Miguel and the two won returned to the villa a few minutes later.
It was still around eight in the evening when they arrived ho.
Miguel planned to check the situation in the north tonight. This would avoid suspicion as ’Elder Journey’ usually returns ho after finishing dinner at Maras Tavern. No one would suspect him to go to the north during this hour at all.
For this matter, he could not go as Elder Journey or Miguel. The mastermind was still lurking in the dark after all.
Fortunately, he now has another ans to disguise himself.
The [Formation Inscriptor] has a lot of applications.
One of which was to change his appearance slightly.
Miguel made a slight wound on the tip of his finger to draw out blood. Using his own blood as the main material, Miguel drew a mysterious pattern on his face.
The mysterious blood pattern suddenly coagulated and ford into a huge array that lit up with red light. The red light intensified and imdiately transford his face into another form.
Looking in the mirror, he looked very ordinary, normal, and weak.
His cheek was deep and it looked like he did not eat for a month already.
His hair was disheveled, and looked rough and dirty. It looked like he did not take a bath for at least a week.
Miguel nodded his head in satisfaction.
’This face looks easy to beat. It also looks like a face that is always asking for a beating,’ he thought to himself.
This face was very suitable for his operation of wanting to get into trouble.
A perfect bait!
Even Aaliyah and Edith felt a little repulsed seeing his face. If they did not know that this was Miguel beforehand, they would have thought that it was a thief and would attack him on the spot.
This was only a minor and one of the many applications of the [Formation Inscriptor] skill.
As it only changed the structure of his face, it did not take much energy and effort to create this particular inscription.
After he was done with his preparation, he unsummoned Aaliyah and Edith and prepared to go to the north alone.
This ti, to further make his act convincing, he planned to pose a strong and wandering Martial Artist.
The Blazing City doesn’t have any census. As long as one could pay the fee at the entrance, anyone could enter the city and live here peacefully.
Miguel was not worried that his identity would be questioned. There were a lot of new people in Blazing City everyday.
As he wanted to still earn so experience points, he kept the grimoire in the state of being summoned and just let it stay hidden.
This consus energy, but fortunately, Miguel doesn’t have to worry about sothing trivial like that.
Miguel did not waste any more ti and finally arrived at where the rcenary Guild was located.
The rcenary Guild was a free and unrestricted organization.
There were no mber fees if one wanted to beco a rcenary. In fact, one doesn’t have to register at all.
Only when one ford a rcenary group would they need to inform and register in the guild.
When Miguel arrived at the rcenary Guild, it was already slightly past nine.
Even though it was already this late in the evening, the rcenary Guild was still full of people and was still bustling with activity.
Looking around, Miguel could feel so auras that did not pale in comparison to the elders of the Red Family.
There was a reason why they could stand their ground and remain unbothered by the local governnt.
The rcenary Guild was indeed a place where the strong and free-willed individuals gathered the most. In fact, even so powerful elders of well-known families were also rcenaries.
Miguel walked forward without garnering any attention from the crowd.
Even though his face was akin to a man asking for a beating, the rcenaries around did not bother him as they did their own thing.
The rcenary Guild was a big establishnt.
With a quick glance, Miguel realized that it could even hold upto 500 people without being cramped.
The rcenary Guild only consists of two floors. The ground level and the upper level.
The upper level was where the upper echelons of the rcenary Guild usually gathered, while the ground level was where the rcenaries transact and find suitable missions.
In the center of the ground level was where most of the rcenaries could be seen.
Before them was a huge board that was surrounded by the mass of rcenaries.
According to Maras, this was the mission board where rcenaries would see and search for a suitable mission to be accepted.
The employers would co and issue a request to the guild and the guild would then issue and post the mission details in the mission board.
If a rcenary fancied a mission, they could just take the posted details and bring it to the line of receptionists located at the far end of the ground level.
The receptionists would then evaluate if they possess the necessary strength and ability to complete the mission.
The rcenary Guild was not a charity organization. It doesn’t care about the life and death of the rcenaries. For them, the completion of the mission was more important.
Of course, when a rcenary completes a couple of missions, they would be noticed by the receptionists and would be rembered.
Their performance would then be referenced for future missions that they wish to accept, which will lead them to be able to accept hard and high level missions.
This was also the reason why there was no need to register in the rcenary Guild.
As life and death was always an occurrence, they would only pay attention to rcenaries who did outstanding job from their previous missions.
After scanning for a while, Miguel finally found the mission that he was looking for.
It was written clearly on brown parchnt paper. It was located at the newest missions or quest and it was around it that most of the rcenaries gathered.
[Mission: Searching and Capturing An Elusive Beast
Client: Cedric Ironheart
Objective: Capture the elusive beast.
Details: A beast of unknown origin appeared during Sir Cedric Ironheart’s daily walk in the Northern Crest Woods. Sir Cedric Ironheart desires this rare looking creature to get contracted by him and he’s willing to pay a handso reward of 2000 Gold Coins if it’s captured alive.
According to Sir Cedric Ironheart and so witnesses, the beast looked like an oversized mouse but it was extrely black in color. It has blue spots around its neck.
Location:
Northern Crest Woods
Requirents: None (If you don’t have the ability to capture the beasts but have found traces of it, you can still report it to the rcenary Guild and will still be rewarded with half of the promised reward.
Risks: Little to None. But could change at any mont depending on the grade of the said beast.
Reward: 2000 Gold Coins upon successfully delivering the correct beast alive to Sir Cedric Ironheart.
Additional Notes: The capture must be humane, ensuring the beast’s well-being during transportation.
This mission could be accepted by many people. You can simply go to the receptionist and tell them to write your na as one of the participants of the operation. Who knows if Sir Cedric Ironheart would suddenly reward the participants.]
Miguel nodded his head and thought that it was very detailed.
As this was only a search and capture mission, it didn’t have that much of requirent and restrictions, so even him, a newbie rcenary, would be able to accept it without any problem.
The risk were also included in the details so those who think that they could complete the mission could simply go to the receptionist and write their na on the list.
Miguel went to the receptionist table and reported what kind of mission he wanted to take.
The receptionist lady looked at him with a slight grunt, thinking that his face was quite repulsive to look at, before she told him to write his na on the parchnt that she handed over.
Miguel took the pen and realized that there were already over a hundred nas listed on this parchnt alone. And this was only from the receptionists. He noticed that most of the receptionists also had similar parchnt on their desks.
Ignoring the receptionist lady’s reaction, Miguel took the quill and wrote his na in a ssy manner.
Sid!
It was a simple na, befitting of his simple image and look. It was only one syllable and if anyone asked, he could just reply simply, with a quick word.
"Alright. You can now go and search for that beast. If you capture it alive, you can just report it to the Guild and we will handle the transportation to Sir Cedric Ironheart himself," the receptionist lady stated before ignoring him completely.
Looking at his weak and ordinary face, the lady did not think that he would be able to complete the mission at all. Besides, she was also tired of rcenaries accepting this mission and none of them had found it yet. She did not think that this ordinary looking fellow would make a difference.
Miguel did not think too much about it and imdiately went to the Northern Crest Woods.
Cedric Ironheart was considered a noble in Blazing City.
He also t him during the inauguration ceremony but he did not pay that much attention to him as he was a weak individual. As far as he knew, the only reason why he was invited during that ti was solely because Cedric Ironheart was very wealthy.
With his wealth, he could hire many powerful rcenaries easily.
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