Foothold No.7C82 was called Carefree City by the locals. The reason for the name was that there had been many monster hordes in the foothold and there were many casualties. To show their hope for a better future, they named the foothold Carefree City.
What was strange was that the foothold seemed to be blessed by the God of Fate. There was no monster hordes in the hundreds of years that followed.
The pace of life in the city was slow and the residents were working and living a peaceful life. It had become a place without worries.
When Lin Huang arrived at Carefree City, it was one o'clock in the afternoon. He did not depart immediately. Instead, he went to the Adventurer Paradise.
The Adventurer Paradise used to be an organization under the Hunters' Association. It was called the Adventurer's Guild and they recruited adventurers to carry out adventurous missions. However, as the Hunters' Association gradually transferred the adventurous missions to the Hunters' Association, the Adventurer's Guild was separated from the Hunters' Association and became an independent organization. It was then renamed the Adventurer's Paradise.
The Hunters' Association was a loose organization. It was more like a training organization that trained talents. However, it could not control the loss of talents, especially the top talents. When the Adventurer's Guild was first established, it was to retain talents.
However, the Adventurer's Paradise was more restrictive now. It had a rule that was completely different from the Hunters' Association. Those who joined the Adventurer's Paradise would have to accept missions regularly. Compared to the Hunters' Association, the management was more formal.
Although the Adventurer's Paradise had become independent, both of them were still brothers.
Lin Huang looked for the Adventurer's Paradise as he could not enter the Wangyou Forest alone.
The Wangyou Forest was an area about 3,000 kilometers southwest of Carefree City. There was not even a small foothold in this area. In fact, they had built many footholds in the past. However, they were destroyed by monster hordes and many of them were killed. Therefore, they stopped building them.
Without a foothold, there was no resting place for the Wind Eagle, let alone a dimensional portal.
Moreover, there were no humans living there. Therefore, there were wild areas of various sizes within the 3,000 kilometers, ranging from level-1 to level-3.
Even though Lin Huang was riding on the iron-level rank-3 Sand Monster, it was not safe for him to travel. Therefore, he had to find an adventurer's team with at least a silver-level to enter the Wangyou Forest.
He quickly found the Adventurer's Paradise in the stronghold. There were many people coming and going at the entrance. It was very lively.
Entering the interior of the outpost, Lin Huang looked around. It was similar to the outpost of the Hunters' Association. The architectural style was very similar, but the atmosphere was slightly different.
It was also a huge square office hall with a polygonal transparent dome that was more than ten meters high. However, the warm, pale yellow walls gave off a completely different feeling from the solemn, grayish-white walls of the Hunters' Association. The color of the floor was also different. The floor here was also light yellow, but the Hunters' Association's floor was grayish-black.
Just as Lin Huang was looking around, a young waitress came over. "Sir, how may I help you?"
"I'm looking for a team of adventurers to go to Wangyou Forest together," Lin Huang told them the purpose of his trip.
"Let me check for you." The waitress smiled and nodded. Then, she led Lin Huang to a service counter. After a short while, the results came out. "I've found a team that is going to Wangyou Forest. The team will depart in four days. You're in luck. The leader of the team is a gold-level. She has a mission and might have to stay in Wangyou Forest for a week. The rest of the team will depart in 12 days. "
"Of course, you can also consider hiring a team of adventurers to escort you there and get them to send you back after you're done with your mission. However, it will cost a lot. "
Lin Huang had looked it up on the network and found out that there were two ways to follow an Adventurer team. One was for the Adventurer team to bring him along on a mission while the other was to hire an Adventurer directly. The latter would cost a lot as it would cost at least a few Life Crystals a day. As for the former, it would cost one or two Life Crystals at most for a round trip.
However, Lin Huang chose the former decisively when he heard that the leader of the team was a gold-level. "There's no need for that. I'll wait for a few days."
"The cost is 200,000 credit points. Before you pay, there's a special clause that you'd like to take a look at." A page popped up in front of the waitress. "Please take a look at it carefully before you decide if you want to accept the clause."
Lin Huang looked at it. It was a disclaimer clause. The general idea of the clause was that the safety of the guests who were going to Wangyou Forest would not be under the protection of the escort team. The escort team would only be responsible for the safety of the guests during the journey. If the guests were to die in Wangyou Forest, the escort team would not be responsible for anything and the fees would not be refunded.
Lin Huang nodded after reading the clause. "If they're done with their mission a week after arriving in Wangyou Forest and I'm not done with mine, how many days will they wait?"
"The most they'll wait is three days. After three days, regardless of whether you're dead or alive, they'll depart. According to our rules, if you're unable to arrive at the gathering point within three days, we'll consider you dead. "
"Of course, if you're really delayed by something, you can apply for an extension through the network. However, the fees will be charged as if you're a solo hire. Also, it's up to the escort team to decide if they want to accept the extension. " The waitress explained in detail, "If the escort team refuses to accept the extension, you'll have to apply for another solo hire. However, if that's the case, the new team will have to pay for two trips back and forth."
"I understand. I accept." Lin Huang nodded and scanned the blank space at the bottom right corner of the disclaimer with his Emperor's Heart Ring. Soon, his identity was printed on the blank space.
"Please take a look at the contract. If there's no problem, you can scan the payment stripe at the end." The waitress showed him another page.
It was a simple employment contract. Lin Huang flipped to the end and scanned the payment stripe with his Emperor's Heart Ring. It was similar to the payment barcode on Earth but it was more beautiful with beautiful colors and patterns.
Soon, he received the payment and the waitress showed that he had received the payment.
"The employment relationship has been established. The adventurer team will contact you soon. Please record the time and location of the meeting." The waitress reminded him.
"Alright, thank you." Lin Huang nodded and walked out of the gathering point.
After leaving the Adventurer's Paradise, Lin Huang was looking for a hotel to stay in. The team would depart in four days. He could use the time to practice his sword skills and see if he could accumulate all the Skill Cards before he left.
Just when Lin Huang was looking for information about the hotel on the network, a message popped up. It was a simple message. "We'll depart at 9 a.m. three days later. Gather at the south gate of the foothold."
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