>>8956
Where does one get blood of enemies in a highly protected city of magic?

Since everything here already functions like an MMO/isekai, I figured there must be mercenary jobs for guarding transports in the wilderness...

And there were.
The main road has toll stations and is well guarded, but some merchants want to make a profit by avoiding these tolls, so they hire guards to force their way through the wilderness instead. I found a note seeking a "combat magician, general role", payment 16 silver for safe arrival of a transport of gold to some outback village.

Not much pay, but that wasn't why I'd do it, so I sought out the merchant and took the job.

We started early next morning and soon entered a dense forest. There was me and 4 armoured mercenaries with swords. The merchant himself seemed unfazed, he was wearing an enchanted robe of protection I learned later. I soon detected an ambush ahead and told the transport to stop while I went ahead. 3 robbers with bows and swords attacked, but it was no big deal. I used the magic bottles I purchased before departure to collect their blood, then went back and told the carriage it was safe. Asking what to do with the bodies, they replied "just leave them as a warning", but I went on to burn them a bit to not attract flies for other travellers.

The road ahead had two more ambushes, one of them rather large and violent, where the 4 mercenaries had to step in to guard the carriage and I had to take down 3 attackers at close range using my knife. One of them sustained a small cut, which I healed using healing powder.

Once arriving at the town of destination, we entered through a low wall with a guarded gate which was closed behind us. We got our pay and a document from the guards for having safely delivered the carriage, a kind of merit document to show future employers with a seal of the local authorities.

I went to a tavern to eat, which turned out being the mercenaries' guild. Then tried to scam me out of the entire pay, but I said this meal can't cost more than 4 silver and they agreed. Visiting the shop in the same building I bought a necklace which could be activated into a magic artifact, cost: 6 silver.