The next morning, Feng Chou went to the horse market in the northeast corner of the city and bought four horses. He then left the east gate of the city.
Feng Chou rode one horse and led three others along the road to Antalya for a few kilometers. When there was no one else on the road, he put the horse he was leading into Qiankun Pagoda and galloped away.
He used four horses to take turns to ride, and only used half a day to return to Antalya City.
This time, Feng Chou used Gavin's freedman's document to enter the city.
After entering the city, Feng Chou went straight to the headquarters of the Antalya mercenary union in the north of the city.
The mercenary union's headquarters was a rectangular, three-story stone building that looked like a fortress. The front of the building was very wide, but the entrance wasn't that big. There was an L-shaped wall at the entrance, so people had to pass through a narrow path that was only wide enough for two people to enter the main hall.
After exiting the narrow path, Feng Chou was greeted by a spacious hall. The walls on both sides of the hall were filled with mission notices.
Inside the hall was a row of closed windows. Behind the windows sat many workers who were handing over missions.
Feng Chou came to an empty window and asked the worker inside, "How do I register as a mercenary?"
There was a young girl inside the window. She didn't look like a frivolous girl and had a bunch of faint freckles around her nose.
She glanced at Feng Chou. Feng Chou was wearing a new mask. He looked like an ordinary young man.
The girl replied indifferently, "Please show me your freedman's document and your profession's document."
Feng Chou took out Gavin's freedman's document and said, "I lost mine. I heard the mercenary union can test one's rank and issue documents?"
The girl said, "That's right, but you have to pay ten crowns for the test."
Feng Chou counted ten crowns from his pouch and handed them to her.
The reason why Feng Chou didn't want to use Gavin's knight rank certificate to register as a mercenary was because it was almost impossible for a knight to become a mercenary. If he used his knight rank certificate to register as a mercenary, it would be very inappropriate.
The girl took the silver coins, counted them, and put them into the money box. Then, she took out a document from the drawer and filled it out.
After copying the basic information from Gavin's freedman's document onto the document, the girl handed it to him and asked him to sign his name.
After signing her name, the girl took the document and left her seat. She came out from a small door in the corner of the display window and led Feng Chou through a back door in the corner of the hall that was guarded by guards.
The two of them went through the back door and into the courtyard behind the hall.
Opposite the mercenary union's courtyard was a palace-like building. The reason Feng Chou thought it looked like a palace wasn't because of how beautiful it was, but because of how tall it was. The rectangular stone building only had one storey, but it was a little taller than the three-storey building in front of it.
In Leo's memory, these buildings that were far larger than the actual size of the house were either palaces or shrines. They were all built to show the majesty and greatness of the owner.
The girl led Feng Chou through the courtyard and into the shrine behind it.
It was indeed a shrine. The layout of the shrine was similar to the shrine of the God of Nobles and Knights, but it was smaller in scale. There were seven or eight rows of benches on the half of the shrine near the entrance. The distance between the benches was wide enough for believers to kneel and worship. There was a space of about twenty meters between the front of the benches and the altar, which was used for preaching. On the altar in the deepest part of the shrine, there was a statue of a god that was seven or eight meters tall.
This statue looked very different from the statue of the God of Nobles and Knights. It was also a warrior in armor, but it was a medium-sized one. Its helmet was placed casually at its feet, and a huge double-bladed battle axe was leaning against the throne. It was sitting on the throne tiredly, with one hand on the throne's armrest and the other supporting its chin. Its hair was a little messy, and the beard on its face looked like it hadn't rested for a long time. There was a hint of sadness on its face, and a tattered red cape that seemed to be stained with blood was draped behind it.
If the statue of the God of Nobles and Knights was a noble general, then this statue was a trustworthy comrade and a reliable captain …
If Feng Chou guessed correctly, this statue was the famous Lord of War, Hydegaard.
The headquarters of the Mercenary Union was in the Sutton Empire, the Country of War. Behind this powerful union was the powerful Church of the Lord of War.
Seeing the shrine of the Lord of War here, Feng Chou didn't find it strange at all.
After the girl walked into the shrine, she clenched her right fist and gently hammered her left shoulder. After bowing to the statue, she turned and walked to the right side of the shrine.
Feng Chou hurriedly bowed to the statue and followed behind the girl.
There were two rows of pillars on both sides of the shrine, and behind the pillars, there was a row of doors.
The girl pushed open one of the doors, and inside was a place that looked like an office. A middle-aged man in a priest's robe was sitting at the desk working.
Seeing the girl, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Emily, why aren't you working in front? Why are you here?"
The girl said with annoyance, "Of course I'm here for work …" She pointed at Feng Chou behind her and said, "This man has lost his rank document, so he plans to go through the test again."
The middle-aged man looked at Feng Chou, shook his head, and said, "A careless guy can't be a good mercenary."
He took the document from Emily's hand, glanced at it, and asked, "You should still remember what level you wrote on the document you lost, right?"
Feng Chou said, "Level 6 Warrior, part-time level 4 Rogue, but I don't have the power of Shadow."
The middle-aged man looked at Feng Chou again and said, "We don't care about the level of a Rogue. Well, I'll arrange a suitable tester for you."
"Come with me, young man."
After saying that, the middle-aged man walked out of the office, and Emily followed. She bowed to the statue again and turned to leave the shrine.
The middle-aged man took Feng Chou to the middle of the hall, where there was a corridor leading to the side hall.
The corridor was not long, about ten meters.
Through the corridor, the two came to another hall.
In this hall, a middle-aged warrior was training several young people in combat skills.
Seeing the middle-aged priest come in, the young warriors stopped and bowed to the priest.
The priest waved to the young warriors and said to the middle-aged warrior, "This young man claims to be a level 6 Warrior, part-time level 4 Rogue. I think you should be able to test his true strength."
The middle-aged warrior nodded and walked to a room on the side of the hall. Soon, when he came out, he was dressed neatly.