As if they didn't know each other before, under the leadership of Joshua, the two quickly came to Corey Conrad's Mercenary Guild branch and registered and reported their identities.
Regrettably, there is currently no mission suitable for the two of them in the guild. Maybe the timing is wrong, but after registering their names, they gave a general description to the guild staff and then met someone who met the requirements. tasks will also be arranged with priority.
These are some small privileges that formal mercenaries at the blue card level have begun to have. If you register with the local guild and report your mission tendencies, you can get priority in arranging missions. Some higher-level mercenaries can even get special personnel. notify.
Looking at it from another direction, if you are a famous mercenary, after registering your name in the guild, there may be an employer who sees your name and asks you to perform this task.
Joshua can be regarded as such a mercenary to a certain extent.
Orange mercenaries are rarer than blue and green mercenaries. Although there are some differences depending on the region, the three levels can be roughly listed as a ratio of 1:10:200. They are considered the mainstay of the mercenary world, and Joshua himself is famous for his superior sword skills and judgment abilities that are famous throughout the Thoradin Highlands.
Although not well known to Henry and Mira, Joshua's late mentor Adolf Albion was a well-known figure in the kingdoms of Thoradin Highlands. He came from nowhere, but judging from his appearance and name, he was probably from Avenella. It only took him a few years to make a name for himself and become a famous mercenary, with many new mercenaries. Soldiers and even nobles wanted to join his sect, but in the end Adolf chose a son of a hunter at the foot of the Tambur Mountains who was not even a mercenary——
Moreover, this young man was almost blind. He could only see the outline of a person clearly when the light was very bright during the day. At night, he could not see anything.
Many mercenaries and nobles who thought they were better than him expressed difficulty in understanding Adolf's choice. Some even directly mocked him as "sick in the brain." To these public opinions, Adolf just replied calmly.
"Better to be blind than to be blind."
More than ten years passed like this, and when the once famous mercenary lived in seclusion on the second line and was almost completely forgotten by the people of Thoradin Highlands, the boy who was disliked by everyone back then walked to the center of the stage. .
Young. But his swordsmanship is excellent.
Some people deceived him into thinking that he could easily deal with him, and all kinds of people looking for trouble and trying to improve his status came forward to provoke him. However, with his excellent swordsmanship foundation, extremely fast reaction speed, and extremely keen hearing, Joshua successfully defeated one after another and successfully made his own reputation.
More than three years. He was upgraded from the lowest level green-card mercenary to orange-card mercenary, and won praise from many people for his humble and unpretentious nature, and also had a good reputation within the mercenary circle.
Of course, there are people who like him and people who hate him. There are many people who want to get close to Joshua with ulterior motives. However, this red-haired swordsman has a blond girl who is always by his side. She takes care of him. Everything, to avoid anyone who wants to bully his blindness and defraud him of his money.
Emmanica is Joshua's childhood sweetheart. It is said that she is his neighbor's child and grew up with him.
This girl looks like a pure Avenira. She has blond hair and fair skin. She seems to be very indifferent to the sunshine here.
The way girls communicate with each other is always beyond the expectations of men. Perhaps it was because they were fellow adventurers and there were very few women in this industry. Not long after this experience, Joshua and Henry in front were chatting about some topics while walking towards the local hotel. Mira has already made friends with Emmanica.
Emonica, who has a very distinctive personality, started talking non-stop as soon as the topic of Joshua was mentioned, and the red-haired mercenary obviously had some things in common with Henry, which made the white-haired Luoan girl nod her head frequently. : "Yes, yes! I know." Such words.
The common topic narrowed the distance, but Henry in front looked back at the blond girl behind him who was about the same height as Mira, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Joshua next to him noticed Henry's slowed pace. He turned his head, and the sage shook his head: "It's nothing. Let's go."
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Joshua and Emmanica are not native to Cory Conrad - the point we need to make here is that Thoradin Highlands is actually very large.
From the appearance, you can imagine Thoradin Plateau to be an isosceles trapezoid with a relatively low overall height. Of course, it is not actually that smooth - there are up and down slopes on both sides of this shape. Going north leads to the Lidela Basin, while going south leads to endless grassland. On the left and right sides are the rainforest, the sea and the Tambur Mountains.
Most of the countries in the Thoradin region are located on slopes on both sides. The church's influence on the north side is very strong, while the south side is relatively weak due to the threat of steppe nomads. And it can be said that the people are in dire straits, and the royal power and the major nobles are usually in danger. Quite confusing.
The highlands on the back are a church country ruled by order and strictness. The south side is quite chaotic and even more barren. In the middle is the part at the top of Thoradin's highlands - which is the Kingdom of Cory Conrad where we are now. A small area, like a balance point between them, does not strictly follow the guidance of the White Church, and does not have such chaotic phenomena.
Having said that, although we have used the language of a small area above, in fact, even these gentle strips of land at the top of Thoradin's Highlands are quite large.
If according to the Otolo people, the Tambur Mountains are really a divine wolf lying flat, then Avenella is its front leg on the right side, and the Thoradin Highlands can be seen as the right side. hind legs.
It's just that compared to the curled-up "front legs", this "hind leg" looks more like it is straightening out from the body. This also leads to the fact that the depth of Thoradin's highlands is much deeper than that of Avenela. In fact, the Kingdom of Coriconrad where we are currently located. It's just the kingdom closest to the east.
