The group's destination for this trip, North City, is the front line bordering the steppe on the north side of the kingdom, and the humans from the south and the orcs of the steppe are at odds all year round.

On the road less than two days away from North City, it is not impossible to encounter a small group of harassing troops from the grassland.

It's just that Chen Zhou didn't expect the orcs to domesticate such dangerous mounts as sandworms, and he didn't know which tribe they came from.

For the first time since arriving in Asta, he has been so close to the endless wars of this world.

Although he did not want to get involved in the dispute between the two countries, he planned to remain neutral and defend himself when he encountered danger......

However, even without him, with the assistance of Tila and Blackie, the balance of combat power between the caravan guards and the attacking orc sandworm knights was quickly broken.

In the end, the mercenaries hired by the caravan managed to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and the latter, who paid a heavy price, had to flee with the sandworms.

Considering that there was no reliable master among them, and it would be difficult to get out once they fell into a trap and were buried in the ground, Tila and Xiao Hei did not meddle further......

As a thrilling encounter comes to an end, the otherwise orderly caravan becomes disorganized.

The ground was littered with the corpses of humans, orcs, and sandworms, and even vehicles and goods were overturned by sandworms.

The two merchants who were devoured by the sandworms eventually saved only one, causing the leader of the caravan to complain about the guards.

And when everyone came back to their senses, they realized that the biggest problem facing the caravan at the moment was-

Their horses died.

There were no druids in the team, and the frightened horses couldn't have known what it meant to be silent, as the animals were the first to be attacked.

It is still two days away from the city of North in the north, but it may be difficult to reach the destination with these goods in a short time with only manpower.

Faced with such a dilemma, Chen Zhou subconsciously sighed: "It turns out that not all caravans are full of talents and capable people. ”

"That's because the caravans we encountered before were all special circumstances, and they were small probability events."

The reason why there is a high probability of colliding with a small probability event is that maybe this problem lies with Chen.

"Well, it's a problem."

Tira, who has always been unable to understand the brain circuits and concerns of her teammates, is almost so sad that she is furious: "I took over the task of helping to escort the materials." ”

They didn't join as adventurers, they were riding in a carriage that Tira had rented at Tira's expense in order to bring some of the materials needed by the Alchemy Society and the materials they would later use to perform alchemy.

Looking at the goods scattered all over the ground due to sandworms, Tira thought about the capacity of her convenience bag (space backpack), and only looked at the two teammates on the side with a pleading eye.

"I don't have shipping in my features." Xiao Hei obviously doesn't have that high load.

"I'm going to keep my spells from ending." Chen Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know why." ”

Tiger people in this country, not to mention that everyone shouts and fights rats on the street, at least they are also feared and want to get rid of them quickly.

"Aren't we able to summon mounts with spells like Phantom Ponies or Royal Convoy?"

Chen Zhou shook his head, even if he was sitting on an infinity, the "Wild Arcane" was not used like this, not to mention that his current identity was the successor of the arcane.

He couldn't even think about what the ancestors had done to awaken the charm of this spell.

The most critical thing is.

"I'm lazy."

Rats know, and that makes sense.

"Well, it looks like I'll have to make a way out with money." Tira finally understood that her two teammates were not reliable outside of business.

With that, she pulled out two vials of unknown composition from her backpack and poured them into a translucent glass flat bottle.

As the two different colors of reagents were mixed in the flat bottle, the original liquid composition quickly changed into a small white smoke tumbling in the bottle.

"Is this alchemy?" It was the first time that Chen had seen the alchemist mix the reagents with his own eyes.

It seems a bit ...... As you see fit?

At least the last time the love elixir was concocted, it took a lot of time for the dwarf and the earth refining alchemist.

"Alchemy is not so simple."

Seeing that the two reagents were mixed, the penguin man who had been fried gradually recovered: "Formal alchemy is often quite complicated, lengthy, and requires specialized equipment, and the one I just used is a simple alchemy method called chemical synthesis and refining. ”

Synthesis is one of the greatest inventions of alchemists, and it is precisely because of this kind of prefabricated reagent technique that alchemy, which was originally only a "professional skill", has been transformed into a profession.

Prepare the required materials in advance before going out, and refine them to the final step, and quickly deploy them to complete the reaction when needed.

Despite its various drawbacks, this greatly expands the alchemist's range of actions.

"But Lily heard that one of the restrictions of alchemists is that only they can drink their own potions to exert their effects, are you going to drink it and then go and pull the cart yourself?"

"Of course not~ It's a little difficult for me to even run around with a Howard convenience bag, and as long as I study hard, I can still pre-make potions with other modes of action."

Tila shook the smoke-filled vial in her hand.

The alchemy known as the "Pony of the Smoke Bottle" is already taking shape here, and when she uncorks, the smoke inside will drift to the outside to form a mount made of smoke.

Chen Zhou pondered that this thing was also a "medicine"?

"An alchemist is not an alchemist, making potions is just a side job."

It sounds like the so-called alchemist is actually a big guy with combat power t0, and the cook is actually a unique Pokémon master.

But the original quest for this profession was gold, not potions.

Chen Zhou has made a certain change in this profession, no wonder "Life Planning" says that the completed version of the Philosopher's Stone can be used for creation.

"Now that we're ready, let's go and say goodbye to the caravan leader!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tila jumped out of the carriage and ran to Thomas, the leader of the caravan, who was not good at restoring order.

The latter saw the powerful spellcaster who played a significant role in the battle coming, and originally thought that the other party had something to discuss, but the penguin man said a strange thing at the first time when they met.

"We're going north alone, and before we go, I'd like to recommend a potion called "Smoke Bottle Pony", which is used to create smoke-forming mounts to replace dead cows and horses, 50 gold for 1 hour."

Chen Zhou: Isn't this still a potion?

"Well, we mortal merchants can't afford this potion......"

Thomas would rather walk, but the three Astral Men had saved the caravan not long ago, and he ended up buying three bottles as a thank you.

Not only that, but when the three of them parted, the caravan leader also handed over some of the belongings and tokens of the dead orcs to them.

But after receiving the profit and orc token from the cheerful penguin, Chen Zhou showed a strange look.

"I think I've seen these tokens before."

(End of chapter)