Hathaway's alchemy shop was doing very well during this period of time. With the wizard apprentices as free labor, and the magic plants in the secret realm beginning to mature, the alchemy shop had a large number of low-level potions.
Many merchants saw that the price of the potions was not too high, so they would buy a batch. After the orc invasion, several surrounding countries paid a heavy price and finally drove the orcs back to their hometown. The trade in the North City began to recover.
However, in addition to these caravans, Suhlen also found that many adventurer teams had also come to the North City. These adventurer teams were preparing to go to the Northern Wilderness through the city.
The Northern Wilderness was vast, and there were countless monsters and various tribes scattered all over the place. Although it was desolate, barren, and cold, there were still some precious magic plants and high-value magic beasts in many unknown corners.
There were still many relics and buildings from the Witch King era and even the Arcane Empire era left in the Northern Wilderness. Most of these relics had become ruins, but there were probably many precious things buried in them.
Among the adventurers, there would often be some lucky ones who found things left behind by ancient arcanists in the ruins and became rich overnight. Of course, such things did happen, but most of them came up empty-handed. Every year, many adventurers died in the various traps in the ruins.
The life of an adventurer was not like the protagonists in the stories sung by bards. There were all kinds of thrilling experiences. Every time, they could turn danger into safety and gain a lot of benefits. Their strength would continue to increase, and finally, they would find the legendary treasure, gain a huge amount of wealth, and become a well-known adventurer on the continent. In fact, the adventurer's life was completely a business of life and death. Some down-and-out adventurers could not even afford to eat.
Death was the most common thing among the adventurers. As for the treasure, many people had never experienced it in their lives.
There were many adventurers in the North City, which made the city's security a little chaotic. Many adventurers were unwilling to follow the rules of the North City, so they could only let the security army educate these people.
Of course, it was not a good idea to chase all of them away. The strength of the adventurers could be said to be uneven, with the weakest being a farmer who had just discovered a hoe, and the strongest being a Legendary powerhouse. Moreover, these people were not only capable of causing chaos, but could also be of help if used well.
Suhlen had the Town Hall set up an Adventurer's Guild, which specialized in issuing quests and paying rewards for adventurers to complete. For example, clearing monsters, capturing goblins and kobolds as slaves, or purchasing special plants and rare magical plants. Of course, adventurers could also be asked to gather intelligence in the wilderness.
On one hand, they were offering quests and rewards. On the other hand, they were cracking down on adventurers who broke the rules. The adventurers of Northern Town City quickly learned to adapt to this city. Due to the rapid development of the city and the influx of merchants and adventurers, the taverns in the northern part of the city were no longer enough. Therefore, Suhlen opened two more taverns on the same street.
There were now five taverns in the northern part of the city. At the same time, on a street near the Adventurer's Guild where quests were issued, many adventurers spontaneously formed a small market there. Suhlen would occasionally come here for a stroll. There were often some strange things in the market, but of course, most of them were useless trash.
"Hey, buddy, you're dressed like that. Are you going on an adventure?" Just as Suhlen was strolling, a fat man in a dirty linen robe with a wretched face sneaked up to him. Because he was strolling, Suhlen did not wear noble clothes. Instead, he was dressed like an adventurer.
"Hey, let me finish. Don't be in a hurry to leave!"
"A lot of newcomers like you have come here to try their luck, but most of them returned empty-handed. Some unlucky ones even lost their lives."
"The northern wastelands are still very dangerous. There are many places that cannot be conquered with brute force. You need more information. Also, you need to know which places are deadly. You must not go near them. Look, I have a map of the northern wastelands. With it, you will know which places are dangerous, which tribes you can trade for food, and which tribes you can't go near …"
As he spoke, the wretched fat man grabbed his collar with both hands and pulled it out. There were a dozen books hanging inside his windbreaker. Suhlen roughly counted. There were maps of the wastelands, maps of the wastelands ruins, maps of the wastelands' magical beasts, maps of the wastelands' territories, and so on. There were at least a dozen books.
"Information about the wastelands?" Su Lun glanced at the so-called information maps of the wretched fat man. Most of the information was fake, or something that one would know after living in the Northern Town for a period of time. These unscrupulous businessmen made these information books to cheat the newcomers who had just come here.
