In the past, the guild's staff only dealt with local business. Occasionally, there would be large-scale regional commissions from other places, and very rarely, there would be emergencies such as monster sieges. At that time, the guild's principle for setting up a stronghold was that there would only be one stronghold in a place to facilitate centralized processing of information and managing adventurers.
But after the existence of the forum, the two major guilds used the convenience of the forum to form a set of effective information exchange methods. And the content of the exchange was not only "information." There were specialized people recording and evaluating missions on the forum, such as the situation of accepting missions, the classification of adventurers, the acceptance of missions, and the final results.
In other words, the original guild's need to set up only one stronghold in a region to facilitate centralized processing of information no longer existed. As long as there was a staff familiar with the forum and the support of the forum, a guild reception could be set up and become a place to accept missions and assign missions.
The advantage of a wide distribution was, of course, that the range of services could be expanded. The convenience brought by the forum was actually brought to both the mission issuer and the adventurers.
Take the Holy City for example. A few years ago, there was only one Adventurer's Guild Hall in the I Tower. The building was quite grand and luxurious, not to be outdone by the noble's luxurious residence. In Estali, anyone who wanted to issue a mission or accept a mission, no matter where they lived, had to personally go to the Guild Hall in the I District.
Now, the hall was still luxurious, but the number of people was much lower. More people went to the taverns with the Adventurer's Guild's mountain-shaped signboard or the Mercenary's Guild's sword and shield signboard to issue or accept missions.
For users, the layout of the two major guilds was much more convenient. But for the guilds, it was not completely without shortcomings. The most serious one was that they did not have enough power to hold down the fort.
In the past, a stronghold was a branch, and the strength and reputation of the branch chairman was enough to arbitrate all kinds of disputes or suppress all kinds of violence in most cases. But now, a small reception might only have one or two staff members, or even just a few young people who could read. If everything went well, of course, there was no problem. If there was a dispute, most of them could only watch and not be able to deal with it.
The small tavern under the Adventurer's Guild that Lin went to was such a place. Located on the outskirts of the Holy City's Estali VI District, there were only a young female staff member of the guild and a fat chef in charge of running the tavern. The latter did not have any hidden combat power. He was the kind of person who could chop a dragon with a kitchen knife. He was just an ordinary person.
If it was in the past, the client would have to submit the details of the reward when the guild issued the mission. It could be money or other valuable things.
The value of the reward would be evaluated by the guild, and if it was too high or too low, the guild would give suggestions for revision. However, considering the client's situation, if the client was too stingy or too poor, the guild would still accept the client. They would either add a note or give a subsidy. Once it was confirmed, as long as it wasn't a national-level war budget, the commission had to be handed over to the guild for safekeeping.
When the person who accepted the mission completed the work, the guild would evaluate the result of the work, and then the reward would be given to the adventurer by the guild. If the results were not up to expectations or met the original conditions and requirements, the guild would also deduct a portion of the reward, or even the full reward.
Originally, the two large guilds had a few small reception areas that also kept this sum of money. However, due to their lack of strength, they had been robbed a few times. Although there were backup forces deployed every time, it didn't change the fact that some of the guest houses didn't have enough strength. So now, a compromise was being implemented. The two parties who issued the mission would meet in person and complete the transaction according to the agreement.
However, when people met directly, it was easy to have friction. Previously, when Fen had disputes with others, the other party had been lustful and had been beaten half to death. A few times, the other party had been greedy and had been beaten half to death. A few times, the other party had been blindly stirring up trouble and had been beaten half to death.
If someone were to comment, it would be that the Lich had been quite restrained. At least, it hadn't killed anyone yet. However, who would listen to these words? The girl guarding the counter had privately complained to someone several times. There was no choice. As long as the reward was still up, someone would personally take the time to deal with it. After all, this matter was his own matter, and Fen was happy to have one less troublesome matter.
For example, this time, the group of foreign warriors had clearly wanted to cause trouble. They had even thrown their broadswords on the table and nailed them to the ground. This had already frightened the young female staff member of the guild. Usually, there were not many adventurers in the Holy City. Everyone knew each other well, so they wouldn't do such things in the Adventurer's Guild. However, it was different for foreign adventurers.
There were only a few reasons why adventurers would change their base: they had committed a crime and couldn't survive there; they couldn't make money in the local area and couldn't survive there; there was easy money in other places and they deliberately went there.
The reward that Fen had put up was quite high. Although the request was to capture a magic beast alive, it wasn't difficult to capture a magic moth. As long as one was prepared and didn't run into a place where magic moths gathered, there wouldn't be any danger. However, when they met the adventurers who accepted the mission, nine out of ten of them would have bad intentions, and at least half of them would take action.
