Starting Unlimited Evolution from Grinding

Chapter 231: Cooperation, Rank C Mission

"How about it?"

Lin Mo inquired.

"Our manpower is somewhat insufficient..."

Dirk shook his head: "I've already completed the requirement of fifty E-rank or higher missions in total, plus more than ten D-rank missions. It's just this final C-rank mission that's proving quite difficult."

Promotion trial?

Lin Mo couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. So Dirk's strength was quite impressive, at least approaching Elite Level.

"Can't anyone from your company help?"

"That won't work..."

Dirk shook his head: "The guild's rules allow completing missions in teams, which still count toward promotion requirements, but the condition is that the team cannot include adventurers who have already reached Silver Level."

"I see."Lin Mo nodded.

The Lion Adventuring Company had quite a few experts. Besides Leonard, there were also two other Silver Level adventurers, both having reached Elite Level.

But unfortunately, they couldn't intervene.

Otherwise, even if they completed a C-rank mission together, it wouldn't count toward the Silver Level adventurer promotion assessment.

"By the way, Brother Lin Mo, what's your current rank..."

Dirk suddenly remembered something, looking at Lin Mo with hopeful expectation.

"Bronze Level."

Lin Mo smiled slightly. He indeed hadn't reached Silver Level yet.

And he also happened to need a C-rank mission.

Although he hadn't completed the required number of other missions yet, this C-rank mission requirement was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle to advancing to Silver Level adventurer.

If he could resolve it in advance, it would certainly be a good thing.

"So, want to cooperate?"

"Of course!"

Dirk immediately excitedly grasped Lin Mo's hand. Now everyone in their company knew that Lin Mo had actually surpassed their captain in practice matches. Although it wasn't a direct confrontation, it was enough to prove his considerable strength.

"With Mr. Lin Mo joining, I believe this mission will be smoothly and easily resolved!"

Lin Mo waved his hand: "It's not that exaggerated. We're all cooperating together... Has the mission selection been decided?"

"We currently have a preliminary target, but if Mr. Lin Mo wishes, we could also change it."

"No need..."

Lin Mo shook his head: "Just go with what you've selected."

Compared to himself, a newcomer who had only been an adventurer for a few months, someone like Dirk with seniority clearly had more experience. Plus, with the company's professional personnel, there shouldn't be any issues with mission selection.

"What about timing?"

"Tomorrow... no, how about the day after tomorrow?"

Dirk suddenly changed his words. The original plan was for tomorrow, but Lin Mo and his group seemed to have just returned from an adventure outside, so it would be better to let them rest for a day.

"Fine."

Lin Mo nodded. Although they had only gone out to complete two simple missions and could theoretically continue with missions tomorrow, he thought it over and decided against it.

Balancing work and rest was quite important. There wasn't any urgent situation now, so resting for a day to adjust their condition would be good.

They could also use the extra time to help Ellie improve her strength, and he could gain another point or two of Agility from Sherfilia. Not a bad deal.

"Then it's settled. The morning of the day after tomorrow, we'll meet here at the Association?"

"Agreed."

Lin Mo nodded. Dirk cheerfully waved his hand: "Then I won't disturb you all anymore. See you later..."

With that, he turned and left the Association.

After this small interlude, the guild had finished counting the spoils.

The Counter Lady performed a series of operations, recorded the data, and said: "Mission number D48238, Kill Petrified Lizards, confirmed receipt of spoils. Mission completed. Regarding the remaining materials, would you like to sell them at the Association?"

The number of Petrified Lizards killed previously was more than three. Lin Mo had packed the extra materials together in that bundle.

"Sell them all together. And those Bloodmane Wolf materials, please recycle them as well."

"Okay, please wait a moment... Besides those within mission scope, there are materials from 2 additional Petrified Lizards, and materials from 16 Bloodmane Wolves... According to the guild's valuation standards, the total is 3200 gold coins, plus the mission itself at 700 gold coins, making a total of 3900 gold coins!"

"Additionally, for mission number D62938, the total spoils counted are: 352 ordinary Goblins, 12 Sub-adult Mutated Goblins, 73 Mutated Goblins and Goblin Guards, 15 Quasi-Bronze Level Goblins, 4 Bronze Level Goblins, 1 Giant Goblin..."

