On the main road outside the town in the early morning of Cold Stone Town, there are already countless caravans that have just returned or are about to leave, gathering and reorganizing here.
Among all the carts and horses, there is an extremely exaggerated double-deck cargo carriage, which stands out among the crowds of vehicles so eye-catching.
What was loaded on this double-decker carriage was exactly what Su Mu needed to escort during this trip.
Obviously, this excessively large carriage, just like the lamp that Su Mu had seen in a seaside town, was also a product of the prosperity of the world's alchemy civilization.
Although the carriage itself does not use the drive shaft to steer, it still needs horses for traction.
But there is no doubt that just relying on the power of horses is definitely not enough to pull this huge double-decker carriage.
Therefore, the alchemists in this world creatively installed the alchemy device to increase the power of the chariot, so that the horse only needs to undertake the basic function of changing direction. As for the power of the wheels' rotation, it comes entirely from the magical kinetic energy transformed by the alchemical device.
Therefore, this kind of carriage with Qi as the basic power is even faster than ordinary carriages, and the operation is also more convenient.
However, corresponding to the powerful performance of this carriage, it is the high cost of construction and use.
Just the most basic lamp in an alchemy tool, in fact, you already need more than ten silver coins to buy, almost equivalent to the epee in Su Mu's hand.
And the liquid kerosene-like kerosene used to light the censer can not be supplied by any single household.
Therefore, as a carriage that integrates higher alchemy, higher energy consumption, and higher casting technology, the cost alone is hundreds of gold coins, and the energy consumed on the way is countless.
So what Su Mu is slightly puzzled at this time is that this businessman employer with such financial resources does not have a group of exclusive trade guards under his men, but needs to recruit from the Wanderers' Union.
But doubts go to doubts, since the employer did not take the initiative to explain, of course Su Mu couldn't get to the bottom of it.
Not to mention that the employer of this mission is still acting extraordinarily generous.
The elegant old man who hired everyone was as he had promised earlier. Just before everyone gathered here, before even starting the journey, they had already paid 30% of the extra reward to each person.
Of course, the mercenaries who licked their blood would not mind the benefit of taking it for nothing.
As for the employer's behavior, does it mean that this journey will be more dangerous, but the mercenaries obviously don't pay much attention to it.
After all, if there is really no dangerous road, who would hire someone to protect it
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After everyone had assembled, the employer watched this expensive horse-powered carriage, slowly starting in a burst of white smoke from the alchemy.
Anyway, the final commission will be paid by the Wanderers' Union acting as an intermediary. The old man is not worried that the mercenaries will neglect their duties, so naturally they will not work hard to join the journey in person.
The destination of this escort mission is Maz City, a commercial center larger than Coldstone Town.
The city named Maz City is also known as the starting point of the mainland.
Because only the mainland within the city of Maz can be regarded as truly experiencing the impact of current events in the mainland, and can truly experience the changes in this continent.
However, Su Mu at this time couldn't even bother to look forward to it.
What Su Mu was watching carefully now were the groups of mercenaries who were clearly distinct in the team.
Although according to the employer's old man, the number of people guarding this shipment seems to be far from reaching his requirements. But in fact, there are as many as 20 or 30 mercenaries hired today.
And according to the habit of the mercenaries to speak with their fists, whoever has the most powerful power can invisibly grasp the transfer rights of all guards.
But the only reason why this group of mercenaries can't be coordinated by anyone is... there is no one who can stabilize others.
I saw that among the guard mercenaries at this time, there were a total of three groups of forces with varying numbers.
The first group of them was led by two twin brothers holding warhammers, apparently a group of mercenaries who knew each other.
As the leader of this group, the two twin brothers each have the qualifications of a fifth-order wanderer, and they are obviously at least a warrior above the fifth-order fine print.
Even considering the seamless cooperation between the two people, I am afraid that even the sixth-order people would not dare to fight against each other.
And before this group set off, it already occupied the position closest to the carriage. While demonstrating his own qualities to the employer, he also faintly excludes the rest of the people.
Corresponding to the first group is another team of five people.
Although among these five people, none of them is particularly prominent, all of them have only the third or fourth level of small print.
But if you look at the five people as one, they are actually not weaker than the previous twin brothers.
The head of the five people was a defender wearing a heavy helmet and holding a huge shield. The heavy shield and armor were showing his powerful pure power.
And half a step behind him, there are two close attackers holding an axe gun and a double knife, which obviously corresponds to two different attack methods.
As far as a dozen steps away, he was an archer with a longbow tied on his back. He seems to also act as the eyes of the team at the same time, having the role of detecting the enemy's situation.
But the most surprising thing is that there is an extremely rare magic apprentice in the team.
And this apprentice of magic, because he didn't have the physique of a warrior, he would obviously not be able to keep up with the speed of a carriage by relying on his own strength like an ordinary person. Therefore, the elegant employer old man simply invited him to the lower level of the carriage in advance, and sat with his driver.
And it was precisely because of this magic apprentice that even though the team under the twin brothers was exclusive, it still couldn't stop the five-person team from approaching the carriage.
However, apart from the two groups of closely-knit men, the last remaining group of mercenaries was obviously much shabby and messy.
In addition to the previous two, there are still a large number of people in the guards, all of whom are independently hired for this mission.
This group of people neither belonged to the twin brothers, nor were they accepted by the five-person team. Now they can only be squeezed out of the crowd, invisibly serving as the first wave of defense against danger.
And today's Su Mu is obviously in such a marginal position.
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Su Mu sighed, the relationship between human beings, no matter what kind of world they are in, is also so subtle.
At the same time, Su Mu also quietly shrank to the end of the team, and fell to the end of the team without any haste.
In fact, people often have a misunderstanding that the location of the center of the team is a relatively safe area.
But in fact, if an enemy really sets up ambush for a surprise attack, whether it is the front of the team or the middle of the team, it is the most vulnerable position.
Because the attackers lying in ambush by the side of the road would never wait until the team passed the encirclement before they appeared from behind and hunted down.
Therefore, being at the end of the team, on the contrary, it will definitely not be affected by the priority.
And apart from safety-related considerations, another reason why Su Mu fell behind was... In fact, besides using his status as a mercenary to start the journey, this trip also had a more important purpose.
After previous verification, Su Mu has now basically confirmed it.
The small print-level fighting skills based on mathematics are gradually increasing in accordance with the textbooks in the real world.
So today's Su Mu, in fact, can roughly predict what kind of knowledge will come next, which will be alienated into this world's way of fighting.
Therefore, Su Mu can be said to have no obstacles at all when it comes to cognition of power.
The only problem at present is that Su Mu's knowledge of the power of this world is too little after all, and he can't analyze the principle by himself.
Therefore, Su Mucai must first spy on the fighting skills of others, and then through the gradual restoration of these phenomena, to truly take these powers as his own.
And the only place that can spy everyone's actions is the last of the entire team.