Chapter VII Caravanserais

"Tell me, which caravan went to Cárdenas, the closest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The counter lady flipped through the booklet again: "Well, the Chebman caravan, the departure time is tomorrow morning, the number of caravans is 20, the number of escorts is 7, if you want to join, please pay 20 silver coins." The price is fair. The reputation of this caravan is not bad, yes. ”

"Where are they, please?" asked Karl eagerly.

It's almost dusk now, and if you don't get in touch with each other smoothly before nightfall, you won't be able to catch this ride.

Speaking of which, I am really grateful to the little fat man for 50 silver coins, otherwise I would have to find a job first to save enough money, and I don't know when I will have to wait.

"It's going to leave tomorrow morning, and they should move their station to the gate of the southern city. ”

"Thank you. Carl hurriedly squeezed out of the association.

What Karl didn't notice was that the old man hiding by the door of the association, Chief Priest Eddard touched his beard and nodded approvingly: "This kid seems to be fine, I hope he can be smooth sailing." ”

The old man thought that Carl might be very poor and couldn't afford the travel expenses, but it seemed that the little fat man had already helped him solve this problem, so he was worried about it himself.

When I arrived at the south gate, I saw people gathered in an open field, six or seven tents and four wagons, a few horses, and even a majestic giant wolf.

Karl stepped forward and found a middle-aged man wearing leather armor and carrying a giant sword: "May I ask if this is the Chebman caravan?"

This middle-aged man exuded a very strong momentum, and at a glance, he could instantly spot this man from the crowd.

The middle-aged man glanced at Karl: "That's right, I am the captain of the escort team hired by the caravan, and I am also the leader of the detachment belonging to the Black Wing Mercenary Regiment, the mad sword - Xia Zuo." Tell me what you're here for, little one. ”

"I want to follow the caravan to ......"

"Go talk to that fat man. Xia Zuo interrupted Karl impatiently, and pointed to a fat merchant who was busy with his work, and it seemed that this was the owner of the caravan.

"Hey, I'm Chebman, an honest businessman. The fat man had already noticed this, and then he came over.

Businessmen have honest?

Carl sighed in his heart, and then replied, "I want to follow the caravan to Cárdenas. ”

"Oh, that's easy to say. The fat man rubbed his hands, "The price is clearly marked, 20 silver coins per person, 35 with food, see you are young, I won't pit you, it will take more than 50 days on the road, and it will cost you more than ten or twenty to bring dry food yourself." ”

Karl took out 35 silver coins with some pain, and his fortune was instantly lost by more than half.

"Okay, I'll give you a lot of advice in the next month or so. ”

"Hmm. ”

I didn't look at the fat man to prepare anything, it seems that he has already prepared what should have been prepared.

Early the next morning.

Karl was woken up by a caravan vendor in the same tent.

"It's not there yet, is it?" Karl stepped out of his tent and glanced at the five-lit fire in the center of the city.

The departure time is six o'clock.

"There are other preparations to collect the tents in advance. The vendor explained.

"I'll give you a hand, too. Carl rolled up his sleeves.

The peddler hurriedly shook his head: "No, no need, you laymen are easy to help more and more." ”

Carl had no choice but to stand by with an embarrassed expression.

At six o'clock, the caravan departed.

Facing the rising sun, the carriages drove out of the city gates, not only Chebman's caravans, but also others, full of traffic, magnificent.

Karl glanced back at the city that was getting brighter, and spat out two words softly—

"Goodbye. ”

Karl followed the large army on foot, with only two or three high-ranking caravan leaders on horseback, and the captain Xia Zuo riding the majestic wolf.

Although it was walking, for some reason, Carl didn't feel very tired.

The breeze lifted his body and made him lighter.

The earth melted away the tremors of his footsteps, sparing him from harm.

The sun shone on him and dispelled the cold for him.

The elements sang beside him, but he couldn't hear them, but he felt very comfortable physically and mentally.

