Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The sunset in the distance reflected a touch of strange redness.
A brown carriage was moving under the setting sun. The coachman was an old man. Although he looked old, his eyes were not bleary. The carriage was pulled by two old horses. The saying ‘an old hand is a good guide’ was no joke. The old man hardly needed to control the horses throughout the entire journey. He had only pulled the reins once in a while to make the two horses move in a different direction, trying to avoid the uneven grounds as much as possible.
For a professional coachman like him, the only thing he had to do was to make his customers feel comfortable. In particular, the two people who were currently sitting inside the carriage. They were obviously not ordinary people. This was why the old man could not help but be more careful on this journey.
The two people sitting inside the carriage were none other than Sean and Cecilia.
It had been two days since the battle in the Gathering Place of the Dog-headed People dungeon.
Sean was wearing a clean, black western-style clothes. These neatly designed clothes made Sean’s figure a bit more obvious. This in turn made Sean seem a bit more energetic. His hair was not trimmed but had simply been combed back and tied together, as it hung behind his head. This made his face look softer. The Charles’ Sword that was originally tied around his waist had now been replaced by a scabbard. The black magic shark skin on this scabbard had been polished, and a formation that had sealed the force of this scabbard was engraved on it. This seal was able to hide the force being emitted by this magical weapon a little better.
From his head to his feet, Sean’s clothes were worth at least 100 Portoroa gold coins. This was what clothes worn by aristocrats looked like.
Cecilia, of course, was the same.
She wore a long silver dress with black ironed-on patterns. There were no lace edges or many other decorations. However, this long dress looked like expensive clothing in the eyes of other people. Especially since it was worn by Cecilia. The aura of her aristocratic identity appeared more perfect. With just one look and one movement, it gave a taste of her family heritage.
The saying ‘clothes make a man just as a saddle makes a horse’ were words of wisdom for everyone, no matter where they went.
Therefore, when Sean said that he wanted to ride in a carriage to Anrola City, the shopkeeper of the carriage store immediately sent out their best coachmen to operate the carriage. On one hand, this had made a lot of money for the shopkeeper. On the other hand, it was mainly due to the aristocratic character displayed by Sean and Cecilia. Arthur City and Anrola City had temporary transport services. Usually, with a daily round trip the maximum number of people would be eight for each carriage, and it cost only 20 copper coins per person.
As for Sean, in order to save some trouble and time, he threw out a Portoroa gold coin. This price was not small, but it was also not considered high. It was equivalent to the money earned in three days with loaded carriages.
“What else are you unhappy about?” Cecilia looked at Sean, who was still unhappy, and said with confusion, “Hasn’t the Black Cat Business Guild already compensated you?”
Sean took out five pieces of hard paper that were around five centimeters long.
The entire paper was milky white and both sides were marked with the United Continental Business Guild Alliance sign. The paper was surrounded by long lines of gold marks on the edges, which appeared to be scattered, but were actually made from of one brushstroke. There was the number 1,000 written in Arabic in the middle of the paper. No matter how this paper was folded and rubbed, once it was unfolded again, it would return to its original neat appearance without the slightest wrinkle after just three seconds.
This was the cash coupon of the United Continental Business Guild Alliance. Its lowest value was 1,000 gold coins. The cash coupons could be exchanged for gold coins at any of the banks belonging to the United Continental Business Guild League.
Originally, Sean and the Black Cat Business Guild had agreed that Sean’s reward would be 3,000 continental gold coins, which was a very high reward. This was mainly because Ron had silently allowed Hank’s provocation towards Sean, and Ron knew he was in the wrong. Therefore, he had no intentions to bargain with this offer. After the time when Jim had destroyed the magic ring that Sean wanted, he had been extremely annoyed. After considering it from different angles, Ron gave Sean another 2,000 United Continental Cash Coupons.
This was why Sean had five coupons that were worth at least 1,000 gold coins.
In terms of market price alone, the lowest price for a magic ring was indeed 2,000 continental gold coins. Later, when the magic ring was appraised, the price would be different according to the magic it contained. Ron had offered 2,000 continental gold coins to make up for Sean’s loss, which was a very generous act. Of course, for Sean, he did not see it that way. A magic ring with the magic ‘Air Barrier’ inside could be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins, or even more.
However, the ring had lost its magic, therefore no one would be able to tell whether the ring had the magic Air Barrier or not. Also, something like the loss of magic was a very common phenomenon on Miracle Continent. Therefore, even if the Black Cat Business Guild had not compensated for Sean’s loss, they would not be at fault.
But from Sean’s perspective, who had the mind of a player, he was still unhappy. Was he born unlucky? Or was this a passive effect? Was Sean destined to have nothing to do with this ring?
Eight years!
It was fine if he could not get the ring inside the game, but now he could not even get it in the real world. Sean’s depression could only be compensated for by the 5,000 continental gold coins!
