A moment later, Viscount Olcott arrived at the battle site.
When we arrived at the scene, we found that there were indeed more magical elements in this area than in other places, because this group of people constantly called upon the magical elements in the surroundings and concentrated them in this area.
But this also proves one point, that is, they have a very high affinity for magic.
Looking more closely at their fighting methods, the entire team seemed to be divided into different groups, each dealing with two to three intermediate monsters. The faster team had already resolved the battle, and after that did not join other teams, but watched from the side.
Now there are only two groups left.
Count Olcott looked carefully at one of the teams, which was fighting against a level 23 Wind Wolf.
This kind of monster is very fast and lives in groups. Of course, even if it is alone, it is very difficult to deal with.
However, the speed of this Wind Wolf doesn't seem to have much effect in front of this team.
"unbreakable!"
"The fire is blazing!"
...
...
"Brutal charge!"
“Rain of arrows!”
After being hit by the whole set of weapons, the Wind Wolf had no time to move. It could even be said that even if he moved, he could not escape the cage specially designed for him. In addition... Earl Olcott's eyes were on the shoes they were wearing.
This is the Shadow Speed Boots, an orange item. Originally, it only increases by 20%, but this pair of shoes uses special materials, which can increase the movement speed by another 50% on the original basis, so the growth rate can reach 70%.
The speed advantage of the Wind Wolf was gone due to the bonus from the opponent.
In addition, the team was complete with magicians, archers, and swordsmen, who could cast control, group attack, and high-damage skills. With nowhere to run and unable to attack, the Wind Wolf deserved to lose!
It seems that the combat capability of the Hope Village mercenary team should not be underestimated. The slowest team has cooperated so well, not to mention the other teams.
"Do you know this mercenary team?" Earl Olcott asked Marvin beside him.
"I know them. They are the largest mercenary team in Hope Village, the War Beast Mercenary Team. However, this should be just one of their teams." Marvin said quickly. With Wendel, the captain in Hope Village, collecting information and frequent exchanges, he was very familiar with the mercenary teams in Hope Village. He immediately called out the name of the mercenary team and continued, "This mercenary team has more than 400 people and has its own commercial industry in Hope Village. The Hope Village Beast Meat Factory belongs to this mercenary team. Their captain is Zhong Yongnian, who is also at the scene."
After saying that, Ma Wen pointed out Zhong Yongnian.
At this time, Zhong Yongnian, who had just finished the battle and was collecting the troops and spoils, also noticed Olcott and his party.
Seeing Earl Olcott in his gorgeous attire and the entourage around him, Zhong Yongnian had an idea in his mind.
This is definitely not a simple Lord.
Looking at Marvin beside Earl Olcott, Zhong Yongnian walked straight towards them.
"Marvin, what a coincidence!" Zhong Yongnian greeted Marvin first, then looked at Earl Olcott and said, "This is..."
"This is the lord of our town of Benguela." Marvin said, not daring to say Olcott's name.
Zhong Yongnian thought about it and bowed, "Greetings, Lord Earl."
Having been in this world for so long, they have naturally learned the corresponding titles and etiquette.
Maybe you don’t need to care about it in Hope Village, but now we are on the other party’s “territory”, so the more courtesy, the less blame.
Count Olcott looked at Zhong Yongnian and nodded slightly, "You are very good."
Being able to develop a mercenary team to such a scale requires certain strength.
"Just to make a living." Zhong Yongnian said with a smile, "Are you planning to visit our territory, Lord Earl? If you have the chance, you must visit our shop!"
Lord Olcott: “…Hmm.”
"Then we won't bother you anymore. Our team hasn't completed today's mission yet!" Zhong Yongnian said goodbye, and then a group of people left quickly, heading towards the town of Benguela.
After seeing them leave, Earl Olcott subconsciously prepared to return to the team, but the next moment, he paused and looked back in the direction where Zhong Yongnian and the others left, his eyes narrowed slightly, "How far is Hope Village from here?"
"It's still a long way to go." Marvin was stunned for a moment and replied.
"After a long journey, the mercenaries from Hope Village show up here to kill monsters." Earl Olcott snorted.
Is the other party taking advantage of their territory?
Ma Wen: “…”
——Yes! Isn't Hope Village taking advantage of Benguela Town? Why didn't I react just now?
Suddenly I thought of the enthusiasm of the professionals in Hope Village for upgrading. The Warcraft around Hope Village are basically invisible.
Unexpectedly, the intermediate-level monsters that appeared after Hope Village was promoted were not enough for them to deal with, and they turned their target to their territory and were caught by their lord.
After thinking about it, Marvin replied, "The professionals in Hope Village are all pretty... competitive! The monsters in their territory probably can't support their professionals."
