"Without further ado, let's get to work."
"good."
"I can't wait any longer."
"Yes, it took a lot of time."
After being reminded by captain Peter, the team members realized what they should do now.
They prepared to explore the surroundings and gradually head towards the southern forest, mainly hunting monsters in the border forest of [Slian Theocracy]. They were only at the level of goblins at most. The task was not difficult and the reward was not high, but it was also a test. A good place for Kobayashi's strength.
After all, when new members join, they need to understand their respective strengths and how they can cooperate in battle.
as they walked down the stairs.
Snapped--
"I want this job."
Along with the crisp sound of the counter being slapped hard, a calm and slightly aged voice followed.
He was a tall man, wearing an extremely impressive and terrifying full-body armor of jet black with gold and purple patterns. Under the bright red cloak was a giant sword that was even larger than an ordinary sword. He was unruly and full of momentum. The dark warrior.
Following him was a tall, beautiful and elegant woman with the same hair color as Xiao Lin.
"...It actually appeared, an eye-catching combination."
"Xiao Lin? What's wrong?"
"No, it's okay."
Only the captain Peter beside him noticed that Xiaolin was strange. As for the remaining team members standing at the corner of the stairs, they were as shocked as the counter lady of the Adventurer's Guild.
Soon, the counter lady responded.
He glanced at the new adventurer with a bronze medal on his chest. He was confused and said with a wry smile: "I'm very sorry. This job can only be done by Mithril-level adventurers..."
"I know, that's why I brought it over."
The dark warrior's calm and certain tone made the lady at the counter look surprised.
"Uh, that..."
"I want to take this job."
"Huh? Ah, but even if you ask for it, in terms of regulations..."
"Boring rules. I just don't like having to repeat such easy and useless tasks before upgrading."
"But if you fail, you will lose your life."
This is not to deliberately make things difficult, but to protect adventurers of different levels. Otherwise, these arrogant adventurers will definitely choose difficult tasks because they think they are pretentious, and then risk their lives.
It would be okay if you just sacrificed your own life, but if it affected other people or caused the mission to fail, it would cause considerable trouble.
"snort."
The dark warrior snorted coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with such remarks, or felt that he was being looked down upon.
Similarly, he snorted in contempt of the rules, making the expressions of the counter lady and the adventurers show hostility, and the smell of gunpowder gradually became stronger.
Being looked at with the look of "This guy is here to cause trouble", the Dark Warrior showed no timid expression at all... No, rather, no one could see his expression as his face was covered by the helmet.
Such judgment was his next words.
"The person behind is my companion Nabe, she is a third-level magician."
! ! !
A burst of noise shook the air, and everyone looked at the black-haired woman with surprised eyes. She has reached the master level of magic caster at such a young age. Is it true or false?
It's not over yet.
"As for me, of course I am a warrior of equal strength to Nabe. I can conclude that a job of this level would be a piece of cake for us."
Unlike women who dress normally and cannot tell the difference, dark warriors dressed in extremely majestic and majestic clothing are more convincing in the eyes of everyone.
"We didn't become adventurers just to do simple jobs that can only get a few copper coins. I want to challenge higher-level jobs. If you want to see our strength, let you see it. So, you can let us take it. Is this work?"
The strong have the pride of the strong.
Strong people are naturally not interested in jobs that can only be done by low-level adventurers, so the idea of taking on difficult tasks is understandable. Especially these rough guys who value the strength of adventurers, they agree with this idea even more.
However, the counter lady was different.
Her duty is to act in accordance with the rules and regulations, even if she is a noble, she does the same when she comes to the Adventurer's Guild. So she understood the difficulties faced by strong men and simply refused.
"I'm very sorry, but due to regulations, I can't let you take on this job."
"...Then there's nothing I can do. I seem to be too pushy."
Seeing the counter lady lower her head to apologize, the mighty warrior also lowered his head. Then he added: "Then, please help me choose the most difficult bronze-level job. In addition to the jobs posted on the notice board, there should be other jobs, right?"
"Ah, there is, I'll go look for it right now."
The lady at the counter got up and left.
At this time——
"So, do you want to help us work?"
A man's voice came from the corner of the stairs on the second floor.
It was Peter, the team leader.
There was some anxiety on his face. After the mighty dark warrior snorted and turned his head, Xiao Lin beside him could clearly feel his body shaking.
Don't think about it, you must regret talking to him.
The soldier who was interrupted was not annoyed. Instead, he asked with the pride of a strong man: "Is the work you are talking about valuable work?"
"Hmm... I think so."
Peter pretended to be calm.
The strong man nodded slowly: "What I pursue is valuable work, so let's work together. Let's ask first, what kind of work is it?"
Hearing this, Peter subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time looked at Xiao Lin beside him with a slightly angry expression. He seemed to be blaming the other party for why he had just allowed himself to speak.
Why?
The reason is very simple, because this mighty jet-black warrior is a rare talent at first glance and an excellent potential stock!
Then everyone moved back to the room again.
"Then please take a seat."
At the invitation of the captain, everyone took their seats.
What's interesting is that the third-level genius magic caster named Nabe did not sit down immediately but fell behind. After receiving the soldier's order, she silently sat down next to him. Sitting upright, it seemed that the warrior was the leader.
Interestingly, although they are powerful magic casters, they are led by warriors. There are usually two reasons. The warrior is noble or stronger than her, and not even a little bit stronger.
I really caught a big fish.
But now Xiao Lin is the only one who has discovered this matter.
"Then before we talk about work, let's briefly introduce ourselves."
Captain Peter introduced the guerrilla Luke Root, the forest priest Dyne, the magic chanter Nina, and the novice adventurer Xiaolin to each other one by one.
The dark warrior also introduced himself:
"My name is Momo and she is Nabe."