Therefore, the saying 'When there's a great reward, there will be brave men' did not work in the mysterious land. Because if there was a great reward, they would only be treated as fat sheep …
Although he was helpless, he didn't expect the trembling girl hiding behind him to reason with the bear-like brawny man in front of him. Lin had no choice but to speak up and say, "Brother, it's not that I don't want to pay. It's just that according to the mission I issued, these magic moths are of a type that I already have, so I can't get the highest reward. "
"What do you mean by highest? I know mathematics. Anyway, I calculated that these things are only worth M Kiel (1000 gold coins). I don't care if you have them or not. When I accepted the mission, I didn't have these messy conditions. "
You dare to talk about mathematics in front of me?! Lin Li was speechless. However, the situation that Lin Li described was indeed a flaw in the mission. Because the mission content could change, there was no clear rule on whether it should be retroactive. Besides, even if the old terms were accepted, how could they prove that when Lin Li accepted the mission, the terms of the mission were the old terms?
However, maybe Lin Li's frown and awkward expression provoked the other party. The bear-like warrior easily picked up the broadsword that was nailed to the table. When he was about to take another step forward, a chuckle disrupted everyone's plan.
The untimely laughter made the momentum that had just been raised pause slightly, and then the anger of the group of warriors soared. They all looked at the source of the laughter, and a few of them even raised their weapons, ready to intimidate and teach the other party a lesson. But when they turned their heads, everyone froze.
It was a handsome noble youth who looked to be in his teens. He was sitting, so it was impossible to tell if he was tall or not. But from his body shape, it could be seen that he was thin and small. His clothes were quite tasteful, elegant but not gorgeous. It was different from some small nobles who didn't have enough wealth, who wanted to wear all their wealth on their bodies.
But his sitting posture wasn't elegant at all, and could even be said to be rude. But these two images that should have been mutually exclusive were well integrated into one person. He bent one leg and stepped on the chair, straightened the other leg, and leaned back slightly. With a confident smile, he watched everything that happened in the tavern.
For a moment, Lin Li thought that he was looking at an artistic photo taken by an Italian-style fashion male model. Moreover, it was the kind of 'failure' that was more eye-catching than the clothes. That young and frivolous arrogance was just right. Even as a man, it was difficult for him to feel disgusted.
He had a head of rather rare black hair that reached his shoulders and was slightly curly. White skin with rosy red lips, bright red lips, and a pair of soul-stirring eyes. Regardless of whether it was a man or a woman, they would all admire such a wonderful person.
… As it should be.
But when the few warriors who were causing trouble saw this person, they revealed expressions of horror and fear, and even trembled.
There was silence for a while. The tuft of hair on the youth's forehead slowly turned from black to red. He smiled sweetly and said, "Why do you have to put on such an ugly expression? Can't you smile? Come on, smile. "
The group of men tried their best to squeeze out an ugly smile, which made the youth frown and say, "Your smiles are really ugly. Then do you know how to make a painful expression? I can teach you this. I guarantee it will be vivid. "As he said that, he put down his legs that were bent on the chair and simply stood up.
With just this action, the group of aggressive warriors scrambled out of the Adventurers Guild's reception.
The youth didn't chase after them. He just shifted his gaze to the other party. A certain person, who was having a headache over the pile of dead insects left behind, noticed the youth's gaze and cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you for your help, sir. This has saved me some trouble."
"Oh, what makes you think I'm helping you?" The voice was also sweet, but there was a trace of contempt in the words.
In the face of such an attitude, Lin said neither humbly nor overbearingly, "Help doesn't necessarily have a clear goal to be called help. I benefited from your actions, so I owe you a favor. Whether you're willing to accept this favor or not, I'll always remember it. "
"Uh-huh." The youth responded and stared at a certain person for a long time.
Just standing in the classroom, Lin, who had long been accustomed to the gaze, looked at the Green Demon Moth on the table that was no longer restrained. He saw it flapping its wings a few times, but it still couldn't fly. Sighing, he used the Puncture Technique and pierced his finger into the last flame of life in the Green Demon Moth's body, ending its life. At the same time, he used the Corpse Purification Technique to turn all the moth corpses into ashes.
This was the undead magic system that he learned from Fen. The purpose was to prevent other necromancers from using the corpses that they left behind. It meant that if they were turned into ashes, how could there be a corpse to resurrect? Of course, this magic only worked on dead objects.
"Oh, I thought you would be merciful and cure that insect and release it." The youth said.
"Not killing it is merciful, killing it is also merciful. Pretending to cure a magic bug and then letting it return to nature, who are you trying to impress by putting on such a pretentious act? "
The tuft of hair on his forehead turned from red to brown. The youth smiled and said, "Yeah, who are you trying to show it to?" After saying that, he picked up the unsheathed sword that was leaning on the side and left. Only a certain person was left with a puzzled expression.
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