The Wizard: Starting as a Corpse Collector Apprentice and Paying for a Monthly Subscription

For the next three days, Tyron seemed to transform into a tireless social machine, shuttling back and forth across the entire outpost at high intensity.

Wherever there were duels, he would go to join in the fun, and casually offer his insightful comments to showcase his erudition.

Wherever a new hunting party returns laden with their spoils, he immediately heads to them to see if he can lend a hand, even if it's just to help carry the stinking carcasses of monsters.

Soon, on this chaotic street, a young apprentice named "Little Ma" became famous.

"Knowledgeable, enthusiastic, ambitious, and sensible."

This is how most people would describe him.

Many mercenaries and shopkeepers know that there is a first-level apprentice from the Kane Wizard Tower. Although his strength is low, he is smart, knows a lot, and is very willing to provide free help.

The seasoned veterans in this area were not surprised by this situation; in fact, they were used to it.

In this borderland teeming with magical beast resources and driven by profit, all sorts of brokers and ambitious young people are a common sight.

Everyone knows perfectly well that the core purpose of this "free help" is simply to become familiar with each other, so as to facilitate subsequent intelligence exchange or material transactions.

But this doesn't prevent people from accepting this good intention.

After all, having more friends means having more options, and who wouldn't take advantage of a free benefit?

As a result, many mercenaries and shop owners who were usually arrogant began to take the initiative to chat with this young apprentice and then let him do some work for them to see how good his skills were.

……

June 8, 3102 (Sacred Flame Calendar), early morning.

Sickle has been busy for three whole days preparing the operation report for the joint hunting operation.

He stayed up most of last night organizing the supplies list, and when he came to his senses, the sky was already turning light.

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He rubbed his aching temples, and habitually picked up the coffee can on the table, wanting to make a cup to refresh himself, only to find that it was completely empty, without even a crumb left.

"Tsk, what bad luck."

Scythe sighed, put on his coat, and walked out of the camp to the main road of the trade zone.

The streets were still relatively quiet in the early morning, with only a few shops just opening.

Sickle walked straight into a department store called "Mountain Merchant".

"Good morning, Mr. Piqué."

With dark circles under his eyes, Sickle said to the middle-aged shopkeeper behind the counter:

"Give me a can of the strongest black coffee, the kind that will keep me energized all day with just one sip."

As he spoke, he took out a 100-yuan bill from his pocket and placed it on the counter.

Behind the counter, the middle-aged owner, Pick, with a thick beard, was smoking.

Upon seeing the sickle, he grinned, revealing a set of teeth stained yellow by smoke.

"Hey, isn't this our scythe-wielding leader?"

As he spoke, he turned around, took a sealed glass jar from the top of the shelf, which was filled with dark brown powder, and pushed it in front of the sickle.

Just as Sickle was about to reach for it, he realized that Pike hadn't taken the gold coin; instead, he pushed it back.

"Um?"

Sickle paused, looking at Pique with some confusion:

"Boss Pique, this is...?"

Pique took a deep drag on his pipe, exhaled a smoke ring, and squinted as he said:

"Take it back."

"Your kind little apprentice, Magnus, has already paid you in advance."

"what?"

The sickle froze, its mind momentarily blank.

Pique leaned against the counter, his tone tinged with a touch of wistfulness:

"There aren't many children this sensible and capable these days."

"Yesterday I asked him to help me fix that old heating rune in the shop. The kid was quick and efficient, and he got it done in no time."

"I offered to pay him his wages, but he absolutely refused."

"Finally, he said that if I really wanted to thank him, he would save me a bucket of the best black coffee."

He said you've been working so hard these past few days for everyone, you definitely won't have time to buy anything.

"ah!!?"

Hearing Pique's words, Sickle opened his mouth wide, unable to close it for a long time.

A warm feeling welled up in his heart, making his originally exhausted body seem much more relaxed.

This kid...

Just as Sickle was still in a daze, two young mercenaries in leather armor were smiling and waving at them from the entrance of the Lucky Clover Bar across the street.

"Hey! Sickle! Come here for a second!"

