Chapter Seven I Eat I Eat

  I asked the waitress: "The price of this three S task is so high, who pays for it?"

  This time it wasn't just her laughing at me, everyone around us was staring at me with a look that said I was an idiot. What are you looking at? I didn't know, okay? I had just come out. Forget about them.

  "This task is the highest level in history, and has been in existence for over 1,000 years since the Mercenary Guild was established. If someone completes this task, they will receive a reward from any country, and the significance of the divine artifact recognizing its master far surpasses the power of the artifact itself. (Teacher Di once told me that even if you find the artifact, it's not necessarily yours to keep - you must go through the artifact's recognition process, which I now understand.)"

  "Oh, so that's it, have you found the task I wanted? So many people are looking at me, I need to leave here quickly."

  "There's a relatively suitable one for you, it's a B-level task. The task requires protecting the merchant group as they cross the border to reach the capital of the Shuda Kingdom, Shuda City. The reward is 300 diamond coins. However, tasks like this are usually taken by mercenary teams, can you handle it alone?"

  "How many people does a mercenary team need?" It's better to find some people to join together, it will be safer.

  "Not necessarily, at least around 10 people."

  I looked around and suddenly shouted loudly: "Does that mercenary group want to take this task, I want to join." This is exactly my cleverness, I don't want to take such a big task myself, it's better to find a mercenary group, it's more reliable, maybe not even encounter thieves, and if encountered, there will be someone to respond, so I can be safer, I am really too clever.

  Just as I was indulging in my own little abacus, a loud voice rang in my ears: "Then you join us, we also want to take on this task."

  What a loud voice, scared me to jump, turned around and looked, wow, what a big man, height of at least 2 meters 1, full beard, carrying a large broad axe on his back, obviously a martial arts practitioner.

  "Hello, are you a mercenary group?" I asked politely.

  "Yeah, we're the Dragon Blademaster Mercenaries, and we're pretty famous too." The big man said with a silly grin.

  "How many of you are there?"

  "We have over 20 people, all practicing martial arts, from the Shuda Kingdom, and we also want to take on this task and return home. We are currently lacking a magician, how about it, join us?"

  More than 20 people, quite a lot, but I don't know how strong they are. Looking at him like that, it's probably good if he can hold his own in a fight.

  "What level of warrior are you now?"

  "I'm fine, I can pass the knight certification now. In our team, most of us have strength above intermediate warrior." (Intermediate warrior is equivalent to junior magician)

  "Oh, so that means you're a high-level warrior now. Alright, I'm willing to join your team until this task is completed. However, I have a few conditions that I hope you'll agree to." Although their strength wasn't particularly impressive, I quite liked this big, silly guy.

  "What conditions?"

  I hesitated for a moment, then said: "There are three conditions. First, I want you to prepare a horse-drawn carriage for me along the way, because as a magician, my physical strength is not very good. Second, I don't belong to your mercenary group, just an ally, so I hope you won't come to command me. When we encounter danger, I will naturally take action. Third, I want one-tenth of the reward for completing the task."

  The first two conditions were a bit harsh, but the last one was quite favorable to them. Da Han thought for a moment and agreed. It's not like I need that much money anyway, just getting some pocket money is fine. Besides, they have more than 20 people, if I ask for too much, they won't get anything. I'm still pretty kind, right?

  We have formally accepted the task and set a time to gather and depart, so we left the Mercenary Guild. I want to find a slightly better restaurant to comfort my stomach with a good meal. Recently, except for eating a full meal at that old man's house, it has been nothing but dry rations all along, my stomach is almost rebelling.

  Not far from the Mercenary Guild, I saw a restaurant with a very large signboard called "Tianming Wine House", what an interesting name, let's go here.

  I walked into the hotel and was immediately greeted by a waiter: "Hello sir, how many are you?"

  "Just for me, find a quiet place."

  "Okay, the second floor is quieter, I'll take you there." I followed the waiter to a window seat on the second floor and sat down. It was indeed quiet, probably also because it wasn't mealtime yet, with only a few scattered customers.

  "What's your specialty dish here?" I'm getting a bit impatient, my stomach isn't waiting for anyone, it's about to protest.

  "Our specialty here includes roasted duck heart, Dongpo pork hock...". He went on to list over a dozen more, all of which sounded great and made me drool.

  "Alright, don't say any more. Just give me one of each of the few things you just mentioned, and also 10 steamed buns and a bowl of porridge will do, hurry up."

  "Have you eaten?" The waiter suspected he had met a freeloader.

  "Just get on with it, what's the point of asking so many questions, I'm not going to cheat you out of your money."

  After the waiter left, I started looking forward to my delicious meal. The speed was really fast, and before long, a sumptuous feast (no wine, I haven't drunk it yet, let's talk about it next time) appeared on the table. My fingers moved quickly, I picked up my chopsticks, and began to devour.

  My speed is not to be underestimated, it only took about an hour to sweep everything clean. In fact, many dishes I didn't even taste before swallowing, patting my stomach contentedly, not bad, really not bad.

  "Waiter, the bill."

  The waiter walked over and said, "You used a total of three gold coins and four silver coins."

  "Oh." I took out a purple crystal card from my bosom and handed it to him, "Will this card work?"

  The waiter saw me take out the purple crystal card and a respectful expression appeared on his face. "Please wait, I'll go find our boss."

  Do I need to use a card or find the boss, it's really troublesome, forget it and just wait for now, anyway I'm so full that I can barely move (Author: Who made you so useless, eating like there's no tomorrow, Chang Gong: What's the point of spending money if not to eat, not eating is wasting, greed and waste are the biggest crimes. Author: Speechless)