Star-Moon City, inside a valley in the Stoneclaw Mountains:
Carriages traveled down the valley's gravel path. If one were to look down from the top of the mountain, they would discover over 50 carriages. Among them, the cheapest carriage was an advanced cargo truck pulled by two horses. The cargo truck was filled to the brim with large boxes.
These goods were the rare goods the wandering merchants were transporting to Stone Forest Town.
Due to Stone Forest Town's Adventurer's Association, it had attracted even more wandering merchants to sell their goods in the town. Moreover, Saimu Town had been upgraded to three towns. Only, aside from Saimu Town, the other two towns were some distance away from Stone Forest Town, so they did not have as many deliveries as Saimu Town.
However, due to the wandering merchants' deliveries to Stone Forest Town, these three towns had gained a few more advanced escort quests.
Although the Advanced Escort Quests did not give much EXP, they did give a lot of money. To independent players, this was a significant income. Moreover, some players who wished to visit Stone Forest Town could accept these quests. Not only could they visit Stone Forest Town, but they could also earn some money along the way. It was killing two birds with one stone.
However, not everyone could accept these two birds with one stone. As these were Escort Quests, there were certain requirements for players' strength. Moreover, the larger the caravan, the higher the requirements. Players who could accept these Escort Quests had to be at least of the elite standard. The Main God System would set the Escort Quests' strength at the standard of an elite player. If the Escort Quests defeated the Escort Quests, they would receive the Escort Quests.
Meanwhile, if one wanted to become the caravan's vice leader and earn more rewards, they needed to be at the standard of an expert player.
Ordinary players had no chance of accepting such an Advanced Escort Quest.
Currently, this caravan had over a hundred players accompanying it. Even if a Level 45 Great Lord led the caravan, the NPC Escort Quests would not need to take action. Just the players escorting the caravan were enough to deal with the monsters.
"Commander, are we really going to Stone Forest Town to purchase a private house?" A beautiful woman in a gray robe with long, wavy red hair sat in a carriage. She turned her head and asked a man with disheveled hair who seemed to be in a good mood.
Meanwhile, the beautiful woman's words quickly attracted the attention of the nearby players.
Not only was this woman's appearance attractive, but she was also a Level 43 Summoner. She was also the vice leader of Firecloud Fox, a well-known adventurer team in the Black Dragon Empire. Firecloud Fox was an expert that ranked among the top 100 on the Black Dragon Empire's Summoner List.
Graceful Moon!
Many large Guilds in the Black Dragon Empire had tried to recruit her, but none had succeeded...
As for the disheveled man, he was even more powerful. He was none other than Remnant Cloud, Firecloud Fox's commander. He was a Level 43 Shield Warrior, and his strength ranked within the top 100 of the Black Dragon Empire's Shield Warrior Expert List.
It was precisely because Firecloud Fox had such a powerful MT that Firecloud Fox had become one of the most famous adventurer teams in the Black Dragon Empire. Firecloud Fox was a large-scale adventurer team with over 500 members.
"I plan to take a look around first. If Stone Forest Town really is as good as the rumors say, it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy a private house there," Remnant Cloud said, chuckling.
Stone Forest Town was relatively famous in the Black Dragon Empire. The main reason for this fame was its Battle Arena.
Stone Forest Town's fame was due to the fact that some of the top 100 experts of the various classes in the Black Dragon Empire had trained in Stone Forest Town's Battle Arena. Moreover, their rankings had continued to rise.
Because of this, Stone Forest Town's Battle Arena had become popular in the Black Dragon Empire.
To improve his adventurer team's members' strength, he had come to take a look.
"Commander, it's fine if you want to take a look, but if you want to buy a private house and develop in Stone Forest Town, I think you should forget about it. I've heard that the Ling YI Society and the Sky Burial Society are currently at war. Currently, the Sky Burial Society has a slight advantage. In the future, the Sky Burial Society's Red Iron Town will have a better future. Not only are there many high-resource maps nearby, but you can also use Evernight City as a transit point. It is much more convenient than Stone Forest Town.
"As for the Battle Arena, the various large Guilds are currently constructing Battle Arenas in their own towns. It is only a matter of time before they catch up to Stone Forest Town's Battle Arena."
Graceful Moon did not place much importance on the Ling YI Society's Stone Forest Town. In her opinion, Stone Forest Town only had a slight advantage right now. As time passed, the various Guild towns in the Black Dragon Empire would catch up to Stone Forest Town. After all, the Black Dragon Empire was far more powerful than the Starmoon Kingdom.
Even if she wanted to purchase a private house in the Starmoon Kingdom, from a long-term perspective, purchasing a private house in Red Iron Town would be much better than purchasing one in Stone Forest Town.
"I guess you're right. However, since we're already here, let's go take a look," Remnant Cloud said, nodding. After giving the matter some thought, Remnant Cloud agreed with Graceful Moon's words. The Battle Arena had already become popular in the various large Guild towns. As for the Mana density problem, the various large Guilds were also trying to resolve it. It was only a matter of time before they resolved this issue.
