The Thieves Guild wasn't located in a remote corner, as Tang En had imagined. In fact, it was in a good location, right on the main road. The guild's logo, depicting two crossed daggers, was also very eye-catching, gleaming brightly in the sun.
Tang En had changed into a new outfit by then. He was wearing a black hooded cloak with a black veil covering the brim of the hood.
This was bought by Tang En at the grocery store next door. The owner said it was called the Hermit's Cloak, and it cost 50 copper coins, and a triangular face towel was also given as a gift.
After buying the Hermit's Cloak, Tang En bargained with the boss and finally spent 2 silver and copper coins to buy what he really wanted, an iron dagger.
This was Tang En's first dagger. Although it was a low-quality piece worth only two silver coins, Tang En didn't care. The old butler had taught him that even a thin piece of iron could be a deadly weapon in the hands of an assassin.
The killer's rule is to familiarize yourself with a weapon as soon as you get it.
The dagger was approximately seven inches long, single-edged, and had a handle made of ordinary bakelite. Tang En tried gripping it with both his forehand and backhand, finding it comfortable, though not as comfortable as the one he had in the system space.
This is inevitable because in the system space, the dagger that Tang En holds is customized according to the characteristics of his hand shape.
Tang En flipped his hand and hid the dagger into his sleeve, keeping it on his forearm near his elbow. When needed, he would bend his arm and stretch out his hand, and the dagger would come out like a snake.
This technique was quite impressive. Tang En had learned it from the old butler, leaving his arms covered in scars and bruises. This was only in the system space; in reality, Tang En might not have dared to learn it this way.
After entering the main gate, the Thieves Guild's lobby was right in front of them. The lobby was bustling with activity, and Tang En habitually surveyed his surroundings. The interior of the Thieves Guild was somewhat gloomy, in stark contrast to the bright and cheerful exterior.
However, this also fits with Tang En's preconceived impression. Thieves are of course used to walking in the dark.
The hall was simply furnished, with a dozen or so office windows similar to those of a modern bank. On one side of the hall were many small cubicles. Looking through the open door of a cubicle, there was only an ordinary table with a crystal ball-shaped object on it.
Tang En's attire wasn't particularly eye-catching here, as many people wearing hermit cloaks passed by him from time to time. Of course, the mainstream attire here was leather armor, and occasionally, female thieves would be seen, their light leather armor revealing their curvaceous figures.
Compared with these slim female thieves, male thieves of the same body shape appear much thinner and more vulgar. And it just so happens that there are quite a lot of male thieves of this body shape.
Tang En's physique adhered to his usual principle of being ordinary, neither fat nor thin, just average. But here, Tang En managed to find a sense of majesty and majesty.
After observing for a while, Tang En came to a union window. Behind the window was a young woman in a white uniform.
The woman smiled and said, "Hello, how can I help you?"
The light and pleasant voice was very pleasant to the ears. Tang En also smiled and said, "I want to join the guild."
"Okay, the membership fee is five silver coins."
Uh, there's also a membership fee? Tang En was stunned for a moment, but still took out five silver coins and handed them over.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The woman took out a small crystal ball about one centimeter in diameter from behind her and handed it to Tang En, saying, "Okay, Mr. Thief, this is your logo crystal ball."
Is that all? Five silver coins for a small ball...
Tang En took the crystal ball and examined it carefully, but still couldn't figure out what it was. So he asked, "What's the use of this?"
"Mr. Thief, you've never seen this thing before?"
"Uh, no."
The woman patiently explained, "This is called the Identification Crystal Ball. It's a combination of magic and alchemy. It's in its initial state right now. You need to take it to the compartment next to it and place it on top of the Guild Crystal Ball. From there, you can enter your information and accept various quests. Of course, you still need to come to me to claim the bounty for completing the quest. The specific steps are all on the Guild Crystal Ball; you can follow the instructions."
Tang En nodded to show that he understood, thanked the woman and left the window.
"A product of alchemy and magic," Tang En looked at the small crystal ball in his palm with great curiosity. This was a field he had never heard of.
Never mind, let's try it first... Tang En found an empty compartment, walked in quickly, and closed the door.
Just above the head-sized union crystal ball, Tang En found a small circular slot. Needless to say, Tang En inserted the newly acquired crystal ball into it.
"Beep…"
The union crystal ball made a slight sound and emitted a soft light. A nebula-shaped array pattern appeared inside the crystal ball. Then a line of small words appeared in the nebula.
