354. Being Tracked
The world changes every day.
No one knows what changes are happening in the whole world. Except for a small number of people or parties who are extremely lucky, no one knows what every change in this world means.
So, naturally, no one knew that just two months ago, an elf tribe was destroyed on the border of the Silver Moon Forest Empire. Similarly, no one knew that a few days ago, a very dazzling silver-light meteor fell in the northern continent. Naturally, no one knew that forces like Solomon Fortress and the Floating Library that have disappeared in front of the world for thousands or even tens of thousands of years were struggling.
Earl Hecarome signed a magic contract and became Emily's magic pet... No, after being a magic minion, Sean and Emily stayed in Black Iron Castle for only two days, and then returned to the town of Dunma. Because they received the news that the temple group from the Maltz Hall had officially entered the Count Hecarome and would arrive at the town of Dunma in ten days.
This means that there is not much time left for Sean and Emily.
"You really won't go to the Marz Grand Hall with me?" Emily looked at Sean who was about to leave and showed a pleading look on her face.
"No." Sean refused, "I have taught you everything I should teach you in the past two days, so I must be proficient in these skills before the church group arrives."
"But, without you, I'm afraid I can't learn it." Emily looked like a frightened deer, which was really pitiful.
"You have to learn it even if you can't learn it." Sean said in a deep voice, "because if you don't master it as soon as possible, you may be found out that you are a devil. If you wait for your fate, you will die."
"What about you?" Emily asked.
"I'm going to do something in the northern Lone Tower." Sean had nothing to hide, and said directly, "We will meet at the Maltz Hall at that time, and I will go to find you... The reason why the church members come here so quickly is to ensure your safety. After meeting with you, your next trip will start to slow down. However, I estimate that two or three months will be enough for you to arrive at Maltz Hall. I hope you can delay time."
"Procrastinate?" Emily was stunned for a moment, "Why?"
"Because I'm not sure if I can handle it before you arrive at Marz's Grand Church, you'd better delay for four months." Sean said, "I'll get there in four months. I'll show up no matter whether it's successful or not, and you can rest assured."
"Okay." Emily nodded helplessly.
She knew that her beauty was really not tempting to Sean, and no matter what kind of disguise she made, it would be fruitless. At this time, Sean must leave. She actually knew that it was mostly related to the task of awakening her bloodline, but she still felt a little scared. It was not just because Sean could make her feel safe. Many times, Sean's existence was like a guarantee for her, like her parents' dependence and safety.
"Be careful." Sean thought for a while, and said.
For Emily, after all, it can be regarded as the first investment product he personally did, so Sean doesn't want this investment to fail. Because he has put in a lot of effort and has helped Emily solve a lot of trouble. If it were to fail at this point, Sean would be so depressed that he vomited blood. If it weren't for the soul contract that has not been completely stabilized, Sean actually didn't want to leave. At least he would have to see that Emily could truly gain a foothold before leaving.
Unfortunately, because of the soul contract, Emily did not awaken her bloodline for a day, so Sean could not be considered to be truly controlling him.
Emily also knew a lot of his secrets, such as stealing divine nature and being able to perform divine punishment. Once it is revealed, what awaits him is a series of pursuits. And it is not the unilateral pursuit of the God of War Church. I am afraid that even the goddess of ice and snow and winter may not be able to protect him, let alone the Church of Life - for the Church of Life, Hittery is simply useless.
But in Sean's eyes, this piece of idle rib is a huge treasure.
After reminding Emily again what she needed to pay attention to, Sean did not stop any longer and left Dunma Town and continued north.
Now his strength is still only maintained at the level of bronze in the upper position, which makes Sean a little unhappy, because the level of strength is too low, and it is often very inconvenient to do things. Even if he does have the strength that is not weaker than silver in the upper position, he is just like before, and he can only exert a few minutes of strong combat power after activating all trump cards. If he meets a too strong opponent, Sean will become very dangerous.
After leaving Dunma Town, Sean did not go to Luofu City. He intuition told him that this direction was a bit dangerous, but he himself didn't know why.
However, Sean decided to follow his intuition, so he chose to go east and planned to cross the Galuma grassland to enter the Principality of North Lance. Anyway, the location of the northern Lance Tower would not move, and it was not that he would have to arrive as soon as possible if he wanted to find someone, even if it was a little later. Therefore, he told Emily to let him delay it for four months as much as possible, because the route to the Principality of North Lance would take one week more than normal, and the round trip might be more than ten days.
After all, magic circles also require rest.
Sean has always been a straightforward person, so after making the decision, he did not hesitate at all and set off directly.
Anyway, he only has one person, and he can put other reserved materials in the storage ring, so he can move lightly very quickly. Most people see Sean only has the strength of the bronze realm and does not carry any supplies. No matter how chaotic the public security of the Northern Duchy Federation is, no one will come to trouble him alone. Of course, even if someone really comes to trouble him, his strength is usually not very strong.
However, when Sean left Dunma Town, he still felt a little strange in his heart.
This strangeness seemed to be receiving some attention and surveillance. It was just that because the distance was too far, Sean could not feel it too real. However, he had always been a very cautious person, so when he noticed this strangeness, Sean immediately became alert. However, this time, Sean noticed that the situation seemed to become very subtle, because there seemed to be some extra powerful aura in this attention.
Along the way, Sean pretended not to notice anything abnormal, and still maintained a slow speed of travel. He only stopped to let the horse rest when he passed a stream in the middle, and took out a dry food bag from the saddle.
