Transcendent Dawn - Chapter 446
Chapter 446: Chapter 0446: Mercenary (Added chapters seeking monthly ticket)
From the bards, Su Lu learned a great deal.
Not gifts, but suffering, was mainly what the Dawn of the Gods brought to the majority of ordinary people in the world.
For instance, the increasing appearance of transcendent creatures outdoors, that even started attacking human villages.
Take the ‘night invasion’, for example, the nights became extremely dangerous.
Only for a select group of Transcendents, the arrival of the Spirit Tide was a grand event.
It seemed like the number of knights and wizards, these two groups, was continuously increasing recently, and breakthroughs became easier and easier.
‘Golden Knights’ and ‘Witch Kings’, which only used to appear in legends, began to step out from mythical stories and come into ordinary people’s visions.
The greatest difference is that the kingdom is now ruled by a ‘Dragon Queen’ riding on a giant dragon!
Scholars generally consider the Black Dragon Fall event as the beginning of the return of the Spirit Tide in this world. The legend of the Black Giant Dragon and the Dragon Slayer is chanted across the whole continent.
“Dragon Slayer?”
Su Lu touched his own face.
“Yes…Dragon Slayer Su Lu! He is the hero in the legends, who once killed the rampaging giant dragon in the capital and is also the teacher of Dragon Queen.”
The bard bowed again, picked up his instrument, and chanted a poem about a warrior and a giant dragon, attracting applause from those around him.
But Su Lu found it sickeningly sentimental.
This was the entertainment of this era, which did not suit his tastes at all.
He waved his hand, signaling the bard to step back.
Suddenly.
Su Lu’s inspiration was provoked. In his ear, it seemed like a frenzy of muttering passed, like the roar of millions of people.
“This is… arrogance!”
Su Lu whispered, looking at his wine glass.
“Help!”
“Someone come quickly!”
Not long after, from outside the inn, an uproar and cries of help came through: “Bea… beast!”
“What?”
The uproar in the inn turned into silence again, many knights drew their swords right away, some were putting on armor and adjusting their crossbow.
“Old lame, open the door quickly.”
A hurried knocking came, it should be a familiar of the innkeeper.
The lame innkeeper immediately answered, opened the door, and let a middle-aged man with two attendants in.
He had a firm face, a hooked nose like a hawk, and sharp eyes, sweeping across the hall: “I am the Public Security Officer of this town–Otto! As you all heard, a beast has appeared in the town center, we need mercenaries to deal with it, the reward is one gold coin… for each person!”
The breaths of those present became slightly heavier.
For the wandering knights, they didn’t mind occasionally doing mercenary jobs, as long as the price the other party paid was attractive enough.
“Double if there are casualties!”
Security Officer Otto glanced at everyone in the hall and added.
“I’ll go!”
A young ride stood out.
Most beasts would still be killed by bow and arrow or cut to death by swords and spears, this was where their confidence came from.
“If that’s the case… then we’ll go too.”
Another group of people stood up, clearly a small team with different forms of cooperation, “The White Feather Mercenary Group is willing to serve you!”
However, besides these few, most people in the hall were still nervous as statues, motionless.
Seeing this, Su Lu got up: “I can also help.”
“Foreigner… who are you?”
Otto scrutinized Su Lu.
What he needed were warriors who could subdue beasts!
At least the rider who stood out earlier had a sword, the White Feather Mercenary Group even had archers and leather armor.
But Su Lu?
Although he was well-dressed, he had no armor, no sword, like a playful young nobleman, it could be troublesome if he got hurt.
“I think… my abilities might be useful.”
Su Lu naturally sensed his emotions, stretched out his right hand, a ball of fire appeared out of thin air, burning fiercely.
This new situation made him a bit concerned, he couldn’t care about concealment anymore.
Anyway, an inexperienced wizard could explain his situation.
“He’s a wizard!”
Exclamations were heard.
The eyes of those present all turned into fear and awe.
Even today, wizards are very mysterious!
They possess the power of spells, totally on a different plane from knights, but there are still tales of wizards everywhere concocting magic potions, killing beasts, or becoming noble advisors.
“Sorry, Sir!”
Delight flickered on Otto’s face: “May I ask what your name is?”
“You can call me Su Lu!”
Su Lu replied directly.
This was just his name, he didn’t say his surname, and in this world, there were too many people with the same name, especially since the appearance of the ballad of the dragon slayer, the name Su Lu was linked with the meanings of ‘courage’, ‘strength’, and many families would like to use Su Lu as a name.
If Su Lu knew about this, besides rolling his eyes, he would probably ask them for a naming fee.
“So, it’s Mr. Su Lu.”
Otto didn’t mind, and immediately led the way.
At this moment, fire flickered on the nearby town, and cries and screams were heard from time to time, indicating that the situation had already become dire.
“Hello, Mr. Su Lu…”
On the way, the young man who volunteered at the beginning immediately came up: “My name is David, from the Sarendo Family of Red River Valley, I am a wandering knight. You… are you a wizard?”
Compared to him, the five people from the White Feather Mercenary Group were very silent, just silently rushing on their way.
But Su Lu noticed that their expressions had changed, they must be listening carefully.
“Yes…”
He smiled and asked David: “Why? Do you think I’m very evil? Do you like turning people into frogs? Or casting eternal sleep spells on princesses?”
“No, no, no…”
David waved his hands crazily: “Those are all stories, our family is not so narrow-minded and prejudiced, and besides, many noble families take pride in having a wizard advisor, especially now… I followed a scholar before to study grammar and historical knowledge, and I have some yearning for the power of spells, but unfortunately, I couldn’t get a wizard’s guidance in the end and had to travel.”
If in the past the second and third sons of knight families and wealthy families who couldn’t inherit the family business went out to wander just to find an opportunity to become nobles.
In this era of Dawn of the Gods, their travels had an additional meaning.
Seeking mystery! Seeking transcendence! Gaining power!
This was perhaps very difficult in the past, but now it’s not entirely hopeless.
The return of Spirit Tide meant that the probability of ‘adventure’ everywhere had also increased, of course, it would surely come with danger.
But for young people, they yearned for adventure!
For example, the event tonight seemed to be an opportunity in David’s eyes!
“Young lad…”
Hearing this, the leader of the White Feather Mercenary Group jeered: “I’ve seen many young lads like you, many of them died on the road with dreams in their hearts, not even as good as a wild dog… If I were you, I would go home early, even if I could only get a small piece of land, becoming a freedman is better than this.”
Su Lu’s expression changed slightly after hearing this.
Although the leader was sarcastic, he seemed to have a rather good heart.
