The train roared through the desert, the shadow of Blazing Water had been completely thrown out of sight, the ground in front of him was scorched by the scorching sun, and a group of buildings like reliefs gradually unfolded in front of him.

Draenor struggled to narrow his eyes into two slits, the outline of the town distorted with the rising heat on the ground, and he had to reach out to cover the sunlight above his head to barely make out the features of the buildings.

The houses are clinging to the sand like tortoiseshells, the brick walls of sand support the vaulted roofs, and only some of the upper ends of the houses still have intact tiles, but these dilapidated buildings do not seem to discourage people from coming here to trade.

Vikirico looked in the direction of the train tracks, and there seemed to be only a barely visible station in a clearing at the edge of the town.

But there were no people waiting for the trains, and people in the neighborhood were all driving in horse-drawn carriages towards the center of the town, and it seems that the people here have abandoned the extremely inflexible mode of transportation since the war began.

"Just in case, we should not risk parking too close to the town, the situation inside the town looks complicated to avoid attracting unwanted attention." Vickyli reliably walked up to Draenor and said to him.

Naturally, Draenor didn't think it would be a wise decision to take the train to get close to the town, so he went straight to the fuel room and pulled the handbrake in a direction that was contrary to the path of the crowd. Cooper didn't fill the furnace with too much coal, but turned the vent valve to the side, and the excess energy flew into the air with the steam jet, and the train came to a stop at the edge of a dense poplar forest.

Just as Draenor was about to step off the train with the firecracker, Cooper suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes, "Don't worry, boy, I thought you were becoming more cautious, didn't you think that the market would be a gathering place for robbers?" ”

Hearing Uncle Cooper's words, Draenor was indeed suspicious, the town in front of him was obviously the "Battery Market" in the population of Spiritwater Town, and it was able to maintain stable operations under such harsh conditions, and the people who traded there were not easy to provoke.

"Listen, I have a bit of an impression of the name Battery that, if it's the same as I thought, it should be a place where the arms deal exists. It may seem normal, but I'm sure it's not a safe place to be. ”

Cooper's eyes looked unusually serious, and he had the impression that there was a powerful family called "Butley", and at its peak they even controlled one-third of the wealth of the Snowway Kingdom.

The mercenaries who appeared and were active in the northern part of Abel were in a sense no different from the bandits who did all kinds of evil, and although they made their fortunes by war, although it sounded a bit of a conspiracy theory, Cooper had long suspected that this seemingly mysterious war had some connection with the Butterwes.

"Possibly...... It's just that it's possible that this Battery Bazaar is supposed to be the territory controlled by the Butterland family of North Abel, a group of arms dealers, mercenaries, and a dirty organization hidden in the shadow of Snowway. I wouldn't have tried to get close to them. ”

Cooper wiped a cold sweat from his forehead, and it seemed that he had concluded that the Bazaar and the Battery family were inextricably linked.

As soon as he finished speaking, a luxurious carriage led by six horses passed in the distance, and the dust kicked up by the wheels was as fierce as a sandstorm, and it seemed out of place with the ruined town in front of him. The men in the carriage were stiff as sculptures, dressed in brown tuxedos and spears made of black metal in their hands, heading towards the market.

Even from a distance of several hundred meters, Draenor could faintly notice the black marks carved into the side of the carriage, which looked like some kind of artistic Lycos script, and Draenor was sure that they were members of what Cooper called the "Butter Family".

It seems that his previous thoughts have been confirmed. However, it was the first time he had heard of a private group that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the royal family, and the image of mercenaries could exist in all the countries of the Aurorban, who were more like merchants than warriors, and could rely on their great strength to make huge profits from war. This mercenary style is inevitably a little offensive, but if you encounter them on the battlefield, that disgust is nothing more than fear.

Elders tend to have much more experience than they think, and they should really keep an eye out for any suspicious characters that may appear while they are still some distance from the bazaar, after all, most of the people in the town are brown-skinned Lycos, and Draenor as a foreigner will inevitably attract unwanted attention. What's more, Snowway is now in a period of war, and it still needs to be careful to prevent accidents.

"We really need to look for ways to reach the merchants while we are observing, and of course we need people behind us to make sure the train is safe. Deslano and Jeanne go to the market together to find a way to get the props they need; Cooper and I will stay on the train, and if you two get into any trouble, I can get to you as soon as I can with the ability of Crimson." ”

Viklico snapped and described her plan to the crowd, which was in line with Draenor's idea, reducing the number of people going into the bazaar would also help hide her identity, and Jeanne was a Lycos herself, so going to the bazaar with her would make it easier to blend in with the crowd.

Draenor had wanted to hide in the town's inconspicuous buildings to observe Jeanne's surroundings when she entered the market, but that would have required the help of a telescope, which was farther away from the market on the side of the train, and the group had only one pair of binoculars, which contradicted Viklico's plan.

Cooper seemed to see through Draenor's thoughts, and took a metal copper tube from his waist and handed it to Draenor, who looked closely and realized that the copper tube was actually part of the binoculars.

"I fell in love with this telescope because I thought it might be useful, and this thing is completely a defective product cobbled together with two monoculars, but it seems that this time it can be regarded as a bargain. I modified it a little bit to see if it would fit the firecracker. ”

Cooper pointed to the bayonet at the bottom of the telescope and said, "What should be a fixture."

Draenor mounted the modified telescope on the left side of the firebolt, with a black reticle tied to the front of the lens, which was much more accurate than a simple machine sight.

Although a similar idea had been conceived at the Evenryred Arsenal, the scope was of little use considering that most of the soldiers used flintlock pistols that lacked precision.

But if you're holding a precision firearm made by Flactu, it's all different.

"Sniper rifles? It's yours! Vicky looked at the rudimentary Crystal Driven Rifle and couldn't help but marvel at Cooper's skill.

"Normal operation, so that both of us can check the situation around the market."

Cooper had become accustomed to the praise of his mastery, and he was prepared for battle in the face of the largest private gang in Snowway.

Delano took the musket with the scope behind him, took a thin blanket from the carriage and draped it over his body, ready to set off with Jeanne towards the market. Vicilico grabbed his cuff and handed the money bag in front of him, instructing in an unusually serious tone

"Even if you are well prepared, you must remember that no matter what, do not act rashly, the city opposite is full of those arms dealers, and it is difficult to guarantee that we have any chance of winning."

The corners of Draenor's mouth lifted and smiled slightly, he had already thought of a plan to deal with the emergency, he and Jeanne only needed to enter the market like ordinary residents and buy the items they needed before leaving, and the battle should of course be avoided as much as possible.

"Rest assured, it's all just to make sure the plan runs smoothly."

He said calmly to Viklico, taking the money bag containing the gold coins from her hand and hanging it around his waist.

"But if those members of the 'Buttray Family' want to have some fun, we don't necessarily belong to the kind of people who are obediently tied up."

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