Black Sail

Unfortunately, the adventurer's guild card pool is even worse than the Heaven Port card pool.

Compared to here, Heaven Port could be considered a paid diamond card pool.

Forget about heroes, most are the type of people who just deceive their buddies. Even Gold Level adventurers are rare, a clear blue sky and white clouds, the friendship card pool among friendship card pools.

Liszt had no choice but to give up and went with the fox-eared Yisu signboard girl to the back office. Besides registering the adventure team, he also had to receive his personal adventurer identity card using the Lostra household identity given by Celeste.

"For Todaze!"

Liszt looked at the palm-sized crystal energy card in his hand, which was quite thin. It had a special magic energy circuit inside and also had a currency storage function.

Although the adventurer's guild is a giant industry.

Ultimately, it's just a platform, with a very complex system structure. Often, the profit from a branch does not reach the company headquarters at all; it's completely earned by local investors, just under a name and integrated into this huge system.

And the adventurer's guild's identity card can also store currency, but it's limited to storage and transaction functions, with no interest or financial management options, not at all related to the word bank.

After all, the most straightforward and brainless business in the world is lending; others deposit at an annual interest rate of 5%, and I lend your money at an annual interest rate of 30%.

If the principal is enough, it's a business without capital, and money keeps growing until you're tired of it.

If this platform spanning all the countries in the Western Continent dared to run banks, it wouldn't be far from death, as local capitalists would eradicate it. On someone else's turf, you have to be honest when running a platform and mustn't shake the country's foundation.

In the back office.

Liszt swiped the freshly prepared, still warm card on a prototype copper magic energy device, and sure enough, all the information popped up.

Name: [Liszt]

Age: [Twenty-six]

Place of Origin: [Lostra Wind Anchor]

Level: [New Adventurer]

Career Inclination: [Swordsman]

Adventure Group: [Silver Wing Adventure Group]

Completed Tasks: [None]

Guild Warehouse Deposits: [None]

Savings Balance:

[Aran Currency: Zero]

[Pedan Crystal Coin: Zero]

[Gureg Currency: Zero]

[Lostra Paper Money: Zero]

Ongoing Tasks: [None]

Liszt was moved to tears, finally becoming a new adventurer, joining the ranks of the buddy-deceivers type.

He could only save these four mainstream currencies; Ji Weng, because of its internal religious and governmental unity, is relatively closed off and although there's an exchange rate, they call it national currency, and theoretically, it's non-circulating, but west of the Narrow Sea, it still flows smoothly.

And the reason these four currencies have to be calculated separately is that this is not a bank; it doesn't have a currency exchange function. To exchange money, one must go to a proper bank.

Bastie was also fiddling with her new adventurer card, feeling quite subtle, treating it as preparation for finding Fafna.

Celeste had long been an adventurer, having obtained hers at Heaven Port earlier in the year while disguise as part of the Dragon Seeking Team.

Goria, although she had cleared her name following Liszt, the guild's internal files don't update in real-time. The annual goddess started from scratch with the identity provided by Celeste.

Meredith remains a well-known Heroic Level.

"So, Silver Wing Adventure Group, let's officially start our adventure!"

Liszt deposited a hundred Golden Dragons.

Not for anything else, just for the novelty.

In places like Heaven Port, only cash is recognized; there aren't any banks. What's the use of having a card? The underworld is like this. Liszt was breaking new ground today, the first time being able to use card transactions. He was full of mixed emotions, truly feeling the benefits of being onshore, able to live like ordinary people in the Western Continent.

"We need to hurry to the Horse Market to pick a few good horses; we can't linger too long in the Cross Alliance."

Bastie put away the card.

"Still thinking about the horse, aren't we also supposed to be gathering information besides disguising as adventurers?"

What kind of identity does Liszt have; he doesn't need to mix in adventuring to make a living—he's the one issuing tasks.

"Hey girl, I'll publish a task while I'm at it."

Liszt called the fox-eared signboard girl over. It's impossible to find a needle in a haystack; you need to mobilize the power of the masses.

"What type of task is it?"

The signboard girl sat down at an antiquated mechanical typewriter, looking at Liszt; her fox ears twitched. When those hundred Golden Dragons were taken out of the bag, they nearly blinded her. It was a colossal fortune; at least half of that gang outside, who live off the grid, couldn't earn this sum if they worked as adventurers for twenty or thirty years.

And this person didn't count; she actually helped count it, and it turned out he had deposited one hundred and twenty-eight Golden Dragons.

Liszt was greatly astonished, what a cute and lively Yisu girl! He used to wonder why Yisu people didn't feel this great?

This is the fantasy life in a different world, what a thing is Heaven Port.

"I want to publish a task to find someone."

"Find someone? According to relevant regulations, you need a document to prove a relationship with the target, and the target's place of origin is very important. Each country's laws are different; some countries allow such commissions, while in others, to curb underworld activities, such tasks are somewhat sensitive."

"Is it so troublesome?"

