Chapter 321 Second Mission
At ten o'clock in the morning, the pub was still bustling.
Just a few minutes ago, someone shouted "The masked monster appeared", and then a group of people came, sharpening their knives, and ran towards the south of the city where the masked monster appeared this time, wanting to be the first to catch him.
Of course, there were also many people who remained unmoved and stayed in the pub.
One of them sneered: "What a bunch of idiots! If the masked man really shows up, will they rush to die with their limited skills?"
"We are all from other places and have never experienced the power of the masked man firsthand."
"After a group of people die, those people will be much more sober."
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the masked monsters that have appeared recently are all fakes.
Judging from the style of the masked man, once he appears, he will definitely cause chaos in the whole city, and even the mechanical people will be alarmed.
At that time, the low-level creatures would not have time to run away, so how could they dare to come forward and seek death?
"Recently, some wealthy merchants in the city have had their goods robbed. This seems a bit like the style of the masked man. His real identity should be hiding somewhere in the city."
"Bullshit! The ones who intercepted the goods were Wang Teng's people!"
“…”
When Wang Teng was mentioned, the topic in the tavern was quickly diverted, and the number of people talking about this mercenary king gradually increased.
For a mercenary to be able to establish his own territory and become the king is quite remarkable.
As long as he wants, he can build a city on the spot at any time.
By then, the surrounding mercenary towns, garrisons, gathering places, etc. will all move closer to him and become part of his organization, together forming a real mercenary city.
"By the way, is the masked man really no match for Wang Teng?" Some people in the tavern were puzzled. Most of them were newcomers from other places and were not very familiar with what happened in the southwest region.
"Given his personality, if he could have fought him, he would have killed him long ago."
"It's hard to say. The Mercenary Town is Wang Teng's home turf. I'm afraid there might be an ambush there... Even though Wang Teng is very powerful, hasn't he always been afraid to enter the city controlled by the Mechanical Clan?"
Some people suggested that Wang Teng’s recent communications with Coral City were all conducted in randomly selected suburban towns.
He didn't dare to enter the city for fear that the mechanical tribe would attack him.
People like him who don't have a big background can only remain vigilant for a long time.
If he was willing to join the Zero Point Tavern, with the background of a tavern, he naturally wouldn't have to be so cautious, but how could a man like him be restricted by a tavern?
"I think the masked man is stronger. He dares to take action directly in the city."
"That's wrong. Wang Teng should be stronger."
“…”
Suddenly, a dispute arose about this topic, and it spread more and more widely.
In the end, everyone on the first floor of the tavern started arguing about who was stronger, the "King of Mercenaries" or the "Masked Stranger".
From the beginning, they argued with reason and cited various examples to the end, spitting at each other and arguing until their faces turned red and many people started to curse each other directly.
Some people even rolled up their sleeves, revealing their sandbag-sized fists and sturdy arms.
If fighting was not prohibited in the tavern, the two sides might have resolved the issue with their fists.
In this day and age, violence can solve all problems. If it can't solve them, it must be that violence is not enough.
"Everyone calm down!" the waiter in the tavern shouted, "Please don't do anything. Think about the masked man. Do you want to be hunted down by the whole world like him?"
After he shouted like that, those members who were getting angry calmed down a lot and sat down rationally.
Everyone asked themselves honestly: they were far less powerful than the masked man. If they were really wanted by the tavern, they might not even be able to bear a bounty of ten dollars, let alone a billion.
If nothing else, the waiters in the pub were much better than many of the people there.
If they really broke the rules, as soon as they walked out the door, these waiters would take off their heads and collect the reward.
At this time, Su Xia had just finished reading the information of the past few days and returned to the rest area on the first floor.
Hearing the arguments, he was moved and asked the bartender, "Is there a mission to hunt down Wang Teng in the tavern?"
"Yes, and quite a few." The bartender answered patiently, "Recently, many merchants' goods have been robbed by Wang Teng's men, and even many of the people transporting the goods have been killed. Therefore, they are willing to pay a high price to buy Wang Teng's head, and... the officials of Seahorse City have also issued a wanted notice for Wang Teng."
The bounties for those merchants' missions vary, and some are as high as several million.
The Seahorse City authorities issued an eight million reward for the wanted man.
All in all, the accumulated bounty on Wang Teng has reached about 40 to 50 million, which is enough to show how unbridled he has been in recent days. The total bounty is even higher than that of Commander Beifeng.
