Chapter 223 Ten times a day
The gossip that comes from nowhere spreads very quickly among the adventurers.
Someone has opened up a civilized territory in the dark forest?
Near the Misty Valley?
Many people in the tavern were discussing this matter.
Nothing else.
Everyone can’t believe it!
Crossing the border to open up territories has been done in the past by the nobles of the Kingdom of Reyak, or by well-known mercenary groups.
At that time, they moved with great fanfare. They brought hundreds of people with them and a lot of various survival materials. They specially invited construction craftsmen to follow them to open up new territories and build city walls and so on.
When they set off, the majestic appearance was very admirable and admirable;
unable to withstand the red tide of monsters, the appearance of escaping back in dejection with the remaining survivors was also very embarrassing.
The new territory of the Dark Forest was opened up, and the current highest record only lasted for more than half a year.
Set off with the team after the monster red tide in late winter and early spring;
Unable to survive the cold winter, before the red tide of monsters came in the new year, he abandoned everything he had built in the territory and ran back to seek refuge.
Not to mention the gossip that spread this time.
No one had heard of anyone trying to open up new territory before.
Why did a civilized territory that had almost been developed suddenly appear?
Rumors say that the construction of the territory this time is very complete. It can not only provide a stable supply of food and water, but also have a hotel where you can stay overnight. It can even maintain weapons and sell equipment? Purchasing monster materials?
Want to meet these requirements at the same time?
Border defenses like the Ceylon Line 3 cannot do this!
The adventurers analyzed it all.
"Are you bragging?"
"Could it be that you brought a few people, set up a broken shack, cooked wild vegetables for food, and dared to claim to open up territory?"
"It's very possible!"
"What secret code are you using to receive free food? What can you eat in the dark forest? Maybe it's contaminated monster meat!"
The adventurers in the tavern reached a consensus after discussion:
Probably another unreliable gossip!
“How could anyone carve out such a complete territory in a ghostly place like the Dark Forest!”
A certain adventurer who was a little drunk on low-quality ale even said drunkenly: "If this news is true, I will kill all the monsters in the dark forest!"
"No! I can do it ten times!"
The tavern suddenly burst into laughter.
Among the adventurers who will gather in this tavern, 9 out of 10 are warriors.
The quality of warrior professionals is generally not that high, and most warriors are promoted from the descendants of civilians.
After all, compared with several other noble "divinely appointed professions", the threshold for warriors, a career path that relies on tapping one's own anger to gain strength, is actually much lower.
Mages and priests are useless if they don't have the power blessed by the gods.
There is no chance to change your destiny.
For warriors to control their anger, there is at least something like the "Rage Heart Potion", which can lower the threshold to a certain extent.
A bunch of vulgar warriors gathered together would naturally not be able to fart well.
The topic quickly turned back to the recent hot hunting month.
They began to discuss the "noble scions" who were about to participate in the Hunting Month.
"It seems that there are quite a few noble young masters and ladies participating in the Hunting Moon this year, right?" "Yes, I heard that there are 6 young masters in Ceylon City alone who have announced their intention to participate!"
"Have these young men really been into the dark forest? They shouldn't be so frightened by the monsters that they wet their pants!"
"Hey! What do you know? The descendants of some noble lords are quite powerful. I heard that there is a viscount's third son in Ceylon City. He successfully eliminated a level 2 monster in the dark forest last year. I heard that he has a goal this year. But after destroying level 3 monsters, you get canonization! "
During the hunting month, many fiefdom nobles in Ceylon and the descendants of manor nobles will also come to participate.
The reason for their participation was different from the adventurers who came to hunt monsters in exchange for rewards from the king.
The results of the descendants of nobles hunting monsters will be related to their noble inheritance rights.
The Countess of Ceylon will count the achievements of the descendants of the nobles who participated in the hunting activities at the end of the hunting month every year.
Those with outstanding performance will receive a letter of recommendation signed by the countess.
As long as you meet the requirements for level 3 professionals and have a letter of recommendation, getting canonized by the king is almost a sure thing.
Therefore, at this time every year, there will be many descendants of nobles who have reached level 3, or even level 1 or 2, actively coming to destroy monsters in order to leave a good impression on the Countess of Ceylon.
A drunken adventurer asked curiously:
"By the way, have you heard a piece of gossip!"
"This year it seems that Countess Ceylon's only daughter, Nicole Ceylon, has officially become a level 3 mage. She seems to be participating in this hunting month too!"
Someone immediately denied:
"No way! Fake news!"
Another adventurer retorted:
“Who said it was fake news! I’ve heard people say this too!”
The Countess of Ceylon is considered a household name here, and her legendary life experience is almost a role model for adventurers.
Born as a commoner, she received the blessing of the goddess of magic and became a first-level mage. She made a name for herself through adventures with her dwarf friends. Finally, with her status as a fifth-level mage, she received the title of earl conferred by the king and married her childhood sweetheart. A daughter was soon born.
Daughter Nicole Ceylon not only inherited her mother's beauty, but her talent in magic is even more frightening.
She has reached the level of a Level 3 mage just after turning 14 this year. According to folk rumors, Nicole is likely to surpass her mother in the future and become one of the few female Level 6 mage on the continent.
"How could the countess be willing to let her daughter adventure in the dark forest!"
"Why are you so reluctant? The countess is an adventurer! It's not normal for her daughter to also experience it!"
"Don't be kidding, the countess and her wife have only had one daughter for 15 years, and they are not like those pig-like aristocratic men who are super fertile. What if something happens to Miss Nicole!"
The adventurers soon began to quarrel.
There are still a few days left for the official start of the Hunting Month, and it has not yet been decided who will participate. Similar topics are always discussed in the tavern, and all kinds of rumors and gossip are flying everywhere.
Just when the atmosphere in the tavern was in full swing.
A thin young adventurer opened the door of the tavern.
The brand new one-handed sword and the iron shield that looked well made on his back attracted the attention of other adventurers in the tavern.
Someone who knew me asked: "Sam! Are you rich? This weapon, oh! It doesn't look cheap!"
When the young adventurer named Sam heard this, he immediately became excited:
"How do you know? I bought this set of weapons and shields in the new territory outside the Misty Valley, and it only cost more than 40 silver coins!"
There was a moment of silence in the tavern.
The man who had previously clamored for ten times sobered up on the spot and turned pale.
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(End of chapter)