Old Continent, Jiangbo Village.

This is a village located in the easternmost part of the continent, founded by some young dragon pioneers, and it is still perfected in all aspects, with only a very small number of a hundred people, but the security here is surprisingly good.

It's late in the evening, the setting sun leaves a gorgeous sunset on the horizon, and people who have not been busy with work after a day of work are beginning to enter the rest time. A group of men and horses made their way through the crowded market in the sunset, led by a man who walked into a building with only a sign in the shape of a beer cup. Entering through the doorless entrance, a strong mixture of alcohol and food comes to your face, mixed with puffs of tobacco smoke that make you feel as if you are lost in the misty mountains.

"Welcome."

As soon as the man stepped in, a waitress dressed as a maid immediately greeted him with a smile and led him towards the bar.

The man has short black hair, wears a bony full-face mask, can't see his appearance clearly, is not tall, and is dressed in black, no matter how you look at it, he belongs to that kind of very inconspicuous appearance.

"Ed, my friend, it's been a long time, is it going well?" The dragon clan youth sitting on the other side of the bar stood up and greeted the man gracefully.

The man named Ed shrugged his shoulders, took the bag containing the luggage off his shoulder, untied the rope, and took out a letter from it and handed it to him, "Ah, it went well. Village Chief, the place you chose is so far away that the herbivorous dragon's legs are about to break. ”

"Haha...... I'm sorry about that, but wait a minute. The village chief took the letter unhurriedly, unfolded it slowly, and then smiled slightly, took out a notepad from the bar, opened it and spread it in front of Ed.

"It's hard for you to go so far and wide, count me as a treat, is it still the same package?" As he spoke, he beckoned to the waitress in the maid costume who had been standing beside Eddard and handed her the letter, "Patty, help me register, and bring me two more glasses of ale by the way." ”

"Okay."

Patty, the waiter, took the letter, bowed slightly, and then turned and walked to the other side of the bar.

"Ah, you don't have to prepare anything to eat, the fellows of the caravan are still waiting for me outside, you know the rules of our caravan." Ed picked up a quill and signed his name on a notepad before handing it back to the village chief.

It wasn't long before Potty came back with two huge beer glasses full of wine, and the village chief took the notepad and put it aside, reached out and took the huge beer bottle from Potty's hand, and placed it on the bar table. The golden beer under the cloud-white foam in the bottle was just the right amount of ice, and the surface of the beer bottle exuded a slight chill.

"I've been waiting for a long time, our village's specialty golden barley wine, you've been thinking about it." The village chief shoved the beer bottle in front of Ed.

"Cheers!"

The two of them lifted the bottles and collided with each other with a crisp sound, and the white foam and golden liquid in the glass overflowed and dripped onto the bar table below.

"Gollum... Grunt... Grunt... Call! Ed pushed the mask off his face, unceremoniously picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the juice making an exaggerated sound as it flowed through his throat, and the sound from the village chief's mouth was similar, and it seemed very pleasant.

The wine glasses in the hands of the two people made a clattering sound and fell on the bar table one after another, the village chief raised his hand to wipe the foam from his mouth, and smiled at Ed, who was still reminiscing, "It is indeed far away from the big city to establish a village here, but fortunately, with the help of your caravan, there are not many caravans willing to go so far." ”

"Ah, after all, the village chief's entrustment is very large every time, and the shot is also very generous, why don't you make money if you have money?" Ed held his wine glass and looked around at the people who were laughing in the tavern, and found that there were many hunters wearing armor made of materials stripped from the monster's body, they looked like they had just returned from hunting, and their armor was still stained with mud and monster blood, and they were very happy to announce the results of their hunting.

"Ah, there are more hunters in the village, and it looks more and more like a serious village."

"After all, it is not possible to build a village on the border without the help of hunters, and recently East Dolma has been assigned more and more tasks, and the construction of the village is also going smoothly with the help of caravans, and good things are happening one after another...... But Eddard, when will you register with me? Our village is currently very short of high-level hunters, and there are many difficult tasks that no one has taken on. After speaking, the village chief waved to Bao Ti, who was busy at the bar, and motioned for her to come over.

"I'm sorry, Butty, I'm busy, so please bring the mission you sent to Ed a few days ago."

"Okay." Potty nodded, wiped her hands with a towel on her arm, and pulled out a handbook bound in reddish-brown leather from the maid's pocket, with the coat of arms of the Hunters' Guild on it.

As Potty pulled out the reddish-brown manual, the bustling bar suddenly fell silent, and the hunters who were still talking loudly stared at the red-brown manual in Potty's hand with incredible eyes, and then they looked at Eddard who reached out to take the manual.

"Ah, are there still virgin forests in the Lateau and Tros forests?" Ed flipped through the manual, casually glanced at it a few times, closed it and gave it back to Sty.

The village chief narrowed his eyes into a slit with some pleasure, "How is it, are you interested?" ”

"Ah, I took the task of the primeval forest, and the contract money will be deducted from the remuneration for this shipment."

"I knew that you would never go to the hunting mission of Latio Volcano and the Tros Jungle, only the gathering mission of the primeval forest can interest you, so I should hide this mission first." The village chief shrugged helplessly, "Fu Ti, please prepare the power of attorney for this task." ”

"Okay." Smiling, she put away the manual and walked straight to the bar, taking out a piece of parchment from the drawer of the bar, writing a few quick strokes on it before walking back with the parchment.

"Please sign it."

Ed took the parchment and signed it to make sure it was okay, slowly rolled it up and put it in his bag, and then drank the unfinished golden barley wine.

"Ah, I'll take my leave when I'm done, and my companions are still waiting for me."

"Okay, looking forward to the next collaboration."

