"What's wrong, uncle, let me cook it...ah, no, let me let you abandon it?"
Sitting in the corner is the uncle who came to Fenghua Town with Duan Qing and Mengzhu, a man named the Smiling Butcher. He was leaning against the wall of a certain house, sitting cross-legged in the corner of the wall. The large iron shield lay across his knees, reflecting the metallic light in the early morning. He tapped the surface of the shield lightly with both hands, looking miserable and idle.
He seemed to recognize the man and woman walking over, and Uncle Smiling's originally somewhat gloomy expression also had a hint of a smile.
"Oh, it's you two..."
"What are you doing sitting here?" Duan Qing looked around and then sat down next to him.
"Well..." The other party paused, and then showed a very bitter expression: "I don't know...what to do."
"Ah?" Mengzhu, who was standing aside, also came over: "Aren't you here to find a job?"
Looking for a job is a common term in the game. It actually means finding people to form a team and take risks.
"No." The uncle smiled and said, "I just saw that there were so many people here, so I came over to join in the fun."
"I've never seen anyone sitting here and joining in the fun..." Duan Qing touched his chin: "If you want to watch the fun, go over there. I guarantee there will be a show every day."
The direction he pointed was a line of teams for guilds to recruit members. When Duan Qing pointed there, players from two more guilds were already quarreling, looking like they were gearing up, and they looked like they were about to get ready. The fight started.
The smiling butcher smiled knowingly again, then shook his head and stopped looking over there. Duan Qing on the side saw all these expressions in his eyes, and suddenly thought of the previous conversation when he first arrived in Fenghua Town: "I remember, uncle, you said you came to this place to find someone..."
"Well, um..." The butcher's face turned gloomy again: "The search has been...finished."
"The search is over." Duan Qing and Mengzhu looked at each other, and the latter slowly sat on the ground next to him and asked: "Uncle, I wonder if you... have joined the guild? Woolen cloth?"
"...No." The uncle looked at the little girl in front of him and shook his head slowly: "What's the matter?"
"That's right." Mengzhu thought for a while, and then said: "I...oh, it's the two of us who want to form an adventure group, but we are short of people now..."
"You two?" The uncle butcher looked at the two people in front of him in surprise: "You want to form a guild?"
"It's not a guild, it's an adventure group." Mengzhu retorted dissatisfied: "We don't want to engage in such troublesome things, we just want to... build an adventure group ourselves and have our own adventures in this game. If we are in a group, maybe we can get along better."
"I'll make more money, too..." the little girl added at the end.
"Haha..." The uncle looked at the other person's little face and laughed, making him fit his name quite well. Duan Qing secretly gave Mengzhu a thumbs up, indicating that she should continue to work hard.
"How about it, uncle, do you want to think about it?" So Mengzhu went straight to the point.
"Now, I really don't belong to any guild, and I don't have much to do..."
"Look, look, do you want it or not?"
"But I don't want to join any guild now..." The uncle looked up at the blue sky with a melancholy look on his face.
"Huh? But..."
"Don't worry, little girl." The smiling butcher closed his eyes, but the corners of his mouth turned up: "I just said that I didn't want to join the guild, but... you also said that it is just an adventure group. If Feel free to join an adventure group to stretch your muscles..."
He opened his eyes: "It should feel good."
The girl was stunned for a moment, then jumped up excitedly. Duan Qing knew that this was the first step for them to recruit teammates, and it was also the first step.
We can finally let go of the many difficulties we have encountered in the past few days.
After a short celebration, Mengzhu sat down again. The three people sat on the floor and introduced each other's information and current situation.
"Moshang Qingshan, I am currently a swordsman with a sword. From now on...ahem, it depends on the situation." Duan Qing did not dare to finish his sentence after being kicked by Mengzhu.
"I am Mengzhu. I am also a melee professional. I am good at using daggers and daggers...well..." The little girl frowned and thought for a long time. She didn't seem to think of anything she was good at, so she didn't He scratched his head in amusement.
"I'm the Smiling Butcher. Well, I just messed up my name. Don't mind." The uncle who finished laughing cleared his throat and continued to introduce himself: "As you can see, I am good at shields. I used to... ...hehe."
