After leaving the manor and walking down for nearly half a kilometer, we arrived at the edge of East Hamlet near the pasture. There was an open-air meeting place with stone and brick walls.
The Weeping Peninsula is a remote alien land. There is no dedicated adventurer guild in this area, only this kind of gatherer guild.
This is also a lively place.
In the entire Weeping Peninsula, the gathering guild is probably only established here, because the town of Hamlet is located at the entrance of the Weeping Peninsula and is connected to the port town called [Haven] in the inland next door. , or the supply point on the road for the hunting group aiming to conquer the flying dragon, they will all pass through Haiwen, and after passing Haiwen, they will naturally come to Hamlet Town for purchasing.
The only advantage of remote areas is that the acquisition price of original ecological materials is low enough.
The price of flying dragon scales is 100 scales/1 gold lei, but in the country the price will be as high as 65 scales/1 gold lei.
Dragon's blood is cheaper because the scales are easy to maintain and active, while dragon's blood loses its activity too quickly, and the difference between the local price and the market price reaches 2.5 times.
Near each collector's stall, you can see special small ventilated fur tents with thick fur armor placed inside. These are the stall owner's own clothes. He wears them in the morning like a seaside holiday, and in the evening he wears fur armor. This is also the influence of the climate brought by the high altitude of the Weeping Peninsula, its location on the seaside, and its special solitary mountain topography.
Noticing Melina's gaze that had been attracted by the cheap material, Sonia had no choice but to pat her arm gently.
"I'm going to live here for a while. You have plenty of time to see for yourself."
"I'm just paying attention to the construction of local social structures."
Melina retorted casually.
Sonia spread her hands and said, "Pretend I didn't say anything." Then her expression changed and she waved to the front, "Ha, we're here."
Melina looked forward, and an elderly man wearing Gothic armor called Ore Oak Armor came forward. He had a gray Greek beard, was a little taller than her senior sister, and had a mouth. There is a cigar in his mouth, a shield hanging on his back, and a steel flail hanging on his left waist. The blade-shaped protrusion on the flail ball is made of a kind of silver dragon scale.
He was followed by two short blond girls with twin ponytails. They were twins. They wore improved mineral Oak armor. The thickness of the front breastplate was thinned. There were more gaps in the thigh armor. The second half of the leg armor was also hollow, maximizing the The weight is greatly reduced, because one of them carries a two-handed warhammer and the other carries a two-handed axe. This giant weapon is matched with a petite body. The advantage is that it has agility and speed that ordinary two-handed weapons do not have. The disadvantage is that it is delivered very quickly and is used. The black dragon, the weakest among the four colored dragons, can be knocked down to the point of KO with just one tail.
Melina also noticed that although they were all Oak armor, the old man's armor was obviously brighter, while the other two were darkened.
The shield hammer attracts firepower, and the heavy weapon with both hands takes the opportunity to output, which is a good tactic.
At the same time, the three of them also hung curved blade knives, a spliced short spear and a stack of kunai on their backs.
Blunt team, this type of team was mentioned in the academy. The second weapon is the bloodletting team. It is indeed very professional. Enemies that cannot be defeated by blunt weapons are generally afraid of this kind of bloodletting weapon, and enemies that cannot be defeated by bloodletting are generally afraid of blunt weapons. Of course, this is just a common situation. This kind of team basically cannot defeat flying dragons, super flying dragons and super land dragons. The frontal resistance of the shield hammer is too weak, and the equipment of Loli Chongwu is indeed too fragile.
While Melina was still making objective evaluations, Sonia had already stepped forward to meet her, and then suddenly took a stance, with a cold face, clenched her fist with her left hand and smashed it down. The old man reacted faster. He made a fist with his right hand and punched it upwards. The two men's gauntlet-covered fists made a sound when they touched up and down. The next second, they started fist-bumping, high-fiving, and low-fiving in a fancy way.
Sonia roared in a scary woodchuck-like voice: "Senior!"
The old man shouted in the same voice as a roar: "School girl!"
The twin sisters shook their heads in unison and sighed:
"Two idiots."
They noticed Melina's eyes, probably because she was about the same height as the two sisters, so the older of the two sisters greeted Melina in a friendly way:
"Hello, the new member of our team makes you laugh."
"Hmm...huh? Newcomer?"
Melina reacted.
Ah, not the captain? This man looks like he is seventy years old, but he is actually a newcomer!
Melina fell into a daze.
The old man glanced at her, stretched out his hand and tugged on his beard: "Who is this?"
"My junior sister, Melina." Sonia said, pointing to the old man again, "Jo Don Quixote, my senior. Melina, you are in the elite class, and you only have one big class with me. They are taking the same course, so I don’t know the reputation of Senior Don Quixote in the academy. Life is not all about smooth sailing, nor is it only about giving up after sinking. The senior entered the school when he was about 20 years old, gave up his studies midway due to various things, and finally returned to school. I returned to the academy when I was seventy and graduated in five years.”
