Chapter 16: Mercenary’s Qualification Assessment

Chapter 16: Mercenary’s Qualification Assessment

"Okay everyone, it's time for me to leave."

The merchant finished counting the batch of goods he purchased and walked in front of them, took out a small bag of coins from his arms, and put them in Gard's hands.

"Lord Rodrigo?" Gard stared blankly at the money bag in his hand, his eyes full of doubts.

The merchant sighed slightly, "Anyway, it's because of my stubbornness that I let you cross the prairie this time... Gard, you can accept it. It can be regarded as my meager compensation for those dead mercenaries."

"But it is also true that our escort failed, we cannot accept this!" Gard shoved the money bag at the merchant once more.

The two engaged in a tug-of-war for a while, and finally, the merchant got angry. He grabbed the money bag and stuffed it into Gard's arms, turned around, and climbed into the carriage, telling the driver to leave quickly.

Gard was still about to step forward to return it, but Aurora reached out and stopped him. "Captain Gard, you should accept it. Don't let down the good intentions of Mr. Rodrigo, besides, you have to pay the compensation for those who have died to their family members. You should consider it again."

"That's right, Captain. Although we really didn't like him along the way, he still did a good thing at this time." A mercenary also stepped forward to persuade him, "And Commander... about Old Cain..."

Gard was taken aback.

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Thinking of this, Gard clenched the money bag in his hand and bowed slightly to the carriage going away. He knew that the merchant had given the money to him after consideration; otherwise, with their current assets, they would not be able to fix the mess this time.

He wiped his slightly red eyes, turned, and shouted at the other three mercenaries, "Why is there sand in this wind! Don't look, move quickly! We will buy some good meat and vegetables and go to Old Cain's home!"

"Yes! Commander!" The three mercenaries smiled knowingly, saluted, and quickly moved the damaged equipment and materials into the wooden house.

"Lady Aurora, come with us later."

"You guys go ahead first, I'll go to the Mercenary Association to solve the certification problem." Aurora shrugged helplessly, "You also know that old man has a bad temper. I don't want to squabble about the certification problem at that time. The sooner it settles, the more reassured I'm."

Gard nodded to express his understanding. The person he was talking about did not have a very good temper. Almost every mercenary has been scolded by him, and even so, they only dared say a few words about him in private, after all, he was the president of the mercenary association.

After inquiring where Old Cain's house was, Aurora waved goodbye to Gard, turned, and walked in the direction of the Mercenary Association. After walking for nearly ten minutes and turning a corner, a building with flags of various colors stood conspicuously.

Mercenaries shuttled in and out of the thick and strong iron gate with five or six meters wide steps, and some even dragged the hunted monsters to the door to sell them.

Some memories emerged in her mind from when she used to earn her first pot of gold by dragging the corpses of monsters here to set up a stall. It felt so long already, making her kind of miss it in her heart.

Aurora walked around these stalls with a little interest. The majority of the stalls only sold the carcasses of first-tier monsters, and the only second-tier monster fur was sold for 16 silver coins.

"Brother, sixteen silver coins for your water bull beast fur is expensive."

"Hey young lady, don't speak nonsense! What do you know? Look at the luster of this fur, it feels slippery to the touch, and it is a whole piece! How can you say it's expensive?!" The mercenary then brought the water bull beast's fur to Aurora. He touched the fur here and there in front of him and said, half yelling, "Let me tell you, if I wasn't in a hurry to spend money..."

Aurora just took the piece of fur slightly and brushed the hair back seemingly randomly, and several small holes hidden under the hair were immediately revealed in front of their eyes.

"This, this... how could this happen?!" The mercenary's eyes almost popped out, "I've been so careful to protect..."

He had a mournful face; this piece of fur was obviously eaten away by moths, and a few holes in it lowered its value significantly. Even seven or eight silver coins would already be too much.

"How about this? How about I exchange this with you?" Aurora reached into her pocket, used the system to open the inventory, and took out a fang of the poisonous twilight spider from before.

"What is this?"

Aurora sighed inwardly. She just felt that the damage caused by the rapier would be less to avoid crippling him, but the latter seemed to be too conceited; obviously, he was only a Fighter below level five...

This world had a lot of stupid people who needed to be beaten.

Sharon tugged at the corner of her clothes, and her eyes were full of worry. "Forget it, you can't beat Bruno at all. His strikes have always been ruthless."

"Don't worry, it's fine."

Aurora smiled faintly and walked directly onto the test field.

"Oh! I don't care anymore!" Sharon stomped her feet angrily. How could this young girl be so stubborn? I'm so kind to remind her, but she treats my advice like nothing!

Even so, she hastily warned Bruno to restrain himself.

"Hey, don't worry, Miss Sharon." Bruno twisted his neck and made a crackling sound, then smiled at Aurora. "I won't treat such a pretty girl badly." Despite saying so, a glint flashed in his eyes.

What about a man or woman? He would break anyone who treated the mercenary profession lightly and show them how cruel the world really was.

As soon as the words fell, Bruno took a long stride and rushed towards Aurora. Every step he took on the test field made a tooth-piercing creaking sound.

He clenched his fist and swung it at the young lass, who didn't know any better, so fast that he could hear it breaking through the air.

His eyes were full of ferociousness, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly when he thought that he was about to crack this immature face with a punch.

Sharon couldn't help covering her eyes at this time, she couldn't bear to see the cruel scene of Aurora being punched and sent flying.

"Tsk..."

Facing the fist that was aimed at her, Aurora closed her eyes without any fluctuation.

"Hahaha! Are you getting scared, brat?" Bruno thought she had given up struggling completely when he saw her reaction, and the fist he swung was a little faster.

"..."

Just as his fist was about to hit Aurora, she opened her eyes. When Bruno saw her eyes, he felt chills sent down her spine, as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast.

"Bastard!" Bruno couldn't believe that he would feel the threat of death in front of a kid, a weak ass girl at booth, "Don't put on airs for me! Get down for me!"

He swung his fist down, and Aurora finally swung her sword.

"AAAHHHH!"

A high-pitched howl shocked Sharon's delicate body, which was covering her eyes. She carefully separated her fingers and looked toward the test field. Her eyes nearly popped up in the next second, and her small mouth hung open wide.

She thought that it was Aurora who fell to the ground and howled, but she didn't expect that it was Bruno who fell to the ground and passed out, and the former put the sword into the weapon barrel next to her with a relaxed expression.

"That's a trash with less than five levels of brute force for you."

Aurora turned around and made an intentional friendly gesture to Bruno, who was unconscious on the field, then jumped off the field and walked to Sharon's side.

"So, do I pass the test now?"

"Ah... ok no problem! Please come with me."

Seeing that Sharon didn't respond, Aurora shook her hand in front of her for a while before pulling her back from the shocked state, and the latter took her to the reception desk to register for the mercenary qualification certification.