Rhodes arrived at the destination of his trip, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.
Unlike the Thieves Guild that Rhodes had visited before, the Free Trade Guild has a very large internal area. Except for a few main buildings used to handle various affairs, the rest of the location is divided into business group residences.
Of course, not all business groups can obtain a residence within the Freelance Chamber of Commerce. Unless they have made a significant contribution to the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, if a merchant group wants to obtain a residence, in addition to gold coins, it also depends on the rank strength of the members.
As soon as Rhodes entered the lobby of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, the waiting maid came up to him and asked Rhodes his intentions.
Rhodes said: "I want to go to the City of Screams, and I hope to go with the business group."
After listening, the maid asked: "Dear professional, do you have the identity certification of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce?"
Rhodes understood what the maid meant. With the identity authentication of the Chamber of Commerce, you can join the business group that is going with you and become a temporary guard of the business group. When encountering a situation that requires fighting, the guards are responsible for protecting the safety of the business group.
After arriving at the destination, the merchant group will pay the escort a sum of money, but unless it is the permanent escort of the merchant group, the temporary escort usually does not pay much.
For a person's identity certification, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce has a special set of rating criteria. As the number of escort missions increases, coupled with the success rate of the escort, the rating will become higher and higher, from F level to S level. The higher the rating, the easier it is to be accepted by the business group, and the remuneration the business group needs to pay will also increase.
Rhodes recalled that in his previous life, players all aimed for S-level evaluation from the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, but few could actually achieve S-level. To reach S level, in addition to spending a lot of time escorting the chamber of commerce, you also need certain opportunities and strong strength.
Rhodes replied to the maid: "No, I just want to go as a passenger."
Passengers are different from guards. Guards need identity authentication to confirm their own strength and past performance as guards. Experienced business leaders can often confirm whether the guard is worth hiring just by looking at the identity authentication. If the guard mission fails, you will also receive a certain amount of punishment from the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.
Passengers do not need identity verification. Passengers only need to pay gold coins and the business group will take them to their destination. When encountering a battle, passengers do not need to fight at all.
Travelers are just travelers heading to another city led by business groups. Therefore, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce will not charge any commission for business groups bringing tourists, nor does it have any management. It depends entirely on the business groups and tourists to negotiate.
Rhodes had his own considerations in choosing to become a traveler and follow the caravan to Diya instead of going alone after obtaining the map.
Just like looking at the map drawn by Eliot earlier, even if he knew the current location of the city, Rhodes could not move directly in one direction. Instead, he found a river as a reference and compared it with the map. Found this town.
Even with a detailed map, without the guidance of pathfinding, it is easy to get lost in a dense forest with repetitive scenery.
What's more, you may encounter other situations along the way. Whether it is plunderers on the road, hidden thieves, or the residences of various creatures, if you want to avoid these, in addition to pathfinding skills, high-level reconnaissance skills are also essential.
Therefore, choosing to go with the business group to the target, although it will take longer, is safer than traveling alone.
As a passenger, Rhodes only needs to wait in the carriage provided by the business group. Rod can also use this time on the road to do some deep meditation. The only drawback is that the gold coins required as a tourist are slightly expensive.
After hearing this, the maid led Rhodes to the side hall next to him. After some inquiries, the maid told Rhodes the situation:
"Dear professionals, not long ago, a large business group went to the City of Screams and transported a large amount of goods to the City of Screams. Since the urgently needed goods have been replenished, not many business groups are willing to go to the City of Screams again. Currently, there is only one business group in the base that chooses the City of Screams."
After hearing this, Rhodes seemed to have thought of something. If a large business group wants to go somewhere, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to ensure that the road is safe. Under such a huge momentum, the movements of the large business groups could not be hidden from the thieves guild in the city.
Without much hesitation, Rhodes said to the maid: "Take me to the headquarters of this business group."
Carrying passengers will bring various variables to the business group. Moreover, this approach is not necessarily safe for the passengers themselves.
Whether it is a business group extorting tourists on the road, or killing lone travelers in the wilderness to obtain property, or travelers colluding with thieves to kill business groups in the dead of night, it is a common thing. The Freelance Chamber of Commerce does not care about this, and it all depends on the choice of the business groups and tourists.
Therefore, both business groups and tourists need to inspect each other before confirming. This is also the reason why tourists need to pay high fees if they want to join a business group.
After listening to Rhodes' request, the maid led the way from the front and took Rhodes to the merchant group's headquarters at the rear.
The maid took Rhodes to the rear station and walked deeper. At this time, it was getting dark. When Rhodes first entered the city, he could still see the surrounding scenery clearly with the help of the sky. At this time, he could only see things by the candlelight on the roadside.
On the way, Rhodes asked the maid about the business group and got some information.
The name of this business group is the Yinzhiyin Business Group. The business group has six to eight core members, including the business group's managers, decision-makers, and professionals trained by the business group. The rest are responsible for transporting goods and hired guards. The total number of members is about twenty.
The information provided by the maid seemed to be extremely rich, and she told Rhodes the situation of the entire Silver Seal Merchant Group. However, in fact, these are the most basic information, and he can see it as long as Rhodes enters the station and observes a little. When it comes out, there is no key information in it.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the headquarters of the Silver Seal Merchant Group, Rhodes took out a gold coin from his space ring and called the maid in front.
"Tell me the really useful information." Looking into the maid's eyes, Rhodes said.
The maid took the gold coin and said with a smile:
"The Silver Seal Merchant Group, the leader is named Youser, he is a senior warrior, his strength is close to high-level. The other core professionals also have senior strength. What is particularly important to note is that there is a mage in the team, whose strength is unknown."
(End of chapter)