Liszt was convinced that the Guild wasn't all-powerful and couldn't handle any kind of request.

"Actually, it's not really a search for someone, I just want to gather some intelligence. I'll provide some criteria to search for people who fit the characteristics and give their location, with the scope limited to within the borders of Pedan."

Liszt also didn't know how to put it, hoping that the signboard girl would understand and bend the rules a little.

"I understand. If you categorize it under the intelligence gathering for special operatives, there aren't as many restrictions. It's much more relaxed. Is that what you mean?"

The signboard girl, obviously more experienced, said understandingly to Liszt.

For instance, Dwarves compared to the Human Race have better heat endurance, with higher fire resistance. For work in certain special settings, or applications in designated high-temperature regions, powerful Dwarf adventurers need to be recruited.

And each branch of the guild had to meet business quotas, with quarterly sales competitions.

These branches inevitably messed with the gray areas a little just to reach the top.

If you want to find a specific Dwarf, you can do that too. Whoever pays is king. I believe this Dwarf is the best in the world, and only he can handle the task I've set, no one else could do it.

No complaints when supervision comes down.

"That's how it is?."

Liszt was still a bit confused.

"Then please provide the characteristics. We have already determined it's a recruitment within the Pedan territory for special operatives."

"You sure about this?"

"Don't worry, once the information is released, the experts will understand what's going on straight away."

"Haha, you ladies really know best."

Liszt laughed awkwardly. Of course, it's about special operatives, relying on Sister Faf to dominate the Western Continent.

"Silver hair, female, looks about fourteen, height around 1.7 meters, adventurer status, and she just became an adventurer not long ago, just a few days, strong in power, specializes in Ice Magic, uses a Special Large Sword, and very good-looking."

Liszt wasn't sure if that was detailed enough, and fourteen years old is considered an adult on the Western Continent, like being eighteen back home.

"Hmm...not a common person, I can't think of many who fit these characteristics. Is this your first time posting a request?"

The signboard girl found it quite interesting. Such a person with the same name as the famous East Sea Brother One, and a strong presence, but seemed like a newbie.

"Yes, it is indeed."

"Intelligence-type requests are different from other kinds, allowing multiple adventurers to accept them concurrently. Providing high-enough rewards will attract them, given the current characteristics, it's possible to find quickly. Generally, such tasks have two types of reward systems; one for verifying the information is true and providing credible evidence, and one for guiding you to meet her directly. How much would you provide for each?"

The signboard girl inquired.

"For the former, twenty Golden Dragons, and for the latter, a hundred Golden Dragons."

Considering Fafna's special nature, Liszt thought this should be plenty.

The signboard girl was too shocked to close her mouth, God? Rich guy?

"Are you an idiot?"

Celeste kicked Liszt. While it's possible to play this way, you can't go that big. Offering a hundred Golden Dragons would have all the old-timers in Pedan turning the sky upside down to find her and might even draw official attention from Pedan.

"Authentic intelligence, three Golden Dragons, and for the latter, which isn't that dependable, ten Golden Dragons would be enough."

This price wouldn't catch the attention of the powerful but was ample to spark interest among the adventurers in Pedan and provide entertainment for the gamblers and addicts for several months.

"Okay, since the recruitment is within Pedan, we'll pinpoint the release of the request in the major cities of Pedan. Here, we need you to pay in advance. For intelligence-type requests, once completed, a 15% service charge of the total commission is required. If the task remains beyond a month, as the distribution is in major cities across Pedan, requiring significant manpower and resources, 160 silver coins in management fees need to be paid monthly."

The signboard girl stated it matter-of-factly.

Liszt said nothing more and just swiped his card directly.

"Alright, then one last thing, such requests can't be made anonymously. Do you want to release it under your name or in some other form?"

The signboard girl's question left Liszt at a loss for words.

"Uh... can we spend a bit more to make it anonymous?"

Sister Faf is currently on a family escape. Isn't this like alerting the enemy?

"Release it under the name of the adventure group."

Meredith, fed up with Liszt's naivety, shot him a glare.

Liszt pondered a bit, thinking it made sense. If Sister Faf saw the request, she'd naturally be curious about who was looking for her. She might even think of their group or sense danger. The Silver Wing Adventure Group is quite mysterious now. Anyway, they needed to test the waters and bring Sister Faf back home quickly.

"Alright, then, the release has been successful."

The signboard girl used the facsimile to send the task information to the distribution department. "Your task will appear on the guild request boards within Pedan in one working day."

"To Todaze!"

Liszt felt a rush of emotion, life on land was vastly different. He'd grown tired of commanding subordinates to whom to kill or whose place to trash.

Such matters brought some excitement.

"Can we set off now?"

Bastie couldn't sit still; finishing one thing meant promptly starting another.

"Of course not, adventurer. You've got to look like an adventurer! To the equipment shop!"

Liszt was determined to shape the Silver Wing Adventure Group into the world's number one.

"Are you addicted to role-playing or something?"

Celeste somewhat regretted tagging along.