Chapter 1: Trials

The small town of Ulla, located on the border of the Great Takla Forest, on the border with the Saint-Franc Empire. The southern territory of the Saint-Gal continent is bounded by the Takla Forest, and the Saint-Franc Empire is also isolated by the Takla Forest.

The Takla Forest is one of the largest forests on the Saint Gal Continent, not only has a vast area of tens of millions of square kilometers, but it is also full of dangers, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a paradise for magical beasts. Among them, there are even legendary-level magical beasts, but no one has ever seen their true faces.

"This ornament is so beautiful, doesn't it match my robe?" Liya's eyes seemed to open the door to a new world, and everything was so new.

Different from the customs of the Southern Regions, and even because of its proximity to the Great Takla Forest, the people living here have to fight against demonic beasts all year round, even if it is just an ordinary town, the area is only half of Fordshire, but just two blocks away, Ron and Ria have already seen three mercenary guilds.

Almost all the inhabitants of this town are martial arts, but all those who have passed the age of awakening are all magicians or warriors, and if you pay special attention, you will find that even a middle-aged woman with a kind face selling fruit may be a high-level magician wearing a magic robe.

Ron looked at Liya beside him and smiled, touched Liya's head dotingly, and said, "Okay, we're already a day later than expected, let's hurry up and report at the meeting point." ”

Lea stuck out her tongue at Ron, reluctantly put down the ornament on the stall, and walked briskly forward.

Ron reached out and took the charm, then quickly followed.

Outside the town of Ulla, there is a wall that stretches for thousands of kilometers, which was built to prevent demonic beasts from entering the human town to harass. The project is so large that it took nearly 20 years to perfect, and it is known as the Wall of Sighs.

Ron and Liya came to the wall of sighs, looking at the towering city wall, they also sighed, Warcraft can also cultivate like humans, high-level Warcraft can fly directly in the sky, such a height is naturally difficult for them. However, high-level demonic beasts also have a lot of wisdom and will not easily set foot in the human world. And the tall city walls are enough to resist some flightless magical beasts attacking human towns.

At the entrance of the city wall, two soldiers in standard armor stood there, and when they saw Ron and Lea, they suddenly blocked their spears in front of them, and shouted, "You can't enter the Takla Forest alone without a pass from the Mercenary Association!"

Ron took out a pass issued by the royal family of the Saint-Franc Empire and handed it to the soldier, and asked with a smile, "We are here for the first time, and we don't know the way, does this soldier know how to walk in the Sighing Forest?"

The soldier was stunned when he saw Ron's pass, which was issued by the highest center of the empire, which showed the high status of the person who came. The whole person immediately stood up straight, and his voice became a little respectful, and said: "My lord, the town of Ula is divided into two parts, although the outer cities are full of mercenary guilds, but most of them are just protecting some travelers along the way through the outermost Takla Forest, where there is a road opened up by the strong that can lead to Jifunia City in the south-central region. And the real core city of Ula Town is behind the Wall of Sighs, after this level, you can see, there are professional mercenary and adventurer guilds, there are also many chambers of commerce, there will be sales of information and maps of the Takla Forest, you can add something there, with all due respect, you will definitely not be able to enter the central area of the Forest of Sighs through the outer forest. ”

Although Ron has the highest level pass issued by the royal family, which can show that Ron is indeed extraordinary, but in the eyes of this soldier, Ron's age is there, no matter how strong he is, reaching level 30 is already the sky, after all, Ron doesn't even look like he is 20 years old.

Ron smiled at the soldier's kind reminder, and after asking for some information about the forest, Ron led Ria behind the wall.

It's no wonder that although there are many mercenary guilds in this small town of Ula, none of them have detailed information about the forest, and they all say that they want to go to the forest, and they will naturally know after the wall of sighs. It was as if there was some kind of tacit understanding between them. It's reasonable to think about it now, after all, there are walls of sighs inside and outside the town of Ulla, and the internal personnel generally don't go out without urgent matters, after all, they need passes to enter and exit, and the passes are issued by the empire, and they need to open a large number of joints to have, and they have to pay a lot of fees every year.

If the outer city sells information about the forest at will, then what kind of business do these mercenary guilds in the inner city do?

As soon as the two of them passed through the Wall of Sighs, a tall and strong man greeted them, "This little brother is a talent at first glance, he must have come to scream the trial in the central region, the small shop has the most complete equipment configuration, the most detailed map and regional distribution map of Warcraft, and a professional hunter as a guide to ensure that you can stand out in the trial......"

