After leaving the earl's study, Griffith immediately opened the envelope and understood his mission.
"To Griffith Blanton, Broken Sea Region mission briefing.
"From the office of Count Larmour.
"Intelligence shows that a group of crazy cultists are preparing to smuggle a certain dark magic item to the south. They will board the fast sailing ship Equinox, which will leave port at 2pm today. You must take the ship to investigate.
“The number, name, gender, age and abilities of the suspects are unknown.
"During the mission, you will receive assistance from Central Bureau of Investigation agents and the local Beyonder team. After arriving at Neopolis Island, you will accept the leadership of the local resident mage.
"The minimum mission goal: to find out the clues about the function and whereabouts of black magic items (difficulty estimate: D level, should be handled by Beyonders of Sequence 8 or above or two regular army teams).
"Attempting to uncover the identity of the fallen mage and seize or destroy dark magic items will increase your mission difficulty and rating.
"Mission period: two weeks. For first-class tickets, please see the attachment.
"Task reward: 1 merit point and 100 silver lang.
"Note: The risks of engaging a fallen mage cannot be assessed; the dangers of dark magic items cannot be assessed.
"This letter will be automatically burned two minutes after opening. Be careful not to burn the ticket.
"January 6, 1444, Second Era."
Damn it! With quick eyesight and quick hands, Griffith quickly removed the ticket and put it in his pocket. Before he could study the mission carefully, the letter turned into a ball of fire, which was so hot that the trainee knight screamed.
"Griffith, good morning!"
Sonia, who had already changed into her ball attire, held up her skirt, walked lightly down the stairs on the second floor accompanied by her maid, and greeted the trainee knight in a brisk tone. The radiant girl was like the pure morning light. With her appearance, the living room of the Earl's Mansion seemed to suddenly usher in the bright spring light.
Griffith seems to have changed a lot in the past six months. He is more mature and melancholy than when he first came here. Will the provincial temperament disappear in Beyeland? Sonia tilted her head slightly and looked at her trainee knight: "I will attend Duke Esso's ball tonight, and my father has arranged other guards. What can I do for you?"
"I just received a mission and am going to the south." Griffith replied.
"Hmm~" The blond girl thought for a moment, "Mom asked me just now how I was getting along with you, and asked some things about you and Watch Castle. Why do you ask this?"
How should I answer this... Griffith felt a drop of sweat rolling from his temples to his neck. The maid behind Sonia couldn't help but cover her mouth.
"Anna, please wait for me," Sonia nodded to the maid, looked up at Griffith, and walked towards the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. Griffith followed immediately.
Copper pipes are installed throughout Larmore House, delivering hot water and warmth to every corner of the room. Although the world outside the window is already white, it is still warm as spring indoors.
Sonia wore a slim-fitting, thin dress, revealing her round and delicate shoulders. She looked at the snow on the treetops in the garden and said softly: "Griffith, do you know? That night in the Whispering Forest, when your whereabouts were unknown due to the battle with Baron Anselm, Galardi Ya was very worried about you. At that time, the reinforcements from Homonworth had already arrived. Since most people had escaped, the reinforcements were not active in searching for you deep into the dense forest."
Griffith turned his head to look at the girl in surprise, then immediately withdrew his gaze from her bare shoulders and nodded uneasily.
"Garadia contacted a respected tribesman, mobilized several powerful sealed artifacts to find you, and finally defeated the mutated creatures chasing you at the edge of the forest," Sonia looked at Griffith with bright eyes. Si, "Powerful sealed objects often mean dangerous backlash. With her identity, taking huge risks to help you, this in itself... is whispering about you in the social circle."
Griffith felt tremendous uneasiness. Sonia's words euphemistically expressed one thing - certain high-status figures cast their sights on the insignificant apprentice knight.
They only need to blow a gust of wind to drive the complex and precise gears. Before anyone notices it, the rolling wheels in the distance have already run over a young noncommissioned officer.
"This is my Frost Festival gift. I forgot to give it to you before, a unit potential potion." Sonia stretched out her soft white hand and put a small bottle of potion into his hand. "When you go to the south, you need to careful."
"Understood, I will be careful," Griffith took a step back and said goodbye to the girl solemnly.
He had just taken two steps when he suddenly remembered something:
"Sonia, have you heard of Lady Iletia?"
…
"Dagang District."
Griffith carried his simple luggage, jumped into a carriage, and sped towards the port. The sudden mission disrupted his plan. Originally, he wanted to check out the black market on Tasok Street in Lower Bayland during the New Year holiday to see if there were any suitable enchantments or magic items.
Although he was in bed isolation before the Frost Festival and missed the time to buy gifts. But Galadia and Sonia both gave him gifts, so he would naturally prepare one for them. These two gifts cost him more than 300 silver francs. In addition to the income from brewing private wine, he also put in some monthly salary and savings.
