Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji pinned the newly purchased dagger to his waist, while the steel gun head was carried by a rope in his hand. This steel gun head cost him two gold coins, which is really expensive. I hope it will come in handy in future battles.

Pushing the empty trolley, Zhao Ji went to the grocery store next to the city gate square and bought a lot of supplies that could be used. He put these supplies on the trolley and returned to the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce.

The old man who guarded the door of the chamber of commerce explained that he had newly bought this trolley, and asked the other party to look after it, so that it would not be put away by other men, as he would use it tomorrow.

The purchased materials were stacked on the trolley, tied with ropes, and Zhao Ji returned to his room on the third floor.

Reorganize the items you will use when you are about to set off. Things like sleeping bags and flint and steel are all packed.

Zhao Ji used a dagger to pry open the original long spear head, and then installed the newly bought steel gun head. As for the original iron gun head, he put it under the wooden bed for storage. As for the dagger Todd gave him, Zhao Ji hid it under his pillow. The leather-covered shield that the chef and cook of the Chamber of Commerce gave him was also put under the bed.

These weapons and equipment are reluctant to be lost, and they take up space. It is better to store them in a place that does not affect the space in the house.

After tidying up, Zhao Ji ordered his current weapon.

A 'hunting' steel long sword, a steel dagger, a heavy two-handed ax named 'Yueshui Skull', and a spear with a steel tip. Back-up weapons include a few slings captured from goblins and a few pebble bombs.

In terms of armor, there are a lot of training wooden armor in the room, a modified wooden helmet, and a complete set of hard leather full-body armor. He seems to be missing a shield with excellent defense.

Lying on the bed, Zhao Ji thought about what to do with the shield.

After thinking about it again and again, he remembered that there were many useless unknown metal shelves for storing goods in the elf ruins. Those racks have not decayed for ten thousand years, and at the same time they are hard and light, so they are perfect for shields and other armors.

I just don't know if there is any way to process the metal used by elves here in Kendall. At the same time, can he dismantle those elven metal shelves and transport them to the blacksmith shop.

Zhao Ji also thought that finding a familiar blacksmith was also a problem. Where did he get this kind of metal that he had never seen before? If he was asked curiously, how would he answer.

After thinking about it all night, Zhao Ji had an idea. He will set off to go to the Elf ruins tomorrow, and then move the silver out. By the way, he will dismantle the metal shelves and pack them up. After that, he went to the pass in the south of the county, where he asked the client for information, and then set off to find the bandit camp, first rescue the kidnapped hostages, and ensure that the first two steps of the commission were completed.

Afterwards, the elimination of bandits depends on his own ability. If he can eliminate as many bandits as possible, he will eliminate as many bandits as possible. The main thing is to judge based on the actual situation at the time.

After the commission is completed, return to the Elven Ruins, bring a small amount of metal shelves that can be used as shields, and return to Kendall City.

He could claim that those strange metals were seized from the bandit camp, who knows where those bandits got the metal from, and he could use it to make a light-weight shield out of those metals.

If that very light metal was really useful, he would then quietly use that metal to create a whole set of metal armor. Of course, armor parts can't be made together, the circle of craftsmen in Kendall is so big, any news spreads very fast.

He can let Ganna armor craftsmen create a complete set of metal armor little by little, and the two of them can modify the shape and shape of the armor while making it, so as to ensure that the armor's defensive effect will meet the standard.

Speaking of which, chain mail is not popular here in Kendall City. Think about it carefully, the main defense of the chain mail is the slashing of human weapons. For the beasts in Kendall County, with their sharp teeth and fangs,

It doesn't seem to be of much use.

But after that, you can teach Ganner how to make chain mail first. The method of making that kind of metal soft armor is really too simple. As long as a small piece of iron bar is heated and bent into a circle, and it takes time to connect the rings, it can be made.

Chain mail can effectively prevent sharp blades from slashing and cutting, but it has no good defense effect on penetrating blows from bows and arrows, and it has no effect on blunt weapon attacks. It seems that the bite of a wolf as tall as a man has no effect. After all, the chain mail is soft, and once bitten by the wolf's mouth, it cannot resist the bite force of the opponent.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ji fell asleep.

