Groups of mercenaries guarded the middle cavalry convoy, and several light cavalry were walking in front a few hundred meters ahead of the cavalry convoy. They were wanderers who were specialized in exploring the way. In addition, Bilger arrived here more than an hour in advance. Unless he encountered a large number of enemies, he would keep looking for the way forward and leave marks for the caravan behind.

When Ryan first came to this world, he once thought that the wanderers were all ninja-like guys, who killed the enemy invisibly, usually hiding in the dark forever, and coming out at critical moments to give the enemy a fatal blow, and the dragon saw its head but not its tail.

Well, there are indeed those rogues, but those rogues have advanced from rogues to shadow killers or even higher-level existences. Ordinary rogues are actually not very different from warriors. They are also exposed to the enemy's sight, using simple weapons such as hand crossbows, thin swords, sap sticks, short bows and short swords to fight, but they rarely fight head-on, but use attacks and dodges to fight more.

The wanderers play more in the adventure team to detect traps, detect enemy situations, unlock locks and make props, and prepare for a killing blow. If you really want to go to the battlefield, these wanderers have lower survival rates than warriors, and they are too fragile.

Moreover, due to the characteristics of the profession, wanderers are the most likely profession to argue with their companions when they are dividing money and taking advantage of the trophy. They often have the opportunity to get in touch with the trophy at the first time and take the opportunity to hide a part of it. Then, due to the extreme danger and necessity of their work (such as if they cannot unlock the lock, they cannot continue to move forward, or encounter traps), wanderers always like to raise prices, using their eloquence and bluff ability to always emphasize how important they are in the team, and what would happen if they were not for them. The core is to divide an extra piece of things (even if they were already hiding one more piece).

Although Ryan didn't like them very much, he had long passed the age of impulsiveness (psychological age), and he still admitted that sometimes the power of these wanderers is essential.

"The most terrifying thing is not the enemy who shows off his weapons and duels you head-on, but the friend who hides a dagger behind you when shaking hands with you."

——The Emperor Ludwig, the "Savior" Empire.

"We're almost here!" Imperial merchant Oliver took out a roll of maps from the carriage's carriage: "This is one of the rest points."

“Stay on rest?”

"Well, this is a map produced by Marinburg. It records in detail the mountains, rivers, various towns and main trade routes on the mainland. As long as the merchants who travel to and from Marinburg all year round, we can get this map. At the cost, we will also report the new road conditions and situations we have mastered to Marinburg." Oliver showed the map in front of several people. As expected, as the Imperial merchants said, the map was filled with landmarks full of major towns and roads, as well as possible resting places in the wild.

When the torch was set up, Ryan noticed that some trade routes were green, some were yellow and red, and so were resting places.

"Green means safety, yellow means there may be small threats, while red... represents business opportunities and opportunities to make money." Oliver reached out and touched his beard, and the rest point to stay tonight was yellow.

"Danger always coexist with opportunities. Wouldn't the first human to climb the Sky Island make a fortune? Hahahaha~ If it weren't for the danger, how could we come to Nord to travel so much?" Mats also laughed.

How can you make money if you are reluctant to take risks?

Investments with low risk and high returns are a scam unless Ryan is strong enough to participate in the game of the gods.

The convoy continued to move forward. After it got dark, the guards and mercenaries all set off torches. At around 4:30 in the afternoon, the convoy finally arrived at what Estel said to be a rest point.

In the heavy snow and hazy fog, the dilapidated village was revealed to everyone. The village is very small, with about a dozen houses, most of which are leaking. The village wall is built with logs as a skeleton, and is built with soil and bricks below. The height is less than three meters. The village gate has been destroyed. From the outside, it seems that it was violently smashed open. In addition, the wall also has many damaged locations. The most serious place can accommodate at least two carriages passing by. The forest is not far from the village, only about two hundred meters away. If you want to climb the mountain road of Mount Hodalan, you must pass through this forest.

"The place has arrived, Nord's brothers, get out of the car and unload the goods. Farke, you take a few people to the nearby town to cut some wood and block the gap. Mather, you take three people to the nearby river to get a few buckets of water." Roster immediately directed.

