Goddess Wanhua Mirror

And that purple-haired aristocratic young man with [-] to [-] is gleefully flirting with the two girls in Denzel's team, even when Denzel came back, he just glanced at him slightly, as if he didn't care about it at all. He takes it seriously.

Denzel remembered that the opponent's team consisted of nine people. The team name was "Blade of the Hydrangea", and it belonged to the Golden Adventurer's Guild in the capital.

The background of this guild is quite impressive, and it belongs to the top three in the industry in the Kingdom. Dig over to serve as chairman.

However, according to rumors, this financially strong guild does not seem to be a particularly pure adventurer organization. Their main service targets have always been the noble group, and their business is not just entrusted intermediaries.

According to rumors, this guild often poachs from other guilds, brings in some powerful senior adventurers, and then reorganizes a high-end team that looks very professional at first glance, and then leases this team as a "commodity" to Those aristocratic children who have money in their hands and want to be adventurers, let these senior people protect the rich uncle to find excitement.

If these rumors are all true, then the "Blade of the Hydrangea" in front of him should be such a "playing with" team.

Realizing that the opponent is superior to him in terms of numbers and strength, Denzel can only try to make himself calm enough.

"Seniors of Hydrangea Blade, do you have anything to do with us?"

"Oh! You're back! Little boy Denzel."

Hearing Denzel speak, the purple-haired noble made a very exaggerated reaction on purpose, as if he had really noticed Denzel just now, but his eyes were full of undisguised mockery, which made Denzel sincerely feel upset.

Although both of them are nobles, there are differences between nobles.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Erwin von Masdak, and I am the captain of the Hydrangea Blade team. I believe you should have heard of the surname Masdak, Guda von Masdak The Marquis de Ke is my father and the current Minister of Finance of the kingdom."

Hearing the self-reported identity of the purple-haired youth deliberately flaunting his family background, Denzel's expression suddenly became gloomy. The other party was not someone they could offend.

"Brother Denzel, I heard that you have been in this village for a while, and you have just entered the forest not long ago. You must have gained a lot, right? Ah, don't get me wrong! We have no intention of grabbing your spoils, I just want to inquire about some news with you. We are all adventurers, so we should communicate more on weekdays, right?"

As Erwin said, he turned his head and gave the most beautiful female assassin in the team a wink, completely ignoring that Denzel was right in front of him.

Denzel secretly suppressed his anger and said as calmly as possible.

"What do you want from me?"

"All of you! Say what you know. Oh, yes! Let's talk about the old priest in the village, he is very attractive! What is the origin? I heard that you were entrusted by him to investigate an ancient ruin when you entered the forest this time. I wonder what you all found?"

Erwin's question was straight to the point. He was sure that Denzel and the others were not his team's opponents, and he didn't dare to defy his noble status, so his face was completely under control.

Seeing that the situation is pressing, being invited to confront will only lead to self-humiliation, Denzel nodded helplessly and agreed to share information with Erwin.But at this moment, a magician in Erwin's team suddenly approached Denzel from behind, stretched out his hand and grabbed the back of his neck.

Before Denzel tried to break free, a violent electric current suddenly emanated from the magician's palm. The electric Denzel instantly stiffened and knelt down in front of Erwin on one knee in great pain.

When Denzel's companions saw their captain being so bullied by the other party, they immediately wanted to explode in anger, but they were all stared at, and just as they wanted to get up, they were forced to sit back by various sharp weapons.

At this time, Erwin came to Denzel, looked down at the man who was in pain but still gritted his teeth and refused to scream, and said in a very joking tone.

"I'm sorry, little brother Denzel, my personality may be inherited from my cautious father, who is naturally suspicious. He once told me that people can only tell the truth when they are in a state of suffering, so In order to ensure that you will not lie to me, I can only use this method."

"you……"

Erwin enjoyed Denzel's painful expression. From the first sight, he didn't like Denzel, who was taller and taller than himself, and more masculine and handsome than himself.He had already "asked" Denzel's companion just now. This kid's family is just a local nobleman, the youngest son born to the viscount's concubine. This kind of small role is no different from a commoner in the eyes of the nobles of the capital.

It is no exaggeration to say that Erwin thinks there are a hundred ways to kill this Denzel, but he has nothing to do with himself!

"Okay! Don't just stare at me like this, let's talk about it and get rid of it sooner. My subordinate is very good at lightning magic. You have to let his patience run out. If you don't keep all of them out of control, you will become a barbecue!"

Concerned that he still has his companions in the opponent's hands, Denzel could only endure the pain caused by the lightning magic, while explaining all the information he knew in detail.

"that's it?"

"That's all, I'm still waiting for the priest's analysis."

"Okay! Let's just pretend that what you're saying is the truth."