The uncle smiled and did not continue: "You can call me butcher, you can smile, or I can be uncle, in short..." He looked at the two people in front of him: "It shouldn't count you. It’s just cheap.”
In the sky full of flying catkins, the three of them announced their families to each other and became teammates. The uncle briefly understood the situation, and then quickly entered the role: "So...we still have two people to go, right?"
"Although this is the street with the most players in Fenghua Town, you are still looking for the wrong place." The uncle chuckled: "I am a special case. If you are looking for people who specifically want to join other guild forces, You should..."
"Go to the pub." He pointed in a direction, where the end of the street was.
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As the commercial street of Fenghua Town, Huawu Street is very spacious, so this street is located at the foot of the hill. Although the terrain is gentle, there is still a slight slope.
Axel's Tavern is located at the end of this street and is also the highest location on this street. Every evening to late at night is when this pub's business is most prosperous. Many people who like to relax and have fun come here as an evening pastime after a tiring day.
Of course, the tavern is also a good place for gathering, the best choice for discussion and planning, and it is also a place where intelligence and black market traders often hang out.
There are still people in the tavern during the day, but naturally there are not as many people as there are at night, and almost all of them are players. Most of the people staying here at this time are alone. They are all equipped and look quite mighty. They are standing or sitting around the tavern hall.
This tavern has a wooden structure and is rather simple in decoration, but it is spacious. However, at this time, there is no one waiting behind the counter located deep in the hall, and it does not seem to be open for business. No one in the tavern paid attention to the players staying here and allowed them to make trouble here.
The reason why it was said to be noisy was because when Duan Qing and the other two came in, a group of players were making noise in the middle, watching the two players fighting here.
One of the players was wearing a leather armor. The leather armor looked quite hard, so that the player's movements were a bit restrained. His weapon was a short sword, but he looked like he was holding one in one hand; the other player He was wearing chainmail-style armor, but the buttons on the armor seemed to be made of wooden material. At this time, he was holding the big sword in his hand and slashing at the double-sword player opposite.
"Look at my random cloak and sword skills!"
The player held the knife in both hands and slashed in front of him without stopping. In the eyes of others, he was almost done in one go. Swish, swish, swish, the sword slashed down several times, leaving the player on the opposite side paralyzed. He could only dodge back and forth, and had no power to fight back.
"Is this a place where fighting is allowed?" Mengzhu asked in a low voice.
"It seems that someone is in charge...but only after they finish fighting." The smiling uncle said standing aside.
"They are all players who want to find stable jobs. Naturally they are dissatisfied with each other. If they are not convinced, they will naturally have to fight... It should be the first time for you guys to come here."
The person who answered was a player standing by the door, leaning against the wooden wall behind. Duan Qing looked back and was shocked by the other party's clothes.
That player was currently wearing... a bar waiter's uniform.
"The people who come here specifically to select players have gradually become accustomed to this kind of thing. They even use this as a means of selecting players." The player named Salted Fish King chuckled, and then put on his standard face again: "So people here are used to this kind of thing, including... the owner of the tavern."
"According to our boss's rules, after they finish the fight, the loser will be thrown out and... responsible for paying for the losses here." The man pointed at the two men in front who had been cut back steadily. Sword player, as if that person is about to become the next indemnifier.
"Believe me, this is not a small amount of money. So if you are going to end up, you must think about it carefully..."
The three people looked at each other, and then slowly shook their heads: "We just came to take a look, but..."
"But they are really energetic when they come here to fight early in the morning."
"The real time is not early in the morning, and... I don't think it's just those who want to bid themselves a good price here..." Duan Qing touched his chin: "Photos If this development continues, it may become a fixed PK-only zone in the future."
"Well, this gentleman is right." This person was still a little bit into the drama: "There are already some players who love playing with others and have begun to stay here. I believe that it won't be long before..."
"The business of this tavern will be even more prosperous."
He smiled slightly, and with his handsome face, he looked like he was vying to be the lobby manager.
Duan Qing also smiled, and then looked back over there: "Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever heard of the skill of Chaos Cloak Sword Technique..."
"Of course there is no such skill." The smiling uncle answered him: "There are very few skills recognized by the free world system, but players like to be cool, so... shout out the name of the move before attacking. Isn’t it a common thing?”
