Chapter 7 Mercenary System
‘Du Du Du Du’ Bing Zhixie was meditating on the formation in the house when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. Bing Zhixie quickly erased the pictures on the ground, put away her notebook, opened the door, and saw that it was Isabel Cornelia. He thought that Cornelia came because of what happened last night, but seeing the innocent smile on her face, it seemed that was not the case, so he asked: "What's the matter?"
Cornelia Sweet He smiled sweetly and said: "Celeste, do you have time? We would like to ask you for a favor."
Konelia is slightly taller than Bing Zhixie, so Bing Zhixie raised his hat. Yancai looked at her and asked : "What's the matter?"
"We accepted a task at the Mercenary Guild to help a knight repair his armor. Although the three of us know a little magic, it is better to have a magician. Because I am worried about damaging the armor, I would like to ask you to help us. If we repair it, the reward will be fifteen gold coins, and we can give you half of the money.”
"Fifteen gold coins, give me seven..."
Seven gold coins are a lot of money for ordinary people, enough to live and eat in such a tavern for ten days. But Bing Zhixie didn't care about the amount of money. He understood why the other party was willing to give him as much as seven. One is because they have money, and the other is because their goal is not money, but work points.
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The Mercenary Union is a worldwide joint organization. The mercenary system is very popular in the mainland and is promoted by all countries. Because there are two biggest benefits, that is, it can increase the skills and combat capabilities of the whole people, and it can also solve the problem of population unemployment, which is very important to the national economic development.
There are two units under the mercenary system, one is the mercenary and the other is the mercenary team. As an independent individual, you can join the mercenary system to become an independent mercenary, and you can also build a mercenary team of more than five people. Mercenaries can receive three types of rewards when accepting tasks, namely work point rewards, financial rewards and reputation rewards, and these three rewards are provided by the mercenary union, the task client, the state and various legal trade union groups respectively.
Each mercenary group and mercenary is based on a hierarchical system, and different levels can accept task entrustments at different levels. The task level is comprehensively evaluated by the task difficulty and the task reward amount. Each mercenary unit is divided into seven levels: S, A, B, C, D, E, and F. The commissioned tasks are divided into ten levels: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. .
The level promotion of mercenaries or mercenary groups is accumulated by the mercenary union. The conditions for accepting commissioned tasks are based on the current mercenary level. That is, F-level mercenary teams can accept F and G level tasks. E-level mercenaries can accept missions from three levels: E, F and G. SS-level missions can only be accepted by individual S-level mercenaries. Except for the SSS level, the remaining nine levels of missions can be entrusted by unions, groups or individuals. The SSS level is a national war mission and can only be entrusted by each country. Any level of mercenary or mercenary group can be accepted.
Tasks are divided into general tasks and team tasks. General tasks are accepted by any qualified individual or team. Team tasks can only be entrusted by mercenary groups that meet the conditions. Team tasks can require a team size of more than fifty people, more than one hundred people, etc. If there is no limit on the number of people, any number of mercenary teams can be accepted, and they can be accepted together with other teams.
Tasks are also divided into two states, namely limited number of tasks and infinite number of tasks. A limited number of tasks limits the status when the task is accepted. For example, a single task, that is, after a mercenary and a mercenary group accept it, other individuals and teams are not allowed to accept it again. Unlimited tasks can be accepted by many individuals and teams at the same time, and the first mercenary to complete the task will receive the reward. Because of the risk, unlimited tasks are generally more than double the reward of limited tasks of the same level.
Tasks are also divided into three types: regional, national and global. Regional tasks are entrusted to the local union, and mercenaries can only be accepted and returned to the union. National, that is, entrusted by the local union, all mercenary unions in the country can accept and return it. Global means that tasks entrusted to the local union can be received and returned by the global union.
When entrusting a task, the mercenary union charges 10% of the reward amount of the task entruster as the entrustment fee, and can entrust the task reward to the mercenary union. For national tasks, an additional entrustment fee of 3,000 to 5,000 gold coins will be added depending on the size of the country's territory, and for world-wide tasks, an additional entrustment fee of 10,000 gold coins will be charged. After the task is accepted, the client may not cancel the task.
After the mercenary fails to accept the task, the mercenary can still receive 3 to 5% of the property reward, but the reward points equivalent to the task plus 30% will be deducted. That is, the mission rewards 100 work points, and 133 work points for mercenaries and mercenary groups will be deducted after failure. No points will be deducted for unlimited mission failures. When a mercenary's work points fall below minus 100, his mercenary status will be cancelled, and he will not be allowed to apply for mercenary again within three years. When a task fails, the financial reward is determined by mutual discussion between the entrusting party and the entrusted party, and is generally based on currency.
