Chapter 41
The mercenaries present were all professionals, but they were all physical professions with relatively short psychic bars.
In the worldview of Wanjie, there is a hidden discrimination chain among occupations.
Relatively speaking, the closer a profession's characteristics are to the three major schools and the more "knowledge-rich" it is, the more powerful and respected it is.
For a magic school city like Melo City, the mercenaries in front of them have physical professions that have little connection with magic. They make money by accepting combat mercenaries and are undoubtedly at the bottom of all the professionals in the inner city.
As for mages, they were all members of the aristocracy. Who had ever seen a noble lord become a mercenary, a dangerous and arduous task? Not even a single one.
When a normal player switches to a magic profession, the first job title he gets is [Magic Apprentice]. Only after he masters a certain amount of magic, can he be called an elemental mage of that certain type, and have the noble status that will impress NPCs.
For the most common professions like swordsman, axeman, and archer in front of Ye Bai, the job change tasks are relatively simple compared to the magic system. After the job change, there is an additional psychic bar, and basically one or two professional skills. The attack and defense have a qualitative leap compared to before the job change.
Compared with magic professions, the advantage of this type of profession is that it is easy to form and does not cost money. Although magic professions can become the father of other professions after formation, the difficulty of formation is enough to discourage people.
The main focus of the whole process is on burning money.
After changing jobs to a physical profession, you will have [Physical Penetration], which allows you to deal high damage with normal attacks and skills, and your own mana bar recovery speed can also make up for the consumption. Magic professions are different. After changing jobs, you will gain [Spell Penetration], which only has a bonus to magic attacks.
Using magic consumes a lot of mana. After a high-intensity battle, it is inevitable to consume mana.
All the potions in the world that can restore health in time during battle are not cheap. Magic players either have to spend money to buy them or learn a secondary profession of potion making. If they practice their proficiency, they will undoubtedly fall into the trap of burning money.
When the player group starts to change their jobs, they will find that players who have the money to change to mages will become equally poor, or even poorer, after the change.
Of course, as long as any profession can continue to climb to the top, its strength will undoubtedly become very powerful, and it is the same goal in different ways.
For players, career is just a matter of choice, but for NPCs, it is related to talent and family background.
Ye Bai suddenly came up with the idea of selecting mercenaries in person because the Merchant Guild's criterion for judging the strength of mercenaries is the system standard "comprehensive combat power", which includes all the bonuses of their personal level, number of skills, and their own equipment attributes.
But for Ye Bai, the equipment bonus can be eliminated. She still has a batch of green equipment obtained from Tut City, which can be temporarily equipped to the mercenaries during the journey.
Sure enough, a scan revealed the attributes of all the mercenaries present.
She also unearthed quite a few 'jadeite at a bargain price' that were sold at a low price due to the lack of good equipment. For ten people, the total daily hiring price was 23 silver coins, only slightly more expensive than the Wildebeest Team.
"You, you, you...you are hired by me."
The ten mercenaries selected by Ye Bai smiled happily and joined the team. The others looked disappointed and resentful, but they did not dare to act rashly and could only leave with regret.
[Mercenary 'Blaze' has a favorable impression of you +1]
[Mercenary 'Roland' has a favorable impression of you +1]
【mercenary……】
After the formal employment relationship was established, perhaps because of Ye Bai's "good eye for talent", she gained some goodwill from all the selected mercenaries present.
Seeing this, Ye Bai's expression changed, and he said to the team that was preparing to set off: "I still have some things to do. You guys stand here and don't move. We'll set off when I come back."
"Yes, sir."
"No problem, employer."
There were two people who responded to Ye Bai. One was named Dennis, the leader of the wildebeest transport team, and the other was named Blaise, the strongest mercenary who was chosen as a representative by other mercenaries.
Of course, the two teams had no objection. Their commissions were settled on a daily basis, and they hoped that Ye Bai would spend more time in the safe area.
