The sun rose from the horizon, slightly dispelling the early morning mist. Dunk, who came to his senses, went to the bathroom to wash up, then carried his bags, picked up the little gray cat in his sleep, rubbed his face, and put it back to the bedside.

He walked to the door, put on a hood after thinking about it, and decided that he would not take off his hat unless he faced the kind camp alone.

Saying goodbye to the cozy cottage, Dunk meets Enna and Bronzebeard in the corridor, and the three of them walk to the back garden together.

"Let's go to the stable first." Enna opened the wooden door of the hotel's back garden and led the team to the southeast corner of Xikangbu. They unanimously decided to ride a horse to Xuanshui City when they had dinner last night, which was faster and safer than walking.

As an elf knight, Enna is her essential skill. The bronze beard takes adventures on the wilderness in the south of Feren, and has lived for nearly a hundred years, and her equestrian level is also very good.

Only Dunk needs to use a magic item - "Iron Horse Saddle" to achieve horse riding. Fortunately, this magic item has long become a road product and can be bought in any stable.

Before the sun was fully raised, the streets were already slightly crowded. The merchants who replenished the shops pushed wheelbarrows and carefully avoided others. The city guards were handing over. They lined up neatly and traveled to and from all the streets.

Travelers and adventurers were just like Enna at this time. They put the essentials of the journey in their luggage, carrying self-defense weapons and camping bedding.

In the early morning mist, everyone consciously let their paces lightly, and the voices of conversations between them were deliberately restricted around them.

The southeast corner of Sikangbu is also known as the dock area. In addition to ports, ships and sailors, there are also warehouses, cheap hotels and stables.

As an important means of transportation, horses are restricted by all managers of strongholds.

Only knights, knights or recognized missionaries granted by local lords can receive their horses directly from the stables for free. Rich merchants, chambers of commerce and ordinary residents can spend money to purchase horses or carriages, provided that they obtain horse purchase licenses from horse market managers.

If an adventurer's horse comes from his family, clan, or even adventure trophy, he needs to go to the local stables to register when he arrives at the new stronghold. Otherwise, the town guards may not be responsible for the loss of his horse.

The local chamber of commerce in Xikangbu discovered business opportunities in the circulation of horses. They bought inferior horses and old horses at the lowest price and opened stores near the stables to sublet them. As long as the deposit is paid, an unlimited rental agreement can be signed to take away the horses.

This method of leasing is essentially about bypassing horse purchase permits and indirectly trading cheap horses.

However, the horse market managers maintained the difficulty of obtaining excellent horse purchase licenses. The Chamber of Commerce earned the difference through this rental method. Adventurers who needed cheap horses to travel to get what they wanted. Cheap horses on the horse farm had reliable sales... Everyone gained profits and no one suffered losses in the entire industrial chain, and this method of renting instead of selling was gradually becoming public.

The bronze beard stands in front of the main entrance of "Xikangbuma City" and carefully compares the market conditions on the notice board:

"Brown horse, deposit 1 gold coin 2 silver coins...Brown horse, deposit 1 gold coin 5 silver coins...Graystone horse, deposit 1 gold coin 5 silver coins..."

"The prices of these horses seem to have increased..." Bronzebeard used its businessman's talent to calculate a conclusion based on its fingers: "The prices of cheap horses generally rose by 20%.

"Is the news about Hell Gate Castle spreading?" Dunk said, holding his shoulder. The trend chart on the notice board gave him the illusion of stock trading.

Bronzebeard and Enna looked at Dunk, who was confident. The latter spread his hands and shrugged, showing off his financial knowledge that he had not learned much, and said: "Risk Premium...

"After the risk in the wild rises, it will eventually show a premium in the price of cheap horses or hiring guards. Well... food prices will also fluctuate in extreme cases."

Enna asked with a smile, "So, you come from a businessman family?"

"No..." Dunk was about to refuse, but when he thought of the dream he had last night, he recalled that he was indeed from a businessman's family, so he changed his words and said, "I mean, yes. But risk premium is not a term for business."

"Hoho, theorist." The bronze beard slapped Dunk's arm and said teasingly: "But you definitely don't have the ability to bargain."

The dwarf lifted his belt and walked into the shop door. After three minutes, he came to his companion with three pieces of tissue with glorious face.

He stretched out three fingers, raised his head and said, "Three horses, three gold coins, and an iron saddle."

Dunk opened his mouth and held back the theoretical analysis that was suspected to be a hindshot. Finally, he took a deep breath and gave the dwarf a thumbs up: "Good, bargaining master."

"Come on, let's get the horse." The bronze beard waved his big hand.

The three of them took out the horses directly from the stables next to the horse market and led them to the east gate.

Dunk looked at the gray horse beside him curiously along the way, touching its temples and the jaws tied with reins.

"It's up to you on the road..." He pulled out the attached horse brush from his saddle bag.

According to the experience taught by bronze beard, before riding and after a long journey, use a horse brush to brush the horse's tail and temple hair clean and smoothly, which can significantly improve the relationship between the owner and the mount.

