Can anyone… do anything they want to do…
Egbert and Euphia stood in the middle of the road, pondering this question for a long ti.
The forr had already decided he didn’t want to get involved in the unnecessary conflicts of the Order of the Knights of Light. The latter was thinking about how most rcenaries actually don’t want to take on tasks with high mortality rates, but they are forced to choose them because those issuing the tasks always assign such missions, leaving rcenaries with no choice.
Euphia, as the daughter of the rcenary Alliance Guild Master, shared her father’s desire to change the current positioning of rcenaries.
The rcenary Alliance Guild Master, praised by Egbert for his foresight, had discovered the drawbacks of the rcenary system after establishing the rcenary Alliance in this city and guiding the spread of rcenaries throughout the continent.
In everyone’s eyes, rcenaries were not seen as collaborators who could be hired with money when needed, but as tools that could be controlled with money.
While everyone saw it as natural to work for pay, when human warmth and the importance of life were completely ignored, death numbers beca just numbers.
They couldn’t represent the many broken families left behind.
Euphia had posted so relatively mundane tasks, such as tidying up city streets, repairing damaged houses, or cleaning hos for elderly people with limited mobility. While these tasks were quickly accepted when posted, no one would learn from her example and post similar tasks.
When asked, the conclusion was always: “If a house is damaged, we can just patch it up ourselves. As for cleaning, the three elents of wind, water, and fire are all shortcuts for housekeeping.”
As for tidying up streets, it would turn into another type of combat mission.
Streets beco dirty and ssy because others break the rules, and those who violate rules… just need a good beating.
This was the mindset that rcenaries couldn’t change.
Was Su Li’s appearance a sign that what she had done before was aningful?
Euphia herself felt it was strange to seek answers from a child. But neither she nor her father knew how to change things.
As for the other higher-ups in the alliance, they always told her and her father: “You’re doing unnecessary things again.”
To be able to do anything you want to do…
Do you need to think of it first to break through the dilemma?
Euphia suddenly thought of a feasible point: What if they required all task issuers to post three daily tasks for every one combat task?
As for those who issue tasks being dissatisfied… for rcenaries spread across every corner of the world…
This was absolutely a seller’s market! The rcenaries of the rcenary City, from the mont they registered as rcenaries, would never violate the saying in the alliance hall.
“Loyalty and trustworthiness are the foundation of a rcenary’s existence.”
Euphia’s eyes suddenly lit up like light bulbs.
Then Euphia took out a golden key and thrust it into Su Li’s hand. She cheerfully said to the confused Su Li. “Thank you very much for your insight. The rent for the house is only one silver coin per month. The house is located about a hundred ters ahead. All doors in that building can be opened with this key. You can try to choose any room to live in.”
“And the rent for the entire small building adds up to only one silver coin.”
“Now, I have to go do sothing else. Goodbye.”
Su Li: ?
Su Li: ???
The person in question was completely bewildered, unable to understand what was happening.
Do people in this world generally have so strange riddler-like quality? Just a mont ago, Euphia was curious about why he issued such a task, and now…?
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Su Li was confused, but finally thinking about the house with a monthly rent of only one silver coin, he cleared his throat and said, “Cyril, it seems there are still good people in this dangerous world.”
Cyril was baffled, Cyril said nothing.
Egbert, probably due to reasons that were completely indescribable, seed to connect with Euphia’s train of thought.
The Son of Light naturally knew the daughter of the rcenary Alliance Guild Master. He was also aware of what she and her father were doing, or rather, many people knew.
However, in the past, his evaluation was the sa as others: “They’re doing unnecessary things again.”
But now, Egbert suddenly felt a bit envious of Euphia. After just a few words with Su Li, Euphia seed to have found her path forward, while he, also defined as a genius in the past, was just in a daze, thinking that by following Su Li, he could understand more concepts.
This subtle sense of sourness made Egbert blurt out, “In your opinion, is Euphia much smarter than ?”
Su Li: Who’s Euphia? Sounds like a girl’s na. Why are you comparing yourself to her?
Although he didn’t know what happened, comforting seed like the right thing to do, right?
Unconsciously having mastered the art of deep diplomatic speech, Su Li said sothing that instantly made Egbert happy.
“n and won do indeed have differences in thinking, but each has their own advantages.”
