Chapter 279: The road ahead is confused

Walking out of the staircase of the labyrinth, the surroundings immediately became lively, and other teams had already arrived.

This is the bottom of the square labyrinth, where the fourteen teams will stay for a few days, according to Finis, both to rest and to complete the trade with the other teams.

Thor took a general look, and the other tribes were like Finis and they had pointy-eared purple skin, and had no other characteristics.

For the arrival of Finis's team, the people of the surrounding tribes nodded their heads and completed the process of greeting, although everyone only saw three or four times a year, but they had seen a total of hundreds of times in the past few hundred years.

It didn't go too far, and Phoenix's team came directly to the open area of the vertical third road, and it seemed that the surrounding teams had already reserved their positions according to their respective directions, which was very convenient.

As soon as he threw down his things and prepared to set up camp, the tribe on the right was already fighting. It's a labyrinth after all, and the enemies roaming, no matter how many of you have and how strong you are, the battle is usually imminent.

Phines and the others had no intention of helping, in fact, others themselves were able to deal with it easily.

Thor took a look at the enemy with interest, and it seemed to be a group of humanoid monsters, vague in appearance, but not rotting corpses, more like bodies made of mud. Disgusting, sluggish, but tenacious, a total of four enemies came.

The battle is not very difficult, it seems that the team on the right is in good shape, and the people involved in the battle have at least two or three star strength.

"In addition to maintaining the strength of your own team, you should also observe other teams every time each clan gathers in the future, and always recognize the differences between each other in all aspects. I estimate that when the gap widens, there will be internal tilting, such as four stars playing two stars. ”

Thor whispered to Finis.

The warm whisper made her pointed ears twitch slightly, and Phines nodded approvingly.

Over the next few days, the teams began to get busy. Some sent people into the labyrinth to search for materials for production, others were busy making and trading, and Fenis's side began to fire pottery.

Pottery doesn't have much value in the overall trade environment, as most of the teams have the skills involved.

In previous years, Finis's team had been at a disadvantage in the trade exchange, and could only exchange some food and pottery for some meagre supplies. However, this time the trade finally changed a little, because the team had a certain amount of salt in stock, which was a hard commodity.

The pottery fired by the team was also mainly small and medium-sized, not for trade, but for salt.

There are only three teams in the team that have mastered the technology of salt making, including the new Phines, and it is not enough to master the technology, it depends on whether there is luck in encountering the salt mine during the three-month journey.

Thor estimated that the dark continent of Phines and her family was destroyed at that time, and everyone had no time to worry about in the chaotic escape, and the environment was unknown before escaping into the labyrinth, so no one realized the importance of various production occupations.

It is conceivable that those who fled with the head of the family at that time were mainly some powerful pro-army or pro-guard forces.

When there was no way out in the labyrinth, and in the face of the persecution of survival, everyone looked back and remembered the importance of production. Then the next step is to try your luck and find out if any of your followers have mastered the production technology, which has caused the current situation of technology scarcity.

In the past few days, Thor has followed Phines and his party to various tribes with his own trade goods. It doesn't seem like much to change, and Thor is mainly trying to assess the productivity and combat power level of each team in detail.

The two teams on the right, with a population of nearly two hundred, have mastered the art of smelting, and their goods include a variety of common weapons such as swords, daggers, and ordinary magic staffs, as well as a small amount of metal armor and shields.

However, except for the weapons, the price is too high, and the quality is very ordinary.

This is not surprising, armor is already extremely labor-intensive and manpower-intensive, not to mention that the team is basically on the way to flee every day, and it is rare to stop and calmly strike iron, so it is not unreasonable to come up with this expensive price.

According to Phines, mages on the Dark Continent were also rare in the past, but after coming to the Labyrinth and being promoted to one star, many teams had their own mages, which reminded Thor of the past when the demons of the Continent of Salvinia gave rise to various professions.

There are also several low-level magicians in Phines's team, and even Phines herself has magical powers, but the magic power is not strong, and she is used to using short swords or short knives. Thor positioned her as a magic swordsman, a profession that did not exist in the Dark Continent before.

Household goods are mainly linen clothes and bedding, as well as food and pottery. However, there is a team that has a light silk texture of clothing, and the production is very small.

However, in the environment of the labyrinth, the practicality of silk clothing is honestly far less than that of coarse linen clothes.

There were also some metal weapons and a small amount of armor, and Finis said that the team of descendants of the royal family on the far right was said to have court apothecaries, so potions were not considered a unique commodity for their team.

