Guild Boss's Ambition

I asked in a coaxing tone: "Hello, Zifeng, what are you doing here?"

After hearing my question, she became nervous again, lowered her head and stammered, "I... I'm not here to cause trouble... I'm here to look for... to find a friend... Agatha is missing..."

Looking for friends?

I glanced around the third floor plaza and didn't see any other children.

"Little sister, did Agatha get lost in our stone house?"

"No...I'm not a little sister..."

Somehow the little girl in front of me suddenly had tears in her eyes, and she was about to cry as if she was being bullied.

"Okay, okay, you're not a little sister, you're Zifeng, is this okay?"

"Yeah! Okay!"

The blonde girl said boldly, "And! Agatha isn't here."

I guessed, "You want us to help find her?"

Zi Feng nodded vigorously, took out five or six silver coins from his trouser pocket, and said seriously: "These are pocket money for breakfast. No, these are your rewards."

what happened?

Could it be that he is here to entrust a mission to the third floor?

I shook my head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I didn't accept her money and asked gently, "Just use the pocket money your parents gave you to buy breakfast to buy food. Don't waste their kindness. As for your friend Agatha, I will help you find her. Where did you get separated from her?"

Zi Feng bit her finger and said, "She hasn't appeared since she went home last time."

When I heard her answer, I was stunned and confused.

Am I getting too old? Why are kids so hard to communicate with nowadays?

"So, why are you in such a hurry to find her?" I asked.

"Because we agreed to meet ten days ago! But she didn't come!" the girl suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Could it be that you can't come because of something special?"

"You...are not willing to help me find Agatha?"

Noticing the change in my tone, Zifeng looked at me with wariness again.

I secretly woke myself up, adjusted my mindset, and told myself to serve the girl in front of me as if I were serving any other customer.

I coughed lightly and said seriously, "I see, Zifeng, you want to entrust a mission to find someone, right? But the reward for a mission to find someone is not small, at least ten silver coins are needed to attract adventurers from the guild. After all, we are a place to do business, not a game for children to play house."

Looking at the silver coins in her hand, the girl pursed her lips uncomfortably.

"Ten copper coins aren't enough..."

"That's right, it's not enough. It takes at least ten silver coins to post a missing person mission."

I was instantly moved by the girl's pitiful expression, but ultimately I gave up the idea of ​​funding her.

At my insistence, Zifeng lowered her head in distress and turned away. But just after walking two doors, she came back to me again, took off a necklace from her neck, and handed it to me: "This is a gift from my father. I heard that it cost a lot of money to buy it. Can you use this to pay the rest of the reward?"

I used identification skills to take a look at Zifeng's necklace.

[Necklace blessed by the Sun God (Lv10)]: A necklace that can repel lower-level undead creatures.

According to the function of this necklace, it is worth at least twenty silver coins.

I asked doubtfully, "Are you sure you want to use it to pay for something? Just to find a friend?"

Zi Feng handed over the necklace with a painful look on her face and nodded vigorously: "Yes! I'll use it to pay! But sister, can you keep it for me first? When I save up enough money in the future, I'll buy it back."

Although the scope of an appraiser's services does not include pawning, letting this child go to the pawn shop by herself would probably be sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth. To avoid tragedy, I accepted Zifeng's necklace and handed her a cloth bag containing twenty silver coins.

"I will buy your necklace for twenty silver coins. You can buy it back for the same price someday."

"Thank you, Sister Xiaolan!"

Zi Feng smiled happily and felt a lot more relaxed.

After agreeing on the price, I began to process the commission for Zifeng and took notes for her in the usual way of missing persons missions. Even though this mission seemed a trivial matter at first glance, it was actually not that simple, because apart from a simple description of her appearance and the name "Agatha Snark", Zifeng could not provide any more clues.

However, although there are few clues, it is not an impossible task.

After completing a series of procedures, Zifeng politely said goodbye to us and left the third floor of the stone house.

