Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Recruitment

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Without a doubt, this arrogant “Quick Man” was a thief . His arrogance excellently matched his outstanding ability .

But Gerrard didn’t accept his offer in cooperating with him simply just like that .

As an experienced adventurer, he knew that when choosing a comrade, the first thing he needed to consider was his personality but not his ability .

Being adventurous comrades, they usually needed to support each other, someone entrusted with each other’s life . If his comrade’s strength was weak, he should carefully choose a suitable mission; a lower bounty meant a less dangerous mission . It was also fine . However, if his comrade’s personality was bad, then this really was a tragedy!

It was as if Sui Xiong played a strategy game with a team before he jumped space as a teammate with a low level didn’t matter . He was just afraid of meeting a bad person There was a so-called saying, “a sword brother has no brother”, which also had a folk behind it .

Although Gerrard never heard of all kinds of ‘Black Equipment’, as an experienced adventurer, he would absolutely not make a mistake that a low-level one made . Before verifying a teammate’s personality, do not make any choice!

“Please help me verify this ‘Quick Man’ Rennes’ identity a little bit . ” He said to the Adventure Association’s female officer, “Investigate how many missions he has done, how many teams he has joined, how many comrades he has been with, and what kinds of missions he has completed . ”

Rennes squinted his eyes as an icy light flashed up .

At the first glance, this young giant looked somewhat naive . , but his character was not as simple as his look . On the contrary, he was pretty seasoned, which made him feel a bit troublesome .

Although he had soon prepared and there should be no flaws in his plan, facing such a careful opponent, could he execute his plan smoothly? He was a little worried .

The young waitress quickly came out of the filing room, bringing along an ancient profile .

It was clearly written on the profile: Ryn, alias ‘Quick Man’, his skills are extremely superior . He is not only the number one pickpocket but also specializes in mechanisms, traps, stealth, and fighting . He has joined famous adventure groups many times, successfully supports his teammates in completing the mission . With his outstanding performance, he can be claimed as the most powerful thief in the Four Towns . About twenty years ago, he retired . Half a year ago, for some unknown reason, he made a comeback . His fighting force has somewhat declined, but his skills are still as exquisite as before .

Gerrard read the profile meticulously . This was an exclusive service of the Adventure Association . A profile would be built for every adventure who registered a mission . When needed, this profile was the most reliable evidence .

From the document, Rennes appeared very trusty . However, Gerrard was still worried a little bit . For no reason, it was merely his intuition .

“Senior Rennes, why did you retire twenty years ago after you had made a fortune . Then how come you make a comeback at such an old age?” He asked .

Rennes thought for a while, lowering his head, releasing a long sigh without saying anything .

Not far away from that, there was a middle-aged adventurer who was drinking . He spoke up the reason with his quick tongue, “Isn’t it because of his son?! That Impolite little rascal dared to offend a big person and then got cursed . To break the curse for his son, he had used up all his savings to pay but still lacked a big amount . There was no way . He takes the chance when his pair of hands have not started to tremble yet to try to earn a little bit . ”

Gerrard was shocked and turned back to look . Rennes didn’t deny; he pulled off a bitter face, a face of a bleak hero .

Being able to be recorded on the profile in the Adventure Association as the “Strongest” man could show that he must be a sensational character that year . In his prime time, who dared to put hands on his family! But now, he had used up all his fortune to save his son’s life and had even fallen into debt because of that . He couldn’t help but take his aged and weak body back into the adventurer’s life . This was not only tragic but also extremely pathetic .

Gerrard also noticed that the profile of Rennes missions in the last six months were not notable . In other words, although he had resumed his old business, he still couldn’t find a decent job .

The pressure that he was suffering from these days was imaginable!

When thinking about this, he couldn’t help but remember how he used to be frustrated like him . He sighed deeply and then patted the thief’s shoulders .

“Don’t worry . Everything will be fine!”

Rennes nodded his head and reluctantly forced two laughs, “I normally come here to wait for jobs . When you’re ready, you can call me . I can depart with you anytime . ”

“I can see that you are not a newbie . Get out and prepare those stuffs . I don’t need to explain any further, right?”

After finishing talking, he came to an empty table and sat motionlessly without drinking a drop of wine .

Gerrard was deep in his thoughts for a while before turning around and walking to the door .

He had already a comrade . He would just need to get out and prepare all the necessary things carefully .

“Be careful . ” Sui Xiong’s voice resounded in his head, “Although I can sense that these people don’t lie, don’t you find there is something wrong in this?”

Gerrard was freaked out . This was the first time he had ever seen the Highness Oscar hesitated in front of a situation . It was like running thousands of miles to a Korean internet cafe to see his idolized gamer training . But he eventually saw his idol’s face with full of blood by a Chinese game explanation .

