Chapter 442 - 223: Arrival at Fajade City, Parting and the Inn
Chapter 442: Chapter 223: Arrival at Fajade City, Parting and the Inn
The Gale Horse pulling the carriage was a fairly high-Level Lord Level Demon, so the journey was smooth sailing. They hardly encountered any Demons blocking their path.
This was both a blessing and a curse. For Lin Mo, having no monsters to fight meant his Skills’ Skill Levels stagnated. Furthermore, being stuck in the carriage with nothing to do was a true ordeal.
Fortunately, he had bought plenty of books in Silver Stream City beforehand, so he could pass the time reading with Feney and Lena.
The books Lin Mo had purchased were, naturally, about Fajade City.
As one of the four major cities in the Doria Kingdom, books about Fajade City were naturally available for sale in Silver Stream City as well.
For instance, the book Lin Mo was currently holding was titled *Record of Adventuring Information in Fajad City*.
The book had been written by an Adventurer and described his time in Fajade City in a narrative style.
Compared to standard reference books, this type of book was more interesting and more closely aligned with an Adventurer’s perspective.
After two or three days of reading, Lin Mo had gained a preliminary understanding of life as an Adventurer in Fajade City.
First and foremost for any Adventurer, the most important thing was, of course, the adventuring zones.
As a major city, Fajade City naturally had more than one adventuring zone in its vicinity.
In addition to the aforementioned Forest of Serenity, there were three other adventuring locations.
They were the Blackwater Swamp, the Giant Stone Mine, and the Lava Basin.
These three locations were not as large as the Forest of Serenity, but they still qualified as small-to-medium-sized adventuring zones. Even the smallest of them, the Giant Stone Mine, was comparable in size to Loran Forest.
So many adventuring locations naturally resulted in an abundance of varied and complex quests.
It was said that during peak times, the Fajade City Adventurer’s Association could have tens of thousands of quests available simultaneously.
For Adventurers, the mere act of choosing a suitable quest was a considerable headache in itself.
Consequently, in a large city like Fajade City, a rather unique profession had emerged—the Adventurer’s Assistant.
They specialized in helping Adventurers handle tasks such as selecting and accepting quests, selling and procuring materials, and preparing daily supplies.
The most experienced assistants, who worked for powerful and highly skilled Adventurers, could earn salaries that were quite generous compared to those of Ordinary people.
Most established Adventurer Squads chose to hire an assistant, allowing them to focus completely on their adventuring endeavors.
As for larger organizations like Adventurer Groups, they would go so far as to form their own teams of assistants, dedicated to helping the group’s Adventurers handle such affairs.
For instance, when Lady Beixila had previously hired those two Adventurer Groups, she had first contacted their respective assistant teams to handle the arrangements.
’How should I put this...’ ’Judging from the book’s description, hiring an Adventurer’s Assistant seems pretty essential.’
Besides, the cost wasn’t prohibitive. At the end of the day, these assistants were just clever Ordinary people. The salary for most Adventurer’s Assistants ranged from 10 to 20 Silver Coins a month. Although this was definitely higher than an ordinary laborer’s wage and was considered a high-paying job in Fajade City, it was a trivial burden compared to an Adventurer’s high income.
Even the salary of an exceptionally Excellent Adventurer’s Assistant would typically not exceed 1 Gold Coin per month.
Only those who joined an Adventurer Group’s assistant team could possibly earn more, reaching 1.5 or 2 Gold Coins per month.
As for the matter of hiring an Adventurer’s Assistant, Lin Mo planned to assess the situation once they arrived in Fajade City, though he probably wouldn’t hire one.
For one thing, he might temporarily join an Adventurer Group and be able to use their team of assistants. For another, even if his own squad were to operate independently, he already had a very suitable candidate with him.
Lin Mo glanced at the Little Cat Girl, Lena, who was sitting beside him, absorbed in her book.
A Planting Master’s work was relatively flexible; most plants didn’t require constant attention, so Lena had a fair amount of free time.
Moreover, having worked the front desk at the Adventurer’s Association for so long, Lena was quite knowledgeable about the Association’s operations and quest-related information. It was safe to say she was very experienced and perfectly capable of handling an assistant’s duties.
Ultimately, though, it would depend on her own wishes. If she still wanted to work the front desk at an Adventurer’s Association, Lin Mo would of course support her decision.
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Time trickled by. Having finished his book, Lin Mo was once again left with nothing to do and had no choice but to begin his Meditation.
It was worth noting that during their journey, Flora had also been practicing Meditation frequently.
Lin Mo had even asked her a few questions about Meditation, which confirmed some of his earlier suspicions.
It would be no exaggeration to call the Meditation Skill a core Skill for Mages. With the exception of an oddity like Lin Mo, most Mages eventually found it difficult to continue increasing their Attributes through their Skills.
This was because they typically only practiced Magic of a single Element, and the number of Low Tier Magic spells for any one Element was limited. Meanwhile, Mid-to-High Tier Magic was difficult to obtain and even harder to learn.
If a Mage came from a wealthy family with sufficient resources, it was manageable. However, if they lacked the means and connections to purchase expensive Mid-to-High Tier Magic Scrolls, then Meditation was basically the only way to continue increasing their Magic Power.