"Of course, I chose the names myself." He spread his hands.
"That's not the case...it's too low-level." Duan Qing also shrugged.
While talking, the result of the battle on the field finally came to an end. The big sword player slashed for three consecutive rounds, and finally cut himself to the limit. He gasped and stepped back, trying to fully recover his strength and then start over again with a different style of fighting. However, the dual-sword player on the opposite side seemed not to give the opponent such a chance.
Rolling and jumping forward, the double-sword player quickly approached the opponent, but did not stand up from the ground. He just lay on the ground and executed a horizontal slash.
"Look at my swordsmanship!"
"I can't bear to watch..." Seeing the big sword player screaming and falling down, Duan Qing covered his face with his hands: "Can you guys come up with some nice names..."
"No, I think it's quite vivid..." The smiling uncle was on the side, still smiling.
The Claymore player did not die, but was carried out directly by the tavern security guard who appeared out of nowhere. It seems that players in the free world will not kill others easily. After all, this is a city, and people must be held responsible for their lives.
However, as the winner, the player naturally received applause from other players, and some people who were observing in secret also slowly walked up and began to extend their olive branches.
The little girl, who had the same idea, had no choice but to retreat.
"Don't worry, there are so many people here, it's not easy to get two people together?" Duan Qing comforted Mengzhu who had retreated: "Besides, he uses the lower third route, and we look down on him... "
"Customers, please excuse me..." The player dressed as a waiter standing at the door suddenly spoke again: "You want to... find someone to form an adventure group, right? ?”
"Yes." The three people turned back at the same time and looked at the salted fish king in front of them: "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"If you don't mind, I can recommend a candidate to you." The man kept smiling: "But accordingly, I need to ask for some agency fees..."
"I think you are very good." Duan Qing suddenly interrupted and said: "Anyway, if we are just making up the numbers, we also want people like you. Otherwise, you can just sell yourself... How about it?"
Under his gaze, the man opposite lowered his head: "Humph..."
"You are not the first person to make this request to me, but with all due respect, my price...may be a bit high."
"No matter how tall you are, what can you do... Hey, hey, you can say whatever you want, okay, okay, I won't say anything..." Duan Qing dusted off the footprints on his body and stepped back. The little girl with a smile on her face said: "Well... we are very poor, and we are not members of a guild. We just want to form an adventure group of our own, do tasks and earn some money. .....But I can guarantee that the atmosphere in our group is definitely - yes - harmonious, and there are definitely benefits, although I haven't thought of it yet... By the way, we are There are experts in charge, so in short, it will definitely be no problem to do the tasks normally, just make sure you can make money..."
As if she had transformed into a grocery shopping aunt in the past, Mengzhu chattered and started negotiating with the other party. But Duan Qing, who was behind him, looked at the smile on the waiter's face and knew that his heart was broken at this moment.
"Our purpose is to serve the players wholeheartedly. Of course, the players here are ourselves! Don't worry, there will never be any uneven distribution of the spoils. We are all our own people..." 叽婷Wowala Chiliwala.
Speaking of what you mentioned, can you really impress this person who was so impressive before...
"Think about it, how wonderful and comfortable it is to be taken care of by the adventure group and live freely at the same time! By the way, Uncle Richard mentioned before that before our Fenghua Town We haven't set up an adventure group yet, we might be the first one! What an honor..." Nagging, nagging, nagging.
Facts have proved that it is indeed impressive...or rather, it is unbearable.
"Okay, okay, okay, I know, I just need to put my name on it, right..." As if he couldn't resist the little girl's tireless bombardment, the waiter finally agreed, nodding his head. It's like the old-fashioned saying: "I've agreed in advance that I won't do anything, and I reserve the right to quit at any time..."
"Okay, okay, no problem, no problem, as long as you sign this agreement, of course you can also fingerprint it..." The little girl took out a piece of parchment very skillfully and handed it to He came in front of the other party, and then blinked his big eyes, like the stars in the sky at night in the free world: "By the way, you said before that you wanted to recommend someone to us, who is it?"
"Hahahaha..." The smiling uncle laughed heartily with the greenish look on King Salted Fish's face.
