Feng Chou waited in line for more than ten minutes before it was his turn.
He handed a piece of paper to Emily and told her that he wanted to accept the missions.
Emily couldn't help but laugh when she saw it. She said, "You're a warrior. What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid that the Gnolls will eat you?"
It turned out that Feng Chou's paper was filled with the recent bounties for Gnoll bandits issued by the Chamber of Commerce and the City Hall.
Feng Chou winked at Ai Mili and took out a photo, revealing half of it for her to see.
Feng Chou took it back too quickly, so Emily didn't see it clearly. However, the photo clearly showed a wild creature's camp, and there seemed to be a lake.
Emily seemed to understand something and quickly went through the procedures for Feng Chou to accept the missions. Anyway, these missions didn't have any requirements. Any mercenary could accept them.
After the procedures were completed, Feng Chou immediately said that he wanted to complete the missions.
Emily left her seat and led Feng Chou out of the hall through the back door again.
The two went up the stairs in the northeast corner of the backyard to the second floor of the union building. Emily led Feng Chou directly to the office of the Mercenary Union's Mission Department.
Not long after Feng Chou entered the office of the head of the Task Force Department, his arrival was reported to President Algernon.
The head of the Mission Department of the Mercenary Union was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing a well-fitting dark blue silk Frac suit, a black triangular hat with a golden rim, and a light green Kayurot on his legs.
When Emily told him that the young and honest mercenary named Gavin had discovered the traces of the Gnoll Bandit Group that had been causing a commotion in Antalya during this period of time, Minister Hubert didn't believe it. He even felt offended that Emily had so easily brought Gavin to him.
However, Minister Hubert was a shrewd man. He showed a kind smile on his face.
Another reason why Minister Hubert was smiling was that Emily's father was the captain of the temple guards of the Lord of War, and her uncle was an intermediate priest of the temple.
He kindly said to Feng Chou, "Tell me, what did you find?"
Feng Chou took out a stack of photos from his pocket. He took out the topmost one and placed it on the desk in front of the department head. The photo was of a forest and there were messy marks on the ground.
Feng Chou explained, "I received a mission to go to Claire's Gentleman's Territory, northwest of North Antalya, to eliminate a small group of Jackalans that appeared near the territory. But when I arrived there, I quickly discovered that it was not a small group of Jackalans. Judging from the traces on this photo, it should be a Jackalan tribe's hunting team. They seemed to be hunting a wild bull at the time."
"But I didn't want to give up just like that, so I continued to follow the trail left behind by the Jackalan hunting team."
"To my surprise, I followed them for more than 20 kilometers, all the way to Avon Lake, but I didn't find a Jackalan camp. The Jackalans' range of activity is astonishing."
"I followed the Avon Lake for a while and finally found a Jackalan camp."
Speaking of this, Feng Chou took out another picture. It was a picture of a Jackalan camp by the lake.
"This is a Jackalan camp with a population of as many as 80 or 90 people. I was very puzzled by such a large Jackalan tribe in this location. I once heard from an old mercenary that the Jackalans, who make a living by hunting in the forest, can't maintain a large tribe. Only by robbing humans can they maintain a larger tribe. However, this place is too far away from human roads and cities. It's not suitable for a Jackalan bandit group's nest."
"So I began to search around the camp. Soon, I found some footprints to the west of the camp. Following the footprints, I saw this about five kilometers to the west of the camp …"
After that, Feng Chou put the remaining five photos on the table in front of Hobert.
Hobert, who had a casual smile on his face, suddenly froze when he saw the five photos. He grabbed the photos and looked at them carefully one by one. "My God, this is impossible!"
After looking at the photos, he looked up at Feng Chou for a moment and asked, "These photos … I mean, why do you have so many photos?
Did you bring a lot of 'Photo Making' scrolls with you? "
Feng Chou stretched out his hand and showed a ring on his finger. He said, "This is a gift from one of my elders when I became a mercenary. It's a ring with the spell 'Photo Making'. My elder said that I'll use it often."
Photo Making was a level-zero spell. Level-Zero spell scrolls were cheap, and the general scrolls only cost four or five crowns. Of course, this was compared to magic items. Four or five crowns was already a big expense for ordinary people.
The ring on Feng Chou's hand was his practice work. It was a magic item with a level-0 "Photo Crafting" spell.
To be honest, level-zero magic items were very rare. Generally speaking, even if a level-zero sorcerer learned alchemy, he or she would only be able to lay the foundation and not be able to make magic items. Only a level-one alchemist or above could make magic items. However, if a level-one alchemist wanted to make level-zero magic items, the profit would be much lower, unless he or she used it for practice.
Therefore, level-zero magic items were rarely seen on the market.
Hobert looked at the ring on his finger and nodded. "We'll send someone to verify if what you said is true. If it's true, we'll pay the reward."
Feng Chou rubbed his hands excitedly and nodded. This was an important mission. Of course, he had to verify it.
After saying goodbye to Hobert, Feng Chou and Emily returned to the Quest Hall of the Mercenaries' Union.
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The six carriages from Gabriel were running on the wide streets of Antalya. The tall building of the Mercenaries' Union was already in sight.
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After saying goodbye to Emily, Feng Chou hurriedly left the Mercenaries' Union.
His time in the laboratory was about to expire this afternoon, and he had to go back before then.
According to Feng Chou's original plan, he should go back in the early morning, when everyone was still asleep.
However, in order to get the reward of more than ten thousand crowns, he had wasted some time in the Mercenaries' Union and missed the best time in the morning.
Not long after leaving the Mercenaries' Union, Feng Chou frowned.
Qiankun Pagoda had told him that someone was following them.