Inside the spacious carriage, as the team outside gradually stopped, Adil looked at the three people sitting in front of him.

"Alright, now that you've decided, go tell the rest of the people outside. ”

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the scenery outside, Adil said lightly: "This time the mercenary who came with me." If you are willing to stay and follow me, you will follow us into the city, and in the future, as my bodyguard, you will have a stable career and income, and you can also move your family here in the future. ”

"As for those who don't want to follow, they can go back directly after receiving this commission. ”

"Yes!" Listening to Adier's words, the three of them subconsciously stood up and nodded.

With the order, they quickly got out of the carriage, each gathered his own team, and relayed Adiel's words to the mercenaries.

After a while, the matter was almost over. There were about fifty mercenaries, and except for a dozen or so who refused, most of the rest expressed their willingness to stay.

Looking at the remaining thirty or so people, Adil also nodded.

This time, he was going to live in Gukai City for several years, and if there was no one under him, many things would be inconvenient.

Of course, it is not appropriate to appoint all of these people, so after arriving in Gukai City, Adil will also recruit a group of people locally, and then purchase some industries to serve himself.

After Adil asked him to send the commission this time, the team immediately divided into two batches.

Because of Adil's promise, coupled with the decrease in the number of people in the team, the speed of the group's progress increased again.

A few hours later, Adil and the others arrived at Gukai City, and after paying some entry taxes, they entered the city directly.

It's more desolate than many cities I've been to before, and the buildings here are a little scattered and don't look very well organized.

In the surrounding corners, Adil also saw many ragged beggars, and even some motionless corpses.

It seems that there are very few people in this place who come to run business, and queues of dozens of people are already rare.

After seeing them, there were beggars around from time to time, most of them were young children and disabled, and they looked very miserable.

"This place is so messy?"

Looking at this scene, Adil couldn't help frowning.

Beggars are of course inevitable, and even in Adiel's previous life, the profession of beggar has not completely disappeared, let alone in this chaotic world.

But it was surprising to see so many beggars as soon as they entered the city, and even several frozen corpses that no one had come to clean up.

"My lord, this place is like this. On the side, seeing the expression on Adier's face, a guide quickly walked over and said to Adiel: "This place borders the surrounding orcs, and there are wars almost every year, and corpses and beggars are common. ”

"Most of those beggars are orphans whose parents died in the war, and there are also soldiers who have been disabled after going to war. ”

Listening to this, Adil nodded: "Take out the dry food and dried meat that were left over from before, we have fresh supplies in the city, and we don't need those things anymore." ”

Hearing Adier's order, the surrounding guards nodded in response, and neatly took out some dry food from the carriage with grain and other supplies on the side, and gave alms to the beggars who came to beg around.

After a while, under the guidance of the guide, Adil and the others came to a local hotel.

It seemed to be very few outsiders, there were not many guests in the huge inn, and the remaining rooms were enough to accommodate the thirty or so people brought by Adiel.

"I want to buy some property in the city, do you have any suggestions?"

After setting up the guards he had brought, in a spacious room, Adil looked at the guide he had brought, and the three of Elder asked.

"I wonder what kind of property you want to buy, my lord?" asked the guide, standing in front of Adiel.

"A manor house large enough for hundreds of people, and a few shops large enough to sustain daily operations. Adil said.

"The manor that can house hundreds of people is basically the property of the nobility, if you want to buy it, according to the regulations of the ancient armor city, you must have the status of a nobleman. ”

Standing in place, after thinking about it, the guide quickly said: "As for the shops, except for the shops that sell weapons and armor, other shops are easy to set up, as long as there are enough gold coins and there is no problem with the follow-up operation, you can handle it at any time." ”

"Good. Hearing this, Adil nodded: "Today, you take someone to inquire around, and come back in the evening to tell me about the situation." ”

"Yes. The few people in front of him nodded, and after seeing that Adil had no other instructions, they led the people out.

When their figures disappeared from sight, Adil silently walked outside and looked at the scenery in the city.

"I didn't sense the breath of any spell particles, and it seems that there are very few wizards in this city. ”

Looking into the distance, Adil thought faintly in his heart.

