The sudden shouting brought the entire convoy to a standstill.
While the six young men in the carriage were still looking out the window in confusion to see what was happening, Mark and Monica's expressions changed slightly.
At this time they had arrived at the city gate. Under normal circumstances, the caravan captain only needed to submit the pass as usual, and the guards at the city gate would let them pass.
There will be no parking inspection at all.
Now two teams of guards armed with spears have surrounded the convoy and asked it to stop, which proves that what Mark is worried about may be developing in a more serious direction.
However, even though he knew that there had been an unexpected change, Mark could only wait quietly in the carriage, waiting for Eugene, the veteran of the caravan, to deal with it.
I believe that as the head of a caravan, he would never want his caravan to stop in Shichui Town and waste time.
On the other side, right in front of the convoy.
Eugene, beaming, handed the captain of the guards a high-end cigarette. "Captain Ole, what's going on? Why are we suddenly not allowed to leave the city? I haven't received any news!"
"Of course you can leave the city, but not now." Ole, wearing full armor, pushed away the cigarette offered by Eugene and said expressionlessly, "We've received orders that cultists have infiltrated Stone Hammer Town. From now on, no one is allowed to enter Stone Hammer Town, but only after the church confirms the arrest of the cultists. Only then will normal traffic be allowed through the city gate."
Seeing that Ole didn't take his cigarette, Eugene knew that the city lockdown today was not something that a mere guard captain could decide.
"Is that so? Then we can ask the church to come and check. My caravan is absolutely clean. Let the church check it out so I can quickly deliver the goods!"
"Mr. Eugene, it's not impossible for you to leave the city." Ole glanced around, then pulled Eugene aside and whispered, "The people at the church said that if you want to leave the city, you must first mine in the blood crystal mine for a day. You must stay in the mine for a full day, no matter how much you mine. After you come out, you can leave normally."
“Well, we’ve never mined before…”
"Mr. Eugene, if you don't want to go down into the mines, why don't you find a place to stay in the city first? Maybe you can just wait two or three days and then be allowed to go."
Every extra day the caravan stayed in Stone Hammer Town was a day old Eugene lost.
He naturally didn't want to stay in Shichui Town and wait, and based on his understanding of the efficiency of the Holy Light Church, it would take a long time to catch a cultist who was hiding.
Moreover, he estimated that entering the blood crystal mine to mine might be the method used by the Church of Holy Light to detect cultists, so he ordered the convoy to turn around without much hesitation. Under the guidance of the guards, he led the entire caravan to the designated blood crystal mine in Shichui Town.
He simply explained the requirement of leaving Shichui Town to the other members of the caravan, and the members of the Gold Crocodile Caravan followed him, received iron pickaxes and mining lamps from the tool box at the entrance of the mine, and got on the mine cart to go down the cave to mine.
Mark, Monica and the six people in the carriage were left outside the cave.
According to Eugene, if they wanted to leave with the gold-eating crocodile caravan after one day, they would also have to stay in the mine for a day.
If you are not in a hurry, you can go back to the city to rest and find a way to leave after the lockdown is over.
The six young adventurers discussed for a short while before deciding to get on the mine cart together.
The six of them were not Mark. They had already been ripped off heavily just to hitch a ride on the gold-eating crocodile caravan. If they dared to waste time in Shichui Town, they probably wouldn't even be able to afford food later.
"What about you? Are you going into the mine or returning to the city?" Mark looked at Monica, who had frowned since she arrived near the mine.
He felt that Monica must know something. Considering what Anduco had said before, this blood crystal mine must be hiding some secrets.
"Oh! What can we do? Go into the mines! I just hope we don't get that unlucky!"
Monica muttered softly, threw the package of appraisal certificates casually into the carriage, then took a pickaxe and jumped onto the mine cart.
Mark looked around and didn't see anyone other than the Stone Hammer Town guards. He put his package into the carriage and followed Monica.
It is impossible to return to the city.
Today they are stopping the caravan leaving the city and persuading people to enter the mines, but tomorrow they might be forcing people in the city directly into the mines.
Perhaps it was the visitor from the upper parish that Andukou mentioned who provoked some people in Shichui Town, causing them to take the current extreme measures.
Sitting in the back corner of the mine car that could just accommodate eight people, Mark took out the appraisal certificate he had just bought from Monica today.
Since there are dangers in this mine, he'd better transform himself into a complete priest first.
At least it will give him the strength to fight when facing danger.
Seeing Mark holding out the appraisal certificate, Monica glanced at him and said with a teasing tone, "Are you praying to the Holy Light only at the critical moment? I'm afraid it's a little late."
"Well, maybe. Holy Light waited for me to pray before responding to me. It's a little late now!" Mark had no respect for Holy Light at all, and whispered a joke to Monica.
As far as he knew, most professions on the Holy Dragon Continent might be believers in gods, but only appraisers did not have any belief in gods.
So he was not afraid of any adverse consequences from his joke.
Monica shrugged and said, "I'm not kidding. No one probably told you that there's a chance of failure when using an appraisal certificate to appraise skills or items. Unless the appraisal certificate you use is made by a high-level appraiser using mythical materials. The appraisal certificates I sell are made of the most common materials."
"..." No one had ever told Mark this. Even the books he read in the church study didn't include this basic knowledge. "So what's the success rate of the appraisal you sold me?"
"Not high, usually around 40%. The higher the level of the item or skill, the lower the success rate. And if the item fails appraisal, it might even drop." Monica smiled. "But it's different when an appraiser personally appraises it. Success is success, failure is failure. Failure only costs the appraiser professional experience. Only truly capable appraisers dare to personally appraise. Otherwise, why do you think my shop has such a rule? I'm not here to do charity in Shichui Town!"
"Will the item drop again?" Mark's hand trembled, and the hand holding the cross necklace almost touched the item identification certificate in his hand.
"What's up? Brother Mark, do you have a high-level item that needs to be appraised? What kind of appraisal certificate do you need? Come to me. I'll give you a 50% discount, and the appraisal fee will only be 200 gold. I guarantee that I will appraise it until it is successful. How about it?"
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