Seeing that what Denzel said was almost done, Erwin waved at the magician under him, and the other party stopped the electric shock immediately, and Denzel also fell to the ground due to physical exhaustion.The long-term electric shock made him feel numb all over his body at this moment, and his limbs seemed to be frozen.

At this time, one of Erwin's men suddenly ran down from the attic, and handed a cloth bag to Erwin as if offering a treasure.

"Look, young master, I found something good!"

"What, what a fuss, let me be healthy."

Seeing a long cloth bag brought up by his subordinates, Erwin vaguely saw that it should contain a two-handed long sword, and Denzel, who fell on the ground, struggled to get up when he saw it, but was caught by the magician behind him. Another foot stepped on it.

Erwin opened the sword bag, and was stunned by the gorgeous "Dragon Sword" inside.

"What a beautiful sword! It's actually a magic weapon!"

Erwin, who didn't pay much attention at first, took a fancy to this mighty and domineering magic sword with just one glance. In addition, he also noticed the "Encyclopedia of Dragon Slaying" stored with the sword, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Denzel. , said rather displeased.

"Tsk tsk! It seems that I have underestimated you. After being shocked for so long, you are still not honest. What's the matter with this sword and this book?"

"That, that is my family's treasured sword!"

"Your family's treasured sword? A Viscount in a certain place, how can he have such a good magic weapon in his family? Who are you lying to? It was brought from that ruin, right? This thing is also used by a small character like you!"

Contemptuously glanced at Denzel on the ground, Erwin turned his head and looked back at the big sword in the bag. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He felt that this sword matched his own perfectly. He made up his mind to keep it for himself.

Seeing the look in his young master's eyes, the subordinates at the side knew that he had taken a fancy to the sword, so one of them came up and said in a low voice.

"Master, every guild has a clear rule that you can't steal other people's trophies... at least not explicitly."

"Oh! You mean, it's okay to buy it?"

Erwin's younger brother nodded, now it's not a wilderness with no one around, and there are teams from other guilds in the village, so it's more or less necessary to worry about face, even if that thing is in the hands of many adventurers It doesn't look like it's worth a lot of money.

"Okay! Buy it if you buy it, young master, I am not short of money. You are all well-informed veterans, how much does such a sword usually sell for?"

"No matter what, it will cost a thousand eight... ten gold coins! No, no! If you bargain the price, maybe you can get eight of them!"

After being glared at by Erwin, the younger brother who spoke to him immediately understood. Erwin smiled, ignoring the glaring glares of several members of Denzel's team around him, and said to himself.

"Since ten gold coins can be bought, I will generously order a double, young master, and give them thirty gold coins. I want the sword and the book!"

"Okay! The young master is rich!"

Under the praise of the younger brothers, Erwin left a bag of gold coins, and then left their residence with Denzel's "heirloom".

When the other party left, everyone hurriedly helped the captain who had been tortured miserably, but even though their hearts were filled with anger, they could only do nothing.Because children of the upper class nobles of the kingdom like Erwin, they really can't afford to mess with them!

End of this chapter

In the next few days, many groups of outsiders flooded into Pine Tree Village one after another. In addition to the adventurers who wanted to explore the forest, there were also several groups of pioneers who rushed to settle in the spring and some businessmen.

These migrants have brought prosperity and excitement to the village, but at the same time they have caused a lot of trouble, leading to the deterioration of the security situation in the village.

For this reason, Ron often complained to Lude, saying that the work of maintaining law and order is simply not done by humans!Those adventurers are really no better than the bandits, and they make trouble in the village all day long, causing their self-police group to be devastated.

What made Ron feel aggrieved the most was that some of the troublemakers were very skilled, and the militiamen under him were no match at all if they fought alone. In addition, there were a few adventurers who were nobles, and these people were even more difficult to mess with. No, the militiamen wouldn't even dare to touch it.

Lude is not surprised by these disturbances, because this is the daily life of most towns, and the situation may be more complicated and difficult than theirs. Pine Tree Village is just the beginning.

But there is one thing to say, some of these adventurers from the village did go too far.They claimed to have force, and they did not take the self-police group in the village seriously at all. They fought and molested women. What's more, they even aimed their malicious eyes at the nuns in his temple.

Just yesterday evening, Shanisi went to the village to deliver medicine to patients. On the way back, she ran into two drunks who had already "drunk their pieces".Seeing Shanisi's beauty, the two of them became suspicious.Alcohol makes them think they have power beyond the gods, and they have nothing to fear.

As soon as the two wine men came up, they grabbed Shanisi by force, trying to drag her into the alley to do whatever they wanted.But the two obviously didn't know what they were facing. When some villagers found them this morning, these two unlucky bastards were frantically messing with each other in the pigsty. The scene was not ordinary hot eyes!

