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Seven days later, about 500 kilometers northwest of Shrek City, the border between Godzilla and Thunder.

Perhaps as Goatbeard said, the bandits who had stepped on the plate along the way disappeared after discovering that there was a Templar among the caravan's guards. During the eight-day journey, the sixty guards of the caravan spent the rest of their time bragging and fucking.

However, as they gradually approached the border between the two countries, the expressions of the caravan guards seemed a little solemn. They had less time to chat together, but more of them were scattered, and the scouts were sent from afar, as if they were on guard.

"Uncle Lawrence, what's going on?"

Facing the careful mercenaries, Arthur asked curiously.

Goatbeard was very understanding. He saw that it was the first time Arthur had accepted such a guard mission and did not know much about various rules. Therefore, he arranged for Arthur a guide and an experienced old mercenary for Arthur.

The mercenary named Lawrence, with a thick beard and covered with a white turban, has been traveling around the heavenly alliance since he became an adventurer.

In the Heaven Alliance, non-nobles only have names but no surnames. Although the status of mercenaries is higher than that of civilians, they are still not nobles.

Lawrence is a spear mercenary who is good at skill contempt. He knows the rules of the guard mission openly and privately, and knows all the major thieves in the Heaven Alliance. In addition to his fourth-level strength, Lawrence is also well-known among the adventurers of Godzilla and Leihen.

Lawrence was very talkative. During the eight days with Arthur, he not only told the young Templar adventurers the various rules in the field, but also taught him a lot of knowledge about survival in the wild. For example, how to rely on plants and warcraft to survive when the space ring supply is exhausted, such as distinguishing the types and quantities of warcraft by lodging plants, and using branches to create simple bows and arrows... Lawrence's enthusiasm has benefited Arthur a lot, and has also quickly transformed from a rookie adventurer to a slightly experienced qualified adventurer.

"It's just not to be prevented. The border between Godzilla and Thunderstorm is the territory of the Fierce Wind Thieves. Compared with ordinary Fierce Thieves, Fierce Wind has many degenerate mercenaries and has strong combat power."

Compared with his companions who were facing a great enemy, Lawrence's expression seemed relaxed.

"The Crazy Wind Thieves Group? Is the Crazy Wind that claims to only charge money but not life?"

Under Lawrence's teaching, Arthur is no longer the young boy who only knows how to kill in Shrek City.

"Well, it is the strong wind that claims to be 'seeking money but not seeking life'. As long as you don't resist, the strong wind thieves will generally only take one tenth of the caravan's property. Even if the caravan fails to resist, the strong wind will not massacre defeated adventurers and unarmed ordinary people, but will only increase the proportion of the wealth taken to one quarter. In addition, the strong wind will not rob single passers-by."

Lawrence said with a smile, "This is probably why the Adventurers Guild did not encircle the Fierce Wind."

"I don't think so."

Arthur's lips curled up a sneer, "Mercenaries are not warriors, there are always forces that can recruit them, big or small. The four million mercenaries, equipment, potions, money to support their families, etc. If they are all paid by the Adventurers Guild, they will cost at least 4 billion gold coins a year. Four billion! This is equivalent to Godzilla's sixteen months of tax revenue."

The experiences of the previous life made Arthur very sensitive to all kinds of dark things. "If it weren't for the warriors and all the mercenaries who held half of the Heaven Alliance and all the mercenaries in their hands, how could the Adventurers Guild maintain a transcendent position?"

"Without the threat of the thieves, how could a merchant who believes in one gold coin as two gold coins hire adventurers to escort? Just a few monsters that are not open? Or are the merchants who have changed their minds. Only when they know that there is no worries, can mercenaries fight bravely to fight against the continuous invasion of the Chaos Legion?"

Arthur's words silenced Lawrence. He was so simple that he always thought it was natural for mercenaries to protect merchants from bandits. But after hearing Arthur's analysis, perhaps the Adventurers Guild's indulgence on bandits was the idea of ​​letting merchants support mercenaries.

If you think about it carefully, the Adventurer Guild surrounded and suppressed those bloodthirsty groups of thieves, and they left room for things like Qianfeng. What about Adventurer Guild really not do them.

"Uncle Lawrence, although the guild is not authentic, there is no way to do it. If the merchants have a high awareness, there is no need for the guild to plot against them."

Arthur patted Lawrence on the shoulder and advised.

"I understand. Everything is for survival!"

Lawrence's somewhat muddy eyes showed regret, but he still firmly spoke the slogans of the warriors and mercenaries when they took office.

"Everything is for survival!"

