Chapter 45: Flame Crystal City
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This is the northeastern corner of the valley plain, separated by the Skyrim Mountains to the east, a mountainous area to the north, and a cold badland to the north.
The barbarian forces of the Cold Wave Wasteland rarely pass through here as they move south. One is because the terrain here is complicated and the road is not easy to walk, and the other is that the lords here do not accept the recruitment of the knight city, and they are not hostile to the barbarian forces in the Cold Wave Wasteland, and some are even very friendly.
The area is mixed. Mercenaries, adventurers, bandits, wandering heroes and troops, they can all be seen here.
In addition to a few cities in the region, there are also many small forces that act as land snakes, and they are also fighting with each other, which is also the soil for the existence of mercenaries.
Yuan Mu led his subordinates to hurry up and rush to Yanjing City, a level 3 city here, within the agreed time. There is a stable volcano next to Flame Crystal City, and Flame Crystal is a specialty of this volcanic mine.
With Wilma? Wolfhead agrees to meet at a tavern in Crystal City called the Volcanic Dragon's Barrel, a legendary creature that lives in volcanoes and is said to feed on lava.
Yuan Mu only brought Tao Snow and Delia to the meeting, and asked Blood Moon Ursa and them to follow Flo and accompany her to visit the city, and they have been tossing and turning enough in the past few days.
Wilma? The wolf head was in the tavern, and as soon as he saw Yuan Mu, he said, "I've been waiting for you for a few days, I thought you wouldn't come." β
"There was a delay on the way, but I don't think I'm late, and the date we agreed on hasn't passed yet."
"Hmph, you know, I can hire more than you." Wilma dissatisfied, "I think you'd better listen to me." β
"Are you educating me?" Yuan Mu sneered, "I'm just here for the Night Elf Cloak, I don't want to listen to other nonsense." β
"If you don't listen to me, then this treasure may not be yours." Wilma doesn't care about authenticity.
"If you dare."
Yuan Mu didn't know where Wilma's confidence came from, and warned: "I made an agreement with you, and I rushed here from Knight City as agreed, if you can't satisfy me, then you'd better be careful." β
Leaving the tavern with Blood Moon and Delia, Yuan Mu's face was not very good. He thinks something might be wrong, Wilma? The wolf head could see that he was still sincere when he hired Yuan Mu on the trading hall of Knight City, but now he didn't care.
Find Flo, who is playing under the escort of Blood Moon, Ursa, and Oria, surrounded by a number of people watching her, including two players. No way, Flo is so attractive.
Yuan Mu packed up his mood and walked to Fu Luo's side and asked, "How is it, is Yanjing City fun?" β
"It's fine." Floro had just left Lake ValΓ©li, and had been in the carriage for the past few days, and now everything she saw felt fresh.
"I still want to try the food here, you can come with me." Floro took Yuan Mu's hand and began to look for food on the street. The next two players saw that their eyeballs were sticking out.
Finally, stop at a hotel in the center of the city, where it is said that there is a halfling chef who has reached level 5. Of course, the price is also very expensive, but both the current Yuan Mu and Fu Luo, who is a mermaid, can afford to consume it.
Watching Flo eat clumsily, Yuan Mu's mood improved again, and he made fun of her a few words, in exchange for a few words of coquettishness from Flora. A few people chatted together, and the time was spent happily.
A player walked in with two barbarian guards, looked around and saw Yuan Mu, sat down at a table next to him, and thought about how to get to know Yuan Mu.
"He's watching us."
The Blood Moon is sensitive to this. In fact, apart from Yuan Mu as a player in the hotel, he can't even provoke Yuan Mu's attention.
"Wait for me, Tausno, come with me."
Yuan Mu got up directly and came to his side and asked, "Is there anything wrong with me?" β
This player's name is Baksha, and he was a little embarrassed to see Yuan Mu find out his purpose, but he still said: "Our boss wants to get to know you, we may be able to cooperate, or if you need any help, we can also provide it." β
"I don't want to discuss this now, but if you want to, you can come to my camp later."
Yuan Mu went back directly to continue eating with Flora, and Baksha achieved his goal and left with the barbarian guards. Consumption here is too expensive, and Baksha would rather save up and recruit more subordinates.