For a moment, his entire body didn’t feel good .

“Highness . . . I’ll be more careful . . . ”

Sui Xiong nodded his head, yawned, and stopped dragging on this subject anymore .

The wind in the sky was too warm . The sunlight was really bright and beautiful . He couldn’t help but fall asleep .

Gerrard went straight into preparing the necessities for the adventure which were mainly camping stuff . There was also some stuff to use in the cave along with other commodities .

Thanks to the big spoils he got from the three space bags of the Wolf Orc Legion, he had shopped enough necessities for a two-month use for one person . He slowly used up these three space bags .

From the commonly used medicinal water for treatment and detoxication to the low-level magic scroll, he didn’t prepare much due to their prices . Although he had become rich, he didn’t like to spend money on trash maybe because his bones were still from the poor .

After finishing buying the necessities, he ran to a blacksmith shop, where the Dwarf “Wrought Iron” temporarily stayed . Because of his promise to make a weapon, this Dwarf was busy making some simple iron stuff to restore his blacksmith’s feel . When Gerrard stopped by, he stated that his feelings hadn’t completely recovered yet . Therefore, for this time being, he couldn’t make a satisfactory weapon . Instead, he could just make a shoddy one .

Gerrard apparently did not have any opinion about this . A Dwarf bad quality goods indeed could be considered as a good weapon . At least, all the common uses were enough .

The Dwarf was not born with a good forging foundation . They merely had a sturdy physique and adapted well with the high temperature . To a blacksmith, this was a good foundation . Also, the average life expectancy of the dwarf was double the human’s, which meant that a young Dwarf would have more time to perfect their skills . When they were old and had become a forging master, they could also teach many disciples .

With all those reasons combined, a gold lettering business reputation “Dwarf forging, definitely a fine work of art” was created .

Wrought Iron’s age was not big . He was not over fifty years old and was still considered a young man . His forging skills was not bad . As compared to a normal human blacksmith, his strength was greater . He could forge iron more densely, making a sturdier weapon but he still didn’t master those genuinely superior skills .

He had made an extremely big battle-ax for Gerrard . The handle of the ax was made of a rough log which had been skinned, burned, and polished at the same time, and finally covered with animal skin to make sure it was settled firmly in the hand . The ax was made from iron and the edge of the ax was steel which was exceptionally sharp .

“In fact, I should use steel to make the core of the ax and then use iron to cover it up . By doing this, the ax could create more power . ” Wrought Iron regretfully said, “But such a process requires too much time as I can see that you are really in a hurry . Let’s temporarily use this one . ”

To make this ax, Gerrard had paid a total of 1,300 gold coins, 400 gold coins to buy wrought iron, 600 gold coins to buy steel, 100 gold coins to buy logs, 100 gold coins to buy coal and other raw materials, finally 100 gold coins to pay other smiths .

As for the Wrought Iron, he didn’t take a penny, and just reminded Gerrard to chop down many scoundrels .

“When you fight, fight for me too . ” He said .

When Gerrard left the blacksmith shop, he had already put on a sturdy canvas coat which was especially designed with a solid belt behind his back to help him easily carry his excessively big battle-ax, so as not to hinder his actions .

The entire battle-ax weighed up to 4,000 catties (a catty = 500g), which was a frightening weight . When it was swung up, even a Giant Dragon had to step back . Even a giant who was known for possessing an incredible power rarely used such a heavy weapon like this . Its weight appeared to fit Gerrard’s hand . It was not so heavy to lose its flexibility and it was also not too light to make him hard to send out power . It was just appropriate .

When Gerrard carried the extremely big battle-ax back to the Adventure Association, everyone in the guild was dumbstruck . Some young adventurers couldn’t help but come over to take a look at this unheard giant weapon .

“With this weapon, you can fight with a Giant Dragon!”

“Are you kidding? What with ‘can fight’? Even the Giant Dragon will lose half of its life when this ax hits him!”

“With this ax hitting down, even walls will collapse . . . No wonder this giant is called ‘A Living Siege Ram’ . His power is indeed too formidable!”

“If I get this power, how good is this?!”

“Stop dreaming . If you get the same power like him, all of your properties are probably not enough to buy food to eat in a few days . . . ”

While people were giggling, Gerrard gave several gold coins to the waiter at the bar and raised his voice, “Please drink a cup to wish me luck!”

In the boisterous laughs and blessings, he brought Palin, who liked to read and was somewhat naive, along with the freak Rennes, whom even normal people stayed away from, and left the Adventure Association . Based on the location that Sui Xiong extracted from the “Bloody Hand” Ruhr’s memory, they headed toward the secret hidden treasure place of the Wolf Orc Legion .