It didn't take long for Fang Plover to see the team that Sylvide mentioned.
It was a large team, and the long team was meandering through the forest.
He found that there was not just one guild inside, but a joint team of many small guilds. Among them, the largest group of people were uniformly wearing blue shirts with crosses, and were the main body of the team - and there were many people wearing other forms. With color shirt.
Among them, there are more than a dozen people, but only a few people.
The negative hill beast was so conspicuous in the forest, so those people naturally noticed Mr. Huiyan, Fang Plover and others. The team slowly stopped, and Fang Yu saw that the people seemed to be discussing with each other, and then a group of people wearing blue jerseys with crosses slowly walked out.
He stood on the platform and watched the team pass through the battlefield between the people and the night lizards last night and move towards this side——
The corpses of the night lizards in the forest clearing have long since disappeared, returning to the gods they believed in. The night lizards and troglodytes have certain wisdom. They believe in a natural spirit together, which is a primary god, so nature also has The Temple of Resurrection.
However, the traces of the battle on the battlefield cannot be eliminated. Broken trees, large swaths of charred open space, and tall and eye-catching beasts of burden all seem to indicate that this 'caravan' is not easy to mess with.
Yes, those people seemed to regard Fang Plover and others as an armed caravan, because generally only businessmen would carry large beasts of burden in the wild. Although their team also brought a lot of livestock, they were all small mountain beasts of burden such as yaks and Sotov land dragons.
There were five people in the team that came over.
Four men and one woman, except for one man and one woman who looked older, the others were all young people. They stopped at a safe distance and shouted:
"Are you a caravan heading to Yunzhi Port?"
As Princess Brianne told everyone, there was a small village near the Golden Bay anchorage. Before the anchorage was discovered, there were only a dozen families of hunters living there. But with the discovery of the anchorage half a century ago, it gradually developed and expanded, and business travelers often stayed or settled there for a long time.
Thirty years ago, merchants from Cloud Port built a trade route across Fenris Island. After that, land-based commercial activities gradually began between the two places.
So it is not surprising to see small caravans along this route.
The speaker was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. He was wearing a dirty leather vest. The original color of the white shirt underneath could hardly be seen. He had a blunderbuss, two swords, and a long sword on his belt. One short. When the other party saw the two ballistas one behind the other on the platform that Mr. Huiyan was carrying, and the crossbow arrows as thick as his arms shone with cold light, they stopped far away and couldn't help but be speechless.
Caravans usually use large beasts of burden as transportation vehicles, but it is really rare to install two ballistas so frantically. It is an exaggeration to say that they are armed merchants.
But he probably didn't expect that the young man on the opposite platform didn't think the platform was hedgehog enough.
Of course, Fang Yu and his party were not originally a caravan.
Fang Yu shook his head at these people on the platform and replied loudly: "We are not businessmen, we are adventurers who plan to go to Yunzhi Port."
Only then did the man see the golden sphere flying slowly around the platform, as well as the metal gloves on Fang Plover's hands. Alchemist, he couldn't help but suddenly realized that a team with alchemists as the main body would naturally need such a large beast of burden platform.
Of course, those who can control clockwork goblins also have the option of combat craftsman, but the man obviously did not think in this direction. In Aitaria, combat craftsmen are generally a profession unique to large guilds. Even small guilds cannot afford to train them. Combat craftsmen who are free adventurers are even rarer.
For example, the Rain Listener Guild does not have a single combat craftsman. There are a few professional alchemists in the guild, but they are important assets of the guild and will not easily join them in adventures.
When they go out on adventures, they are usually accompanied by trainees and part-time trainee alchemists. If they only maintain and maintain the magic weapon, it is basically enough.
A team of professional alchemists. This discovery made the man happy. Fang Lu saw that the man immediately turned back to communicate with his companions, and several people had a look of relief on their faces.
He was still a little surprised when he saw the other party turning around and shouting: "Excuse me, are you a traveling alchemist?"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and he really thought carefully about whether he was an alchemist or not.
In Aitaria, the alchemist profession theoretically also includes combat craftsmen. But generally speaking, when adventurers call each other, combat craftsman is naturally combat craftsman, and alchemist generally refers to a full-time alchemist.
From this point of view, he is certainly a combat craftsman.
But if you look closely, he actually didn't invest much in the field of combat craftsman, less than half of his total experience - and more of his experience was actually invested in the master craftsman route.
This is because he lacks magical adaptability and has to inherit the mantle of Hain-Fam. To inherit the mantle of an alchemy master, it is obviously not enough to have a general understanding of the field of alchemy.
What's more, he still had to design and build the Dragon Knight structure himself, and now he had another obligation to build a ship. In short, he was going further and further on the path of a master craftsman.
The route of a master craftsman is undoubtedly the most orthodox route of a professional alchemist.
So he nodded.
He is probably barely a professional alchemist, although his alchemist level may not be as high as his total character level.
