Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 169 Wizard
Five days later, Rhodes and the others arrived in a small town near the canyon fortress, and they were going to climb the mountains near the canyon fortress to go further north.

Before they were on the road, they heard from travelers that the canyon fortress is only allowed to pass under the leadership of the nobles of the Roman Empire, and others can only find ways to detour, which is similar to what Hamer speculated.

The canyon fortress is built in the middle of a huge mountain range, which is also known as the Misty Mountain because it is shrouded in fog all year round.

There are many legends about the Misty Mountains: undead, werewolves, vampires...

Anyway, the heavily misty mountain range is an ominous place for most people, and it is the safest way to pass through the canyon fortress with a relatively flat terrain.

"We'd better find a guide to accompany us." Rhodes sat in the tavern and put forward his idea. In this tavern, he heard that if he went straight into the Misty Mountains without the company that often went into the mountains, he might be trapped inside. long time.

"I'll wait and ask who is the best hunter here." Baron nodded.

"How do you ask? It is illegal to hunt without a private hunting license issued by the lord. It is a crime of poaching. If someone reports it, it will be sent to the lord to have his hands chopped off. And those hunters with private hunting licenses live in We can't find it near the lord's castle," Rhodes said.

"Cutting down trees is also illegal, so there are no woodcutters who often go up the mountain to cut wood. I'd better ask the tavern owner." Baron stood up and walked towards the busy tavern owner.

Rhodes also stood up and moved his body. They had been on their way for the past few days, and now they felt that they were still on horseback. In order to go faster, they each bought another horse to ride instead.

The money to buy three horses is nothing to Rhodes who suddenly became rich.

Considering that it was difficult to take the horse across the mountains, they sold the horse just now, and Baron went to sell it, and it is said that he made a little money.

"How is it?" Hammer asked after seeing Baron come back.

"The tavern owner said that there is a herbal picker in the town, we can ask him to take us away." Baron replied.

"Isn't it illegal to collect herbs privately in this country?" Rhodes asked curiously.

"He is a decent uncle of the current local lord." Baron explained.

"Then where does he live?" Rhodes asked again.

"Just sit there, go and talk to him, if he doesn't want me to go again." Baron pointed to a middle-aged man with shabby clothes and brown hair.

After hearing this, Rhodes took a wine glass and sat on the bench next to the man.

"I would like to ask you to guide me and my partner through the Misty Mountains." Rhode directly stated his purpose to the middle-aged man.

He originally wanted to be more tactful, such as saying to him "I heard that you have a lot of research on drugs, I want to get to know you", but after thinking about it, it was too troublesome and unnecessary.

"I have only traveled once myself." The middle-aged man looked at Rhodes.

"We can give you a lot of rewards." Rhodes said again.

"I'm not interested in money." The middle-aged man replied lightly.

"Then are you risking your life to go into the mountains to collect medicines for research? For example, to study which medicines can treat which diseases?" Rhodes asked.

"Partly." The middle-aged man took a sip of his wine.

Rhodes noticed that the man's cup was empty.

"Bring me another drink!" he shouted to the tavernkeeper.

"I paid for your drink for you, what should I call you?" Rhodes asked.

"You can just call me Philip." The middle-aged man replied, his tone was not as blunt as before.

"What price do we need to pay before you are willing to lead us over the Misty Mountains?" Rhodes asked again.

"Why do you want to cross the Misty Mountains?" Philip asked.

"My partner and I are all Nords. Now the canyon fortress is not allowed to pass through. We can only go back to Nords through this road." Rhodes replied.

"You can also go to River Valley City to take a boat to Gulfstream City, and then change boats back to Nord, without taking the risk of taking this route." Philip moved away to let the maid in the tavern pour him wine.

Rhodes shook his head, "I have a companion who is seasick, very serious. Threatened him with a knife on his neck, and he was unwilling to take the boat. If you are willing to lead us the way, we can pay you a lot of money." , after you have money, you can drink until you vomit every day."

"Then how much are you willing to pay me?" Philip asked.

Sure enough, it is a lie to say that you are not interested in money.

"How much do you think is appropriate?" Rhodes asked back.

"At least one hundred gold coins." Philip replied lightly.

"Then you might as well go and rob!" Rhodes pretended to be surprised, even if he could easily afford such a money, he wouldn't foolishly agree.

A person who can pay a hundred gold coins so easily has at least tens of thousands of gold coins on him, revealing that with so much money on his body, he will be coveted by others.

"Since you can't afford it, forget it." Philip drank the wine in the glass in one breath and was about to leave.

"Wait, I'll discuss it with my companion first." Rhode made a embarrassed expression, ordered another glass of wine for him, and then walked towards Baron.

"He wants a hundred gold coins," Rhodes said.

"So much?" Baron was a little surprised, "How about I just beat him up and drag him up the mountain?"

"Forget it, what if he takes us to a dead end?" Hamer said.

"Then I'll discuss it with him first." Baron stood up and walked towards Philip.

"How about we hire you for fifty gold coins?" Baron asked after sitting next to Philip.

"Fifty gold coins is too little." Philip took a sip of wine calmly.

"How about the eighty? We only have so many." Rhodes asked tentatively.

"Deal! When are we going to leave?" Philip readily agreed.

Rhodes now feels that this Philip may not have thought about the price first, and is completely asking for a price.

To be honest, the price is very high. If you spend [-] gold coins in Nord, you can hire a large group of adventurers to surround you and protect you from crossing a mountain.

It's a pity that there are no occupations such as adventurers or mercenaries in this place.

"Sigh, all our hard work for so long was in vain." Rhodes sighed.

"Can it be a little less, how about seventy gold coins?" Baron asked again.

"Okay." Philip nodded in agreement, probably because he felt that Rhodes and the others seemed a little pitiful.

"You wait, we'll come to sell something," Rhodes said.

After speaking, Rhodes led Baron and the others out of the tavern.

"Fortunately, our armor is covered with a robe, otherwise he would definitely offer a thousand gold coins directly, and then wait for us to bargain stupidly." Baron said.

"Do you have seventy gold coins?" Rhodes asked.

Baron touched his body, "It doesn't seem to be there. All the valuables on his body are the gems rewarded by the athletic conference, and there are no gold coins. Just tell him to pay him some money as a deposit first, and wait for them to take us over the foggy mountains. Give it to him, then he won't be able to negotiate the price with us like this..."

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(End of this chapter)