Thor didn't think so, the court apothecary may have mastered the recipes of the beginner to the advanced level, but this kind of labyrinth is honestly the most practical for the beginner elixir. The material is simple and the production process is not complicated, and there will inevitably be a broad market in the future.

Medium and high-end potions, although the potions are more effective, the preparation materials should be scarce. Moreover, the production process is cumbersome, and even if the finished product is finally added to the trade list, it will inevitably be extremely expensive and not suitable for the current market.

This time, according to Thor's impromptu change of requirements, Phines did not bring salt and potions, but only some food and pottery.

Thor didn't think it was necessary to reveal these things too early, because Finis's team was too weak, and these things and technologies were likely to be the source of trouble, and the team's risk tolerance would not be able to hold it at all.

At present, there is no shortage in Phoenix's team for the time being, so Phoenixy still shows his weakness and poverty as he did in the previous trades. Thor took a look at the population of the other teams to estimate the approximate strength of the opponent.

Thor was more interested in the two teams on the left, the most recent of which had mastered the art of making bows and arrows, with a population of over sixty. The one a little farther away is good at making tent leather armor and the like, with a population of nearly 100, and it seems that he has mastered the skills of a cobbler.

The labyrinth is not as dark as Salvinia, and the bow and arrow are actually very useful here as a long-range suppression weapon. Leather armor is also a good thing, animal skins are simple to use, and the trading prospects as a low-end commodity are also very good.

"These have to be snatched. Back at the camp, at a meeting of the captains, Thor made his point.

"Having a bow and arrow is a big advantage, and the opponent's population of more than sixty is the only team around us that can barely bite. After snatching the bow and arrow to reintegrate the population, go and annex the team that has mastered the skills of the cobblers. ”

"This is the main strategic goal in the future, but for now, we still have to honestly improve our strength, and form a crushing strength as soon as possible when others are slacking, so that we can also minimize casualties when facing the bow and arrow tribe. ”

Thor was talking eloquently at the meeting, and everyone around him, including Phoenix, was listening attentively and thinking about it.

I don't know when it started, but the atmosphere of the team suddenly became like this. Originally, every time Thor participated in a meeting, he only occasionally spoke on the side to add something, but Phines would often ask Thor for his opinion, and Thor had no reservations.

Later, when Thor came back to his senses one day, he suddenly became such a situation, and he seemed to have become the leader, the key is that no one thinks there is anything wrong with this. I'm just trying to get out of my hands!"

Then everyone started a heated discussion, and after adding some details to each other, the meeting dispersed.

Now that Kratan and Owwen are in charge of the team's cooking tasks, Thor has gradually disengaged from this matter with only occasional pointers. By the time Thor returned to the tent with a plate full of food, Phines had already laid out the cloth.

There were no tables or chairs in the team, because those things would weigh on the team and were meaningless. Everyone eats with a casual cloth on the ground and then sits cross-legged around.

It is undeniable that the arrival of Thor has indeed raised the quality of food for everyone in the team to a higher level, and the daily meal time has become the most anticipated part of everyone.

"Ah~ There is actually rabbit stewed with green celery today, as well as roasted mushrooms and vegetable broth!" Phoenix's eyes lit up.

"A pig with a small shelf can never eat you. Thor laughed, laying the food out on the cloth.

"How dare you laugh at me?" said Finis, suckling as she forked a piece of rabbit meat off Thor's plate.

Eating together between the siblings became a common sight during this time, and it was clear that Fenis enjoyed the atmosphere.

Although there was no shortage of meat in the team before, it was inevitably greasy to eat every day.

After Saul's arrival, in addition to teaching the crowd to identify various vegetables, he also taught Kratan to make a kind of bean paste cake, which is sweet and crispy, and now the bean paste cake has become a staple food for everyone in the team.

"To be honest, your team is really bad, the number of people is small, the productivity is backward, and you always feel constrained if you want to do something big. Thor chewed as he taunted Finis.

"Are you embarrassed to say, it's not because of you, it's because of you!" said Phoenix, pouting on the table.

Oh, Saul pursed his lips, and then remembered that this black pot could not be shaken off, so he could only fork a piece of rabbit meat and stuff it into Finis's mouth.

After another two days, the other teams around began to set off one after another, and the time for another round of departures came.

Thor silently helped Phines and them sort out the supplies, and suddenly felt a little emotional when he looked at the backs of the other teams.

The more than 1,000 people in these fourteen teams seem to be lively, but they are scattered in this vast labyrinth like small fish flowing into the sea, and I don't know if we can see such a scene in another hundred years, and who will still be alive at that time?

And myself, I don't know when I will really go home.

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