Chapter 5: Families Gathered
After returning to the dragon's lair, Udi stuffed a few of the scattered demon-eye sarcomas in the dragon's nest into the mouth of the jade poisonous python.
According to the research of this month, although I don't know what the specific principle is, if the magic eye sarcoma is attached to the body of a high-level creature, then after the night, the number of magic eye sarcomas will be more and larger.
To sum up, Udi is going to use this jade poison python as the mother for the production of magic eye sarcoma. There is no need to worry that the corpse of the jade poisonous python will decay, because the creatures parasitized by the sarcoma of the demon eye will maintain a strange activity, which will last for a long time, and even slowly increase the strength of the corpse. The nature of this power is indeed very difficult for the dragon to understand.
That's why Udi can't help but wonder if the essence of this power comes from an evil god.
House of Hygrindinde, territory of the town of GLP.
The outskirts of the town are expanding every day, and more and more people are migrating here and adventuring here.
At the gate of the town, dozens of people walked over from a distance with several carriages full of monsters and beast corpses.
Their armor was still stained with dark red blood that had not been wiped clean, and many of them were injured and tied with healing bandages, after all, mages were scarce, let alone those who were proficient in healing.
Even if they are proficient in healing, there are many times when a mage's magic needs to stay to deal with dangerous situations, and it is impossible to spend precious mana on some minor injury, which is the rule that most adventure parties apply.
As the party approached the gate of the town, many adventurers around recognized this recently famous adventure group, the Wolf Adventure Group.
The most striking symbol is the wolf head engraved on the chest armor and robes of these adventurers, and a badge with a black pattern and a long roar in the sky.
"Tsk, this new wolf adventure group is really fierce, and it can often hunt intermediate monsters."
"And it's not an ordinary mid-level monster, you see that the Shadow Leopard hunted this time is a seventh-level monster, the Shadow Leopard's leopard skin can make good mid-level enchanted leather armor, this type of equipment, for thieves, rangers are definitely the best equipment, can sell a lot of money plus other messy low-level monsters, how much money do you have to make on this trip?
The surrounding adventurers and their companions whispered discussions, with envy and awe of the strong in their eyes.
Even though the quality of adventurers here in GLP Town is higher than that of other towns in the wasteland, there are still very few adventure groups that can hunt intermediate monsters.
In fact, the number of adventurers who have reached the intermediate level of professionals is not small, and there are dozens of people who are resident and mobile in GLP Town, but there are few teams that can hunt intermediate monsters.
There are many reasons, one is that most of the intermediate professionals are five or six levels, and they basically rely on time and age to grind up, and the experience may be rich, but the combat effectiveness is really average, especially when fighting monsters with strong bodies and spell-like abilities, human professionals of the same level are basically at a disadvantage.
After the wolf mercenary group returned to the town, they first exchanged the hunted monsters and beasts for coins, and then a group of people directly chartered a tavern and celebrated for the night.
At night, the room on the third floor of the tavern.
The core five members of the Wolf Mercenary Group gathered here.
The leader of the warrior class, the beautiful short purple hair of the Rogue class, the female Marsie of the bard class, the tall halfling of the mage class, Shotariz, and the taciturn blonde giant of the same warrior class.
"Leader, it's been more than a month, and I'm so bored here, so when can I do it? Why don't we go to Wittburg and arrest that Witt mage and interrogate him? Osay, who habitually threw a black dagger in his hand, couldn't help but suggest.
"Have you forgotten your previous expedition at Fort Witt? There were at least two or three hundred soldiers inside, and they were not only well-armed, but also not weak. Are you sure you won't make a big move and sneak that intermediate mage into your hands? Marcie asked rhetorically.
Orsay was a little speechless, "How is this possible, the castle is so big, there are so many soldiers, even if you enter invisibly, you will be discovered sooner or later I originally meant to think forget it, when I was farting." ”
Marcy rolled her eyes at it, "It's still invisible, the mage who can reach the intermediate level is still not young, there must be something, maybe some spells similar to magic alarm bells will be placed in the hidden position, no, it will definitely be placed."