"That's really great." The man nodded when he saw him, not hiding his joy: "Mr. Alchemist, we may need a little help from you, but don't worry, we will pay you according to the market price."
remuneration?
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he heard this.
"What happened?" At this time, Attila heard the noise outside and walked out of the room and asked.
"A forest elf?" The man was surprised. The Hill of Giant Trees does not belong to the Sea of Clouds area. Although forest elves here are not as rare as the people of Lotao, they are not one of the common ethnic groups.
However, this discovery did not surprise him so much as it gave him some unexpected joy - an adventure group traveling to the Sea of Clouds from other areas at least meant that the other party was definitely not a novice.
He didn't expect that he would encounter an adventure group led by a high-level alchemist in such a deserted place in the northern mountains and forests of Fenris. This really solved his urgent need.
After the other party's explanation, Fang Pliong and Atila understood the whole story.
As he expected, that man and his companions were both members of the Rain Listeners Guild. The blue shirt with a cross was naturally the guild emblem of the Rain Listeners Guild.
Accompanying them are actually other guilds, large and small, on Fenris Island. It can be said that the more famous guilds in Fenris are basically gathered here.
But the largest among them is undoubtedly Listening to the Rain.
As Princess Brianne said, these people came to participate in the Spring and Autumn Parade. According to the man's statement, they departed from Yunzhi Port by boat and arrived at Golden Bay at this time of year, and from here they went deep into the Green Dragon Mountains.
The ruins of the ancient Snake Empire are located in a valley deep in the mountains.
Since it is a trainee parade, more than half of the people in this team are naturally trainees from various guilds. In addition, they are the guild veterans who are responsible for protecting these trainees, accounting for about one-third.
They conduct this kind of activity twice a year, and they have done it countless times so far, but they didn't expect that they would run into trouble this time.
It turns out that they, like Fang Plover and his party, were attacked by the Night Lizards last night. Although almost every year they would attract Night Lizard attackers when they passed through this place, generally speaking, there were only a few or a dozen Night Lizards. The harassment of the attackers was nothing compared to the large force formed by these guilds.
But this time it's different——
"It seems that your Excellency has also been attacked by night lizards." The man looked at the surrounding situation. He was a veteran, so he could naturally see the traces after the battle: "It's the same with us. The number of those beasts seems to be particularly large this year. We Although they were repelled, the losses were severe."
"I understand," Fang Yu finally understood the implication of the other party's words. The fierce fighting situation showed that the loss of the magic device was getting worse: "You want me to help you maintain the magic device? But you don't have anyone accompanying you. Alchemist?"
The man shrugged upon hearing this: "Mr. Alchemist, you know that an ordinary adventure group like ours will not bring professional alchemists on the road. Those apprentices can do some tinkering."
The man shook his head: "Actually, if possible, I hope to buy some replacement weapons and armor from you, even whiteboard equipment."
Fang Yu was stunned again.
After he reacted to these words, he was secretly surprised. He thought about how many fierce battles the other party had to go through to cause so many magic devices to be damaged beyond repair?
"Can I buy weapons and armor?"
Fang Plover couldn't help but feel a bit square for a moment.
It is normal for the other party to have this idea, because generally speaking, the adventure group led by the alchemist is half a mobile store in the wild.
Because after they collect the materials, they tend to make them directly into finished products, plus a lot of hands-on products. Except that the styles of the finished products may be adapted to local conditions and the varieties are not so rich, in other aspects they are the same as the magic shops in the town. There is no difference.
And such traveling alchemists are happy to trade with adventurers in the wild. Firstly, they don't have to pay taxes, and secondly, adventurers in the wild are willing to pay higher prices.
But Fang Plover is different.
He has not had enough time to practice and study Type 0 and Type 1 crystals since his journey from Traveler's Rest. The remaining time he squeezed out was either helping other people in the team maintain their combat equipment or modifying the platform. ——For example, install those two ballistae.
Even if he had a little private time, he would be occupied by the smiling aristocratic lady, who would help him understand the design drawings of the airship.
Where do you find the time to do other things?
He almost had to take up time to sleep and eat while learning alchemy knowledge.
In fact, no one on the Berio had seen him several times, and that was really not because Fang Plover was willing to lock himself in the house all day long.
But when he was about to politely refuse, a voice came from beside him and answered for him:
"Can."
Fang Yu was shocked. He looked back and found that the person who spoke was indeed Miss Aitila.
But where did he get anything to sell to these people? Yesterday during the day, he helped Parker make a box of crossbow arrows, but would anyone want that kind of thing?
Fang Yu was afraid that Miss Elf would not know his situation. His experience was naturally different from that of ordinary alchemists, so he quickly lowered his voice and whispered: "Wait, Miss Attila, I -"
But Aitila pressed his hand gently, shook her head at him without leaving a trace, and signaled him to calm down.
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he saw this, but he could only temporarily stop his activities.
