Blood of Mercury

Because the relationship between Caral and Banza is now tense, Roland did not try to enter Banza through the border line, but chose the line he came to Caral a month ago.

That is, through the Plains of Sunset and into the Lock of Stubborn Oak, then across the Dark Scar, and sneak in from the Iris Swamp in Bantha. Rather than wasting time dealing with those guards, it's better to walk through the stubborn oak locks that are dangerous but Roland is much more familiar with.

A little different from before. When Roland entered this time, he did not see that terrifying cold black wind.

In fact, this is also very understandable.

After all, those dark winds were Del Ramos' breath when he was about to wake up. And now that it is almost spring, Del Ramos has ended his short waking time of the year and fell back into a deep sleep.

More than half of the ghost creatures were preyed on by Del Ramos, and the rest fell into a state of exhaustion after the rampage. It can be said that there is no better time to wear stubborn oak locks than early spring.

"However, if you don't have any strength at all, it's another matter."

Roland looked at the mutilated corpse with only half of the head under his feet, and sighed regretfully.

"He couldn't have died." Gahalad crouched down to examine the body, then shook his head, "He just died. The body is not cold yet, it should have died within two hours."

"No. He's not dead now, and he'll die when he's about to go out."

Roland shook his head and denied Gahalad's statement: "Look... His cheekbones are prominent and his eyes are sunken, which are typical Bansa features. His body size is compared to the average Bansa. He's a lot fatter, and he doesn't have calluses on his hands. Although his clothes are exquisite, he has no taste... I guess, he should be a rich businessman.

The corner of Roland's mouth rose slightly, revealing a kind of joy that he likes to see: "And this kind of behavior is generally called backing up in the industry. Even if the value of the goods is high, it is useless if they can't sell them. So most of them are carrying medicines that are easy to sell. Bows and crossbows, which are rare among civilians, have no trouble selling anywhere. If they are really going to make enough money to wash their hands in one go, they have to call a carriage to pull this amount of goods."

"In order to prevent the drivers and mercenaries from being inside the chamber of commerce, and to prevent their goods from being robbed by passing robbers and then taking the blame, they usually lie to the coachmen and mercenaries, saying that they must change the route for a certain reason. , and then waited until he realized the reserved place to sell the stolen goods, let his accomplices come out and take the goods away, and then disguised the evidence that he was dead, and lived his own life comfortably... Generally speaking, early spring The stubborn oak fan lock is a classic reversing route. Whether it’s escaping from Caral to Banza or Banza to Caral.”

Roland's words made Gahalad and Lilia almost speechless.

"...But." Gahalad finally couldn't help but ask, "How did you know?"

"Ah... These businessmen, for the time being, have something to do with my previous work."

Roland said as if pointing.

The corners of Gahalad's mouth twitched, and he finally decided not to delve into it here.

But his heart was still full of doubts: "That can only prove that they are just businessmen, and it has nothing to do with them being destined to be killed... Right? No, wait..."

"You realize it too, Gahalad."

Roland chuckled: "There are no ruts near his body."

"How can the carriage not leave ruts on the soft ground like stubborn oak locks? The only possibility is that he did not die here. Black eat black."

Gahalad noticed the obvious mocking arc at the corner of Roland's mouth. For a moment, he suddenly understood.

Simply put, it means that some or all of his coachmen and mercenaries have a black heart. They plan to swallow the goods themselves, and then disguise the evidence of the fat businessman's reversing, so that he will take the blame in the name of "missing" after his death, and then his body will be thrown here anyway, Glance will help them deal with it. The so-called dead without proof. That's what it means. Anyway, it's impossible for this fat man to jump out of the belly of the ghost creature to justify himself, "We should count as an attempt" or something like that.

In Gahalad's day, it was a restricted area that no one would ever enter. Naturally, he didn't know that the biggest flaw was actually the integrity of the corpse. You must know that the ghost is a proper meat-eating monster. Although this injury is exaggerated, it is definitely man-made.

and. Roland didn't say a word.

That is, before and after the revival of the plague, it was already known that the Lightless Scar in early spring was used as a holy place for reversing. After the coachman and the guards basically know about this, it can be said that this place has completely lost its value. That fat man still forced to reverse here, either his news was out of date, or it was his first reversing.

Roland has done this kind of thing before. And at that time, he had the identity of the player and the companion who also belonged to the player. This kind of thing is very simple.

Because the underlying structure of most chambers of commerce in the Farnes world is employment. When commissioned from outside the chamber of commerce and some big businessmen in the chamber of commerce are ready to play the big ticket, they will directly submit the application to the top of the chamber of commerce, and then the relevant departments will locate the merchants of their own chambers of commerce through the item location technique, and then directly contact them. Short-haul shipping in your own neighborhood, moving items from a to b, and giving them a cut.

From the player's point of view, only the top executives of the Chamber of Commerce can be considered businessmen. The bottom-level merchants are just couriers. Their chariots, coachmen and mercenaries were sent to them by the Chamber of Commerce. All they have to pay is energy.

Of course, they can also take orders for themselves. The more you run, the more people you know. Businessmen who use the Chamber of Commerce as a platform and then develop their own business are the normal routines~www.wuxiaspot.com~ However, with normal, there will be abnormal. Just like what Roland said just now.

The fat businessman who naively proposed to change the route and prepare to reverse the car was already regarded as a fat sheep to be slaughtered by the guards and the driver when he made this request.

"Gahalad, be prepared."

Memories are over. Roland looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

Even if he was killed by humans or killed by a shadow, he must be vigilant here.

In such a place where it is impossible to distinguish between east, west, north and south, and where the line of sight is only a few meters, the shadow creatures that can immobilize people by stepping on their shadows are extremely dangerous. But as long as you pay attention to the position of your shadow, it is not difficult to deal with.

Taking a step back, even if it's really just people...

...are people safe?

Roland just smiled and said nothing. (To be continued.)