bullyxtreme Chapter 389 Smooth Exploration
Chapter 389 Smooth Exploration
The average imperial mercenary team consists of less than ten people.
Because of the existence of the Exploration Corps, the purpose of mercenaries is to complete "high-tech" tasks for their employers, so the market size and remuneration distribution limit the size of the team.
There are only seven people in the Golden Bed Mercenary Team, the boss is Letosente and the deputy is Karelina.
There are two attackers left, a sorcerer, a survival expert and archer, and a bard. There are few alien races other than the human race in the empire, but there are not many pure humans due to the mixed-blood experiments.
Fan Wei saw half-giants, half-dwarves, half-elves, and half-...but no halflings in the team.
The halfling race seems to have no special advantages except for its endurance, and is despised by the heart agency...
The Dreamer team is composed entirely of humans. In addition to Delska, there are three men and one woman, all of whom are young people from low-income families.
"Good luck to you newbies." Letosent drank his wine and laughed at them.
There is no such thing as old mercenaries guiding new mercenaries. This is not a serious profession in the empire. People enter the industry with the idea of getting rich quickly, changing their destiny, and allowing themselves or their descendants to have the capital to enter other industries.
Therefore, it is also called the poor man’s way.
The Dreamer Team was a little nervous and instinctively followed Fan Wei. At least this employer was easier to talk to.
"Let's go. Do we need to collect intelligence first?" After leaving the tavern, Fan Wei and the two teams stepped into the dark streets shrouded in cold rain.
A long, not-too-high wall appeared in front of us, with bright lights. It was the gate to the maze and the base of the exploration corps.
"Of course. I remember that the Dream Flowers are distributed on the second floor of the maze. There should be some on some islands."
Letosent snapped his fingers, walked into a sparsely populated building near the city wall, walked through the white hall and knocked on the window surrounded by golden railings.
The counter employee who was chatting turned around and asked coldly.
"what?"
"Dream Flower, second floor."
After reporting what he wanted, the stern-faced employee picked up the key and walked into a data room behind a small door. After more than ten minutes, he came back with an envelope.
"One gold coin."
"He pays."
Fan Wei, who was pointed at, had a helpless look in his eyes and took out his wallet from his pocket. He had already enjoyed a huge discount, and he didn't want to fuss over such small details and annoy others.
After paying the money, Letosent got the information, tore open the envelope and took a look, and he had an idea in mind.
"Let's go, go back quickly."
"What are these?"
Confused, Fan Wei took the paper and found that it was stamped with the seal of the Royal Exploration Corps, and had written on it the coordinates of several locations where traces of the Dream Flower were suspected to be found.
"A sideline for the Corps of Exploration."
The mercenary captain explained as they walked, "Their main tasks are to search for secret treasures in the maze, mine resources, and hunt monsters that are in large demand."
"Some targets that are not worth taking action on will be compiled into data and sent to the Information Center."
"Then it's our turn to buy it."
Considering the price of one gold coin, it is indeed very expensive, but in order to save time and also as a tribute to the exploration corps, the mercenary team had to buy it.
Fan Wei began to understand why mercenary fees were so high.
Walking towards the door of the maze is completely different from the maze street. Here, you even have to fill out application materials to enter the maze, attach documents and instructions and wait for approval.
The information I just bought is one of the essential contents.
The process of stamping and review was very long. Half an hour later, the two teams finally arrived at the door of the maze.
The six pillars of suppression in the imperial capital stood majestically in the surrounding areas, facing each other from afar. The Tower of God was like a spear piercing the sky, taking root in the distance.
The huge maze door was directly torn apart by the power of the six pillars.
The closer you get, the more you feel the vastness of it. Layers and layers of depth appear directly in front of you. It's like there's a mirror under your feet that reflects another world!
"To the transporter."
The huge lifting columns like the elevators on the upper highway are densely packed in the maze gate square. They have a nickname - "Giant Needles".
The door to the maze is like a plate on the ground, and the teleportation ladder several dozen meters high is the embroidery needle on the edge of the plate.
Pass fee, five gold coins...