Griffith also has a mission bonus of 150 silver francs and a bonus of 300 silver francs for the Eastern War on his account. Including the balance of the salary subsidy at the end of December, he has a total of 556 silver francs at his disposal. These funds cost Save money for second-hand textbooks, tutorials, and lab materials, and if possible, try to save some for personal use of mystical items and potions.
The above is his hard work and legal income. The money was simply not worth mentioning. The potential potion Sonia gave him alone was worth 500 silver francs.
In addition, he also has 7 corrupted wolf spider poison sacs that should have been distributed internally by the demon hunter team, with an estimated value of 105 gold florins, which is 2,100 silver francs. The extraordinary characteristics of Karius' Demon Hunter Path Sequence 7 "Demon Hunter" that he killed were worth at least 5,000 silver francs.
These were his undisclosed income. If Beacon Academy knew that he had killed a captain and instructor, Kaichun would probably come knocking on his door.
The ulterior income is almost 13 times the legal income. Sure enough, there is a limit to honest work.
For Griffith, the second son of the knight class who has no inheritance rights, if he wants to get rid of his status as a senior security guard, he must at least become a knight. Although Sequence 8 meets the minimum requirements, Sequence 7 is safer and will not be killed early in the process of establishing meritorious deeds.
Then, he had to marry a lady from a noble family and establish his own family. Although the girl's family will also provide financial support, Griffith himself will have to have some savings and property.
During this time, Griffith did a little research and gained a deeper understanding of his property.
If, just for example, if he wanted to propose to Sonia and the count did not kill him immediately, knighthood plus a property of 100,000 silver francs and an annuity of 5,000 silver francs would be the minimum threshold and would not allow him to do so. This marriage seems so ridiculous. This is the rule in Beyeland. Promising young people cannot just have a future.
If Griffith wanted to marry Galadia, the problem would be much simpler. Elves have no such worldly requirements and do not care about property. The governor of Canaan will kill him as soon as possible to completely solve this problem.
"Hey~"
Griffith let out a long sigh, and the coachman couldn't help but look back at him.
Whenever he thought about these details, he would realize how inappropriate he and Galadia were. Not to mention that elves live much longer than him, and stories between immortals and mortals often end in tragedy.
Back to the specific matter, the poison sac and extraordinary characteristics were simply too hot to touch. Griffith soaked the poison sac in potion to preserve it and entrusted Sonia to keep it. The daughter of the Larmore family had a room full of materials and agreed to help without any hesitation.
As for the piece of extraordinary properties, Griffith put it in his pocket together with the potion preparation notes, waiting for the right opportunity to get rid of it.
Following Miss Larmore's advice, Griffith put on his own mail and leather armor, a sword on his waist, and daggers in his cuffs and boots. This leather armor was still Griffith's personal equipment. It had been restored from a semi-destroyed state by Beyeland's skilled craftsmen, and it only cost a small amount of money. Key parts have also been reinforced with iron mesh and iron rings, repainted, and are even more decent and beautiful than before.
But the reliability is questionable.
After the battle in the Whispering Forest, Griffith discovered that mail armor and leather armor were very fragile when facing mutant creatures. If he wanted higher protection, he had to consider the latest scale armor and plate armor. These new armors provided better defense than mail and leather armor, but were expensive and, crucially, expensive to repair.
An ordinary piece of mail armor costs almost 5 gold florins. The plate armor including only the breastplate is expected to cost 12 gold florins, which is not much more expensive than the full set of formal clothes Griffith bought when he first arrived in Bayerland. , equivalent to two months of his salary and allowances. Thinking about it afterwards, that formal suit was too expensive, but Galadia had chosen it for him. Griffith didn't understand fashion and style, nor did he understand prices, and he was embarrassed to say it was expensive.
Relatively speaking, the price of plate armor does not seem amazing. But the real expense is in the inevitable repairs. Broken mail armor can be replaced with part of the iron ring. Repairs require very little material and labor, and leather armor is even more convenient to repair.
Plate armor must be removed from large areas of damage, and then carefully inlaid, welded and polished. If corners are cut during repair, the gap between the repaired armor and the original armor can easily be penetrated in battle, or even directly injure the armor-wearing person himself. Directly filling it with large iron plates will destroy the balance and center of gravity of the entire armor, which will be even more harmful to combat and the body.
Griffith would like to buy a set of scale armor if possible. The protection is better than that of plate armor, and it is easy to inlay gems and crystals with special effects, and the repair cost is relatively normal. Of course, he just thought about it, the price of scale armor was much more expensive than plate armor.
The carriage left the avenue in the upper city and entered the lower city.
There was a strange atmosphere in the snow-covered streets, solemn and cold. Griffith almost immediately raised his vigilance and raised his sword.
It was a complicated feeling, as if there were many eyes watching him in the dark corners, almost turning into reality in front of him. However, when he looked at the street, although he felt something strange, he couldn't tell what was wrong.
