Crystal clear groundwater, like a gentle maiden, quietly gushes out of the dark river beneath the inner city of Antian, pours into the wide moat that surrounds the city, and then pours into the entire network of urban waterways throughout Fairhaven.

After satisfying the water needs of the entire Fairhaven City, it followed the river from the underground outlet in the east into the Andel River, and went all the way east, and finally entered the vast Throne Lake with the other four rivers, and then passed through the Inheritance Strait to the north, and merged into the boundless sea of misery in the north of the Kovarare continent.

This complex and complete water conservancy system makes people marvel, and the entire Fairhaven underground is covered with artificially built underground waterways, which transport clear and pure underground river water to every area of Fairhaven, providing an endless supply of "tap water" for every family.

The large number of sculptures in every park, square and street building is decorated as fountains, fountains, and the splashing water mist, in the bright sunlight, forms miniature rainbows, making the whole city beautiful.

Because the underground water of the underground river is pure and sweet, it can be drunk without heating, and from time to time you can see passers-by in a hurry, because they are tired of walking, so they stop to drink a few sips of sweet spring water in the fountain and take a short break on the stone bench next to it.

It is said that there is not only this clear underground water under Fairhaven, but also because a tributary of the underground river flows through a lava lake under Fairhaven, which becomes a hot water stream with a temperature of more than 100 degrees, and after this hot water is drawn to the ground, it becomes hot water enough to provide for the people of the whole city.

Compared with the Inner City of Antian, the area of the outer city of Fairhaven is even more terrifying, after all, it is a metropolis that accommodates nearly 10 million NPCs and 20 million or 30 million players.

It's hard to imagine that in the Middle Ages, the population of a city could reach such a size, and the most surprising thing is that both the urban construction and the public facilities seem to have been carefully planned, which is incomprehensible.

In reality, there are only a handful of cities with populations of more than 10 million, and even in today's technological environment, no city is immune to dirty and dark corners, but Fairhaven is as beautiful as an immaculate jewel.

But then again, Fairhaven is not an ancient city in reality, although it is set in the Middle Ages, but with elements of fantasy mixed in, everything is possible.

The population of the entire Principality of Andre (only referring to the population of NPCs) is about 200 million, although it is a country dominated by human races, but it also includes many races such as elves, half-elves, gnomes, halflings, and so on, which account for one-third of the population.

Although known for its Arcane studies and education, Andele's main output is agricultural products, and agriculture is very developed, full of fertile plains and rich forests, and a large number of high-quality vineyards, with the vast majority of the population living in plains, forests and mountains, except for a few densely populated cities.

After passing through the bustling Antian Market in the heart of the Fairhaven Outer City, the people in the four-wheeled box carriage arrived at the "Guild District", and the plane trees that were almost dazzled along the way did not come back to their senses.

When I first arrived in Fairhaven yesterday, under the guidance of the halfling wanderer player King Kong Pea, I just learned about the main area of Fairhaven in a hurry, and I didn't have time to take a closer look.

The area they are in now is the area where various industries and professional guilds gather, because Fairhaven's commercial trade is very developed, so a large number of chambers of commerce and business houses have set up their headquarters here, plus as the leading country of the Arcane on the continent of Kovaré, the headquarters of the Arcane Council is also located here.

Because the guild area is also home to various professional guilds, a large number of heavily armed and murderous adventurers and mercenaries are gathered, whether they are players or NPCs, all crowded together.

Where there are people, there is a market, and there are a large number of blacksmith shops, weapon shops, apothecaries, alchemy supply stores, adventure grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and the most are quite dense bars.

"This is the Mercenary Association of the Principality of Ander, responsible for managing all the mercenary chapters throughout the Principality of Ander."

The necromancer apprentice Xiangyuan, who has a very lively surname, introduced the newcomer Wutong, and proudly pointed to a palace-like luxury building in the core of the guild area: "There, is the headquarters of the Arcane Council, and next to it is a little lower, is the Mage Guild and the Warlock Guild, as for the wizards' guild, it is at the back of the Arcane Council, and this angle is invisible."

In contrast, the Arcane Council in the Arcane Kingdom is obviously much more luxurious than the Mercenary Guild and the Adventure Guild, and even the Mage Guild and the Warlock Guild are much more magnificent than the Mercenary Guild.

