Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 196 "The Bloodthirsty One" Jia Xiu

"Please take this. This is the total reward for the 22 commissions you have completed, amounting to 131 crowns."

At the Adventurers' Guild in Larvin, Jia Xiuzheng was completing all the quests in Chachdis Town.

According to the Adventurers' Guild's requirements, if a client wants to post a quest, they must first provide the guild with the reward as a deposit to prevent adventurers from taking advantage of them.

Therefore, even though there are no survivors left in the Moon Mother Cult that issued the commission, Jaxiu can still collect the deposit they left at the Adventurers' Guild.

All you need to do is provide proof that the task has been completed.

The certificate is a document bearing special rune markings from the Mother Goddess Cult.

As a former "high-ranking leader" in the Mother Goddess Cult, Jia Xiu could easily obtain the mark.

In fact, the former leader hadn't prepared any supporting documentation, because she didn't expect any adventurers to complete the quest.

Therefore, all these documents were written and printed by Jia Xiu on the spot.

Jia Xiu took the money bag from the staff member, weighed it in his hand, and didn't find it too heavy.

As expected of a quest specifically designed to lure low-level adventurers, 22 of them only cost a little over 100 crowns.

A single commission costs less than six crowns. With a team of four, each person only receives a little over one crown. In Larvin, that's not even enough to afford a meal at a restaurant; they can only afford street food.

It's better than nothing, I suppose.

"Are those overdue requests really impossible to complete? I have many supporting documents here."

Jia Xiu was referring to the numerous commissions that the Mother Goddess Cult had entrusted to the association over the past century.

These mandates all had time limits, and they have all expired.

The staff patiently explained, "There's really no way to finish it. If it's overdue, it's overdue. Once the entrustment is overdue, the deposit will be fully received by the association."

Jia Xiu raised an eyebrow.

It's probably impossible to get the Adventurers' Guild to return the money they've already swallowed, but he's still very curious.

"Wow, shouldn't the money be refunded to the client if it's overdue?"

"That's the principle, but the client needs to apply for a refund before the deadline is completely overdue. Otherwise, it won't be processed."

"alright."

Strange knowledge passively entered Jia Xiu's mind.

If you ever post a quest at the Adventurers' Guild in the future, remember to remove it when it expires and no one completes it.

Think of this.

"Could I please explain the refund application process?"

It's a good habit to do your research beforehand so you don't find yourself at a loss when you actually need it.

"Um, the process is a bit complicated."

"It's okay, I'm very patient."

"Here's the thing. First, you need to prove that you are the one who issued the commission. Then, you need to provide a complete explanation of why you need to cancel the commission. Finally, you need to fill out this form."

The staff showed it to Jia Xiu.

That was a really... long, long form.

There's a whole bunch of information to fill out, and only at the very end does it say, "What you need to do is..."

1. Increase the commission amount and recruit new adventurers.

2. Submit a commission to extend the engagement period.

3. Modify the entrustment information and republish.

"No, what about the option to request a refund?"

Jia Xiu almost forgot that this was a form for requesting a refund.

"On the back..."

The staff member's tone was somewhat awkward, clearly indicating that she was aware of how unethical the Adventurers' Guild's practices were.

Jia Xiu flipped it over to the other side.

4. Request a refund.

"..."

I can't hold it in anymore! What's the difference between this and printing the passage and the options on opposite sides of a cloze test?!
However, Jashu underestimated the extent of the Adventurers' Guild's malpractice.

"After you finish filling out this form, there's this one too."

"There's another one? How many more? Isn't issuing a commission so simple?"

"This is it, this is really the last one."

Jia Xiu looked at the legendary last form.

What is the reason you need a refund?

1. The commission cannot be completed.

2. I don't want a refund.

Are you sure you want a refund?

1. Confirmed.

2. I don't want a refund.

……

There are dozens of similar questions.

What made Jia Xiu even angrier and more amused was that every "I don't want a refund" option was highlighted in bold.

And at the very very end, there is a line of small print that is very difficult to notice.

"Once any option is confirmed, it cannot be changed."

At that moment, Jia Xiu seemed to see those rogue software's "brothers" from another world.

It has to be said that the Adventurers' Guild is an absolutely amazing organization, from every angle.

"Could it be that there are people who specialize in completing refund application procedures for others?"

Instead of answering the question directly, the staff member glanced at a row of people squatting in the corner of the mission hall.

it is more than words.

