Age of Adepts Chapter 388: Songta Town
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Songta town.
As the last human settlement to the east of the Alvis area, this is a must-go place for entering and exiting the Black Forest. Because the jungle monster often breaks out and invades humans, it is also one of the extremely unsafe areas marked by Sandtalin Association.
At dusk, the sky was gloomy.
On a black carriage heading to Songta Town, Grim picks the curtains and looks at everything around it.
What you see is a large expanse of rolling hills, with lush green trees growing on it, and a winding double carriageway between the hills.
The carriage he hired was on this mountain road.
Looking back at Grim, the middle-aged man with short hair who can't help but reminded: "Lord Adept, you have to sit down, we need to speed up. This mountain road is still safe during the day, but it changes once it is night It ’s dangerous. So we have to get to Songta town before night! "
Grim nodded and didn't speak.
He could see that as the sky was getting darker, the carriages on this mountain road also accelerated. The two carriages staggered and became obsolete, and the drivers were not in a mood to talk to each other, and they were rushing their heads.
The carriage is driving fast along the mountain road. The further you go, the worse the road conditions are, and the more bumpy the road becomes. But it went well. Just before the sky was completely black, the carriage arrived at its destination, the town of Songta.
Songta Town is a human town, but it is more like a military stronghold.
A military stronghold surrounded by tall and thick wooden fences!
Grim has also visited countless human villages and towns, but has never seen such tight protection.
The thick and tall wooden fence was built with thick logs cut from nearby mountain forests, up to 3 meters high, and the upper end has been sharpened to reveal white stubble. The wooden door that entered the town was covered with a thick layer of metal shields and fixed together by huge copper rivets.
There are a lot of fences, high corner towers, and arrow towers. Some people are patrolling and sending out whistle.
When the black carriage ride by Grim slowly entered the town, the whole picture of Songta Town was presented to him little by little.
This is a relatively cold and remote town.
There is only one street in total. A dozen or so tall wooden houses and houses are stacked on both sides of the street, forming the town's Host's Body. Several particularly tall buildings are hung with wooden signs outside, barely showing their function.
Taverns, hotels, blacksmiths, grocery shops, and a small secret shop ...
You can also see the Mystery Store here, Grim has to be sighed, strength of Witchcraft is omnipresent!
The black carriage quickly stopped in front of a simple two-story wooden building, which is also the only hotel in the town.
When Grim stepped out of the carriage, he was confronted by a hostess who couldn't help rubbing his hands and looking at his face with a restrained expression. This is a middle-aged person with short brown hair and grey burlap clothes, always smiling.
Seeing the iconic Adept robe on Grim, the smile on the other side is even stronger. Although his expression was restrained, he did not flinch. He is obviously a guy who often deals with Adept .
"I need a clean and comfortable room!" Grim holding the Sorcerer Staff in front of the hotel owner. The shadow cast by the body of 2 meters almost completely covered the other side: "In addition, I also want to recruit a small-type expedition, help me let the wind out ... "
"Everything will do as you wish!" The host nodded and said, "Please come with me!"
The arrival of an Official Adept obviously also caused a slight vibration of the entire town. Especially as the hotel owner Jack announced, the mercenary, adventurers and Apprentice Adept who were still entangled in the town immediately became restless.
Don't look at the appearance of the small town of Songta, but it is very famous in the entire Alvis area.
From the town, you will reach the edge of the Black Forest if you enter the forest to the northeast for less than 10 miles. If you go further inside, you will encounter many strange creature, plants and beasts that are difficult to encounter in ordinary mountain forests.
So Songta Town is the last supply place near the Black Forest. It is also a place for all those who want to explore the Black Forest to stop or pass by.
Although it is extremely dangerous in the Black Forest, as long as you do n’t go too far and only spin around, you may still find some strange magical plants and Magicked beasts. For them, as long as the experienced adventure team has a reasonable professional match, they can have a lot of confidence in acquiring some loot.
The secret shop in the town is to provide basic Witchcraft supplies for the adventurer team in and out of the Black Forest, and to purchase a large number of magicked item specialized stores.
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In a room less than ten square meters, there are few other items except a bed, a wooden table, and a chair. The table and chair wooden bed also seems to be made of mountain wood, and has not been carefully carved and polished, and also brings a hint of wood-specific fragrance.
Accommodation conditions are very simple.
But considering the environment here, Grim is no longer picky.
In contrast, the food provided by the hotel is pretty good.
Fluffy bread, green sticky vegetable thick soup, and a piece of golden unknown unknown beast ribs fried ... Grim tasted, the taste is OK, quite a kind of mountain flavor, the ribs provide energy sufficient.
And all of this, Grim did not discuss the price with the hotel owner Jack, and the other party naturally presented everything in accordance with the best standards.
As for the price?
Adept never care about money, but only enjoyment.
And this is the main reason for Jack's elation after seeing Adept !
Compared with those adventurers who have to study the baht, compared with those Apprentice Adepts who pretend to be generous and stingy, the real Adept never looks at gold coins.