However, although the status of the spellcasters is higher than that of the warlocks, the warcasters are the mainstream of this world after all, so although the mercenary guild does not look as luxurious as the mage guild, the area is nearly a hundred times that of the mage guild and the warlock guild, and the entire half of the street is the territory of the mercenary guild, and the other half of the street is the adventurer's guild.

"Is there any difference between the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild? How do I feel that the two have similar powers? Sycamore asked a question of common sense with some confusion.

"In essence, there is not much difference between the two, they do not conflict with each other, they just have different jurisdictions. The Mercenary Guild mainly undertakes and publishes Combat Surname Quests, mostly to exterminate robbers, clean up monsters in a certain place, escort, escort, guard, etc., while the Adventurer Guild mainly undertakes and publishes Quests, such as collecting materials, exploring ruins, investigating incidents, etc."

Lingyue Frost Snow seemed to be very clear about the duties of each guild, and casually explained to Wutong: "Many players have both mercenary status and adventurer status, and when performing mercenary tasks, they carry out adventurer missions at the same time. ”

"Lingyue Shuangxue is right, in terms of scale, the establishment of the mercenary group is quite formal, and the management is closer to militarization, with a small team of ten people, a squadron of 100 people, a brigade of 1000 people, a legion of 10,000 people, and it has its own station and industry."

July Liuhuo nodded: "In addition, when some major events occur, the mercenary group under the management of the mercenary guilds of various countries, the mercenary group is to be recruited and hired by the state or the lord, and directly become a mercenary corps, with the right and obligation to participate in the war, and is regarded as the reserve corps and auxiliary troops of the country where it is located." ”

"The adventure group is more inclined to the private forces, the management system is not so strict, the membership structure is loose and free, generally a small team of four people, a squadron of ten people, a team of twenty people, a group of fifty people, and the number of people in an adventure group will rarely exceed 100 people."

"Most of the time, the adventure team and the adventure group are temporarily organized because of a certain task, and they are disbanded after completing the task, of course, there are also fixed groups, and some of the more famous fixed groups will even be directly upgraded to mercenary groups in the end!"

"At present, we players do not have the right to form a mercenary group, so we can only choose to join the mercenary group of NPC forces, and complete some trivial tasks such as fighting small hooligans and catching lost kittens as trainee mercenaries."

"But as long as you pay a management fee to the Adventurer's Guild, you can form an adventure group, and if you form a mercenary group, you not only need great prestige, but also need to go through official review, and after completing certain tasks, the mercenary group will be issued and members will be allowed to be recruited."

Wutong probably understood, to put it bluntly, the mercenary group has an official background, and the adventure group is a purely civilian force, think about it, there is no person in power in that country, who will allow some people in his country to form parties and associations at will, and for large-scale combatant forces, it must be strictly controlled under their own control to prevent turmoil.

The mercenary group is a promoted version of the adventure group, that is, the "guilds" and "gangs" in traditional online games, and it seems that players must run a mercenary group if they want to stop their own forces.

Wutong and the others walked into the mercenary guild hall as long as the train platform, and the name of this entire street in the guild area is "Mercenary Street", where a large number of NPCs and players gather to take the required release tasks and receive tasks.

As soon as I walked into the door, a half-elf girl immediately walked over in the hall, looking at her neat standard leather armor and badge on her chest, it seemed that she was the reception staff of the Mercenary Guild, and there were many reception staff like her in the hall, who were responsible for guiding guests and answering questions.

She smiled and said, "Hello, young adventurers, I am the guide of the Mercenary Guild, half-elf Leah, is there anything I can do to help you?" If you want to post a task, please go to counter 1~50, if you are paying a task and receiving a task bonus, please go to counter 51~100, if you are applying for a task, please go to counter 101~150. ”

Sycamore looked curiously at the half-elf girl with a pair of turquoise eyes, she also had a pair of pointed ears, but not as long as the elven royal sister Shadow Moon.

Based on Wutong's [knowledge], it was immediately determined that this half-elf girl named "Liya" should be a hybrid of a steppe elf and a human, because although her figure is as slender as an elf, her height is only about 155cm, which is more petite than most human female surnames, which shows that her elf blood relatives belong to the shortest steppe elf among the elves, not the taller forest elf.

"Beautiful lady of the steppe elves, I'm here to pay for some commissioned tasks, and besides, I need to hire a trustworthy man to do something very simple for me." Wutong politely explained his intention.

