Because of the tense relationship between Caral and Bansar now, Roland did not try to enter Bansar through the border, but chose the line where he came to Carlar a month ago.

That is, through the Sunset Plains into the Oak Lock, and then across the Lightless Trail to sneak through the Iris Swamp of Bansa. Rather than wasting time dealing with the guards, it is better to pass through the dangerous but much more familiar stubborn oak locks.

It's a little different from before. When Roland entered this time, he did not see the terrible cold black wind.

Actually, this is also very understandable.

After all, those black winds were Del Ramos' breath as he was about to wake up. Now that spring is approaching, Del Ramos has returned to a deep slumber after his brief waking days of the year.

The glimpses were preyed on by Del Ramos for more than half of their lives, and the rest of them were exhausted after the fury. Arguably, there is no better time than early spring to walk through the Stubborn Oak Lock.

"However, if you don't have any strength at all, it's a different matter."

Roland looked at the mutilated corpse that appeared at his feet, only half of his head, and sighed regretfully.

"He wouldn't have died." Gahalad crouched down and examined the body, then shook his head, "He just died." The corpse was not yet cold, and it should have died within two hours. ”

"Nope. He doesn't die now, and he will die when he gets out soon. ”

Roland shook his head and denied Gahalad's claim: "Look...... His prominent cheekbones and deep-set eye sockets are typical of Banza. He was much fatter than the average Banza, and he had no calluses on his hands, and his clothes were delicate but tasteless...... I guess he was supposed to be a wealthy businessman. Or rather. A black-hearted merchant who swallowed the goods in the Chamber of Commerce and planned to fly away. ”

The corners of Roland's mouth rose slightly, revealing a kind of pleasant pleasure: "And this kind of behavior is generally called reversing in the industry." No matter how high the value of the goods is, it is in vain if they cannot be sold. Therefore, most of the medicines they carried were easy to sell stolen medicines, bows and crossbows, which were rare military supplies among the people, and they did not have to worry about selling them anywhere. If you are really ready to earn enough money to wash your hands in one go. They had to call a wagon to pull that amount of goods. ”

"In order to prevent the coachmen and mercenaries from having people from inside the chamber of commerce, and in order to prevent the passing robbers from robbing their goods and then taking the blame themselves, they will generally lie to the coachmen and mercenaries, saying that they must change the route for such and such reasons, and then when they arrive at the place where they have booked the stolen goods, they will let their accomplices kill and take the goods away, and then disguise the evidence that they are dead, and live their own lives comfortably...... Generally speaking, the stubborn oak lock in early spring is a classic route of reversing. Whether it is from Caral to Bansar or from Bansar to Karal. ”

Roland's words made Gahalad and Lilia almost speechless in surprise.

“…… But. Gahalad finally couldn't help but ask, "How do you know?" ”

"Ah...... These businessmen, let's say they have something to do with my previous job. ”

Roland said pointedly.

The corners of Gahalad's mouth twitched, and he finally decided not to delve into it here.

But his heart was still full of doubts: "That only proves that they are just merchants, and it has nothing to do with their doomed death...... Right? No, wait......"

"You realize it, Gahalad."

Roland chuckled, "There are no ruts near his corpse." ”

"How could a carriage not rut on the soft ground of the stubborn oak lock? The only possibility is that he didn't die here in the first place. Instead, they were thrown here...... The probably reason is that he was hacked and blackened. ”

Gahalad noticed the obvious mocking curvature of Roland's mouth. I was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood.

To put it simply, it means that one or all of his coachmen and mercenaries have a black heart. They plan to swallow the goods themselves, then disguise the evidence of the fat merchant's reversing car, make him carry the pot in the name of "missing" when he dies, and then leave his body here - Glimpse will dispose of it for them anyway. There is no proof of death. That's what it means. Anyway, this fat man couldn't have jumped out of the belly of the glimpse creature to justify himself, "We should have tried this" or something.

In Gahalad's time, it was a forbidden area that no one would enter. Naturally, he didn't know that the biggest flaw was actually the integrity of this corpse. You know, Glimpses are proper carnivorous monsters. Although this injury is exaggerated, it must be man-made.

And. Roland didn't say a word.

That is, before and after the beginning of the plague revival, the fact that the lightless traces of early spring were used as a reversing holy place had long been spread. After the coachmen and guards basically knew about it, it can be said that the place has completely lost its value. The fat man also forced himself to reverse here, either because his news was outdated, or it was his first time reversing.

Roland had done this before. And at that time, he had the identity of a player and a companion who also belonged to the player, and this kind of thing was very simple.

Because most of the world's chambers of commerce in the world are mercenary. When the entrustment outside the chamber of commerce and some big businessmen in the chamber of commerce are ready to play the big ticket, they will directly hand over the application to the senior management of the chamber of commerce, and then the relevant departments will locate the location of the merchants in their own chambers of commerce through item positioning, and then directly contact them to be responsible for the short-distance transportation of their own nearby areas, transport the items from A to B, and then give them a certain commission.

From the player's point of view, only the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce can be considered merchants. And the merchants at the bottom are nothing more than couriers. Their horses, coachmen, and mercenaries were all sent to them by the Chamber of Commerce. All they have to do is put their energy into it.

Of course, they can also take orders for themselves. The more you run, the more people you know. Businessmen who use the chamber of commerce as a platform and then develop their own business are the normal routine.

However, with the normal, there is the abnormal. It's like what Roland just said.

The fat merchant who naively proposed to change the route and prepare to reverse the car was already regarded as a fat sheep to be slaughtered by the guards and coachmen when he made this request.

"Gahalad, be prepared."

Memories are over. Roland's face was grim and he said in a deep voice.

Even if he died by man, or was killed by Glimpse, vigilance must be heightened here.

In such a place where it is impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south, and the line of sight is only a few meters, it is very dangerous to see a glimpse creature that can immobilize people by stepping on shadows. But as long as you pay attention to the direction of your shadow, it will not be difficult to deal with.

Taking a step back, even if it's really just human......

…… Are people safe?

Roland smiled and didn't speak. (To be continued.) )