Dunk gently bristled his hair with his left hand, took out the diced radish with his right hand and sent it to Huima's mouth. All the diced radish with sugar water were pickled. In addition, he also bought several packs of fine rations for Huima.

The southeast gate of Sikangbu is close to the Delinbir River, and the main body is a lighthouse built on the city wall.

The three of them stood in front of the gate of the city wall and waited for the guard to release. After another twenty minutes, the gate would only open when the sun completely rose from the horizon. When the sunlight shone on the city wall, the rune lines on the wall would absorb light energy to charge the "detection barrier of good and evil" in the gate.

When the arc dome of the door opening illuminates a white light, the guards guarding both sides of the city gate will push open the city gate and let it go. The road traffic habit in the Feren continent is to pass on the right side. Dunk and the other two followed the stone wall on the right side of the door opening and followed the merchants in front of them slowly out of the city.

Those who enter the town with a gray light under the "Detection Evil Enchantment" in the dome will be stopped by the guards and can only enter the city after showing evidence or handing over the deposit.

If it was a red light... he would be directly bound by the "inhibited evil" in the doorway and be judged by the Xikang Putrajaya Guards or the Town Watchmen.

The watchmen of human strongholds are generally senior believers of the God of Guard Heim, but this does not mean that they are completely in the same camp as their faith - the orderly neutral camp. The God of Guard Heim allows His believers to be part of the camp of orderly good or orderly evil, and His only requirement for believers is order supremacy.

"Does the demons have a way to deal with the 'detection barrier of good and evil' of this identification camp?" Dunk asked Enna.

"There are two ways. One is to stay away from this spell and appear directly in the city. Just like the plot in the biography story, the nobles who were lured into the depravity arranged a summoning ceremony, and evil descended directly into the town through the ceremony."

Enna patted the neck of the mount and patiently answered Dunk: "The second way is to use powerful magic items or more sophisticated spells to deceive this 'detecting barrier of good and evil'."

Dunk lowered his head and thought for a moment. Somehow, the banknotes exchanged for gold coins appeared in his mind.

"Will there be a third situation..." Dunk's tone was very uncertain: "The identification spell has a white list, which will not identify the targets of holding specific items, and will directly display white light."

Enna frowned and looked at him: "White List... Do you mean 'enemies'? Why did you think of this?"

The function of "enchant symbol" is to allow the carrier to directly display positive feedback during the detection of the enchantment, similar to the door card of non-contact sensing access on the earth...Dunk recalled the content in the book under Enna's reminder: "Yes, I meant the enchant symbol. I am just a little sensitive to paper money..."

He rubbed his cheeks and continued, "Maybe I'm thinking too much. It's probably harder for the demon to set a whitelist in the 'Detection of Good and Evil Enchantment' than the two situations you mentioned."

In Dunk's mind, there was a sentence that was not said: Once the setting was successful, the town would be filled with demons or other monsters.

The bronze beard walking beside nodded. It is indeed a bit far-fetched to connect the banknotes with the identification camp. Unless you can find a demon who is willing to carry banknotes into the door hole to experiment...

Walking out of the lengthy doorway, ahead is the "black road" of the trade road built along the Delinbir River. Horse riders and carriages all drive on the right on the dirt road in the middle of the road, while walkers walk on the shoulders.

"I will pay attention to banknotes. In the Sikangbu Palace, I have already felt the respect for banknotes by the nobles here." Enna turned over and horses.

Dunk successfully rode on the horse under the guidance of the bronze beard. Perhaps the horse brush and sugar-water diced carrots played a role, and the gray horse did not dislike the owner's clumsy posture.

"I'll take the mat, Enna will lead." The Bronzebeard skillfully turned the horse's head and followed the team at the end. The three of them rode their mounts and advanced at a constant speed in the rising sun.

The climate of the Delinbir Valley grasslands is humid and mild, with few extreme and harsh weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, etc. After walking through the nearby forest, there is a large farm.

The road is surrounded by low fences and low stone walls. The flowering month (June) is when the spring wheat is initially earing and fruiting. The wheat in the field is intertwined from the bottom of the wheat straw to the ears, the wheat leaves are from dark green to green and then to light green, while the ears are green as the base and turn yellow from the top of the ears to the bottom. Once the wind blows, layers of wheat waves will surge in the entire farm.

In the morning, Dunk and his group walked across the fields and entered the Delinbir Valley grassland.

From here, horse riders can run on grass within five meters of both sides of the road.

The sound of footsteps of horses and pedestrians will cause a slight vibration to the land. This complex and diverse, irregular tremor will cause the grassland moles who are very sensitive to vibration to stay away from the trade road. They often dig holes on the grass that can bury the horse's knees on the grass, and then cover the holes with turf. Therefore, riding a horse outside the 5-meter range from the trade road is not a wise move. If you are not careful, you will encounter the misfortune of the horse's stumble and turning over the horse.

To the north of the road, one thousand meters away is the horse farm in Xikangbu, where the range of the horse farm is roughly circled with colorful lines and flags. Further away, there are wooden fences and horse sheds. Groups of dark horses walked out of the horse sheds, trotted all the way, jumped over the wooden fences, and walked on the vast grasslands and graze.

