Pale Emblem

Chapter 13 Good Jobs

In the early morning, when the first rays of sunlight filtered through the lattice windows of the room, casting light and shadows from a set of windows on the bed, Vertoc woke up from the mysterious state of the golden toad.He only wore a pair of short pajamas, and with one hand gently propped up, he bounced off the soft bed, like a dexterous big cat, and landed on the floor lightly and silently.

He stretched out his arms and stretched his body. The muscle lines of the whole body were extraordinarily smooth through the taut movements. The bones and joints made a series of crisp explosions, and the endless energy filled the whole body.

Today is another very beautiful day.

Just like in memory, cultivating the Golden Toad Secret Form will have a sense of pleasure derived from instinct, like the sky washed by rain, the seeds sprouting under the soil, ethereal, distant and full of vitality.The new look fascinated Vertok, and of course, only those who have practiced the Golden Toad Secret Form can enjoy this kind of enjoyment.To cultivate the Golden Toad Secret Form, one must first cultivate the Barbarian Secret Form and the Spirit Monkey Secret Form.

This was Wiltok's No. 11 day of practicing the three major forging methods. Unsurprisingly, his physique attribute reached 12 points, his perception attribute reached 12 points, and his life attribute reached 15 points.Wiltok felt very clearly that there was a powerful force in his body, and only then did he realize how weak he was before.

The strength that filled the whole body brought the confidence that he had never had before. Virtuoq was itchy and turned his head left and right, looking for wooden stick hangers around the room, ready to avenge his dislocated wrist.Unfortunately, the hanger had been removed long ago, and the hotel owner replaced him with a wardrobe, and charged the compensation for the damage to the hanger on his bill.

With nowhere to vent his energy, Vertok simply kicked on the wall, rushed to the ceiling in two steps, and propped his hands up, and the whole person was sucked between the angle between the wall and the ceiling.

There was a sound on the floor that entered Vertok's ears. It was an adventurer snoring and slobbering in the middle.After listening to it for a while, Vertok felt bored, slipped down the wall, jumped back on the bed, sat down cross-legged, and seriously considered what to do today.

The three major forging methods have been practiced ten times, and Vertok's body is like reborn, and his strength, physical fitness, speed, agility, and sensory acuity have been significantly improved.The three secret methods of body forging are indeed extraordinary, but they will not have such miraculous effects after ten days of practice.Vertok already knew that his body was very strong from the beginning, but because of some unexplained injury, the mental attributes that fell into the trough could not control the strong body, causing him to degenerate seriously.With the continuous recovery of mental strength, through these ten days of exercise, the potential of the body is awakened.

This morning, Vertok completed the tenth practice of the Golden Toad's secret shape. As expected, the "knowledge puzzle" returned some memories to him, which was still related to the secret method of exercising. There are three kinds in total, namely the Gripen lion. Combat skills, wolf combat skills, and the secret technique of origin blood.

Different from the three secret body forging techniques, the lion lion battle technique and the blue wolf battle technique combine the two forging techniques of barbarian and spirit monkey, and also add the breaking part.The so-called breaking the law is to attack the enemy and preserve one's actual combat techniques.Gripen's combat skills focus on forging, and the content of breaking methods is less; the wolf's combat skills focus on breaking methods, and the forging part is weakened.

Vertok couldn't remember who created the griffin and wolf skills, he only knew that it was definitely not himself.Because these two combat skills are based on the secret shape of barberry and the monkey, but lack the most crucial secret shape of the golden toad.Their body forging effect is far inferior to the three forging methods practiced by Vertoc, but their breaking skills are very good.

Gripen's combat skills emphasize close combat, and are good at unarmed and limited types of short weapon combat, and every move can erupt with amazing power.The Canglang combat technique is good at using various types of weapons, emphasizing footwork. It analyzes the basic principles of weapon use, slashing, piercing, bludgeoning, projecting, blocking, parrying, and combining with flexible tactical footwork to form an attack on the enemy. It is an effective means to give full play to the advantages of equipment and appliances, and often the weak can defeat the strong.

These two combat skills do not need to be practiced, and Vertok has already mastered the recovery of the relevant memory.The Origin Blood Secret Technique is different from the two major techniques. It is a pure forging technique, even purer than the three major forging techniques.

The barberry secret shape has the skills of explosive power, the monkey secret shape contains the movement of evading attacks, and the golden toad secret shape also has the extraordinary effect of lurking and camouflage, all of which can be regarded as the category of breaking the law.The source blood secret method obviously originated from the three major forging methods, but it has nothing to do with the breaking skills.