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The next day, Zhao Ji got up early, first came to the backyard to exercise for a while, and then had a full meal in the restaurant of the chamber of commerce, and then he set off to the wild grape market in the slums, and bought the wolf fur that he had agreed on yesterday. The cloak is taken away.

The wild grape market is full of farmers who come out to buy fresh vegetables. Outside Kendall, there are patches of vegetables planted, all of which are popular vegetables. Although the weather has cooled down, a few cold-resistant vegetables still grow healthily in this weather.

And these hardy vegetables are the most sought-after vegetables on the market recently. Unable to buy them, the families had to eat the rhizomes they had stored in the fall.

Sewage and rotten vegetable leaves were everywhere on the ground. Zhao Ji carefully avoided them, and the surrounding people did not approach Kiel, because Kiel had a long and a short weapon pinned to his waist.

In addition, Keel has grown taller and stronger recently, and he looks quite difficult to mess with.

Because I said yesterday that I would come to pick up the cloak this morning, the tailor shop, which was supposed to wait until the market was less crowded, opened early today.

After checking the finished wolf fur cloak, Zhao Ji was very satisfied and paid all the expenses. First take three cloaks and go out, and put the others here first, and come back later.

Go to the Table Corner Tavern first, and in Todd's surprise, give him a brand new wolf fur cloak. The two talked for a while, and Keel asked him to pay attention to the news of the mysterious disappearance in the west of the county recently. When he was busy with the businessman's commission, if no one had solved the incident, he would continue to deal with it.

In Todd's farewell of "be careful", Keel then came to the gate of the city.

The four guards were still guarding the city gate. The difference was that Captain Jess and Nickon had already put on the wolf fur cloak he had given over the armor of the guards. Seen from a distance, the two of them looked quite heroic with the gray cloak as a backdrop.

As for the other two who only wore the guard armor, Koliko and the young Varu, they could only wear more thick clothes to protect against the cold under the guard armor.

When Kiel walked over with two new wolf fur cloaks, the guards laughed happily.

"I'm not wrong! Keir is an interesting young man. I won't forget you two. No, here we come." Captain Jess said with a smile.

Nickton also nodded and praised Keir for being a good friend. Kolico and Varu hurried over and took over the two fluffy and soft cloaks that Kiel was holding.

"Put it on quickly, how neat and beautiful they are all wearing wolf fur cloaks!" Keel said excitedly.

Kolico was still a little embarrassed, but Varu, a young man, leaned the spear in his hand against the city wall, and quickly put the cloak on his body. The fur of the wild wolf's head was buckled on the helmet as a cold hat, and the fur of the wolf's forelimbs was used as a winter hat. The front buckle was fastened around the neck, and then the fur of the wolf's hind limbs was fixed around the waist. In this way, the whole body was wrapped in a soft and warm wolf fur cloak.

With a big tail dragging behind it, it looks cute and interesting.

Kiel patted Varu's body, and the cloak he touched was fluffy and soft, very nice.

On the other side, Koliko also put on his cloak. In this way, the four city gate guards all put on thick cloaks, looking neat and heroic. When the people passing through the city gate talked to them, they were quite envious of them.

The other guards on duty on the city wall were also very envious and ran over to see it.

Keel chatted with the guards for a while about the bandits in the south. The guards were well-informed and told some special information.

The lairs of those bandits are generally placed in some natural caves in the south of the county, and their hidden eyeliners are on both sides of the business road. Generally, they only pick caravans with few people. The main thing is to blackmail the caravans. If you don't follow, you will set off swordsmen, kill one or two people in the caravan, and then continue to blackmail.

Lost caravans generally pay double the toll as they wish.

If there is no cash, the robbers will also ask for goods.

I heard that at the southernmost pass of the county—that is, the fiefdom of the Crow Knights, there are still some merchants who specialize in receiving black goods from related bandits, and set up a black market with cheap goods there.

If it weren't for the fact that Knight Crowe was in Kendall City all year round because of his duties, where would those bandits be rampant.

At the same time, I heard from the guards that in recent years, Lord Kendall has vigorously promoted the militia system. Every winter, during the slack season, the militiamen from the entire county will be gathered together to train them, and they will also send troops to the south to use those bandits for actual combat. Train the militia.

