Vol 4 Chapter 16: The Bells of Ice and Snow

The mysterious businessman slowly pulled out a scroll. "Four hundred years ago, the Ice King was twilight. I knew that the Ice Demon Tribe had fallen, so I built a treasure hall under the ice field. All my life's income and the wealth in the clan were all stored in the treasure house. .Make several treasure maps at the same time and leave it to several close friends. "
"Why does Ice King do this?"
"The Ice King is dying, the Snow League is discordant, and the Frost Troll looks at it. It has internal and external troubles, and the situation is difficult. The Frost Troll will tear the agreement and make a comeback, and the Ice Demon must be the first to suffer a fierce attack. Ca n’t resist, so burying wealth and treasures before the outbreak of the war. If the Ice Demon tribe is not destroyed, future generations can dig out treasures to regenerate the race. If the Ice Demon tribe is unfortunately destroyed, the treasure will sink to the ice field, so as not to be frozen The demon took it. "
Ice King fell.
The Ice Demon Clan is dead.
Treasure map is missing.
The mystery of the Ice King's treasure is passed on for hundreds of years.
Zhang Mu's eyes fell on the treasure map in the hands of the mysterious businessman, and he felt a touch of excitement. "The life of a heavenly powerman, all the wealth of a strong family ... sounds very tempting! So how much is the value of intelligence? "
"120,000 gold coins!" The mysterious businessman extended his left hand, handed out the scroll and said, "The scroll details the location of the treasure land and the way to enter the treasure hall. The prices are not excessive, because once you open the ice king treasure, you will get ten Times or even dozens of times! "
The sky-high price of 120,000 gold coins!
It was a little bit more than expected.
The Terran settled on the ice field, the gold coins cost too much! Although the labor union vault and Huangquan warehouse in Shuguang camp have a total of 100 million cash reserves, the mercenaries of the camp actively hunt for production and make daily gold, which is a huge cost compared to the next. Apart from that, the cost of a spacecraft alone, as high as 1,000 gold coins per person, makes it difficult for mercenaries to bear.
This amount of gold coins is too large to be reimbursed, and can only be shared. The mercenaries themselves must pay 50%, the mercenary group 30%, and the union subsidy 20%. Nonetheless, each shipment of mercenaries will cost at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins to the mercenary regiment and the union.
"I bought it."
It is precisely because of the tightness of gold coins that one cannot miss an opportunity.
At present, about 350,000 gold coins can be left, including the public funds of the union, plus Huangquan, Dragon Soul, and Fengyue. Several mercenary regiments brought gold coins. This treasure map cost another 120,000 gold coins, leaving only 230,000 gold coins.
The mystery businessman said before the transaction: "I must remind you that the treasure map does not necessarily mean that you can get the treasure. This treasure hunting activity is inherently risky and you must consider it carefully."
Zhang Mu insisted on buying the treasure map, and the mysterious store was officially opened. There were no black iron-quality low-level equipment in the store. The 20-level bronze equipment was the starting point, and the highest level of silver clothing was 30. It is regrettable that there is no shadow of gold equipment.
The mystery store will continuously improve the quality of the goods according to the consumption situation.
The level of Despair Icefield is much higher than that of Dawn Plain. I don't know how many times because the first time the relationship appears in the mysterious store, the goods will be relatively inferior. Zhang Mu believes that after several summons, gold-quality equipment and items may appear in the mysterious store.
In addition, the calling of the mysterious merchant is different in different regions. Dawn Plain once every 7 days, desperate ice sheet once every 14 days, more advanced areas may take a month or even months. As the environment changes, the mystery store items become more advanced, and the preparation time is getting longer.
There are several pieces of information in the mystery store, which is not bad and the price is reasonable.
[D-Class Monster Handbook] (Desperate Icefield), which records in detail the distribution, characteristics, attributes, and skills of monsters on the Desperate Icefield, below the lord and below!
[Area Map] (Ice and Snow Town), detail the terrain within 3,000 miles of Ice and Snow Town, the distribution of monsters, and active areas!
[Regional Treasure Map] (Ice Snow Town), record the approximate refresh location of wild treasure chests within 3,000 miles of Ice Snow Town!
Zhang Mu immediately invested another 100,000 gold coins to purchase a large quantity of silver-quality equipment at levels 25-30. The equipment price of the mystery store is quite cheap, so I plan to buy a batch of equipment first, then rent a shop in the town, increase the price of the equipment and sell it, first make a difference, and fill the possible funding gap.
Regional speakers, audio scrolls, posts ... These props are naturally indispensable.
After Zhang Mu finished shopping, let the heads of the delegation freely choose, the mysterious store is cheap and good, and they can always pick the items they need. Each regiment needs equipment and magic items to advance. On the one hand, it increases the mercenary strength, on the other hand, it can increase consumption and promote better things in mysterious shops.
The mystery shop is over.
There are few gold coins left.
"I'll go to Ice and Snow Town first!"
Zhang Mu put dozens of pieces of equipment all in storage bags.