The only function of the source blood secret method is to temper the body, and it has reached the point where it can change the level of life!
The message that "Knowledge Puzzle" conveys to Vertok is to fully practice the secret method of origin blood once, and obtain the talent of life tenacity, including strong bones, double basic strength, extraordinary physical fitness, resistance to cold and hot environments, self-healing talent, And gluttony talent!
The self-healing talent in it can make his injuries heal automatically within a certain period of time.The gluttony talent can make him absorb food and medicines to the extreme, quickly replenish physical energy, energy, and enhance vitality.

Vertoc already has all the information about the Origin Blood Secret Technique, but he must take Origin Blood Potion to cultivate the Origin Blood Secret Technique.He does know the formula of this medicine, but he doesn't have it now.

The most terrible thing is that he knows the specific content of the medicine formula and the names of the medicinal materials in the formula, but he can't remember what the more than 20 kinds of medicinal materials look like.

Unable to do anything, Vertok decided to go to the kitchen for breakfast first, and asked the cook Sarah by the way.He got dressed, hung the purse on his chest, and left his guest room without locking the door.When passing through the corridor, I happened to meet two adventurers on the same floor.

"Morning, Vertok, are you going to the stables to exercise again?" They took the initiative to greet Vertok, and one of them, an obviously older adventurer with a beard, said.

Vertok's eyes lit up, he stepped forward and said, "Good morning, Bob. Good morning, James. I have something I want to ask you for help, can you?"

The two adventurers were visibly surprised, looked at each other, and then the older Bob said with a hearty laugh, "Of course, we'd love to help you."

Vertok couldn't help showing a happy smile, and asked with anticipation: "Do you know where there are fluorescent moss, silk grass, the core of the silver-striped jamberry, and Kapatilla red eye moth powder..."

He said all the names of more than 20 kinds of medicinal materials in one breath. Before he finished speaking, the smiles on the faces of the two adventurers had faded, and their expressions were as stiff as two wooden masks.

The younger James said blankly, "I've never heard of these herbs..."

Bob coughed and reminded next to him: "Vertok, the names of medicinal materials in different places may be different. Do you remember, what are the characteristics of that fluorescent moss?"

Vertok blinked and said blankly, "I can't remember..."

The three of you look at me, I look at you, staring at me in the corridor.They were embarrassed for a while, Bob shook his head and said, "I've been in this business for more than ten years, and I've been to many places, but I've never heard the names of these medicinal herbs. You can't remember their characteristics. , This is troublesome... Vertoc, you only remember the name of the medicine, not the appearance, so you can easily be deceived. So, if you remember the appearance of these medicines, come to me, and I will definitely help you collect them. "

Vertoc nodded vigorously and said, "Bob, James, you are all good people."

Bob smiled and said, "Good people are good people. You have to pay for the purchase of medicines. Let's talk about the specific amount later?"

Vertok thought for a while and said, "Okay, I think about the appearance of the medicinal materials, and then ask how much you need."

"Okay! You must come to me, I promise the price is fair, and I will never lie to you."

The two adventurers say goodbye to Vertok.He walked down the stairs alone and went down to the first floor of the hotel. As soon as he reached the door of the kitchen, before entering, Boss Bartom, who was standing behind the bar, beckoned to stop him, "Vill, come here, I'm looking for you."

Vertok walked over suspiciously and asked, "Boss Bartom, what are you looking for from me?"

"I have a job I want to introduce you to." Bartom took a plate full of food from under the bar, pushed it in front of Vertok, and said enthusiastically, "This is breakfast for you, free of charge. Yes, while you eat, we chat."

Vertok took the plate, picked up a large chicken thigh rudely, stuffed it into his mouth, bit the tender and juicy chicken with his teeth, and squeezed the bone of the chicken thigh with his two long, well-proportioned fingers, and pulled it out of his mouth. It came out and threw it on the plate.

Boss Bartom's eyes jumped when he saw it, and he was still elegant and calm when he devoured food. He had only seen it on Vertok.

Vertok gave the innkeeper a strange look, and then lowered his head to concentrate on the food. He ate very fast, and he finished half the dish in a few blinks of an eye.

It was only at this time that Bartom came to his senses and continued: "Doctor Cole, do you know him? The person who often comes to check your health... He has a pharmacy in the town, and almost all the medicines used by adventurers in Braun Town are It's all made by Cole. Last night, Dr. Cole's assistant accidentally cut his finger while handling the herbs. The poor guy can't work in the pharmacy for a while. Cole plans to recruit a smart guy , temporarily taking over the job of the assistant."

Saying that, the hotel owner lowered his voice, his stout body was half-prostrate on the bar, and he tried his best to come over, as if he was afraid of being heard by the shopkeepers around him.