The dry food bag is actually just a prop that Sean uses to cover up. It is actually not dry food, but some straw. It is mainly to make the dry food bag look a little bulging so that Sean can take out dry food from the storage ring. He did not want people to know that he owns the storage ring, because it is not a good thing for a person in the bronze realm to own such high-end items. It will easily cause some people to think, and it will cause constant trouble at that time.
Therefore, necessary disguise is naturally necessary for Sean, who is already very accustomed to walking in this world.
Horses are not expensive horse breeds. They are just ordinary short horses. Apart from their good foot strength, they have no special skills. Moreover, the horses themselves are a bit old. Although they know the way, many merchants like to use old horses to transport them, and adventurers and mercenaries also like to support old horses. However, in terms of price, they are not as valuable as young and strong horses. However, for the Northern Principal Federation, which has been in combat for many years, this short horse also costs more than a dozen gold coins from Sean.
In the Duchy of Void, such a ponies are only worth ten gold coins at most. This is the case when Sean is eager to buy it. If he is willing to give up his face and negotiate, it is usually six or seven gold coins. After all, this type of horse is not as expensive as a war horse. The cost and cost of domesticating war horses are extremely high. Generally, even if it is a large amount of transaction, it will not be less than three hundred gold coins on each horse. This is a relatively inferior war horse.
Like the war horses purchased by the Knights, that is the real big expense.
In the early years, before the Duchy of Void was established, the biggest military expenditure came from Reina's First Cavalry Regiment before the battle began in the southern battlefield.
Sean washed the pony a little, then fed some soybeans to quickly replenish the horse's strength, and then continued on the road.
The sense of surveillance brought to Sean did not fade, but became stronger, which made Sean dare not stay here for too long. Because the current environment is not suitable for combat, the combat environment that Sean needs now must be that kind of obstacles, so that he can exert his maximum strength - when his strength is enough to despise everything, the strong often do not consider the advantages and disadvantages of the surrounding environment to him.
But Sean now only has the strength of Bronze in the upper position, so he has to take advantage of these environmental advantages. However, if his opponent is a strong man above Gold, Sean feels that he should take a shower and sleep, because the gap is too big. In Soul Suppression and Requiem are now in a sealed state, Sean may not even have the ability to escape.
Soon, the sky gradually became darker.
After looking around for a while, Sean finally chose a resting place for overnight stay.
It was a place close to the edge of the woodland, with sparse trees around it and not very lush. At least compared to the Dunma Forest, this forest could not become a forest at all, and even a forest was quite barely enough. However, Sean was interested in this place because it seemed darker. Judging from the combat skills he was good at, the environment of the forest was indeed very good.
Without much hesitation, Sean began to walk into the forest after tied the rope to a tree.
While picking up the firewood on the ground, he gradually went deeper.
Whether it is an adventurer, a mercenary, or someone else, as long as you rest in the wild, you will be assigned to collect firewood and then build a bonfire. This is a common sense of behavior. Because a bonfire can not only keep warm, but also be used to drive away wild beasts. Although the monsters are not afraid of bonfires, they will get close to them when they see a fire, if the strength of the monsters is not very large, it will become the food for adventurers and mercenaries.
Experienced adventurers and mercenaries often use this method to lure monsters into their own, saving them time and trouble in hunting.
However, this has high level of judgment requirements for mercenaries and adventurers. If a person accidentally makes a mistake and attracts too advanced monsters, it is likely to cause a catastrophe to the team. Therefore, adventurers and mercenaries teams often recruit people with a certain knowledge of Warcraft to join the team. Unless it is obvious that they want to explore ruins or other advanced areas, they may be teamed up by all the strong men.
Like Emily's Rose Mercenary Group, Mary was responsible for identifying and commanding the knowledge of Warcraft before.
However, adventurers like Sean, who are alone, will definitely take their horses even if they enter the woods to collect firewood, will definitely take their horses with them, in order to prevent the horses from being eaten by sudden beasts or monsters, or be led by other mercenaries passing by. This may not happen elsewhere, but for the Northern Duchy Federation, such things as holding the horses are actually a symbol of luck.
Mercenaries and adventurers of the Northern Principal Federation agreed that if they could take away other adventurers or mercenary groups on their journey, this was a symbol of the favor of the goddess of luck. Then, as usual, when they arrived at the next city, they would promote this luck in the tavern, and sell all the supplies they had obtained from the tavern on the spot. At the same time, according to custom, they would invite the people in the tavern to drink a round of ale.
Of course, this is not a blessing for mercenaries or adventurers who are being taken away by hand.
So often, once they find that their things are gone, they will rush to the next town destination as soon as possible, trying to redeem their things from those guys who are free to take advantage of them at a lower price. This is actually an unwritten rule. Generally, if this happens, people in the tavern will not rush to buy these things unless they really like them or have conflicts with each other.
Of course, solving the problem by force is also a way to get back your own things.
However, there is also a premise, that is, the group of people will not be seen by others before entering the tavern and when the interception is successful on the road.
The guy who destroys the favor of the goddess of luck is a sinner.
This will arouse public outrage among adventurers and mercenaries, and the outcome is often not very good. Therefore, most adventurers and mercenaries who are caught on the spot who have to spend money to redeem their own things will often take action of revenge afterwards. As for whether they can succeed, it is another matter.
Chapter completed!