Pine Wind City, as the second largest city in Hollevin and the largest commercial city, was naturally quite large in terms of area. Counting the towns and villages nearby, the total population of Pine Wind City was almost three million.
The permanent population of the main city was about a million too.
The slums here could be compared to those in White Elephant Kingdom, and the slums in Pine Wind City were twice as large.
The Silver Mercenaries' territory, on the other hand, was mainly based on the slums.
As a Rogue, Husseret was commonly known as a Rogue. In addition to stealth and anti-stealth skills, he also had "communication" specialties such as bluff, intimidation, and persuasion.
Also, there was a Guild of Rogues here that could exchange intelligence, so he had a home advantage.
So, it only took him three days to get a general idea of the Silver Mercenaries.
In the hotel, the five of them were gathered in a room. They looked at the city map on the table. The slums on the left had been circled, and other places had been marked with smaller circles to mark the Silver Mercenaries' territory.
"Let's start from here." Roland pointed at the slums. "This is a bottom-level world. According to Husseret's intelligence, the Silver Mercenaries are sucking blood from the slums. At least a third of their funds come from the slums."
Li Lin said angrily, "If it's a slum, what can they suck out?"
"So, they're probably sucking the marrow of all the slums," Roland continued. "Betta and you will wander around in the slums later. Betta has always been lucky when it comes to quests. I don't think it will take long for a quest that targets the Silver Mercenaries."
"Then what are you going to do?" asked Li Lin.
Roland did not intend to go to the slums for quests, but nobody thought that he would slack off.
"I'll scout the Northern Dawn Woods from the sky and estimate the possible locations of the relics."
Brazil was confused. "That's a forest. What can you see from the sky?"
"I can cover a large area with my mental power. Although I can't cover the entire area, it won't be a problem if I circle the forest a few times."
Li Lin clicked his tongue. "That's a lot of tricks. A Mage can be used as a radar."
Brazil said, "You can practice one too. I have a feeling that the more Mages in the team, the better."
"Forget it." Li Lin said without hesitation, "I don't think your IQ is high enough. You're just a high school graduate. Why are you playing mages? How embarrassing."
Everyone laughed.
Li Lin was the only one who didn't go to college. He joined the army after graduating from high school.
They went down to the main hall of the hotel and saw three mercenaries standing in a corner. Seeing them come down, the three of them stood up, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Golden Sons, have you made up your mind? Cooperate with us. Our vice-leader said that after we find the item, we can split it evenly. "
They had been monitoring Roland and the others, fearing that they might run off or sneak to the Northern Dawn Woods.
In fact, most people would've left Pine Wind City a long time ago under such surveillance, but Roland and his companions were still here, which made the Silver Mercenaries realize that the Golden Sons were indeed looking for something in the Northern Dawn Forest.
On the other hand, the Silver Mercenaries had already searched the Northern Dawn Woods like a net, hoping to find out what exactly was in the woods.
But until now, there were no clues.
So, they didn't dare to relax their surveillance on the Golden Sons and simply followed them closely.
It was well known that something important would happen when the Golden Sons formed a squad of five.
It was no secret in the world of mercenaries anymore.
Roland glanced at them, then walked out of the door and flew into the sky with a swoosh.
A Mage who could fly … Naturally, they couldn't follow Roland, so they could only watch Betta and his companions.
Betta smiled at them and then led Li Lin and the others in the direction of the slums.
Roland flew quickly and soon reached the sky of the Northern Dawn Woods.
He flew ten meters above the woods and spread out a field of mental power.
He had learned the trick to make the vision of mental power colorful from a branch chairman in the library of the headquarters in the capital. Then, he learned the trick by analogy and soon learned how to expand the range of his mental power.
In this mode, the mental power couldn't recognize the souls of living creatures precisely, which meant that it couldn't distinguish the souls of humans and animals, but it could detect the terrain nearby.
What Roland had spread out at this moment was exactly such a field of mental power.
He flew back and forth above the Northern Dawn Woods and explored the terrain below him like a carpet.
Because Human Cannonball flew very fast and caused a lot of noise at a low altitude, the Silver Mercenaries stationed in the Northern Dawn Woods naturally noticed him.
The archers in the secret sentry posts all aimed at him, but none of them dared to shoot him.
On one hand, Roland was flying so fast that they might not be able to hit him.
On the other hand, they had been told by Spara not to attack the Golden Sons and give the Golden Sons an excuse to attack them.
As long as the rules were followed, the Golden Sons wouldn't dare to act recklessly.
As a matter of fact, Spara's idea was half correct.
