Chapter 53: Serious Injuries (I)
Wang Feng lay quietly in a bush, and the leather armor on his body was already in tatters. The electric current from the left arm still occasionally causes bouts of spasm in the body, but it is no longer as uncontrollable as it was at the beginning.
It should be far away from the people who are chasing, they can't catch up in a short time, so you can take a good rest here and recover some strength.
It's a hidden grove of trees, and the terrain here is good, and you can see far from the gaps in the bushes, but from the outside you can't see clearly due to the light. Wang Feng had already cleaned up the traces around him, and everything seemed natural outside.
After closing his eyes and taking a nap, Wang Feng woke up with his surname, looked around, and there was no movement, found a slanted tree trunk, leaned on it, and began to ponder the attacks he had received in the past two days.
After the delivery of some of the goods in the Water God Empire that day, the rest of the journey seemed unusually easy.
It seems that Dopp is not an ordinary acquaintance here, and the checkpoints he passes through along the way, the city has not wasted any time, and even the inn has a room when he enters, and the entire caravan can be arranged.
It is easy to walk between cities, and the possibility of encountering thieves is very small, and it will soon be at the border of the Vulcan Empire.
Also entered the Vulcan Empire without any obstacles, the destination was already in sight, Dopp came to Wang Feng to talk about some cooperation.
During this time, the bravery, calmness, and composure shown by the wolf army on the road made Ultra, who has been fighting in the mercenary world all year round, full of praise. Therefore, when Dopp showed some compliments to the wolf army, Wang Feng was not surprised at all.
Dopp came from a business background, and soon the topic came to the issue of cooperation between the caravan and the wolf army.
After complimenting him, Dopp made his own request and spoke highly of the Wolves' protection along the way. And promised a lot of benefits, hoping to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with the wolf army.
If it was still in the Heavenly Dragon Empire, Wang Feng would definitely be happy for such a win-win cooperation. That would also require running the life of the wolf army and others, and everything would require money. If you can establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Dopp's family, it is still very suitable for the survival and life of the wolf army.
However, after negotiating with the dragoons, now that the wolf army has a fixed source of huge income, the wolf army's regular activities do not want to be fixed on supporting their families.
Moreover, it was suspected that Dopp and they had carried the goods privately, and such dishonest cargo owners were not the ones who could cooperate for a long time, so Wang Feng had no intention of further contact with them at all.
Rejecting Dopp in person may affect the cooperation during the following period, so Wang Feng did not directly refuse, but only expressed some opinions on the benefits proposed by Dopp, and euphemistically explained that the conditions they offered were very generous, but at present, it is better to complete this commission first and then talk about it.
At that time, he was scared to think that Wang Feng had already seen through their plan, after all, he had promised so many benefits, for a first-level mercenary group, it was indeed a bit overestimated, and such conditions were simply sending money directly to the wolf army.
Thinking that his young master's plan was seen through by Wang Feng, Dopp almost hit himself in the mouth a few times at that time. In order to win over the wolf army at present, Dopp's conditions are a bit too good, and it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others.
Dopp knew that such an obvious attraction might make Wang Feng suspicious, and hurriedly said that this was the family's recognition of the ability of the wolf army, and they were very confident in their development, and they cooperated and invested in advance, which covered up the past.
However, Dopp still urged Wang Feng to think about it. Wang Feng didn't have much doubt about Dopp's kindness, but just said that he would wait until the task was completed, and he mistook this topic.
In the Vulcan Empire, the power of the Dopp family is even more revealed.
Originally, this was the birthplace of the Dopp family, and after several generations of business, it has become deeply rooted. Almost every city they pass through has their family's business. Every time you go to a city, you have to leave a certain amount of goods, so the goods you bring are getting less and less, less than half of the time you set off.
When they were in Gusby, Wang Feng and Ott were suspicious of the goods they brought, so every time they delivered the goods, the two of them were very careful and checked very carefully, and they didn't find anything obstructive along the way. Probably, the entrained things are not yet ready to show up, and should be in the rest of the package.
