Perhaps it was because it was some distance away from Shichui Town.
On the third day after setting out from Shichui Town, the Golden Crocodile Caravan finally entered the normal caravan business mode.
Caravans no longer rush to gather up and leave quickly after passing through a town.
Eugene would stop the caravan near the city market and tell the fellow adventurers in the caravan the time and place of the next gathering. Then he would take his caravan members to purchase local specialties and supplies.
The time Eugene sets aside is usually a morning or an afternoon.
The caravan would not stay overnight in the town, and Eugene would not stay even a minute longer for those who did not arrive at the meeting point on time. He would drop off their luggage and order the caravan to leave.
In the first two days, there were still two or three people who were late, but after that, no one took Eugene's words seriously anymore.
Mark was lucky, as he had thought he would never be able to eat rice again in this life in the Holy Dragon Continent, a world that resembled a Western fantasy world.
But unexpectedly, I found it in a small town that was about to leave the area of the mountainous Boulder City.
This was bought in the small town by Eden, who was responsible for purchasing daily necessities for the eight-man team.
However, what Eden, a nobleman from the royal capital, bought was not real rice, but inferior "flour" that he was deceived by the locals into buying.
As soon as Mark bought it, he knew that what Eden bought was rice flour made from rice, not the flour that people in the Holy Dragon Continent eat on a daily basis.
Then Mark followed Eden to find the shop that sold rice noodles, and learned that this batch of goods was given by an elf girl as a thank you to a local farmer.
The farmer thought this was a novelty, so he ground the unhulled rice and sold it to his shop in the city at a high price.
However, after using the rice noodles, the customers found that they were not as sticky as flour, and were particularly prone to moisture and hardening when kept at home. This batch of goods was thus a waste of money in the hands of the boss.
Then the boss met a group of six wealthy people who were generous and sold the "flour" at a high price.
The six young adventurers did not use their status to destroy the shop owner who dared to deceive them, but returning all the money that should be refunded was an essential punishment.
Later, although Mark found the farmer and regretfully confirmed that the farmer did not have any rice left, he at least knew that there were still places where rice was produced on the Holy Dragon Continent.
However, the elves are located in the south of the Lily Kingdom, which is far away from Mark's destination. If he wants to eat the rice he has been thinking about, he can only wait for another opportunity to visit the Elf Forest in the future.
As the caravan got closer to the Monster Mountains, it actually got farther away from the Lily Kingdom's capital.
The business route is naturally no longer as safe as before.
Since leaving the sphere of influence of Giant Stone City, the caravan has been robbed by bandits five times and attacked by a third-level monster once.
Since the caravan had a complete guard team and the guard leader was a third-level warrior, the third-level monster was naturally killed and turned into food for the caravan.
Three waves of bandits saw the size of the gold-eating crocodile caravan and decisively ran away after the caravan guards blew the whistle.
A group of bandits did not believe in evil and did not dare to touch the caravan during the day. They wanted to attack the caravan camp after nightfall.
After being discovered by the guards' secret sentries, ten of them were killed and eight were captured. They would never have the chance to roam the mountains again.
As for the last and most powerful caravan, they encountered it in a valley two days away from the town of Osborne. It was a large bandit gang of sixty people.
They did not attack the caravan right away, but instead sent a first-level minion to negotiate.
Mark originally thought that Orson, the guard commander who was very good at organizing combat, would directly kill this minion or drive him back.
Unexpectedly, Orson and Eugene whispered a few words to each other in front of the team, and then Eugene threw a bag of gold coins to the minion, and this powerful bandit gang disappeared into the mountains and forests one by one, retreating like a tide.
According to the experienced Monica, this gang of bandits is the extremely famous Mountain Tiger Bandits Group near the Monster Mountains. Their sphere of influence covers almost all areas of the border of the Monster Mountains in the Lily Kingdom.
They only want money and don't rob goods. All caravans passing through their territory must pay road maintenance fees. As for individual adventurers, as long as they don't act rashly and try to uphold justice, they will not care and will let them pass.
On the thirteenth day, after passing a wide river, they saw a stretch of rolling mountains in the distance, which also announced that their journey was about to reach its end.
During these days, Monica also found opportunities to help Mark complete the appraisal of the cross necklace and Xiao Mu.
Compared to the Forbidden Scripture, Mark didn't find the attributes of the cross necklace particularly outstanding.
【■■Saint's Cross Necklace】（Ⅱ）
Category: Accessories
Rank: Myth
Occupation: Clergyman
Basic Attributes:
Strength +20
Body +20
Wisdom +10
Passive: The cross necklace can be transformed into a cross-shaped weapon according to your wishes, which has eternal and durable properties.
Special Skills:
Holy Healing Resonance
Each time you use a healing/shield skill, you'll gain 1 layer of [Stigmata] (each layer increases healing conversion rate and shield strength by 3%, capped at 5 layers). When fully stacked, all layers are consumed to release the "Sacred Resonance Wave" (clearing 1 negative status on a single friendly unit and restoring 10% of their maximum health).
Note: A centuries-old clerical accessory, it finally lost its original luster after its last owner died from a nightmare. A mysterious being, speechless at the Chosen One's embarrassing performance, decided to provide him with a small backdoor. (This necklace, imbued with a mysterious aura, seems to hold special value. It is recommended that you seek professional appraisal.)
Perhaps the special skills and attributes that came with the Forbidden Scripture were too powerful. After seeing the attributes of the cross necklace, Mark couldn't help but mutter to himself that the mysterious existence was stingy.
Monica, who had also seen the forbidden book, simply said that Mark was taking advantage of the situation.
After all, even Alfonso, a legendary figure in the Holy Light Church in recent years, may not have mythical equipment, but Mark actually dared to look down on it.
As for Xiao Mu's appraisal, it surprised Mark even more.
[Fire Slime (Mutating) (II)] [Level: Lv.11] [HP 100%]
[Physical:?] [Strength:?] [Intelligence:?] [Agility:?] [Energy:?] [Charm:?]
[Skills: Slime Impact, Fireball]
Yes, now Xiao Mu has become Monica's exclusive plaything.
The high-value professional experience that can be obtained from Mark can now be obtained from Xiao Mu.
Her identification skills, which could even successfully identify mythical items, would show a question mark when identifying a tiny slime.
And Mark also told her that the skills she identified about Xiao Mu might even be wrong.
After all, if we were to say who killed Stan at the bottom of the blood crystal mine, the biggest contributor should actually be Xiao Mu!
The form and skills it used to attack Stan had nothing to do with Slime Impact and Fireball.
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