In view of this, Lude felt that it was necessary to take care of it.

Lude first sent Hume and Fallen Leaf to support the police group. Both of them have the level of high-level fighters in terms of strength, and they have the first-level mercenary badge officially issued by the kingdom. This thing is a proof of strength. It can effectively deter many adventurers.

Secondly, he plans to find the village chief, Luo Mu, to erect a notice board at the entrance of the village and the central square, and write down the established village regulations clearly, and then he will find a chance to kill a few chickens that show their heads to the monkeys!

In the afternoon of the same day, signs with village regulations were erected at the entrance of the village and the central square, attracting many people to stop and watch.When the villagers saw the above content, most of them clapped their hands and applauded, thinking that it should have been handled like this long ago, but some adventurers sneered at it.

In the eyes of these self-proclaimed old birds, the villagers are just a group of sheep grazing, at the bottom of the "food chain" in human society.They do have a cunning and vicious side. They dare to bite a wolf when they get the chance, but they are more cowardly and submissive. As long as you behave fiercely enough, you can make them obedient.

Lude watched these adventurers silently from the sidelines, and he secretly remembered all those who showed disdain on their faces.

Later that day, part of the first group of adventurers who had entered the woods returned.Most of these vanguards are rookie teams, while many old bird teams stay in the village and wait for these newcomers to help them find the way before leaving.

This is an unwritten rule of adventurer guilds in many places. When there is insufficient information on a mission and the difficulty level cannot be determined, the guild will first send a team of weaker rookies to "face-check the grass."After all, the old birds in the guild are precious, and these pillars that support the facade cannot be easily lost.

And it is this kind of fucking unspoken rule that has caused the atmosphere within the group of adventurers to be unhealthy.Veterans take cheating rookies as a matter of course, and when rookies who have not been cheated to death grow into veterans, they will continue to cheat new rookies.

Because of the information "provided" by Denzel's team, most of the adventurer teams in Pine Tree Village have turned their attention to the ruins, and these advance teams are also heading towards the ruins.

But these people who came back first failed to reach the ruins. They said that the monsters in the forest were extremely active, and they encountered many difficult guys along the way.Because one of his companions was injured in the battle, he had no choice but to stop exploring and return to the original path with the wounded and the information he had obtained.

After all, these adventurers are not like Lude. They either have Hume by their side and put him on the "Akaling Guardian", or take the "Dragon Air". These monsters and beasts in the forest can't threaten him at all.

There were a total of 12 adventurers who came back, and almost everyone was injured.They told the other adventurers who stayed behind that the three vanguard teams have formed a joint force under the leadership of the senior adventurer "Father" Arik. The wounded will retreat to the village, and the rest will continue to move forward.

"Father" Arik is considered to be a conscientious old man among senior adventurers. He may not say how good-hearted he is, but at least he acts with principles. I have never heard of him having a bad record of entrapping newcomers.

But after learning about the situation ahead, some adventurers couldn't help but feel a little puzzled while they were thankful that they didn't set off rashly.That is the Denzel team who arrived at Pine Tree Village first and successfully ran back from the ruins. How did they do it?

You must know that the Void Forest is not like the hinterland of the kingdom. The average level of monsters here is more than one grade higher than that in the mainland, and some top experts even have the strength to compete with giant dragons.

So many people began to suspect that Denzel's team was lying, either because they concealed some key information, or because they had never been to the ruins at all.

However, these speculations were quickly explained, so there are rumors that Denzel's team was targeted by the notorious Hydrangea Blade not long ago.The opponent "forcibly bought" a high-level magic sword from them.Therefore, many people subconsciously believed that Denzel's team probably relied on this treasure to successfully reach the ruins.

Lude had also heard a little bit about this matter, but as the victims, Denzel and others chose to remain silent and refused to admit that such a thing had happened, which made Lude unable to help them even if he wanted to.

In desperation, Lu De could only put their affairs aside and start working on another more important matter.

With the advent of adventurers, there is another group of visitors in the village that has attracted much attention, that is, the merchants who came to do business.These people are more disciplined than adventurers, but those who go out to do business are not so fuel-efficient.

These merchants brought a lot of goods that were in short supply to the village, including the salt needed by the villagers and the spirits that adventurers liked.At the same time, they also bought a large number of various mountain goods in the hands of the villagers, as well as the spoils brought by the adventurers from the forest.This one out and one in, the profit in the middle is quite considerable.

And Lu De happened to have something to sell, so he took the initiative to invite the six caravans that had arrived in Pine Tree Village, hoping to negotiate with them face to face.

Knowing that the priest in the village wanted to discuss business with him, the representatives of several caravans all readily agreed.The first time they came to the village, they asked the locals about the situation here, and learned that the temple here belonged to a strange small sect that enshrined two gods. The priest in charge was very capable, and he was a big landlord. In response to the disaster that occurred last year, at the cost of providing relief food, nearly two-thirds of the villagers in the village signed tenant contracts.