Dunk and his three inferior horses had very poor endurance. After running at a constant speed of five or six kilometers, they had to walk the same distance to recover their physical strength. They picked a section of uninhabited road and rode together. After exploring the grassland scenery in the morning, Dunk focused his attention on passers-by.

Most merchants and travelers travel with the Chamber of Commerce team. They are all protected by the caravan's guards and rarely carry weapons on their bodies.

The other adventurers are worth paying attention to throughout the road.

A weak caster will walk with several teammates who can protect themselves, and reasonable paladins and strong and reliable warriors will be their best partners. Just like Dunk and his group. However, Dunk's situation is very different from the mages he encounters on the road, because he can become a strong cheetah.

Some mages are very decent in the team. The always clean silk mage robe and a tall and strong horse are their standard.

Mages from the Mage Academy will use saddle bags with the academy’s emblem to demonstrate their identity and status. This is the protection provided to teammates and himself to prevent weak thieves from harassing them.

If the team is an adventure team willing to accept employment, the badge on the saddle bag can also increase the employer's offer.

Near noon, the three of them rode into the first village along the way, Qiuye Fishing Village, and Dunk saw a notice in front of the Fisherman's Tavern:

"The village council hires adventurers to guard the village with a lot of money, and the warriors: at least 5 silver coins per day... Mage: at least 8 silver coins per day, the college mage receives an additional commission of 5 silver coins per day. Adventurers staying in the tavern will directly deduct the rental price equal to the lower limit of the above employment price."

"The village likes to hire academy mages the most." The bronze bearded horse is in line with Dunk.

"Is it because of their connections and insights?" Dunk asked.

"Yes. Mages from the same academy often help each other. Hiring a mage means other mages will come to support them. And they usually have more means of asking for help."

"Bronzebeard, in your experience, how much is the employment price here?"

"Very reasonable. These prices are common throughout the villages of the Feren continent. The reference standard is the admission assessment of the War Academy. Anyone who can defeat an adult prairie wolf or timberwolve alone is worth the village to pay 5 silver coins for him."

The autumn leaf fish produced in this fishing village is both beautiful and delicious. It has a red maple leaf-like appearance and a jelly-like texture. But the three of them did not stop here. They walked straight through the village and walked across the bridge to the east.

The scenery here is more like a grassland than before. The regular roads no longer exist. Two winding dirt roads extend deep into the grassland. Every five kilometers, there is a street sign that says the distance from the front and back villages. It also reminds you to choose a place far away from the river when camping in the grassland.

More than ten kilometers away from the second village along the road, some orcs in tattered clothes and bruises suddenly appeared among the passers-by. Dunk noticed that every orc passing by was not intact, and there was fear in their eyes. This orc who was in pain and fear hidden danger of hurting people.

The orcs are the result of the union of orcs with humans, and are one of the tragedies of orcs invading human territory.

The orc Lord Gewushi (orc god system, chaotic evil, powerful divine power) engraved his barbarity and cruelty deep in the orc souls when creating the orc race. This led to the orcs having part of human nature, and at the same time, they had to endure the whispers of the orcs at all times.

The orcs who choose to walk alone rather than accompany each other are all ascetic monks in their souls. They wear weapons and protective gear left by their parents, refuse to communicate with everyone, and try their best to restrain their inner restlessness. They only allow themselves to burst out violent power deep in their hearts during battle.

This hard and simple training will give birth to the most terrifying warrior - the Sword Saint.

"When I was adventuring in the desert in the sword desert area, I met a sword saint." The bronze beard walked in the middle of the team. He glanced at the orc passing by, and could not see any toughness from the other party.

"Continue, Bronzebeard. I'm very curious about the Sword Saint." Enna turned her head and looked at the dwarf and said, "I have only seen orcs who transformed into berserkers... Maybe it's because I haven't entered the desert."

The Bronzebeard picked up the wine pot and took a sip, shook his fingers and said, "Not all people entering the desert can see the Sword Saint."

"When I met the old man, he looked dull and his whole body was dry, as if he was about to die of thirst... Oh! I remembered that he was indeed thirsty."

The Bronzebeard raised his wine pot and said proudly: "My strong wine saved him~ In order to repay my kindness, the old man hunted a five-meter-long desert saber-toothed tiger alone!"

The dwarf retracted his arms and gestured half a meter in front of him: "And his weapon is just a rust sword that is so long."

Dunk was very engrossed and said quickly: "Let me guess...he only used one sword?"

"That's right!" Bronze gestured his hands excitedly in front of him, and finally waved them hard: "I can't describe that kind of scene..."

"What happened later, where did the sword saint go?" Enna asked.

"He and I left the desert, but we were separated in Tivanton." The bronze beard held the reins in his hand and looked into the distance.

"Admirable warriors... are much better than these orcs." Enna looked at the herders' village in the distance with the dwarf's gaze. A group of elves knights were surrounded by a large group of irritable orcs. The guards of the village were gathering there.

"Let's go over and take a look...I saw the tribe members." Enna said to her companions, she saw the figure of the moon elves among the Elf Knights.

The three of them rode on horseback and arrived at the scene of the conflict almost at the same time as the village guards holding short gun shields.

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