After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1001

Chapter 1001: Choosing a Mercenary Team

BONUS CHAP!

HAPPY 1000 CHAPS GUYS! *Dances* Also, we landed in Golden T1 for now!

I was also showered with lots of golden tickets huhuhu. And I got a gachapon from Lotuslin, too. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT EVERYONE!!

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The level of a Mercenary Hall would determine the level of Mercenary teams that could be hired and created there.

According to Jonathan and the other aborigines, the lowest level Mercenary Hall—available as a Level 2 Town—could only hire and transfer up to a Class E Mercenary Team.

That was to say, they could only travel via the array to another Level 1 Mercenary Hall up to a thousand away. The Hall would also only be able to receive mercenary teams coming in from a maximum of 1000 kilometers, regardless of their levels.

Speaking of this, he also had the option of joining a Mercenary Team and then using the arrays in the Halls to go straight to Bleuelle City.

A Class D would’ve been sufficient if one only considered the distance between the City and Ferrol. However, he looked and there were no missions heading there directly. To use the arrays, the trip must be attached to a mission.

The Terran Mercenary Team’s slots were full, and he would not be able to create a Class D Mercenary Team on his own in a short time either. He would have to join a new one to go this path.

But… would that be worth it?

First of all, it would take time to actually join an unknown Mercenary Team in the first place. It’d be risky, too. He’d be bound to them for at least a year—who knew what they’d make him do?

The common practice in Xeno was that during the first year, new members would not be able to choose their missions. What if it’d interfere with his search for the woman?

Not to mention, she might not even be in Bleuelle City, and that would mean he bounded himself for naught!

So, in the end, he just opted to hire one.

Ferrol had a Level 2 Mercenary Hall which could hire Mercenary Teams up to Class C.

The Terran Mercenary Team made by Elder Garan was a Class D Mercenary Team. With them as the exemption, Class D mercenaries were generally level 20-25 or so on average, with the usual minimum at level 15 (depending on the Team). They could also choose missions from other towns or cities within a 5000 kilometer radius.

This was already very good. The largest country back in Terran had an end-to-end distance of less than that.

The mercenary team Helios would need though, was of an unfortunately higher level. Because they wouldn’t be traveling via the array, this meant they would have to deal with the mobs of a City—which would have monster sightings of monsters level 40 or so.

Generally, like humans, monsters also had a hard time procreating as their level increased. Hence, while there were many strong mobs, the big ones normally didn’t exceed level 25 or 30.

It was rare to see strong monsters together because of this. The more common sight would be them appearing with weaker mobs, dwarfing them by comparison. It was like seeing a walking building surrounded by walking houses which were, in turn, also surrounded by big animals.

He could imagine that it was a terrifying sight to see—especially outside of walls.

Regardless, he understood that going on his own at his current level was suicidal, so he wasn’t going to even think about that.

Anyway, hiring Class C mercenary teams typically cost 100 to 400 gold, which was around 100 times the salary of common workers. Helios naturally had no such money, so he borrowed quite a bit from Jonathan. The man was kind enough to give, though he did add a little interest.

The Hiring of mercenary teams was a two-way choice. He would enter the desired floor and send out his hiring conditions as well as the amount he was willing to offer. The posted offer was in a range, and if the team really wanted a mission, they might lower the offer.

Just posting the mission cost 1 Gold, by the way.

[Hiring! A party to safely escort a few people to Bluelle City and then back to a Village approximately 2500 kilometers away. Offer: 300 Gold]

Like with the Village Center, the mercenaries were bound by oath to do their best until their lives were in danger. They could only abandon when that happened but, otherwise, Helios could be rest assured that the mercenaries would do their best to safeguard his and, ideally, Sahara’s life if he found her.

The Mercenary Halls would send notifications to the captains of the qualified teams as long as they were within the territory. However, to accept the mission or negotiate the terms, they (or their representatives) would have to go to the Mercenary Hall themselves.

The interested mercenary teams would send out their applications and the number of forces they could send in response. This was a one-time negotiation so this was considered to be the ‘best offer’ the team could make.

Finally, the hiring party would choose among these, and the deal would be finalized.

Helios waited about half an hour before he received three applications to choose from.

[Apex Mercenary Team (C) : We will send 10 level 25-30s. We are willing to take the mission for 280 Gold.]

[Takoda Mercenary Team (C) of Avel City : We will send a five level 35-40 to protect you. We are 1700 kilometers South of Bleuelle, only a few days away and we know the terrain well. We will take the job at 320 Gold.]

[Yesno Mercenary Team (D) from Voumi Town: We will send 20 level 25s. We are willing to take the mission for 250 Gold].

He thought for a bit before deciding, at least between the two Class C teams. He didn’t trust a Class D mercenary team to be able to do the job, and that level would not be enough if they encountered a strong mob.

In the end, he chose a Class C Mercenary from Avel City some thousand or so kilometers South of Bleulle. It was a bit more expensive than he offered, but he could be more reassured with them.

In terms of safety, he shouldn’t be stingy.

Of course, it was also a risk and he really hoped Sahara was there. Otherwise, he’d have to borrow money from the Golds, too.

He shook his head off of the worries. For now, he just had to do what he must.

No matter how big the world is… he’d find her—no matter what!