"Thank you very much."
"Good day, sir."
The guard was on the lookout just now unchanged.
"Hmm? What happened to that spear?
"Spear -? Oh, I kept it"
The Boss Monster dropped the Scorpion Spear.
Yes, Mr. Guard, you were an apprentice spearman.
What I have is a spear made of bronze, and he gave me a lot of information.
All right, there's no point in me having it, and I'll give this to him.
"Um, my boss dropped this, so use it if you like"
"But..."
"They say this will have the effect of paralyzing them if they attack. Isn't it just right for the guards to use it? If this leads to a little security, it will help me."
"... then I'll let you take it. When a soldier receives an item, he's obliged to report it to his boss, so I'll let him report it. If my boss picks me up then... I don't want to be picked up."
"Ha ha... give it to me honestly when it's about to be taken away and make it an instrument of birth"
That kind of thing doesn't really make sense to me with only part-time experience.
In fact, I had plenty of time to spare when I was working part-time in the family. I was treasured, and some of my bosses cared more about me.
I guess being a full-time employee changes the story a lot.
"By the way, I'd like to be a mercenary, where do I go?
"Oh, you want to be a mercenary. Then you can go straight down this street three hours after the bell rings tomorrow morning. Even if you don't know the exact location, you'll find it soon. If you could solo down the boss of this labyrinth, I'm sure you could be a good mercenary. And don't forget to take your weapon."
"Okay, thank you"
I bowed my head to the guard, and then I broke up by visiting the inn's place.
Then, with purification (clean), he cleansed the dirt from crossing the desert and exploring the labyrinth and headed for the inn.
The next morning.
I finally understand what it means to find the mercenary guild of interest immediately.
Because all the men I grabbed walked in the same direction, and as soon as I followed them because that was consistent with the direction my aunt at the market was saying.
About fifty mercenary hopeful men lined up in a row, so they lined up at the rear.
Is it because everyone hears about having a brief interview exam to be hired as a mercenary?
It conveys a tingling sense of tension and impatience at any rate.
As a result,
"You, don't interrupt!
"What the hell! This is where I was originally!
"Liar, you wouldn't have been there!
I overheard that voice coming from the front of the line, and I accidentally zeroed my grin.
Well, I don't know if a young man broke in, or if he was poorly lined up, or if he was really exactly lined up but he put on a toy.
I'm not proud of it, but I'm so used to being in this line.
Waiting for the order of the job interviews - chairs are available over there, but that tension is no different than waiting for the order of this mercenary guild. Well, it's an achievement that I've failed to get a job a hundred times, so I'm not really proud of.
"Hey, brother. Looks like you can afford it."
Soft Mohican old man lined up in front of me (about forty?), but that's what I've been calling you.
"Hmm? Well, I'm used to these exams and interviews... but I'm also used to failing"
"Ha, well. By the way, is your brother a swordsman?
"You're good with swords. Is that what you-- oh, you're an ax man?
"Ouch. With this axe, any demon is a special hit."
"That's reliable."
But the profession is woody, isn't it?
I looked into a man's profession and thought so.
[Wood dust: LV17]
Well, you'll get axe gear skills once you've raised the level of wood dust, so you can handle them, but they're demons, so they're not like trees that haven't moved at all. When my profession was woody, I shouldn't have been able to be an adventurer either, but when I saw the guy in line, I found that there were many non-combat humans.
Indeed, even outside of combat positions, some levels can be stronger than low-level combat positions, and some skills can be used in combat, even in non-combatant positions.
For example, using the fisherman's yarn manipulation skills, so that an attack using steel thread is possible.
By the way, there were no criminally active people like bandits, bandits or pirates, to say the least.
"Hey, you know what interviews and exams do?
"The exams are all common except for the sorcerer. How efficiently it deals damage to puppets. The interview will be based on the results of the exam."
A puppet doll? If you do have a wooden opponent who hasn't moved, even the wood dust passes - no, it seems more advantageous than using a devastating weapon called an axe.
I'm not a steel sword, either. You want to go buy a good weapon? No, they say weapons are soaring in the war right now, so you wouldn't be selling a sword that could go to an arms store. Even if they were for sale, they would be pretty plucked.
"With that said, are weapons free?
"Oh, because whatever weapon you have will be the test criterion. If you're a soldier in the country, you still don't pay mercenaries for weapons. You hired an awesome swordsman as a mercenary, but you can't even use the key sword to be worn out, can you?
"I see..."
You know a lot about this guy. You want me to call you the man version of Caro? I thought so, but I still stopped because I didn't want to use the pretty Caro name for convenience.
But I ask a lot of hard things to ask.
"Then why are you going to be a mercenary?
"Hmm, right. You think you can win this war?
"It's..."
Well, you're losing a lot. They say the size of the force is completely different.
Some of the country's soldiers escaped.
"You know you're stuck in words there. Oh, there's no way you can win this war if you do it normally. That's why you're a mercenary."
"I have no idea."
"It's useless to be a soldier as much when you're about to lose a war. Apart from talking about nobles and knights who have their own territory, soldiers who are just hired also show up to escape when the country is in danger. Countries that are understaffed and still have to go to war have to hire mercenaries. That's why the state uses a lot of money to hire mercenaries. And even if you can't win the war, if you can bring the war to a truce or a truce, sometimes mercenaries who could have been active in the war are given a title. I've heard so much about the mercenaries who saved the lives of the country's great noblemen. Even if you don't, the advance will be a lot of money."
I see, is there a relationship between demand and supply? When demand for a commodity is high, but supply is low, the price of that commodity jumps. In this country, the commodity was the force - I guess.
I mean, the current situation where people who can fight want enough to get their hands out of their throats.
You mean you can pass even if you're somewhat uncertain about your identity?
"Thanks for telling me so much"
I thanked the old man for that, and I looked him in the front of the line. Finally, the four people who were in front of the building went inside. Then the two of us who had been fighting until just now were finally settled, and the young man who was about to interrupt was heavily rearranging behind me.
The boring time went on, but I was delighted inside.
As far as the profession is concerned, there is a forged certificate of apprentice swordsman made by Miri, and my sword arm is Kensei. Some of the mercenary candidates lined up are mixed up besides fighting positions.
I mean, there's no first element in me falling for this test.
And then we have to hem in the interview.
Is it finally time to get a job?