On the main road outside the town in the early morning of Cold Stone Town, there are already countless caravans that have just returned or are about to leave, and they are gathering and reorganizing here.

And in the middle of all the carriages and horses, there is a double-decker wagon with an exaggerated shape, which stands so striking proudly among the vehicles.

The things loaded on this double-decker carriage were also the goods that Su Mu needed to escort on this trip.

Obviously, this excessively large carriage was just like the Qi lantern that Su Mu had seen in the seaside town, and it was also a product of the prosperity of the alchemy civilization in this world.

Although the carriage itself does not steer with a propeller shaft, it still needs horses to pull it.

But there is no doubt that the little power of the horses alone will not be enough to pull the double-decker carriage with a huge capacity.

As a result, the alchemists of this world creatively equipped the carriage with an alchemy device that burns Qi to enhance power, so that the horses only need to assume the basic function of changing direction. As for the power of the wheels, it comes entirely from the magical kinetic energy transformed by the alchemy device.

Therefore, this kind of horse-drawn carriage with Qi as the basic power is even faster than ordinary carriages, and the operation is also more convenient.

However, the powerful performance of this carriage corresponds to its high cost of construction and use.

It was just the most basic Qi lamp in an alchemy tool, and in fact, it already required more than ten silver coins to buy, almost all of which were equivalent to the heavy sword in Su Mu's hand.

And the kerosene-like liquid Qi used to light the lantern is by no means something that can be supplied by any single household.

Therefore, as a carriage that integrates higher alchemy, higher energy consumption, and higher casting technology, the cost alone is already hundreds of gold coins, and the Qi energy consumed on the way is even more innumerable.

Therefore, Su Mu was slightly puzzled at this time, but this merchant employer with such financial resources, he did not have a group of exclusive merchant guards, but needed to be recruited from the Wanderer Union.

However, doubts are doubts, since the employer did not take the initiative to explain, of course Su Mu could not get to the bottom of it.

Not to mention that the employer of this mission is now extraordinarily generous.

The elegant old man who had hired them all, just as he had promised. Just before everyone had gathered here, and before they even started their journey, they had already paid thirty percent of each other's compensation.

The mercenaries who lick the blood from the knife edge, of course, will not mind the benefits of this kind of free taking.

As for whether the employer's behavior meant that the journey would be more dangerous, the mercenaries obviously didn't particularly care.

After all, if there is really no dangerous road, who will hire someone to protect it?

......

After everyone had assembled, the employer watched as the expensive Qi-powered carriage slowly started in a puff of white smoke gushing out of the alchemy.

Anyway, the last commission will be paid by the wanderer union as an intermediary, and the old man is not worried that the mercenaries will neglect their duties, so naturally he will not bother to join the journey in person.

The destination of this escort mission is Maz City, a commercial center larger than Coldstone Town.

The city of Maz is also known as the starting point of the mainland.

Because only the continent within Maz City can be regarded as truly experiencing the impact of current affairs on the mainland, and can also truly experience the changes in this continent.

However, at this time, Su Mu didn't care about longing.

What Su Mu was carefully observing now was the obviously distinct groups of mercenaries in the team.

Although, according to the old man of the employer, the number of people guarding the shipment seems to be far from what he wanted. But in fact, there are now as many as twenty or thirty mercenaries who have been hired.

And according to the mercenary habit of talking with their fists, if whoever has the most powerful power can invisibly control the right to mobilize all the guards.

But the only reason why this group of mercenaries can't be coordinated by anyone is ...... There is no existence that can stabilize others.

I saw that among the escort mercenaries at this time, there were three groups of forces with different numbers.

The first of these, led by two twin brothers armed with war hammers, is apparently a group of mercenaries who both know each other.

As the two twin brothers who are the leaders of this group, they each have the qualifications of fifth-order wanderers, and they are obviously at least warriors above the fifth order.

Even considering the seamless cooperation between the two people, I am afraid that even a sixth-order person would not dare to match it.

And the group had already taken the closest position to the carriage before they set out. While showing his own qualities to his employers, he also faintly excluded the rest of the people.

Corresponding to the first group was another squad of five people.

Although among these five people, none of them will stand out in particular, all of them only have the third or fourth order of small characters.

But if you look at the five people as one, they are actually not slightly weaker than the previous twin brothers.

The leader of the five was a defender wearing a heavy helmet and holding a huge shield, and his heavy shield and armor were showing off his powerful pure strength.

Behind him, half a step away, are two melee attackers with axe guns and twin knives, apparently corresponding to the two different attack methods.

A dozen paces away was an archer with a longbow on his back. He also seems to act as the eyes of the team, with the role of detecting the enemy.

But the most surprising thing is that there is an extremely rare magic apprentice in the team.

And this magic apprentice, because he does not have the physique of a warrior, with the strength of an ordinary person, he will obviously not be able to keep up with the speed of the carriage. So the elegant old man of the employer simply invited him to the lower level of the carriage in advance, and sat down with his own chauffeurs.

And it was precisely because of this magic apprentice that no matter how xenophobic the team under the command of the twin brothers was, they still couldn't stop the five-person team from approaching the carriage.

However, except for these two groups of closely related people, the last remaining group of mercenaries is obviously much shabby and messy.

In addition to the first two, there were still as many as eight or nine people among the guards, all of whom were hired by the gold lord of this mission alone.

This group was neither subordinate to the twin brothers, nor was they accepted by the five-member team, and now they could only be squeezed out of the outskirts of the crowd, invisibly acting as the first wave of defense against danger.

And today's Su Mu is obviously in such a marginal position.

......

Su Mu sighed while sighing, the relationship between human beings and creatures is really so subtle no matter what kind of world they are in.

At the same time, Su Mu also quietly shrank to the end of the line, and fell at the end of the team without hurrying.

In fact, people often have a misconception that the position in the center of the team will be a relatively safe area.

But in fact, if there is an ambush by an adversary, it is the most vulnerable position to attack, whether it is the front of the team or the middle of the team.

Because the attackers who were lying in ambush on the side of the road would never wait for the team to cross the encirclement before they appeared and pursued from behind.

Therefore, being at the bottom of the line will definitely not be affected by the priority.

And in addition to security-related considerations, another reason why Su Mu is lagging behind is...... In fact, in addition to using his identity as a mercenary to start his journey, he also had a more important purpose for this trip.

After the previous verification, Su Mu has now basically confirmed.

The small-print fighting skills based on mathematics are gradually climbing according to the textbooks in the real world.

Therefore, today's Su Mu can actually roughly predict what kind of knowledge will be alienated into the battle mode of this world next.

Therefore, in terms of cognition of strength, Su Mu can be said to have no obstacles at all.

At present, the only problem is that Su Mu has too little knowledge of the power of this world, and he is completely unable to analyze its principle on his own.

Therefore, Su Mucai must first spy on other people's fighting skills, and then through the gradual restoration of these phenomena, he can truly take these powers as his own.

And the only place where you can spy on everyone's movements is the end of the whole team.