章 45: City of Mercenaries

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 50,000 (+3,000,000 [Qi] +700,000 [Mana])

Agility: 80,000 (+4,000,000 [Qi] +800,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 100,000 (+7,000,000 [Qi] + 900,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 300, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken]

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Mercenary

A mercenary, sometimes known as a soldier of fortune, is an individual who takes part in military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests. Different from adventurers, there are no qualifications for being a mercenary.

-Military occupations book -Grandaria Library -Grandaria Capital

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"Sorry but, I don't have enough money to give you, I need to eat too, after all," Oz told them without minding the dozens of people surrounding him.

"Nice guts, but you didn't know who we are, right? We're the mercenaries from the Rain Rage guild! You won't even win against one of us! You're a magician, right? Only wealthy people could become magicians, don't lie to us!" Said the one that seems to be the leader of the mercenaries.

(Hm... They're that strong? Some of them only at the Advanced Swordsman rank, though) (Oz)

(Well, it's been a long time since I deceived someone, so let's see whether this trick will deceive them or not) (Oz)

Oz focuses his mana and muttered: "Darkness Skill: Shadow Clone,"

Oz summoned his shadow clone to hide at his shadows, and slowly uses the 'Stealth Soul' qi technique and slowly went transparent. Letting the shadow clone standing brave to the mercenaries, Oz stealthily left the crowd and walks leisurely.

(Eh, wait. Reo! Fenrir! Enter my body!) (Oz)

As Oz's instruction, Reo and Fenrir enter faded into the air and entered Oz's body.

"You bunch of idiots," A cold voice of a young man sounded.

"Y-young master, Sen!" One of them said in surprise.

*Sound of a sword slashing something*

*Sound of clone vanishing*

"Hm?" Oz turns his back, and he saw that his shadow clone had got shattered to pieces by a young man that should have the same age as him. He's using a katana-like sword and is using samurai-like clothes.

(Nono, doesn't it's like he IS a samurai himself?) (Oz)

!!!

(Not a bad amount of murderous intent, he must've killed a lot of people) (Oz)

The samurai-like young man gushed out his blood lust to Oz's direction and rushed quickly and slashed his sword. But, he's speed is still far from the old man Kyron's speed.

*Sound of swords colliding with something hard*

(Hm... The second stage at the Sword Saint rank, huh?) (Oz)

The young man's sword collided with Oz's staff, and Oz's stealth mode broken, revealing the real Oz. Their eyes meet.

"You, who are you?" Asked the samurai-like young man.

"Just a traveling magician," Oz simply answered.

"Then Mr traveling magician, if you want to leave this place intact, you need to pay for your intrusion first, I'm so sorry but it's the policy of our mercenary guild," The young man said with a threatening tone.

"I'm sorry but, I don't have that much time," Oz answered indifferently.

"!?" The samurai-like young man seems that notice that something is odd, he immediately slashes Oz, but what came out from the body is not blood, the body only gushed out a black liquid that vanishes to the shadows quietly.

He searched the surroundings and found another Oz. But when he strikes it, it turns out that it's still Oz's shadow clone!

(No one said that there is only one shadow clone, right?) (Oz)

(Splendid way to use the shadow clone skill, master) (Reo)

Oz left 8 shadow clones to deceive and play with the mercenaries and walk away from the place leisurely.

"Hm... Where should we go?" Oz asked the spirits about their opinions.

Fenrir appeared from the thin air with a 'Poof!' and said: "Why don't we go to a tavern here, master? We could gather some information there,"

"Nice idea, let's find a tavern then," Said Oz and they stroll the city of mercenaries, Redfall.

Just like its name, the city of mercenaries is full of mercenaries and business that could profit from the mercenaries such as taverns, blacksmiths, and stuff.

When they're at the stroll of searching a tavern, a potion shop catches Oz's attention, the shop had a sign saying: "Buying all type of magical fruits," in front of the door.

(I've collected a countless amount of magical fruits at the magical forest, does it could be sold?) (Oz)

(You didn't know master? Everdeen magical forest is the most dangerous magical forest in the world, and it's said that all of the fruits from the magical forest could enhance the cultivation of anyone, and it's very expensive!) (Reo)

(Is it? Okay, let's try from asking a price of a fruit that I possess) (Oz)

"Excuse me," Said Oz politely as he entered the potion shop.

"Welcome, welcome, whether it's buying or selling we will try our best to satisfy you!" Said an uncle with a grey hair, he uses a monocle that gave him a smart people-like vibe.

"What are you searching for, young man?" Asked the uncle.

"Um... I wonder if I could sell something here," Said Oz.

"Yes, if you're offering something that could be used for a potion or medicine, we will gladly buy it," The uncle said kindly.

"Then, I wonder if I could sell this," Said Oz as he put the Kraken fruit at the counter.

"T-THIS ARE!!!!"

