Mercenary Wars

Chapter 10 Swift Breeze
The moment the upgrade was complete, Gao Jianuo immediately felt the changes in himself. After all, the effect of the 3-point agility increase was quite obvious, and his reaction speed and body control ability had a visible improvement.

Of course, his main concern is "Swift Breeze".

As a blessing ability - or it can also be called a "talent", Swift Breeze has almost no requirements for casting actions. Gao Jianuo just opens his palms according to his instinct, and a cluster of Swift Breeze is instantly generated.

A fist-sized gust of wind.

Although others cannot see it, Gao Jianuo can clearly feel it and control it.

It was already daybreak, and he carried the swift breeze to the church courtyard. After confirming that there was no one around, he immediately threw it at a pile of fallen leaves.

"Wow."

A quick breeze blew into the pile of fallen leaves, which were immediately blown into a flutter and then fell back to the ground, as if a gust of autumn wind had just passed through.

This effect basically meets Gao Jianuo's expectations.

After all, its name is "Breeze", so it is impossible to expect it to have any direct destructive power.

Gao Jianuo controlled several swift breezes to gather the scattered fallen leaves together, then took out a bow and arrow, stood at a distance and aimed at a tree.

In his imagination, Swift Breeze and bow and arrow should be able to produce a good combination effect.

"call out--"

The bowstring was pulled and the arrow shot out.

At the same time, a gust of swift breeze is also shot out, which attaches to the arrow feathers and pushes the arrow towards the target.

The swift breeze significantly increased the arrow's range, allowing it to reach a point far beyond its normal reach. However, since Gao Jianuo was not yet accustomed to this shooting method, his accuracy was much worse, and he missed the tree and deviated quite a bit.

After reflecting on the shooting just now, Gao Jianuo drew his bow and arrow again, aiming at the big tree.

"call out--"

Just like last time, the arrow went further and further off target after it flew out.

However, at the last moment, Gao Jianuo's mind moved, and the swift wind immediately caused the arrow to change direction, correcting its trajectory so that it successfully hit the tree.

Looking at the result, Gao Jianuo smiled with some satisfaction.

If this arrow were to be used in battle, it could give the enemy a little surprise.

Gao Jianuo then tried the "return arrow", which is to make the arrow turn back and shoot towards the target. Unfortunately, he did not see any chance of success after several attempts. The operation difficulty is several levels higher than the "turn arrow".

It seems that this more interesting idea is impossible to realize for the time being.

Besides enhancing archery, Swift Breeze has many other uses, such as slowing down falls and facilitating running.

Gao Jianuo's actual tests showed that the four swift breezes could increase his maximum running speed by nearly half. As for slowing down a fall, he only tested it on flat ground, and the effect was quite good, but if it was a fall from a height, it would probably be of little use.

Overall, Gao Jianuo was quite satisfied. It was worth it that he had spent a whole night struggling over the choice of the holy name.

Generating a Swift Breeze consumes energy, and after dozens of tests, Gao Jianuo felt a little hungry. It was also time for breakfast, so he went to the cafeteria.

In the cafeteria, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

In the past, he always ate in the cafeteria with Raymond, just like in his previous life at school, he always had a friend to eat with, but now he can only eat alone.

The church meals were simple, just enough to fill one's stomach. Gao Jianuo chewed the coarse bread silently until most of the servants had finished eating and left. "Gao Jianuo?" A voice brought him back to his senses.

"Lord Gerard." Gao Jianuo stood up.

The man who came was Pastor Gerard. He kindly sat down at the table and said something comforting like "I'm sorry." Then he changed the subject and said, "I want to ask you a favor."

Gao Jianuo couldn't think of what Gerrard would ask him to do, but he still said, "It's my honor to work for you."

Compared to Green, Pastor Gerard was undoubtedly a very kind and cheerful man. He smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be so reserved. After all, it's me who's asking you for help."

After a pause, he continued, "Now that Green is gone, I'm not very good at herbal medicine, and if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be very busy. In the entire church, you might be the only one suitable for taking on the daily medical work... So, I'd like to ask you to be the church's herbalist. Would you be willing?"

Pastor Gerard then added: "The church will pay you a salary of ten silver coins a month."

Gao Jianuo was stunned for a moment, then almost without hesitation: "I do, sir!"

Ever since he upgraded his herbalism to level 3, he has actually been taking on most of the herbalist's work, and it is voluntary labor.

The job content remained basically the same, but the salary had skyrocketed from barely above zero to ten silver coins per month—that is, one thousand copper coins.

He had no reason to refuse.

From a countryman's perspective, such income can even be considered a turnaround!
The moment he heard the monthly salary, Gao Jianuo's idea of ​​leaving Driftwood Town began to waver, although this hesitation did not last long.

In the days that followed, the deaths of Green and Raymond were gradually forgotten by people, and Gao Jianuo also returned to his usual normal life with busy archery training and work as an herbalist.

Until this evening.

Gao Jianuo decided to tidy up his room and put some unused items and Raymond's belongings together.

While cleaning up, he noticed a golden-covered copy of the Holy Book of Light, which was exactly the one that belonged to Pastor Green.

Gao Jianuo does not believe in any god in his heart, so he has never had any interest in religious texts that are full of preaching.

However, looking at this holy book, a question suddenly came to his mind.

Is this book a little too new?

As a church pastor, Green should have read the scriptures frequently, but this book looked almost unread.

Gao Jianuo casually flipped through the holy book.

Then there was a "ding-dong" sound, and a key fell from the book to the ground.

Gao Jianuo bent down to pick up the key, held it in front of his eyes and took a look, and quickly realized that this should be the key to open the nameless book.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He had originally handed the book to Pastor Gerard, but fortunately Pastor Gerard did not accept it, otherwise the Green incident would not have been so easily resolved.

After putting away the key, Gao Jianuo turned his attention back to the holy book.

I saw that there was a key-shaped groove dug out in the dozens of pages in the middle of the holy book. The key was previously hidden in this groove, which was quite concealed.

Perhaps it was some kind of black humor of fate, but the part that was dug up happened to be one of the most important chapters in the sacred text, "Dedication." Next to the key-shaped groove was a famous saying that every Mossadist had heard: Dedication is the smooth path to light...

(End of this chapter)