After eating, I went shopping with Flo for a while, because I had to prepare for tomorrow with Wilma? The wolf head set off together, and Yuan Mu and the others returned to the camp.
There is a person in the camp who is already waiting for him, a level 2/2 player named King Ryan, and the boss of Baksha, whose profession is a jungle hunter.
Yuan Mu saw that he was so sincere, it was difficult to refuse, and invited him into the camp.
"I'm sorry to be late and keep you waiting." Yuan Muxian apologized.
"I didn't have to wait long, and I'd love to meet a strong player, even if it costs a bit, let alone a player with a hero." King Ryan was a little tentative.
There are also other players who have heroes around them, but instead of recruiting heroes, they are doing quests and acting with heroes. Yuan Mu's battle level has reached level 3, which is why he attaches importance to Yuan Mu.
A scheming player, Yuan Mu didn't want to answer his words, and asked directly: "Is there anything to find me?" β
King Ryan heard Yuan Mu's dissatisfaction, and he didn't get entangled, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just want to ask if there is anything you need help with?" We're the head snake here and maybe we can provide some information. At the same time, he also wanted to test the purpose of Yuan Mu's coming here.
Yuan Mu thought about it, he was not familiar with the situation here, and he was about to leave when he got the Night Elf Cloak, so it was nothing to deal with them.
But I still asked first: "I found that there are a lot of players in Yanjing City, and this place is relatively remote, is there any special reason?" β
"Actually, it's nothing, I'll tell you directly, this is a three-regardless zone, there are many tasks, and there are a lot of campaign missions. Players develop well here, and their strength improves quickly, but there are also drawbacks for us here. β
"The cons? Is the mission dangerous? β
"That's just one aspect. Because it is very suitable for practicing command operations and improving the level of battles. Two unions have taken a fancy to this and have started to send people here to develop, which is of course not good for us. β
It's the unions again, and they've been doing things in a prepared and planned way. Yuan Mu thought that if the player's strength became stronger in the future, this kind of place would also be one of the easiest places to obtain territory.
"Two unions? Won't they have competition? β
"Of course there is competition, but one guild is the 'Frost Wings' who operate primarily in the Frost Castle of the Valley Plains, and the other is the 'Advance Mercenary' operating in the Coldwave Wastelands."
Frost Wings is a union with some accumulation, which is naturally far worse than a behemoth like the Plane Legion, but it is not comparable to a newly formed union like the Conqueror Banner.
Advance mercenaries are a bit special. This is a very different kind of union, and its strength is not weak. When they have developed to a certain level in a game world, they may sell their developed forces to other guilds in exchange for the benefits of other game worlds.
Members of the guild will also work for the buyer until they are no longer useful in the game world.
King Ryan continued: "We are just some players who cooperate spontaneously, operating in this area as mercenaries, and the people from the Guild will suppress our space when they come, and they may also be directly against us. β
"That's why I came to you, at first to test your path, and to find out that you don't look like a member of the union, so we might be able to cooperate. We're still reputable as mercenaries here. β
Yuan Mu groaned: "Hmm...... I won't be here for long, but I want to ask you for news, and I'll pay you what satisfies you. β
Yuan Mu asked King Ryan about Wilma? Message from the wolf's head. Wilma's name, King Ryan, had never heard of it, but he knew the surname Wolf Head.
In the distant mountains to the north of Yanjing City, there are three level 2 villages, called Niushou Village, Wolf Head Village, and Lushou Village, which are basically certain that these three villages have a deep connection.
Each of the three villages has a unique type of troops, the Horned Warrior, the Wolf Head Warrior, and the Deer Helmet Warrior, and the people of the village also have the Horn, Wolf Head, and Deer Helmet as their surnames, respectively. However, these three villages are never open to the outside world.
These three villages are on the same page, and they all want to wipe out the other two. However, the three villages were very wary of other forces interfering in their conquests, and at most they only hired some mercenaries to fight.
Every once in a while, the three villages break out into a major war, and there is speculation that there may be some secrets there. But the strength of these three villages is very good, and the horns, wolf heads, and deer helmet warriors are all very effective troops, and it is difficult for ordinary forces to penetrate into them.