Actually, for a country bumpkin like Kells, it was absolutely impossible to know what a big city really was. The largest place he had ever seen in his life was the neighboring town, which was the current Locco. Therefore, the matter of leading the way was naturally handed over to the well-informed Karlina. She had always held respect and awe, ah, for someone who clearly knew everything yet was so humble…

  “I say, can we find the nearest big city from here where we can register as mercenaries?” Kells asked.

  Karlina, in order to show herself, said without thinking, “Leicas! A one-star city. There is a large Mercenary Guild there, but why do we have to go to a big city? There is a small Mercenary Guild in a town not far from here. We are only registering as the most junior mercenaries; we don’t need to do this, right?”

  “You don’t understand this. The small towns around here definitely still have the influence of the underground guild. We can’t fight them. On the contrary, big cities are different. With the public security there, we absolutely won’t encounter these scattered underground guild forces. Of course, high-level underground guilds have different prices. I suppose that guy who hired the assassin can’t afford that money, right? He must be from this town. No matter how rich, he can’t compare to the wealthy nobles of big cities!”

  “Mm! I think what brother said is very right. Sister Karlina, oh… such a long name, ah. From now on, can I call you Sister Lina?” Eliya asked.

  Karlina smiled. She felt somewhat guilty towards this kind and cute little girl, but of course, she didn’t mind the name. She also strongly agreed with Kells’ idea. It was as if this guy had already become the leader among the three of them.

  “Young Master Kells, if we register as mercenaries, we need to plan the direction of development. My strengths are in surprise attacks and covert operations. Of course, this is prohibited in the regular guild. I can choose the regular Ranger profession, proficient with daggers, physical type, no magical constitution.” Karlina briefly described her combat attributes.

  “So amazing, oh, Sister Lina. Do I also have to become a mercenary? I don’t know anything, ah! Heavens, ah, we don’t have the funds to set out yet!” Eliya brought up a very realistic problem. I don’t know which sage said such a sentence: one copper coin forces a hero to death, ah! This sentence is correct…

  Upon hearing this, Karlina unreservedly took out her savings. “Young Master Kells, Little Sister Eliya, this is all my money, 500 gold coins. It should be enough for our journey and to buy equipment.”

  “Heavens, ah! So much money, ah. How can this be? We only met today, ah! Dad also said, one cannot casually accept other people’s money!” Eliya exclaimed.

  “Hehe, you already call me sister. How am I still an outsider? What’s wrong with a younger sister spending her older sister’s money!” Actually, in Karlina’s heart, Kells’ image rose another level. She thought that such a strong person like Kells, yet living in such straitened circumstances, must have given his money to the poor. Such a large restaurant, ah, how could it look poor? Young Master Kells is too great, she firmly believed this. Of course, Karlina didn’t know about the restaurant’s changes.

  “Hehe, this is very good. Karlina actually handed over the gold coins herself. Luck, ah, my mercenary dream is one step achieved, and at the same time, it comes with two beautiful mercenary companions. Haha! Too great. Speaking of which, the name Karlina is really damn long…” Thinking of this, Kells said, “Mm mm, from now on, I’ll also call you Lina. I already understand your combat attributes. When taking the exam, you should develop in this direction. With your skills, how confident are you to test into what level of mercenary?”

  “G-rank is no problem, but F-rank is a bit uncertain. What about you, Young Master Kells?” Karlina estimated that he should at least be a D-rank mercenary. Just based on speed-type professions, he could rival the high-level ones.

  But Kells’ answer surprised her greatly!

  “Trainee mercenary, I guess, hehe…” After saying that, Kells even smiled foolishly!

  What a great person, ah, actually willing to give up the honor of a D-rank or higher mercenary in order not to expose his identity. Karlina almost wanted to worship Kells. As long as he wasn’t a D-rank mercenary, the other side wouldn’t send people to check. This way, it also exempted Karlina from the danger of being found out for engaging in underground tasks.

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  The way she looked at Kells, her eyes almost turned into stars. This is called adoration! Of course, from the beginning, Kells didn’t know that this little girl had such a high favorability towards him. He was even somewhat afraid of her. After all, their strengths were too far apart. In close combat, Karlina could probably take down Kells in two or three moves.

  “Brother! You haven’t said about my matter yet. How can Eliya become a mercenary, ah! This is simply a joke!”

  “Haha, no, I’ve thought about it. A pure combat team must have recovery personnel.”

  “But I don’t know any recovery magic, ah. Light-type ability users are all in the church. Shall we invite a priest or a nun to join us?” Eliya said.

