"I've answered your question. What's your answer?" Garcia could not help but ask after a long silence.
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Only then did Roland come back to his senses. "Ah, I'll enter."
"Wh... what?" She was stunned.
"I'm willing to join." Roland spread out his hands. "Isn't that what you're asking?"
"No... I just thought you..."
"You thought I ran away?" He chuckled. "I really went shopping with my relatives this afternoon. Why can't people trust each other more? But can I apply to join now? The senior you mentioned is the one who recommended me, right? "
Garcia's expression was a little stiff. She stared at Roland for a long time, as if she was considering whether she meant what she said. After a while, she shook her head and said, "He's just my teacher. I invited him here because I wanted him to guide you to better use the Force of Nature, but he won't see you anymore."
"Uh, is it because I missed the appointment?" Roland thought. It seemed that the senior was not only extremely disappointed in him, but also blamed Garcia.
"As for applying to join the Association, you just need to fill out a form." She took out a piece of paper from under the tea table and handed it to him. "It's effective after you sign your name."
"That's it?" Roland was surprised. "After all, it's an organization that secretly protects the world. Don't you need to go through some initiation ceremony or ability test?"
Garcia sneered coldly. "Do you think you're joining the Priory of Antiquity or the Temple Knight Group? This is modern society. Signing your name only means that your right to know is guaranteed. After that, the Association will verify your identity and register you for a new social security and subsidy. " She paused for a moment. "As for the ability test, anyone who has awakened the Force of Nature is qualified to become a martialist. As for how far you can go, it all depends on your own willpower and efforts. The initial test can't prove anything. "
"Well, I'm really not used to being talked to like this by someone who used to belong to the ancient royal family..."
Roland picked up the pen and was about to write down his name when he was stopped by the other party.
"I must remind you once again that once you become one of us, you will no longer be an ordinary person." "You share the rights granted to you by the Martialist Association, but you also have to bear the corresponding obligations. You are not allowed to divulge information about the Association, let alone betray the Association. Otherwise, other martial artists will regard you as an enemy, and your subsequent punishment will not go through a court trial. I hope you'll think it over before you sign. "
She had clearly wanted him to join the association, but when it was time to submit the application, she reminded him to think carefully. This kind of open and aboveboard approach made Roland's opinion of her improve a lot. No matter how unscrupulous and ruthless the Queen of Clearwater was in the Kingdom of Graycastle, in the Dream World, she was completely different from the past.
"I know my choice." Roland nodded and signed his name. "So, can you tell me about the Erosion now?"
"No." She carefully folded the form and put it in a wooden box under the tea table. "It usually takes about two days to verify your identity. You've only submitted the application and haven't officially joined the Martialist Association, so this information still has to be kept confidential."
"Well... then let me change my question. You once said that you can get a generous reward for killing Fallen Evils, right?"
"I've already explained this question clearly." Garcia's face showed some displeasure at the mention of working for money.
"I don't want to ask about the amount, but how can I confirm that I killed the Fallen Evils after the task is over?" Roland shrugged. "When you're hunting Fallen Evils, you can't bring your own camera or invite another martial artist to watch, right? Or do you plan to use the classical method of paying with your head? "
"Is money that important to you?" Garcia snapped. "No matter who kills the Fallen Evils, it means that the world will be cleaner. Why do we have to be so clear?"
"You're a famous martial artist, and the reward you can get from a single match is equivalent to an ordinary person's annual salary. Two months ago, I didn't even have a job. In addition to supporting myself, I also had to take care of that little girl. So, you're right. Money is very important to me!" Roland answered confidently.
Following Garcia's train of thought and leading her in the wrong direction was a good thing. After all, as an outsider, from the very beginning, he had only planned to use the Martialist Association to find out the cause of the Erosion, instead of getting himself involved.
Besides, money was indeed very important to him.
Garcia stared at him for a while and then said reluctantly, "Give the Association the mutated Force of Nature as proof that you killed the Fallen Evils."
"I can give it to the Association?" Roland was a little surprised. Didn't it dissipate when he held it in his hand? Was it not a coincidence that it was solid when Phyllis held it?
"Of course. This thing is not only the source of the Fallen Evils' power, but also the proof that they've been Eroded. Once it mutates, the Force of Nature can't recover. If it's not collected and sealed properly, it'll infect a new host sooner or later. Ordinary people will lose their minds even if they simply touch it. "
"You mean … it can be used by other people?"
"That's why some people collect it," Garcia said resentfully. "It's obvious what these lunatics are up to. Aren't they afraid that the world will be destroyed?"
Although she wasn't willing to reveal the details of the other party, and she only mentioned it out of anger, Roland could already tell that the people who opposed the Association seemed to have formed an organized and purposeful hostile group, and they were stealing the "business" of the Martialist Association.
"But the Association should also store a large amount of mutated Force of Nature, right? Aren't you worried that these guys might find out where it's stored, or that some of the Martialists deliberately colluded with the Fallen Evils? "
"That's impossible!" Garcia interrupted him without hesitation. "Although you don't have the right to know this now, I can guarantee that those lunatics won't be able to break into the core area guarded by the Martialist Association. Before that, they'll be crushed into pieces by the four Guardians!"
Roland wanted to ask where the core area was and who the four Guardians were, but he knew that Garcia would not answer him, so he gave up. However, he still had a thought in his mind. If he entered the place where the mutated Force of Nature was stored and released all the magic vortexes, what would happen to the Dream World? At that time, how powerful would the warm current and the strange power in his body be?
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