Chapter 6 Mercenaries
Sulfur Stone City is not close to Lingshui City, but it is not far away, it is about two hundred miles. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's not easy to walk this distance on your legs.
In this regard, Xia Yun is a stunned young man. After walking for a long time, it was only at noon that Xia Yun realized from the map how harmful the stupid decision he had made.
"Have you only walked so much......" Xia Yun was a little speechless as he looked at the references on the map.
From morning to noon, he had only walked less than a tenth of the distance from Lingshui City to Sulfur City, and if he continued like this, it would have to take several days to get to Sulfur City.
And although Xia Yun is on the official road, it is no different from the wasteland when it is far from the city, there is no store in front of the village, and there are often bandits in the desolate place, so it is not easy to get to the Sulfur City.
"Really...... Eat a lesson. Xia Yun stretched out his hand to block the dazzling afternoon sun, squinted his eyes slightly, and continued to move forward, with his ability as a fourth-level warrior, it was still easy to rush at this intensity.
Far away from Suzuzuki Castle, even if it is an official road, it is overgrown with weeds, and a simple dirt road leads to the distance. From time to time, convoys passed by, and occasionally knights on horses galloped by.
A long large convoy slowly passed by Xia Yun.
The majestic long-haired demonic beast pulled the car, and its speed was not slow, and soon Xia Yun, who was walking slowly on two legs on the side of the road, overtook him.
"Hey, lad."
A rough voice sounded, and then Xia Yun felt his head be patted.
Xia Yun hurriedly turned his head to look.
I saw a big man riding on a demonic beast like a cow covered in pitch-black scale armor and beckoning to him.
The big man was wearing a simple leather coat, showing his bronzed muscles exposed, and he looked very bold.
Xia Yun couldn't help but glance at the big man's mount a few more times.
Ironclad cattle are generally third-level magical beasts, and the horns are ground into powder and can be used as a blender.
"What, scared by this guy?" Seeing that Xia Yun was just looking at his mount, Dahan couldn't help but say, "Don't look at this guy like this, in fact, it's quite gentle, of course don't mess with it." ”
I don't know if this big man knew that Xia Yun was thinking about the alchemy value of its demonic beasts, I don't know how he would feel.
"Where are you going, boy?" The big man pulled the ironclad bull and asked it to slow down and walk with Xia Yun, "Why do you walk alone on this road." ”
"Brimstone City." Xia Yun scratched his head, instinctively feeling that this big man had no malicious intent, so he replied directly.
"Oh? It can't come out of Suzumizu Castle, right? The big man showed a strange smile, "Are you going to go to Brimstone City like this?" ”
"Haha." Seeing that Xia Yun's face had changed a little, Dahan couldn't help but laugh, "From here to Sulfur City, it is estimated that it will take several days to leave." ”
"I've seen too much rookies like you." The big man laughed, "Have you learned a lesson?" ”
Xia Yun showed embarrassment on his face.
"Look at your pitiful appearance, uncle will do you a favor." The big man smiled, "Twenty silver coins, how about you follow our convoy to Brimstone City?" I'll be there tomorrow morning. ”
"Twenty silver coins!?" Xia Yun glared, "It's only five silver coins to come out of Lingshui City with the convoy." ”
"That's different," said Dahan, "look at the convoy along the way, how many of them are willing to pull people halfway?" You can arrange it well in the city, and it's very troublesome to bring people after you set off. ”
"That's too expensive...... Xia Yun muttered, although he was not short of money now, his life as a child made him still very sensitive to this aspect.
"You can't help it," said the big man, "it's better than sleeping in the wilderness and worrying about bandits or something." ”
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After some bargaining, Xia Yun still spent fifteen silver coins to follow the convoy escorted by the big man on the road.
This is a caravan passing through Brimstone City, and this big man "Jerome" is the leader of the mercenary group of dozens of people escorting this caravan.
"Uncle, you ...... of the pit" Xia Yun couldn't help but say as he watched Jerome successfully "abduct" a passer-by again.
"It's okay, it's okay." Jerome rode an ironclad ox and chatted with Xia Yun next to the truck Xia Yun was riding, "Hey, uncle, I'm in charge of the livelihood of so many dozens of people." You see escorting this caravan, from the Southwest Province to the Central Province, such a long journey is only a few hundred gold coins, distributed to so many dozens of people, where is enough, if you can earn a little extra money, you can earn more. ”
"Hey, by the way, young man, do you have any intention of joining our mercenary group, don't worry that we don't discriminate against rookies, you can take your time." Jerome muttered, "You're going to Brimstone City, there's a mercenary guild over there that you can sign up for free, and I'll give you a discount and charge you a gold coin to join the group." ”
"Uncle, you're too dark." Xia Yun said directly, "I'm such a poor newcomer, the money on my body is about to be emptied by you, where can I find a gold coin for you." ”
"It's okay to owe it first." Jerome smiled and reached out to pat Xia Yun, "Come on, young man, I think your uncle and I were the same stunned as you when I ran out by myself, I don't know anything, it's even more unbearable than you are now." ”
Xia Yun chatted with Jerome without saying a word.