Speaking of this, Marcy was also a little distressed, although she mocked the Orsay, but the problem was never solved, and it was not a solution, she turned her head to look at the contemplative leader, and couldn't help asking,
"Commander, isn't there anything you can do? The rest of Orsay's words were pretty brainless, but one thing he said was true, we had been in this place for more than a month, and I had run out of spare pearl powder. ”
Pearl powder is a favorite cosmetic product for many female adventurers, which can condition the skin, but it is scarce and expensive, and it is not sold in many small places.
"So you're thinking about buying pearl powder." Orsay muttered in his heart, he didn't dare to say it directly, otherwise he would definitely be scolded by Marcy for a long time.
The head of the regiment, who had been in a state of contemplation, finally came back to his senses, he coughed his throat, looked at his four most trusted companions, and said with a smile,
"Be patient, this is a big job, after completing this task, the bounty is enough for half a year's cultivation resources for everyone in our adventure group, even if it is worth waiting for another month. But I don't think I have to wait that long, I don't know if you have noticed, the sound of the weapon shop has almost disappeared in the past few days. ”
"Striking iron" Zhengtai halfling's eyes lit up, and he said, "They are running out of ores?" That is, soon they are going to act?! ”
The head of the regiment gave Ruiz an appreciative look.
The expressions of the other three also fluctuated, Osai was so happy that he did a backflip on the spot, and Marcie also had a smile in her eyes, and muttered in a small voice, "It's finally over." ”
Although you can also hunt monsters here to earn wealth, hunting monsters is not only hard, but also very dangerous, and you don't make much money.
Yes, it's not a lot of money. Don't look at their wolf adventure group, they can hunt a lot of monsters every time they go out, and occasionally they can hunt intermediate monsters, but considering the twenty or thirty people of the entire adventure group, each person will be divided into one point according to their merits, and the injured ones will also be given more points, plus the money earned by the antidotes, treatment straps, insect repellent powder, etc. that will be consumed by hunting can only be said to be able to maintain the normal expenses of the entire adventure group, and there is an extra surplus.
If you want to make a lot of money, you either have to discover treasures, ore veins, or complete tasks with extremely high bounties issued by certain great nobles.
The real riches had to be the nobles who controlled the territory, oppressed the people, the serfs, and their adventurers.
The monsters and beasts hunted by the adventurers were purchased by the nobles at relatively reasonable low prices, and then resold into various equipment and potions, which were multiplied several times or more than ten times and then sold to the adventurers.
Even if the adventurers know that they are being exploited, they are helpless. Because the aristocracy was powerful and powerful, and monopolized these industries, they could not resist.
Three more days followed.
The wolf adventurers who had been secretly observing Fort Witt finally noticed the anomaly.
"They're leaving."
In a forest, Orsay disables his stealth and reports to his companions.
The other four looked excited and impatient.
"It's finally out, these nobles are really cautious." The head of the regiment couldn't help but sigh.
Mage Witt is now a baron in the Duchy of Cass, and his territory is the town of Pross.
"Alright, gather the brothers, let's go! Don't lose people at such a critical time. The head of the regiment looked excited. The rest of the people were also in good spirits, their eyes were shining, and the bears were screaming.
Soon, the members of the Wolf Adventure Group quickly gathered their equipment and plunged into the dark forest.
They followed Witt's team far behind, deeper and deeper into the Dark Forest.
"Although I had long expected that the secret channel of the Silgrindel family was in the Dark Forest, this was too deep, right? This area is infested with centaurs, and there are monsters, how the hell did they manage to transport so many resources? Riding on the back of the storm wolf, the regiment commander was quite puzzled in his heart.
Now, their wolf adventure group has followed Witt and the others to a distance of more than one hundred and fifty kilometers.
If the Hegrindel family's veins were in such a deep area of the Dark Forest, the cost of transportation would be too great, and the equipment and weapons would be sold at such a low price, so there would be no money at all.
There must be some hidden secret.
Whether it's a huge space bag or something else, the value of this secret is very high. Maybe their wolf adventure group has made a fortune this time!