“No.” Sean put away the three cash coupons, “Can my loss and depression be compensated with just 2,000 cash coupons?”
Cecilia glanced at Sean and said lazily, “Even if they didn’t give you compensation, it is still reasonable. The fact that they were willing to give it to you means that they have good character.”
In the end, Sean could only sigh helplessly, “These cash coupons were a little difficult to accept. That little guy has learned the cunningness of his father at such a young age. He thinks that cash coupons for 2,000 gold coins are enough to buy me off. Humph!”
“Why did you still take it if it was a bit difficult to accept?” Cecilia really did not like the triumphant look displayed by Sean. “Also, you talk like you know his father.”
“I’m not taking it for nothing,” Sean pouted. “However, I don’t really know his father. But I do know the Black Cat Business Guild better than his father does.”
Cecilia decided not to continue the discussion with Sean on this topic. Ever since he had said that he was a God Wand, Cecilia felt that he was becoming crazier and crazier. Although many of his statements and judgments were frighteningly accurate, and others might have thought Sean was amazing, Cecilia saw it differently. After having spent so much time with him, Cecilia knew very well that it was actually a language trap Sean had set.
However, it was precisely because they had been together for so long that even Cecilia had ignored a fact. Where did Sean get so much information from?
“Speaking of which, what are we going to do in Anrola City?” Cecilia cleverly changed the topic of their conversation.
“Oh, there are some things that can be done there,” Sean said faintly, while he absent-mindedly assigned experience points to his scholar profession.
[Scholar (Rank one profession): Strictly speaking, a scholar is not an actual profession, but an identity. There are many people in the world who want to receive this identity, but very few can achieve it. In this respect, you are undoubtedly a successful person. However, you have also noticed that the identity of a scholar is just the beginning, as you still have a long road ahead of you.]
[New profession reward – Identity: Scholar is a respected identity, and there are scholar inspectors in many places. You realized that this would be a good excuse (allowing you to access any unguarded areas); Knowledge: You are hungry to acquire all kinds of knowledge, which has allowed you to enrich your experiences. Your motto is to actively use your wisdom (strength limit +2, endurance +1, endurance limit +3, agility limit +2, wisdom +2, wisdom limit +7, will +2, will limit +6)].
[New profession side-effect – Lack of exercise: Long-term mental activity made you ignore exercising physically. This, in turn, makes your fitness worse than an average person (the rate of decline in physical points is one and half times faster than the usual rate). Second new profession side-effect: Your education is not bad, but you obviously don’t have the spirit to do well (it takes three and half times the experience to upgrade your scholar profession)].
For this profession, the ‘identity’ of the new profession reward was a very useful passive skill. Sean was able to use this identity to enter places that were forbidden to ordinary people, such as a couple of the large libraries. If the profession was focused on [Spellcaster], then the ‘lack of exercise’ side-effect of a new profession would not be that scary. However, it was a pity that Sean had a [Physical] combat profession, therefore the decline in physical strength was troublesome. This meant that for battles in the future, Sean had to try and end them as soon as possible.
As for the ‘second new profession side-effect’, it was something that every player with a part-time and new profession would have. Sean just needed to become a level three scholar, which was not an issue for him.
Sean had gained a lot of experience points in the Gathering Place for the Dog-headed People dungeon. Later, he also received a lot of experience rewards when he had ‘submitted the task’ to Ron. Now that all the experience points were assigned to the scholar profession, it had already increased more than halfway towards level three. Only a few more experience points were required to upgrade the [Scholar] profession to level 3. After that, Sean would be able to reassign the experience points to his [Warrior] profession.
“We are going to transfer to another carriage at Anrola City, and then go to a small village close to the city.” After Sean had assigned the experience points, two more experience points had appeared in his personal bar. Including the two experience points he gained when the [Scholar] profession was upgraded to the next level, Sean now had a total of four experience points.
“We are going to a small village nearby?” Cecilia looked a little dazed. “What are we going there for? Is there something good at that place?”
“There are benefits.” A rarely seen serious expression appeared on Sean’s face. “That magic ring with the Air Barrier is gone. At most, I am a little depressed. However, the next item I want is something that I have to get no matter what.”
“What is it?” Cecilia became curious after seeing how serious Sean was.
“Bavarian Armguard.”
“What?!” Cecilia uttered a cry of surprise.
“Keep your voice down.” Sean made a gesture with his hand, indicating to Cecilia to keep her voice down. “It’s just a failed defective product, not even an imitation. But this is not the most important thing. The important thing is that there is a drawing of the real Bavarian Arm Guard in that village.”
“You… How do you know about this?”
“I told you, I am a God Wand.” Sean’s proud look made Cecilia really want to rebut. “But before that, the reason we are going to the village is to find a new companion.”
“Companion?” Cecilia blinked.
“Mm. I hope he can join us.” Sean’s eyes suddenly became a little bit deeper.
Alfred, the future battle god.