As soon as the money was paid, the treatment would be different.
Right now.
Gu Qing Shan was sitting in the Mercenary Guild's high-class VIP lounge, the one receiving him was the most experienced Quest Designer in the entire Guild.
"Sir, the S-class Quest you've issued has been prepared, there's only one last thing left, please confirm"
"What is it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The Quest Designer asked: "Do you want to directly hire a team, or do you want to gather a group of people?"
"Don't worry about whether or not they're in the same team — — I only want the best of the best, a total of five" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"I understand now." The mission planner thought for a moment and said, "The reward you're offering is twice as high as the average S-rank mission. However, I have to remind you that it's not easy to gather the top powerhouses. Sometimes, they don't just look at the monetary reward. There are also other considerations. More importantly, there's one more thing …"
"What is it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"They might be the strongest, but not all of them will follow the mercenary rules, I'm afraid it might be troublesome"
"Troublesome? Just tell me, there's no need to worry about anything "
"Some of them have a bad reputation, and some of them are especially fond of killing. Actually, our guild is just a loose organization, a public platform, and we can't control them. Do you think we should lower the reward and find some people who aren't that strong to accept the quest?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Those who insist on doing the necessary work should receive a reasonable amount of remuneration, as for safety, you don't need to worry about that — — - in truth, when it comes to killing people, my reputation might even be worse than theirs"
The Quest Designer stared at him deeply, still wanting to persuade him.
"Let's start looking for people, time is precious" Gu Qing Shan said.
— — -he was determined to find a group of good people.
If the people he finds aren't strong enough, he'll have to take care of them and save them himself, then what's the point of all this?
"Understood, I'll go to the lobby to issue the Quest, we'll probably have a result very soon"
The Mission Planner nodded and retreated.
Gu Qing Shan silently waited.
A few moments later, a commotion could be heard from afar from the lobby.
Exclamations, shouts, and excited discussions could be heard for a while before disappearing.
Gu Qing Shan raised her eyebrows in surprise.
The reward he offered was far more than an ordinary S-rank mission. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of people actively applying for it.
Did something happen?
— — I should go take a look as well. If some people with special abilities appear, I shouldn't miss them.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing Shan stood up, pushed the door open, and went straight to the hall.
He was surprised to find that there was no one else in the hall.
Only a few people remained in the hall, the other Professions had all left the hall, crowding the streets outside.
The entire street was filled with professionals.
They looked at the hall nervously and fearfully, but no one dared to step in.
"What's going on?" Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask.
The mission issuer wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and said, "Sir, the leaders of the three great mercenary groups, Blood Kill, Stars, and the Dead, have joined forces and accepted your mission."
Gu Qing Shan frowned, "I only need five experts, I don't need so many mercenary groups."
All of a sudden, a voice resounded from outside the Mercenary Guild:
"Don't worry, we're all experts here, you'll definitely be able to get five of the strongest subordinates"
All the whispers around them stopped.
Dead silence.
No one dared to say anything else.
Gu Qing Shan followed the voice and saw three figures walking towards the Mercenary Guild from afar.
One was a skinny man with pale skin, two long daggers hanging from his waist.
One was a humanoid monster wearing heavy armor with several dozen planet-sized glowing orbs hovering above his head.
Walking in the middle of them was a woman wearing a grey robe. Despite her beautiful appearance, she exuded an intense aura of death. Occasionally, grey figures would appear behind her.
As she passed, everyone lowered their heads, no one dared to look at her.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the three of them with a bit of interest.
These three people are truly powerful, if they join my mission, they'll definitely be very useful.
— — as long as they do their job well.
The mission announcer silently glanced at Gu Qing Shan and spoke through telepathy: "Your excellency, you absolutely cannot allow these three mercenary groups to accept your mission, they are the most notorious mercenary groups, no one can do anything about them"
"Are they very powerful?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Very — – but they've done all sorts of evil and have never been trustworthy. This time, they must have taken a liking to something of yours, that's why they've banded together to prevent other Combatants from accepting your mission"
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan nodded thoughtfully.
Other Combatants …
He looked back into the guild hall.
There were only a few people left in the guild hall, observing the situation while whispering to each other.
They were staring at the three people outside without showing any signs of weakness.
But the alliance of those three still caused them to feel a bit wary.
From the looks of it, they're the Combatants who've been watching from the sidelines.
Tch, I just want some time to think, as well as a squad to follow my orders, why is it so hard?
Perhaps there's a problem somewhere?
"Hey, you guys"
Gu Qing Shan turned to these people and waved her hand: "I need 5 good people, aren't you going to sign up?"
Before anyone could say anything, the thin man outside suddenly disappeared.
He appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan and laughed: "You don't need to ask them, we'll take care of your mission!"
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "There are only 3 of you"
The thin man circled around Gu Qing Shan, excitedly licked his lips and said: "The three of us are equivalent to an entire army, and with us here, don't expect anyone else to accept your mission"
That's a bit wrong.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and kindly asked:
"How should I address you, sir?"
"I am the leader of the Blood Thirst mercenary group, Xue Lue. I can help you kill anyone you want, from an ancient tree spirit that's over a hundred years old to a baby that's not even a year old yet, I can perfectly deal with them all" the thin man replied.
"Xue Lue?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"That's right" the thin man replied.