Du Rongrong quickly followed the door and said, "I want to go too, I want to go too!"
Zhang Mu knocked Du Rongrong's head, "I'm not going to play, don't make a fuss, just stay away! I'm bored and ask Lao Hei to bring you to hunt."
Du Rongrong persisted: "It's boring to hunt! Yesterday I ran out with a fat man and a wrecked dog. As a result, more than a dozen people blew for six hours in the cold wind and died half cold. Only a yak was hunted. It's really a fire! Don't go today, waste energy It's not worth it! "
The creatures of Despair Icefield are too scarce.
Hunting results are not ideal.
The cost of the train is not expensive, lest Du Rongrong be playful and troublesome if he refuses to return. Zhang Mu thinks about it carefully. There is nothing fun in Bingxue. A race that is threatened to survive. What can be used for leisure and entertainment? Du Rongrong felt bored and naturally did not want to go again.
"Icetown is closed at 18:00 in the evening. We do not have the right of residence. We must return before closing."
"Okay, that's all!"
The two came to Frozen.
Du Rongrong looked at the neat and wide streets of Bingxue Town, and was very happy. "The town looks comfortable, the road is wide and the house is big. When will the people of the people have a town?"
"A small town has nothing to look forward to. The Despair Icefield is just a springboard for the formal integration of the human race into the mainland. Sooner or later, we will rise on the mainland. At that time, let alone a small town, at least one or two cities must be captured!
Du Rongrong's eyes were wide open: "Oh? Is it a city like Glacier City? Glacier City can live with four or five million trolls, it must be very big! No, we fly by area, and there are giant cities with a population of 10 million. .Wood wants to grab a city as big as that, which makes me enjoyable as a city owner for a few days! "
The black spacecraft passed through many areas, many of which were huge cities with a population of 10 million, which must be the main city of a certain clan, and the amount of light made people shudder. If the Terran comes into contact with a large race, I don't know what kind of results will occur.
Seeing the two on the road was like seeing aliens. They all stopped and talked about theft.
Du Rongrong pulled the hood, "Why do we still recognize when we put on our hats?"
"Xue's eyes are not the same as human races. They have thermal vision ability. Although Xue's are not cold-blooded creatures, their body temperature only reaches about 20 degrees. Xue's identity can be easily recognized by the temperature difference in the body."
There are many hotels and taverns on the roadside of Bingxue Town. Some of them are set up by Xue residents and are private. The tavern is the place to eat, and the hotel is reserved for allied aliens in the stranded city, but has no right of residence for overnight stays. The price is not cheap.
Du Rongrong asked, "Where shall we go first?"
"Trading bank!"
The trading house is right next to the town hall. A three-story carved building, about ten meters high, is exquisitely gorgeous. The two walked into the trading house, with a large area inside and a huge screen on each side of the wall. When the attention was focused, a large amount of data appeared on the screen, all of which were consignment information or acquisition information.
Reception is a family of machines.
"Dear guest, do you need service?"
Zhang Mu took out the blue war spear dropped by the centurion. "This equipment is sold on consignment. The price is 25,000 gold coins!"
The robotic family nodded and said, "The handling fee for a single consignment is 1,000 gold coins."
Zhang Mu paid the handling fee, the robotic family reached out and the war spear disappeared. Du Rongrong stared away from the screen on the right. One more message was immediately sent, which was the consignment information of the 25-level gold war spear.
"I need a batch of ingredients!"
"Please specify acquisition type, grade, price!"
"E-grade flour, unlimited type, maximum quantity is 1000 servings, 24 gold coins per serving!"
"Acquisition information requires 100 gold coins for each day of retention."
On the other screen, the corresponding acquisition information appears. As long as it meets the standard, it can be sent to the transaction bank to exchange money, only 1 or 100, all of which are treated equally, until the acquirer terminates the acquisition or reaches the upper limit of the number of acquisitions.
Very convenient!
Only the food in the town has a trading bank, which does not provide goods itself, but can provide a platform. In addition, the transaction bank system can connect all the cities and towns of the same camp in the map, which greatly facilitates the consignment of regular items and the purchase of various items.
Zhang Mu browsed the consignment information, grasped the basic price situation, rented a shop, dozens of pieces of silver, all thrown into the shop for sale, a batch of 25 and 30 silver equipment, which is also more sought-after for the Snow clan.
"Just sell the equipment to the robot office!" Du Rongrong suggested. "Let's go to the pub for a drink!"
The cold wind blew outside, so it was very cold, and the tavern was a good choice.
Zhang Mu nodded and said, "Okay, but first of all, just drink something, don't make trouble."
"I know, I know!" Du Rongrong grumbled, and cursed, "Awkward wood!"
The two walked towards the tavern, but did not go in. Suddenly, the chirping bells echoed over the snowy town.
"What ... what!"
Du Rongrong's face was pale.
"Hate! Well, why do you ring the bell!"
In fact, Du Rongrong didn't want to admit it, who knew exactly what this bell sounded.
Something big happened!
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