Chapter 143 Gold Rush!
Emre Cohen is a mercenary.
To be precise, he is a mercenary from the Northland Mercenary Group.
However, with the end of the kingdom's civil war, and the title of Earl of Brundick of Sharp Coyle, the leader of the Northland mercenaries, was recognized by Wilbert I after the war... Emre
Cohen, who had just The rookie who joined the Northland mercenaries not long ago was laid off without any surprise.
The euphemistic name is to send young and powerful mercenary talents to the Kingdom of Andal.
There was no way, after the Duke of Sadwind Castle surrendered, Sharp Coyle, the leader of the Northland mercenaries, was in a very awkward position.
Because the title of Count Brundick was given to him by Perel.
If he wanted to be recognized by Wilbert I, Sharp naturally needed to show a sufficient attitude.
Obviously, Emre Cohen was ruthlessly abandoned in this way, and he didn't even get much severance pay.
However, just when he was full of worries about his future life path, the news from the south of the kingdom made him see another possibility and another way to make money.
A gold mine was discovered in the south of the kingdom!
In fact, compared to the caution of others, Emre Cohen set off from the north of the kingdom as soon as he heard the news.
It's not that he doesn't want to verify the authenticity of the news in many ways, or that he doesn't know about the tree guards in the Sunken Wood Forest.
After all...
After the Marquis of Antolia frankly explained the threat in the Sunken Wood Forest that day in the royal capital, the nobles and mercenaries of the entire Andal Kingdom all heard about the threats that had only been in the capital before. A monster that appears in the bard's legend.
Mainly because his wallet was so depleted that he could only hope for the authenticity of the news and gamble on his luck.
And obviously, he won the bet.
When he finally braved the cold wind of early winter, experienced ups and downs along the way, and hungrily wandered from the north of the kingdom to the south of the kingdom, the news of the existence of gold mines in the Sunken Wood Forest had been confirmed.
Countless gold diggers from all over the kingdom have almost all gathered at the edge of the Sunken Wood Forest, planning to participate in the grand event on this land located on the edge of the kingdom.
So...
Emre Cohen easily joined this gold mining team composed of abandoned sons of major mercenary groups and down-and-out nobles.
In this extremely complex small gold mining gang, there are not only rookie players like Emre Cohen who were kicked out by the Northern Territory servants, but also ruthless bandits from the Principality of Norton, down-and-out nobles from the east of the kingdom, and unwilling No matter how tough the refugees are, they are willing to live in silence...
In short, they are all outstanding young people from the Andal Kingdom who only care about money.
But Emre Cohen was surprised to find that even though the heroes gathered here were all a group of violent guys, there had never been a single vicious case in the past few days at the edge of the Sunken Wood Forest.
"This is the territory of the Antolians!"
Faced with Emre's doubts, the down-and-out nobleman from the royal capital gave the answer.
Indeed, the reputation of Northland mercenaries resounds throughout the kingdom.
But as the Antolian army marched northward, the news that the siege of the royal capital was overturned spread throughout the kingdom, and the name of Antolia finally returned to everyone's ears.
The number of mercenaries in Antolia may not be large, but their bravery is obvious to all.
What's more, with the arrival of Philip, the new steward of the Jimena family, and the release of the "Temporary Management Measures for the Sunken Wood Forest Area (Trial)", the mercenaries gathered here naturally did not dare to make a fuss.
After all...
the "Management Measures" pointed out that if someone makes trouble in Sunken Wood Forest, all gold diggers can report it to the Jimena family.
At that time, not only will the person being reported be warmly entertained by the Lapruk Army, but the gold that the person being reported has mined in these days will also be detained by Antolia and distributed in a 50-50 ratio. For the enthusiastic gold digger.
If this were in other aristocratic territories, this so-called management method might not necessarily work.
But what followed Philip came was the heavily armed Lapruk Army!
In many parts of the Andal Kingdom, the Antolians are actually regarded as barbarians, even in the north of the kingdom.
Some people even call the Antolians the Walras people living in the southern part of the Andal Kingdom because of their different beliefs.
So...
naturally no one would dare to give up the easy gold prospecting opportunity in the Sunken Wood Forest, and go and have a try with Antolia's soldiers when they are full, especially after several gold diggers with cramps in their heads have been entrusted by Antolia. After the Leah soldier was knocked down with one punch!
Because everyone believes that the Antolian army led by Andrew, the commander of the Lapruk Army, will definitely give blessings from Antolia to the mercenaries who dare to cause trouble.
Of course, although the Jimena family implemented a high-pressure policy towards the arrival of the gold diggers.
But in terms of the benefits that should be given, it is not a penny.
Especially considering that the gold diggers will always face the threat of the tree people, if the gold diggers who successfully kill or injure the tree people can take the branches dropped by the tree people out of the Sunken Wood Forest.
Then the generous Marquis of Antolia will also give additional rewards.
Anyway, the gold diggers only know the value of gold, but they don't understand the significance of the living wood dropped by the tree man to Antolia.
As the temporary manager of Shenmulin, Philip could completely rely on the information gap to achieve the true purpose of his lord without any effort.
In short...
drink, fight monsters, and mine gold.
This has become Emre Cohen's daily life since he came to the south of the kingdom.
In the past few days, gold diggers from all over the kingdom, under the temptation of gold mines, worked day and night to give heads to the tree guards in the sunken wood forest. They actually found out some of the tree guards' abilities. doorway.
To put it simply, although those monsters called tree men are immune to magic attacks and can even unexpectedly withstand the burning of fire, it takes a long time for them to attack each time they use their own branches. The skill cooldown and the slow movement speed gave the mercenaries the opportunity to dig gold mines here.
It is precisely because of this that when the troubadour Giorny was in danger in the sunken forest, he had the opportunity to escape in the sunken forest.
Therefore, according to the summary of gold diggers, there are two main ways to pan for gold in the sunken wood forest.
The first is to find a warrior with thick blood and use the shield in his hand to resist the attacks of the tree guards. The disadvantage is that a shield of poor quality will most likely lead to death in the front row.
The second is to find an unlucky guy with a taunting effect to attract the hatred of the tree people, making it possible for others to mine.
However, the disadvantages of this method are also obvious.
Without being familiar with the situation in the Sunken Wood Forest, the mortality rate of those gold diggers responsible for inciting hatred was as high as 33%!
Set a flag, slow down today, and try to update more tomorrow.
(End of chapter)