"Because there is darkness, there are thieves. Those who emerge from darkness truly understand the value of light."
After the writing faded, the Thieves Guild logo of two daggers appeared.
"Interesting..." Whether it was the image inside the crystal ball or the thief's slogan, Tang En found it very interesting.
At this time, words appeared in the crystal ball.
"Please enter the name of the crystal ball."
"Uh, how do I input it?" Tang En was confused. "Can you at least give me a keyboard or something?"
The crystal ball naturally wouldn't answer Tang En's question, but Tang En soon discovered that as his fingers slid across the surface of the ball, corresponding symbols appeared inside the crystal ball.
"Oh my god, it's a touch screen? Pretty advanced!" Tang En is now becoming more and more interested in alchemy and magic.
With a thought, Tang En typed in "killer".
"Name available, please enter password."
Password? Hmm... "Old Butler." Tang En entered the old butler's name with a sense of humor.
"Created successfully. Please keep your logo crystal ball safe."
Wow, that's quite humane. Tang En smacked his lips.
As the success prompt disappeared, a box interface named "Task" appeared in the crystal ball.
The task interface is mainly divided into three categories: treasure hunting, assassination, and others.
Treasure hunting is a job that all thieves are willing to do. The tasks are basically all related to treasure. Sometimes the client provides a treasure map and seeks cooperation. Others specify that a certain treasure is needed and require the thieves to find it themselves.
The other quests are a bit more outlandish, with all sorts of bizarre tasks popping up one after another. For example, stealing the city lord's daughter's underwear, tracking down and investigating a philandering noble...
After casually flipping through the information, Tang En focused on the assassination task list. He was eager to improve his skills, but the old butler was limited to his current system level and could not teach him advanced skills.
If Tang En wants to upgrade his system level, he can only keep killing people.
However, when Tang En clicked on the assassination mission, the interface prompted him that he could only accept missions at his current level. After Tang En clicked on his level, he discovered that he was currently a Level 1 Assassin, and could only accept assassination missions worth 1-5 gold coins.
You can get one point for completing a task. When you accumulate ten points, you can level up and then take on tasks with higher bounties.
Tang En was not surprised by this setting. In fact, it would be a joke if a young assassin who had just debuted went to assassinate a big shot.
After Tang En opened the first-level assassination mission, he began to carefully search for the assassination target. That's right. Tang En was ready to take action now. Putting aside the improvement of system strength, Tang En needed these assassination bounties more now.
He was really poor now. He borrowed ten silver coins from the gambler, but in just a short while, he had spent all of them and only had two silver coins and thirty copper coins left.
Tang En had heard from the old farmer that the money system in this other world consisted of three currencies: gold, silver, and copper. The exchange rate was 1 gold coin = 100 silver coins = 10,000 copper coins. For an average family, 10 silver coins would barely keep them fed and clothed for a month.
Tang En had only purchased basic thief equipment, and his funds were already stretched to the limit. Moreover, he had to use silver coins to redeem the old farmer's axe tomorrow.
Fortunately, there are quite a few first-level assassination missions. Tang En kept sliding the crystal ball and finally selected a mission to assassinate a villain.
There is a simple description behind each task, which will briefly introduce the identity of the task target, bounty, etc.
The Union Crystal Ball describes this mission objective as follows:
Task Number: 6575
Target: A small boss of an underground gang
Client's request: Kill
Reward: 5 gold coins
It was quite concise, but the gang leader was probably not a good person... Tang En finally chose to accept it.
"Beep, mission successfully received. Below is the target's detailed information."
Target Name: Bart (nickname, Violent Bear)
Seven feet tall, broad, dark-skinned, and covered in black beard. A minor leader of the Axe Gang, he wields a one-handed axe and is often seen at Pier 68 in Nangang.
After completing the task, please submit it in time and the union will investigate and confirm it within one day.
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Looking at the notification that the mission had been successfully completed, Tang En felt a complicated feeling. Was this the beginning of his journey as an alien killer? He had said before that he wouldn't kill for money...
Tang En shook his head, dispelling the thoughts in his mind. He looked around and directly entered the system space.
"Ding, an alien killer organization has been discovered, loading data..."
"Loading successful, this data will be incorporated into the killer system."
"Ding, congratulations to Killer Tang En for completing the mission of finding the assassin organization from another world."
"Task Difficulty: f"
"Experience gained: 100, health 100"
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