"I'm Gu Qing Shan" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Gu Qing Shan, I've heard of this name before. I heard that you're quite close to the Queen Of Thorns of the 900 million World Layers" the thin man said.
His gaze moved around, carefully observing Gu Qing Shan from head to toe before finally stopping on Gu Qing Shan's left hand.
He stared closely at the ring.
The Ring of Thorns.
"Hm, that's true, but let's get down to business. I can roughly sense your strength, you can join my group as a scout" Gu Qing Shan's expression didn't change at all.
Seems like I went shopping yesterday and found out about this ring.
These people are truly knowledgeable, they even know about the Ring of Thorns.
— — -but then again, this ring should be quite famous as well, after all, the wealth it represents is enough to make anyone go crazy over it.
Gu Qing Shan silently thought.
The thin man suddenly smirked as he exuded killing intent.
"Gu Qing Shan, I've already told you, we'll take care of your mission, there's no need for you to assign manpower or anything like that, you only need to follow our group to the Doomsday Cemetery, we'll definitely complete your mission"
He drew his dagger, lightly licked it with his tongue as his eyes displayed frenzied killing intent.
Everyone heard him continue:
"Or perhaps you want to test my strength first before deciding whether or not to follow my suggestion?"
There was dead silence all around.
The Combatants in the lobby silently watched this.
The mercenaries outside felt like their throats were being squeezed, unable to utter a single word.
Xue Lue's two companions, the captain of the Star mercenary group and the captain of the Dead mercenary group were still slowly walking forward, about to enter the lobby of the Mercenary Guild.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly smirked and said: "Very well, I'll test your strength first, but don't blame me if you die"
Xue Lue was a bit surprised, then laughed maniacally: "Ahahaha, I've known you since yesterday. Very well, I'll teach you to be obedient outside"
As soon as he said so, the dagger in his hand abruptly stabbed forward!
Pu — — -
Flesh and blood splattered everywhere.
Xue Lue's dagger turned around and stabbed himself in the chest.
He was completely stunned.
Everyone else was also stunned.
Gu Qing Shan kept smiling warmly and stood there without moving.
Xue Lue gritted his teeth, drew his dagger, and wanted to move.
But he found that he couldn't.
— — -Red Dragon Origin Hex – Chaos!
— — -Azure Dragon Origin Hex – Binding!
"Captain of the Star mercenary group, captain of the Dead, hurry up and act!" Xue Lue shouted.
The female captain of the Dead mercenary group had already acted — — -
She pressed her hand on the ground and shouted: "Dead people of the River of Death, come out!"
A faint faint silhouette of a long river manifested on the ground.
Armored skeletons stepped out from the river, wielding various weapons in their hands, their bodies shrouded in lingering death aura.
"Go!" the female captain ordered.
The skeletons roared and charged towards the Mercenary Guild.
At the same time, the heavily armored humanoid monster raised its hand and muttered: "Star — — -"
It was preparing to perform some sort of hex.
Gu Qing Shan tilted her head and casually glanced at it.
Instantly, 36 sword phantoms manifested from the void of space, slashing towards the monster like a blooming lotus.
Caught off guard, the monster had no choice but to switch from offense to defense, ordering several dozen stars above its head to stop the sword phantoms.
Clang clang clang clang clang clang — — -
A series of clashing noises resounded. The 36 sword phantoms were stopped by the stars.
In the blink of an eye, 72 sword phantoms manifested from the void of space, then 144, 288, 576, all the way until a thousand sword phantoms manifested at the same time.
The monster couldn't stop them at all and was sent flying by the sword phantoms. On the 231st strike, all the stars were destroyed. Receiving a thousand sword phantoms, it was completely cut into nothingness.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "The power of the Star isn't supposed to be used like this, there's no place for you in my 5 positions"
Clang!
A headless corpse fell in front of him.
Xue Lue's head was sent flying, rolling on the street outside the Mercenary Guild, leaving a long trail of blood behind.
Gu Qing Shan put her sword away.
There was silence all around. No one could say a word.
Two infamous mercenary group leaders died on the spot just like that.
How laughable that they even tried to take advantage of that person!
There was only one person left.
The leader of the dead mercenary group, the female wizard who summoned the dead from the River of Death!
Gu Qing Shan's gaze fell on her and asked with interest: "You mentioned the River of Death in that incantation just now"
"Yes" the female wizard answered.
"Are you referring to the River of Death in the River of Life and Death?" he asked.
"Yes" the female wizard answered.
Cold sweat was dripping from her forehead, but she didn't dare to wipe it off.
After thinking for a bit, she gritted her teeth and knelt down in front of everyone.
"Can you explain to me, how exactly does the River of Life and Death allow living beings to cycle again and again?" Gu Qing Shan looked at her and asked again.
"When the River of Life and the River of Death alternates, the living die, and the dead live — — - that's all I know" the female wizard was trembling as she respectfully replied.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then praised: "That's a bit wondrous, hm, I only need 5 people, you can count as one of them"
The female wizard lowered her head and knelt there, not daring to say a single word.
— — -as soon as the skeletons she summoned entered the Mercenary Guild's lobby, they all lost their desire to attack.
All the skeletons put down their weapons and respectfully knelt in a circle around the man.
Just like — — -
Just like he was their master.
The man also didn't attack her.
He stood among the skeletons, a deep black flame flickering on his body.
In an ancient legend — — -
He was the Death God of the River of Life and Death.
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