I just felt uncertain in my heart, not knowing what kind of medicine Miss Aitila bought in the gourd. In fact, she should know what the assets in the team were like.
"Thank you very much." The man glanced at Atila. Naturally, he didn't know the inner activities of the two people on the platform. The situation of their team was actually much more serious than what he said. Although they would not lose their combat effectiveness immediately, if If the situation last night were repeated, the problem would be huge.
Maybe there is no need to do it again, and only half the number of night lizard attackers from yesterday can put them in a dilemma. By that time, it is possible that the entire army will be destroyed.
It's not a big problem for veterans like them to wipe out their entire army. At best, it's just a matter of missing a little bit of Xinghui. However, no one in the guild can bear the responsibility of losing a group of trainees.
Not to mention in this tense time.
Of course, they can also choose to return to Jinwan, but it will take at least two days to go back and forth. In fact, the time node of the Spring and Autumn Parade is fixed. If they return, they may be in danger of missing the trial.
Although that situation is better than the annihilation of the entire army, it is actually not much different. At least the trainee training plan for the past six months is basically in vain.
They were already in a dilemma when they were at Emerald Pass. If the sounding airship hadn't told them that there was a caravan in the valley ahead, this unexpected news would have saved them from trouble.
I just didn't expect that the caravan was not a caravan, but an adventure group led by an alchemist. But it seems that the latter is better than they originally imagined.
Meeting an adventure group led by an alchemist in the wild is something that is rare even in areas like Kaolin, let alone Fenris.
So the man nodded quickly - he didn't know that there was such a weirdo as Fang Plover among the alchemist's team. It took more than half a year to become a trainee alchemist, and it only took a month to go from level 3 to level 8. Although it seemed that the level was not low, he was still a novice.
As for any property or inventory of manufactured goods, they naturally don’t exist.
He said: "Ms. Elf, then we will calculate the cost according to the market price in Fenris Island. You can check the local prices in the community. What do you think? Of course, this is the wild, and theoretically you can There’s a price increase.”
The price is naturally quite reasonable.
Etila knew this in her heart, but she shook her head and said: "Sir, as you can see, we were also attacked by the night lizards and lost some rations and a lot of supplies, so we are afraid of what you want to buy. It’s hard to come up with a finished product right away.”
"But I have a suggestion. You can hire us to accompany you. It can be seen that you are in a hurry. Returning to Jinwan is obviously not worth the gain. Therefore, we can help each other. On the one hand, we also have a certain degree of combat effectiveness. Meeting the night lizards when you come down will also help. On the other hand, we can help you make a batch of equipment on the way. As you can see, we also carry beast platforms, so we can complete the production tasks while traveling."
The man was slightly startled. His face was a little ugly when he heard the first half of Aitila's words, but after hearing this suggestion, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
To be honest, he found that he couldn't help but disagree, because there really wasn't much choice.
Of course, this is because he subconsciously believes that this team is led by a very skilled alchemist - although Fang Plover looks young, but for the genius of the selector, age usually doesn't mean much. .
He himself is the chosen one, so he naturally understands this.
On the other hand, the other party comes from an area outside the Sea of Clouds. How can an adventure group that can travel across regions be a novice team? The other party owns a large and valuable beast of burden, which seems to illustrate this point from the side.
Of course, if he knew that the boy opposite was only at level nine, he would probably immediately consider returning to Jinwan. Although an eighth-level alchemist was not a novice, he was probably still a certain level away from being a professional.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "What about the price?"
"As for the price, we will have people come to discuss with you later. Since it is joint assistance, we will naturally provide you with a relatively favorable price. However, we hope to use part of the rations to settle the bill." Aitila calmly said replied.
"That's no problem." The man replied. They didn't suffer much material loss in last night's battle, and there was obviously no problem with their ration reserves.
"Then it's settled, ma'am," he continued: "We'll let the others rest here for a while while we wait to discuss merging the teams."
As the man spoke, he took off his feathered three-cornered hat, saluted everyone, and then turned around and left.
When Fang Yu saw the other party leaving, he looked at Aitila with a guilty conscience: "Is that okay, Miss Aitila?"
"Aren't you confident in your alchemy, Ed?" Miss Elf turned around and asked.
Fang Yu scratched his head. To be honest, he really didn't know what level he was as an alchemist. Unlike in the field of combat craftsman, where he had fought against Wu Di and Hongye, the top geniuses of Etalria's first-tier guilds, he probably knew what his combat power was. What level.
As for his Alchemist, apart from being unanimously praised by everyone in the group during Dawn Star, his only performance was probably in the Mainland League.
However, the main competition in the Continental League is the speed and accuracy of alchemists, but in Aitalia, alchemy is a broad field, and it is far more than just speed and accuracy.
Apart from being somewhat confident in maintaining magic weapons, he really doesn't know much about production. In fact, from the time he entered this world until now, he has only made a few things.
Among them, there are even fewer exquisite ones.
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