Joshua and Emmanica come from another small kingdom at the foot of the Tambo Mountains. It takes more than a month and a half to walk from there to Cory Conrad. Fortunately, the kingdom is small, so here But with the help of the Holy See, he has many convenient things. One of these was the carriage convoy.
In order to facilitate believers to come to the church for pilgrimage and prayer, the church initially began to build such roads. Although it was just compacted soil, it was enough for bumpy wooden carriages to travel. This gradually began to be built in the following days. It evolved into a fleet for merchants to carry goods and a means of transportation for travelers who could not afford horses.
——When hearing Joshua’s self-introduction to this point, Henry had some doubts.
A good horse. If discounts are not taken into account because of the relationship, the price is about 10,000 to 30,000 Thor.
Considering the fact that this place is very close to the grassland, the price of ordinary horses is not particularly expensive. At least mercenaries who have reached the orange level should be able to afford it if they do some tasks with their savings. But Joshua now said that they came in a carriage, and if he looked carefully up and down, the mercenary was only wearing leather armor, and he seemed to have some thoughts.
With Henry's knowledge base, he was able to determine that this was related to the opponent's sword skills. Joshua relied on his superb speed and reaction ability to fight. He was close to blind, so he could not judge the surrounding situation with his naked eyes. Most of the time, he can only judge the situation through the echo of subtle sounds in the surrounding environment. If you are wearing iron armor, you will definitely be affected.
——This influence does not only refer to the hard armor hindering movement. Although this is partly the reason, it is probably more of a habitual influence.
Swordsmanship and fighting skills are skills that require the coordination of the whole body and the use of one's own muscle memory to master everything deeply.
As we have said before, people who wear armor all year round - here refers to hard armor such as single plate armor - and most people who fight on the frontal battlefield use fighting techniques that are different from those who generally just wear chain mail and There is a huge difference in the fighting methods of the lower-level mercenaries wearing leather armor.
Extend this example further. It's actually not difficult to understand.
Just like a soldier holding a shield with one hand, he often subconsciously wants to use shield attack when he finds some opportunities without holding a shield. The excellent protective ability of hard plate armor allows you to choose to resist some attacks and exchange a small amount of bruises for an opportunity to attack - and if you wear it all year round, you will inevitably develop corresponding habits. . This may not be that dangerous to ordinary people, but for Joshua, it is extremely deadly.
——Because he is blind, if he develops the habit of letting people get close to him in battle, he will inevitably lose control of the situation.
And if you want to say that you are wearing iron armor but still trying your best to avoid all attacks, then the weight of the armor itself is increased. Wouldn't it just become a useless burden?
There are not many swordsmen like Joshua in history who are known for their speed, but most of them are easily defeated and killed when they enter a frontal battlefield fight - extreme things have With such limitations, if you simply take a speed route like Joshua and put on full-body armor, the armor should be used to increase defense, but because it hinders the action of dodging attacks, it slows down the armor used to actively block. The use of primary weapons actually leads to the need for more defense.
Battles or wars, things in this world can never be fully covered by a single and one-sided explanation, but let us return to the present. The reason why Joshua has no horses and the equipment on his body is very old is obviously The reason isn't just the influence of his chosen swordsmanship style.
"My ideal is to be able to write a biography by myself." Faced with Henry's question, the red-haired swordsman replied with a little embarrassment.
"The book that was stolen before was actually blank."
"Although I...can't see. But I can feel a lot of things, listen to, and remember many people's stories."
"I came up with the idea of recording all their stories. I don't know when it was, but that's it. Although I can't see it, I tried hard to learn to write and record it."
"Just remembering the words of these people I met, I always feel a little lonely. Many people's stories are worth letting more people know. Probably with this idea in mind, I spent all my money on Buy paper, pens and books." Joshua smiled, then a somewhat bitter look appeared on his face.
"But it's not that easy after all. After all, no one is willing to teach a guy who can barely make out the outline of a person to read."
"It was Emonica's idea to move towards the east." The two girls behind them heard crisp and cheerful laughter, as if they had exchanged some interesting things, while Joshua in front was mentioning When he said her name, he smiled unconsciously.
"She said she wanted to see the sea."
"And I want to record every bit of this journey through many countries." Joshua said, and the group of people leading the horses slowly arrived in front of the hotel.
"If possible, I'll teach you."
"Although it is not common on the west coast, in the Padrosi Empire in the east, there is actually such a thing as 'braille'." Henry said softly, Joshua turned his head to look at him, and the sage continued : "The principle is actually very simple. The text is converted into small dots formed by dropping ink on the paper. The shape of each byte is sensed through the touch of the hand. By simply connecting them, ordinary people can write I can also read the text."
When he said this, Joshua was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"Thank you very much."
The bustling avenue was full of vendors and other mercenaries. A group of four people came to the hotel where Joshua and Emmanica stayed temporarily. The hotel here was very unique. Although it was not very big, it was generally owned. stable.
The fee for food and fodder for the horses is collected by the stable boy at the stable, so he pays it in advance when he deposits it. Henry grabbed the luggage and then looked at the smiling Emonica on the other side to help Mira. Carrying their things together, the group entered the hotel. (To be continued.)
ps: r: It feels so lonely here when no one posts book reviews... I feel like no one is reading the book I am writing seriously. .