  “Priest… let’s forget it. As for nuns, they probably won’t join us. Recovery professions have always been vied for by various mercenary groups. With our little money, it’s still more practical to buy some equipment. Mm, I remember there’s a kind of staff with solidified recovery magic that is very suitable for you to use. If Little Sister Eliya equips that, you can temporarily act as a recovery profession.” In Kells’ mind, all male members were denied. Even if a free S-rank mercenary came, this guy wouldn’t want him. On the contrary, even if it was a trainee female mercenary who wanted to join, this guy would absolutely accept unconditionally, oh! Forgot to mention an important condition: she must be beautiful…

  “Mm, but Eliya doesn’t know anything, oh.”

  “Haha, it’s okay. There’s brother here. Leave everything to me. Lina, introduce a magic shop. We’ll buy locally. Oh, come here for a moment!” Kells beckoned Karlina to come closer to talk.

  After Karlina walked to his side, Kells whispered in her ear, “Does your underground guild sell some good equipment? If we buy from regular shops, with this money, we probably can’t buy decent equipment. Roughly, the needs are like this: Eliya needs a set of lightweight leather armor. She’s not a monk or a mage, doesn’t need to wear a robe. Relatively, defense is the key point. Also, a staff with solidified primary recovery magic. For me, just a set of sturdy leather armor will do. If it can have a solidified acceleration effect blessing magic, even better. But this, I guess we can’t afford it. I remember that blessing-type magic can only be cast by priests. In the monk system, this is already considered a high-level profession. For weapons, get me a musket, oh… this probably we also can’t afford. First, get a decent bow and arrow. For you, just see what to do. This is what we need currently. Can it be done tonight? I remember the underground guild is open 24 hours!”

  “Mm, it can be done. I’ll go right now. You and Little Sister Eliya wait here. I’ll be back in about an hour.” After Karlina finished speaking, she jumped out of the window. Speaking of which, couldn’t she walk through the main door? The door was open. Eliya’s eyes were wide open, watching the place where Karlina left.

  “Brother, why didn’t Sister Lina walk through the main door? Below that window is a pool…” Eliya had already spoken too late. From outside came a loud “plop~” sound.

  “Which bastard! Actually put water where this old lady lands!” Karlina’s strong voice came up from downstairs…

  “Brother… Sister Lina is so scary, oh…” Eliya grabbed Kells’ arm and said.

  “Sigh… this stupid woman, really don’t know how she earned those 500 gold coins.” Kells began to feel a bit uneasy about letting her go to purchase equipment. However, the underground guild isn’t something anyone can enter. They are only open to their own people because most of the equipment and items sold are of unknown origin. There, the prices are relatively much cheaper.

  Kells didn’t know where he had heard another thing: in the underground guild, one can buy slaves of different races. Speaking of which, this good thing he heard during a certain panty hunt. But thinking of that matter made Kells’ flesh ache. The few treasures at the bottom of the box that were destroyed in the Monster Forest came from there…

  “It’s okay. She’s just a bit hot-tempered. Actually, Sister Lina is a good person. She saved you, you know. Brother only helped a part. The fighting was mainly done by Sister Lina…” To improve someone’s image, Kells made up quite a few good words. But the effect was indeed good. Eliya really believed it. She no longer showed a frightened expression. However, after calming down, she let go of the arm she was holding, which made Kells very depressed. The little cutie, every time she calmed down, would intentionally keep a certain distance from him. Truly a standard lady, ah, not a bit of advantage to be taken.

  “Brother, what do we do now? What did Sister Lina go to do? Will she come back? Tonight, we said we would sleep together, ah!” Eliya’s three words “sleep together” once again stirred the excitement of Kells’ whole body’s cells. But he knew that the object of sleeping together was Lina. Certain ideas only existed in delusions and only for a brief moment.

  “She’ll be back in a while. Lina went to purchase our equipment. We’re setting off tomorrow, ah. When we get to the big city, we won’t be able to afford these equipment. Before setting off, brother wants to purchase them well, and we must use them when we take the trainee mercenary exam.” Kells said.

  “Ah! So that’s how it is. Why not go together? Eliya wants to see what equipment there is, ya! Hehe…”

  “We have limited funds now, no room for choice. We can only wait for Lina’s good news. Oh, little sister can now prepare the things for tomorrow’s departure. We’ll leave early in the morning!”

  After Kells finished speaking, Eliya began to pack her luggage. Because during the previous division of property, the entire restaurant, upstairs and downstairs, didn’t leave any valuable things. She didn’t have much to pack, just some clothes to change. Kells was always watching from the side. Speaking of which, when he saw Eliya packing a certain thing, this guy’s eyes were thief bright, thief bright…