Chapter 39 Salary Payment
Chapter 39 Salary Payment
After entering August, the weather seems to be a bit hotter.
Magnolia’s greening is well done, trees can be seen everywhere, and the sound of cicadas is endless.
When you are calm, you may feel good to listen to it, thinking that this is what summer should be like.
But when you are not in such a good mood, you just feel annoying.
The ceiling fan in the guild is turning slowly, bringing a breeze that is better than nothing to the noisy tavern.
In this hot weather, Rhodes felt that even the noisy voices of everyone were hot.
In fact, there are many people in the tavern who are as hot and lazy as Rhodes. The serious ones are weak in speaking, and only by gulping down a few mouthfuls of ice beer can they relieve a little.
At this time, Gray became one of the most popular people.
Although he himself was sweating profusely, he still couldn’t resist everyone’s pleas and became a ruthless ice-making machine.
But this also had a benefit for him, that is, those who benefited from him were embarrassed to remind him to put on clothes.
Of course, these people did not include Naz.
This guy was completely unaffected. Even in this heat, he still had the energy to run around, and occasionally even did some strange dances.
Mira took an empty cup and put a few ice cubes in it, poured a drink and pushed it to Rhodes: “You don’t look very energetic.”
”Thank you.” Rhodes said bitterly, “I didn’t sleep well last night. It was too hot, and the mosquitoes were very fierce.”
The mosquito repellent left by Goodman when he moved had just run out, and Rhodes reminded himself to buy a new bottle after get off work.
Mira showed a sympathetic look: “That’s hard enough… Why haven’t I seen Worm these two days?”
”Because the weather is too hot and he doesn’t want to come out, he’s a disloyal guy who hides in the Howling Abyss to escape the heat.”
Rod picked up the cup and put it on his forehead. The cool touch made him feel a little more comfortable. ”I suspect that things may not be going well recently. Even the increase in magic power is not as obvious as before.”
”Of course, because your magic power level is already very good, the same increase is certainly not as obvious as at the beginning.”
”Can I be considered good?”
”At least Jet and Marcus are no match for you…” Mira covered her mouth lightly, feeling that it seemed a bit rude to Jet and the others to say this.
When Rod just got the stone beetle, it was already a headache for Jet, not to mention that his magic power has increased a lot now, and he also has the “three wolves”.
The three wolves are the common name for this wild monster combination, including two shadow wolves and a large shadow wolf.
The size of the shadow wolf is similar to that of a tiger, much larger than an ordinary wolf, and looks more powerful than an ordinary wolf, a bit like a saber-toothed tiger.
The large shadow wolf is even larger and has two heads.
When the three giant wolves leaned over and bared their teeth, they looked ferocious, and it was obvious that they were not easy to mess with.
After many tests and sparring with his companions, Rhodes determined that they were more agile and better at attacking than stone beetles.
In addition to the basic attack of biting, the shadow wolves have a keen sense of smell for tracking, and are good at sneaking in the shadows. The wolf is as its name suggests.
Although it seems very weak in the game, its strength here is not bad – at least Kana can’t easily hit them with cards like she can with stone beetles.
As for the magic power consumed by summoning them, it is basically about three river crabs, similar to stone beetles.
Now Rhodes can command the stone beetles and shadow wolves to fight at the same time. Once the fight begins, the duel immediately turns into a group fight, which is a huge advantage.
The problem that follows is that Rhodes himself is more likely to be targeted as a breakthrough point.
There are two most effective solutions at present. One is to ride on the river crab and run far away.
The other is to follow the stone beetles to burrow into the ground and run as far as possible within the limited breath holding time.
The tactics are cowardly, but useful.
However, these can only treat the symptoms. If you want to treat the root cause, you still need to be strong.
Continuously exercising the body and practicing fighting skills is one way, but it still requires long-term persistence.
Another way is to learn one or two ability-based magic, but this method… Rhodes asked: “Everyone seems to specialize in only one kind of magic. Why not learn a few more to deal with different situations?”
”Because there is not enough time and energy.” Mira said, “Whether it is learning magic or improving magic power,It takes a lot of time and energy.
If you learn multiple magics at the same time, you may not achieve anything for a long time. It is better to concentrate on studying a certain magic.
Imagine, if you add one more magic practice to your current schedule, can you still squeeze out time? ”
Rod thought about it. Meditation and physical fitness are the basics of becoming stronger, and they must not be put down.
The proficiency of summoning magic is an important factor in reducing the chanting words, and the time for this practice cannot be reduced.
In addition, there is work time…
You can’t just do nothing and wait for the guild to support you – even Nabu, who has never accepted any tasks, occasionally goes to work part-time to earn some food money.
In addition to these, there is time for reading.
When my common sense is almost complete, I should be able to use it to learn other magic.
Now…
”Squeeze out some time to sleep?”
”No! “Mira immediately rejected it. She raised her index finger to show the importance of what she was going to say next. “Sleep is an important way to restore mental strength. You mentioned your schedule before, right? That’s already exaggerated. If you reduce your sleep time to practice magic, you are at risk of suffering from magic deficiency!”
Mana deficiency, Rhodes has read in books, is usually easily induced when magic is overdrawn.
Once it occurs, it can cause coma at the mildest and sudden death at the worst. It is a very dangerous disease for magicians.
Practicing magic because you are afraid of death, and end up practicing yourself to death… That’s too stupid.
Rhodes responded seriously: “I know.”
Not having time to practice now does not mean that you will have time in the future. Things have their priorities.
As long as you complete the goals of this stage-supplementing common sense and shortening the chant, you will naturally have time to practice other things in the future.
He has just learned for less than a month, so he can’t rush.
“Don’t look so sad. Let me tell you a good news. ”
Mira seemed to be relieved and put a stack of bills on the counter, “Ding ding ding ding… It’s time to get paid!”
”So early!” Rod picked up the bills and counted them in surprise. It was exactly 120,000 J. He asked,
”That’s not right. I don’t think I’ve worked for a full month yet.”
Mira thought for a while: “The day of purchasing is considered overtime.”
”Then… then thank you.”
I have to thank the guild for taking care of me, and also thank Mira for thinking of a reason.
Rod realized that this was not the hotel where he worked as a summer intern before, but in the guild, in Fairy Tail.
Mira waved to Laqi who was chatting with her companions not far away: “Laqi, come and get your share!”
”Here I come! “Laki took her salary. She was a full-time worker, and the bills were thicker than Rod’s. “Finally, I got the measure of my time and labor value…”
The value of time and labor…Laki’s strange expression.
Rod deleted this phrase from his vocabulary. It was already very hard to correct the common language, and he didn’t want to learn these.
Laki rubbed the bills with her face affectionately: “I can buy a few more ‘cuties’.”
Cuties…
Okay.
(End of this chapter)
