Learning from Marvel

Chapter 326 Chapter 325 Determining the World Background
There are only three days left before the deadline for the City Lord's Mansion to recruit bounty hunters.

Ian must meet the recruitment criteria of the City Lord's Mansion within three days.

"Completing the task step by step, three days is not enough time to be safe. It is best to complete a sensational task, and directly hit the fame in one fell swoop!" Ian analyzed in his heart,
"Although there is little hope, you can still look for it by the way to see if there is any special place nearby."

Then he walked to the reward wall in the tavern and browsed the mission cards hanging on the wall.

In front of the quest wall, there were several bartenders, behind the counter, explaining the quest content to most of the bottom-level bounty hunters who could not read.

These people are basically asking about the immediate tasks below.

Immediate tasks are all sudden little troubles that don't meet Ian's goals.

He directly skipped the immediate task, and set his sights on the top of the task wall, where there were tasks that no one had completed in Snow City for a long time.

Only these mission locations have the slightest chance of being special locations.

Because even the smallest special location, the troubles it breeds cannot be solved by ordinary bounty hunters!

Ian pointed to a mission card at the top and asked the bartender in front:
"Why is this task of killing goblin bugs at the top?"

Goblins are very weak, and their physical fitness is inferior to that of ordinary farmers.

As long as they can overcome their fear, a group of simply trained militiamen can easily kill several times as many goblins.

"Guest, are you a new bounty hunter?" the bartender asked.

"That's right, how did you know?" Ian nodded slightly, then asked back.

"Only newcomers don't even know Goblin Hills!" The bartender took out a bottle of wine.

"Give me a drink!" Ian ordered a glass of wine and asked by the way,
"What's going on with Goblin Hills?"

The bartender poured wine for Ian, and then explained very patiently:

"The Goblin Hill was originally just a desolate hill, but a large number of Goblins suddenly appeared in three years.

You should be very clear about the characteristics of these bedbugs? "

"Yeah!" Ian nodded.

When the number of goblins is small, there is nothing to fear; but when the number increases, it will become a disaster.

They will eat everything like locusts!
"It was discovered that there were a large number of goblins near the city, and the City Lord's Mansion naturally organized bounty hunters to collect them as soon as possible."

The bartender continued to explain, all the details were explained clearly,
"It's just that not long after the payment is completed, a large number of goblins appear out of thin air!"

"Several rounds failed to completely solve the problem, so the city lord had no choice but to give up large-scale settlements.

Then the task of clearing the goblin lair turned into a long-term task of hunting goblins!

Regardless of whether you accept the task or not, as long as you kill the goblin and bring a left ear as a proof, you can claim the bounty.

The bounty is not much, but fortunately, it is effective for a long time, and it is a stable source of income for most bounty hunters in the city! "

After listening to the bartender's explanation, Ian denied this choice in his heart:

'A steady stream of goblins?Should just be a hidden route to another place with lots of goblins.

After all, it is a place where goblins can be conceived out of thin air, and it is absolutely impossible to be everywhere! '

So Ian ordered a glass of wine and continued to point to the top of the task wall and asked:
"What's going on with the other missions!"

The bartender's eyes lit up, and he explained to Ian eloquently: "It's like this..."

After patiently listening to the bartender's explanation, Ian quickly made a choice:

"I want to accept the task of hunting trolls!"

Of all the long-term bounties, this quest took the longest to hang, and the troll behaved the weirdest.

Near Snow City, the only place that could be a special place is the ogre's lair.

And this task can also bring enough fame to Ian.

"Please wait!"

After finishing the task acceptance procedure, the bartender gave Ian a regretful look.

Ian pretended not to notice that he was no ordinary bounty hunter.

In this land with severely limited strength, he had no fear that the trolls would outgrow him.

The next day, Ian was fully prepared and followed the map to find the troll's cave.

It is less than a hundred kilometers away from Snow City, and only a few tens of kilometers away from Goblin Hills.

Such a short distance is too much of a threat to Snow City!
"No wonder the City Lord's Mansion is persistent and wants to kill these trolls at any cost?" Ian sighed.

This world is huge, and even if a city includes nearby villages and towns, the scope it can control is very limited.

Large tracts of land are barren and inhabited, only inexhaustible dangerous creatures.

