Rhodes came to the destination of his trip, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.

Unlike the Thieves' Guild that Rhodes had been to before, the Free Trade Guild was very large, and except for a few main buildings that were used to handle various affairs, the rest of the locations were divided into merchant groups.

Of course, not all trade associations are able to obtain a residency in a freelance chamber of commerce. Unless it has made a significant contribution to the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, if the merchant group wants to obtain a station, in addition to gold coins, it also depends on the rank strength of the members.

As soon as Rhodes entered the hall of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, the waiting maid greeted him and asked Rhodes about his intentions.

Rhodes said, "I want to go to the City of Sorrows, and I want to be able to go with the merchant group. ”

After listening, the maid asked, "Dear professional, do you have the identity of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Rod understood what the maid meant. With the identity authentication of the Chamber of Commerce, you can join the merchant group and become the temporary escort of the merchant group. When a battle is required, the guards are responsible for keeping the merchant group safe.

Upon arrival, the caravan pays a sum of money to the escort, but unless they are the permanent escort of the guild, temporary guards are usually not paid much.

For a person's identity, the freelancer association has a special set of rating criteria. As the number of Guardian missions increases, and the success rate of Guardians increases, the rating will get higher and higher, from F all the way up to S Rank. The higher the rating, the easier it is to be accepted by the trade group, and the reward that the trade group needs to pay will also increase.

Rod recalled that in his previous life, players all aimed for the S-level evaluation of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, but few could actually reach the S-level. To reach the S rank, in addition to spending a lot of time on the escort chamber of commerce, you also need certain opportunities, as well as your own strong strength.

Rhodes replied to the maid, "No, I just want to go as a tourist." ”

Unlike guards, guards need to be authenticated to confirm their own strength and past results, and experienced business leaders often only need to glance at the identity verification to confirm whether the escort is worth hiring. Guards who fail to do so will also receive some punishment from the Freelance Guild.

Identification is not required. Travelers only need to pay gold coins and the caravan will take them to their destination. In the event of a battle, travelers do not need to fight at all.

A traveler is simply a traveler who is led by a merchant group to another city. Therefore, the freelance chamber of commerce will not take any commission for the business group to carry passengers, and there is no management, it is all up to the business group and the tourists themselves to negotiate.

The reason why he chose to become a traveler and follow the caravan to Diya, instead of going alone after obtaining the map, Rhodes had his own considerations.

Just like looking at the map drawn by Elliott before, even if he knew the current location of the city, Rhodes could not go directly in one direction, but found a river as a reference, compared it with the map, and found the town.

Even if you have a detailed map, it is easy to get lost in the dense forest with repeated scenery without the guidance of wayfinding.

What's more, there are other situations that you may encounter along the way. Whether it's raiders on the road, hidden thieves, or the stations of various creatures, in addition to pathfinding, high-level reconnaissance skills are also essential to avoid them.

Therefore, choosing to follow the merchant group to the goal, although it will take a long time, is safer than going alone.

As a traveler, Rhodes only had to wait in the carriage provided by the merchant group. Rhodes can also use this time on the road to engage in several deep meditations. The only downside is that the gold coins you need as a traveler are slightly more expensive.

After listening to this, the maid led Rod to the side hall. After some inquiry, the maid told Rod about the situation:

"Dear Professional, not long ago, a large merchant group had gone to the City of Sorrow and delivered a large amount of goods to the City of Sorrow. With much-needed goods being replenished, not many caravans are willing to go to the City of Sorrow. At present, there is only one merchant group in the station that chooses the City of Sorrow. ”

When Rod heard this, he seemed to think of something. Large business groups want to go to one place, and in order to ensure that the journey is foolproof, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. In such a huge situation, the movements of the large merchant group could not hide the thieves' guild in the city at all.

Without much hesitation, Rhodes said to the maid, "Take me to the residence of this merchant group." ”

Carrying passengers will bring all kinds of variables to the business group. Moreover, this practice is not necessarily safe for the passengers themselves.

Whether it is a merchant group extorting tourists on the road, or killing a lone tourist in the wilderness to obtain property, or a tourist colluding with thieves to kill a merchant group in the dead of night, it is a common thing. Freelancers don't care about this, it's up to the business community and the travelers to choose.

Therefore, both for business groups and travelers, it is necessary to examine each other before confirming it. This is also the reason why travelers who want to join a trade group need to pay a high fee.

After listening to Rod's request, the maid led the way in front and led Rhodes to the caravan station in the rear.

The maid took Rhodes to the rear station and walked into the depths. At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark, and when Rhodes had just entered the city, he could still see the surrounding scenery clearly by virtue of the sky, and at this time he could only rely on the candlelight on the side of the road to see.

On the way, Rhodes asked the maid about the merchant group and got some information.

The name of this merchant group is the Silver Seal Merchant Group, and the core members of the merchant group are six to eight, including the managers of the merchant group, the decision-makers, and the professionals trained by the merchant group. The rest were a number of guards who were responsible for transporting goods and hired guards, and the total number of members was about twenty.

The information provided by the maid seems to be extremely rich, and she told Rhodes about the situation of the entire Silver Seal Merchant Group, but in fact, these are the most basic information, as long as Rhodes enters the station and observes a little, he can see that there is no key information in it.

Seeing that he was about to come to the headquarters of the Silver Seal Merchant Group, Rhodes took out a gold coin from the spatial ring and called the maid in front of him.

"Tell me, really useful information." Looking into the maid's eyes, Rhodes said.

The maid took the gold coin and said with a smile:

"The Silver Seal Merchant Regiment, whose leader is named Yusher, is a veteran warrior whose strength is close to the high rank. The rest of the core professionals also have senior strength. In particular, there is a mage in the team whose strength is unknown. ”