It was quite brief, and the girl sitting next to him had no intention of speaking. Then I discovered that Momo had been staring at Xiao Lin.
Peter asked curiously:
"What's wrong, Mr. Momo?"
"...I'm really sorry for keeping you staring, but I'm just curious, is Kobayashi (KOBAYASHI) from the island country?"
Although the dark warrior's expression could not be seen, his slightly trembling body and his different tone could tell that he was a little excited and looking forward to something.
"No, I'm a native."
"is that so……"
Sighing slightly disappointed and relieved.
It seemed that he was a little disappointed to learn that Xiao Lin was not from the island country.
Momo's strangeness was also noticed by Nabe. She looked at Xiaolin who was smiling silly at her in the seat, and clicked her tongue with a hint of jealousy and disgust.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, captain Peter quickly said: "Um... from the island country, Miss Nabe has black hair and black eyes. You two must not be from nearby. I heard that in the south, people like Miss Nabe It’s quite common for people of this race, where are you from?”
"Yes, we come from far south."
"You really know how to joke. The island country is obviously in the east, or even a country in the far east."
As soon as Momo finished speaking, Xiao Lin followed closely behind him, and exposed the other party's lies without giving any face. However, instead of being angry, Mo Mo jumped up from his seat, put his hands on the table and stared at Xiao Lin with burning eyes.
Because of his tall and powerful figure, his figure enveloped the small Xiao Lin in the seat, giving him a full sense of oppression.
"What did you say?!"
"Huh? I said...hiss--!"
Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Lin suddenly covered his forehead.
Such a reaction made everyone present nervous. First, Miss Nabe appeared in front of Momo with lightning speed, acting like a physical guard. It was clear that she was supposed to play the role of output from the rear.
Momo knocked her on the head. The girl covered her head and was pushed away by the soldier who didn't understand the charm. But this cute reaction was not noticed, because everyone in the team gathered around Xiao Lin with concern.
"Dyne!"
"I know!"
Dyne, who was in charge of treating the team, once again took out herbs that could relax people's nerves, and Xiaolin's frown soon calmed down.
Seeing this, Momo couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Peter, what's going on?"
"Ah, I'm sorry for making Mr. Momo nervous. In fact, this is Xiaolin's natural ability." Captain Peter said casually subconsciously because he cared about his companions.
"Innate powers?"
Apparently Momo has heard this word too.
"Hmph, don't be surprised when I say it!"
Luke Root suddenly jumped out and said in a frivolous and exaggerated tone: "There are actually two people with natural powers in our team! One of them is our Nina! He has unparalleled adaptability to magic and can The time it takes eight years to learn is shortened to four years! Unfortunately, I am not a magic caster, so I don’t know how powerful it is.”
It sounds like he is showing off, but the team members who are familiar with him are keenly aware that this is downplaying Xiaolin's existence.
Indeed, Xiaolin's natural ability is very strong. If he can get enough room for growth, he will definitely be as popular as the "Thirteen Heroes" in the future.
…The premise is to get enough room for growth.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that the innate ability I have happens to belong to that system. But... I am really lucky to be born with this ability, because it allows me to take the first step to pursue my dream. Without this ability, I might just Just an ordinary civilian, just spend your life mediocrely."
Nina waved his hand to indicate that he was not outstanding, but the whispering voice was gloomy and heavy, and clearly had a tragic past.
Peter, the captain of the team, who was trying to clear up the gloom, said in a completely different tone: "No matter what, you are a well-known person with natural powers in this city."
"Although there are others more famous than me."
"The captain of Blue Rose?"
"That person is also famous, but the person I'm talking about is in this town."
"It must be Barreare."
Dyne said the name aloud.
Then, as if to help Momo and Nabe who came from the far east without knowing anything, Dyne said directly:
"His name is Nfirea Barreare, and he is the grandson of a well-known medicine man. His innate ability is the ability to use any magic item. Not only can he use scrolls of different systems that were originally unusable, but even restrictions Items that can only be used by races other than humans can be used. Items that can only be used if they have royal blood, there must be no problem.”
"……oh?!"
Momo sighed softly.
Barreare's name is very loud in this town and almost everyone knows it, but this is the first time Momo and Nabe have heard of it.
Nabe leaned towards Momo and whispered something, and Momo said something back to her.
"...It is indeed the right thing to come here."
"Mr. Momo, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, it's okay, don't worry about it. Speaking of which...can you tell me what Mr. Xiaolin's natural power is?"
"Well!"
Everyone's throats swallowed unconsciously.
Sure enough, you didn't fool yourself?
The expressions under the helmet were invisible, but the wise eyes seemed to tell them that they had already seen through this little trick.
What should I do? Do you want to tell me?
Luke Root smiled and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that my head hurts from time to time..."
"It's okay, Brother Lukerut."
The one who interrupted him was Xiao Lin, who covered his forehead and sat upright.
"My natural ability, which I call [Goddess's Wisdom], is that I can indirectly receive unknown knowledge, including but not limited to martial arts, magic, and potions, but more arithmetic, philosophy, and politics, and there are Sometimes he blurts out strange things unconsciously.”
"...I see, is this what you want to hide?"
"Sorry, Brother Peter and Brother Luke are so worried about me. I hope Mr. Momo won't blame them."
"No, this is a matter of privacy after all. It's understandable that you want to hide it. I don't mean to be angry."
Although she said this, Momo held her hands tightly under the table.
Is it a natural ability? Or is Xiaolin the same time traveler as him or a reincarnation, but he has lost his memory for some reason?
He didn't know, but he had a strong hunch that it was the latter. It might just be some kind of inner expectation and fantasy, but he was willing to verify this uncertain guess, because isn't the island country most famous for its ability to travel to different worlds and reincarnate?
Just like him!
(End of chapter)