While Remnant Cloud and Graceful Moon were chatting, a commotion suddenly broke out in the dense forest on both sides of the trade route. Following which, pitch-black figures darted out of the forest one after another. There were over a thousand of these figures. Not only did these figures block the trade caravan's path, but they also surrounded it.
The appearance of these monsters immediately alerted all of the players on the trade route.
These monsters weren't the same as the monsters that had appeared before. Not only did these monsters radiate frightening auras, but they also had human-like wisdom in their eyes. Ordinary monsters simply couldn't compare to these monsters. Moreover, these monsters' levels were clearly frighteningly high.
Every one of these monsters was Level 70, 25 levels higher than the monsters they had encountered before. These were monsters that current players simply couldn't deal with.
"How is this possible? Didn't they say that these Evil Demons only attack passing players? Why are they attacking a trade caravan now? "
Some of the Starmoon Kingdom's guard players recognized the Evil Demons immediately. They were no strangers to these monsters. After all, a large number of Evil Demons had attacked Stone Forest Town in the past. Moreover, it was nothing new for Evil Demons to attack Stone Forest Town's players.
However, what surprised everyone was that these Evil Demons actually dared to attack an NPC trade caravan.
The NPC trade caravan wasn't just made up of players. There were also a large number of NPC guards accompanying the trade caravan, and these guards were all Level 80. Moreover, three Level 80, Tier 3 guards led these NPC guards. There were also over 60 Level 80, Tier 2 guards and over a hundred Level 80, Tier 1 guards. Current players simply couldn't contend with such a force easily.
However, before anyone could recover from their shock, the surrounding Evil Demons surged forward.
"Hahaha! Go! Destroy all of these goods! Let's see what the Ling YI Society will do!" Ghost Shadow, who hid in the forest, said, chuckling as he watched the encircled NPC trade caravan.
In order to take down the NPC trade caravan, the Sky Burial Society had dispatched not only the Ghost Shadow Legion's elites but also Beast Emperor's Evil Demon army. Two of the Evil Demons' leaders were Level 70 Grand Lords. As long as they had enough time, they would have no problems taking down the NPC trade caravan.
Although the Evil Demons' levels were lower than the NPCs', they had the advantage in numbers. Moreover, the Evil Demons didn't need to annihilate the NPCs. They only needed to take care of the caravan's cargo and players.
"Damn it! Why are there so many powerful monsters?!" Graceful Moon's brows twitched.
Not only did the Level 70 Chieftain ranked Evil Demons effortlessly defeat her summoned creatures, but they also dodged her Demonic Bullets. If not for Remnant Cloud activating his Berserk Skill and Lifesaving Skill, the Evil Demons would've long since closed in on her.
Meanwhile, the other players weren't as lucky. Despite having NPC guards, over a dozen of them died in the blink of an eye …
In this battle, players like themselves were completely useless. They were nothing more than ants to be slaughtered.
"Moon, I'll cover your retreat! Hurry up and leave!" Remnant Cloud could tell that only death awaited them if they stayed. A battle of this caliber wasn't something players like them could participate in.
"But …" Graceful Moon wanted to say something, but when she saw Remnant Cloud, who had activated his Berserk Skill, being suppressed by a High Lord ranked Evil Demon, despite her reluctance, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and activate an Instantaneous Movement Scroll.
"There's no need to struggle!" Ghost Shadow said disdainfully as he watched several players take out Instantaneous Movement Scrolls from the forest.
Before they had taken action, he had used the tool Beast Emperor had given him to seal off the surrounding space. Players would be dreaming if they thought they could escape using Return Scrolls and Instantaneous Movement Scrolls.
"How is this possible?" Graceful Moon's expression darkened as she watched the Instantaneous Movement Scroll disappear.
Although Remnant Cloud barely held on with the support of the rear line healers, it was only a matter of time before he died.
When Remnant Cloud had less than 20% of his HP remaining, a Great Lord ranked Evil Demon suddenly circled behind him and swiped its sharp claws at his back. Remnant Cloud was already exhausted from defending against the Evil Demon in front of him. He didn't have the strength to defend himself against the attack from behind.
"Commander!" Graceful Moon could not help but exclaim.
"I'm going to die, just like that?" Remnant Cloud knew that he was doomed when he faced the Great Lord ranked Evil Demon's attack.
Suddenly, a spatial tear appeared between Remnant Cloud and the Evil Demon. A figure then emerged from the spatial tear. However, the Evil Demon's attack didn't falter as it continued to swipe its claws at Remnant Cloud.
"Careful!" Remnant Cloud shouted. He could tell that the figure was a player.
However, the two sides were too close to each other, less than three yards apart. Even an expert player wouldn't be able to keep up with the Great Lord ranked Evil Demon's sudden attack.
However, when the Evil Demon's claws were less than one yard away, a blue glow blossomed.
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