"According to the price list currently implemented by the guild: ordinary Goblins at 1.5 silver coins each, Sub-adult Mutated Goblins at 60 silver coins each, Adult Mutated Goblins and Goblin Guards at 3 gold coins each, Quasi-Bronze Level Goblins at 10-25 gold depending on level, Bronze Level Goblins at 30-50 gold depending on level, Giant Goblin at 120-160 gold."

"Based on calculations, your final bonus for this mission should be 981 gold and 48 silver. Additionally, for the D-rank Goblin subjugation mission, the Association provides an additional 500 gold coin base salary as remuneration. The above totals 1481 gold and 48 silver. Combined with the previous mission, that's a total of 5381 gold and 48 silver!"

What could he say? Compared to the Petrified Lizard mission, the Goblin mission brought Lin Mo considerably less profit.

But actually, this wasn't normal circumstances. After all, not everyone could encounter Bloodmane Wolves and Petrified Lizards fighting each other during a mission. Even if they did encounter it, being able to wipe out both sides in one go was a skill in itself.

If you excluded those additional gains, the Petrified Lizard mission's actual reward was only 700 gold coins. In comparison, the Goblin mission's 500 gold coin base salary provided by the Association actually made it the more profitable one.

Most cities had such incentive bonuses for killing Goblins.

Additionally, Lin Mo noticed that Fargard City's Goblin kill rewards weren't particularly high for lower-level Goblins. If he remembered correctly, when he first arrived in this world, Roland Town had increased the Goblin kill bonus to 1 silver coin.

Fargard City's 1.5 silver coins were certainly more than that, but you had to consider that Roland Town was just a small town in a remote area, while Fargard City was one of the four major cities of the Doria Kingdom. An increase of only 0.5 silver coins was actually quite modest.

In later missions and war conscription notices in Roland Town and Silverstream City, ordinary Goblins were valued at far more than 1.5 silver coins.

But at higher levels, like those Bronze Level and Giant Goblins, the reward levels had reached or even exceeded those of Silverstream City's conscription notices at the time.

This was actually a very correct strategy. Fargard City had many adventurers—in fact, it could be said to have the most adventurers in the entire Doria Kingdom. The city wasn't lacking in ordinary adventurers. If ordinary Goblins had excessively high bonuses, it would burden the city's finances. But high-level Goblins were different—even with higher valuations, there weren't many adventurers capable of killing them, and their numbers were far fewer than ordinary Goblins. Offering slightly higher bonuses could eliminate potential threats—a definitely profitable deal.

Moreover, such a strategy helped attract more high-level adventurers.

There were reasons why Fargard City was favored by so many powerful adventurers.

At the counter, they quickly packed Lin Mo's bonus into an oversized bag, carried over by several staff members working together.

The Adventurers' Association's credibility was trustworthy. Lin Mo didn't count carefully, just took a rough look before storing this large bag into his Spatial Ring.

Previously, Lin Mo had stored some things he brought from Silverstream City at the inn, so there was still plenty of free space in his Spatial Ring. Storing this large money bag wasn't a problem.

Next, they needed to distribute the earnings from this mission.

Lin Mo sat down in the Association's main hall and ordered several cups of fruit wine.

"Regarding the distribution of this mission's rewards, what are everyone's thoughts?"

He looked at the people before him and inquired.

Finnie blinked, looking like she had something to say but was hesitating.

"Finnie, how do you think we should distribute it?"

Lin Mo naturally noticed she had something to say and immediately inquired.

"Well..."

Finnie pursed her lips and finally spoke directly: "I think our team has developed to this point, we've known each other for a long time and are very familiar. It's time to change the original distribution method to collective operation."

In simple terms, it meant turning most of the mission rewards into collective funds for unified allocation and use in appropriate places.

Just like the method used by Bern's team initially.

"I agree too."

Ellie beside them also raised her hand.

Sherfilia remained silent, not expressing an opinion.

Lin Mo nodded. Actually, he had been thinking the same. They weren't some temporarily formed team. Compared to even long-term cooperative teams, they had even more special circumstances. Personnel changes were almost impossible, and conflicts over interests were unlikely to arise.