"My Lord Earl, do we need to send our soldiers to stop them?" Murtagh asked.
Count Olcott listened and was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, this is not the area of Benguela Town, let them do whatever they want!"
Anyway, the mercenaries in the town of Benguela have no objections. How can he, as a lord, bother with a small mercenary team?
To a certain extent, if the professionals in the Hope Village could help consume the monsters, their territory would be much less troublesome and would not have to spend too much energy on regularly eliminating the monster groups.
Seeing this, Murtagh said nothing more.
As for Marvin, he made a guess based on Earl Olcott's action. Perhaps, the lord had no ill intentions towards Hope Village, or perhaps his original plan to cause trouble had changed because of certain events.
Something...is it because of the dual-class professionals he mentioned?
The group quickly returned to the original convoy and continued to head towards Hope Village.
After leaving, Zhong Yongnian and his party inevitably discussed Earl Olcott and his party.
"Will it have any impact if we are caught hunting monsters here?" someone asked.
Zhong Yongnian listened and his eyes flickered.
Their team came so far because the competition near Hope Village was becoming increasingly fierce. Relying on the size of their team, they were naturally able to kill quite a few monsters, but this forced many small teams to run farther away.
The most important thing is that killing the monsters near Hope Village can no longer improve them. In addition, several craftsmen who made orcs have recently become professionals and started the auxiliary profession of gourmet. The meat they make will have different effects depending on the level of the meat.
Once the efficacy is known, the price of animal meat will be incomparable.
They'll be able to take the high-end route soon.
Of course, they have not announced this to the public yet. The reason is that they want to kill more intermediate monsters and get more high-energy meat, which will then be prepared by these gourmets, hoping to become an overnight success and quickly expand into a higher-end market.
Since they came into contact with other Blue Star territories, the pressure on them has also increased, because dried animal meat is definitely not a patent. Other Blue Star territories only need to buy the ingredients from Hope Village, or even do nothing, they can all make similar products.
He also didn't want to engage in a price war with those territories, so all he could do was to be one step ahead of them in everything.
With the high-end dried animal meat market, it will not have much impact on them if other Blue Star territories also produce the same specialty products in the future.
This is a win-win situation.
But I didn’t expect to meet the lord of the town of Benguela.
"Pay attention later! This place is not within the scope of Benguela Town. I think the other party will probably ignore us." Zhong Yongnian said directly, "Anyway, no matter what, we have to kill enough people this time."
If it really had an impact, the mercenaries in the town of Benguela would have driven them away long ago.
What’s more, he is not the only mercenary team doing this, there are several mercenary teams from Hope Village operating nearby!
In the past two days, they have encountered them several times, but still have not encountered the mercenary team from Benguela town. This shows that the mercenary team from Benguela town rarely operates in this area.
"yes."
"It doesn't matter if we meet the lord of Benguela town, but it does matter if this lord goes to our territory. We don't know whether it is good or bad! We have to pass the news back quickly." As Zhong Yongnian said this, he looked at someone in the team.
The man listened and whistled immediately.
Following the sound of the whistle, a small flying magical beast, a magic eagle, flew onto his shoulder.
This is the one he had just successfully summoned two days ago.
Finally, I waited for my teammates with the help of this monster.
As a result, the magic eagle also gained the ability to transmit messages.
After writing the information on a piece of paper, they quickly tied it to the feet of the magic eagle. Then, after designating one of their teammates in Hope Village, the magic eagle spread its wings and flew away. After a short while, it disappeared into the sky.
After doing all this, the group continued to track the traces of the nearby group of monsters.
At this time, Earl Olcott and his entourage, who had originally not taken Zhong Yongnian's mercenary team seriously, encountered the mercenary team of Hope Village one after another during their advance.
"This is the Gale Mercenary Team, the strongest mercenary team in Hope Village. They were originally from Soller Town. Because their former captain Bayer turned into an undead and was summoned to Hope Village, they came to join him and then directly stayed in Hope Village to develop."
"This is the Kara Mercenary Team. They were originally a team from our Benguela town. They are now developing in Hope Village. Their captain is a pharmacist. He has opened a pharmacy shop in Hope Village. This team is mainly responsible for collecting resources when they are out there."
"This is the Tianxia Mercenary Team, Hope Village's own mercenary team. The number of mercenaries is one of the highest in Hope Village, and their strength is also quite good."
"This is……"
“…”
Marvin introduced the mercenary teams they met on the road in detail. As he introduced, Marvin himself was speechless.
Originally I thought that Zhong Yongnian was the only one here, but I didn't expect that all the mercenaries from Hope Village who had some strength would come here.
Earl Olcott, who was listening to the introduction, remained silent.
Hope Village, are you addicted to fleecing the small town of Benguela???
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