Mercenary Wars

Chapter 21: Inferior Wind Sphere
"Well... I'm just a little curious. I've been watching and learning her swordsmanship recently." said Gao Jiano.

Ryan smiled and said meaningfully, "Deputy Captain Cassandra is very charming. The men who admire her could probably fill the entire training ground, but most of them can't even lift her weapon."

"I saw with my own eyes that she split a fourth-level knight in half, including his horse. That scene, wow... I can only say that young people should know how to act within their capabilities and not pursue things that they can't even reach by standing on tiptoe." He patted Gao Jianuo's shoulder.

Gao Jianuo neither confirmed nor denied Ryan's implied meaning.

After chatting for a while, he said, "When will the mercenary group set up camp near the Tidal Lands? I want to go and see."

For some reason, he seemed to have a stronger spirit of adventure in his heart.

Ryan: "In fact, we have already set up camp, and the mercenary group will send another group of people there tomorrow. If you want to go, just follow me when we set off."

"it is good."

A few hours later.

Gao Jianuo returned to his residence from the Hunter's Guild and took out three large glass bottles filled with monster blood from his bag.

Two of the bottles belonged to water-type magic beasts and fire-type magic beasts respectively. He mixed the two into magic pattern ink, and then took advantage of the time for it to stand still to start processing the other bottle of magic beast blood.

This bottle of blood belongs to a third-level wind-type monster.

The price was a bit high, costing one hundred and twenty copper coins.

Gao Jianuo also considered buying level 4 Warcraft blood.

But once Warcraft materials reach level four, the price will become very expensive.

The reason was simple: Level 4 monsters contained crystal cores, while Level 3 and below monsters had none, or only a few irregular crystal core fragments. Therefore, even though Level 3 and Level 4 only differed by one level, the price difference was enormous, making Gao Jianuo unable to afford them.

He bought this bottle of wind-type monster blood in order to try another alchemy formula recorded in the "Blood Magic Notes" that had little operating threshold.

Inferior elemental orb.

The orb is a relatively common magical artifact, which was particularly popular during the blood elf era. There are many types and various effects.

Lesser Elemental Orbs are the simplest of these.

According to the method recorded in the notes, Gao Jianuo mixed the blood of the third-level wind-type monster with several herbal powders to make a spherical semi-solid.

Then, he moved his fingers lightly, and clusters of swift breezes formed one after another and then merged into the blood cells.

Feeling the swift breeze constantly blending in, he nodded secretly.

The "Blood Mage Notes" says that this magic ball needs to be filled with wind magic.

Gao Jianuo only knew one spell, Swift Breeze, and he was not sure whether it could be considered a "wind spell" in the strict sense, which made him worry about the failure of the spell.

Fortunately, it turned out that there was no problem, and Swift Breeze could be used to infuse the magic ball.

After a period of spell infusion, the originally soft blood cell completely solidified and turned into a blue-gray ball. Its size also shrank by more than half, becoming about the size of a baby's fist.

Gao Jianuo was a little tempted to try it, but finally decided not to.

It's not easy to make one.

Moreover, he infused hundreds of swift breezes into this inferior wind ball. It goes without saying that the power of this thing is absolutely incomparable to the "breeze". If he really tries it, I'm afraid it will cause quite a stir.

The wind monster only has half of its blood left.

Gao Jianuo created another inferior wind orb, which consumed the monster's blood and his own physical strength. Then he ate something and went to rest. The next morning.

Gao Jianuo took weapons and equipment, found Ryan's team, and set off together.

There are quite a few new recruits in the team of more than 20 people. Perhaps the mercenary group hopes to take this opportunity to give the new recruits some necessary training.

Gao Jianuo, wearing a pharmacist's robe, was a little conspicuous among them, but there was nothing he could do.

If he didn't wear the clothes with the Grey Eagle Mercenary Group logo, he would look like an outsider, and if a fight broke out, he would be in trouble.

"Ryan, I heard that there are usually many treasures in the Tidal Land. It should cause some fighting after it is opened." Gao Jianuo asked.

Ryan: "Treasure? That's just a legend. You won't find any real treasure in most of the Tidelands. There are fights, of course, but... they're only slightly more dangerous than the everyday brawls on Raven Street."

"If there's no treasure in the Tidelands, why are so many people interested?" The speaker was a new recruit in the team. Gao Jianuo was surprised to discover that this person was the same one who had asked Marcus to tattoo the blue sword pattern not long ago.

He didn't quite remember the appearance of this wronged creature, but he was deeply impressed by the blue sword pattern.

Ryan: "Because it's a plant of the Forgetfulness family."

"Like Forget Moss?"

"Yes."

"Forget plants only grow in the so-called 'Forgotten Lands', and the Tidal Lands are the most common 'Forgotten Lands'."

"After all, even in the most frequently opened Tidal Lands, there are usually several years between openings. As for the least frequently opened ones, they may only open once every few thousand years, or even have never opened since their creation..."

New Soldier: "I heard Forget Moss is very valuable. A piece can easily sell for hundreds of silver coins!"

"Hundreds of silver coins? That was the price fifty years ago. Now it has risen to thousands of silver coins!" said a warrior carrying a sword and shield who was walking beside Ryan.

"Captain, can your death pension afford a piece of Forget-Me-Not moss?" someone asked jokingly.

"Get out!" the soldier cursed.

The group traveled from west to east and arrived at the Stoneclaw Mountains half a day later. All they could see in the distance were endless trees and undulating hills. The air was filled with the scent of soil, rain and trees, and occasionally they could hear the roars of some magical beasts deep in the mountains.

The Stonetalon Mountains are a relatively famous mountain range in Nordaen. To Nanhai Town, its importance is no less than that of the ocean and the port.

The Grey Eagle Mercenaries climbed over two more small hills and finally arrived at their destination.

At this time, many people had already set up camp in groups of three or four nearby, with tents scattered everywhere.

Except for the easternmost area.

On the surface, this area is no different from the surrounding mountains and forests. It is covered with trees and weeds, with undulating slopes and rocks occasionally exposed in the soil.

But no one has set up a tent here, making it appear completely empty compared to the surrounding area.

"This is the border of the Tidal Lands." The captain pointed to the empty area.

"It doesn't look like anything special—"

The recruit's words stopped abruptly.

I saw a small snake crawling towards this area. Nothing happened at first, but then it was as if an invisible sharp blade suddenly fell, and it instantly turned into two dying and twisting corpses.

(End of this chapter)