Natural armor was the armor made from skin, which was as solid as a steel armor, and was able to resist the blade.
This was an extremely rare ability. Only those formidable beasts out there, which had suffered from the severe training or been through countless fights with veteran soldiers, could possess this.
It was because Sui Xiong had given Gerrard "Pinch face" and made his appearance become younger. He looked like a 'young and inexperienced' giant. So, no one would mistake him as an ascetic or a highly experienced warrior.
If he was not both, then there would be only one possibility left----that people might view him as a young man with big head, who could be compared to a powerhouse level beast!
This made those experienced people couldn't help but be frightened!
The Justice God - the God Shrine's guard of course knew this fact. He was a little surprised when he saw that scene of a bare arm blocking a blade. He couldn't hold back his laughs.
"I've underestimated you!" He beamed a smile. His gray eyebrows slightly shook, "So, are you interested in learning some advanced skills? For example, one blade can kill several people, or being able to launch two consecutive strikes, or using light weapons to beat heavy weapons, and use heavy weapons to beat light weapons... things like that."
When hearing that, Gerrard wavered a little bit.
He was a veteran adventurer. He also knew a lot of fighting skills. But to be honest, all of them were pretty ordinary. The skills the Guard had said like "tornado attack", "serial attack", "random weapon" were types of fighting skills he had just heard, never seen any of them, not to mention learning.
To a warrior, the more fighting skills one knew, it was absolutely the stronger one became. All the top warriors could kill a legendary monster in one strike, cut an magnificent army with thousands of men and horses into seven pieces. Their fighting force was indeed invincible.
If I can really learn those things like the gatekeeper said, he can become stronger, the god I worship doesn't have to especially protect me anymore, I will not be a burden for Highness anymore...
When thinking about this, his heart was heated up. He couldn't stand but accept the old guard's offer. But when he thought about it again, he quickly swallowed his words back.
The Highness I am serving is not the God that people who are growing up in this world are familiar with, he is a newborn god. If I go there to learn, I need to go to the Justice God's shrine to stay for a short period. If I am accidentally discovered, I will cause his Highness plenty of troubles!
He was terrified, hurriedly declined.
The old guard could see that he had originally been wavered, but due to some reasons, he had given up. The old guard couldn't help but feel a little bit regretful. But as a Justice God's believer, he certainly couldn't force other people to learn. He couldn't do anything but remind Gerrard that if he was interested, he could come to the God Shrine to learn at any time, and dispiritedly walk away.
This old man was very prestigious in the town. Right when his offer was turned down, the rest of others who were interested in recruiting Gerrard gave their hopes up. On the other hand, Gerrard was left leisured. Gerrard carried a small bag, randomly walked to a street, and unconsciously arrived in front of a big wooden tablet.
This wooden tablet was placed in the square in the middle of the town, was easy to find. There were many pieces of cloths attached on the wooden tablet. Some had words written on them. Some had paintings. Beside it was a clever juvenile guarding. Sometimes, a few people came and looked at the wooden tablet then carefully asked the boy about something. Some people even gave him one or two silver coins. The business here was pretty lively.
"What are they doing?" Sui Xiong asked.
"Your Highness, that is a reward board, which is listed with many different types of rewards. So long as there the daylight is still on, the reward will be announced here. That rascal is an Adventure Union's person. He is in charge of negotiating money here, conveniently selling some information." Gerrard was familiar with these things. After all, he was an adventurer.
Sui Xiong understood. But he was somewhat surprised about this hiring system. He then put his mind into looking carefully at the mission on the wooden tablet. After a while, he suddenly came across a piece of cloth that had Gerrard's face on it.
That was Gerrard's "Alive" appearance. There were two pictures. One was a close-up face portrait. One was a full-body portrait. The total painting was pretty good. The strokes were not many, but precise. They captured Gerrard's particular features really well, which made people easily recognize him. Sui Xiong felt that the one painting those two portraits, if he had jumped space to the Earth, just only by his painting skill, it was enough for him to set up a booth at a tourist attraction to make a living-----like his bald-headed senior brother. However, his senior brother pen's name on the stall at the Tiananmen Square was Hua Siyuan. Being able to set up a stall in such a vast core area could show how incredible his skills were, which could be classified as the strongest king among the street painters. The painting skill of this guy might be on the luxurious platinum level. If he had a stall in Badaling, he would definitely make a huge fortune.
When thinking about it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Highness, what are you laughing at?" Gerrard asked.
Sui Xiong showed him those pieces of cloths, "Look, someone has you as a reward."
Gerrard's face was calm, didn't have a single trace of surprise, "That's right, my reward is still hanging there. Let me a look... ah, the prize is raised."
