Hearing Eswig's words, several players around him couldn't help but glance at the situation of the entire inn.
"Don't be stupid. Will it be so easy for us to find the person who can be sent to follow us?" Eswig said.
Although Mystra has many portals leading to various towns in Arthur and even many planes.
But for ordinary Arthur residents, in addition to walking on their own feet, the carriage rental service at the inn can be considered a relatively comfortable way to travel.
This time, Wang Ningwei and his group of twenty people were going to Shuangshu Town, a border town in Mystra, and then contacted the town sheriff there. After getting information about the bandit gang, they started to slowly launch a plan.
It's just that a group of them encountered difficulties in how to get to Frost Tree Town in the first step. The floating city did not arrange any guides for them. At best, they just told them where to go and who to meet.
The entire process is left to them, the players, to figure out their own solutions.
So a group of them decided to come to the inn first after discussion, hire a few carriages, and hope that the coachman who knew the way would take them to their destination.
There are so many wild legends on the forum.
Zhao Xu was standing next to a load-bearing pine wood pillar, observing the twenty people in front of him from the shadowed corner.
The magic book in his hand tells the story of a ritual to go to Joseph's Garden, the realm of heroes in the outer plane.
Zhao Xu was quite curious about this ritual, because anyone who was injured and died in the Joseph Garden plane could be resurrected at dawn the next day, as if they were enjoying the effect of the ninth-level resurrection magic "Complete Resurrection".
Of course, Zhao Xu immediately remembered how to abuse the effects of this plane.
However, after listening to Eswig's words, Zhao Xu remained obedient and leaned back against the load-bearing pine wood pillar.
At the same time, he was also examining the environment in a corner of the inn, guessing the information about the other "guardian".
If it were just a group of ordinary players, then the floating city might really just use the free-range method to let the players fend for themselves, otherwise it wouldn't be called a mission.
But considering that Wang Ningwei was among them, and the possibility of testing himself, Zhao Xu speculated that there must be a twenty-first person in this team.
As for whether the other party is tracking invisibly like him, or hiding in the spirit world, or even simply using magic effects such as eagle eye to monitor the situation in this area from a distance.
At this time, Jiang Shan, who went to deal with the inn party, came back dejected and said to the players: "The inn said that all the spare carriages today have been requisitioned, and the regular carriages to Frost Tree Town will not leave until tomorrow afternoon."
After hearing this, several players who were close couldn't help but frown, which meant that their next journey would be a little troublesome.
Jiang Shan also frowned. He didn't expect that his first step to win over this group of players would be so frustrated. He failed to take the initiative to take over everyone's transportation. It would not be easy for him to take the lead again next time. .
At this time, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Ningwei and Wang Ningwei who were sitting on wooden chairs. He had given up the idea of obtaining those magic items from Wang Ningwei after being frustrated several times.
But facing a very popular opponent, he had to think of a way to wrest the vague dominance of the team from the opponent.
After Zhao Xu listened to everyone's conversation, several possibilities flashed through his mind.
He took out the pile of parchment handed to him by the middle-aged woman and looked at it carefully. One of them was a simple map from Mystra to Frosttree Town.
Originally, Zhao Xu thought that he would not start worrying about the safety of this team until he arrived at Shuangshu Town.
Now that I think about it, I'm afraid there is a hidden hand behind my back that is already manipulating all of this.
Without extra carriages, this kind of nonsense can only deceive people like Jiang Shan who have no common sense in life.
As the most central town in the surrounding Mystra, it was impossible for the inn to not have extra carriages, and it happened that the carriage to Frosttree Town would not be available until the next day.
This shows that there is a mastermind behind the scenes, forcing these players to reach Frosttree Town at a slower speed.
Zhao Xu looked at the ruler on the map, casually measured the distance with his fingers, and did some verbal calculations.
Suddenly his heart sank.
The coincidence was a bit too much.
According to the speed of the carriage, this group of people can reach Frosttree Town before nightfall today.
Now, if we just rely on our legs to move forward, we will definitely have to stay temporarily in the wild.
As expected, after hearing Jiang Shan's statement, both Eswig and Wang Ningwei looked thoughtful.
They came into contact with the details of the entire trip earlier than Zhao Xu, and they instantly realized the situation they would face today.
Night attack has always been the most hated form among players.
Even if they resist the wave of attacks, the spell slots used that night will be counted into the next day's spell slots.
Use one spell and you'll have one less spell the next day.
At this time, Zhao Xu could only hope that these players could log off the line at night to ensure their safety, otherwise he would get a big headache.
He even couldn't help but want to cast a "see through invisibility" spell on himself to see if there was a mage from the floating city who was looking at these players with a smile.
"Then we won't be able to reach Frost Tree Town tonight. Why don't we all agree on the online and offline times tonight and tomorrow so that we can set off together?" Wang Ningwei suggested at this time.
"Huh? You can't make it today?"
"It's okay. Let's coordinate with each other. Basically, anyone who can do this mission has already coordinated the time."
Jiang Shan watched everyone's discussion and said quickly, "Don't worry, everyone, I will take you to the nearby Adventurer's House later to purchase some tents and sleeping bags. If there is not enough, I can pay for it first. Let's just have a bonfire party tonight. .”
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Ningwei proudly.
What could be better than exchanging feelings over a campfire after an adventure in the wild
Wang Ningwei watched everyone accept Jiang Shan's suggestion, but she didn't say anything. She just smiled silently and sat down again. ���
After Zhao Xu followed the large army out of the city, he found a corner and used the "summon mount" spell to summon a light horse for himself.
Now that Zhao Xu has a level 6 spellcasting level, the duration of his mount has also become 12 hours, which is basically enough to last until nightfall.
Under the influence of the invisibility technique, Zhao Xu's mount also became invisible, including the ioun stone suspended above his head.
Compared to Wang Ningwei and the few other mages who had learned "Summoning Mounts", the dozen or so players present all walked honestly on their own legs.
They could only cast envious glances at Wang Ningwei and Eswig, secretly thinking that one day they would have to save enough money to learn this spell.
Only when you walk on something like a mount can you appreciate the convenience of it.
For reasons of comfort, Jiang Shan chose "Summon Mount" as his free learnable spell from the beginning.
But later he found that the players' spell slots were in a dilemma, so in order to show off his authority in front of everyone at the critical moment, he suppressed the thought of using spells.
The main road from Mystra to Frosttree Town is a tree-lined path, and the most common ones along the way are low wild trees.
Although the entire mage team is composed of scattered players, everyone is from Mystra, so they can still allocate the formation tacitly, and the personnel are divided into three stages to advance.
"Do you think there will be any risk tonight?" Eswig gently controlled the pony under him, approached Wang Ningwei and whispered.
"We will be more vigilant when the time comes. After the bonfire party, we will persuade them to go offline. After all, the wild is also very risky." Wang Ningwei said with relief.
Eswig looked at the enthusiastic novice mages around him with a look of disgust, "I really thought they were out for an outing. I haven't read "One Hundred and One Ways to Die in the Wild" on the forum. Post?"
"Everyone has never been out before." Wang Ningwei said with a smile.
However, she looked at the few mages at the front who were still chatting, her brows could not help but worry, and she was analyzing in her heart how this adventure would test them.
After everyone's discussion just now, the mainstream opinion is to choose another remote road, which would rather take some risks and save a quarter of the journey.
Zhao Xu, on the other hand, sat silently on his mount, checking his spell position.
His focus was on tonight's wave of night attacks, and he was thinking about his next spell slot arrangement.
"ah-"
Suddenly, the mage player at the front screamed and fell to the ground.
On his chest were half arrow feathers.
(End of chapter)