Scythe turned his head and recognized the two men as the Nok brothers, scouts from the recently well-known "Dragonfire Mercenary Group".

Both of them were level 8 apprentices, skilled in wind magic, and usually arrogant, rarely paying attention to a leader like Sickle who was only mediocre.

Sickle walked over with some confusion.

The slightly taller Knok smiled and handed over two neatly folded parchment sheets, saying:

"My brother and I are going into the mountains to do a mission soon, so we won't have time to visit your camp."

"Please pass these two alchemical rune blueprints on to Magnus for me."

Sickle instinctively took the blueprint and looked down at it.

It is a set of rune array diagrams used for basic alchemy, whose main function is to purify magic crystal fragments in rough ores.

It's not some high-end item; you can buy it from the alchemy shop for 100 purple gold coins.

He blinked, somewhat bewildered.

"This is……"

Little Knok casually remarked, "Please pass on our message that we'd like to collaborate again next time."

After saying that, the two brothers patted Sickle on the shoulder, turned around and left gracefully.

Sickle stood there, completely dumbfounded.

He then wandered aimlessly around the streets.

He held a can of black coffee in his left hand, two alchemy blueprints in his right, and a dead rat covered in scales inexplicably hung on his belt.

It was given to him by the owner of a building materials store when he passed by, who said it was a return gift for Magnus.

It was only then that he finally came to his senses.

That first-level apprentice who's only been here for four days...

Incredibly, he's doing better than the team leader who's been there for two years, even in this chaotic place!

"This kid...how could he be so capable? Is he secretly selling hooks?"

……

Meanwhile, inside the Kane Wizard Tower camp.

Tyronn has completed the final preparations.

Today marks the start of the joint hunting season.

There are three spots in the Kane Wizard Tower: myself, Cathy, and a fifth-year, fourth-level apprentice named Rice.

These three days of intensive sales and networking not only allowed Tyron to build a valuable network of contacts, but more importantly...

He took advantage of these free opportunities to frantically complete a wave of [Monthly Card] tasks.

While helping the hunters carry prey up the mountain, he casually captured four low-level slimes. Together with the rabbit he had caught earlier, he successfully completed the weekly quest of "defeating 10 monsters".

While helping Aunt Mary, "A Quick Knife," he volunteered to stitch up the corpses, completing the tasks of stitching up 10 dismembered bodies and harvesting 15 corpses.

While refurbishing runes for the Nok brothers of the Dragonfire Mercenary Group for free these past two days, he took the opportunity to use their alchemy equipment to conduct 10 alchemy experiments, thus completing the task of "conducting 10 alchemy experiments".

Even when helping to maintain order at the Clover Bar, he specifically chose a few burly men who were drunk and causing trouble to duel with.

Although his record was one win and two losses, and he even got a black eye, he successfully completed the task of "fighting three duels" and also gained a lot of practical hand-to-hand combat experience.

He has now completed six of the eight weekly tasks! Only the tasks of [making 10 magical dishes] and [performing ten soul summons] remain.

Including the 1500 daily experience points, he gained a total of 8900 experience points in these three days!

This caused his monthly card level to skyrocket from level 17 to level 26!

Tyron opened the system panel, looked at the series of reward notifications, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

[Lv18: Apprentice's Experience Book *4, Wizard's Experience Book *5]

[Lv19: 100 Magic Item Fragments + 20 Magic Item Shards]

[Lv20: Knowledge Crystals*320, Blank Knowledge*5]

[Lv21: Apprentice's Experience Book *4, Wizard's Experience Book *5]

[Lv22: Basic Universal Offerings *5 (for ritual sacrifices)]

[Lv23: Basic Alchemy Materials Selection Pack *5, Basic Universal Solvent *3]

[Lv24: Basic Life Drops *2 (Nourishes the essence, strengthens physical fitness)]

[Lv25: Condensed Soul Fragment*2, Blank Knowledge*5]

[Lv26: 100 Magic Item Fragments + 20 Magic Item Shards, 1 Magic Item Protector (No loss if magic item enhancement fails)]

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