The team collective fund operation method was clearly more suitable for them.

"Then, out of this mission reward of 5381 gold coins, let's take 4000 gold coins as the team's operating funds, and distribute the remaining 1381 gold coins. How about that?"

Finnie and Ellie both nodded.

Lin Mo discussed further with them, and in the end, he received 781 gold coins, while Ellie and Finnie each took 300 gold coins.

As for Sherfilia, Lin Mo wanted to pay her a salary, but the little maid obviously wouldn't accept it.

When they weren't familiar before, he had to force it on her, but now it wasn't necessary anymore.

Even if he gave it to her, Sherfilia would still hand it over to Finnie.

Anyway, the team covered food and accommodation, and any needs could be solved using team funds.

After completing missions and receiving rewards, as adventurers, they naturally needed to convert these bonuses into combat power.

But as the saying goes, money should be spent where it matters most. Lin Mo seriously considered spending directions. After everyone discussed, they identified several investment areas.

Whether it was Lin Mo, Ellie, Finnie, or including Sherfilia, none were lacking in weapons.

But regarding armor, while Lin Mo's Frost Chill Robe was certainly fine, the leather armor he wore had been purchased a long time ago. Logically, it should have been replaced long ago. It was time for an upgrade.

Also, Ellie's armor should be replaced with something better.

As for Finnie, she could purchase a good pair of boots, preferably ones that could increase her mobility a bit. After all, as a priest, Finnie's Agility attribute was still too low.

Finally, Sherfilia didn't need any equipment replacements, but her daggers needed proper maintenance, which would also be a significant expense.

Besides that, Lin Mo planned to personally purchase several Skill Scrolls.

Mainly for the Ranger and Priest professions.

These two professions had been stuck at their current levels due to insufficient skill variety. They needed to find a solution.

Although Priest profession Skill Scrolls were quite rare, in a large city like Fargard City, they should still be available.

After making plans, they needed to return to the inn first.

It was too late today, and those shops were probably already closed. Since they weren't going on a mission tomorrow, they could properly explore the city then.

They had only ordered some simple snacks at the Association earlier, so they still needed dinner.

Fortunately, there were plenty of restaurants near "Breeze Residence," and many of them were quite upscale.

Without using team funds, Lin Mo treated everyone to a good meal. However, the restaurant didn't have expensive dishes with premium magical beast meat, so it didn't cost too much—only 3 gold coins.

Of course, they didn't forget to bring Lena, who had been waiting for them at the inn.

During the meal, Lena told Lin Mo something.

After coming here, she hadn't returned to work at the Adventurers' Association, but Lena hadn't been idle either. These past two days, she had been cramming knowledge required for an adventurer assistant on one hand, and on the other hand, inquiring around the city.

In a large city like Fargard City, there were many life professions like Planters.

Therefore, compared to Silverstream City, it had a more complete related upstream and downstream market... which included the rental of private plantations.

However, due to land prices, most of these plantations were located in relatively remote areas of the city. Lena searched for a long time before finding a suitable place.

So she was thinking of renting a plot to conduct planting research.

She had also asked about the rent: 4 gold coins per month, with a minimum lease of 3 months.

It was a relatively expensive price, but the space was quite spacious, and the supporting facilities were relatively complete.

"That's great! I think your progress is really fast, Lena. Back in Silverstream City, you were already earning quite a bit of money..."

Ellie naturally wanted to praise her good friend.

"Indeed, if you want to rent it, of course you can. Everyone supports you."

Lin Mo also patted her head.

"Okay, I'll go discuss the rental tomorrow!"

Lena felt encouraged, clenched her fist, looking full of motivation.

But Ellie suddenly felt some regret. With things going like this, when would her good friend's relationship make progress?

However, the matter was already decided. Plus, she had made a foolish move during the adventure that screwed over her teammates, so she couldn't really say anything more.

Returning to the inn, everyone went to their respective rooms to bathe and rest.

After bathing, Lin Mo lay on the bed and picked up a book from the bedside to read.

But he couldn't concentrate. After flipping through a few pages, he put it down.

Soon, the "doorbell" at the entrance was pressed, and a notification sound rang in the room.

Lin Mo got out of bed and went to open the door.

Who would it be tonight?