The night passed quickly.
When Sauron woke up and was about to take Vivienne to buy a mount, he immediately found that there were many more guards in Amber City than before, and even the Ninth Corps, which had been stationed near the Black Boar Forest, had also been transferred back. This is the top corps in Amber City, with a total of 126 people, most of them are fighters with a professional level of eighth or higher, and there are also a small number of rangers, priests, and barbarians. These are all mid-level professionals, and any one of them can be pulled out to destroy a gang.
Among the 1,200 standing troops in Amber City, it is also one of the best elite troops!
"what happened?"
Sauron stretched out his arms to hug Vivienne, looked at the obviously panicked crowd around, frowned and asked, "Did something happen again?"
at this time.
Suddenly a dark boy waved his hand and shouted in the distance.
"Hello!"
Immediately, he quickly pushed aside the crowd and ran to Sauron, panting, "I finally found you."
"Fortunately, I heard from you yesterday that you wanted to buy a mount. I was guarding the Luoma Market early in the morning. Otherwise, you might have missed it today."
"Don't ask yet."
"Come with me, I'll tell you more about it on the way!"
The young Sauron in front of him was quite familiar. After thinking about it for a while, he remembered that he was one of the people he happened to meet in the caravan when he was looking for the caravan to White Horse City. He seemed to be the servant of the owner of the caravan.
Why would he wait for him here
Don't you have to wait until tomorrow to leave? Have they changed their minds
"what happened?"
Sauron thought for a while and asked, "Why are you waiting for us here?"
"Master is leaving."
The dark boy pushed away from the crowd, and said quickly: "Earlier this morning, the master said that he would leave immediately, and the lord in charge has been sent to sell the goods."
"Because the master still remembered the agreement to bring you along, so he sent me to find you early in the morning."
"Tell you the caravan is leaving at noon today!"
"Walk."
"It's over there!"
The dark boy led Sauron around and around, and soon came to the place near the north gate of Amber City, where a lot of people had already gathered, and there were dozens of large vehicles parked all around. A group of heavily armed guards were scattered around. They had followed the caravan for more than three months, and they all came from the merchants' hometown. This is a standard Northland caravan, but there is one thing that is special is that their leader is a woman, a woman from Tanara.
— "The offspring of witches!"
Sauron could hear some Northland merchants complaining, roughly meaning that they sold the goods in such a hurry that they didn't make the money they should have made, and they might even lose a lot of money.
but.
Although these merchants said so in their mouths, they still ordered the men to carry the goods down.
The Northland Witch has a very high reputation!
In the eyes of the Northlanders, they are extremely noble, not only powerful and mysterious, but also have the ability to predict the future!
"right here."
The dark boy stopped, took a breath and said, "The caravan will leave at noon today, I'll take you here first to get acquainted with the place."
"It's still half a day before we leave."
"If you plan to be together, prepare things now."
"If you plan to wait until tomorrow to leave by yourself, then the master said that you can go to Fodli to take care of it, and he will refund your advance deposit."
leave now
Sauron couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the words, and said to himself, "Could it be that the witch also foresaw that the skinning incident would escalate further?"
"But why the haste?"
"It's just one day! Is it possible that there will be any major changes in this day?"
"It doesn't matter that much."
"It's always about being careful, one day in advance, one day in advance."
Sauron nodded evenly, stretched out his hand to lift Vivienne's petite body, and said in a deep voice, "I'm going back to get my things now, and then I'll come over to meet you at noon."
"good."
The dark boy nodded and said seriously: "Then you'd better come here sooner."
"The master has always said that one is the same!"
"If you come late, the caravan will never wait for you."
Sauron responded, and walked towards the slums with Vivienne on his back. It was still some time before noon, and there was still time to go back and get things, but there was no time to choose when buying a mount. Sauron could only increase the price to around 20 Kindlers to buy a stronger traveling horse from other mule and horse traders.
the other side.
On a large carriage in the middle of the caravan, a standard bearded businessman from the Northland walked in respectfully, knelt down on the ground and said, "Master."
"All the goods have been sold."
"However, due to the tight schedule, our profit is less than 30% of the original profit."
"At the same time, because we don't have enough time to purchase goods, we will lose more revenue at the next stop."
"The merchants below are complaining."
A gauze curtain is arranged inside the carriage, which looks very empty, and a table can also be placed.
Exquisite blankets and fabrics are spread on all sides, and there are strange patterns on the walls. A Miaoman woman can be vaguely seen directly opposite. She is lying lazily on the couch, with a thin veil on her face, blue. The dark eyes stared at the front, it was a card pinched by fingers, and a mysterious swirl-like magic pattern could be seen on the back.
"I smell death."
The mysterious woman threw away the cards, picked up a deck of Tarot cards and drew one, which showed a hideous skeleton knight, and said coldly: "If anyone intends to stay, you can let them leave the caravan on their own .”
"otherwise."
"Just tell them to shut up!"
The bearded businessman nodded when he heard the words. He got up from the floor and respectfully said, "I will tell them your will."
A weary sigh.
The mysterious woman lay lazily on the long table, resting her head in one hand in thought, and waved casually: "Go down."
"Tell them not to stay."
"After setting off, go all the way to the climax of the moon, and then find a place with water to camp."
There was a respectful response from outside, and the bearded businessman passed the original words to the leader of the caravan guard, who then nodded with a serious expression and began to order the other guards to prepare things. If there is no stop on the road, then everyone must bring dry food. This situation is relatively rare, because most of the time the caravan walks for a while and then rests for a while.
If you keep going, the cows and horses pulling the cart can't stand it!
They will be exhausted the next day, and they may even die from exhaustion. This kind of order will only be given to them in extremely special circumstances.
From noon to the climax of the moon, without stopping for twelve hours, this is not a simple matter.
…
Sauron immediately returned to the slums.
After packing up his things, he took Vivienne to the mule and horse market, planning to buy a traveling horse at a price that was 30% higher.
Originally, he planned to go to the Temple of Dawn to say goodbye to the priest girl this afternoon, but it happened so suddenly that he didn't have time to worry about it.
I just hope they will meet again in the future!
From tidying things up to buying traveling horses, Sauron was very tight on time. It could be said that he was stuck just before the caravan set off at noon.
A caravan steward with a beard gave him a few words, and then ordered the others to set off.
What he explained was also very simple. The caravan will go all out today and will not stop until the middle of the month. So if they can't keep up, they will be arranged to find a big car to sit in. Many of the goods on it are now It's cheap. Even when he was leaving, a Northland businessman complained that he only received two-thirds of the payment for the goods that he had already sold at a reduced price.
Leaving in such a hurry, the next third will not be received!
No one paid any attention to him.
When the time was up, the whole caravan was in full swing, and the men climbed into the cart and began to drive the cattle and horses forward.
The caravan guards have already begun to explore the road on horseback.
Their job is not simply to follow the caravan. Among the adventurers, only experienced people can be qualified as caravan guards, because they act as scouts to some extent when traveling in the wild. Is there any monster activity nearby, will there be any danger, whether it is necessary to change lanes, and even whether the road condition is good, whether the carts can pass in front, whether to arrange for the staff to clean the road in advance, and remove some obstacles that affect the passage of carts. Potholes fill up and more.
These things need to be done by caravan guards!
Simply follow the caravan, and when the enemy is besieging, draw out your knife to chop people.
That's part of a third-rate anecdote.
It is purely to set off the protagonists who want to show their talents, so the caravan guards are written so badly!
Walk in the dangerous wild all year round.
Even if you are an idiot, as long as you can survive, you can train to become a master!
The professional level of these caravan guards is not low.
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