quicksilver blood

Chapter 440 The Merchant's Corpse

Because the relationship between Caral and Bansa is now tense, Roland wisely did not try to enter Bansa through the border, but chose the route he came to Caral a month ago.

That is to say, cross the Dusk Plain and enter the Oak Mystery Lock, then cross the Sunless Trace and sneak in from the Iris Swamp of Bantha.Rather than wasting time dealing with those guards, it was better to pass through the stubborn oak mystery lock, which was dangerous but much more familiar to Roland.

It's a little different than before.When Roland entered this time, he didn't see that terrible cold black wind.

In fact, this is also very understandable.

After all, those dark winds were Del Ramos's breath as he was about to wake up.Now it's almost spring, and Del Ramos has ended his brief period of sobriety during the year and fallen back into deep sleep.

Del Ramos preyed on more than half of the shadow creatures, and the remaining part also fell into a state of exhaustion after berserk.Arguably there's never been a better time to walk through the Oak Mystery than early spring.

"However, if you don't have any strength at all, it's another matter."

Roland looked at the mutilated corpse with only half a head at his feet and sighed with regret.

"He didn't have to die." Gaharad knelt down to inspect the corpse, then shook his head, "He just died. The body is not cold yet, so he should have died within two hours."

"No. He is not dead now, and he will be when he is about to go out."

Roland shook his head and denied Gaharad's statement: "Look...his cheekbones are prominent and his eye sockets are sunken, which are typical features of the Bantha people. And his body shape is compared to the average Bantha people. He is much fatter, has no calluses on his hands, and although his clothes are exquisite, they are not of good taste... I guess he is a wealthy businessman. Or, in other words, a black-hearted businessman who swallowed the goods from the Chamber of Commerce and plans to fly away. "

The corners of Roland's mouth rose slightly, revealing a kind of pleasure that he liked to hear: "And this kind of behavior is generally called backing the car in the industry. No matter how high the value of the goods, it is useless if they cannot be sold. So most of them carry medicines that are easy to sell, Bows and crossbows, which are rare civilian military supplies, can be sold anywhere. If they really plan to earn enough money in one go, they must call a horse-drawn carriage to pull this amount of goods."

"In order to prevent people from the chamber of commerce among the coachmen and mercenaries, and to prevent their goods from being robbed by passing robbers and then blamed themselves, they usually lie to the coachmen and mercenaries that they have to change the route for certain reasons. , and then waited until he realized the pre-booked sale place, let his accomplices kill out and take the goods away, and then pretended to prove that he was dead, and lived his own life comfortably... Generally speaking, early spring The stubborn oak fanlock is a classic route in reverse. Whether it is fleeing from Karal to Bansa or from Bansa to Karal."

Roland's words made Gahalad and Lilia so surprised that they were almost speechless.

"...But," Gahalad finally couldn't help but ask, "how did you know?"

"Ah... these businessmen may have something to do with my previous job."

Roland said pointedly.

Gaharad twitched the corner of his mouth, and finally decided not to delve deeper here.

But his heart was still full of doubts: "That only proves that they are just businessmen, and it has nothing to do with them being destined to be killed...right? No, wait..."

"You realize it too, Gaharad."

Roland chuckled and said, "There are no ruts near his body."

"How could the carriage leave no ruts on such soft ground as Oak? The only possibility is that he did not die here originally, but was thrown here... The probable reason is that he was Let's eat black."

Gahalad noticed the obvious sarcasm at the corner of Roland's mouth, was slightly taken aback, and suddenly understood.

To put it simply, it means that someone or all of his coachmen and mercenaries have evil intentions.They planned to devour the goods themselves, and then fake the evidence that the fat businessman was reversing his truck, so that he would be blamed for it as a "missing" after his death, and then his body would be dumped here - Lve Ying would dispose of it for them anyway.That's what the so-called death does not tell.Anyway, it is impossible for this fat man to pop out of the belly of the Glimpse Creature and defend himself, "This should be considered an attempt" or something like that.

In Gahalad's time, this place was still a restricted area that no one would enter.He naturally didn't know that the biggest flaw was actually the integrity of the corpse.You know, Lve Ying is a proper carnivorous monster.Although this injury is exaggerated, it must be man-made.

Moreover, Roland didn't say a word.

That is, before and after the resurgence of the plague began, word had spread that the Trace of Light in the Early Spring was a holy place for reversing.After the coachman and guards basically knew about this, it can be said that the place has completely lost its value.The fat man forced himself to back up here, either because his information was out of date or because this was his first time backing up.

Roland has done this kind of thing before.And at that time, he had the identity of a player and a companion who also belonged to the player to support him. This kind of thing was very simple.

Because the underlying structure of most chambers of commerce in Farnes World is based on the employment system.When entrusting outside the chamber of commerce and some big businessmen in the chamber of commerce are going to play big games, they will directly submit the application to the high-level chamber of commerce, and then the relevant departments will use the item positioning technique to locate the location of the merchants in the chamber of commerce they belong to, and then contact them directly. Short-distance transportation in your own nearby area, transport items from A to B, and then give them a certain commission.

From the player's point of view, only the top executives of the chamber of commerce can be regarded as merchants.And the merchants at the bottom are just couriers.Their chariots, coachmen, and mercenaries were all sent to them by the chamber of commerce.All they have to pay is energy.

Of course, they can also take orders for themselves.The more roads you travel, the more people you know.Businessmen who use the chamber of commerce as a platform to develop their own business are normal routines.

But where there is normal, there is abnormal.Just like what Roland said just now.

The fat businessman who naively proposed to change the route and prepare to reverse the car, was already regarded as a fat sheep to be slaughtered by the guards and the driver when he made this request.

"Gahrad, be on your guard."

Memories are over.Roland looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

Even if he died artificially or was killed by Lve Ying, he must be more vigilant here.

In such a place where it is impossible to distinguish between east, west, north and south, and the line of sight is only a few meters, the glancing creature that can immobilize people by trampling on their shadows is extremely dangerous.But as long as you pay attention to the direction of your shadow, it won't be difficult to deal with.

To take a step back, even if it is really just a human being...

... Are people safe?
Roland just smiled and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)