"Little brother has good foot strength. ”

During the lunch break, the fat businessman gave Carl a thumbs up, he felt a little uncomfortable sitting on the horse, if it wasn't for the perennial running, it was estimated that he would have had back pain and didn't want to move, and Carl, who had walked a full 40 kilometers on the ground, was like a nobody, which had to make him admire.

Karl accepted the compliment with some humility, and he himself didn't understand when his constitution was so good.

Replenished with some dry food and fresh water, the caravan continued on its way.

"I'm about to enter the danger zone. Captain Xia Zuo informed the whole team, "Pay attention to safety. ”

Within a certain radiation range of the city, it is called the peaceful area, and within this range, there are local armies who regularly go out of the city to sweep away the wandering bandits and intruding monsters, and outside the peaceful area, it is a dangerous area.

Carl clearly felt that all seven members of the escort team were tense, and the ordinary people of the caravan also showed a trace of nervousness.

After a while, Carl saw a tall stone monument erected on the side of the road, with three large characters written on it: "Lobito".

"Whatever happens beyond that is not under the control of the city. Chebman paused as he passed the stele and said, "Keep going." ”

Carl tightened his clothes, and he smelled danger in the wind. Not only were the dangers possible, but the road conditions were also starting to deteriorate, and the previously smooth and wide avenue gradually narrowed, until at last it was a natural road, and the caravan carriages moved more than a tenth.

As the team walked along the road, there was a sudden sound of rustling from the trees behind the team, and then a leopard-shaped demonic beast more than two meters long sprang out and pounced on a mercenary guard with his back to him.

"Iron Leopard! Jim be careful!" another mercenary saw this, and immediately raised his crossbow at his waist to shoot at the leaping leopard. The Iron-Streaked Leopard's body trembled visibly when it was attacked, and the strength of the attack on its claws also decreased a lot.

Jim, who was attacked, reacted quite quickly, immediately rolled on the spot, dodged the leopard's attack, and stabbed the sword into the belly of the leopard with limited mobility, and another mercenary put back the crossbow, pulled out the long sword and pounced on the back of the iron-striped leopard, grabbed the leopard's head with one hand, and put the long sword under the leopard's neck and pulled hard.

Kill!

No more than a minute before and after, neatly and neatly.

The two mercenaries worked together to dig out the magic crystal from the leopard's head, and continued to move forward with the caravan without delay.

Luckily, nothing else happened until dusk, and people started to set up tents and bonfires.

Karl scooped a bowl of hot soup from the iron pot, took a flatbread, and sat down on the edge of the fire.

A few seconds before the sneak attack of the Warcraft in the afternoon, he had a not-so-obvious premonition, and then there was a sneak attack of the Warcraft.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder, and Carl looked back in shock, and it turned out to be a fat businessman.

"Are you worried about safety? Don't be afraid, Xia Zuo is a great swordsman in the middle of the silver level, and ordinary demonic beasts can't help him at all. Chebman said with some pride, "The other mercenaries are also masters of the silver or bronze peaks. ”

"Aren't there any mages or priests?" Karl asked curiously.

The rank of mages and priests cannot be described in terms of bronze and silver.

"How could that noble being join the mercenary group. A young mercenary came over and sat down. Carl remembered that the guy's name seemed to be Jeff, and Karl took the opportunity to write down all the names when Xia Zuo instructed the team to adjust the formation.

"Are mages and priests rare?" Karl asked curiously.

Jeff took a bite of the pie and said in a muffled voice: "Pastors can only be cultivated by various churches, because only sincere prayers can improve their rank, so most pastors will never leave the church for life, and only a few pastors who feel that they have no hope of advancing will leave the church and join other organizations." As for mages, the conditions for becoming a mage are too harsh, I also dreamed of becoming a mage when I was a child, but I don't even have the qualifications to get started, and after becoming a mage, they also have a lot of money to spend, and they usually become the staff of a powerful nobleman, rather than joining a mercenary group to earn this little money. ”

Karl nodded in understanding.

"Rest early, and get up early tomorrow to go. Chebman stood up and patted Carl and Jeff on the shoulder.