>>8956Where does one get blood of enemies in a highly protected city of magic?
Since everything here already functions like an MMO/isekai, I figured there must be mercenary jobs for guarding transports in the wilderness...
And there were.The main road has toll stations and is well guarded, but some merchants want to make a profit by avoiding these tolls, so they hire guards to force their way through the wilderness instead. I found a note seeking a "combat magician, general role", payment 16 silver for safe arrival of a transport of gold to some outback village.
Not much pay, but that wasn't why I'd do it, so I sought out the merchant and took the job.
We started early next morning and soon entered a dense forest. There was me and 4 armoured mercenaries with swords. The merchant himself seemed unfazed, he was wearing an enchanted robe of protection I learned later. I soon detected an ambush ahead and told the transport to stop while I went ahead. 3 robbers with bows and swords attacked, but it was no big deal. I used the magic bottles I purchased before departure to collect their blood, then went back and told the carriage it was safe. Asking what to do with the bodies, they replied "just leave them as a warning", but I went on to burn them a bit to not attract flies for other travellers.
The road ahead had two more ambushes, one of them rather large and violent, where the 4 mercenaries had to step in to guard the carriage and I had to take down 3 attackers at close range using my knife. One of them sustained a small cut, which I healed using healing powder.
Once arriving at the town of destination, we entered through a low wall with a guarded gate which was closed behind us. We got our pay and a document from the guards for having safely delivered the carriage, a kind of merit document to show future employers with a seal of the local authorities.
I went to a tavern to eat, which turned out being the mercenaries' guild. Then tried to scam me out of the entire pay, but I said this meal can't cost more than 4 silver and they agreed. Visiting the shop in the same building I bought a necklace which could be activated into a magic artifact, cost: 6 silver.
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