With the afternoon sun shining through the streets, the sea breeze flowing in the air with a faint fishy smell, and the occasional flock of gray-backed and white-bellied seagulls passing by, the town is immersed in a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere, like a paradise.

The "Final Proving Ground" in the middle of the town was sealed by a magical enchantment, and in an inconspicuous corner on the periphery of the Proving Ground, a teleportation pillar of light quietly rose at this moment, and two figures emerged from it hand in hand.

The first to step out of the teleportation circle was a young knight wearing a Mithril breastplate and carrying a heavy Morning Star Hammer, followed by a beautiful maiden in crimson robes, a wide-brimmed hat with a peaked brim, and a ruby staff.

"Ahhh It's really bad luck to be teleported to such a hellish place! The Witch in Red looked around and grumbled angrily.

"The scenery is beautiful, the sea breeze is fresh, and the people in the town seem friendly, so it's a great place to spend a holiday." Roland stopped to observe his surroundings and the inhabitants, and his first impression of the place was good.

"It's a pity that we're not here for a vacation, I'd rather be thrown into the Nightmare Valley or the more dangerous Weeping Forest than to be in this safe town, where there are dangers but also great opportunities, and if we can subdue the Nightmare Behemoth or the Ancient Owl, we can basically ensure that we can make it to the top three of the Trials team."

Nikita glanced across the street with disgust in her eyes.

"As for the town we are in now, there are no monsters to hunt, compared to the five trial areas of Roaring Mountains, Ripping Hill, Storm Cliffs, Nightmare Valley and Weeping Forest, the only advantage is that there are all kinds of shops, which are convenient for buying potions and low-level magic scrolls, and if you still have spare money in your hand, you can hire the hunting team in the town."

"Hunting party?" Roland pointed to the banner camp in the distance, "Are you talking about that militia camp?" There you can pay to hire militia to help us hunt monsters. ”

Nikita nodded with interest, "The most people who can spend money to hire are level 5 warriors and forest rangers, and they can help fight mobs in the early stage, but when they encounter monster leaders or hostile trialists, these mercenaries can only be used as cannon fodder." ”

"There is no market town where other trial teams come to the place, so it is not convenient to shop, this is our advantage over other competitors, what we should do now is to spend the 10,000 gold coins in our hands in the most reasonable way, and turn the funds into real advantages." Roland took Nikita's hand and walked to the store opposite, calmly analyzing the current situation to her.

Nikita shook her head, deciding that Roland was wasting his thoughts: "Your idea is very good, but it is unrealistic, even if we use 10,000 gold coins to hire low-level mercenaries and buy low-level scrolls and potions, we can't improve our strength much, it is far less practical than subduing a monster leader, and landing in a town is recognized as the worst start, so you don't have to fight with me." ”

"Don't jump to conclusions, let's go to the store across the street, maybe there's something you like."

"Alas, my luck is so low, how can I bother to go to the store!"

Having said that, Nikita followed Roland into the store, and instinctively browsed the potion bottles and scroll boxes on the shelves to compare the prices...... A girl's talent for shopping can still play a role even when she's in a very low mood.

"Uncle, good afternoon, is there a map of Rubik's Cube Island?" Roland greeted the balding old man in reading glasses across the counter.

"Yes, yes, 10 gold coins each." The old man looked at the handsome man and woman who walked into the store from above the lens, and seemed to think that the other party was wealthy, and quietly doubled the price of the map.

"Show me first, and if the map is accurate enough, I'll buy one." Roland said to the old man.

"If you look at the map, you know the topography of the island, so why spend money on it? I don't do this kind of loss-making business. The old man shook his head repeatedly.

Nikita glared at him in exasperation, clenched her staff and asked Roland in a low voice, "Why talk nonsense with this old fellow?" A fireball was thrown over and burned him to ashes, let's take whatever the things in this store are, and we don't need to spend a copper plate! ”

"Don't!" Roland hurriedly stopped Miss Mage from committing the murder.

"Why not?" Nikita asked earnestly.

Roland opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain it for a moment. Nikita is not a gentle and kind little angel, the ordinary people in the town are like mustard in her eyes, and she doesn't mind casting spells to slaughter the city if killing will help her gain an advantage in the trial.

Roland wasn't really very kind and upright, but he felt that since money was provided in the trial, and a town was arranged for the trialists to shop, then he should follow the rules of the game and spend money to buy things. Nikita's approach to murder and looting may work, but will it have vicious consequences? It's hard to say.

Advanced Trials do have the shadow of the game, but there is an essential difference with the game - there is no way to save or read files here, and once you make a wrong choice, you will have no regret medicine to take, and you must bear the consequences.

"Nikita, I've been to a place called Hyrule before, and I killed a chicken in a small town there, and guess what? The chickens of the whole Hailar seem to have gone crazy, and they are frantically besieging me when they see me. ”

"Hehe, that's not funny."

"It's not a joke, I've been to a place called Skyrim Province before, where if you accidentally injure a chicken, the whole city will fight with you, and if the same happens in Trials Town, not to mention whether we have the ability to kill all the townspeople, it's not worth the time and energy wasted, not to mention that in the future we may need to go back to the town to rest or find out information, and it won't do us any good to mess up here." Roland said seriously.

Nikita shrugged: "Forget it, I'll listen to you." ”

Roland turned his head to look at the old profiteer, who didn't know that he had just escaped death, and took out 10 gold coins and put them on the counter.

The old man grinned, quickly put away the gold coins, and took a scroll from the shelf and handed it to Roland.

Roland spread out the map scroll and looked at it attentively, and then pointed to the thick lines on the map and asked the old man: "Does this kind of thick ink mark refer to the highway?" ”

"That's right, there is a road to the north from the entrance of the town, and it splits into three branch lines halfway through, leading to the Roaring Mountains, the Ripping Hill, and the Storm Bluffs, where the town's hunting party occasionally goes to hunt wild beasts, but it is not fun to dare to go deep into the mountains and forests, and alarm the leader of the monsters." The old man seemed to be in a good mood when he sold a high-priced map, and happily helped Roland with advice: "Seeing that you two are dressed like foreign adventurers, if you plan to go hunting in the mountains, it is better to buy two horses, or rent a carriage, you can save a lot of time on the road." ”