After all, Commander Beifeng did not interfere with the merchants' normal cargo transportation, he just went , and various cities only issued a symbolic wanted warrant for him.
"If it weren't for the masked monster, Wang Teng should have been number one on the wanted list, far ahead of the second place," said the bartender.
"Can non-tavern members accept tasks?" Su Xia asked a very basic question.
"You can accept some of the tasks that are open to the public." The bartender answered in detail, "Just log in to the tavern's website, and you can see the scrolling tasks at the top of the website. You can accept them as a 'tourist'. After completing the task, use your 'tourist number' to claim the reward."
"Well, tourists..."
Su Xia touched his chin and thought about it. He still felt that it was troublesome. He could not receive all the tasks as a tourist.
It would be a waste not to earn the bounty for killing Wang Teng.
If he didn't accept the mission, he would feel that he had lost tens of millions in vain, which made him heartbroken. After all, he was a good man who was thrifty and managed his family well.
"Forget it, just register an identity for me." Su Xia said helplessly.
"Okay, guest, you made the right choice!"
A smile appeared on the bartender's face, and he made a gesture of invitation, inviting Su Xia to go to the depths of the first floor.
He walked on one side and led Su Xia into another corridor, all the way to the outside of the elevator at the end of the corridor.
It seems that the structure of tavern branches is similar in every city.
"bite--"
The elevator door opened and the indicator light flashed.
Su Xia walked in with the bartender, and then the elevator door slowly closed and descended to the underground first floor.
This is where the tavern members truly rest.
The elevator door opened, and not far from the door was a bar that was exactly the same as the one in the Coral City branch. Walking in, you can see the hall for receiving tasks.
The atmosphere on the underground first floor is harmonious, and the members talk in low voices, not as noisy as upstairs.
At the bar, there were two people drinking, and they seemed to be of high status. The other members stood far away and did not dare to approach.
Su Xia looked over, and two strings of data instantly appeared in her eyes.
[Hu Hanhai: Level 5.1 psychic creature...]
[Liu Jinjia: Level 5.3 psychic creature...]
He was moved but his expression remained unchanged. He didn't expect to meet these two people here.
According to the description, this Liu Jinjia had a bad temper. He was also the ruthless guy that Cheng Men mentioned in the car before, who killed several local gangs overnight.
The bartender had a humble smile on his face, and he even bowed his body. He didn't even bother to guide Su Xia. He hurried over and said with his head down, "Hello, gentlemen."
Hu Hanhai nodded slightly, his attitude was quite gentle: "Well, do your thing, no need to worry about us."
Liu Jinjia had a cold expression on his face and held the wine glass without saying anything.
The bartender immediately glanced at the waiter behind the bar, winked at him, and then pointed at Su Xia behind him: "Newcomer."
He spoke in a very low voice, as soft as a mosquito, as if he was afraid of disturbing Liu Jinjia's interest in drinking.
The waiter was also very considerate. He took out the new employee's contract from under the counter, took out a signing pen, and whispered, "Come here and sign."
He walked to the other side of the bar, spread out paper and pen, and placed them in front of Su Xia.
At the same time, he also took out a small blue book - a newcomer's manual.
Su Xia had never seen this thing before.
Not only him, most of the tavern members hadn't seen it.
Anyway, in the pub, everyone only needs to remember two rules.
One is that you are not allowed to fight inside the tavern, and the other is that you must complete three tasks every month.
"Please read the contract carefully." The waiter was also very patient. "If you have any questions, you can ask me and I will answer them for you. If you have no questions, just write down your name. The signing process will be quick."
"OK."
Su Xia had seen this contract a long time ago.
He flipped through it again, then picked up the signing pen and signed his name at the bottom of the last page of the contract - Liu Xing.
Then you have to give yourself a title, and almost everyone in the tavern calls each other by their titles.
In the title column, Su Xia wrote the word "October".
At this time, Hu Hanhai, a level 5 creature on the other side of the bar, suddenly smiled and said, "I'm lucky today. I can meet a new person who wants to sign a contract even when I have a morning drink."
As he spoke, he flicked his finger and out popped a shiny gold coin.
With a snap, the coin fell steadily on the bar in front of Su Xia.
Hu Hanhai smiled and said, "Give this young man a glass of good wine."
The waiter immediately replied respectfully: "OK, please wait."
Su Xia turned around and thanked him: "Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome!" Hu Hanhai smiled. "You smell of blood, so you must have killed someone before. You are better than ordinary newcomers. Do your job well in the tavern and try to survive the first three years."