"Huh?" A breeze blew, and Xia Yun felt that something was wrong.
There seems to be a faint magic fluctuation in the wind, which others may not be able to sense, but Xia Yun, as an alchemist, is very sensitive to energy fluctuations, so just such a little magic fluctuation was sensed by Xia Yun.
"Uncle." Xia Yun hurriedly interrupted Jerome to tell the story of their mercenary group besieging and killing the Thunderbolt Demon Lizard, "It seems that something is wrong, there may be bandits in ambush ahead." ”
"Huh?"
Jerome was stunned, looked at Xia Yun in a little surprise, and shouted, "Amer, come over to me." ”
As soon as Jerome finished speaking, a black-haired young man rode a cyan wolf-like monster and galloped up to Jerome.
"Investigate the surroundings," Jerome said, then glanced at Xia Yun and snorted, "If there is nothing you can do, you will be responsible for the loss of our mercenary group, and a probing scroll is worth thirty silver coins." ”
The black-haired young man, dressed in a simple mage suit, took out a piece of parchment painted with magic runes from the spatial ring, and the mana poured towards the parchment.
Xia Yun recognized that this was a magic scroll, and what was engraved in it should be magic with detection ability, a detection magic scroll worth thirty silver coins, it was not expensive, but it was not cheap, the magic of the engraving might be around level three or four, plus the ability of the black-haired youth itself, it was still good to use the detection ability of this exploration scroll.
"Fire attribute magician, it is estimated that he has the strength of level five." Xia Yun watched from the side, and easily sensed the magic attribute and strength of this black-haired young man.
The magic runes on the parchment lit up and spread all over the parchment, and then an invisible wave spread out of the magic scroll.
Amer closed his eyes, feeling everything that the wave was probing.
Jerome was also watching nervously.
Suddenly, Amer opened his eyes and said, "Regiment Commander, quickly stop the convoy, there is an ambush about five hundred meters ahead!" ”
Jerome didn't dare to slack off, and a whistle appeared in his hand.
A sharp whistle sounded, and the demonic beasts pulling the carts were all trained, and as soon as they heard the whistle, the entire caravan immediately stopped, and many merchants also stuck their heads out of their carriages in confusion.
"There are bandits ahead, everyone get ready!" Jerome's loud voice easily sent the order to the entire mercenary group.
One by one, the mercenaries moved quickly and quickly gathered, most of them gathered at the front of the caravan, and there were also a few people on the sides and at the rear guard.
As soon as Jerome flipped his hand, a huge and monstrous axe fell into his hand, urging the ironclad ox under his crotch to rush towards the front of the caravan.
"Good young man, you and Amer are here, be careful."
"Magician?" Amer glanced at Xia Yun and said a little puzzled.
Even he had to probe the scroll to determine if there was an ambush, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he heard the head of the regiment say that it seemed to be sensed by this young man who looked a little immature.
"No, it's just that you're naturally sensitive to the elements." Xia Yun shook his head and said, "I just felt that something was wrong, and I also felt a little uneasy, so I said it, and I wasn't sure, who knew that Uncle was so simple, and he scared me just now." ”
"The head of the regiment is very good." Amer smiled and said, "Asking you for money is just joking with you." You are naturally sensitive to the elements, have you ever done a wizard test? ”
"Yes." Xia Yun said, "The physical attributes are not good, and I don't have the talent of a magician." ”
"Oh." Amer didn't continue the topic anymore, "Be careful later, there should be a magician on the other side, the fluctuation I detected just now may be a magician preparing a large-scale magic, and it can't be ruled out that it is an alchemy prop, in short, be careful, let's get closer when the fight really starts." ”
Xia Yun nodded, and a slender stabbing sword appeared in his hand, this was an alchemy weapon made by himself, and the quality was acceptable, at least for now, it was enough for him.
"Maybe you want me to protect you later, you're a magician, I'm a warrior." Xia Yun smiled at the black-haired young man on the side, Amer.
"Then I'll trouble you to protect me, a weak magician, later." Amer was also half-joking, and quickly threw away the magic scroll in his hand that had been exhausted into a piece of waste paper, and a staff appeared in his hand, ready to support his teammates in front of him at any time.
"Whew."
Suddenly there was a gust of wind ahead, followed by a second and third ......
Gusts of wind whipped up countless pieces of sand and dust and swept towards the convoy.
This is no ordinary wind, each wind is mixed with a wind blade with terrifying cutting power, which can easily split through stones.
Wind Level 4 Magic - Breath of the Wind!
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