Carrying goods without permission is a taboo in the mercenary world, even in Wang Feng's original world, if the owner of the goods hides red goods without notifying the bodyguards, it is also a behavior that is spurned by the darts and the darts. Here, any mercenary group that discovers that the owner of the goods has entrained behavior can obtain a generous bounty from the adventurer's guild, while the relative owner will pay a high price.
The two tacitly strengthened the guards, and the cargo was almost always on the move. All the way to the destination, the city of Tani, the capital of the Vulcan Empire.
There was a lot of such a coming-and-going, and all the formalities were in place, and the Dopp's family headquarters was here, so it was not as difficult to enter Thani City as it was to enter Celestial City. However, everyone's identity was carefully checked for a long time, and they were ordered to stay in the city only for one day. After a day, ordinary mercenaries must be stationed outside the city, and only the mercenary leader and the main person in charge are allowed to stay in the city to facilitate their handover of tasks. At the same time, the city guard sent several people to accompany and supervise.
Anyway, it's already on the ground, and these superficial efforts don't matter. Fortunately, after Dopp said for a while, the supervisors who accompanied them all said that they would just go with them and not hinder them from doing anything.
There are still eight load-bearing beasts left, so it takes a lot of effort to count the goods, and the Adventurer's Guild has also sent eight personnel led by the vice president to complete the handover of the task together with the mercenaries of the cargo owner.
By the time the caravan arrived at its destination, Dopp's family had already invited people from the Adventurers' Guild to the scene and entertained them. When they arrived, they checked their mission letters and mercenary certificates, and began to count the goods.
Ott and Wang Feng stared very carefully, every package opened, and the inventory of each item of goods would be compared, but there were many people, and there were some places that could not be reached.
Seeing that the speed was slow, the vice president who led the team also came up to help, and after taking a few goods, he was obviously a little tired and stopped to rest.
The goods were precious fabrics, and they didn't weigh much, and it was clear that there was something wrong with the president's behavior. Ott was just about to speak, but was quietly pulled by Wang Feng, and when he looked back, Wang Feng was slowly shaking his head. Ott had no choice but to stop what he wanted to do.
This is obviously someone else's territory, and the president is probably also in league with them, and there is no benefit in saying it, and it is estimated that no one will prove or support it, so it is better to take your share, and the rest will be talked about later.
The goods are counted clearly, without any loss. And because the road was obviously fast, I arrived a few days early. The owner of the cargo was very happy, and according to the reward rules of the mission, he gave the highest level of additional reward, and both mercenary groups will receive a bonus equal to 10% of the total reward in addition to the part of the mission that should have been due.
Ott got a sum of money for nothing, and no one died except for injuries on the road, and the whole process was quite perfect, so he did not intend to hold the owner accountable. But in the future, they may never accept any commissions from the Dopp family, this time they are lucky, there is a wolf army, their strong strength has avoided a lot of possible casualties, not every time there is such good luck.
After explaining clearly to the owner of the goods and understanding the settlement, Ott said hello to Wang Feng, led the enthusiastic people to leave Thani City, and expressed his gratitude to Wang Feng again, and hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate again.
Dopu stopped Wang Feng, who was leaving, hoping to have a good talk with him. In the city, it is estimated that they will not make any moves, so Wang Feng asked Linda to lead the warriors and elves out of the city first, and he and Bai Xue stayed.
once again put forward the intention of cooperation, this time Wang Feng had already made a decision, and clearly refused. Seeing that Dopp had nothing else to say, Wang Feng also took his leave and left Tani City.
Dopp is a little confused now, so won't the young master's arrangements all fall through? Hurry up and inform the young master.
In the secret room in Dopp's family's backyard, several people are opening a special cargo package.
It was a bag that was completely indistinguishable from the one that wrapped the fabric, but when opened, it was a heavy, square box, about the same size as a normal fabric roll, but many times heavier.