Although it was difficult for Arthur to identify with this world, he admired Jing Lan's struggle when facing desperate situations. When he said this, his tone was also firm.

Suddenly, a shrill sound of trumpet interrupted the conversation between Arthur and Lawrence.

Hearing the sound of a trumpet representing the enemy's attack, the mercenary who was already cautious and alert responded immediately.

The feather arrows that Roger archers erected on the short bow were shining with a cold and cold light.

The spear mercenaries summon their respective contract crystal spirits and activate various spiritual energy.

The strong ice elements began to condense on the Iron Wolf Mage's long sword.

Hunter sets traps around the caravan.

The sword and shield mercenary's long sword flashed with elemental light.

With a roar, the parade transformed into a huge giant bear.

The servants of the caravan also skillfully arranged the carts to pull goods into a circle...

The fourth-level mercenary Lawrence also immediately activated his contempt, a second-level defensive aura that can improve the body's ability to resist strikes.

But when the red-haired crystal spirit on Lawrence's head raised a blue ball of light into Arthur's body, Arthur felt a light blue film covered with the surface of his body.

CET-6 contempt!

The moment the film wrapped around Arthur, this thought came to his mind.

Mercenaries are actually those who fail to take office. Mercenaries do not have the skill tree of warriors, and they generally can only have the skills of warriors. Compared with warriors, mercenaries who only need to practice a few skills are often very high. For warriors, they want to have level 6 skills at level 4, unless there is an adventure or a pile of treasures is piled up with heaven and earth.

Want to do it?

Arthur seemed a little excited when he fought with the adventurer for the first time. He pulled out the big sword with his slanted back and summoned his crystal spirit, opening the fourth-level offensive spiritual energy sacred frozen.

"Equipment additional skills?"

With Lawrence's eyes, we can naturally see that the Holy Frozen comes from the great sword in Arthur's hand that seemed to freeze the soul.

"Beast bite, sharp, accurate, attack additional venom damage, burn mana, and additional level 3 Holy Freezing and Level 1 Charge."

"Yeah, good sword."

Lawrence had a strong appreciation in his eyes, "It's very suitable for you."

"This sword is a family heirloom."

Arthur smiled softly and said, "It is said that it is my grandfather's trophy. My dream is to become a strong man like my grandfather."

"Well, you can definitely do it."

Shortly after the mercenaries were ready for battle, the enemy also appeared.

There were about 400 enemies, most of them were powerful ordinary people of Kong Wu. Among them, there were about 40 mercenaries. The enemy in front of the caravan was the strongest, with twenty mercenaries and about 200 ordinary people, holding a flag with a whirlwind pattern.

"It's indeed the Wind Thieves."

Arthur could feel that Lawrence was obviously relieved when he said this.

The thief stopped about fifty meters away from the caravan's defense circle. Fifty meters was exactly the effective range of Roger's archer.

After watching for a while, a man in a chain mail walked out dozens of meters and inserted the sword in his hand straight into the soil.

Seeing the actions of the thief in the wind, a spear mercenary who was temporarily elected as a leader by the mercenaries jumped out of the defense line composed of a large chariot, walked to the man, and inserted his spear straight into the soil.

"what are they doing?"

Curious baby Arthur asked again.

"This is the meaning of negotiation. Sometimes the thieves conclude that even if they can defeat the caravan's resistance, they will suffer a lot of casualties. The thieves will naturally not do such thankless things."

"On the other hand, even if the thieves can defeat the attack, the caravan will not pay extra compensation. If injured or damaged equipment, the adventurer will have to pay for it himself. Therefore, if it is not necessary, the adventurer is not willing to fight the thief in life or death."

"For merchants, if the resistance fails, the least they will lose goods at the worst and even their lives will not be guaranteed. For merchants, it is naturally the best to avoid fighting."

"In this way, the thieves and the caravan have room for negotiation. Generally, if the thieves are unwilling to fight, they will negotiate with the caravan. If the caravan is unwilling to fight, the caravan will pay a sum of money that will satisfy the thieves, and the thieves will leave and will not rob the caravan again. Generally speaking, the caravan, adventurer and the thief group will not refuse this caravan."

The knowledgeable Lawrence explained in detail to Arthur.

"That's how..."

Arthur's tone was filled with a faint regret, "It seems that he can't fight anymore."

"Yeah, indeed."

A few minutes later, the negotiations between the spear mercenaries and the thief leader also came to an end. After obtaining a small box full of gold coins in the caravan, more than 400 thieves evacuated in an orderly manner, leaving the caravan's way forward.
Chapter completed!