Chapter 120: The Adventurer’s Squad
Chapter 119 – The Adventurer Squad
The town at night is very quiet, because the vast majority of residents maintain the habit of living from sunrise to sunset, at this time on the streets, only the patrol team is still stepping in a neat pace patrolling, giving people a full sense of security.
Because there is a sense between the transformers, so no matter how the outsiders disguise, the patrol team can see the problem at a glance, and has already arrested several people, because the territory has a curfew, darkness does not allow people to go out on the street.
Moreover, there is only one hotel in the whole town, so outsiders have no choice but to live here, which strengthens the management even more.
Of course, there were also those who tried to rent private rooms, but unfortunately, even if they took out gold coins, the converted residents could not agree, so there were those who intended to do it the hard way, but the soldiers’ strong crossbows and hard bows along with Hogg’s Chain Shackle Hammers quickly taught them how to behave.
Those who dared to resist were killed on the spot, those who surrendered were locked up, and those with serious cases were hanged.
Under the thunder tactics, the rest of the people have learned their lesson, in order not to be put into the cage or hanged directly, they can only obediently follow the laws of the town, including the adventurers, including the same, because the territory of the soldiers are too many, the patrol routes cross, there is no dead end for them to hide for a long time, can only come out in the daytime to stroll around, and then go back in time when it’s dark, fearing to be captured.
“I strolled around the town during the day, the people here are very rich, every farmer owns his own house and land, and is able to eat fresh bread and vegetables, which is hard to see in the Empire.” The one who spoke was a robust middle-aged man called Roger, the captain of the White Teeth Adventurer Squad, wearing a full of scratches inlaid iron leather armor, with a nail hammer and round shield by his feet, at a glance one could tell that he was an experienced veteran warrior, at this moment his tone was somewhat sighing as he said.
Roger is a poor family origin, because from a young age is strong, was the village knight, when a few years as a knight squire, and then the knight died in battle, as a knight squire he fell into a dishonorable reputation, have no choice but to stay away from home as an adventurer, fight more than ten years, to set up a stable squad, now come to the Northland is for the squad’s future, but he did not expect in the remote and poor Northland He didn’t realize that in the remote and poor Northland, there was such a rich town.
“I went to the blacksmith store, the blacksmith’s craftsmanship is not bad for a human, the iron used is good fine iron, and they even use such good iron to build farming tools, there must be a fine iron mine here, in addition the wine in the tavern is very good, it is brewed with the finest wheat, there is no adulteration.” The dwarf’s voice under the bronze helmet seemed low and strong, he ran his lush beard with one hand and held the ale with the other, taking a large gulp with an expression of enjoyment.
His name was Copper Helmet, a hundred year old Dwarf who became an adventurer for some reason, his hobby was casting copper and drinking, he only cared about these two things, so he went out for a turn and came back to drink, and he hadn’t stopped until now, but a few of his teammates had long since gotten used to his character.
“I went out of the city with Oak to the forest, where I found a sturdy wooden fortress, there are quite a few lumberjacks, and elite soldiers patrolling, wanting to quietly enter the forest can only choose to take a detour or sneak at night.” The one who spoke was a petite assassin girl, the standard black scarf masked face with a short brown and gray cloak, only leaking out a pair of slender but powerful calves.
The girl’s name was Gray Cat, and she had joined Roger’s adventure squad for the shortest period of time, but was unexpectedly reliable, and Roger’s squad had encountered danger several times with her help to find a chance to turn defeat into victory.
“I found a stone path in the forest, I don’t know where it leads to.” The last to speak was a tall and angular half-elf, he was Oak, if not for his ears which were a bit pointy as if a piece had been cut off, no one would have believed him when he said he had elven blood, belonging to the kind of man who could stand a man in his fist and run a horse in his arm.
Human fighters, dwarven heavy armor, petite assassins, burly shooters, this is Roger’s adventurer squad, no priests, no mages, not even wizards, and this is the norm for adventurers.
Healers are precious no matter where they are, and their status is quite high, so they will not go out adventuring at all, unless someone hires them at a high price, and that’s it, they have to be protected, for fear of hurting each other a little bit, and then they will be blacklisted by all the healers, and once they are injured, they can really only rely on themselves to fight hard.
As for the mage, obsessed with research geeks, even if they go out on adventures, they also have their own team of followers, not at all begging for people, but rather a lot of high-quality customers of the adventurers.
Wizards, the status is not as high as the first two, but unless they are good at melee combat, it’s not a good idea to go out adventuring, the death rate is too high. Therefore, the majority of adventurers are either fighters or archers, because they are cheap and abundant, as long as they have a good physique, carrying a few pounds of meat and practicing with the village veterans for a month or so, they are almost ready.
Next is the thief and assassin, don’t look at the bad reputation, but the number is not as much as expected, or elite, because both need to go through years of rigorous training, after all, whether it’s lock picking or sneaking, is not a good talent can be converted into strength.
Therefore the so-called Iron Triangle of Battle Shepherds and Methods mostly exists only in the bard’s stories, in reality, although there are, but not often seen.
“There’s even a stone path in the forest?” Roger was skeptical that he had heard wrong, after all, most towns didn’t have a few stone paths except for the cities.
Instead of opening his mouth to explain, Oak pointed to his eyes.
He didn’t look like an elf, but you couldn’t doubt his eyes, after all, he was the man who had once shot an eagle.
“Well I’m sure you’re not mistaken, the question is who would build a stone path in the middle of the forest at great expense? There has to be a reason, right?” Roger spread his hands and said with a somewhat helpless expression, but his eyes lit up.
Even building a stone slab road in a city had to cost a huge amount, let alone in a forest, just thinking about it made his scalp feel numb, but the more so the more it proved that there was a huge secret hidden inside.
As it happened, adventurers were interested in secrets.
“Whatever the reason, we’ll always know.” Drinking all the ale, Copperhelm, who was a trifle drunk, blinked his not-so-large eyes and said.
“Yes, we’ll always know.” Roger said with a smirk.
Secrets could often be equated with wealth and power, and that was exactly what adventurers sought.
“I’ll go to the blacksmith store and see if it’s because of that high quality iron ore located in the forest.” Copperhelm spoke first, as it wouldn’t waste too much of his time, one trip and he’d be back to enjoy the fine ale here.
“I’ll explore the outskirts of the forest with Oak and see if there are any trails leading into the interior of the forest.” The gray cat said in a flat tone, while aside Oak didn’t object.
“Then I’ll take a look around the town.” Roger stroked his chin and said, while somewhat regretting that there was no adventurer’s guild here, nor was there a familiar doorway to be able to purchase information, as this place was simply completely cut off from the outside world, making it difficult to utilize the advantages of an adventurer.
(End of this chapter)