Vol 1 Chapter 7.1 (1/2)
Chapter 7 – Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts (I)
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On both sides of the street stood many kinds of tall buildings – the moment one subsided, the next one rose. A diversity in e pedestrians could also be clearly seen. Not only did Ye Yin Zhu see warriors, he also saw several mages. This kind of situation wasn’t something that could even be sought in Arcadia or Wavast. It clearly indicated how prosperous and powerful Milan’s strength was.
Inside Milan City, only n.o.bility could ride magic beasts. As neither Ye Yin Zhu or Ge En possessed t.i.tles of n.o.bility, they could only walk.
“Look, there’s the Mercenary Guild.” Ge En’s voice brimmed with excitement. To mercenaries, the Mercenary Guild was their holy land.
Ye Yin Zhu looked in the direction Ge En pointed at and saw a tall, imposing building at the end of the street. It was truly difficult to determine how big this huge domed building was just from looking at its front. However, just from its appearance, it was excessively large, being at least a hundred meters wide in the front and close to thirty meters high. 1 Also located at the front was a huge perimeter wall circling the building. At the center of the building was an emblem: a gold s.h.i.+eld overlapped with a pair of crossed double-edged swords. It flickered with a dazzling light as the sun shone down upon it. Even though the building was quite distant, the emblem was clearly visible.
As one walked within 500 meters of the Mercenary Guild, the surrounding crowd began to thicken. Many different kinds of mercenaries continuously traveled back and forth from the building. Ge En led Yin Zhu forward, breaking through the crowd with great difficulty to enter the Mercenary Guild. The pressure from the crowd actually increased instead of fading away as they pa.s.sed through the entrance. At least a hundred staff members wearing black uniforms kept the interior of the guild orderly.
This was an extremely s.p.a.cious hall, its height reaching 20 meters or more. Huge crystal windows on both sides of the hall allowed sunlight to enter. Apart from the one side with the entrance, the remaining three sides were lined with stone step that led up to counters approximately two meters tall. The elevation allowed staff members to have a towering view of the interior. This meant the majority of the mercenaries needed to walk up to the stone step counters to talk with them.
Ge En whispered, “Yin Zhu, you can tell that these peacekeepers are not strong. Except within this building, no one dares to offend them. If anyone dares to cause a disturbance, their Mercenary License would be immediately revoked. To the left is the mission retrieval center, and unlike other Mercenary Branches, only D rank missions or higher exist. If they’re not a D rank mercenary company or higher, they are not qualified to accept a mission here. To the right is the mission reward center where the commissions are obtained. The side closest to the middle is the mercenary guild’s registration and promotion counter.
On both sides of the counter, even though it was the inner counter, there were several people waiting in lines. Ye Yin Zhu and Ge En walked up to the inner counter, intending to join the line. Suddenly a loud exclamation came from the inner counter.
“S rank mercenary company. Two S rank mercenary companies are born…… ”
Although it was originally concentrated, the crowd of mercenary companies parted like tidewater, exposing the inner counter. The sudden exclamation had the mercenaries from the mission retrieval counter and the mission reward center also gather around. Amazed gazes were cast towards the end of the opened pathway.
Altogether, three individuals walked out from the counter. Obviously, they just recently accomplished a mercenary company upgrade. Walking in the middle was a mage wearing a gray magic robe. He appeared approximately 50 to 60 years old with a slim stature and simple facial features. His white hair was neatly combed and gathered at the back of his head. Walking as light as a feather down the path, his two eyes were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with an intimidating aura. No one dared to face those eyes head on. The most frightening thing was the tremendous elemental magic undulating around his body. Because it was excessively compressed, Yin Zhu felt that this mage’s elemental magic aura was somewhat viscous. The individuals the mage’s eyes swept over immediately became stifled. A violet whirlwind engraved emblem rested proudly on the left side of his chest, fully reflecting his strength.