Up to now, as long as winter comes, the bandits in the south will die down and dare not rob the passing caravans in winter. And the caravans dared to transport some valuable goods in winter.

Winter is the time when bandits are quiet and dormant, and it is also the time for various caravans to go on long-distance business trips.

Kiel, who got the information from the chatter of the guards, bid farewell to the four city gate guards and went to the tailor shop in the rich area. This place is not open in the wild grape market, so naturally it opens every morning.

Kiel paid the cost of making the cloak and scarf, and returned to the chamber of commerce with the cloak and scarf made of wolf fur.

He kept the extra scarf for himself, and gave the cloak made of wolf fur to Jamura who worked on the second floor.

Jamura was still a little embarrassed, but knowing that it was a gift from Keir to thank him, she still accepted it. After being told by Jamura to exercise hard recently, Kilmey returned to her room happily.

Take the packed luggage and weapons and equipment, Zhao Ji took them to the trolley on the first floor, tied them up and fixed them, and put the heavy ax on the trolley for the weapons, and carried the long gun, long sword and dagger with him. .

With a backpack full of essential items on his back, he didn't leave anything of value in his house. He will bury the extra gold coins in the place where he saved the money later. The badge of the Church of the Saturnalia is carried with me this time, anyway, it is quite comfortable to wear on the body, so I just wear it, anyway, it is not heavy and does not hinder it.

Saying goodbye to the friends of the chamber of commerce, the old foxtail president knew that Kiel was going to the southern pass this time to do some commission, so he told Kiel a name, and he could go to find that person, and the other party could provide him with a safe rest. place.

After thanking the old Foxtail President, Zhao Ji pushed the trolley and set off.

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Turn from the main road in the city to the Table Corner Tavern, and call Todd at the door without going in. Todd took a basket of prepared food to Keel, and Keel also gave Todd the coins to buy the food.

After saying goodbye again, Keel pushed the trolley to the tailor shop in the wild grape market, and brought the last two cloaks, which would be his own replacement cloaks against cold and heat.

At the gate of the city, after saying goodbye to the guards, Zhao Ji pushed the cart through the gate and walked away along the gentle slope outside the city.

After getting rid of the sight of the city gate, Zhao Ji pushed the car along the dirt road to the south of the city first, found the money hiding box buried in the soil before, hid all the gold coins on his body in it, and then buried the small wooden box on the ground again Here, still in place.

Then he followed the road north, crossing the wooden bridge over the Kendall River, into the east of the county, and then, after a day's walking of dirt roads, headed straight out into the familiar wild hills.

At first, Zhao Ji walked in the direction of Zhengdong. After seeing the familiar wilderness scenery, he followed the familiar route and found the Stone Top Camp all the way.

The abandoned stone top camp was a mess, and many small animals lived in it during the cold winter, so Zhao Ji did not rest inside. Instead, rest overnight in the lee outside camp.

At noon the next day, Zhao Ji came to the tree root camp with the remains of ancient elves.

Outside the hilly valley of the camp, Zhao Ji also looked at the place where he buried silver. As expected, the place where the silver was buried was sunken. It is not necessary to guess that it is because the heavy silver compacted the soil underground, so the soil above the silver sunken.

It doesn't matter, wait until he moves all the rest of the silver over in two days, and then covers it, and the sunken place will be filled with a lot of silver.

The tree root camp is still the same, only the various traces left by Zhao Ji himself, other than that, there are no other traces of people. Because of the cold weather, the birds in the woods behind the camp had disappeared.

Probably flew south to find a place with plenty of food.

Parking the cart next to the campfire, Zhao Ji lit the campfire and ate some pickled meat before getting ready to rest in the camp for a while.

In the crypt under the tree roots, Zhao Ji removed some damp branches and dry grass, and set up a small fire in the sleeping place to disperse the damp water vapor in the crypt.

After the crypt was completely dry, Zhao Ji extinguished the fire, cleaned it up, covered it with dried branches and dry grass, spread a dog skin sleeping bag on it, and finally used two wolf fur cloaks as quilts. Gee lay on the soft dry sleeping bag, looking at a mysterious elf ring that he hung on the top of the crypt.

I fell asleep with some anticipation in my heart, and some resistance.