that Edie and Lolo don’t remember can go and watch the excerpts. Here are the plots that have appeared in "Mixed Blood": Orphanage (Human) → Magic and Martial Arts School → Magic Tower Trial → Inter-school Competition → Visitors from the Temple (Awakening the Undead) → Chase on the Mainland → Lost Land → Time Corridor → Elves (Awakening the Elves) → Mercenary Squad → Gnome Ruins (Awakening the Gnome) → Ice Grass Mission → Star Empire → … → Weapons Competition → Ariel’s Sacrifice → Metal Pyramid → Back Side of the Mainland → Demon Sisters → 72 Main Cities → Baal City (Awakening the Demons) → Castle in the Sky
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