Chapter 1: Lesler
About 200 kilometers away from the city of Van Mill is a small town in the southeast, which is no more than the size of a sesame mung bean in the imperial version, and it is not at all inconspicuous. The name of the town is Dinktown, and it is also an important transportation hub, because two hundred meters to the east is the economic center of the empire, Van Mill, which is also the last populated place to go to Van Mill. To the south, Dink is at the entrance to the treacherous Black Forest.
People have always been familiar with the Black Forest, especially for mercenary groups, adventurer teams and some lone rangers, the Black Forest is even the place of their lives or the place of gold rush.
The Black Forest is a lush area of tropical rainforest with humid temperatures that are exceptionally suitable for shrub growth, and the Black Forest has long been the place to be. And the thick and dense trees are not the masters of the Black Forest, and the most dangerous in the Black Forest are the monsters that haunt the world.
Due to the special geographical and climatic reasons of the Black Forest, coupled with the inaccessibility of people, it has become a paradise for monsters. On the edge of the Black Forest, there are some low-attack, low-level monsters. And the more they move to the center, the ability and level of the infested magical beasts also increase significantly. If you go to the valley of death, the center of the legendary Black Forest, then the chances of survival are almost zero, and so far in the mercenary and adventurer team, I have not heard of anyone who can enter the valley of death and come out alive.
The Valley of Death, as the name suggests, is a zone full of death. Legend has it that there are some extremely powerful magical beasts living there, eighth-level or even ninth-level demonic beasts.
The Black Forest is full of dangers, and it's good to get lost, for fear that one will accidentally lose his head by the monsters. Even so, a large number of people brave the dangers every day to enter the Black Forest through the entrance to the Black Forest in Dinktown, which turns Dinktown into an extraordinarily prosperous town.
Mercenaries, teams of adventurers, ascetics, and children of large families enter the Black Forest from here. Of course, the purpose of entering the Black Forest is also different, most of the mercenary teams enter the Black Forest to take the way to the city of Kelsa from here, because although the environment of the Black Forest is very dangerous, as long as they are not close to the central area, they can still get out of the Black Forest safely under normal circumstances. This is a full six or seven days closer than a detour, and for some caravans these six or seven days are money. The purpose of adventurers entering the Black Forest is for money, yes, although the monsters are very dangerous and aggressive, but the magic core in their body is also very valuable, and the higher the rank, the more valuable the magic core of the monster. Although the danger is self-evident, some adventurer teams usually have several powerful fighters or magicians, and if they take the risk for a while, they can earn enough money to squander for the next three or four years. The purpose of ascetics entering the Black Forest is much simpler, that is, to simply improve their strength, only in the harsh environment of the Black Forest, in the struggle of life and death, it is possible to improve their strength and combat experience, many of these people will challenge their limits and step into the more dangerous areas of the Black Forest. And the children of those big families usually enter the Black Forest as a trial, and most of them hunt a few magical beasts on the periphery of the Black Forest, and see the ferocity and bloody appearance of the magical beasts, so that they are more mature mentally, but they will not joke with their lives.
"Boss, bring all the good wine and food you have here!" A rough and hoarse voice broke the already noisy environment, and immediately drowned out the surrounding whispers, attracting the attention of many people at the other tables.
After looking around, the big man sat down a little proudly under the gaze of the people, and his voice was as loud as ever, "Brothers, don't be polite to my brother, just be casual!haha!" he patted a young man sitting beside him.
The young man has blonde hair, a high nose bridge, and a broad forehead, and the whole person is a little handsome, but there is a ruthlessness in the handsomeness, and it seems that he has seen a lot of people in the world. Feeling his companion's palm slapping heavily on his shoulder, the young man bared his teeth, smiled bitterly and shook his head, how could he gang up with such a person and plan to enter the Black Forest?" I said, Dirk, can't you just do me a little bit? Do you want to dislocate my shoulder with one palm? That wouldn't do us any good in the Black Forest. ”
The big man, known as Dirk, smiled a little awkwardly, scratched the back of his head, and said honestly, "Zico, you know that I didn't mean that. ”
There were five people seated at this table, two men and one woman in addition to Dirk and Zico. I have to say that this combination is very strange, generally speaking, as an adventurous team, there are no female members of the team. It's not that it's sexist, it's that women in general may be slightly less strong, which will inevitably drag down the whole team and make it difficult for them to make the journey in the Black Forest.