"Yes, this is definitely the latest information about the wastelands. Even the mayor of the Northern Town City bought it from us," Fat Ben said proudly.
Suhlen looked at the scammer in front of him and said, "If it's so good, then give me a copy."
"One silver Nar per book. I don't sell on credit." Fat Ben's eyes flashed.
"Sure." Suhlen flicked his thumb and threw a silver Nar over.
Fat Ben caught the Nar with an agility that far exceeded his body. He then pinched the Nar between his thumb and middle finger and blew hard on it. He then put it to his ear. After hearing a crisp sound, he opened his windbreaker with a smile and said, "Pick anything you like."
Suhlen picked up a book called "Dangerous Wastelands". The book was written on paper that had been improved several times in the Northern Town City. The paper was yellowish and rough, but it could be written and read. The book only had a dozen pages, and it looked rough at first glance.
He flipped through the pages. As he expected, most of the information recorded in the book was from the past. Suhlen curled his lips and waved at a few security guards not far away. Fat Ben was still talking to Suhlen about the rest of his books.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" Just as Ben was trying to sell his books to Suhlen, two security guards had already arrived behind him. Fat Ben looked behind him in confusion. After seeing that it was the security guards, his face changed and his body instinctively wanted to run away.
"This man is selling fake information here. Arrest him!"
"Yes, sir!" Ben sensed that something was wrong and wanted to run away. However, as soon as he moved, he was subdued by the two security guards.
F * ck, you guys are trying to trick me. You have no morals. You guys are working together to trick me, fat Ben.
"Throw this guy to clean the trash and public toilets for three months!" Suhlen said directly.
"Sir, I'm really not a scammer. Please forgive me this time!" Ben's face turned green when he heard that he would be punished to clean toilets for three months. He quickly begged for mercy.
"That won't do. Selling fake information and cheating people. You're lucky I didn't punish you for a year." Suhlen waved his hand and signaled the security guards to take him away.
"Sir, I'm not lying to you. It's true. I just got an important piece of information that I didn't have time to tell you." Seeing that he was about to be taken away, Ben couldn't care less and quickly said.
"Wait a minute." Suhlen took a few steps forward and stood in front of Ben. "You said you have important information? What important information? "
"If I tell you, you have to ask these people to let me go," Ben said carefully.
Suhlen glanced at him. "You have no room to bargain. If it's really important information, I can let you go this time. But if it's not, hehe!"
"I swear, it's definitely important information."
Suhlen waved at the two security guards and asked them to let go of Ben. "Speak."
Ben moved his sore shoulders, and then said, "Sir, this is the information I just got from an adventurer. That adventurer had a small team of five people. Except for him, the rest were all left there."
Suhlen looked at him expressionlessly. Ben forced a smile and said, "When the guy came back, he had a mental breakdown. He said they encountered monsters in a canyon north of the city. There were a lot of monsters and they were fearless."
"Go find the survivor." Suhlen frowned and said to one of the security guards.
Soon, according to Ben's description, the security guards found the survivor in a tavern. However, the survivor was just as Ben said. He was mentally traumatized and almost went crazy.
"Monsters … So many monsters!"
"Run, run …"
"Where is the canyon?" Suhlen asked Ben, who was next to him.
"Uh, it's northeast of the city, in the Sierra de Lotas. I named it the Canyon of Despair. There's a map in that book," Ben said quickly.
Suhlen opened the book in his hand and found the description of the Canyon of Despair. There was a simple map at the bottom. The Canyon of Despair was marked with red paint, and the words "extremely dangerous" were written next to it.
"Okay, if this information is correct, then you've done a good deed. Your sentence will be reduced to one month. You'll only have to clean the streets, not the toilets," Suhlen said as he put away the book.
Then, as Ben wailed, he signaled the security guards to take him away. Suhlen then waved his hand again, and another security guard came forward to greet him.
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"Go and inform the people in the Council Hall to gather the basic information about Northern Battlefront City. Let the newcomers know more about Northern Battlefront City so that they won't be tricked."
"Yes, sir."
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