At the northern exit of the Forgotten Valley, a fortress stood quietly. This fortress was made of black stone. The height of the walls reached a staggering 40 meters, and the length of the walls blocked the entire Forgotten Valley.
The entire fortress was like an iron wall, blocking the Forgotten Valley. If you want to go through the Forgotten Valley, you must go through Montenegro Fortress.
However, when you get close to Montenegro Fortress, you will find that this fortress wasn't as powerful as you imagined. In fact, this fortress was more like an old man. The parapets above the fortress were damaged in many places, and the outside of the fortress looked shabby, as if it hadn't been repaired for a long time.
In fact, when the Purcell clan built this fortress, it was to prevent the Carrion Swamp from escaping to the Purcell Duchy through the Forgotten Valley. However, this fortress had been built for hundreds of years, but those Magic Beasts had only been active in the Black Waste. They simply didn't come to the Forgotten Valley, which caused the fortress to slowly be forgotten. Although there were still some garrisons here, they were mostly used to protect public order.
Although there were no garrisons here, no one dared to underestimate the fighting strength here. This was because there were a large number of adventurers and mercenaries in Montenegro Fortress. These people were also a force that couldn't be underestimated.
But at the same time, the existence of these people also made the public order in Montenegro Fortress very chaotic. The City Defense Officer was also a pain in the ass because whether it was adventurers or mercenaries, they were all unruly guys. If they didn't handle things well, they would pull out their swords and cut people. Facing such a group of barbarians, the City Defense Army was even more powerless since they weren't elite.
It was precisely because of this that Montenegro Fortress finally evolved into a city defense force. Several large mercenary groups and several large merchants jointly managed the place. These large mercenary groups and merchants had their own territories, and they didn't invade each other and coexisted peacefully.
Of course, in this case, the Purcell Duchy didn't receive any taxes. If they couldn't collect taxes, the Duchy wouldn't give them money to repair the walls. Slowly, Montenegro became a paradise for mercenaries, adventurers, and even fugitives.
This also reflected the situation in the Black Waste. The Black Waste was a land of death, so for the Purcell Duchy, Montenegro Fortress was the safest border town. There were no enemies around, and it was close to the mountains. Such a place often had dragons and snakes mixed together. If the Black Waste was very prosperous, then Montenegro Fortress would be an important border town. Because of the trade, the Purcell Duchy would be able to collect a lot of taxes. Naturally, they would pay attention to Montenegro Fortress instead of selectively forgetting about it.
Under such circumstances, the defense of Montenegro Fortress could be imagined. For Green, it was an undefended city.
Of course, he wouldn't swagger into Montenegro Fortress from the main entrance. If he did, he might be recognized. Green had sneaked into Montenegro Fortress by climbing over the wall.
The commercial development of Montenegro Fortress was very abnormal. Weapon shops, medicine shops, equipment shops, taverns, hotels, restaurants, and so on could be found everywhere. However, places to buy daily necessities were very difficult to find. In addition to the city guards, adventurers, and mercenaries, there were very few ordinary people in the fortress.
Of course, this wasn't what Green cared about. He found a relatively remote equipment store and bought five black magic robes with a hat and a very long wooden magic staff. He also bought a set of armor for himself. It was a very beautiful set of armor, but it wasn't very much. The most important thing about this set of armor was that it had a helmet that could cover Green's entire face.
The magic robes were naturally for Zhao Hai. With this magic robe and magic staff, Zhao Hai could dress up as a black magician. After all, other than a black magician, no magician would like to wear this kind of strange magic robe that almost wrapped up the whole person. One must know that the magic robes on the continent had been improved for several generations. Not only were they particularly comfortable to wear, but they were also very beautiful. Especially some female magicians, their magic robes were very gorgeous, almost comparable to a formal dress.
Compared to ordinary magicians, black magicians preferred the magic robes that Green bought. This kind of magic robe was very thick, and the hat was very big, almost covering the whole face. Slowly, this kind of magic robe became the symbol of a black magician.
For Green, the only use of this kind of armor was that it could cover his face. He wanted to dress up as a magician's follower. One must know that on the continent, magicians were a group of people with a very high status. Under normal circumstances, they didn't lack money. Therefore, although magicians weren't afraid of close combat, they would still bring some followers. These followers could help the magician in battle, but they might also help the magician in peacetime.
