After leaving the earl's study, Griffith immediately opened the envelope and understood his mission.
"To Griffith Blanton, mission briefing in the Broken Sea region.
"From the office of Count Larmour.
"Intelligence shows that a group of crazy cultists are preparing to smuggle a certain dark magic item to the south. They will board the fast sailing ship Equinox, which will leave port at 2pm today. You must take this ship to investigate.
"The number, name, gender, age and abilities of the suspects are unknown.
"During the mission, you will receive assistance from Central Bureau of Investigation agents and the local Beyonder team. After arriving at Neopolis Island, you will accept the leadership of the local resident mage.
"The minimum mission goal: to find out the clues about the function and whereabouts of black magic items (difficulty estimate: D level, should be handled by Extraordinaries of Sequence 8 or above or two regular army teams).
"Attempting to uncover the identity of the fallen mage and seize or destroy dark magic items will increase your mission difficulty and rating.
"Mission period: two weeks. For first-class tickets, please see the attachment.
"Task reward: 1 merit point and 100 silver lang.
"Note: The risks of engaging a fallen mage cannot be assessed; the dangers of dark magic items cannot be assessed.
"This letter will be automatically burned two minutes after opening. Be careful not to burn the ticket.
"January 6, 1444, Second Era."
Damn it! Griffith had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly took off the ticket and put it in his pocket. Before he could study the task carefully, the letter turned into a ball of fire, which made the trainee knight scream.
"Griffith, good morning!"
Sonia, who had already put on her ball attire, held up her skirt and walked lightly from the stairs on the second floor, accompanied by her maid. She greeted the trainee knight in a brisk tone. The radiant girl was like the pure morning light.
With her appearance, the living room of the Earl's Mansion seemed to suddenly usher in a bright spring light.
Griffith seems to have changed in the past six months. He is more mature and melancholic than when he first came here. Will the provincial temperament melt into Beyeland? Sonia tilted her head slightly and looked at her trainee knight.
: "I'm going to attend the Duke of Esso's ball tonight, and my father has arranged for other guards. What can I do for you?"
"I just received a mission and am going to the south." Griffith replied.
"Hmm~" The blond girl thought for a moment, "Mom asked me just now how I was getting along with you, and asked some things about you and Fort Watch. Why do you ask this?"
How should I answer this... Griffith felt a drop of sweat rolling from his temples to his neck. The maid behind Sonia couldn't help but cover her mouth.
"Anna, please wait for me," Sonia nodded to the maid, looked up at Griffith, and walked towards the French window in the living room. Griffith immediately followed.
Copper pipelines are installed throughout Larmore House, delivering hot water and warmth to every corner of the room. Although the world outside the window is already white, it is still warm as spring inside.
Sonia was wearing a slim-fitting, thin dress, revealing her round and delicate shoulders. She looked at the snow on the treetops in the garden and said softly: "Griffith, do you know? That night in the Whispering Forest, you
Because during the battle with Baron Anselm, Galadia was very worried about you. At that time, reinforcements from Homonworth had arrived. Since most people had escaped, the reinforcements were not interested in searching for you deep into the dense forest.
positive."
Griffith turned his head and glanced at the girl in surprise, then immediately withdrew his gaze from the naked shoulders and nodded uneasily.
"Garadia contacted a respected tribesman, mobilized several powerful sealed artifacts to find you, and finally defeated the mutated creatures chasing you at the edge of the forest," Sonia looked at Griffith with bright eyes.
Si, "Powerful sealed objects often mean dangerous backlash. With her identity, taking huge risks to help you, this in itself... is whispering about you in the social circle."
Griffith felt great uneasiness. Sonia's words euphemistically expressed the fact that certain high-status figures cast their sights on the insignificant trainee knight.
They only need to blow a gust of wind to drive the complex and precise gears. Before anyone noticed it, the rolling wheels in the distance had already rolled over the body of a young noncommissioned officer.
"This is my Frost Festival gift. I forgot to give it to you before, a unit potential potion." Sonia stretched out her soft white hand and put a small bottle of potion into his hand. "When you go to the south, you need to
careful."
"Understood, I will be careful," Griffith took a step back and said goodbye to the girl solemnly.
He had just taken two steps when he suddenly remembered something:
"Sonia, have you heard of Lady Iletia?"
…
“Dagang District.”
Griffiths carried a simple bag on his back, jumped on a carriage, and sped towards the port. The sudden mission disrupted his plan. Originally, he wanted to visit Tasok Street in Lower Bayland during the New Year holiday.
Check out the black market to see if there are any suitable enchantments or magic items.
Although he was in bed isolation before the Frost Festival and missed the time to buy gifts. Galadia and Sonia both gave him gifts, so he would naturally prepare one for them. These two gifts cost him more than 300 yuan.
As a silver man, in addition to the income from brewing private wine, he also put in some monthly salary and savings.