The next guest waiting behind the girl was a winged girl named Sora-Cort. Her first and last name mean sky and clouds. She was an old adventurer of our Stone House and like the archer Robin last time, she was one of the lucky ones who did not participate in the Wrath of Nature because she was out working.

Among the many adventurers, I have a very good impression of her. She joined the Stone House at about the same time as me. When she first joined, she was just a rookie at the Black Bronze level, but now, less than a year later, she has advanced to the upper level of Silver. According to Raftan, Sora would occasionally go on missions with her and stick to her to absorb experience points.

Ok……

Absorbing experience points is purely my malicious guess, the correct term should be actual combat training.

……

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10. Adventurer Training (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

Sora came to hand in and take on tasks.

She is a hard-working adventurer who can help the guild complete a large number of tasks every month.

But Sora has a character flaw.

"You two, are there any suitable subjugation missions for me right now?"

Sora is very lonely. Unlike Byakuya and the Fox Girl Clown who are all solitary, Sora's loneliness is caused by her poor communication with others. In order to avoid contact and communication with other colleagues, she always chooses tasks that can be completed alone. The only time she is seen not being alone is when she is studying with Raftan.

But a person's power is always limited, and even someone as strong as Bai Ye has to cooperate with mortals sometimes.

Well……

From Bai Ye's perspective, that shouldn't be called cooperation, right?

Or would it be more appropriate to describe it as utilization?

Looking at the beautiful brown-haired winged man, I improvised Zi Feng's missing person mission in front of her: "Ms. Sora, I have a missing person mission here. The reward is not much, only 20 silver coins. Are you interested?"

Seeing my sudden action, Mr. Nanbert looked at me suspiciously, then looked away with an understanding expression.

In response to my question, Wingman Sora used her right wing to block in front of herself, which was her sign of retreat.

Unlike other winged people, Sora only has one right wing, and the other left wing is naturally defective. Although she can still fly with the help of magic, she is far less agile than other winged people of the same species. I have heard other winged people make fun of Sora's wings in private more than once, and Sora seems to care very much about her defect.

Almost instinctively, Sora rejected my suggestion: "No!"

I asked persistently, “Why not?”

Sora hid his handsome face behind his wings, revealing only a pair of timid eyes, and stammered, "I... I'm not good at handling such complicated tasks! And the reward for the task is not that good..."

I got straight to the point and pointed out, "Sora, it's very dangerous to go on a subjugation mission alone."

Sora glared at me like a wounded beast. "But! Everything has been going smoothly!"

I said calmly with a straight face, "Is that really the case? Do you know why we only assign you Black Bronze-level missions? That's because the so-called subjugation missions are not just about killing monsters. Depending on the actual environment, subjugators must also be flexible and learn to cooperate with other adventurers in different situations."

"Miss Lannon's words make sense," Mr. Nanbert echoed at the right time.

"But……"

Because of my hard work in speaking, the winged man Sora finally showed some hesitation.

I tried to persuade her again, "Ms. Sora, you can't just team up with the good-natured Raftan all your life, right? If you often monopolize Raftan, the Countess at the recycling center will be jealous! Besides, we have a lot of powerful people in the Stone House. Don't you want to cooperate with them and see what each of them can do?"

"But……"

Miss Sora repeated the previous line, maintaining the same defensive posture.

At this rate, if my next sentence isn’t appealing enough, Miss Sora will probably turn around and run away immediately.

Realizing this, I didn't beat around the bush and immediately played my strongest trump card: "Ms. Sora, please don't worry. If you are willing to take on this mission, I will go with you. This is just a low-risk search mission. Even if it fails, it won't cause loss of life."

Upon learning that I was willing to go with her, Miss Sora lowered her wings a little, revealing most of her clean face, and said slowly in an uncertain but courageous tone: "If there is Miss Lannong, then I am willing to give it a try. However, before I formally agree, I want to see the contents of the mission book first."

"Of course! Please look!"

I opened the assignment book and let her look through it slowly.