However, for well-informed businessmen, this is not an amazing operation. These days, it is not uncommon for nobles to take advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to annex land, and the clergy are no exception, and even worse. and!

Fortunately, the living conditions of the local people are good, and they generally praise the priest, and they don't seem to be the kind of greedy and treacherous people.

Lude entertained a group of businessmen in the newly renovated reception room of the temple. The two sides first introduced themselves. Lude learned that two of the six in front of him are regional leaders of large chambers of commerce, and the other four are independent businessmen. But they are all the kind of grocers who sell everything, and there is no main item.

Lu De said that there are two things he plans to sell here, the first is animal skins.

Nied Hogg sent hundreds of pigs to their village last winter. This kind of giant wild boar is very big, and the largest one can compete with the rhinoceros on the other side of the earth. Part of the skin that was peeled off was used as skin for the militia Outside of armor, the rest are kept on the side of the temple and belong to Lude himself.In addition, they defeated the demihuman coalition forces last month, and they also seized a lot from the camp.

These miscellaneous animal skins are all high-quality leather raw materials, but there are too many of them. They are all piled up in the warehouse, and many of them have not been tanned.Instead of leaving it there to rot and rot, sell it for some money.

So Lu De showed several samples of leather in his hands to the merchants present, and said that he had a lot of stocks in his hands, and those who were interested in buying them could quote him a price.

Several merchants looked at the samples provided by Lu De, and found that they were indeed high-quality leather materials, and they would not worry about losing sales if they were resold to the mainland.Although the kingdom's decree expressly prohibits civilians from hiding metal armor privately, and the "number of armor" of enfeoffed nobles is also strictly limited according to different levels, leather armor is not prohibited.

If possible, several merchants present wanted to eat all the survivals in Lude's hands, but they didn't know how much the temple had in stock, so one of the merchants asked tentatively.

"May I ask the priest, how many do you have in total?"

"Wild boar hides are the most, with 120 pieces. For other types, I asked someone (ghost) to make a statistical table. You can take a look."

As Lude said, he took out a statistical form, which listed more than [-] kinds of animal skins, and some were even monsters, with a total of more than [-] skins.Seeing this, several businessmen were a little jealous and wanted to swallow this batch of good goods, but they also knew that they definitely didn't have enough cash in their hands.

At this time, Lu De said with a smile on his face.

"I guess... everyone doesn't have enough cash on hand, right?"

"Master Priest, I can ask the General Assembly for funding, as long as I have two weeks, no! Just one week."

"Sir, don't be so excited! You see, all the buyers are here now, and we can actually hold a small auction."

"Small auction?"

"Yes! You have also seen this list. I have more than [-] kinds of animal skins here. I can't sell them all at the same price, right? You don't want anyone to think about anyone else. It's not just about your own ability. ?"

"..." x6

Looking at the smile on Lude's face, the businessmen suddenly understood that this old priest who looked kind and friendly at first glance was really not an ordinary person. The reason why he called all of them was to let them "kill each other". This time, no one wants to lower the price.

It's not a very advanced method, but it really works!

Ever since, under the auspices of Lu De, the merchants started bidding.

Although Lu De didn't know the specific market conditions, he had consulted the knowledgeable Hume in advance and knew the pros and cons of these animal skins, so he started bidding with the worst quality ones first.

This small auction lasted for two and a half hours, and more than 800 animal skins brought Lude nearly [-] gold coins in total.Among them, the most competitive one is a very complete high-level wind-type magic wolf skin.

This thing is one of the trophies that Lude found from the secret room of the Ratman High Priest Midi when he was cleaning the battlefield in the demi-human camp. A special ancient secret system was adopted to make the wolf skin retain the magic power fluctuations of the monster before it was alive. It is an excellent material for making magic props.

As soon as this leather was taken out, several merchants were red-eyed. In the end, a representative of a large chamber of commerce named Element Square successfully took down the devil wolf skin at a high price of 450 gold coins.

Lu De remembered that this chamber of commerce had its own alchemy studio, and he presumably planned to buy this wolf skin and make it into magic props, and if it was resold, the profit might be several times higher.Magic props and various potions are out-and-out lucrative commodities in this world!

After the auction was over, the six businessmen present looked at each other, all of them couldn't help showing a wry smile.Although today's transaction is generally not a loss, it has lost a lot of money because of fighting each other.

Seeing that the goods were all auctioned off, several people were about to get up and say goodbye so they could go back to raise money, but Lu De told them to sit down first. He had two things to sell today, and leather was just one of them.

"My lord, what else do you want to sell?"