On the map, the kingdom of Gumodor itself is close to a barren area, and the local wizard resources are very scarce, although it is better than Adir's hometown, but the number of spellcasters is also very small, and there are more knights.

"If you want to find other wizards in this city, you still have to contact the city lord of this city. ”

With his head down, Adil thought to himself.

The wizard itself is an aristocratic class, and the ancestors of many great nobles are often wizards, and there are wizard things that have been handed down.

A big nobleman of such a status as the lord of a city will more or less come into contact with some news of wizards, and he should be clearer about the distribution of wizards in the city.

"It just so happens that if you want to investigate those mutant orcs, it will be much more convenient to use the power of local forces, and if you want to live in this city for a few years in the future, I am afraid that you will inevitably have to deal with these local nobles. ”

Thinking of this, Adil turned around and returned to the hotel.

That night, the Elders returned to the hotel.

"My lord, we have inquired about something. ”

Standing in front of Adil, several people looked at each other, and then Ald stood up and reported to Adir: "The situation in the ancient armor city is very bad, and many nobles in the city seem to have plans to evacuate here, so many properties are being sold. ”

"We inquired, and just recently, there was a manor that met the requirements of the adults to be sold, owned by a native viscount who was preparing to evacuate, and offered eight thousand gold coins. ”

Speaking of this, Elder hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We discussed it, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait for a while, as long as no one takes over after a while, the price of this manor will definitely drop." ”

Listening to his words, Adier's face was calm, and he looked emotional: "What about the shop?"

"The shop side was easy. "We took a casual look around, because of the recent war between the Orcs in Ancient Armored City, business is not very good, and there are shops everywhere that want to sell." ”

"If you want, my lord, as long as you have enough gold coins, many people will be willing to sell them to you. ”

He finished saying this in one breath, and then silently retreated into the crowd behind him, returning to his previous taciturn appearance.

The next day, when the sun was shining on the earth, Adil walked out into the city with some people.

He first came to the manor, and after some bargaining with the other party by Elder and the others, he finally bought the manor for 7,000 gold coins.

Then he went back to the street and bought some shops.

On the one hand, it is to purchase some properties in the city, and on the other hand, it is also intended to be used to house some subordinate family members, so that they can have a stable job.

By the time all this was done, it was already a month later.

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Early in the morning, Adil sat in the spacious living room, holding a book in his hand, and was flipping through it quickly.

On the wooden table in front of him were a large number of books, all of which seemed to have been read.

"Sure enough, trying to find some knowledge about wizards from these books is a very unlikely thing in itself. ”

After quickly flipping through the book in his hand, and waiting for the chip to quickly transmit the knowledge to his mind, Adil opened his eyes and said with some disappointment.

In the wizarding world, there are often ordinary people who accidentally find books that record the knowledge of wizards, and finally become a record of becoming a wizard's apprentice.

After arriving in the ancient armor city, in order to try his luck, Adil asked people to collect some books at a high price, hoping to find something about wizards from those books.

After more than half a month, in these books, Adil did see some records about wizards, but most of them were only vague descriptions, and there were few accurate knowledge records, which did not have any effect on Adil.

"Anyway, I haven't been able to find advanced knowledge about wizards, but it would be nice to be able to flesh out the chip database. ”

Standing up silently, Adil put down the book in his hand and muttered to himself.

Although the books in front of him do not involve the knowledge of wizards, after removing those useless poems, there is also a lot of mortal knowledge, which is also useful for Adiel.

At this moment, there was a rush and slight sound of footsteps outside.

Listening to the voice, Adil turned and looked out the door.

There, a meticulous blonde old man dressed in a neat dress and dressed up quickly walked in, and bowed his head respectfully after seeing Adier: "My lord, the city lord just sent an envoy over. ”

Hearing this, Adil was stunned.

When he first came to Gukai City, he had the idea of contacting the local nobles in his heart, but he didn't expect that before he could take the initiative to contact the other party, the other party came to the door first.

"What did the other party say?" he asked, standing in place, dispelling the distractions in his heart and looking at the blonde old man in front of him.