After Ye Bai left the Merchant Guild, he naturally went to look for Dilina, the owner of the tailor shop. The value of this senior professional was much more important than her twenty boxes of supplies.
However, before going to the tailor shop, Ye Bai went to a tavern in Melo City first.
It was daytime and there were not many people in the tavern.
As soon as Ye Bai approached the counter, the waiter came up and asked, "Sir, what can I order?"
As she finished speaking, another row of shelves appeared before her.
The tavern sells alcohol and some light desserts. The goods on the shelves in the inner city taverns are of a higher grade than those in the outer city, and the same is true for the beneficial effects after consumption and the prices.
Glancing at the mages' favorite liquor, Absinthe, which can restore mana in a short period of time, Ye Bai chose the cheapest, Fine Ale, and spent 3 silver coins to buy 30 small barrels. He then spent an additional 1 silver coin to buy a Turkey Dinner that could feed 10 people, and 45 copper coins to buy a piece of Cherry Cake.
After putting all the food into a space backpack that would not spoil, Ye Bai left the tavern and went to the tailor shop.
"You're here, I'm ready."
At this time, Dilina had changed into a set of riding clothes that was convenient for movement and beautiful. Judging from the appearance, it was at least blue rare level equipment.
Ye Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As expected of the tailor shop owner, she had so much equipment. "My caravan is at the Merchant Guild, so let's meet up with them and set off!"
"Wait." Dilina stopped Ye Bai and handed her a cloak: "Here, this is the payment we agreed to pay you."
Since Dilina took out the cloak so quickly, it can be seen that this last piece of the suit may have been made by her a long time ago.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I really trouble you!" Ye Bai said sorry, but his hands had already taken the equipment swiftly and put it on without saying a word.
The next moment, Ye Bai wore a cloak in the same white color as her hat and boots over her exquisite leather armor, with light blue-purple feathers dotted on the shoulders, making her look even more fashionable.
【Light Feather Cloak】
Level: Rare
Defense: 10
Resistance: 30
Set Effect - Light Feather (3/3): Increase movement speed by 40%; gain 4 times the bounce effect; gain 4 times the shock absorption effect.
Description: See what it means to be as light as a swallow
The combination of three pieces of the [Light Feather] suit immediately triggered the complete effect, doubling the previous basic effect. Now Ye Bai can really be as "light as a swallow" as the equipment description says.
Ye Bai's eyes couldn't help but become tender when he looked at Dilina again: She is worthy of being a high-level NPC, she is not short of money and she is trustworthy!
At the same time, the system prompt appeared again at an inopportune time——
[You gain 2 points of 'Fraud' proficiency]
Ye Bai: ...Hello!
Seven days have passed since the last time he entered the inner city, and Zhu Ya once again found an opportunity to step in here.
During these few game days, most of the agents with strong civilization strength in the Blue Star server did not miss any opportunity to improve. The highest personal level among them has reached level 15, such as Zhuo Ya in front of him.
This time he entered the inner city not to deliver a letter, but because Zhu Ya discovered that he had triggered a hidden mission!
The last time he killed elemental moths in the wild wetlands, he obtained an item called [Universal Elemental Dust]. He took it to the old wizard NPC who had been buying elemental dust from him and asked about it. The quest was immediately triggered. The NPC mentioned to him that this matter might be related to a crazy magician many years ago.
After completing a series of tasks, Zhu Ya had the opportunity to come to the inner city again. This time, he had the letter of introduction from the old wizard and finally walked into the library that had rejected him. He continued to learn from a historian that the crazy wizard was called Leto.
Zhu Ya rushed to the square excitedly with the clues he had obtained.
As he passed the Third Avenue in the inner city, a caravan escorting goods passed by him.
When Zhu Ya glanced over at first, he didn't pay much attention. Then he immediately stopped and turned around to look at the figure at the head of the caravan, who was riding on a strong black wildebeest and surrounded by a group of warriors in the center.
It's her! The one who had all the players walk away a few days ago to kill the boss for her!
