At this time, Earl Olcott.
As luck would have it, the person chosen to lead the way this time was Marvin, who had returned from Hope Village.
After all, as the deputy captain of Wendel's mercenary team, when Wendel was wholeheartedly doing business in Hope Village, he could only lead the team to run back and forth between Hope Village and Benguela Town.
Marvin quite likes this task.
After all, trading goods between the two territories did make them a lot of money. As someone who participated in it every time, the income and bonuses he received were very considerable.
But he never expected that this time he would fall into the hands of the Earl.
He was a nobody before, so naturally he had no chance to meet the Earl.
I see it now, but at such a sensitive time.
After being reminded by the mayor, he knew that the Earl's trip was because too many people from Benguela Town had left, and he was going to go see Hope Village in person.
It's obvious that they are enemies!
...
...
As one of the people making a living in Hope Village, who knows if people will take their anger out on you while you're talking!
Just as Marvin was daydreaming, the curtain of the beast carriage that Count Olcott was riding in was pulled open, and a beautiful slave girl bowed respectfully to Marvin and whispered softly, "My Lord Count, please get in the carriage."
Hearing this, Marvin's body tensed up for a moment, and then he immediately got on the carriage.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he saluted respectfully, and then sat on the side at the signal of Earl Olcott.
"Simmons said that your mercenary team has signed an exclusive contract with Hope Village, and some of Hope Village's goods can only be bought and sold through you?" Earl Olcott asked directly.
Marvin listened and quickly organized his words, then said: "Yes, at that time, Hope Village signed contracts with many mercenary teams. Because our captain was relatively strong, he won the management rights of Benguela Town. Currently, most of the Hope Village products sold in Benguela Town are from our team. However, Hope Village also has a great demand for some magic products, so we also sell a lot of Benguela Town products to Hope Village. Due to the price difference between the two sides, the sales amount of the products sold in Benguela Town is still greater than the sales amount of Hope Village products in our town."
So at present, the town of Benguela still has the advantage in trade, but don't blame their team.
Marvin thought silently in his heart.
Earl Olcott did not expect to get this answer. He raised his eyebrows and asked the next question directly, "Have you ever thought about settling in Hope Village?"
Marvin: “…No.”
After being stunned for a second, Marvin quickly said, "I have always felt that there will be a better future in the small town of Benguela, so I never thought about becoming a resident of Hope Village."
"Then what do you think those who settle in Hope Village think? Do they think Hope Village is better than the town of Benguela?" Earl Olcott did not give the other party much time to react and asked another sharp question.
Marvin wiped the almost invisible trace of cold sweat from his head.
After thinking for a while, he answered, "Benguela Town is definitely stronger than Hope Village in terms of strength. It's just that Hope Village has bribed some people with some benefits. Those people know that Benguela Town is better, but in the short term, Hope Village is more in line with their interests. Basically, those who leave Benguela Town are ordinary residents and lower-level professionals."
As for the stronger ones, that is for early investment.
Because in the small town of Benguela, they have almost no room to move up, but in Hope Village, they do, so they are willing to give it a try.
Lord Olcott somehow failed to see that Marvin had not told the whole story.
It must have some skills to attract thousands of residents from the small town of Benguela.
Thinking of the "new things" in Hope Village reported by Simmons, Earl Olcott was actually very curious.
He really wanted to know what it was like to be a territory lord with so many fantastic ideas.
For nobles like them, such lords were digging into their own roots.
The reason why the nobles have privileges is because of the "brainwashing" and "suppression" over the past hundred years. Hope Village is undoubtedly trying to break this situation by doing so.
One of the purposes of his trip this time was to see how serious the threat posed to Hope Village was.
"Okay! You can go down now!" Earl Olcott said lazily, leaning back on the couch, closing his eyes and beginning to rest.
Without his instructions, the female slave beside him came forward and began to massage him gently.
Marvin retreated without leaving a trace, and the moment he got out of the beast cart, his entire tense body relaxed.
The team continued to move forward and gradually left the small town of Benguela.
Just as they were leaving the territory of the town of Benguela, suddenly, bursts of fighting noises were heard nearby.
The moment the voice sounded, the entire team stopped, and the accompanying soldiers raised their weapons one by one and began to be on alert.
On the animal cart, Earl Olcott also opened his eyes.
"What's going on?"
"There must be a group of mercenaries hunting intermediate-level monsters nearby, so the noise is a bit louder." Murta, Earl Olcott's personal guard, replied quickly.
The magical beasts near their town of Benguela are basically intermediate-level magical beasts, with high-level magical beasts appearing occasionally.
Whether it is a mid-level or high-level magical beast, they are all targets that the territory soldiers and mercenary teams need to hunt on a daily basis, so it is quite normal to encounter a team near the territory.
This was a reasonable guess he made based on his own experience.
It was because of this reaction ability that he was able to become Earl Olcott's personal guard.
Of course, he did not forget to send soldiers to investigate the situation.
Just then, the soldiers who were investigating the situation came back.
"Is it a mercenary team?" Murtagh asked.