(THAT ARE!!!!) (Fenrir)

Together with the uncle, Fenrir also shouted inside of Oz's mind, making him dizzy.

(Quiet down, Fenrir! You're killing me!) (Oz)

(How could I be quiet! That's a legendary fruit! Are you going to sell that master!? It's-) (Fenrir)

"It's a Kraken fruit! W-where do you get this from, young man!?" Asked the uncle aggressively.

"From the magical forest of Everdeen," Oz said indifferently.

"F-from where!? The magical forest of Everdeen, you said!!??" The uncle said with a surprised face.

"How much could it worth, uncle?" Asked Oz.

"T-this... its normal market value is about 200 gold coins, but if you put this on an auction, it could even reach 600 gold coins!" Said the uncle.

"I-it's that expensive!?" Oz asked, surprised.

There are 3 types of coins in this world, copper, silver, and gold. A normal person could live a decent life with 4 gold coins for a year, while 10 gold coins are already considered a fortune.

And there are a big copper coin and big silver coin, one big copper coin worth 10 small copper coins, while 10 big copper worth 1 small silver coin and 10 small silver coins worth1 big silver coin. And 10 big silver coins are worth 1 gold coin.

In dollars, one big copper could be considered as 1 dollar, while one big silver coin could be considered as 100 dollars, and 1 gold coin is 1000 dollars.

(200 gold coins... It worth 200,000 dollars!!!) (Oz)

Oz's secretly thrilled inside of his heart, but he tried his best to hide it from the potion shop uncle.

"Will you buy it?" Oz asked with his flat tone.

"I-I'll buy it! I'll buy it for 250 gold coins! no, 300!" He raised the price.

"Deal!" Oz immediately accepted the deal.

Oz only possesses 3 gold coins in his pocket, but getting a sudden 300 coins is unbelievable, he could spend his money without thinking twice.

(I'm rich!) (Oz)

(Such a waste! Why do you waste such a precious fruit, master!) (Fenrir)

(Calm down, Fenrir. I still got tons of that kind of fruits, just relax) (Oz)

(Really?) (Fenrir)

(Yea, I wonder why I don't remember about this sooner, I've collected a lot of fruits when I first arrived at the magical forest, and all of the fruits had a marvelous effect! It should be able to strengthen the kingdom's army!) (Oz)

"Here the golds, kid. Thank you very much! Feel free to come back here if you want to sell any similar fruits!" The potion shop uncle said enthusiastically while giving a bag full of golds to Oz.

"I will. Uncle," Answered Oz as he took the bag.

Oz came out of the potion shop and changed the bag of golds into cards with a huge smile on his face.

(Now, let's continue to search the tavern, we could buy any expensive food now!) (Oz)

Walking around the town once again, Oz finally found a tavern, Oz entered and took a seat in the corner of the tavern. A small build girl that seems to be the waitress came and asked what he'll eat.

"I'll take what food the shop recommends, but please give me a cup of milk," Oz indifferently said.

"Okay!" The chestnut-haired girl answered cheerfully.

As he waits, Oz observes the surroundings. Different from an inn, a tavern usually used by mercenaries or merchants that seeks information or came to recruit people for jobs. Oz saw that there is a board that had a 'Quest Board' sign above it, a bunch of people with full gears is looking at it.

He's interested, but he's decided to check on it after he eats.

"Have you hear? The prime minister, Duke Baldwin is dead! And it's said that the killer is a terrifying magician!" A voice came from behind of Oz sounded, when he mentioned duke Baldwin, Oz immediately caught the name as he had a keen hearing.

"Yes, I've heard it too. I'm so grateful to the one who killed him, those Gracefield and Potterlands people had become more overbearing these days, having that kind of prime minister will only lower the integrity of our kingdom!" Said another person.

"Yea, and have you heard this? It's said that the king is now 14, there is a possibility that he will enter the magic academy with a fake identity!"

"What? It's the first time I've heard it, is it true?"

"Yes, the rumors had spread widely, I guess it is true,"

(Hm... The young king, huh) (Oz)

Oz imagines the figure of the young king inside of his head.

(To be powerless when seeing the country you ruled about to be conquered by other kingdoms, I wonder how it feels) (Oz)

*Sound of the tavern door opened*

A young man with a samurai-like fashion enters the tavern.

"Here's the milk," The small-build waitress came and gave the milk to Oz.

Oz doesn't mind the people who just came in as there should be a lot of people who leave and enter a tavern.

"T-that, that's Sen,"

"I-I think that I'm going to leave, I'm scared,"

The atmosphere inside of the tavern suddenly got tense, Oz still calmly drinks his milk, didn't care about any scared comments of the people behind him.

*Sound of a chair being pulled*

A young man suddenly sits right next to Oz, when Oz turns his head and glance at the figure, the figure also turns his head to see Oz.

"Y-you..." The figure said.

(Shit... It's the samurai from before) (Oz)