Under the painting on that cloth, there were several lines, which generally meant, Bald head - Lu En, guilty of attacking nobleman, being wanted by the blue moon kingdom. The prize was one thousand gold coins. Whoever caught him first could come to the Noble God or Commerce God's shrine to verify and get the reward.
"One thousand gold coins equal to one hundred thousand copper coins. This is a huge number! What on earth have you done that they reward such a high prize to get you?"
"At the beginning, when I was still an adventurer. I used a fake name - Lu En-----most of the adventurers use fake names to avoid troubles. At that time, we had a group of a total of six adventurers. We had a good relationship with the big dealer. There was one time when we adventured, our companion's leg was bit off by a beast. We needed money to get him to the God Shrine to connect his leg. We then received an offer to smuggle some black weapons. When we finished our work, that employer group didn't pay us but wanted to kill us to conceal the secret. After an intense battle, all my comrades had died, and only I survived." Gerrard used very simple words to sum up the event of conspiracy and betrayal, anger and fresh blood, "In that battle, the viscount died.... the story was generally like that."
Sui Xiong was deep in his thoughts for a while, then said, "Finish all of them! Are the original enemies still alive?"
"No, they aren't. Our adventure's enemies couldn't make it overnight."
"Good job!"
Gerrard scratched his head and beamed an innocent smile.
"Highness, I suggest taking a look at these missions. There might be something suitable for us among these." He recommended, "Establish a God Shrine, promote proper trust, nurture priesthood, we have to pay money for all of these."
"I've soon told you I am not a God, no need to waste money on these things..."
"Sooner or later, you will need this money. It is good to be prepared beforehand."
Sui Xiong still couldn't win over Gerrard's stubbornness. What scared him the most was meeting a loyal and stubborn subordinate, who he didn't have the heart to chase away but didn't listen to him. Especially when the opposite party put on the appearance of "I do it for your own sake", was ready to sacrifice himself any time for the country, removed the head of the Emperor Yang of Sui to have the water get in. Even those, "Eternal First Emperor" group could only shake their heads, sigh, and compromise.
On the other hand, he was also free, thus finding something to do to kill time was good as well.
If Sui Xiong decided to do some missions to earn money, he would definitely go for the mission with the highest prize. On the top of the reward board, there was a pretty old cloth. There were no pictures on it, just a few lines.
Kill a Shadow Devil King and bring back a magic stone as the evidence. All the big Gods in the God Shrine will gather to verify. The prize is 100,000 gold coins, including two custom-made advanced black art objects. After the verification, the magic stone is yours..
"This mission is not bad. It is 100,000 gold coins!"
Gerrard took a look and shook his head, "The Shadow Devil King is the most famous dark magic object in the Ash Forest in the east region. It is at least a legendary monster, maybe a Demi-god. There are many ways to earn money. Why do we have to risk our lives for a Demi-god?"
"Demi-Gods...aren't they powerful?" Sui Xiong couldn't help but be interested. After he had jumped space, he hadn't met any enemies who could be considered his opponent yet.
According to Gerrard's statement, he guessed he himself might belong to a Demi-God powerhouse level. A Demi-God versus a half God, this would definitely be an interesting fight.
"Highness, we really don't need to go and provoke that punk!" Gerrard was a little irritable, "It is not worth it! Even if you want to find a rival to fight, you can also find 'the devourer of the skeleton' to discuss. The Shadow Devil King is known for its evil. It will definitely have all kinds of crafty plots and machinations to plot against you."
Sui Xiong sighed deeply, and didn't want to discuss this subject anymore. He had somehow figured out, if I insist on beating that Shadow Devil King, Gerrard might risk his life using knife to commit suicide to stop me.
My subordinate's loyalty is too excessive, what should I do now? Go online, it is very urgent.
Oh gosh... No internet!
Ignoring this mission, there were other missions with high prizes. Sui Xiong found a good one among them:
Expel the Evil Dragon "Cold Tyrant" out of the Dragon Roar town besides. After expelling, bring Justice Gods from three different God Shrines to the Dragon Cave to verify. The prize for this mission was five thousand gold coins. Besides, if you don't have reinforcements, you alone can take all the dragon cave's hidden treasures.
Gerrard indeed didn't oppose this mission. As far as he knew, the evil dragon mostly bullied the weak. With his Highness's force from the "Hollow Mask", as long as the dragon cave didn't hide any treasures, he definitely could force that evil dragon to move its house. In conclusion, this five thousand gold coins was not that hard to earn.
After paying one silver coin, he got some information from a member of the Adventure Association, determined the evil dragon nest's location. Gerrard bought some necessities for the camping activities and prepared to leave the Pyroxene town to head towards the Dragon Roar town.
But, just right when he left the town not too far, he had to stop his steps.
A chariot stumbled on the ground. A group of chaotic traveling salesmen blocked his path.