When Grim fills his stomach, pushes away the plate in front of him, and gently wipes the corners of his mouth with a napkin, Jack, who is always waiting, urges the maid to remove the tableware with a wink, while respectfully whispering : "Lord Adept, everyone you need is already waiting downstairs. You see ..."
"Take me to see!" Grim reached out and picked up the 'Destruction Flame' Sorcerer Staff at the table, and walked out of the room.
The living room on the first floor has been filled with adventurers who came to apply for the job. There are about 50 or 60 people, including Apprentice Adept dressed-up characters. And the guys who can live in the Black Forest are all sturdy and sturdy, and they all talk about murderous aura.
Grim did not step down the stairs, but stood on the handrail on the second floor, looking down at the crowd in front of her eyes, her eyes filled with terrifying and terrifying coercion.
"I need a small-type exploration team of 5 to 7 people, preferably an experienced player with rich jungle life experience." Grim slowly stated his requirements: "This trip does not require hunting for ferocious monster, Just need to accompany me to explore an area. The ordinary beasts will be left to you to deal with. If there is really a powerful monster, I will naturally handle it. Your gains during the journey belong to you, but you must ensure that my exploration tasks are completed first. The entire content of the mission! "
There was a slight noise in the hall.
Everyone's faces were excited and inspiring, apparently did not expect that this Adept could promise such favorable conditions. However, Grim noticed that the faces of several risk-taking adventurers showed a dignified and thoughtful look.
"I don't know if this adult can reveal the general area that needs to be explored?" An old and heavy adventurer stroked his chest and said, "I'm not trying to spy on your secrets, but I want to roughly evaluate the task Risk level! "
After hearing this adventurer's words, the originally restless crowd quieted again, and they all focused on the mysterious Adept , Grim.
"The area I want to explore is near Plague Forest!" Grim replied lightly.
As soon as the name Plague Forest came out, a loud gasp sounded from the crowd downstairs.
The expression of shock in most people's faces.
Lord Adept's money is really not so easy to get!
Although they don't care about money, they often pay five to ten times the cost of ordinary adventure missions, but the areas where they often appear are often ten to one hundred times more dangerous than ordinary missions.
Plague Forest?
As adventurers who often live in the Black Forest, they are very familiar with the name. It is located 300 miles northeast of the town of Sonta, which also means that to get there, they need to go deeper into the Black Forest 290 miles.
This ... can already be considered a very dangerous area!
It seems that the adventurer in front of him is scared by the name Plague Forest. Grim presses the railing with his right hand and announces another news.
"I am willing to pay 200Magic Crystal for this mission because of the dangerous tasks in this trip!"
Grim's words immediately set off a new storm in the crowd, all the adventurers' eyes turned red, and there was a heated discussion in the hall.
Grim looked high and clear, some new mercenaries with young faces shook their heads and exited the hall. Another group of veteran mercenaries also retreated after careful consideration.
Soon, fewer than ten people remained in the hall.
"Master, my name is Lowe. I am a 2nd-level sword and shield warrior and I am willing to join your team." Lowe is a young and strong swordsman, turning and pointing at the two behind him: "This is My sister, Fira, a level 3 archer. This is Rhodes, a level 3 thief. "
The Grim eye pupils made a turn on them, and their basic data was scanned almost instantly.
Adept World respects Adept , and the rest of the profession is undoubtedly suppressed.
The level 2 and level 3 in Lowe's mouth are just an iconic name of the ordinary fighter in the human world, which almost corresponds to the order of Apprentice Adept.
Level 1 is equivalent to Pseudo-Adept in apprentice, level 2 is equivalent to Advanced Level apprentice, level 3 Intermediate Level apprentice, level 4 Novice apprentice ... almost all ordinary fighters are divided like this.
As for fighter, which is on par with Adept , sorry, it has never appeared in Adept Continent!
The Lovi who came out was only about 27 or 8 years old. Without elemental talents, he can have level 2 strength based on combat skills and physical body training alone, which is enough to be classified as a genius. Among the ranks.
As for the two behind him, his physical fitness is unprecedented, which made Grim nod his head lightly.
Obviously the opponent is a mature adventure team, such a team will be more convenient to use!
Since the remaining adventurers dare to stay, they naturally have great confidence in themselves and have reported their careers and abilities to Grim. Grim either nodded or shook his head, leaving only a level 4 hunter named Neil and an Intermediate Level potion apprentice named Anthony.
The reason for choosing a level 4 hunter is purely Jack's introduction.
This Neil's fighting ability is not good, but he is a good cook, and the deliciousness of barbecue is widely praised.
For the choice of Lord Adept, Lowe shrugged helplessly.
It is indeed the Lord Adept that is very delicate and flamboyant. Even if I take a risk in the Black Forest, I think how to not abuse my stomach!
However, at this time, except for the five selected by Grim, there is only one mysterious person covered in black-robed sitting alone in the corner of the hall.
When Grim's eyes slowly fell on ‘he’, the mysterious man stood up and brushed down hood, bowing and saluting to him: “Lord Adept, we meet again!”
It's ‘he’!