Lea's green eyes lit up, and she smiled happily: "Young adventurer, it seems that you know us half-elves very well, but don't deliberately praise me, it is my job to serve you, please come with me!" I'll take you to the counter to go through the formalities! As she spoke, she beckoned to Sycamore, and walked happily to the counter where the task was handed over, looking in a good mood.

"Uh, Sycamore, when did you take on the mercenary mission? Also, what did you say to this elf chick? How do you know she's a steppe elf? Why does she look so happy? Xiang Yuan sneaked up to Wutong's side and asked curiously: "I came to the headquarters of the Mercenary Guild, and I found that these chicks would be so enthusiastic to personally take people to the counter to go through the task procedures!" ”

"Knowledge is power! Hum! Read more books! ”

It took two months to burn more than two million gold coins, and the results of burning more than two million gold coins finally began to show their effects, and Wutong snorted very proudly: "The [local] child in the [knowledge] skill, in the book "Pan-continental Race" in the [humanoid] classification, page 289 of the chapter 'Classification of Elves', it is mentioned that the steppe elves are also called 'plain elves', 'earth elves', or simply ' 'Grass Elves', who are much smaller in height than the average slender elf, and even more petite than the human female surname, are the most common, numerous, and mildest branch of the elves."

"People are obviously half-elves"

Xiang Yuan sneaked a look at the round and straight little ass of Liya, who had walked to the counter and was happy with another half-elf girl in the counter bar, and smiled obscenely: "The elf girl paper is cute~ that little ass"

"Ahem!"

Behind Xiang Yuan, there was a disgruntled cough from the elf royal sister Ghost Light Moon, reminding the men that there was still their own orthodox elf present, so it wasn't good to discuss the elf's ass in front of her, right?

Wutong sweated for a moment and continued: "So, as the most numerous and most widely interacted with humans, the number of offspring produced by their union with humans, that is, the number of half-elves, is quite large, which forms a new race: half-elves. ”

Glancing at the Moon, who was also listening curiously, Wutong walked towards Leah, who was waving to them, and said, "But since the half-elves are the crystallization of the union of the two races, they have the special racial surnames of the two races, and in a way, they are better than their parents

But as 'half-breeds', they are the same as mixed-race children in reality, they will be somewhat discriminated against and ostracized, humans say they are elves, elves say they are humans, but in human society, they are still very willing to call themselves elves, so when dealing with half-elves, if you call them 'elves' instead of 'half-elves', you will win their favor to a certain extent, which will make them feel respected"

Everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and July Liuhuo couldn't help but ask: "What basic books did you see this knowledge from?" Didn't I see any of this? ”

"Who told you not to study hard!" Sycamore laughed twice and stopped talking about the topic as they had already walked to the counter.

"Hello, Young Master! I'm Gilase, and Leah said do you have a mission to pay? The half-elf girl named "Guilasher" asked with a sweet smile, and it was clear that her companion's attitude had affected her, making her feel especially kind to this young adventurer who respected the half-elf clan.

"Yes, beautiful elf lady, it's some buying tasks, I saw some commissioned production tasks on the board of the East Grand Market of Venarn Academy, I think the consignor should make notes in the Mercenary Guild, right?"

Wutong said, taking out the bags of manufactured medicines: "This is 1,000 cans of [hemostatic ointment] and 1,000 rolls of [hemostatic bandages], which I remember were purchased by the "Tomallow Mercenary Group"; Here are 100 boxes of [matches], 100 bottles of [anti-poison], and 100 [lighting rods], which were purchased at the snuff bottle grocery store at 386 West Main Street; 100 bottles of [Strong Acid], 100 cans of [Blazing Glue], which were purchased by the "Shadow of the Moon" adventure group, and "

A group of people were dumbfounded and watched as if by magic, from the old backpack that didn't look very big, they kept pulling out sacks bigger than the backpack and piling them on the counter, making the half-elf girl Rosea panic and shouting, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Please come with me to the back room, I need to ask the guild appraiser to come and check the quality of these products."

"Uh" Wutong had to stop digging his hand and scratched his head, did he stuff this big bag back again?

In the end, everyone had to help, and even the two half-elf girls each picked up a bag and took them to the reception room behind the reception desk of the mercenary guild headquarters.

Quillase quickly found the tasks that Wutong said from the mission notes, and after taking a look, he looked up at Wutong in surprise: "Your Excellency Mage, are you here to pay the task on behalf of the apothecary team or the alchemist team?" ”

(To be continued)