Okay, okay, you're waiting for him here, right? Fan Wei gritted his teeth and smiled as he took out the money. His good mood for visiting the Imperial Capital Labyrinth for the first time was diluted! What a bunch of bastards who are obsessed with money!
There is no way around it, monopoly management is just willful.
Entering the Giant's Needle, a strange device made of metal and crystal, it is the pinnacle of the Empire's magic field. It is said that the Empire's intelligence agency once played a major role in the activities of many magically prosperous countries on the south coast.
The huge hatch closed and a strong blue light came on.
Fan Wei only had time to take a look before he felt a strong sense of weightlessness, his feet were empty, and he fell into a colorful passage!
The white light from the sun scatters and gathers, and rainbows flow like a series of highways.
With a loud bang, my whole body felt as if it had been hit hard. The light around me suddenly stopped and solidified into the scenery in my eyes. I inhaled moist air through my nose in pain, and the warm wind blew on my face. The coldness of the north was no longer there.
Already here!
"I'm lucky. The shot was quite accurate this time." Letosente laughed loudly and joked with his teammates.
They unexpectedly entered a certain area of the second-floor maze directly from the bottom floor of the imperial capital. After experiencing the initial discomfort and dizziness, the Dreamer Team became excited after they recovered.
This was also their first time to experience the teleportation elevator, as they usually jumped into a normal base and then traveled on.
Fan Wei looked around and saw a familiar scene. On the endless vast blue waves, huge sun trees and moon trees were scattered in all directions.
The golden light sprinkled among the branches and clouds, forming pillars of glory.
The island in front of us has lush trees and dense vegetation. We can see sporadic bird monsters flying in the sky. The names of the mazes are actually different in different places.
According to the name in the imperial capital, the second-floor maze seems to be called "Blue Sea"!
"The location of the dream flower here is in the center of the island. Angelica, get an airship out and we'll go in along the river." After getting into the state, Letosent gave the order in a swift and decisive manner.
The sorcerer of the Golden Bed Team, a silent woman with long magic green hair wearing a black robe with blue stripes, walked silently to the water's edge, squatted down and put her hand into the water.
She was mumbling something, as if praying to some being.
I saw a sudden bulge on the water surface, forming a circular film, as if the tension was maintaining the overflowing mouth of a cup.
The sorcerer lady stood up and stepped on it. The water surface steadily supported the weight of a person.
Letosent called Fan Wei forward, and the Dreamer Squad followed closely behind.
Riding on the inflatable boat was like walking on a water bed, swaying but very flexible. Driven by the sorcerer, a dozen people were held up by the water surface and quickly went upstream.
The small river flowing out from the interior of the island goes directly to the center of the island, which is much faster than taking the wild road.
It was not until a huge drop in height appeared ahead that Fan Wei and the others stopped in front of a waterfall.
The river bank was lined with green rocks, the woods were densely entwined with vines, and there were pale blue lotus-shaped flowers the size of bowls blooming, and the air was filled with a mysterious fragrance.
"What good luck! These are the vines of the dream flower." Letosent held the two-handed sword and looked towards the forest.
"We just need to find its central flower."
"I didn't encounter any monsters along the way?" Fan Wei was a little surprised by the smooth journey. Except for the occasional birds passing by in the sky, there was not a single monster!
"This seems to be the characteristic of the Dream Flower."
Delska seized the opportunity and said, "I heard that the fragrance of its flowers can make monsters fall asleep, so the island is so peaceful!"
“Even the outer side of the island has been affected.”
Fan Wei was shocked. "This kind of monster... is really not simple."
"Don't worry, it's just a level 20 elite monster after all. Although we can only exert level 30 magic power, it should be enough to deal with it."
Patting Fan Wei on the shoulder, Letosent instructed the team's sorcerer to cast air filtration magic on everyone, so as to avoid inhaling the fragrance of flowers and falling asleep together.
The Dream Flower itself has no combat power, and what is troublesome is its characteristics, but it is easy to defend against with targeted means.
Looking around silently, Fan Wei, who had some island phobia, suppressed his slight uneasiness and entered the woods covered with flower vines with everyone else.