Those who privately possess task entrusted items will be deducted work points according to the circumstances, and will be compensated for the property of the task entrusting party, that is, the task entrusted items, not the items obtained by the task. (The above is the basic system, and I will talk about it in detail later.)
Bing Zhixie is very clear about the mercenary system. He has been traveling in the mainland for more than two years, and all his living expenses in the past two years have come from The mercenary union obtains it, and also accepts many tasks of repairing items, because such tasks are relatively less troublesome but the rewards are relatively rich.
Because repair is a technical job, you can often find someone to repair something in the mercenary union for ten gold coins, but it is several times more expensive to go to a professional repairman. However, entrusting equipment repair tasks to the mercenary union is relatively risky. According to the mercenary principle of no compensation for failed tasks, if a person with third-rate skills accepts the repair task, he will not be held responsible if the item explodes. , so generally no one will entrust the mercenary union with valuable things.
Bing Zhixie agreed to help them.
Cornelia seemed very happy and took him out of the tavern.
I took the teleportation array to another community. There is an open space in this area, which is a public training ground. There will be some stone platforms and tables in the site, as well as some simple facilities that can be easily repaired. This kind of training ground is a place for students to communicate and learn with each other. It is usually found in every town, so it also attracts some people who like to set up a ring here. Because there are many people gathered here, it is convenient for learning and communication. People with various skills will gather here, and repairers are no exception.
Cornelia looked around the training ground and finally found Irina who was watching the competition with all her attention. But Nilia pulled Irina and asked: "Why, Wayne hasn't come to get the armor yet?"
Irina frowned and said: "I don't know what he did again."
Cornelia said: "Here, show Celeste the entrustment document. If he helps us repair it, we will give him half of the cost, seven gold coins and fifty silver coins."
Irina handed over the document. into the hands of Bing Zhixie.
Bing Zhixie looked at the document: 'Task level: E-level commissioned task; Task conditions: Repair a piece of non-standard medium-sized knight armor of the Demon Moon Empire; Task reward: 80 work points, 15 gold coins; Task recipient : E-class mercenary Bev Irina; mission return location : Mercenary Union of Silver Cavalry District 3, Debiles City, Demon Moon Empire; Union code: MY0014; Task conditions details: Repair a piece of Demon Moon Empire non-standard medium-sized knight armor, the armor damage assessment is 65% to 68% ( Mercenary Union), the mission completion and repair rate is over 90%. '
The reward for repairing a knight's armor that is 65% damaged is only 15 gold coins. It can only be said that the client of this task is really stingy. If it is repaired in a blacksmith shop, it will cost at least a hundred gold coins. above. But Irina and the others didn't care, and Bing Zhixie was even less likely to care.
Konelia looked at Bingzhi and asked with an evil smile: "Do you know why I asked you to help?"
Bing Zhixie returned the documents to them and said, "You are foreigners and we know each other."
The two girls were stunned.
Irina said: "You spoke too concisely, but you guessed it right."
Cornelia said: "Well, although the money is a little less, I'm sorry to trouble you. ”
After a while, Wayne came with a big armor in his arms.
"Wayne, what have you been doing? Why have you been gone so long?" Irina was obviously very angry.
Wein put the armor on the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Idiot, how can you repair it without repair tools!" Irina was stunned, smiled awkwardly, and just remembered to repair the armor and earn money He actually forgot that he didn't even prepare repair tools.
Wayne also carried a bag on his back. When he put the bag down, it contained repair tools.
Knelia happily picked up a hammer: "We have the tools, let's start repairing. Celeste..." She looked at Bing Zhixie, but Bing Zhixie had already put the armor away. Look carefully on the stone platform.
There didn't seem to be any damage on the armor, but it didn't look like there was any luster that metal should have.
The three people gathered around and Irina asked: "Isn't it just that the shoulder joint of the armor is cracked, and there are many dents in the armor, plus some rust? You don't need to look so carefully, right?" "
Bing Zhixie didn't look up at them. He touched and smelled the armor with his hands, and then said: "You have been fooled. This armor was once used by Germany. The acid of Muscle Worm has been etched. Although the acid of this mother is not strong, it is very durable. Even if it is exposed to the air, a drop of it will not evaporate for more than ten years. It’s hard to see, but you can tell by touching it with your hands.”