It was true that the players couldn't find an opportunity to counterattack.
However, attacking each other wasn't necessarily the only option to pick a fight.
Roland's eyes glittered when he circled the Northern Dawn Woods for the seventh time. He stopped and cast Slow Landing on himself, allowing him to slowly drift down.
Because he was falling so slowly, he could almost be used as a levitation spell.
Sensing the terrain below for a while, Roland turned around and flew back to Pine Wind.
Betta, on the other hand, left a message in the system: Brother Roland, I've received seven quests related to the Silver Mercenaries. Do you want to come?
Roland: No, you can take care of them. I've found the entrance. I'm going to buy some stuff on the street and be prepared to enter the ruins.
Betta: Okay, let's get started.
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Spara sat in the mercenary group's base. For some reason, he was rather uneasy.
There was no telling what the Golden Son Mage was up to when he flew above his head.
But on second thought, he didn't think that he did anything wrong.
After all, he had ordered his subordinates not to have conflicts with the Golden Sons. Everybody in the world of mercenaries knew that the Golden Sons had black leaves on their faces after they destroyed Winterwind. Not only were they hunted by the Church of Light and the Church of Life, but even the Golden Sons themselves were also hunting the black leaves.
Also, the Golden Sons had been much more restrained in the past few months.
They weren't as bold as before, and they didn't threaten to kill anyone easily.
The mercenaries were most sensitive about such things. They could tell that the Golden Sons were really restraining themselves.
As a matter of fact, Spara would've liked to fight the Golden Sons if possible, but those people were too good at making money.
He had already met at least four mercenary groups that had completed certain special missions or killed certain people after establishing relationships with certain groups and forces of the Golden Sons and obtaining a lot of wealth.
In particular, the Dragon Claw Mercenary Group, a thorn in their side, cooperated with a group of pure female Golden Sons named Phoenix and completed a certain escort mission. Although they lost some men, the reward and the pension were actually more than twenty gold coins.
Spara was quite tempted.
Why couldn't he do it if other mercenary groups could?
Of course, the Golden Sons were very capable. If they were confident that they could take care of things on their own, they wouldn't ask for help from other people.
So, he had to make use of his advantages and force them to cooperate.
Since the five Golden Sons had come to his Northern Dawn Forest, there must be something they wanted in it.
Spara wasn't satisfied that he couldn't see or touch such a fat piece of meat when it was right before his eyes.
He had to use some means to force the Golden Sons to "play" with them.
The Golden Sons above his head flew for a while and left.
By logic, Spara should've been relieved, but he felt more and more uneasy because he didn't know what was going on.
He seemed to have missed something.
Time went by slowly. Spara pondered in his chair until the evening, but he still couldn't figure out what he had done wrong.
When he was about to go back to the city for a drink, he saw one of his subordinates barging in in panic.
"Deputy Captain, bad news." The man wiped the sweat on his face and panted while he said quickly, "The Golden Sons attacked our men in the slums. Several of our brothers were killed and many were heavily wounded."
Spara stood up abruptly and roared, "How is it possible? The Golden Sons dare not attack us now. Aren't they scared that they'll become black leaves?"
"I don't know." The man was so scared of Spara's fury that he was almost crying.
"No, I have to go and take a look." Spara stood up. "Go outside and ring the bell. Ask everybody to gather. We'll all go there and see why the Golden Sons attacked our brothers."
In the slums, Betta glanced at the quest system and smiled. "Well, the quest 'Revenge for the Blind Lady' has been completed. Next is' Granny Asuna's Wrath '. At least two minions of the Silver Mercenaries were killed and the legs of at least ten of them were broken. "
Carrying his giant sword, Li Lin grinned hideously. "Roland is indeed smart and vicious. If he's right, we'll definitely be able to complete quests here. I like to cut those b * stards. "
Around them, many heavily wounded minions of the Silver Mercenaries were moaning in pain. Most of the people nearby had been scared away. The poor people were all hiding far away.
At this moment, a skinny boy approached timidly from the corner of the wall. His clothes were dirty and full of patches, and his hair was as messy as a bird's nest.
His whole body was trembling, but he summoned all his courage and extended his hand to Betta.
There were three copper coins in his black hand. "You're not afraid of the Silver Warriors, right? I beg you, help me find my mother. She's been taken away. I haven't seen her for three days. I beg you."
"Do you accept the elite quest 'Punish the Silver Mercenaries for Forcing Girls to Prostitute'?"
They looked at each other and smiled.
Betta took one of the copper coins and said with a smile, "Young man, we'll accept the quest."
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