The most surprising thing is that one of the men is carrying a dark brown bow and arrow behind him, his facial features are very three-dimensional, angular, and he wears a high hat on his head, and his dress looks a little funny. On the right hand side of the man sat the only woman, who was wearing a magician's robe, clearly indicating her identity, and the badge on her chest revealed the fact that she was a second-level magician.
These people couldn't help but laugh when they watched Dirk and Zico arguing, and Dirk, a stupid big man, brought a lot of joy to their journey.
After a while, the bartender brought a large table of dishes, and several people were not nobles, so there was no restraint and etiquette between them, and they ate in large gulps.
The hotel is called the Lesler Hotel, and the owners are the Sorbians, a sparsely populated minority, and Lesler means "the fork in the road of heaven and land" in the Sorbian language. "That's a bit apt.
The entire town of Dink is bustling with people, and countless young fighters, magicians, and rangers pass by, making the whole town extremely lively. But strangely, the size of the town does not seem to have expanded due to the increase in foot traffic, and there is only one hotel, and there is not even a decent hotel to be found. Presumably, it is also due to its proximity to the Black Forest, a dangerous area. Although most of the time, the demonic beasts will not leave the Black Forest and come to the human gathering place, and even if they come, they are only some low-level demonic beasts with extremely weak strength on the periphery. But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of whatever, in case some powerful demonic beasts come out of the Black Forest and come to Dink Town that day, that kind of situation is scary to imagine, and because of this, not many people are willing to live in Dink Town and open a shop.
In this way, you can imagine how hot the business of the Rustler Hotel is. Every day, a large number of mercenaries, adventurers, and ascetics gather here, and even the many of them have to stand outside the store. The owner of the hotel is naturally happy.
"Zico, what level of demonic beasts do you say we will encounter when we enter the Black Forest this time, it is best to encounter fifth- or even sixth-level demonic beasts, then we can make a fortune and never suffer in this ghost place again. Dirk grabbed a greasy chicken leg in one hand and a flask in the other, and ate as he spoke.
Looking at Dirk's heartless appearance, everyone felt a headache. Dani, the only beauty among the five, gave him an angry look, and said, "Level 5 and Level 6 Demonic Beasts? With our strength, it is already the bottom line to solve the third-level and fourth-level Warcraft, and when encountering the fifth-level Warcraft, there is only the share of escape, let alone the sixth-level Warcraft. I'm afraid that as soon as it appears, the five of us will never be able to leave the Black Forest again. Although the words were ridiculous, the tone was inevitably a little heavy at the end.
After listening to Dani's words, everyone also nodded thoughtfully, although the strength of the team is good, at most it can compete with the fourth-level Warcraft, and it can only be an ordinary Warcraft in the fourth-level. If they faced a fifth-level or even sixth-level demonic beast, it would be impossible for them to escape with the strength of a few of them. Thinking of this, the atmosphere present couldn't help but be a little depressing.
The heartless Dirk didn't care about any of this, and still laughed and ate and drank.
"Eh, have you heard, a few days ago, a small mercenary team encountered a sixth-level wind wolf on the outskirts of the Black Forest, and as a result, none of the nine people in the team came out alive, and they were found afterwards and died miserably. Someone at the table next to him was whispering.
"Is this true? If it's true, then we have to be careful this time, it's really incredible when the sixth-level demonic beast will go to the outskirts of the Black Forest. ”
"Of course it's true, the mercenary guild and the adventurer's guild branches of the town have posted about this, so everyone who enters the Black Forest should be careful. ”
His companion's face changed, and there was no doubt that after hearing such bad news, not many people could continue to talk and laugh with the same face.
The Thunderwolf team sitting next to these two people also changed their faces after hearing the news, and they were very ugly.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid we'll have to reformulate our strategy, lest we lose our lives for money. Zico pondered as he drank.