So unless dangerous creatures enter city-controlled areas, no one wants to clear them.

Doing that is typical thankless work!

The troll's cave is easy to find, and the City Lord's Mansion has been besieged several times.

It's just that no matter how tempted or provoked, the troll never leaves the lair.

The cave is small, and the bounty hunters are unwilling to fight the dangerous trolls in the small place.

So several sieges ended in failure.

Taking out the sword he personally forged yesterday, Ian confidently walked into the cave.

"vomit!……"

As a result, within three steps, Ian was smoked by the disgusting smell.

This smell is comparable to a goblin lair!
"Fortunately, I was prepared!" Ian took out a gas mask to isolate the smell and put it on, then walked into the cave again.

It was much better this time!

Although the raw materials are crude, thanks to Ian's technology, the finished product is not bad.

The environment in the cave is not complicated. Following the traces of the trolls' activities, it is easy to find their lairs.

There are a lot of trolls in this troll group, there are at least a dozen trolls, large and small.

"This group of trolls has enough food, otherwise it would be impossible to reach this number." Ian made a judgment instantly.

But to his disappointment, he didn't feel a special aura from the ogre.

"Except for the unknown source of food, this is a normal group of trolls!"

Disappointment is disappointment, the goal of killing these trolls will not change!
Ian made a random noise, leading the troll into the passage.

Confidence is self-confidence, and it is best to be cautious in the face of enemies whose strength is uncertain.

The passage is relatively narrow, and you only need to face one troll at a time, so you don't have to worry about being besieged.

"Roar!..." After hearing the movement, the ogre roared some confused language and rushed towards Ian.

These trolls are three to four meters tall and strong, and they look like powerful monsters at first glance.

"Clumsy idiot!" Ian smiled dismissively.

At this speed, unless it is a siege, these trolls are a group of targets in Ian's eyes.

I saw that he easily slid sideways, dodged the ogre's attack, and at the same time slashed down with all his strength with the long sword.

The troll's reaction speed was too slow to keep up with Ian's movements, and it didn't seem to have any intention of dodging at all.

"Swipe!" One of the ogre's arms fell directly.

Ian felt that the sword was cutting on the cowhide, and the resistance was very strong.

However, under the blessing of Ian's strength, the sharp long sword still cut off an arm of the troll without any hindrance.

"The defense of this troll is really strong. If it is an ordinary weapon, it may not be able to break through it!" Ian made a judgment.

Fortunately, his long sword is not ordinary.

Although the materials are not cherished, with the support of Ian's super forging technology and metallurgical technology, the sharpness of this long sword still reaches the level of a magic weapon.

After figuring out the weakness of the troll, Ian made a decisive move.

Cutting melons and cutting vegetables is just like chopping melons and vegetables, easily getting rid of twelve trolls!
"The same disgusting garbage!" Ian shook off the dirty blood on the long sword, and walked into the lair of these trolls.

He had just entered the lair, and before he had time to search for the loot, he heard a deafening roar.

"Roar!!!" A five-meter-high troll threw away the goblin's corpse in his hand, and rushed towards Ian with a roar.

Obviously, this large troll is the master of this troll family.

"It's no wonder it's disgusting to feed on goblins!" Ian went up to him without hesitation.

What about the Troll King?

It's just that the body is stronger, and it is also a target, a harder target!

The battle was naturally one-sided. Apart from roaring and howling, the troll never encountered Ian once from the beginning to the end!
"It's a pity that the material is not up to standard, the sharpness is enough, but the sturdiness is not enough!"

At the end of the battle, Ian looked at the long sword full of tiny gaps, and shook his head regretfully.

Cutting off the troll's ear as a proof, he inserted the notched long sword into the troll's body.

Then take out a new longsword and walk into the cave where the troll just came out.

Follow the tracks left by the trolls through the labyrinth of underground caves.

A huge underground world appeared before Ian's eyes.

"An underground kingdom of goblins? No wonder the trolls are never short of food and never leave their caves?... Could the goblins in Goblin Hills also come from here?" Ian guessed.

However, he turned and left without hesitation, without any intention of verifying the conjecture.

He absolutely didn't want to step into such a disgusting place as the goblin lair.

Two minutes later, Ian walked out of the troll cave with a bag of troll left ears in disappointment.