Griffith also has a mission bonus of 150 silver francs and a Eastern War bonus of 300 silver francs in his account. Including the balance of the salary subsidy at the end of December, he has a total of 556 silver francs at his disposal. These funds cost
Save money for second-hand textbooks, tutorials, and lab materials, and if possible, try to save some for personal use of mystical items and potions.
The above is his hard-working and legal income. This money is simply not worth mentioning. The potential potion given to him by Sonia alone is worth 500 silver francs.
In addition, he also had 7 corrupted wolf spider venom sacs that should have been distributed within the witcher team, with an estimated value of 105 gold florins, which is 2100 silver francs. The demon hunter of Karius who was killed by him
The extraordinary characteristics of the Human Path Sequence 7 "Demon Hunter" are worth at least 5,000 silver francs.
These were his undisclosed income. If Beacon Academy knew that he had killed a captain and instructor, Kaichun would probably come knocking on his door.
The ulterior income is almost 13 times the legal income. Sure enough, there is a limit to honest work.
For the second son of the knight class like Griffith, who has no inheritance rights, if he wants to get rid of his status as a senior security guard, he must at least become a knight. Although Sequence 8 meets the minimum requirements, Sequence 7 is relatively safe and will not be too difficult to establish meritorious service.
He was beaten to death early in the process.
Then, he had to marry a lady of noble birth and establish his own family. Although the girl's family would also provide financial support, Griffith himself had to have some savings and property.
During this time, Griffith did a little research and deepened his understanding of his property.
If, just to give an example, if he wanted to propose to Sonia and the count did not kill him at the first opportunity, knighthood plus a property of one hundred thousand silver francs and an annuity of 5,000 silver francs would be the minimum threshold and would not allow him to do so.
This marriage seems too ridiculous. This is the rule in Beyeland. A promising young man cannot just have a promising future.
If Griffith wanted to marry Galadia, the problem would be much simpler. The elves have no such worldly requirements, and they don't care about property. The governor of Canaan will kill him as soon as possible to completely solve this problem.
question.
"Hey~"
Griffith let out a long sigh, and the coachman couldn't help but look back at him.
Whenever he thinks about these details, he will realize how inappropriate he and Galadia are. Not to mention that elves have a much longer lifespan than him, and stories between immortals and mortals often end in tragedy.
Back to the specific matter, the poison sacs and extraordinary characteristics were simply too hot to touch. Griffith soaked the poison sacs in potion to preserve them and entrusted Sonia to keep them. The daughter of the Larmore family had a room full of materials, and he didn't care
He agreed to help.
As for the piece of extraordinary properties, Griffith put it in his pocket together with the potion preparation notes, waiting for the right opportunity to get rid of it.
Following Miss Larmore's advice, Griffith brought his own mail and leather armor, a sword on his waist, and daggers in his cuffs and boots. This leather armor was still Griffith's personal equipment.
, it has been saved from a semi-destroyed state after being repaired by Beyeland's skilled craftsmen, and it only cost a small amount of money. Key parts have also been reinforced with iron mesh and iron rings, and repainted, making it even more decent than before.
Beautiful.
But its reliability is questionable.
After the battle in the Whispering Forest, Griffith discovered that mail armor and leather armor were very fragile when facing mutant creatures. If he wanted to obtain higher protection, he had to consider the latest scale armor and plate armor. These new types of armor
The defense is better than mail armor and leather armor, but it is expensive and, most importantly, repairing is expensive.
A piece of ordinary mail armor costs about 5 gold florins, and plate armor including only the breastplate is expected to cost 12 gold florins, which is not much more expensive than the full set of formal clothes Griffith bought when he first arrived in Bayerland.
, equivalent to two months of his salary and allowance. Thinking about it afterwards, that formal suit was too expensive, but Galadia had chosen it for him. Griffith neither understood fashion nor style.
Prices, let alone expensive.
Relatively speaking, the price of plate armor does not seem amazing. But the real cost is in the inevitable repairs. Broken mail armor can replace part of the iron rings, and the repair requires not much materials and labor. Leather armor is even more expensive to repair.
convenient.
Plate armor must remove large areas of damage, and then carefully inlay, weld and polish it. If corners are cut during repair, the gap between the repaired armor and the original armor can easily be penetrated in battle, and even directly injure the armored person.
If you directly fill it with large iron plates, it will destroy the balance and center of gravity of the entire armor, which will be more harmful to the battle and the body.
If possible, Griffith would like to buy a set of scale armor. The protection is better than that of plate armor, and it is easy to inlay gems and crystals with special effects. The repair cost is also relatively normal. Of course, he also thought about it, the price of scale armor is better than that of plate armor.
A is much more expensive.
The carriage left the avenue in the upper city and entered the lower city.
There was a strange atmosphere in the snow-covered streets, solemn and silent. Griffith almost immediately raised his vigilance and raised his sword.
It was a complicated feeling, as if there were many eyes watching him in the dark corner, almost turning into reality in front of him. However, when he looked at the street, although he felt something strange, he couldn't tell where it was.