Chapter 20: The Merchant's Sense of Smell
After overcoming the troublesome language barrier, the communication between Green and the two travelers was much smoother. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
After a brief introduction to himself, Green learns the names of two traveling merchants: the man is Lorenz and the woman is Herola, which is exactly the same as the information from Grimm's previous game. Now, the two are planning to ship a shipment of weapons and equipment to Blackstone Fort for sale.
"The runner didn't bring an escort, the two of them are really bold and daring."
"Small business, if you hire guards, there will be basically no profit." Lorenz sighed with a look of vicissitudes.
I believe that you have a ghost, with the strength of the virtuous wolf Herola, I don't know who robbed whom when I meet an ordinary robber! You must have deliberately shown weakness by luring others to rob, and then carried out the "anti-robbery" in a bright and open manner without violating the teachings of Waukinβthis method of fishing law enforcement is also often used by players, but unfortunately the robbers of the main plane have learned it well.
Green pursed his lips and began to ask the two merchants about the situation on the road: "Have you encountered any undead on the road?" β
"I've encountered some." Lorenz disagreed, "Although most of the undead are blocked north of Blackstone Fortress, there are still some scattered undead creatures occasionally, as long as you don't rush at night." β
"That's right......" Green couldn't help frowning. They didn't encounter an army of the undead on the way? It's really strange, after those undead occupy Silverleaf Town, don't they have any other actions?
At this moment, the virtuous wolf Herola on the side seemed to see something: "Young man, have you encountered the undead?" β
Green thought for a moment and spoke, "Because I met a group of undead in Silverleaf Town. β
The expression on Herola's face froze: "This is close to the plague land in the north, so it is not surprising that even if there are occasional corpse mutations or undead encounters. Since you said you encountered 'a bunch' of undead, that means ...... There are a lot of undead in Silverleaf Town? β
"Your wisdom is amazing." Green nodded, "You're right, I've met a lot of undead, to be precise, the entire town has become undead!" β
Herola's face changed: "Undead Disaster? β
A single or small number of undead are not scary, but when the undead become large, the situation is not entirely different. The sheer number of undead is enough to destroy any village or town, and every time a creature settlement is destroyed, it means that the undead become more and stronger, and eventually the army of the undead will snowball through one town after another! As a result, people call the army of the undead large enough to wipe out the town "undead scourge".
"It can't be!" Lorenz suddenly shouted, "We didn't hear any wind along the way. If there is really an undead natural disaster in Silver Leaf Town, it is impossible for the nobles and the church to take no action! β
Green raised his eyebrows, ignoring Lorenz's shouting, picked up a wooden stick and drew a rough map on the ground: "Lady Herola, can you tell me which route you got here?" β
Herola looked at the map, then picked up a branch and drew on it: "We and our companions set out from Capper Harbor, passed through the ancient city and the Devanti Forest, and then followed the Otlan Mountains all the way to here. β
"Hey! Herola! Lorenz seemed to be a little unhappy with his wife's revelation of her business routes.
"Lorenz, don't be impatient." Herola turned back and winked at her companion.
Looking at the forward route drawn by Herola, Green couldn't help but show a strange expression on his face: "This route ...... Is it for tax evasion? β
"Boy, that's slander." Herola laughed playfully, "We just accidentally strayed from the main road and got lost." β
"I see." Green stared at the route on the ground, "No wonder you didn't encounter the undead along the way. β
Maybe I can choose to go this path too? Green squinted in thought.
With Green's current strength, he is not afraid of ordinary undead, but it is still very dangerous if he encounters an army of undead! If you take this path, you basically don't have to worry about encountering an army of the undead.
Just as Green was thinking seriously, Herola suddenly spoke: "By the way, you should have a lot of loot, right?" Would you like to consider selling us the loot you have in your hands? β
"Oh?" Green couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "How do you know we have a lot of loot in our hands?" β
"No one had ever discovered a hidden cave before, and with the obvious traces of fire and the rancid smell of the undead, you and this young lady had clearly experienced a terrible battle...... Looks like there should have been a lot of undead creatures in this cave. Now that you've eliminated the undead creatures in the cave, you're sure you've got a lot of loot, right? β
A flash of brilliance flashed in Green's eyes: "It is worthy of Herola, and the perception attribute is indeed high enough." β
"Perception?" Herola was slightly stunned, "Hehehe~ I'm just more experienced." What do you think? Would you be interested in leaving us with the loot you don't want? β
"Shakia, these two merchants are interested in buying our loot." Grimm secretly communicates with Shakia through a psychic connection.
"It's up to you." With outsiders present, Shakia became very quiet and elegant. Kneeling straight behind Grimm, motionless, looking like a cold lady, and at the same time like a maid waiting beside her master, giving people a sense of nobility, elegance and deference, but the clothes and temperament on her body did not match somewhat.
After asking for Sakia's opinion, Green looked down and thought about it.
If he could hand over the batch of demonic iron ore in the tunnel that could not be transported, it would also save Green a lot of trouble - in fact, Grimm originally only planned to take away the Adamantite Ore, and as for the other Demonic Iron Ore, Green was not going to bring it back, after all, the weight of those demonic iron ores was not light. Herola, the virtuous wolf, has a good reputation in the game, and there is no need to worry about "black eating black" when handing over the goods to them, but the problem is that there is not only a batch of magic iron ore inside, but also a magic array!
Compared to the teleportation magic circle that leads to the Witch Dungeon, those ores don't matter at all!
Green didn't want to expose the existence of the teleportation magic array, but if he refused, it would arouse their suspicions, and maybe they would go to the tunnel to check after I left, so I might as well take them in......
Green's eyes narrowed, and he already had a plan in his heart: "Yes." Selling the loot to you would save me a lot of effort, and I really have no reason to refuse. Green stood up and took a burning stick from the campfire as a torch, "Come with me, and I'll show you the booty." β