Jia Xiu had initially thought they were a group of adventurers waiting to form teams and take on quests, but it turned out they were doing this.

After a long silence, all the words I wanted to say were condensed into one sentence.

"strong."

A few minutes later, outside the Adventurers' Guild.

"So, boss, how much money did you get?"

Jia Xiu tossed the money bag directly to Mia.

Mia reached out and took it, without even opening it to look. She tossed it around and shook it. "Hmm... 120... no, 130... 131 crowns, that should be it. Not bad, I thought it wouldn't even be a hundred."

What skills do you usually practice?

"Wow, Mia is amazing! I can't even count a hundred crowns." There was also a Bubu cheering her on.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Mia gave a smug bow.
"Want to learn? I'll teach you. The tuition is a friendly price, only ten crowns."

Bubu looked at Jiaxiu expectantly.

It has no money.

“You’re even swindling money from kids,” Jia Xiu stopped Mia from trying to earn money for Bubu with her useless little skills, and casually sighed, “I really don’t know how the Adventurers’ Guild developed. It’s too incredible. Compared to them, I feel like I’m a moral paragon.”

Mia was clearly somewhat familiar with the Adventurers' Guild's ways.

"They were able to develop because before they existed, the situation regarding adventure commissions was much more chaotic. It was common to see commissions being fake, whether the money would actually be received, and both the commissioners and the commission takers trying to kill each other. In comparison, the Adventurers' Guild was at least stronger than before."

Jia Xiu understood; it was a thoroughly enjoyable "choosing the tallest among the short".

Since the previous adventure quests were purely animalistic, the Adventurers' Guild, an anthropomorphic organization in comparison, is indeed more like a human.

The lack of competitors is to blame.

Is there any possibility...? Well, it's too early to think about that now.

If you want to compete with the Adventurers' Guild, the first requirement isn't connections or a platform.

The primary requirement is to be tough enough.

"Boss, you didn't report the tentacle monster incident directly to the Adventurers' Guild, did you?" Mia asked at this moment.

"Of course not. I'm not stupid. Why would I tell them before I've extracted all the value I can find?"

Jia Xiu didn't think the Adventurers' Guild would share all the legacy and derivatives left by the tentacle monster with him.

"I think that's the most they can give: a prize of 500 crowns, a badge, and a title."

“Hmm…” Mia thought for a moment, “It’s too much, I think it’s too much. I guess they’ll only give us the badge and title, and won’t even give us the 500 crown prize.”

"What is a badge...?"

A slightly accented, somewhat broken phrase came from Jia Xiu's robe.

Then, a large bulge appeared at the front of the robe, and a pupa emerged from the collar, only its head showing.

A bat's head covered by a hood.

It's Elizabeth.

His dark eyes were full of curiosity.

Since signing the contract with Jash, Elizabeth has been following him around.

Because its original form possesses a strong aura and exudes a dangerous presence, much like a dragon with its own terrifying majesty, it can easily frighten people when it walks on the street. Moreover, it cannot come out during the day, so it transforms into a bat-like form.

When the sun is out, he hides inside Jia Xiu's long robe; when something happens, he peeks out, wearing a hood to shield himself from the sun.

Jia Xiu originally thought that bats would be ugly and terrifying animals, like flying rats.

It makes up for the regret that mice can't get close to cockroaches like cockroaches.

However, it's not quite the same in reality. Compared to the flying giant rat, it's more like a flying puppy. It's fluffy, has a blank stare, and is still ugly, but it's adorably ugly.

After the events in Chachdis Town were over, Justina traveled away, and Gillianis also picked out a few spellbooks that interested her, as well as a complete Anka dictionary, to return to the elf territory.

Anyway, Jashu doesn't need the Anka language dictionary at all, so it's perfect for Gillianis to pass the time during this boring and long event.

Contrary to her image as a "gangster boss" and a drunkard, Gillianis, a learned druid, is actually a linguist.

She deserves credit for the inclusion of the Druidic language pack in the fluent language collection.

In response to the Spellcasters' Guild's call for knowledge sharing, several archdruids accomplished this task despite significant opposition and pressure within the guild.

In addition, she has also explored many less commonly spoken languages ​​and has spontaneously created many language packs that translate these less commonly spoken languages ​​into common languages.

Simply put, if Gillianice had lived in the internet age, she would probably be a master of internet sharing and a top-notch subtitling artist.

However, she left the storage container containing the demon's corpse, including the corpse itself, to Jia Xiu.

