1114 A Week's Effort
"Wells, on your right!"
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Whilst Valyr and the other two were entangled in their own fights against the orcs, the young man noticed another orc appear near Wells, seemingly aiming for a sneak attack.
"Got it!" Heeding the warning ahead of time, Wells doubled down on his current opponent, lunging forward with his spear as he ducked down to avoid the attack that was coming for him.
"Haah!" Seeing Wells move in response to his warning, Valyr wielded his spear with all of the strength he could muster, using it as a bat to fling his current opponent away.
Then, making use of the momentum he generated, he closed the gap between him and the orc that planned on ambush Wells, directly piercing the spear through its head.
Puchi!
With how much force was contained behind Valyr's spear, it went without saying that the orc was deprived of its life before it could even comprehend what was going on, causing the orcs fighting against Edward and Wells to pale in fear.
With a great chunk of their morale lost thanks to how the young man handled the situation, it did not take long for the three to finish taking care of their remaining opponents.
Though, with how massive the disparity in strength was between Valyr and the orcs he was fighting, the young man only made a few moves here and there, merely stalling the orcs that fought him for the two to kill later.
Whoosh!
With a final thrust acting as the killing blow, Edward let out a wide sigh of relief as all of the orcs that previously ganged up on them had now fallen to the ground.
Not wanting to give the orcs the opportunity of their current exhaustion, the three immediately left the battlefield after that, with Valyr following behind both Edward and Wells as a safety measure.
"If we knew bringing you along for our missions would make it this easy, we would've done so earlier." While he was in the midst of catching breath, Wells looked back at the young man and flashed a thankful grin.
With how each promotion needed one to accumulate 10 points beforehand, it was no surprise that Valyr was able to become a 1-star mercenary the moment he completed his next mission.
In fact, the second mission also allowed him to become a 2-star mercenary.
However, when it came to the points being allocated to his promotion to a 3-star mercenary, only a single promotion point had been allocated, which was mostly due to how the promotion points worked.
For example, one had 20 promotion points under their name. With 10 of those points, one would then be promoted to the next rank.
Though, for the 10 promotion points that remained, the effectiveness of those points would instead be halved, causing one to only be halfway towards reaching the next rank.
With Valyr having a total of 35 promotion points as a novice mercenary, 10 of them allowed him to become a 1-star mercenary, while the remaining 20 allowed him to step onto the next rank due to the loss in efficacy.
Then, with the halving of efficacy being rounded down, the two points that remained after his promotion to 2-star mercenary halved in efficacy even more, leaving the young man with one point.
Naturally, with him now know the mechanics behind the promotion points, Valyr aimed himself with his third mission, going with an 8-star mercenary mission that yielded the same amount of promotion points as the one he took before.
After that, he took on one more mission after his promotion to 4-star mercenary, which was also the same mission that allowed him to become a 6-star mercenary within a week.
As for its difficulty level?
Naturally, it was the hardest mission made for 10-star mercenaries. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! If you did, please vote for the novel with your power stones and golden tickets! I'd highly appreciate it!
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