Chapter 82: Chapter 82

"Hello, submitting a task."

Alden walked up to his daughter, his face full of pride as he took the relatively intact bear pelt from his backpack.

Bella looked him up and down, confirming he wasn't injured, then accepted the bear pelt and moved it behind the counter with the help of other staff members.

Bella checked the records, and the appraisal staff behind her handed over the results.

"Hunting task E673, the materials you submitted exceed the task requirements. We need to contact the employer to renegotiate the price."

As she spoke, Bella entered the task completion information into the archives.

"The guild has already sent someone to contact Mr. Edgar. Please wait a moment..."

Alden leaned on the counter with his elbow, moving closer to the young woman.

Bella gave him a faint glance, completely unmoved. "Sir, it's work hours."

Alden immediately looked like he'd turned to stone, his expression wounded. "Ah, my daughter has grown up and started looking down on her father..."

Solan, who was following behind him, covered his mouth and chuckled quietly, not forgetting to wink at Bella.

Bella rolled her eyes in response, though the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.

On the other side, Lin Mo and Ellie also went to Lena's counter to submit their tasks.

"Task numbers E1102 and E1339, confirmed completed. Please wait a moment, meow~"

Although there weren't many adventurers coming to her counter, Lena was very proficient with her work, quickly completing the information entry.

"All done, meow! Total task reward is 19 gold coins. Plus 153 goblin ears, 3 sub-adult goblin ears, 2 pairs of cat demon claws, 1 bloodthirsty wolf skeleton, and some other miscellaneous materials... these materials add up to 21 gold and 73 silver."

Among these materials, the bloodthirsty wolf skeleton was actually the most valuable. Since it was a sub-adult, it was worth about 16-17 gold coins. If it were an adult, the value would exceed 25 gold.

Their total earnings came to 40 gold and 73 silver. As for Alden's side...

After waiting for some time, a panting Edgar suddenly rushed into the association.

"The Earth Bear pelt, where is it?!"

This guy really has zero resistance when it comes to precious monster materials.

"Over here, Mr. Edgar."

Guild staff led the way, taking Edgar to carefully examine the massive bear pelt.

"It's indeed a big catch that exceeds ordinary adults... although there are holes, they don't affect armor-making much. The overall integrity is quite good."

Edgar carefully examined every detail of the bear pelt. After more than ten minutes, he stood up, looked at Alden, and extended five fingers. "For this bear pelt, I can offer 50 gold coins!"

The original task reward was 25-40 gold based on pelt integrity, so Edgar had already prepaid 40 gold to the guild. He took out ten more gold coins from his pocket and handed them to Alden.

"That brings the total earnings for this trip to 90 gold and 73 silver."

Lin Mo walked over from the side. As expected of an experienced adventurer team, their income level was quite impressive.

Of course, even for the Raging Bull Team, they couldn't earn this much every time. This was a special situation, essentially taking on a major job.

And if not for Lin Mo's presence, this task would have been impossible to complete.

Edgar finally noticed Lin Mo, stepping forward to punch his waist with a surprised expression. "You're here too?"

It wasn't that he didn't want to punch his chest, he just couldn't reach.

Lin Mo unceremoniously patted his shoulder. "Temporarily joined Mr. Alden's 'Raging Bull' team."

Edgar grimaced in pain, rubbing his shoulder as he said, "Come to my shop later, I'll show you something good."

With that, he waved his hand and eagerly had people carry the bear pelt back.

Although Alden was somewhat curious about why he and Edgar were so familiar, this was private matter he shouldn't pry into.

Not bothering to go elsewhere, the group settled at a table in the guild hall, ordering one roast chicken, half a roast lamb, and some staple foods with side dishes.

While waiting for the food to arrive, it was the perfect time to distribute the task earnings.

The guild had no strict regulations on how adventurer teams distributed their earnings, so some teams like Bern's kept most money as team funds due to closer relationships, while others like Alden's Raging Bull Team settled accounts after each task.

The former was relatively rare, so the latter was the choice for most teams.

The specific distribution ratio also depended on negotiation between the captain and members, generally based on strength and contribution.

Alden thought for a moment before speaking. "For this reward, I'll take two and a half shares, Ellie one and a half shares, Rick, Solan, and Carson one share each, and Lin Mo three shares. How's that?"

During the previous sparring match, he had said Lin Mo would get the same share as him. But after completing the task, Lin Mo's contribution was so significant that Alden, even as captain, felt embarrassed taking the same share as him.

"I have no objections."

"Whatever the captain says."

Solan and the other two naturally had no objections. Lin Mo's efforts during the task were obvious to all. Three shares was reasonable - even four shares wouldn't be excessive.

Ellie also nodded. In situations , she usually remained silent, but Alden and the other members were fair-minded and never reduced her deserved reward because of it.

With everyone in agreement, the distribution was quickly completed.

Lin Mo's share came to 27 gold, 21 silver, and 90 copper. Alden didn't bother with the copper details and directly gave him 27 gold and 22 silver.

Adding this to his previous savings, his total assets now amounted to 80 gold, 64 silver, and 58 copper - quite substantial.

But what could he actually do with this money?

Lin Mo fell into deep thought.

Weapons - no need to replace them for now. The Wolf Bone Sword worked perfectly fine.

The new leather armor Edgar would make from the bear pelt would take some time, so there was no rush to replace his current armor.

As for other things... he still had one unused health potion. Other expensive potions were unaffordable and not urgently needed anyway.

Skill scrolls... even less feasible. He was far from having enough money.

For a moment, he found himself in the awkward situation of having money but nothing to spend it on.

Wait, didn't Edgar say earlier to come to his shop? Probably the dagger made from the cursed pattern cat demon claws was finished?

He'd go check it out later.

Lin Mo looked across at Alden and said, "Mr. Alden, do you have any professional friends you know?"

"I have something I'd like to ask for their help with..."

After finishing lunch, the team temporarily disbanded to rest. According to Alden's plan, they would take on their next task five days later. The source of thɪs content is NoveIＦire.net

These five days should be sufficient.