Chapter 36 Arriving at the Farm, the Commission Begins [Please Read On]
"Welcome all adventurers."
"I am Brendan Zeman, a farmer, businessman and farm owner."
Three mule carts drove into the farm and stopped steadily in the open space under the shouting.
The adventurers jumped off the mule carts one after another, moving their sore joints.
In front of everyone stood a halfling who was less than one meter tall and introduced himself.
The hair on the back of this guy's hands and feet was very lush, but there was no stubble on his face.
He had a straw hat on his head, and his linen clothes were not very decent, looking like he was covered in a rotten sack.
Yes, this guy is the owner of the farm, Brendan Zeman.
Halflings are also a humanoid race. Their limbs are more coordinated than dwarves, but their physical fitness is far inferior to that of the strong iron fist dwarves.
It is worth mentioning that halflings are extremely sensitive to mathematics and business, and have shrewd calculations far beyond most intelligent races. They are also recognized as opportunists in Naroa.
Most of these short guys stayed with humans and dwarves.
Among them were reliable and diligent farmers, as well as thieves or bad scammers who roamed the streets.
But no matter what, halflings were part of the many ethnic groups in Naroa.
Even Chen Xuan didn't look at him too much, he just used [Insight] to check the situation.
He ruled out the possibility that this guy had a conspiracy.
Compared with the wild boar people who were good at sarcasm and provocation, halflings were not a very rare ethnic group.
His nerves had long been trained to be very strong.
The dwarf warrior with a cigarette in his mouth was the last to get off the car. He nodded to Chen Xuan and showed a hint of goodwill.
The trainer Ophelia snorted at the indifferent revenge dwarf, holding a straw and a can of open Coke and standing next to Chen Xuan.
The unpleasantness between the two happened during the journey.
When Ophelia kept boasting about how she tamed monsters.
The young dwarf warrior who had been silent suddenly expressed his opinion.
He said: "All monsters should die, and those who try to tame monsters should go to hell together."
This sentence aroused Ophelia's dissatisfaction, and she immediately drew out an arrow and shouted that she would poke the dwarf's ass.
At this time, Chen Xuan mediated.
The wide pockets concealed the action of taking things.
He gave the revenge dwarf a pack of soft white sand cigarettes and matches, and gave Ophelia a can of Coke and a straw, and told them how to enjoy these good things.
The two temporarily put aside the dispute.
The dwarf warrior named Sidney Stone Hammer became more relaxed in the right amount of nicotine.
The fine tobacco and filter are much more comfortable than smoking a pipe.
The tamer lady also showed great interest in the sweet water cola filled with bubbles.
She even said that she would do business with Chen Xuan when she returned to Magtan City!
These small sweet waters with good taste and bubbles can be popular all over the city!
Chen Xuan naturally had no reason to refuse, as he had been trying to find cross-border business opportunities.
You know, doing business anywhere requires connections and accurate market research.
Fortunately, the Naroa continent itself is a mixture of multiple ethnic groups, and it naturally has cultural diversity and tolerance.
The natives of Naroa are more receptive to new things than most ordinary people on Blue Star.
This gives Chen Xuan a great opportunity.
The shrewd farm owner just said hello and left.
The farm can provide food and accommodation for adventurers, but all of them cost money.
As for the commission itself, it is also very simple, mainly to investigate and kill the monsters wandering around.
If a new monster cave is discovered, just give feedback in time.
A new crusade commission will naturally be issued later.
All the adventurers signed a simple distribution contract together, which roughly means that the commission money is divided equally, each chooses a direction to investigate, and returns to the farm every two water clocks to gather until the pseudo night arrives.
They will leave Brenden Zeman Farm when the next Naroa Day arrives.
Each person is responsible for the harvest of killing monsters.
The rules are basically the same as similar commissions.
The atmosphere of this log-level commission investigation order is relatively relaxed.
The six adventurers chose to set off immediately and head to the west for investigation.
The dwarf warrior Sidney Stonehammer stuffed the remaining cigarettes into the inner layer of the armor, gently hammered Chen Xuan's chest, and then walked towards the east of the farm.
The boarman Ragnar mixed with the four-man team and was bargaining with the halfling farm owner Brenden Zeman to buy sour peach wine. He didn't seem to care about the commission.
This situation is normal. The investigation order itself is a bad task.
Compared with those commissions with clear goals such as killing special monsters or bringing back designated items.
The investigation order has no requirements at all. As long as the individual is willing, even lying down until returning to the city is fine.
Ophelia took the initiative to ask to join Chen Xuan and Rebecca's team.
The three of them did not act in a hurry, but walked out of the farm, found the peasant woman who was working in the pea field, and asked about the situation.
After all, Chen Xuan was not planning to come here to live a lazy life.
His real purpose was to kill some wandering monsters while fulfilling the commissioned tasks.
The chain saw on his shoulder had been thirsty for a long time.
From the peasant woman, Chen Xuan learned that the footprints and movements of the monsters were mainly in the east and north.
Sidney, who was full of hatred, had gone to the east.
The south was the direction they came from, so it didn't matter whether they explored it or not.
Therefore, Chen Xuan and others had to choose to investigate the north of the farm, which happened to be the direction of the Eya Forest.
When leaving from the north gate of the farm, the boarman Ragnar, who was holding a wooden cup and drinking fruit wine, smiled at their backs as they left.
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Through the cultivated fields and logging belts in the north of the farm.
Chen Xuan, Rebecca and Ophelia quickly entered the forest.
Rebecca, the kitten girl, was the pioneer. She was agile and fast, and her sense of smell was more acute than that of humans.
Chen Xuan, who was carrying a chainsaw, was in the middle, and Ophelia, who was holding a hardwood straight bow, was the last.
About two miles away from the farm, they found a series of dense footprints.
"Inferior monster goblin."
"The most common smelly dog shit in this area."
Ophelia squatted down and looked at the footprints, and soon came to a conclusion.
In the caves around Magtan City, the number of goblins is simply more than the lice on the body of a homeless person.
In some areas, not even a single goblin can be seen, and in some areas, mutant goblins are even found.
There is also diversity in the monster caves.
The little cat girl also returned from the front and began to report her findings.
"There are also large footprints in the rotten soil not far ahead."
"I also found the claw marks of the night shadow wolf..."
"Conservatively speaking, there should be no less than six goblins and two night shadow wolves passing through here."
"The traces are still fresh, and the time will not exceed two Naroa days."
"No traces of large monsters have been found for the time being!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a "rustling" sound came from the shadows of the dense forest ahead!
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