Therefore, on the continent, if you saw a magician accompanied by a group of warriors dressed like iron cans, you wouldn't be surprised at all. Those warriors were the magician's followers.
This time, Green wanted to dress up as a warrior following a magician. Only in this way could he always be at Zhao Hai's side without being suspected.
After buying these things, Green also bought some mercenary things, including a mercenary backpack.
A mercenary backpack was the standard equipment of every mercenary and adventurer. Because these mercenaries and adventurers spent most of their time in the wild, they would prepare some corresponding things for themselves according to different tasks. They would also add some food, necessities, and spoils of war. They also needed a place to put them, so this kind of mercenary backpack was born.
The main purpose of Green buying this thing was to not let people discover the secret of Zhao Hai's space. Their goal this time wasn't Montenegro. Montenegro was just a place they passed by. Here, no one would care about them, because people here didn't care about other things. In addition, the Purcell clan didn't have any power here, so Green wasn't worried.
But if they went to other places, it wouldn't be so smooth. The Purcell clan's control of their own territory was still very good. Of course, Montenegro was an exception.
Green also wanted to buy more things, but he didn't have any money in his hands. Although he could make money by selling the radishes, he couldn't forget that they hadn't sold the radishes yet. So he could only buy some necessities and leave Montenegro.
However, Green wasn't wearing a shiny silver armor. Instead, he was wearing an ordinary adventurer's cloth, which made him look inconspicuous. There were hundreds of adventurers coming in and out of Montenegro every day, so who would pay attention to him?
Although Green was out of Montenegro, he was still very careful to look around. Then he slowly walked into the mountains. To be honest, he was now a bit paranoid.
Green circled the mountains several times. After making sure that he wasn't being followed, he came to the place where he made the mark. Before he could do anything, the space hole appeared. Green flashed into the space and the space hole disappeared. Everything returned to calm.
Zhao Hai had been paying attention to the situation outside the space, so when Green appeared, he noticed. Don't forget, he could see everything within a hundred meters.
When he saw the big backpack in Green's hand, Zhao Hai couldn't help but be stunned. This backpack looked like a mountaineering backpack from his previous life. Except for the different materials, the workmanship wasn't so fine, and there was no zipper, it really looked like a mountaineering backpack.
Zhao Hai was puzzled as he pointed to the big backpack. "Grandpa Green, why did you buy this thing? We don't need it at all. "
Green smiled. "Of course we don't need this thing. But with this thing, we can hide the existence of the space. After all, space preparation is very rare on the continent."
Zhao Hai immediately understood Green's meaning. He nodded. "Yes, I almost forgot about this." Green smiled and gave the magic staff to Zhao Hai. "This magician is also a good-looking thing. Although I didn't choose the worst, it's the lightest. So the young master won't have to struggle to pick it up. There's a magic robe in the backpack. Young master, put it on."
Zhao Hai nodded. He took the magic staff and the backpack. He didn't know what kind of wood this magic staff was made of. It was very light. Zhao Hai felt that he wasn't holding a piece of wood, but rather a bamboo pole.
However, Zhao Hai didn't study the magic staff. Instead, he took the backpack and entered the thatched hut. The clothes that Zhao Hai first wore were the noble clothes that Green and the others had prepared for him. The noble clothes here were very gorgeous, but they were also very inconvenient. Although the lower part of his body wasn't the tight pants that Zhao Hai had seen on Earth, the pants were still very inconvenient. In the end, Zhao Hai simply didn't wear the noble clothes. Now that he had a lot of things to do, wearing such clothes would only affect his movements.
Merine was also aware of this point, so she didn't oppose it. When Green came back and saw that Zhao Hai wasn't wearing the noble clothes, he originally wanted to oppose it. However, after seeing that Zhao Hai had a lot of things to do, wearing such clothes was indeed inconvenient. He wasn't a person who didn't know how to be flexible.
Zhao Hai was now wearing Green's warrior clothes. It was just that Merine had made it a little smaller. Zhao Hai wasn't as tall as Green, but fortunately, Green wasn't very strong, so there was no need to change it too much. In order to make it convenient for a warrior to fight, it was naturally made very loose. Zhao Hai liked it very much.
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