Chapter Twenty-Eight: On the Road
As soon as her decree came out, not only did the young men go east, but even many mercenaries, like sharks smelling fishy, gave up their original mercenary tasks and ran to Dalauma, compared to the fixed salary of escorting caravans, or war is more interesting, although the risk is greater, but the reward is also greater.
There were even some caravans that simply abandoned the north and went east with their goods - their goods were naturally related to the war.
As a result, there was a huge gap in the escort of the caravans going north, and they had to hire a large number of new people, including Gavin of unknown origin with a goblin servant.
Gavin's employer, an independent Moon Elf merchant named Adriy Levy, owns three carriages of his own, and in addition to Gavin, he also owns a female coachman named Veron Tohar.
In other words, Gavin was hired as a coachman, not as a guard, and as for the goblin sorcerer Vic, he was completely added to the head, and was not in the scope of employment.
Gavin didn't care much about this, he mainly wanted to go north with the team, and he didn't care about the disparity in wages between the guards and the coachman.
What's more, it was Vic who drove the car, and he didn't even catch the carriage for half a minute.
Soon after leaving Fort Tether, they joined a large caravan of twenty-five carts and eight independent merchants as they marched along the trade route towards Baldur's Gate.
The trade route is arguably the largest and busiest trade route in Faerun.
It starts from the port of Carlin in the south and reaches Iluskan in the north, passing through Tesser, Am, connecting a series of famous cities such as Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, and Winterfell, which can be said to run through the entire western coast of Faerun.
On average, they could encounter a roadside inn every two hours, and every hour, they could encounter a caravan of more than small and medium-sized caravans, even in remote and barren places such as the Vortex Mountains, the Broken Tooth Mountains, and the Cloud Mountains, they did not encounter too much trouble, and the monsters and bandits were nowhere to be seen.
It may be that seeing that their team is too large to start, it is inconvenient to start, so they did not show up directly.
It is more likely that this trade route is so important that the surrounding countries and cities attach great importance to it and regularly clean it up, so that no monsters and bandits dare to attack it.
Even if Gavin runs alone with Vic, there is not much danger on this trade route.
Joining a caravan also has the advantage of joining a caravan, at least it's not easy to get lost.
It can also avoid some unnecessary troubles, at least passing through the big cities, the caravan merchants will take the initiative to deal with the local landlords or merchants, and there will be no more situations outside Darauma.
Another very important point is to mix in the ranks of merchants, these merchants who often run outside, well-known and well-connected, as long as they mix well in this caravan, it will not be difficult to find a new employer in the next city, and the section of the road from Baldur's Gate to the rocks is the most difficult, Gavin is preparing for this.
With this in mind, after joining the caravan, Gavin seemed busier than anyone else.
After a while, the horse runs to the front and surveys the road ahead.
After a while, they disappeared into the wilderness, and when they came back, there was either an extra deer behind the horse, or a bunch of food roots, and the meal of the whole caravan was basically solved.
After a while, he chatted with other merchants of the caravan for a long time, chatting about local people's feelings from goods, and from the north to the Weihong sea area.
After a while, he learned combat skills with the guards of the caravan.
He will always be among the night watchmen.
Over the past three days, everyone from businessmen to guards has praised Gavin, and the relationship is very harmonious, and no one hates diligent people, especially diligent people who have just the right amount of measure.
His employer, Lady Adrique, is a taciturn man who doesn't care about Gavin as long as he doesn't get in trouble.
Another impression Gavin made on the caravan was that he was a typical training maniac.
He can run fast, but he definitely doesn't jog.
Can jog, he will never walk.
He can walk, and he will never ride in a car or on horseback.
Even if he rides a cart or rides a horse, he will definitely practice other things, such as squats and pushes in the carriage, and when he is riding a horse, he will practice spearmanship, archery, swordsmanship, and so on.
He used his practical actions to explain what it means to make reasonable use of every minute and every second.
The above ones are visible to outsiders, and there are those that outsiders can't, and combined with these trainings is the self-hypnosis of the psychic mancer.
Gavin thinks that this self-hypnosis is definitely the number one magic technique of the psychic warlock in the early stage, at least in his case.
Most of the physical exercises with repetitive nature do not conflict with his excavation memories, and even complement each other.
Because the subjective consciousness is doing other things, it is not very sensitive to the passage of time, and when it is time to complete one thing, it is found that an hour has passed, and the body has completed more than an hour of average speed running, or thousands of sets of push-ups.
As long as this is used reasonably, in the long run, Gavin will be able to do both spell research and physical exercise without delay, so as to make his physical fitness go further, after all, he is not yet an adult, his body has not yet been fully shaped, he was an adult in his previous life, and he was a slave with insufficient food in the critical development period.
Gavin did not follow the caravan to Baldur's Gate, but instead made a detour through Naskel City north of the Cloud Mountains, and was introduced by his new merchant friends to join a caravan from here as a traveler, who would follow the trade routes such as your through the green fields to the West Gate City on the north shore of the Dragon Lake.
What really made Gavin choose this path was that he remembered the hometown of a pastor's friend, Green Nest Village, in the green wilderness.
At this point in time, she should still be interning in her hometown church, maybe she has the opportunity to get acquainted in advance, and it is best to let her join her team, an adventure party without a priest is not a good adventure team.
Although this pastor friend has a small problem of his own, he is absolutely reliable in terms of character, and this alone can be ignored.
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"Tie!"
There was a crisp crash.
"Sir, madam...... What's ...... What's ...... Yes...... Able to help your ......"
The slender figure lying on the sacrificial platform jumped up and stammered quickly, his eyes were not fully opened, his consciousness was even more in a daze, and there was still a trace of clear liquid at the corner of his mouth that had not been wiped clean.
The only thing that responded to the girl was the cold wind outside the window.
"Tie!"
There was another crisp crashing sound, coming from the large window not far away, and the oak tree outside the window, sticking out a small branch, was gently swaying with the wind, and came to knock on the window from time to time, as if to say a mischievous greeting to the young priest.
"Again...... It's you again...... In the mess. Anna rubbed her eyes angrily, "Be careful another day, I'll cut you down and use it as firewood." ”
It's just that with her soft voice and fleshy face, the deterrent effect is greatly reduced.