In the troll's lair, he did not find anything of value.

"Sure enough, the setting that killing monsters will definitely drop treasures is only valid for the protagonists of the world!" Ian didn't have any regrets, he didn't go for treasures in the first place.

The task of hunting the trolls was completed, and Ian became famous instantly!

Then Ian didn't need to take the initiative to sign up, and the task invitation of the City Lord's Mansion was directly sent to him.

"Escorting Lord Snow to the capital of the Kingdom of Gondor?..."

After a moment of symbolic consideration, Ian nodded and agreed,
"Just right, I'm also planning to go to Minas Tirith, and go back and tell you City Lords, I've accepted this mission!"

"Thank you, sir! This is the reward, please accept it, sir!" The messenger from the City Lord's Mansion immediately took out a bag of gold coins.

"OK, let me know when you're leaving!" Ian took the gold coin casually.

After the city lord's subordinates left, Ian began to think:

"This person didn't refute just now, proving that the capital of Gondor the city lord is going to is indeed Minas Tirith... Is this world really the world of the Lord of the Rings?"

In fact, he already has [-]% certainty in his heart!

"I don't know when the current timeline will go?" Ian thought of this question instantly.

The answer must not be found in the remote city of Snow, but as long as you reach the capital of Gondor, it is not difficult to determine the answer!

As long as you know the answer, find a way to find the map.

You can go directly to the target location without asking for news like trying your luck.

"Judging from the plot in memory, Mount Doom must be a very special place, and there must be laws revealed, otherwise it would be impossible to melt the Supreme Lord of the Rings." Ian analyzed in his heart,

"In addition, most of the elves' habitats are also special places..."

The wilderness of this world is very dangerous. After the team organized by the city lord hit the road, Ian understood why he had to recruit so many bounty hunters.

The attacks from dangerous creatures along the way have never been interrupted, regardless of day or night.

There are not so many bounty hunters on duty, and the guards close to the city lord will definitely not be able to reach the destination.

Fortunately, Ian, as the bounty hunter specially invited by the city lord, usually does not need him to take action.

Only when he encounters a strong enemy such as a troll, does he need to take action to solve it.

He didn't take many shots, and there was no danger that he couldn't solve.

Ten days later, the team successfully walked through the most dangerous part of the journey.

In the remaining half of the journey, there were many caravans coming and going. After repeated cleaning, there were not many dangerous creatures, and the speed of the team began to increase.

In less than five days, the team arrived in Minas Tirith smoothly.

Seeing this somewhat familiar city, Ian was completely sure where he came from.

Just after entering the city gate, Ian received an invitation from Lord Snow:
"Mr. Ian, Lord City Lord, please go and have a talk!"

In fact, Ian was a little curious about this city lord. He stayed in the carriage for so many days and never showed his face.

But Ian still directly refused:
"Thank you for the invitation of the city lord. Minas Tirith has arrived, my mission has been completed, let's say goodbye!"

They have already arrived in the capital of Gondor, and Ian has no interest in continuing to play with these ordinary people!
This city built on the hills is huge, at least grander than shown in the movie.

Ian quickly found the largest bounty hunter tavern in the city!

This kind of place where bounty hunters gather is very convenient, whether it is to inquire about news or buy maps!
Walking into the tavern, Ian immediately noticed that every bounty hunter here was very tough, and they were not weak at first glance.

In this environment, low-key is more conspicuous and less inconvenient.

"It seems that this place is all about strength. It's good, it saves me the time to accumulate fame!" Ian immediately understood.

So he also released his aura.

In an instant, most of the hunters looked at him respectfully.

Because the aura displayed by Ian is at least one level stronger than most bounty hunters.

"Give me the latest information!" Ian slapped a few gold coins on the counter.

"Okay, guest, wait a moment!" The bartender skillfully accepted the gold coin, rang a bell, and poured Ian a glass of wine at the same time.

"Hurry up!" Ian nodded.

In less than a minute, a roll of parchment was placed directly in front of Ian.

"Guest, here is the information you want!"

In fact, information is worthless. After all, it is just ordinary information. What is really valuable is the parchment.

After simply browsing through the information, Ian already had the bottom line, so he asked again:
"Is there a map? I want the most detailed one, don't care about the price!"

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(End of this chapter)