In her words, "Based on the intuition of a senior and professional archdruid, it should be safer to keep it with you than with me."

However, Jia Xiu and his group did not choose to return to Larvin directly via the teleportation array.

It's not that I'm short of money for the teleportation; it's that I've finally made this trip and completed a very troublesome task, so I should rest for a few days.

So they decided to travel along the route from Çachdis to Larvin, using a phased teleportation system, stopping at several well-known tourist destinations to explore.

About a week later, they finally returned to Larvin.

In the process, Elizabeth learned the Common Language at an extremely fast pace.

Speaking is indeed the fastest way to learn a language.

It took me just a few days to go from knowing almost nothing to being able to have a halting conversation.

On the one hand, it was due to her good intelligence, and on the other hand, it was due to her being a chatterbox.

Jia Xiu suspected that he had been holding back a lot of energy all these years.

Elizabeth is in a stage of being a curious baby, a baby over a thousand years old, who will ask questions until she understands everything she has never seen before.

This made Jia Xiu's team, with its two strongest fighters, feel like they were taking care of two children.

Jia Xiu also tried to learn the language of the tentacle monster.

He gave up after only two days. He thought that once he learned the trilled tongue, no language could stump him.

As it turned out, the tentacle monsters' language not only had a trilled tongue (which they called a rolled "r"), but also a different uvular "r", which successfully killed Jia Xiu's interest in learning languages.

"The badge, this is it."

Jia Xiu showed off the school badge of St. Terrell.

He now wears the Saint-Dero school uniform everywhere he goes. It's well-made, sturdy, and dirt-resistant, and it's even given out for free. Why not wear it? It blows away those cheap school uniforms that cost hundreds of dollars.

Moreover, wearing this robe is very convenient, and Saint-Deros's fame is absolutely top-tier on the mainland.

Even if you go out to eat with Saint-Dero's identity, you can get a free side dish.

It's fair to say they have a strong worship of academic qualifications.

"Then, can I... have a badge?"

"No problem. Once you get to the Mage Tower, you can have as much as you want. Take whatever you want."

Jassiu plans to give Elizabeth an unemployed contract job, just like when Bubu fed Yalong before.

After all, the contract signed was ostensibly for consulting.

Moreover, she is absolutely qualified as an advisor. Their laboratory is researching vampire magic, and in this field, few are more professional than Elizabeth.

The whereabouts of the other original vampires are now unknown.

"Shall we go to the Mage Tower now?"

Elizabeth was very much looking forward to going to the Mage Tower; to be precise, she was looking forward to going anywhere.

"No, we'll go to the Mage Tower later."

Jia Xiu replied.

"We're going to the slaughterhouse now."

"Huh?" Mia was a little surprised. "What would you be doing going to a slaughterhouse?"

"Get some blood."

Jia Xiu answered very seriously.

“We need to have a vampire consultant here in the future. Until a solution to stop the spread is developed, human blood will be limited, but we should at least have enough animal blood.”

"Actually, I'm fine..."

Elizabeth wanted to speak out for herself. She could actually go for years without food, she was used to being hungry, and if she fell asleep, she could go for hundreds of years without food.

"No, you have a problem. This is called employee benefits."

Jia Xiu interrupted.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

"No trouble."

"Of course it's not troublesome," Jia Xiu thought to himself. Actually, he needed some blood.

Perhaps the side effects of his superhuman physique were beginning to appear; he now had an urge to ingest blood.

However, the impulse was not strong enough to lead to attacking one's own kind.

I always have dreams about being hungry when I sleep, even deep sleep when I'm full of energy doesn't work. I dream about eating while I'm in deep sleep.

I dreamt of spicy blood curd, duck blood and vermicelli soup, stir-fried pork blood with chives, fried blood sausage, and stewed pork with vegetables...

He even began to wonder if it was a side effect of his superhuman physique, or if he simply had a craving for blood sausage.

However, adhering to the principle of eating whatever he wants and never shortchanging himself, Jia Xiu decided to make a trip to the slaughterhouse.

It seems you can't buy blood sausage or blood curd here, so you'll have to make it yourself.

Thinking about this, I wonder if there's something wrong with those vampires. They've been sucking blood for so many years, but they haven't come up with any delicious ways to eat it.

They came up with the idea of ​​pouring blood into a wine glass and serving it.

They deserve to become depressed as they live their lives...

(End of this chapter)