"This is a good job. The assistant of the pharmacy only needs to work for half a day, and Dr. Cole provides two meals and pays 1 silver tower every day... Weil, this kind of good thing, the first thing I think of is you, Qian Qian. Don't let Pilu and the others hear... You exercise every morning and go to the pharmacy to help in the afternoon. It's a simple job of dealing with medicinal materials. Go back to the hotel at night to sleep. Not only do you have free lunch and dinner, but you can also earn 1 silver tower What do you think? If you agree, I will arrange it for you."

Vertoc was a little moved. He was worrying about his own blood potion. If he went to work in Dr. Cole's pharmacy, he might recall something.However, the two adventurers who had just been on the second floor reminded him to be careful of being deceived, which Vertok felt was justified.

After quickly finishing the food on the plate, Vertok first drank water and rinsed his mouth, then picked up the white napkin on the plate to wipe his mouth, and politely nodded to Bartom: "The breakfast is very rich and delicious. Great, thank you for your hospitality. You're a good man, Mr. Bartom."

He smiled slightly, picked up the plate with gentle movements, turned and walked towards the kitchen, looking elegant and decent.Bartom was stunned, and quickly asked, "You agree?"

Vertok turned around, shook his head and said, "I don't agree."

"Okay... um? No, then why?"

"I don't think Dr. Cole is a good guy," Vertok said honestly.

Bartom's eyes widened, and he said in a knotted tongue, "Good... man? Cole, he's not like a good man... no, no, no, you must be mistaken, did someone say it in front of you? Cole's bad words? Vertoc, you can't easily believe the lies of the rumor-mongers, Cole is a good man, but he looks a little ugly, but he is a good man... If you don't believe it, you can ask Sarah."

"Okay, I'll go ask Sarah right now."

Vertok walked into the kitchen with his plate, and after a while, he came out, nodded at the innkeeper, and shook his head again.

Bartom scratched his hair and asked helplessly, "Do you agree or disagree?"

Vertoc said: "I agree to be Dr. Cole's assistant, but I don't agree with the treatment he gives. I want two silver towers a day, and he has to cover me three meals."

Hearing the conditions he offered, Bartom was finally relieved, but he still pretended to be embarrassed and said after bargaining: "If you only work half a day, you will need 2 silver towers and three meals. Your asking price is too high, Ke. I'm afraid Dr. Er won't agree... Weil, I think it's more appropriate for you to work for three and a half days and get the wages of the four silver towers."

Vertok looked at the innkeeper like a fool, and explained, "I don't need more wages, and I saved Dr. Cole a meal."

Bartom couldn't help but wanted to laugh, but when he saw Vertok snapping his fingers, he said seriously: "For half-day labor, the wages are 1 silver tower, plus lunch and dinner. Two half-day labor is 2 silver towers plus four meals. Meals. I work for Dr. Cole for one day, which is two and a half days, and he should pay me 2 silver towers and four meals. I only eat three meals a day, which saves Dr. Cole a meal."

Bartom was stunned and asked in surprise, "Don't you exercise every morning?"

Vertok raised his chin slightly and said proudly, "I don't need to exercise anymore, I'm strong now!"

Bartom looked him up and down, deliberately raised his muscular and sturdy arms, and jokingly said, "I really didn't see it... Your muscles don't seem to be any different from before."

After recovering some of his abilities through ten secret forgings, Vertok had the idea of ​​showing off. Hearing what the hotel owner said, he was eager to try it out. He pointed to the weapon rack behind the bar and said, "Give me that curved sword. , I'll show it to you."

He was referring to a black-plated machete. The blade was not easy to reflect light. It was sharp enough and full of weight. It was a weapon commonly used by adventurers.

Bartom took off the machete, walked out from behind the bar, stood beside Vertok, and said with a smile, "Hehe, the machete? In us, it's called the machete, and some people in the Fallen Leaf City like to call it the arc. Sword. Hope it's not your first time using it, anyway, be careful not to hurt yourself."

Vertok's face was a little hot, he took the machete from the hand of the hotel owner, and with a flick of his hand, the black machete only flashed on the bar, and then hovered steadily, the flash of the knife just now seemed to be just an illusion, and the blade trembled. The humming sound is distant and desolate.An oak wine glass on the bar suddenly cracked in the middle, split in two, and hit the table top with a slight "clack" sound.

Boss Bartom seemed to hear a roar of thunder, and felt extremely shocked. He stretched out two fingers to put the back of the knife, instantly quenching the vibration of the blade, and raised his other arm, swept across the bar calmly, cracked The oak mug has magically disappeared.

"You have this kind of ability. I asked Cole to pay you 3 silver towers a day... Also, you just broke an oak cup by accident. You have to compensate according to the rules. I will put it on your account first."

(End of this chapter)