Although the opponent's equipment is no longer messy and looks no different from a high-level NPC, the familiar hat with feathers is recognized by Zhu Ya and other players in Melo City even if they turn into ashes!
Because after that, Ye Bai never appeared in the outer city of Melo City. No matter which city she went shopping, she only shopped in the shops in the inner city. Other players who had not changed their jobs rarely had the opportunity to enter the inner city before level 20. A situation like Zhu Ya's was rare.
There is no need to talk about the players in Tut City. The Makul Group is in great trouble and is facing liquidation. The number of people online has dropped significantly. In the half day in Melo City, it is a great coincidence to encounter Zhuoya.
Zhu Ya subconsciously wanted to chase after him, but after thinking about it, he stopped.
Ye Bai's equipment now looks unusual, and there are so many armed NPCs around him. They are obviously not easy to deal with, and it will delay his time to complete the hidden mission.
After thinking about it, Zhu Ya gritted his teeth and gave up. It was more important to improve himself.
So, Zhu Ya gave up chasing and continued to follow the clues, coming to the central square of the city, next to the quietly standing statue of the Goddess of Elements.
After comparing them several times, I touched the skirt of the goddess statue...
Then, nothing happened.
After repeatedly comparing the task prompts, Zhu Ya tried several times unwillingly, but in the end there was no sign of triggering the task.
——Where's the mission? Where's my hidden mission?!
"A-choo!"
Ye Bai, who was riding on a wildebeest, sneezed.
Wildebeest is considered to be the fastest means of conventional animal-powered transportation in the universe. Now the transport caravan has entered the outskirts of Melo City and is heading towards Baiye Village in an orderly manner according to Ye Bai's guidance.
When carrying out a long-distance transport, a skilled wildebeest transport team will naturally have wildebeests taking turns. These wildebeests that are not pulling goods are provided for the people in the team to ride. At this time, the employer Ye Bai and her guest Dilina are riding the two strongest wildebeests and walking in the safest middle position of the team.
As a high-level professional above level 40, Dilina's intuition is undoubtedly the sharpest in the entire team. As they walked, she suddenly leaned over to Ye Bai and reminded him:
"Little guy, don't blame me for not reminding you that there are some little mice following us."
Since joining the team, Dilina's way of addressing Ye Bai has changed to a teasing "little guy", which sounds a lot closer.
Ye Bai's expression didn't change much when he heard this. He had obviously noticed it a long time ago. He said to Dilina, "It's okay. They won't be able to jump around for long."
Seeing that Ye Bai understood what was going on, Dilina nodded slightly and stopped talking.
The caravan passed through the outer city and left Melo City until it entered the wilderness. It was normal for them to encounter players during the whole process. If it was an ordinary NPC caravan, players might not pay attention to it, but Ye Bai didn't think that he would not be noticed after causing a stir in the Melo City player circle a few days ago.
After all, she didn't change her equipment, and it was impossible for her to change into an assassin's robe that would be hunted by all forces. In this case, it was not surprising that she was recognized by some players in the wetlands.
At this time, the players following behind the team must be calculating and fearing the strength of the guards, but there is still such a long way to go, Ye Bai expected that they would not be able to bear it and would take action.
Once they take the initiative to attack the caravan, they will be judged as "plunderers".
The unique looting mode in the Wanjie Business Route is that, in addition to assassination, another type of death will inevitably result in the loss of some of the items and equipment on your body.
——If you rob others, you must be prepared to be robbed in return.
The last time Ye Bai fled to the inner city in a hurry was because he didn't want to be entangled and waste time.
By now, they are all on their way back to the territory, so there is no problem of wasting time. With Ye Bai's strength and the ten first-level professionals in the team, they are simply not something that the current players can resist.
Therefore, Ye Bai was not afraid at all that these players had bad intentions. Instead, he was looking forward to their coming.
Try to write 2 more chapters before 12 o'clock~!
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