Chapter 20 The city
The bandits felt extremely humiliated, but in front there was Kain, and in the back there were city guards, which also cut off any chance of the city escaping.
"You… you took them down alone?"
The city hall receptionist looked at the bandits lining up obediently behind Kain, her teeth almost fell out.
Just a second later, the receptionist regained composure and began to ask Kain about the situation. Kain has nothing to hide, he says everything clearly.
Hearing this, the receptionist could not help but sigh.
Bandits from the outside look like just a bunch of mixed people, but in fact they greatly affect the economy of a city, or even a larger one. Especially in the field of trade and commerce.
What\'s even more noteworthy is that mountain bandits are distributed over a very wide area, and they\'re as sensitive as mice. Because they know they are weak against the army, every time the army dispatches troops to surround and wipe out bandits, they hide.
The wilderness area is so large that if you choose a spot and huddle in it, no one will find it decades later. This not only made raids useless, but also caused financial losses to the city government.
The city government then also changed strategy, announcing quests to capture or kill mountain bandits at the Adventure Guild.
However, this action by the city government is not very effective. Mainly because the reward is too little compared to the Adventurer\'s effort in moving, searching, hunting, etc.
People who are capable of completing this type of quest will hardly pay attention to the quest, and people who are not capable of completing the quest will pay even less attention to it. This led to many bandit quests gathering dust in the Adventure Guild.
Of course, sometimes people like Kain also appear, who often catch mountain bandits mainly out of kindness, not money. But the number of bandits caught is still like a drop in the ocean.
After checking, there was a quest related to the bandits that Kain had captured, so he received a reward of 1000 cents.
Cent is Akazac\'s main currency, with quite a large value. Although these cents look like normal metal from the outside, they contain special techniques related to magic, making them very difficult to counterfeit.
At the same time, Kain can choose to receive cash immediately, or use the money in the form of a check backed by the city government\'s bank. As long as the check is used in a place controlled by Akazac\'s government, there should be no problem.
The income of a normal household in a month is only approximately 150 cents, so it means that it only takes Kain one day to earn nearly seven times the amount of money a normal household can earn. in one month.
But everything has a price that comes with it. Making more money means taking more risks.
After receiving the money, Kain converted 900 cents into checks, and the remaining 100 cents into cash. Anyway, if Kain carries 1000 cents with him wherever he goes, it won\'t be very convenient.
Going out of the city hall, Kain could begin to observe this city hall.
This place is very crowded, very bustling, because it is located near a medium-sized Dungeon, the number of Adventurers is very large, leading to the development of professions revolving around fighting such as trading, repairing, and upgrading weapons. very strong. He only needed to walk a few steps to see a weapon shop.
Kain randomly chose a store, then he entered.
"Welcome, can I help you?"
"Can this be turned into an arrowhead?"
Kain held out Reaper\'s scythe in front of the shopkeeper. Looking at the item in front of him, he appeared extremely surprised, because he immediately recognized what monster this item came from.
The shop owner looked closely at Kain. How could this young man be so young and able to kill a monster like this?
Kain was being stared at and felt confused, was there something on his face?"
"How is it? Can you turn this into an arrowhead?"
Kain asked again.
The shop owner looked at the scythe for a while before answering, but he didn\'t give a definite answer.
"It\'s very difficult, in order to follow your request, we will have to cut this into small pieces, which may lead to the quality of the product not being guaranteed…"
"Can\'t it be melted down?"
Kain wondered, and the shop owner shook his head.
"If you melt this scythe, it will lose the scythe\'s necrosis properties. If you want to retain the necrotic properties of the scythe, you can only use manual physical tricks."
"So compared to turning this scythe into an arrowhead, I can give you another suggestion."
"Oh, what should I say?"
"I can turn this into a hand weapon, that will make the most of it."
Kain thought for a moment, having such a weapon wouldn\'t be too bad, so he agreed.
"What kind of weapon do you want your weapon to be?"
"Dagger, the type with a sharp tip used mainly for stabbing."
"Oh, what a unique choice."
The shop owner seemed a bit surprised. Normally, other people would ask to be made into a sword. After all, this is the most popular weapon.
But this was the customer\'s choice, so he didn\'t say anything more.
"Here\'s the deal, you have to pay part of the deposit in advance, the next day you can come pick up the weapon."
"Thank."
Kain smiled, handed over the deposit fee and left.
The time promised to Myra was still one day away, so Kain was not in a hurry, walking around the city to "extend the horizon".
Compared to his small village, this place is much bigger, much more complex and unique.
Compared to the gentle and honest villagers, the people here are also more cunning. Kain\'s eyes just glanced and he knew.
This is probably "life", the place where many different living situations are intertwined together.