I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 123 Delivering the Mission

[Quick Friendship] Not only can you make friends with wild beasts, but you can also bewitch and control real monsters.

This is also where the value of a level three spell lies.

However, this spell is rarely used by mages, and it has even become unsaleable.

The reason is also very simple.

First, the spells of the Bewitching and Controlling School are extremely unfriendly to mages, and are relatively difficult to learn and cast.

Secondly, this spell does not always work, especially when dealing with high-level monsters whose mental strength is stronger than the caster's.

Mental strength, also referred to by some scholars as charisma.

This kind of thing is difficult to quantify, which makes it impossible for the spellcaster to predict the success rate of the spell in advance.

However, the cost of failing to cast a spell is far too high for a mage.

Consuming mana, delaying time, and losing opportunities.

Instead of trying to make friends quickly, it's easier to use a fireball spell to make the other person want to be your friend again in their next life.

There is a third point, which is equally crucial.

[Quick Friendship] can indeed make the controlled target obey the spellcaster, but the prerequisite is that the spellcaster has the "speech".

But how many mages understand the language of monsters?

Even the most gifted members of the Scribes Guild can only master two or three at most.

This means that most mages using this spell can only make monsters lose their hostility towards them, but cannot specifically ask the monsters to do anything.

This greatly reduces the effectiveness of the spell.

however.

The above three points do not seem to be problems for Wilder.

Firstly, he mastered the spells of the Bewitching School very quickly, and because of his extremely high Charisma stat, he even surpassed the spells of other schools.

Secondly, he has never failed to use this spell.

Of course, kobolds are not considered high-level monsters, so this is still pending.

Finally, he understood the language of monsters.

Moreover, it's not just about knowing a few things, or even several kinds, but about knowing everything you encounter!

Through the linguist's ability to analyze the languages ​​of various races, he can truly make monsters act according to his detailed commands.

Therefore, for him, bringing a real monster back to the association one day is not a pipe dream.

Wilder walked to the counter, lost in thought.

The wolves followed him closely, like a hunter's loyal hounds.

He glanced at the clock on the counter.

5:15 a.m.

At this time, Masha had not yet come to relieve her. Sitting at the familiar counter was a young female clerk who seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

She was in her early twenties, with short chestnut hair and a round face with a healthy wheatish complexion.

"Hello adventurer, I'm Flora. How can I help you?"

Despite having stayed up all night, her voice remained clear and bright, suggesting she was a very motivated employee.

"I'm here to deliver the mission."

Wilder responded, then took out the left ears of the kobold and the gnoll from his backpack and placed them on the counter in that order.

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"OK!"

Flora nodded and began to take inventory.

"Ten kobolds' left ears, each with a fixed reward of three silver coins, totaling thirty silver coins."

As she spoke, she gathered the kobold's ears together.

"Three silver rings, two broken pendants, and a brass headband, totaling fifty silver."

She then neatly collected these inferior jewels into another pile.

"The left ears of five gnolls, each for a fixed reward of sixty silver coins."

At this point, she smiled apologetically: "But since you haven't received any related tasks according to the records, the reward can only be calculated at twelve silver coins per animal, totaling sixty silver coins."

"fine."

Wilder nodded, not paying much attention.

One gold and forty silver.

Adding the eight gold and twelve silver found in the kobold cave, the total is nine gold and sixty-two silver.

What was originally just a task to kill time and gain experience points turned out to yield nearly ten gold coins!

This completely exceeded his expectations.

Meanwhile, Flora was checking the amounts in the ledger for the third time before saying with relief, "Your total reward is one gold and forty silver. Please verify—"

Before she could finish her question, she suddenly noticed another left ear on the outermost edge of the counter.

Dark gray, smooth and supple, cleaner than the ears we had just seen.

strangeness.

Why didn't I see it just now?

Flora secretly rejoiced; she had almost overlooked it.

However, this ear looks like it belongs to a wolf.

The reward for wild beasts is much lower than that for monsters, and there is a discount if there is no quest list.

"Sorry, I forgot about that."

As she reached out, she said, "One wolf's left ear, one silver coin per wolf, or twenty copper coins if there's no task list."

As she spoke, her hand touched the ear.

It still had a temperature.

It looks like it was cut off not long ago.

Flora grabbed it, and whether it was her imagination or not, she felt the ear twitch slightly.

Without thinking twice, she grabbed it and shoved it hard against herself, yelling, "Ouch!!!"

The howl of a wolf came from under the counter, startling Flora so much that she immediately let go of his hand.

Then, she watched as the left ear, which had just been grabbed, slowly retreated until its owner was revealed—

A live, adult wolf.

He was staring at her with wide eyes, baring his teeth, and glaring fiercely.

"ah!!!"

This time, it was Flora who screamed.

What's going on?

Why would a live wolf appear at the association?!

I just pulled its ear—

Ahhhhh!

Wilder gave a wry smile, stepped between the wolf and Flora, and explained, "Miss Flora, I don't intend to exchange this left ear for a reward. Let it go."

"Okay, okay!"

Flora pressed one hand to her chest and stammered in response.

Let her go!

She immediately opened the money box, counted out one gold coin and forty silver coins, put them into a money bag, and pushed it in front of Wilde.

She then took a few steps back: "Here's your payment, please verify!"

Wilder opened his money pouch, glanced at it, and nodded. "Thanks."

After saying that, he led the wolf away from the counter and prepared to return to the Colt Inn.

I'm so sleepy.

However, what to do with this wild wolf is still a problem, and it will take a lot of time, so I guess I won't be able to sleep for a while.

Just as he was about to reach the association's main entrance, a creaking sound suddenly came from the wooden staircase in the corner of the hall.

Turning my head, I saw two men in monastic robes coming down from the second floor.

The one wearing a silver robe and with a more robust build.

Many people in the hall recognized him at a glance; it was Professor Hollen.

The other man, who was wearing a purple robe with silver patterns and was much thinner, looked unfamiliar to most people.

But Wilder remembered who he was.

He was the mage who was talking with Hollen on the second floor last night, and who only showed half of his face at the time.

He was also a member of the ten-person investigation team sent by the association headquarters.

Wilder blinked.

Good guy.

Unexpectedly, these two chatted all night long!