Some people say that there is no road in the world, and when there are many people who walk, there is a road. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info There are also people who say that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Although no one has ever said these words in the Free Federation of the Blue Crystal Continent, they have been implemented very practically.

The world where the Blue Crystal Continent is located is a high-magic world, although ordinary creatures still account for the majority of the race, but no matter which race, there are some mutations, special talents, and the degree of power far exceeds the existence of other races. Not to mention that the disparity in strength between different races is even greater. For example, the dragon clan, even the weakest young dragon is more powerful than the average adult man of a human race. However, the most powerful existence in the human race can indeed talk to the king of the dragon race on an equal footing. Others, not to mention the difference between elves and dwarves. These huge disparities have created obstacles to communication between various races, coupled with the wild beasts everywhere and the demonic beasts mutated by wild beasts, so that civilians of all races have to take great risks if they want to leave the settlements of various races. The situation did not improve until the rulers of the continent developed commerce. But the most obvious improvement and the best development is the free federation of the last two hundred years.

Speaking of the countries on the Blue Crystal Continent, the various small principalities and city-states do not talk about it, they are all existences that change their rights quickly. Today you are in power, tomorrow he will come to power, and it will be a mess, unless you have a strong force behind you as a backer, you can ensure your inheritance. But among the six great powers, the Elven Empire and the Dwarf Empire are needless to say, the average life expectancy of their own race far exceeds that of humans, and the history of the country's existence is based on thousands of years. Although the Orc Empire said that it could only occupy the most desolate orc wasteland on the continent, in any case, the country's descendants and history have not been broken, and it has existed for more than thousands of years. The remaining two human empires, excluding the Free Federation, have also had a change of power, but they are also countries that have existed for thousands of years. Only the Free Federation has only been established for more than 200 years, and it has only been more than 100 years since it really became a continental power, and it is still a very young country compared to other powers. But because of this, the Free Federation also has a kind of vitality and gives people a sense of prosperity. It's not like the other five big countries, which give people a sense of twilight.

The Free Confederation was founded on commerce, and after the real establishment of the city, the cities within the territory vigorously built smooth and wide roads. The road between the two cities is not inferior to the main road between the major cities of the other five countries. However, this blue crystal continent is a high magic world, and in the wild, there will always be some existence that ordinary civilians can't deal with, such as powerful magical beasts, criminals wanted by various countries, and goblins who come to rob in groups or something, which always affects the trade between cities. As a result, the Mutual Aid Federation of Commerce, which rules the Free Federation, has given the mercenary union, another major force in the Free Federation, a long-term task of "protecting the road". In this way, the commercial activities of the Free Commonwealth were greatly increased by a notch.

And the traveling model clan apprentice priest Rick. Charis was given such a road escort task in the mercenary guild of Ranka Harbor.

That day, Rick. Challis is in the halls of the Mercenary Guild and the old half-elf mercenary is absent for a month. Anders met, and after a few words, they went to the union task counter to hand over the task. Steward Fury's evaluation of the task of the two is excellent, and the mercenary team of the two naturally completed the task successfully and received the full amount of the task commission, and the evaluation points of this task were also obtained with full marks. Rick estimated that if his mercenary team successfully completed the task like this, after completing four, he could be promoted to one level, and he could successfully get rid of the title of mercenary rookie squad. You must know that if an ordinary mercenary team wants to be promoted from the lowest-level F-level team to E-level, it generally needs to complete ten F-level mercenary tasks, or skip the level to complete three to six E-level tasks. In this world, if you are unlucky, the success rate of completing the mission is not high, and you can't upgrade to the squad of the E-level mercenary team for several years, but there are quite a few of them.

After Rick handed in the mission, he paid back the gold he owed to the Mercenary Guild when he registered the mercenary team from the mission commission, and separated from the missing moon who had to rest for a while. Rick stood directly in front of the quest display in the Mercenary Guild Hall with Steel Horn and Earless, looking for a quest that could make his way to Thanos, the largest port in the Free Federation. After looking for a long time, I found that my mercenary level was too low, and I didn't have a more advanced mercenary team to carry it, so I couldn't accept the suitable tasks. Only this road protector quest is not limited to level, which is more in line with Rick's wishes. This mission is that as long as you walk through the trade routes between the cities, kill all kinds of monsters and robbers you encounter along the way, and bring back vouchers, you will naturally have bonuses and points to get. Someone is going to say, if I go to the mountains where the road is not and kill some monsters and robbers, does that count? The Mercenary Guild's answer is 'count', as long as there is a certificate, the Mercenary Guild doesn't care if you kill the monster there. There was once a guy who didn't know what he encountered, super weird luck, and actually took a dragon's horn as a certificate to the mercenary union to hand in the task of protecting the road, and jumped from a B-level mercenary to an S-level mercenary.

After Rick took the task, he bought the traffic map of the Free Federation in the Mercenary Guild, and left the Mercenary Guild with the steel horn, but left Earless to let him know some specific information about the Free Federation, and then look for an opportunity to spread more news about the waters of Gull's Island.

Rick didn't go back to the orc settlement, but went to the market in Ranka Harbor to buy supplies for the rest of the journey, and wrapped a large bag for the steel horns to carry. Rick looked at the big bag of supplies on the back of the steel horn and thought to himself, "If only there was a storage space ring, this big bag of things, if it could fit into the storage ring, it wouldn't be in the way at all." "In this world, there is storage equipment, but the number of those storage equipment is very rare, and only the top existence in this world has some. Of course, if you are a god-level existence, you basically don't need storage equipment, because god-level existences have opened up their own subspace, which is much larger than the capacity in storage equipment, but it is super capable of loading things.

In the afternoon, Rick took Steelhorn to dinner at a small restaurant in the market, and then went straight back to the orc colony. After a few pleasantries with Priest Jimist, he returned to his room early to rest.

Earless only returned after dark, reporting to Rick what he had heard. Of course, the various news about the waters of Gull-no-Isle has spread throughout the mercenary guild and aroused the interest of many people. This makes Rick very satisfied, and the rest is to find a way to pass on a message to the priests in the Poseidon Temple about the existence of the Blue Gull Girl, thinking about it, the priests in the Poseidon Temple will be very interested in the existence of the Blue Gull Girl, and then, it should also be able to attract the attention of the Poseidon Temple, and the rest depends on the creation of the Blue Gull Girl.

Nothing was said all night. The next morning, when Rick got up, he was supposed to say goodbye to Priest Jimister, but he was asked by Priest Jimiste to help hold a blessing ceremony for the residents of the settlement, in the words of Priest Jimist: "The priest who came from afar brought the blessings of his hometown to the expatriates living abroad. ”

And Rick thought about it for a while, and did not refuse, but at the end of the ceremony, in front of the priest of Jimist, he made two requests to all the orc residents present, one is to pay attention to the dirty, messy, and poor situation of the settlement, and must improve it well. The first is to do your best to help the orc race in the country, even if it is a feud race, if there is any grudge, when you return to the orc empire, you can not let people from other countries and races see the joke.

These two demands did not attract the attention of these orc residents living abroad at first, but they were just implemented in a so-so manner because they were the requirements of the priests. However, with the change of Rick's status and the attention of the principals of these foreign settlements, everyone slowly discovered the benefits behind these two requirements in the following decades, which made these orc residents living abroad have a heartfelt understanding of Rick. Challus's reverence, respect.

Rick rested for two more days at Priest Gimist's before taking his leave. Then, naturally, it was time to embark on an inter-city journey to the port of Tanos.

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