Ed got up to shake hands with the village chief, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and walked out of the tavern with his duffel bag.

The village chief nodded to Potty after Ed left, and walked alone into the curtain behind the bar. After returning to the bar to finish the follow-up of the order, Potty continued to serve the guests of the tavern.

"Otty, Otty......" The somewhat breathless hunter rushed to the bar, "That's just a manual for an urgent mission, right?" Who is that man? Why haven't you seen ......?"

glanced at these people and put down the empty wine glass in his hand, "You lower hunters are useless even if they know, so don't ask." ”

"Don't, Butty. I'll buy me a glass of golden barley wine and a portion of the most expensive 'fat foie gras', and tell me some of it. ”

"yes, Butty, I'll have one too!"

"Me too, me too."

"I can't help it." A light flashed in her eyes, and she smiled and leaned back against the bar, "That young man of Musk's caravan just now, Ed Brown. G. Musk. An old friend of the village chief, he often helped deliver supplies in the early days of the village. ”

"Musk caravan? Haven't heard of it...... Which city caravanserai? ”

"You're from the mountains, aren't you? Musk's caravan is one of the top five caravans in the mainland, a super famous large caravan! ”

"Okay, here's what you ordered." Potty quickly took a few beer glasses from the bar shelf, opened the barrel and filled the wine glasses, then put them on the bar, and looked at the hunters who had just said to order the food with a smile, "The food will wait a while, let's pay first, three thousand seven hundred z per person, thank you for your patronage." ”

"Forehead......" The hunters gathered around the bar stood there in a daze, feeling as if something was wrong.

Outside the tavern, when Ed came out, the red sun had already set below the horizon, and the blood-stained sky was gradually dimming, and the whole village seemed to be covered in a thick gray coat, and the night was about to fall. The shops around the village have been lit up, and the number of lights shows the prosperity of the village, and with the construction of Gangba Village, more and more merchants have set up shops here.

"Ah, wait a minute, this order is finally done, let's go back to the camp." Ed walked over to his companion.

"Okay!" The caravan companions packed their luggage and left Jiangbo Village together.

There is a campsite outside the village for traveling caravans, and caravans carrying large quantities of goods cannot enter the narrow village roads, so they have to set up camps outside the village.

This is the rainy season, and the number of caravans that choose to come to Jiangbo Village during the rainy season is very small, only two or three scattered teams, and the camp at this time seems to be extremely empty, but one of these caravans seems to be not very compatible. A twenty-meter-long caravan was parked outside the camp, and the outer part of the caravan was made of iron sheets, boxy, completely different from ordinary caravans wrapped in cloth, and people from other caravans gathered around, all of them looking curiously at these two strange-shaped caravans.

"Let's go! Let's make it! What to see here? Haven't seen a caravan yet? When Ed and his fellow caravan returned to the camp, they saw a large crowd of people watching their caravan and hurriedly dispersed the crowd.

"Brother, I've seen a lot of caravans, but it's the first time I've seen such a strange shape, this shell is made of iron sheets, right? Can this herbivorous dragon pull it? A traveling merchant stepped forward and asked curiously.

"The eyesight is good, this is made of iron ore, the general cloth leather is not waterproof or fireproof and easy to break, especially can not withstand the attack of monsters. This caravan of our caravan can withstand the onslaught of the horned dragon. ”

The caravan companions proudly flaunted to the crowd around them.

"Ah, okay, don't say a few words, I'm dying of hunger, hurry up and get some food." Edra lived with his companion, who wanted to continue talking, and walked towards his caravan.

"Boss, can't we go to the tavern in the village to eat? I've eaten almost a month's worth of rations, and my beaks have faded out of the birds. The companions who had just come out of Jiangbo Village complained.

"Ah, not today, tomorrow you can move freely, I'm going out for a few days." Ed unhurriedly set the pot on the campfire that his companions stationed in the caravan had already lit, and instead of sitting with his companions, he naturally sat in a corner where no one was around.

"Boss, should we stop in Jiangbo Village? Isn't there another order to be sent to Pokay Village? ”

"Ah, the village chief of Jiangbo Village gave me a task, I have to go on a run. I don't have shifts on these days, so I can go to the village to have fun. ”

"That...... Boss, can Jiangbo Village's order be settled first? Recently, money is a little tight, how can I go to the village without rice. A slippery-looking companion asked, leaning next to Eddard.

Ed glanced at this person, most of the team brought out this time were newcomers who had joined the caravan, and he didn't think much about it, "Ah, the gratuity of the caravan is usually sent to the main team in a hot air balloon, and we will not get the gratuity until we finish lying down here." If you need it urgently, you can find someone to borrow it from you first. ”

"Uh...... Okay, I'll borrow some from the team. The man scratched his head, embarrassed, and sat down in his original position.

After cooking some food casually and greeting them again, the rest was very casual, some people toasted between the various caravans, and some people were surrounded by campfires, unable to move a step, and were toasted again and again. Later, many people became a little drunk and began to sing, which immediately made the atmosphere of the camp lively.

While chatting, a newcomer asked the person sitting next to him, "Senior Wade, isn't the captain a traveling merchant?" Why did the village chief of Jiangbo Village give him the task of a hunter? ”

Wade took a sip of wine, burped, and said with a red face, "You just came to our team not long ago, I don't know, Ed used to be a top hunter, and he was forcibly called back by the captain a few years ago to become the captain, and it was a lot of trouble back then......

"Ahem...... Ah, Wade and Dan, you go and get ready to go, and set off with me tomorrow. ”

"Huh?!" Wade, whose face was flushed, looked distressed.

Everyone laughed, some beat their thighs desperately, and some clapped their hands, "Let you gossip about the captain, you know it's wrong this time, right?" Hahaha......"