After advancing for about fifty kilometers, Witt and the others who were a few kilometers ahead finally stopped, and the thief Orsay, who was hanging behind him, saw the person who met Witt, his face showed surprise, and then immediately came back to his senses and went back to report the news to the regiment commander and his companions.
"I see, the Hygrindand family has actually subdued a kobold tribe." The head of the regiment, Marcy and Reze, suddenly realized.
Kobolds are famous for being good at mining and prospecting, and some aristocratic territories will also breed a group of kobold slaves on the veins, which are specially used for mining.
"But the regiment leader, I have seen those kobolds, they are a little different from ordinary kobolds, they are much taller in height, and they feel that their strength is not weak, and there should be three or four levels." Orsay reminded him.
"Hehe, it's okay, there are a lot of mutant subspecies of these monsters, and some elite individuals are normal, but no matter how you say it, it's just kobolds, how can your strength be exaggerated?" The regimental commander smiled.
Their wolf adventure group has a powerful adventure group of high-level, nine-intermediate, and nineteen fourth-level professionals. Among them, Osay, Marcie, and Ruiz are all eight- and nine-level professionals, and they are all among the intermediate professionals, and they are all the top ones in terms of strength.
"Orsay, you keep an eye on them again, especially that Witt mage, I suspect he may have a huge space bag on him, and if he does, then we will include them in the hunt." The head of the regiment squinted.
"Oh? Then I'll take a look. As soon as Orsay heard this, he suddenly came to his senses. The price of ordinary small-sized space bags is very expensive, and intermediate mages who don't know how to make money may not be able to equip one, and large-sized space bags are strategic items with amazing prices.
The original mission of the Wolf Adventure Group was to find out the secret of how the Slimland family made their fortune, but now that the secret has been discovered, the mission has actually been completed, but obviously, the leader is not satisfied with this.
Adventurers are greedy.
Soon, Olympia went and returned, and his face was very unhappy.
The head of the regiment doesn't need to look at it to know the result.
"The other party doesn't have a large-sized space bag, there are a lot of simple wooden trucks for transporting in that kobold tribe, and those ores are loaded on the wooden carts, and some other monster materials or something are put away by the mage with a space bag, looking at the scale of the monster materials collected, the space bag is only a small size." When the Olympiad returned, he said everything he had seen, and his tone was a little depressed.
White was happy.
"You say they're going to transport ore in wooden carts? How is this possible? A complex distance of more than 200 kilometers, the attack of monsters, the infestation of centaurs, and the transportation of wooden carts? The regiment commander squinted and shook his head, indicating that this was not a joke.
Whenever a monster can break into the team or attack the wooden cart with a spell, these wooden carts will fall apart or be destroyed, and as long as they make a few more mistakes, all the ore transported this trip will be transported in vain.
Bringing in the position and letting their wolf adventure group transport these ores, he, the leader of a high-ranking professional, was not sure that he would be able to keep more than half of the wooden carts from damage. This is no joke.
When you enter the dark forest, you don't need to transport ore, the travel speed is very fast, more than two hundred kilometers and half a day, but if you bring a large amount of ore cumbersome, the result will be different, no matter how good your physical fitness is, the efficiency of the means of transportation is there, there is no three or five days, you can't get out of the dark forest at all.
And for three or five days, staying in the dark forest, there is still such a large group of people moving, is it really when those monsters and centaurs are blind and can't see it? Now how much the centaurs hate humans and adventurers, even the monsters and monsters in the dark forest basically know.
If you harass a few times, you may be fine, but the ore will definitely have to stay, and the effort will be in vain.
Worse still, a large number of centaur warriors surrounded it, and at that time, even the commander of the regiment, who was a high-ranking professional, would not dare to say that he would survive. Among the centaurs, there are quite a few high-level professionals, the Hurricane Knights, and they have a home-field advantage.
Not only did the head of the regiment think of it, but Osay, Marcie, Reze and others also thought of this problem.
In the woods in the distance, two rangers from the Wolf Adventure Group who were inspecting the safety of their surroundings suddenly spurted blood from their necks, their heads flew up, and their headless corpses fell from the trees.
Although the movement was quiet, everyone in the Wolf Adventure Group was a master, and they reacted almost instantly.