After receiving the mission letter, Miss Sora read through the contents of the mission letter from top to bottom without a trace of carelessness, then picked up the quill pen at the counter, signed her name on the mission letter, and stamped it with the adventurer's seal.

While she was studying the assignment, I took the opportunity to use identification techniques to confirm her information again.

Character: Sora-Cotter

Race: Falcon Winged Man (evolvable bloodline)

Role/Occupation: Eagle Warrior/Falcon Wingman

Character/Professional Level: 39/39

Combat skills: Precision Shooting (Max), Weak Spot Shooting (Max), Eagle Eyes (Max), Hunting Instinct (Max)

Unknown ability: ??? (Lv), ??? (Lv), ??? (Lv)

Comprehensive combat power evaluation: Silver level

Sora is a flying shooting attack unit that can make good use of weapons such as bows and crossbows. However, based on past experience, the strengths and weaknesses of an adventurer cannot be judged solely by his personal abilities. Other skills that do not involve combat are also of indispensable importance. For example, during long journeys, how to ensure constant supplies is a top priority.

It is precisely because Sora has a high talent in combat that we need to focus on developing her other aspects.

At least she should be able to communicate clearly with other adventurers.

After signing the mission letter, Miss Sora stood up in a hurry and said, "Ms. Lan Nong, I have accepted the mission. Can you leave now? If possible, I hope to complete this mission as soon as possible."

I nodded and said goodbye to Mr. Nanbert beside me, and then walked to the side of the guild with the winged man Sora.

While I was buying some weapons for myself, I asked her like an examiner, "Sora, you just said you want to act immediately. Have you figured out where to start looking?"

Miss Yi Ren, who didn't expect me to ask such a question, immediately became speechless.

She stood there blankly, her face flushed.

In order to prevent this shy winged person from being too nervous, I forced out a cheap but very effective gentle smile, took her hand and walked briskly while saying, "Before looking for someone, I have to contact someone first. Without her protection, the president will not let me run around, so please don't mind, Miss Sora."

"Besides you, are there other...people else?"

Miss Yiren suddenly let out a worried and excited voice.

I had no choice but to try my best to beautify Heloise and make her feel a little more relaxed. "Don't worry! Don't worry! The guy who's in charge of protecting me is even less socially adept than you are. If she says something weird, please don't pay attention to it, especially the old joke about Big Goblin!"

After the winged Sora joined my team, I went straight to Heloise's room.

After the incident of Nature's Wrath, the Guild Master also allocated a large reward to Heloise, which seemed to be two or three hundred gold coins. If she used it frugally, she would not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life. However, as a high elf, Heloise did not seem to have much interest in adventurous missions. She usually just stayed in her room to study her own interests.

Heloise's interests are gems and magic, and her strength is gem magic, which is very expensive.

After hearing that I was going out, Heloise, who was nominally a knight under Ehard, immediately got ready.

When he saw Heloise, the winged Sora was obviously quite confused about the beauty and ears of this queen.

"Introducing you, this is Heloise, a half-goblin-human."

"Correction! I am clearly a giant goblin!"

"..."

In this indescribable strange atmosphere, the three of us embarked on a journey to find Agatha.

Then, when we reached the door of the stone house, we lost our direction.

In other words, the direction of progress did not exist from the beginning to the end.

Considering the real goal of myself and Sora, I made my position clear to the winged Sora: "Sora, although I will carry out this mission with you, I will basically be just an observer. Unless there is absolutely no other way, I will only play the role of a supporter as much as possible."

After understanding what I meant, Miss Sora's expression suddenly turned ugly.

She first looked up at the sky suspiciously, then bit her lower lip and shook her head vigorously from side to side.

It seemed that she had no idea how to find someone.

As a militant person, Miss Sora doesn't seem to know much about the ways of the world.

In order to continue the mission, I had no choice but to give her a direction: "If you really can't think of where to start looking, how about starting with the target's name? All residents of Mopolis will register their household registration at the immigration office. If you can find the target's household registration, won't that give you more clues?"

After listening to my advice, Miss Sora smiled and gave me an admiring look.