The three of them reached out and touched the armor. It felt like they were touching a rough wall. It was very uncomfortable.
Bing Zhixie continued: "The armor has been eroded with countless small holes that are difficult to see. The entire armor is there, as if it was painted evenly. Judging from the degree of erosion, at least a few More than a year. If a few more years pass, this armor will be nothing more than a pile of scrap metal. But now, this armor can no longer protect its owner. As long as he uses a little force..." He punched the armor. A hole was actually made.
The three of them were startled. Looking at the broken hole, Wayne was so angry that he was itching his teeth: "Damn you bastard, is the union also lying to you?"
Bing Zhixie shook his head and said: " It’s not that the people from the mercenary union deliberately lied to you. Maybe the person who appraised the items didn’t realize it himself.” Let the client go!" Wayne said angrily.
“Wait a minute Wayne.” Cornelia grabbed him and said, “But I’m very strange. The acid liquid of Demufilariae is a very precious thing, and even ten worms may not be able to get a drop of it. . Because of its continuous corrosiveness and its special nature, it can corrode some enhanced magic artifacts, and no one will take it. If this kind of thing is used on such ordinary armor, how can it be applied all over the armor?"
Bing Zhixie raised his head and glanced at the girl who asked the question, then lowered his head and said, "You also know this? Planting acid? By the way, Isabel is a famous noble, so it’s not surprising to know.”
Irina smiled and said: "Konelia is a big encyclopedia. Her collection of books fills a room."
Bing Zhixie said lightly: "The steel quality of this armor is very special. This may be It was a discarded product left behind by someone from the Imperial Laboratory or Curantin Academy. It was later picked up by someone. Take it to the guild for repair.”
“You said this is an experimental product?” Cornelia thought for a while and said, “No, even if it is an experiment, there is no need to cover the entire armor. Ah, what a waste."
Bing Zhixie shook his head and said: "A good armor has a good use of its materials. There are quite a few. Different parts of an armor must be made with different materials, different formulas, and different smelting methods, because different parts and parts have different uses. I think you should know this. "
Wayne nodded and said: "Yes, it's armor. The body parts have requirements for toughness, the arms have requirements for hardness, and the joints have particularly high requirements for rust and corrosion, especially the shoulder joints. More than half of the money for a good armor will be spent on the production of joints. Because once the joints are rusted, the armor cannot fight.”
"There are more experiments on the armor, such as the impact resistance when corroded to different degrees, etc., so they will apply acid all over the body." Bing Zhixie said in great detail.
Irina was amazed by Bingzhixie's knowledge: "I didn't expect you know so much. You are so smart that you can be a detective."
Bingzhixie smiled sweetly and said: " Thank you, this is actually easy to think of, because the acid will be applied all over the armor.”
“But what should I do now?” Cornelia asked worriedly. brow said.
Before Bing Zhixie could answer, he heard someone else talking behind him.
"Hey, Miss Isabel, haven't your things been repaired yet? Mine has been repaired. I repaired it all by myself." A man walked up not far away, dragging a piece of heavy armor in his hand and smiling triumphantly. With.
Ven looked unhappy: "Humph, our armor has been corroded by acid and is difficult to repair."
The one who smiled proudly was a boy with blond curly hair: "Follow you Of course it will be difficult to fix this reckless man, but it will be different if I help." The blond boy looked at Cornelia and Irina, waiting for them to ask him for help. As a result, Irina just glanced at him and ignored him, while Cornelia was undecided, but seemed unwilling to ask him for help.
The boy with golden curly hair was a little embarrassed, but still refused to leave. He smiled and asked, "Miss, do you want help?"
But Nelia was still hesitant, but Irina suddenly said : "No, please leave quickly, you are hindering us."
"That's right." Wayne rolled up his sleeves and shook his arms: "Bodala, do you want to take a fist?"
The blond boy named Bodala waved his hand disdainfully. : "I don't want to talk to the reckless man. I only listen to Isa... I only listen to Miss Cornelia. I think she will definitely let me help, right?" The last question was directed to Cornelia. Liya said.
Cornelia looked at her two companions and seemed to have a very determined attitude, so she had to apologize: "No, thank you, we have found a friend who can help."
"This ...Is that so..." The blond boy glanced at Bing Zhixie and left with an unhappy look.
(End of this chapter)