Then they saw a group of people coming out of the woods. At the head of the pack is none other than Witt.
"I've been waiting for you to do it for a long time, and my legs are sore, no, I can only take the initiative."
Witt looked at the regimental commander and the others who were glaring at him with angry eyes, and smiled lightly, a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes.
Around him, and even in other directions, the sound of the movement of the rope could be heard, and a tall kobold warrior, goblin warrior, and troll warrior gradually converged here over time, surrounding the people of the wolf adventure group in the middle.
As for why the encirclement was formed so smoothly, why didn't the head of the regiment, who is a high-level professional, lead the wolf adventure group to take the opportunity to break through?
Just look at the top of your head.
A twelve-meter-long monster with a sphin-like eagle head and a pair of huge wings quietly suspended in the air, this is a thirteenth-level griffin, a terrifying monster that controls the power of the storm.
A handsome white crane with a body length of ten meters and a wingspan of twenty meters also stood silently at the top of an ancient tree, with its head bowed and its eyes indifferently looking down at the people of the Wolf Adventure Group. The head of this monster had never seen it, but he felt a strong threat of death on this white crane monster.
In addition, not long after, in the south, behind the Wolf Adventure Regiment, a tall gnoll cavalry riding a gray giant wolf also stepped out slowly. The gnoll man at the head was majestic and tall, and the silver giant wolf under the seat was incomparably high.
Of course, the strength is also strong. The regimental commander looked at the silver giant wolf and swallowed his saliva.
Silver Moon Wolf, an adult twelve-level monster, has terrifying speed and a cruel personality.
And the gnolls who can subdue this terrible monster are definitely stronger.
"I surrender." The regimental commander threw down his weapon, raised his hands, and signaled himself to give up the struggle. As for the other adventurers. They had already raised their hands, and their faces turned white with fright.
Although the regiment leader is a high-level professional, he is only a ten-level high-level, and he has not even reached the eleventh level, and his profession is only an ordinary warrior class, and his strength is basically the lowest role among high-level professionals.
In the face of one, two, three, four, a total of four beings who can easily kill him, he will only end up with a dead end if he does not surrender. At this time, the leader and other adventurers finally knew why the Silgrinder family was able to transport ore leisurely in wooden carts. Can you go home without a leisurely time?
Moments later, after prying out which nobleman was behind the mission from the mouth of the wolf adventure group, Witt led the family warriors to escort the ore and wood carts back to GLP.
However, Witt was not in a good mood, not because he learned that the nobleman who was behind them against the Heatgrinder family was powerful, but because the black dragon master was dissatisfied with their family.
"The master tells you to pay attention, forget this kind of trouble this time, if there is a next time." Brian, the gray-haired gnoll leader in charge of the message, sneered several times. As a thirteenth-level wolf knight, a slight lifting of momentum can make Witt, a seventh-level mage, stiffen.
As soon as the momentum was retracted, Witt was soaked in cold sweat.
"I'll tell Patriarch Roy." Witt made his attitude clear.
After Witt led the men away, Brian walked over to the Wolf Adventure Troupe bound by the enchanted chains, inspected it, and waved his hand with satisfaction when he found that there was no problem.
"Take it away!"
In the sky, the she-crane spreads her wings and opens the way ahead. Griffon Bray snorted deliberately and spread his wings and flew forward.
On the ground, Brian looked up at Bray the Griffon, grinning, revealing sharp teeth.
"What grade, similar to my name?" Similar thoughts flashed through the hearts of the gnoll leaders Brian and Griffon Bray.
Bray the Griffon is the sixth member of the contract family that Udi has received, and Brian, the leader of the Gryls of Grey Hair, is the seventh. In addition, the strength of a beast and a wolf is close, and the names are extremely similar, and they have been looking at each other unpleasantly since they first met.
Originally, Griffon Bray didn't need to come on this mission, but as soon as he heard that the gnoll leader Bray would participate in this mission, he immediately followed.
It's boring anyway, and the owner has a bunch of dependents around, so he doesn't need it to protect him at all.
"Damn." Thinking like this, Griffon Bray became more and more unhappy.
(End of chapter)