Explorers in their seventies...are also common. Human bodies modified by magic factors, even those of other races, can greatly extend their lifespan and maintain their peak period.
Melina nodded.
Sonia pointed to the blond twin-tail twins again.
"The one with twin ponytails on the left is Lei, and the one with blond hair on the right is Qiong."
"..." The two blond hairmen with twin tails stared at the senior sister.
Don Quixote tugged at his beard again and nodded vigorously: "Sister Melina, you just need to remember that the one with blond hair on the left is Lei, and the one with twin tails on the right is Joan."
"Hey!" Lei's eyes widened and he snorted with a very explosive temper.
Qiong grabbed Lei's hand and winked at Melina gently:
"I am the younger sister, and this is my elder sister. If my elder sister says something stupid, please forgive me. Our Echo Team will work with all our heart and soul for this work. Please be sure to exert your precious trust. "
Melina held her parasol and nodded slightly:
"I'm sorry to trouble you this time. I guarantee my personal trust."
There was a strange sound coming from the side, and Sonia covered her mouth with her hands:
"What a reliable and handsome school girl."
The old man Don Quixote did the same thing:
"What a handsome and reliable senior."
…
The hiring fee has been negotiated, but it seems that Melina's arrival was not expected, so the fee needs to be increased.
"Just for one more person, your team will cost me 300 gold lei. It's too expensive!"
Sonia argued hard.
"It's very cheap. There are no teams out there that are willing to take you into the red dragon hunting area at this price!"
It seems that the weaker Qiong is actually the captain of the Echo Team, and is in charge of the pricing power. He is merciless when negotiating prices. Even the explorer that my senior sister just made is like a trash fish. We have to carry a burden like you with us. It's also very laborious, and we have to add another person to protect...', he even said this.
Melina glanced at the two of them, thinking about Sonia in her heart.
It seems that Senior Sonia is not 100% sure that she will come? ...So it seems that the other party was indeed not very familiar with me before he was reborn?
There was a strange sound coming from the side again.
"Oh, senior sister!" "Oh, senior sister!"
Sonia was already hugging Qiong in a manner that made people want to call the police, and Qiong also had a disgusting expression. It seemed that the price had been negotiated.
…
The two were running on the road at full speed, with the three members of the Echo Team in front of them.
"How much did it cost you?"
Melina secretly chewed her ears with Sonia.
"200, her price is too shady. In fact, around 180 is enough, but we have to rely on them to save the trouble and give more."
Sonia had a sunny smile on her face.
The wilderness is just a short walk from East Hamlet.
However, the walk of the Explorer is a 'long sprint run', and the people of the Echo Team still run easily while carrying heavy loads, talking while running, and making preparations to leave the town and enter the wilderness.
This special super-standard team (3+2) ran all the way, easily surpassing the two rangers who were patrolling on wild boars, and ran out of Hamlet Town under the admiring eyes of the gatekeeper.
When running at a certain speed, the body's feeling of freedom is released without reservation.
It was like his consciousness sank to the top of the clouds.
When the speed has reached a speed that can catch up with the dragon turtle car that is racing at full speed, the magic factor will automatically condense on the eyes and the front of the body, isolating the oncoming wind and sand, and allowing oxygen to flow in through the wind pressure around you to ensure the body's breathing.
After passing through the grassland on the edge of the town and approaching a wilderness, the members of the Echo Team slowed down. The speed of the entire team suddenly became [only a normal jogging speed].
Although she studied the explorer's books and adventure logs day and night, Melina still didn't understand why she was slowing down, so she turned to Sonia for help.
After the senior sister slowed down, her black single ponytail showed an extremely youthful aura. She turned her head and saw Melina's gaze, so she slowed down a little and ran alongside Melina.
"What's the matter, Xiaomei?"
Her post-workout voice is sweet and clear, reminiscent of honey iced tea in the summer.
"Why slow down?"
"This." Sonia thought for a while, "to ensure the vision."
"View?"
"It's the field of vision. When running at full strength, our eyes will always look forward unconsciously, so after slowing down, we can ensure that our field of vision can capture most of the information. In game terms, we It’s time to slow down and start collecting materials.”
After all, the things in the book are still somewhat imperfect.
Melina, with the idea of novelty and learning, watched the echo group in front slowly dispersed from time to time, one or two people picking up some flowers, plants, bones, and stones along the way and putting them into their backpacks.
However, this kind of arrogant looting along the road will indeed be punished - dragons are the masters of this land where human civilization is outside the realm of civilization. Because of the overly loud and disturbing sounds of pulling weeds, chopping wood, and mining, they rushed out to hunt.
