Chapter 32: Chamber of Commerce

Rod came to the destination of this trip, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.
Unlike the thieves’ guild that Rhode had previously visited, the free trade guild has a huge internal scope. Except for a few main buildings used to handle various affairs, the rest of the locations are divided into merchants’ residences.
Of course, not all business groups are able to obtain a residence in the freelance chamber of commerce. Unless there is no small contribution to the freelance chamber of commerce, the business group wants to get a place, in addition to gold coins, it also depends on the rank strength of the members.
Rhode had just entered the lobby of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, and the waitress was waiting to meet him and asked Rhodes about his intentions.
Rhode said: "I want to go to the city of mourning, hoping to go with the business group."
After listening, the maid asked: "Dear professional, do you have the identity certification of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce?"
Rhode understood what the maid meant. With the identity authentication of the chamber of commerce, you can join the same business group as a temporary guard of the business group. When faced with a situation that requires fighting, the guards are responsible for protecting the safety of the business group.
After arriving at the destination, the business group will pay a sum of money for the escort, but unless it is a permanent of the business group, the compensation for the temporary is usually not much.
For a person's identity certification, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce has a special set of rating criteria. With the increase in the number of missions, coupled with the success rate of escort, the rating will be higher and higher, from F level to S level. The higher the rating, the easier it is to be accepted by the business group, and the remuneration the business group needs to pay will increase.
Rhode recalled that in the previous life, players all aimed at the S-level evaluation of the freelance chamber of commerce, but few really achieved the S-level evaluation. To reach the S level, in addition to the need to spend a lot of time on the chamber of commerce, it also requires certain opportunities and its own strong strength.
Rhode replied to the maid: "No, I just want to go as a passenger."
Passengers are different from escorts. The escorts need identity certification to confirm their strength and past performance. Experienced business leaders often only need to glance at the identity certification to confirm whether the is worth hiring. The failure of the mission will also be punished by the free trade association.
Passengers do not need identity verification. Passengers only need to pay for the gold coins, and they can be brought to their destinations by the merchant group. When encountering a battle, passengers do not need to fight at all.
Passengers are just travelers who travel to another city through a business group. Therefore, the freelance chamber of commerce does not draw any commissions for carrying passengers in the business group, nor does it have any management. It is entirely up to the business group to negotiate with the passengers themselves.
The reason why he chose to be a traveler and follow the caravan to Diya instead of getting his own way after getting the map, Rod had his own considerations.
Just like looking at the map drawn by Ellott before, even if he knew the current location of the city, Rhode could not go directly in one direction, but found a river as a reference and compared it with the map. Found this town.
Even if there is a detailed map, without the guidance of pathfinding, it is easy to get lost in the dense forest with repeated scenery.
What's more, there may be other situations along the way. Whether it is a looter on the road, a hidden thief, or a resident of various creatures, in order to avoid these, in addition to pathfinding, high-level reconnaissance is also essential.
Therefore, choosing to follow the business group to the goal, although it takes a longer time, but it is more secure than the orphan.
As a passenger, Rhode only needs to wait in the carriage provided by the merchant group. Rhode can also use this time on the road to practice several deep meditations. The only shortcoming is that the gold coins needed for travelers are slightly more expensive.
After listening, the maid led Rod to the side hall next to it. After making some enquiries, the maid told Rhode:
"Respected professionals, not long ago, a large business group had gone to the city of mourning and sent a lot of goods to the city of mourning. Because the urgently needed goods were made up, few business groups were willing to go to the city of mourning. At present, there is only one business group in the station that chooses the city of mourning."
After listening, Rhode seemed to think of something. Large business groups want to go to a place, in order to ensure that the journey is foolproof, requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Under such a powerful situation, the movements of large business groups could not hide the thieves’ guilds in the city.
Without much hesitation, Rod said to the maid: "Take me to the residence of this business group."
Bringing passengers will bring various variables to the business group. Moreover, this approach is not necessarily safe for passengers themselves.
Whether it is a business group blackmailing passengers on the road, or killing unaccompanied passengers in the wilderness to obtain property, or a passenger colluding with a thief, it is common to kill business groups in the dead of night. The freelance chamber of commerce does not care about this, it all depends on the choice of the business group and the passenger.
Therefore, both for business groups and passengers, they need to inspect each other before confirming. This is why travelers who want to join a business group need to pay high fees.
After listening to Rod’s request, the maid led the way ahead and led Rod to the merchant’s station in the rear.
The maid took Rhodes to the rear station and walked towards the depths. At this time, the sky had slowly darkened. When Rod had just entered the city, he could still see the surrounding scenery with the sky, and at this time he could only rely on the candlelight beside the road.
On the way, Rhode asked the maid for information about the business group and got some information.
The name of this business group is the Silver Seal Business Group. The core members of the business group are six to eight, including the management of the business group, the decision maker, and the professionals trained by the business group. The rest are some escorts responsible for transporting goods and hired. The total number of members is about twenty.
The information provided by the maid seems to be extremely rich, telling Rhodes about the entire Silver Seal business group, but in fact these are the most basic information, as long as Rhodes enters the station and observes it a little, you can see it Come out, there is no key information in it.
Seeing the imminent presence of the Silver Seal Merchants, Rhodes took a gold coin from the space ring and called the maid in front.
"Tell me, really useful information." Looking at the maid's eyes, Rod said.
The maid took the gold coins and smiled:
"The Silver Seal Merchants Group, whose leader is named Youse, is a veteran fighter, and his strength is close to high-end. The remaining core professionals also have senior strength. In particular, there is a mage in the team, the strength unknown."