"Yes." The soldier replied, but his expression was a little strange.
Murtagh naturally noticed it, his face became serious, and he asked coldly: "Is there anything special?"
"I think that mercenary team is not from our territory." The soldier paused and answered.
Although this place is out of the scope of Benguela town, everyone knows that the Warcraft in this area are still affected by the town of Benguela. Therefore, in most cases, it is the mercenaries from the town of Benguela that are active in this area.
As for the mercenary teams from other territories, it’s not impossible, but the nearby territories are all villages and they don’t have that much strength.
Therefore, it is already an established idea that this place belongs to the town of Benguela.
How could he not feel strange when he suddenly saw a mercenary group that did not belong to the town of Benguela!
Murtagh listened and frowned, "Can you tell me which territory this person is from?"
"I didn't dare ask because he looks quite different from us," said the soldier.
When Marvin heard the difference in appearance, he immediately had a guess in his mind and said, "I think it's very likely... from Hope Village."
Hope Village?
Isn't this the destination of their trip?
Murtagh listened and quickly reported the situation to Earl Olcott.
At this moment, Earl Olcott came out of the beast cart and looked at Marvin. "Are all the mercenaries from Hope Village so bold? Are they the intermediate professional mercenaries from Hope Village?"
If you haven't reached the intermediate level, how dare you hunt the intermediate level monster group nearby? You should know that where the intermediate level monster group is, there is a high probability that high level monsters will appear.
A group of intermediate professionals may still be able to fight against high-level monsters, but the junior professionals are just there to serve as food.
So he defaulted to a mid-level mercenary team.
But if it is a mid-level mercenary team, the fact that Hope Village has such a team in just over two months means that Hope Village should not be underestimated.
"No, they are all just beginner professionals, and they are only at the late beginner level." said the soldier.
He could still tell the difference between junior professionals and mid-level professionals.
"How did they perform against the group of intermediate monsters?" Earl Olcott was surprised for a moment and followed closely.
"...The intermediate monsters are no match for them! I think they will take them down in no time." The soldier said this with a dazed look on his face. "This group of junior professionals is a little special. They are all dual-class professionals."
A dual-element professional must be proficient in both magic and physical strength.
This means that this group of professionals all have magical talents.
The proportion of people with magical talents in the entire human kingdom is still relatively low.
People with magical talents will, in most cases, specialize in the profession of magician. Some will also develop some auxiliary professions based on this. They rarely have the energy to start a physical profession.
Therefore, dual-system professionals are still relatively rare, but if there are any, as long as they don't die halfway, they will definitely become super professionals in the future.
Many big cities would hire high-level dual-class professionals to guard their territories, and the treatment they received was absolutely extraordinary.
Therefore, in most cases, if they encounter a dual-class professional, many territories will invest in advance.
But now tell him that there is such a group of dual-class professionals in Hope Village.
This Village of Hope might be more mysterious and stronger than he imagined.
If it wasn't strong, Hope Village would have been finished long ago if they played like that.
While Earl Olcott was thinking, Marvin beside him moved his mouth hesitantly.
"What do you want to say? Just say it." Earl Olcott's senses were still very sharp. He had noticed Marvin's movements and spoke directly in a tone that did not allow any objection.
"There is one thing about the original residents of Hope Village that many people have always been concerned about, and that is that they must have the talent of magicians. Basically, every one of them is a magician, and most of them are dual-class professionals. They like magic, but they also like force." Marvin finally said.
This will be discovered sooner or later by our Lord when he goes to Hope Village.
It would be better to just say it now and sell it directly!
Marvin thought so, but he didn't know how much shock his words brought to Earl Olcott and others.
Count Olcott's eyes deepened, "How many residents like this are there in Hope Village?"
"There were probably more than a thousand people at the beginning! But now there are several thousand people, all of whom migrated from other similar territories." Marvin said, explaining, "According to our observations, it's not just Hope Village. These new territories and these people in our Stan continent seem to be the same. They must have magical talents. Many people speculate that they may have been transferred to our Stan continent because of their magical talents."
Lord Olcott listened with a slight pursed mouth.
This is really big news.
If those large territories knew about this, it would probably cause an uproar.
Such a huge number would be like an explosion for the entire Stan continent.
When they grow up, they will definitely be a force that cannot be ignored. If used well, the human kingdom will definitely be able to reproduce the peak of a hundred years ago and once again suppress other races. This is only in the grand sense. If we look at it from a small sense, whichever territory can control these forces can become the overlord of the human kingdom.
Thinking of this, Earl Olcott couldn't help but hold his breath.
It’s really tempting!
After a while, Earl Olcott suppressed this thought.
Because he knew very well that with the strength of his own territory, he could not do this at all.
It's just that as an ambitious person, I also have fantasies in my heart.
Then he said to everyone, "Go and take a look."
He needs to look at the people of Hope Village, then look at Hope Village, and then decide what to do in the end.
At this time, hoping that the village would absorb the population of his territory was no longer the focus of his trip.
He had a hunch that this trip to Hope Village would yield unexpected "harvests".
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