"Arrang a few people to keep watch, Estel and those gentlemen, come with me." Ryan waved his hand and signaled the half-elf and the wandering knights to follow.

"I'll go together, too." A long leg wearing black high-top leather boots got off the carriage. Teresa changed into a black leather jacket for combat, a white fox fur coat on her shoulders, and walked among the crowd with a staff.

The warlock's long black hair flashed with glimmering light reached its waist, and its beautiful face was still so bright in the darkness. The sapphire earrings were shimmering, and the violet crystal on the staff illuminated the road ahead.

The men present were stunned, only Ryan was sure that Teresa had recovered about 50% of her strength.

"Let's go!" Without further ado, the women in the Garland Council were never vases. Ryan and his group arrived carefully at the gate of the village. Estel knelt on one knee and checked his footprints.

The dense footprints show that there are many signs of entering and exiting this resting point in recent times.

"This footprint should be Bilg." The elves' racial talent is dark vision. Half-elves cannot see as far as the elves, and they are more than enough to observe the close distance. There is also a sorcerer's staff illuminating the road.

"What about these messy footprints?" Ryan also knelt down and identified the footprints on the snow. These footprints were smaller and more chaotic.

"These should be Goblins." Combined with known information, Estel made the following judgment.

"Didn't the Pathfinder leave any message?" The wandering knight Ike said casually, but his eyes kept circling the warlock's long legs and chest.

The woman was very sensitive to the man's eyes. Teresa immediately felt it. She tightened her coat tightly with disgust and turned slightly away from Ike's sight: "Then what do you mean is...there will be a goblin hiding in the village?"

"It's okay, if there are those goblin miscellaneous things, let me cut them all into two pieces for you! My lady, I will dedicate all the goblins' ears to you!" Ike laughed loudly, he pulled out his long sword and danced the sword flowers, as if performing a beautiful dance.

"Yes, yes! My big knife is already thirsty!"

"So too is my long sword."

"We are willing to give you victory, Ms. Trovik!"

Several wandering knights started to cheer.

"That's good, let's ask you guys to check those houses! I'll go and see the building in the middle." Ryan thought to himself that these rogue knights knew how to flatter the sorcerer.

The chance of performance still needs to be given, so Ryan assigned a task, but who knew that Ike did not let him go: "If I bravely eliminate the enemy, will Lord Knight invite me to a Bagman beer?"

"You are afraid that you are living in your dreams, so I can only invite you to drink horse pee." Bagman Beer is the most famous beer on the mainland. It is the masterpiece of the dwarf. It is brewed with malt and is the best and most refreshing alcoholic beverage on the whole continent. It is not only nutritious, but also used as dry food. A few cups of Bagman Beer can ensure that you don't have hunger for a day.

The crystallization of this dwarf winemaking process is naturally expensive. Unless Ike is willing to use his savings, he will definitely not be able to drink it. Ryan thought to himself that this guy was thinking too much.

So several people acted separately. Ryan held a war hammer in his chest and walked towards the big house in the middle of the village. It was usually the place where the village chief or lord lived, and it was also the place where the dirt was most likely to be hidden.

The steps were covered with snow, and Ryan's leather boots slashed on the wooden steps, making a creaking sound.

"Cruff~" The door of the house was not locked or tied. Ryan stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the door. The thick wooden door panel made a rotating sound, and his hands were unable to see his five fingers inside.

"Lighting Technique!" Theresa also came along. The sorcerer raised his hand and made a zero-level trick Lighting Technique, and the interior of the house was illuminated.

It was messy, this was Ryan's first impression. If he had to describe it more specifically, it would be like the house was swept away by a robber and then gnawed by a dog.

That's right, it's like being gnawed by a dog, the whole house is full of broken marks. A deserted village will attract adventurers and travelers to pass by and hunt for treasures. This is not wrong, but it's unwritten common sense to leave an environment where later generations can stay, so those holes in the wall will definitely not be masterpieces of adventurers and mercenaries.