The box is made of an expensive metal that has a special surname that cuts off the spread of magic fluctuations. In other words, the contents of the box will not leak any magic fluctuations, and even if someone outside uses the magic of searching, it is impossible to find the contents inside.
The metal is so hard that an ordinary sword can't cut at all, and although it's not as hard as black lazuli, it's a rare and sturdy object. The box has a concealed lock made of the same material, which must be opened with a special key.
Egger was also among these people, and he was urging impatiently at this time: "Uncle, hurry up and open it, hurry up!"
A dignified middle-aged man next to him shouted: "Egg, what to do so impatiently, those who become big things must always be calm, you are so anxious, how can I rest assured that all the family property will be handed over to you!!" The voice was not loud, but the tone was very stern.
Egger immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, showing no disrespect. The one who spoke was none other than Egger's father, the current patriarch.
Seeing that his attitude was acceptable, the patriarch was slightly relieved, and turned his head to ask his younger brother who was studying the box: "No one has touched the box in the middle of the way, right?"
The younger brother, who had been pondering for a long time, said: "Judging from the secret notes, no one has opened it. ”
"Hmm!" the patriarch nodded and said, "This is a container that our ancestors specially customized from the dwarven craftsmen to store the wind in order to retrieve the artifact, it is extremely hard and well-insured, and it costs so much money, there should be no problem." Open it. ”
I used a metal piece full of patterns that I had already held in my hand and inserted it into a gap in the box, and if I didn't look closely, that gap was a pattern, and I wouldn't find a crack there at all.
With a "Kata", the box split in half, revealing another box of the same material, but the two boxes were carved just right, just enough to fit together.
Another person next to him began to chant the incantation, and a white light emitted from his hands, enveloping the box inside, and as the incantation was chanted, the white light became brighter and brighter, and beads of sweat began to appear on the face of the chanter.
As the last byte finished singing from the singer's mouth, the white light suddenly brightened, and the whole chamber was illuminated in white flowers, and then, there was no light, and the box inside was split in half.
Inside, lying quietly, the material in the box is soft and elastic, and there is a groove carved into it, just enough to put the wind bow in and firmly embedded, so that there will be no movement when moving, and there will be no sound.
The eyes of several people instantly focused on the wind's body, and in addition to eagerness, there was even a trace of greed in their eyes.
The patriarch's hand was already trembling, and he took out the blast wind from the box and stroked it gently, feeling the texture on it. Although he had long heard that the Adventurer's Guild had completed its mission, it was only now, with the wind in his hand, that the patriarch's heart relaxed. Generations of searching and waiting have paid off, and now, the family has finally taken the wind back into its hands.
He handed the bow to his younger brother, and he also trembled and touched it for a long time, and then passed it on to the next person, and everyone would tremble and grope for a long time, and then give it to someone else. All those who touched the bow burst into tears, and their eyes could not leave the bow for a moment. Finally, the bow was in Egger's hand.
Egger is the heir to the next generation of patriarchs and the owner of this generation of artifacts. Seeing that he couldn't put it down and stroked the wind, the patriarch gently ordered, "Egg, assemble him." ”
Taking a strange-looking object from his uncle, Egg expertly placed the wind where it should be. A multicolored ray of light shot out from the two things that were joined together, and the people in the secret room were all colorful.
After a flash of light, the object regained its original glow, but it was no longer the original Wind. Rather, it is a small, orange crossbow with a blast of wind as its arm. This is the true face of the wind.
No wonder all the people who got it failed to understand the secret, it turned out that they only got half of it. It was only now that the artifact Wind Bow had truly become an artifact.
I couldn't wait to pull the crossbow open with a hook spring on the crossbow machine. If anyone who has taken the wind before has seen it, they will surely find it so easy for him to pull the crossbow. Maybe it's because of the artifact restoration, but there is no resistance at all when the bow is usually drawn.
Just about to try the crossbow attack, the Tudi Patriarch saw something, asked the wind over, looked at it carefully, and said with a big change in his face: "This crossbow was pulled away a few months ago. As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed color.
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