Comparing things without understanding the truth is essentially the sa as a pedant saying that one banana plus one apple doesn’t equal two, right?
Su Li calmly walked towards the three-story red brick house that Euphia had just pointed out to him.
Cyril…Cyril said, “Su Li is really amazing.”
Although he didn’t understand, that sister with seemingly super aweso combat power must have been impressed by Su Li, right?
And big brother Egbert too.
Even though they had t two strange people in just one day, Cyril still accepted it well and quietly chose a secondary bedroom on the second floor of the red brick house.
Later, they went to cancel their hotel room.
Su Li, who felt that things he wanted to do were happening with extraordinary efficiency, was extrely confused about the situation of renting a house and being able to move in in less than two hours.
This was completely different from modern society.
In the following days, Su Li felt that the most distinct difference between this other world and the world before his transmigration wasn’t in people’s appearances or the look of buildings, but in how light elents could charge things like light bulbs.
How nice, a living, walking power bank.
Feeling uncomfortable under Su Li’s gaze, Egbert forced a smile and asked, “Is there sothing you want to do?”
“No, I’m just thinking that elents are much more powerful than I imagined,” Su Li waved his hand.
After all, human-shaped walking power banks were just everyday applications of elents. Hearing rcenaries always talking about magical beasts and such, this world must have monsters comparable to human-shaped walking disasters.
And…
Su Li wrinkled his nose, wondering what skills he had in this world that he could use to work and earn money.
Before transmigrating, when Su Li was working hard 24/7 instead of completely giving up, he mainly did ga outsourcing, taking on tasks commissioned by ga companies. Ga copy planning, event planning, character modeling, character illustrations, and other jobs – Su Li had knowledge of all these, but in this other world, he couldn’t see how any of this could be useful.
These past few days were spent learning about this world, and Su Li discovered that schools did exist here, but tuition fees were shockingly expensive.
Ten gold coins per sester, and most of the knowledge taught was related to elental cultivation.
Egbert had also voluntarily ntioned before that different elentalists couldn’t provide cross-elental guidance, and cultivation thods varied among elentalists. Even within the sa system, it was impossible to casually instruct others, which was why tuition fees were so expensive.
The most he could do was to train Cyril in physical techniques.
When Su Li ntioned the scene of Euphia crushing iron blocks into powder, Egbert explained. “Any elentalist who has reached the Order level can achieve this.”
In simple terms, those seemingly ordinary people on the street could, at any mont, kick over the foundation of a modern society building if they suddenly erupted.
When Su Li learned about this, he was a bit worried about the red brick house, but later found out that buildings were actually reinforced with wind elents, so it wasn’t likely for people to be buried by collapsing buildings.
Seeing that his life was sowhat secured, Su Li began to worry about the children’s education.
Having never had a girlfriend or children, and always wanting to live with cats, Su Li fell into deep thought.
Seeing Su Li with another “contemplating the great matters of life” expression, Egbert sighed inwardly, wishing that one day he could keep up with Su Li’s train of thought.
Over these few days, Egbert had heard Su Li say during als. “Food is a necessity for life, yet it can also be sothing that countless people fear and dread.”
Egbert had no thoughts about the “Stargazy Pie” he made, but he was guessing that Su Li seed to be hinting at sothing through food. Although he couldn’t judge what it was now, Egbert thought it must be sothing very profound and aningful.
In reality...
Su Li: Never in my life did I imagine that the most painful thing I’d face after transmigrating would not be the inability to access this other world’s power system, but having to eat “Stargazy Pie.”
Later, after spending an afternoon in the toilet, Su Li sighed through the bathroom door. “Physical pain has a limit, but ntal suffering is endless.”
Egbert: Look, Lord Su Li is guiding again!
However, in reality…
Su Li: How can I subtly hint to Egbert that “Stargazy Pie” is only suitable as an offering to the God of Light or the God of Darkness, or any god for that matter… but should never appear in the human world?
Just thinking about those dead fish eyes made Su Li’s scalp tingle.
Even worse!
When Su Li ca out of the bathroom, he saw Egbert with extrely bright eyes and an expression that clearly said he should have followed Su Li into the bathroom to closely record every word he had said.
Su Li’s vision darkened, and he muttered to himself. “I should get used to darkness.”
TN:
“Stargazy Pie,” a traditional Cornish pie where fish heads stick out through the crust, appearing to “gaze at the stars.”
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