Apart from the broken wood left in the corner, Ryan didn't even find any furniture. The floor in the house was quite flat, but the wall was damaged and leaked in many places, so the mercenaries were reinforced with wooden boards, and they would just pass by at night.

"Wait...Ryan, what is this?" The sorcerer made a new discovery in the inner room.

"Hmm?" Ryan quickly approached and found that the sorcerer had found several "mushrooms" in a corner of the inner wall.

It is actually quite bare to say that this thing is a mushroom. It has a blood-red skin, yellow and green spots, which looks disgusting. What is even more disgusting is that the surface of this thing is vaguely a face that is unknown to be a human or an animal, with slender eyes, showing a crazy laugh.

"Oh my God! What are these!" After seeing what this thing looks like, Teresa felt very uncomfortable. The sorcerer subconsciously took two steps back, and she felt that her high-heeled boots seemed to have stepped on something.

Looking back, the same mushroom had been stomped on her heel. The dirty mixed yellow mushroom juice splashed on her high-heeled boots, and the smell of vomit was filled with the house.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooo!" The scream was covered in his throat. The sorcerer took a few steps back and leaned against the man: "What is this? What is this!"

Ryan reached out and hugged Teresa's slender waist, which felt good: "This is the Blood Shade Mushroom."

"Blood Shade Mushroom?" The sorcerer took out a towel from the space ring, but the disgusting mushroom juice was difficult to wipe clean and it emitted an unpleasant smell. She couldn't help but wail: "My shoes!"

Ryan let go of the woman's waist, and he reached out and uprooted the entire mushroom with brute force. Amid Teresa's complaint of "dumping it away quickly", he threw it out of the hole in the wall: "This is a masterpiece of the Goblin, but are you interested in knowing, how did this thing be formed?"

"How did it be formed?" The sorcerer was still wiping the surface of her leather boots with a towel: "Enough, don't stay in this room, let's talk in another place!"

"As you wish, I'll do it!" Ryan stretched out his right hand, and the light blue energy flipped in his hand. The water vapor in the air formed a water ball. The pure water ball passed through the surface of the leather boots and finally washed away the dirty mushroom juice. The sorcerer was relieved when he saw this and quickly pulled Ryan out of the inner room. Then he waved his hand and a spell. The discarded wood in the corner flew over directly and sealed the door of the inner room: "That's all!"

By the time the two came out, several wandering knights had already checked several houses, and they also found some blood-shading mushrooms. Aike carried one of the biggest ones: "Dear Ms. Trovik, I think I can give it to you... Well, I'm just kidding, don't point your staff to my face!"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" The mercenaries and guards burst into laughter. Many people were repairing the damaged walls. They used the cut down trees and wooden boards to reinforce the gaps. Some soldiers were already cooking in the fire.

"Where is that druid?" Ryan thought to himself that the druid did not explode on the spot by cutting down the tree like this? So strange!

"The druid didn't stop and went straight into the forest...Mather! Don't be dazed there! This water is not enough for so many of us to drink, so you can bring people to make a few more buckets!" Roster walked up. The man in black robe seemed to enjoy this cold and earth-shaking environment. He then shouted: "Brothers, hurry up, if you don't want to sleep in the open air at night!"

"No one wants to sleep in the open air, boys, hurry up!" Wilt responded with a smile, and the mercenaries pulled up the tent cloth to cover the leaking roof.

"That, Ms. Trovik, do you want to take a shower at night? If you need it, let's go and get some water." Oliver's fat body shook and appeared in front of the sorcerer, saying with a flattering look: "It's just to ask them to go for another trip, it's okay, the water source is not far from here."

"No need, just arrange a separate room for me, and there is also." The sorcerer pointed at Ryan: "Let me and him beside me."

"Yes, yes, we understand." Oliver glanced at Ryan ambiguously.

Ryan pretended not to see it. The Kingdom Knight wanted to continue the topic of bloody mushroom just now, but the half-elf Estel appeared: "Mr. Ryan? There is something happening here, can you come and have a look?"
Chapter completed!