The man had a long horse face, two thick lips hanging like sausages, and spoke very quickly, thinking that he had already said this to countless people. globe

"Pierce, you guy is here to steal business again! This big thing is said, and he is not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue!" A middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, walking towards this side with a zigzag step, scolding the strong man all the way.

"This little brother, don't believe his nonsense, in this Ula Town, his Suqada Mercenary Guild is a third-rate guild, and the highest strength of the entire guild is only a high-level magician, not even a grandmaster-level powerhouse. Our Kazda Guild is different, we have two strong grandmasters, and we will definitely be able to provide the best service to both of them. The middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks said with a flattering smile at Ron.

"Fart, Salami, our guild leader is a master craftsman!" No matter how much the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked Salami had slandered and mocked Pies, the honest man with a long face remained silent. But at this time, he showed a terrifying look, and there was a momentum of fighting if he didn't agree with him.

"Hmph, who in this town doesn't know that your dead ghost dad has never come out since he entered the Sighing Forest five years ago, and what else can he be if he is not dead!" said Salami, whose triangular eyes narrowed, and who clearly looked down on Pies.

Ron wasn't interested in their rivalry, but when he heard what they were talking about, he asked, "Which of you has any information about the Grove of Sighs?"

"I!" Ron had just finished speaking, but he didn't expect Piers and Salami to shout in unison.

After speaking, the two suddenly stared at each other, and they were about to scuffle together.

"Little brother, if I want to say who knows the most about the Grove of Sighs in this town, I call it second, and no one dares to call it first!" said Pierce, whose chest thumped.

"I ......" Salami seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, looked at Ron, and said: "Little brother, there are 12 mercenary guilds large and small in this Ula Town, among which there are first-class guilds with grandmaster-level powerhouses, there are three such guilds, and Kazda where I am located is one of them, I won't say much else, strength is the last word." Recently, many young people who have participated in the trial have come to Ula Town, and our guild has received quite a few, not to mention twenty or thirty. You are guaranteed to be in the first echelon of the trials. ”

Salami didn't say anything more after speaking, the decision was in Ron's hands, he knew very well that as long as the stakes were clearly stated, anyone with a little brain would know how to choose. After all, the selection of trials in the central region is far more difficult than ordinary people think, and if you can't find a suitable guide in the first place, you usually end in failure.

The central region selects talents, and there is only such an opportunity once in decades, and no one wants to miss it. This is jointly organized by several core organizations in the world, both in terms of scale and authority, it is at the level of enchantment, it can be said that once it is successful, it will be a fish leaping into the dragon gate, the sea and the sky.

After listening to the conversation of several people, Ron also got to know a little bit about it. The report of the trial is the Forest of Sighs, but how to go to the Forest of Sighs depends on these mercenary guilds in front of you to lead the way. The stronger the guild's strength, the smaller the risk of going to the Forest of Sighs to report, relatively speaking, if you choose some guilds that don't have strength, it doesn't mean that you can't go to the Forest of Sighs, it's very likely that you will encounter powerful monsters on the way, if you can't break through, then you can only exit directly.

Ron smiled and said, "Pierce, take me to see your guild." ”

Pierce has been hanging his head, these days, he has not received a single order, and the guild is already so poor that he is almost unable to solve the pot. Hearing Ron speak, he didn't react yet, and after a while, he came to his senses and asked in surprise, "You, you, what did you say?"

"Didn't you say that you know the Grove of Sighs best in this town of Ulla? Are you lying to me?"

"No, no, I'm just...... Just a little excited. Come, two distinguished guests, please. Pierce spoke excitedly and incoherently, smiling as he led the way.

At this scene, Salami on the side was so angry that his whole face turned green, his teeth creaked, and when he saw that the person had gone away, he said angrily: "Hmph, at first glance, it is a poor bastard who can only be greedy for small and cheap, and Lao Tzu is not rare to make your money." But I'm afraid you won't need it in the future, so I'll let someone else burn it for you later. ”

Salami's vicious words were naturally unheard, and by this time Ron had already taken Lea's hand and came to a very dilapidated looking hut. When he saw that the weeds in the yard had grown more than a man tall, his face twitched unconsciously. Looking at this Pierce dressed like a dog, I didn't expect the place to live to be so sloppy.

However, since he had already chosen this guild, Ron naturally didn't think much about it, and followed Pierce into the house.