CHAPTER 368: CHAPTER 13: TOP-GRADE BUDDIES

Seeing the way Qin Dongting exploded just now, it was nothing short of high-end and domineering.

Don’t get the wrong idea, Yue Jinghua is firmly against men hitting women, but there are exceptions in certain situations.

Especially when it comes to such bad women who dig at others’ relationships and can’t keep their hands to themselves.

Just now, when Angela sat down, those dishonest hands of hers reached into Qin Dongting’s clothes.

Remarkably, Qin Dongting didn’t hesitate for even a moment and straight-up sent her flying.

Clicking his tongue, intelligence and looks really do correlate; quite interesting, Yue Jinghua touched his nose, his interest in Qin Dongting rising.

The exchange of glances between Yue Jinghua and Qin Dongting was seen by Angela and Yan Bao, who took it as flirtatious banter.

One with a handsome and pallid face, the other a hot and mask-like charming youth; just speaking of compatibility, it was enough to almost drive Angela mad with envy.

She actually lost to a man?

This is a humiliation of epic proportions.

Surrounding them were bursts of subdued laughter, and Angela bit her lip.

Yan Bao, with disdain, spat on the ground, "A pair of adulterers, stop with the lovey-dovey eyes. Qin Dongting, hand over that thing, and I’ll spare your dog’s life today."

Yan Bao’s father was a Mercenary Strongman; if not for being wooed by the honeyed words of Compass, he would have never joined the so-called Second Generation Soldier Mercenary Group.

This whole way had been exhausting, not to mention that for the last mission, they ended up shouldering Compass as a big liability.

Originally, the members of the Mercenary Team had agreed that once they reached Xuan Beast Ridge, they’d work together on missions to save up money and buy Compass’s freedom back. But after a few missions at Xuan Beast Ridge, due to a lack of coordination, several people died, and just the funeral expenses drained the last savings of the team.

Additionally, Yan Bao was secretly irate about Qin Dongting’s popularity with women, and with Angela stirring up trouble, the relationship between the two men had become as hostile as water and fire.

Every time Yan Bao thought about this, he was furious. He prided himself as the son of a Mercenary Strongman, while Qin Dongting was just an unexplained illegitimate child, a bastard whose real father was unknown. How could he swallow the humiliation of such a person competing with him for leadership in the team, and for his woman?

"Can’t give it," Qin Dongting still wore his impassive expression, seemingly unconcerned that he was now caught in a pincer attack by Yan Bao and Angela.

"Qin Dongting, I’ll ask you one more time, are you going to hand over the Second Generation Soldier’s performance record or not?" Angela had hit rock bottom today, with her dignity all but lost.

"Performance record?" A trace of a crack appeared on Qin Dongting’s stoic face, and a sound resembling a sneer came from his thin lips sharp as a blade’s edge.

He took out a small booklet from his chest, raised his hand and flung it over.

Angela’s expression relaxed a bit, thinking that Qin Dongting was about to compromise.

After snatching the Second Generation Soldier’s performance record, she couldn’t wait to flip it open, eager to see how many points she could score for the Fengmang Mercenary Group.

But upon a quick glance, a dramatic scene unfolded.

Angela, like an enraged lioness, angrily slammed the performance list on the ground, "Qin Dongting, you’re courting death."

In a swift flash of brightness between her arms, her hand brandished a hook-shaped weapon about six inches long, its tip exceedingly sharp, and gleaming blue—a sure sign it was coated with poison.

"Angela, don’t waste words with him, just kill him," bared Yan Bao, revealing an ugly sneer; with a roar, he too produced a Heavy Sword over a person’s height from his hands.

No weapon could be seen on him earlier; it seems this Yan Bao also had some kind of space attribute Spiritual Artifact on him.

Yue Jinghua observed the performance record on the ground without a change in expression, curious about what could have enraged Angel to such an extent.

"Hold on," Helen looked at the few people with dissatisfaction, "those who want to brawl, get out. I don’t want to bring the Mercenary Branch’s Inspection Team down on us."

Perhaps knowing how formidable Helen was, Yan Bao and Angel pushed through the crowd, and before leaving, they even made a provocative gesture towards Qin Dongting.

Qin Dongting’s handsome brows furrowed slightly, he drained the drink he had ordered, and was about to head outside.

No one in the tavern came forward to stop them. Such violent fights had become routine in the tavern and were no longer surprising.

"Coffin face, are you looking to get yourself killed? One against two, there’s no chance of winning," Yue Jinghua estimated; the strengths of Yan Bao and Angel were not inferior to Qin Dongting’s, and she didn’t believe those two would politely duel Qin Dongting one-on-one.

"Who’s afraid of death, to be a mercenary," Qin Dongting cast a glance at the two-star mercenary badge on Yue Jinghua’s clothes, and coolly walked out.

"Are there really those who are not afraid of dying?" Shalman clicked his tongue in wonder, curious, he picked up the performance record from the ground, and upon taking a glance, his forehead was covered in black lines.

"Quite an eye-opener, huh? Probably the only performance record with negative points on the entire Xuan Beast Ridge," Helen watched Qin Dongting leave, her eyes filled with worry.

There were no mercenary points on the performance record that caused Angel to fly into a rage instantly.

Generally speaking, based on the tasks completed, both mercenary squads and individual mercenaries would receive a certain number of mercenary points as a reward.

Points serve several functions; they can be used to upgrade mercenary levels, including individual and team levels, and another use is to exchange the points for corresponding rewards from the Mercenary Branch.

According to Compass, the "Second Generation Soldier" mercenary team, since its establishment a year ago, has received no shortage of tasks, albeit trivial ones, and they had over ten official reserve team members. Even if they took on the most basic Stone Rank tasks, they should have accumulated some mercenary points.

Who knew that their performance record would show that they had negative 800-plus points.

"Can’t be true, Compass you bloody fatality, you fat bastard," Yue Jinghua almost burst into tears when she heard that and grabbed the squad’s performance record to look.

The mercenary performance record is like a ledger and schedule for a mercenary squad or group, which clearly records each mercenary task’s rating and reward.

Besides the few mercenary points early in the year, since Compass’s incarceration in the past half-year, the "Second Generation Soldier’s" assessments were predominantly negative.

The task failure with Yunhu Commerce deducted the most points, a full four hundred, and beyond that, the performance of the "Second Generation Soldiers" made Yue Jinghua feel like turning around, grabbing a bottle of wine, and knocking them out one by one.

"Longteng Continent Calendar 1615 August, took on a mission to escort a merchant’s family. During the mission, the merchant’s daughter fell in love with a mercenary surnamed Qin. Her love unrequited, she sought to end her life. Mercenary Assessment, 50 points deducted.

Longteng Continent Calendar 1615 September, took on a tavern guard mission. During the mission, a mercenary surnamed Yan, drunk and disorderly, injured the tavern owner. Mercenary Assessment, 50 points deducted.

Longteng Continent Calendar 1615 October, took on a mission to collect red immortal grass. During the mission, a mercenary surnamed Wei, mistakenly collected Poisonous Grass, leading to a poisoning incident with the Medicine Merchant. Mercenary Assessment, 15 points deducted.

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"Jinghua, why don’t we just go solo? With just those few people, the points earned might not even be enough to cover the deductions," Shalman expressed his worries; this was not a mercenary group but a bunch of liabilities.

Helen was curious, "Who are you guys?"

"Hehe," Yue Jinghua let out a dry laugh, "The new leader of the Second Generation Soldiers, Yue Jinghua."