His words were a very direct blessing. After all, the survival rate of tavern members in the first three years was indeed alarmingly low.
Three years later, less than half of the members who had not withdrawn were still alive, and most of them were either missing or dead.
Three tasks must be completed every month. This mandatory rule has discouraged many tavern members from leaving.
"Friend, the wine is here."
The waiter brought a glass of very expensive wine and placed it in front of Su Xia.
The coin that Hu Hanhai just flicked out was made of pure gold, enough to buy a glass of the most expensive wine here.
Su Xia picked up the wine glass, drank it in one gulp, and then thanked him again: "Thank you, sir, it is indeed a good wine."
A burning breath rushed down his throat and spread to his whole body, as if a fire dragon was running around in his body, making Su Xia feel that the spiritual power in his body was more active.
He immediately realized that this was a medicinal wine made by a pharmacist, which was equivalent to an auxiliary medicine.
At the same time, a prompt popped up in front of him.
[You drank the medicinal wine "Fire Dragon Drunk", and your spiritual power increased by 14%, lasting for 15 minutes]
Su Xia remembered that Yiyi also had similar medicinal wine.
Although the effect is not as good as high-level potions, it lasts much longer.
From this point of view, there must be quite a few pharmacists of high level inside the tavern. I wonder if there is the legendary sixth-level pharmacist.
"He didn't get drunk. That's a pretty good young man!" Hu Hanhai commented with a smile.
"Mr. Liao praised it."
Su Xia responded with a smile, while thinking in her mind about the feasibility of refining this kind of medicinal wine.
If it can be refined, the pharmacy will have additional income in the future.
On the side, the bartender and the waiter were a little envious. After all, not everyone can be valued by a level 5 creature on the first day of signing the contract.
Not long after, the waiter opened the employee system and began to enter information for Su Xia.
After a while, he said with regret, "I'm sorry, the title 'October' has already been used. You need to change it."
"Is anyone using Liuxing?" Su Xia asked.
"Let me see... no one is there."
"Then use your real name."
"OK."
The waiter began to re-enter the data, his fingers moving quickly.
At the same time, the machine next to it made a "hissing" sound, as if it was burning something.
A moment later, a black identity card belonging to Su Xia came out. The words "Liuxing" were printed on the card. In the future, this card can be used to accept tasks and collect bounties.
There is another card in Su Xia's storage space, with the words "Masked Stranger" printed on it, but it cannot be used now.
If he took it out here, he would immediately be besieged by countless tavern members.
Once you get the card, the signing process is complete.
Hu Hanhai smiled and said, "Young man, choose simple tasks. Spend a few days each month to complete the three simplest tasks, and then challenge the more difficult ones."
"Yes, thank you for your advice, sir."
Su Xia held the ID card and looked towards the hall.
On the right side of the large screen hanging in the hall is a wanted list.
The number one ranking is naturally his identity as the masked weirdo, and the bounty is followed by a long string of red zeros.
The second one was Wang Teng.
Su Xia walked into the hall, stood in front of a self-service machine, inserted her ID card, and started choosing tasks.
He clicked on the two words "Wang Teng" and immediately saw the task details and a number - 698.
This is the number of people who offered a bounty for Wang Teng’s head, which is far more than Su Xia expected.
"Not only those businessmen and city officials, but also many private families." Su Xia understood, "The families of the drivers, guards, and freight workers killed by Wang Teng's men also provided rewards."
He noticed that in the bounty pool, the smallest bounty was only 1,451.7 yuan.
This number, which includes both decimals and integers, is most likely the family savings of a poor family, and they cannot take out any more.
At this time, the bartender walked behind Su Xia and whispered, "Are you really going to take Wang Teng's task? I thought you were just talking."
"Let's try it." Su Xia did not deny.
"More than a dozen senior members have failed this month, and some have even lost their lives. Click on the column below the mission details to see their failure process."
The bartender tried to persuade him: "Wang Teng is very powerful. You two adults may not be sure of him. You should do some small tasks first."
"It's okay. There's no time limit for the mission to kill Wang Teng. You don't have to do it if you accept it."
Su Xia smiled and clicked confirm. Suddenly, a task appeared on his empty personal interface.
[Hunting the King of Mercenaries——Wang Teng]
The task was red, so red that it was almost dark red, as if blood was about to overflow from the screen.
