Chapter 10: First mission - Assassination!

The old man came near Ryan and summoned his Mech. His mech was green in color and had a tree-like pattern all over its body. The Mech emitted a green sheen as it chanted something in a language unknown to humans.

[Great mother of nature, give me the power of nature to heal this fellow and let him get back to his peak condition.] Sarah translated the chant by the Mech.

Ryan didn't find it weird or was astonished at the translation by Sarah as it was normal for a Mech to know its language. Still, he was fascinated by the ability to heal others. He had heard others having such ability but hearing and experiencing are different things.

Ryan's injuries that happened at the spar healed within a few seconds and looked like a spar never happened.

[The Mech you see has an affinity and powers to heal others due to her unique affinity. I don't think humans would have found this affinity as it's pretty rare to exist.]

'Oh? Which is the affinity?' Ryan asked curiously.

[It is nature affinity. It mostly appears as an Earth affinity as it also has some healing capability. But, the nature affinity has more spells than an Earth affinity having Mech or person.]

Ryan nodded mentally and turned his attention to the old man who was looking at him as if he found a gem in the midst of a desert. The old man was smiling like a fool and there was a big grin on his old face.

Sensing the stare of Ryan, the old man composed himself and said in a neutral voice which was troubling to hide his anticipation and happiness.

"Young lad, you did well. Come with me so that I can make a membership card for you. This card will be your official identity in every big city where you will go for adventures or missions in the future.

Also, there will be a fake ID given to you to do any stealth missions and its identity will only be available to the higher-ups of the association, even I don't know the identity of the fake ID. This fake ID is given to you because of the Legendary Mech you awakened. Others had to pay a lot of money or have large contributions to get one." The old man informed.

Ryan nodded as he processed the information in his brain while Sarah was standing idly beside Ryan looking disinterested in the talks. Her eyes were closed and was musing some tune in her mind.

The old man explained some more things like where the missions will be posted, how to claim the mission completion reward, etc. Ryan nodded his head at continuous intervals. The talk was completed after fifteen minutes.

Ryan and Sarah followed the old man into another room where there was a lady. She appeared to be in her late 20s. When she saw the old man, she got up from her seat. The old man just waved his hand indicating to drop the formalities and said

"Dear, why are you so formal with your grandpa? Just behave as you do at home it's not like someone can punish you while I am here."

"Sir, but..." She was cut short by her grandpa.

"Call me grandpa!"

The lady sighed and said, "Why are you here, grandpa? Are the people behind you the new registration? Well, you should have just contacted me and I would have come to you. Anyway, is the boy, the Legendary Mech awakener?"

"Yeah, he is. Did you get the ID card from the head office?"

The lady didn't reply and just took out an envelope and handed it over to her grandpa who handed it to Ryan.

Ryan looked at the black envelope with starry eyes. He opened his envelope and saw a black card with red borders. This card has his real name and identity. There was also another ID which was white and without anything written on it, it was a blank card.

Seeing the questioning look on Ryan's face, the old man said.

"The white card is your fake ID. The identity will appear as soon as you take any mission requiring it. In other times, it will be blank."

Ryan nodded in understanding. He then thanked both of them and went to the mission hall to pick up his first mission before returning home.

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In the mission hall.....

The mission hall was crowded as always and numerous men and women were browsing the computers placed in the hall. Ryan reached there and found a free computer and started browsing missions after inserting his new ID.

{Gather misty grass found in the mountainous regions.

Reward: 250 credits}

{Assassinate the main guard of the black market in the city.

Information will be provided after accepting the mission.

Reward: 500 credits}

There were numerous missions like that inclusive of gathering materials, scouting, acting as guards, assassination, etc.

Ryan didn't faze at the new system of credits. The old man had explained to him that credits are the currency of the Mech Association. The payment of missions will be in credits and can be converted to real-life currency on demand.

'Sarah, what do you think? Which mission should be the best for us according to you?'

[I think we can start with the assassination mission. Even though I didn't tell you, I am best at assassination as I have methods or spells to hide and I can teach you how to use them. This mission will be easy enough for us. We just need to confirm that the person is not above us in cultivation terms.]

Ryan nodded and accepted his first mission, THE ASSASSINATION!

{Assassinate the main guard of the black market in the city.

Reward: 500 credits.

Information: He is found on the outskirts of the city at night every day. He is at Mechanical Apprentice(5th realm). The mission is to assassinate him without alerting the members of the black market.}