After some new forces joined, the efficiency of ice-breaking and withering increased significantly.
Moreover, the arrival of new members means that the expedition team is no longer just a single physical melee fighter.
Various mid-position and rear-position combatants bring various functions such as reconnaissance, assistance, reinforcement, battlefield medical treatment, firepower output, etc. The configuration of the team quickly becomes more reasonable, and the actual combat capability is doubled.
Although they face more and more monsters, their speed increases.
One difficulty after another was overcome by them, and the pace of victory of this simple expedition team seemed unstoppable.
Molly also successfully convinced the giant businessmen of Maihara.
They agreed to purchase official supplies for the expedition team and provide cash on delivery services for the supplies they purchased.
The giant businessmen are much more reliable than Molly imagined.
The first batch of supplies was transported from the royal city to the underground city stronghold in just half a day.
Molly inspected all the goods herself.
Not only is the quantity sufficient, but the quality is also excellent.
The representative of the giant delivery company almost had his eyes on Molly, and he couldn't bear to let go of her hand, as if he really wanted to pounce on her and lick her twice.
Molly was keenly aware of this and took advantage of this to lower the price of the goods, saving several thousand silver cords.
The representatives of the giant businessmen who were so fascinated did not notice at all. After they returned, they deducted ten times the lost salary.
Both parties are happy.
The commissioner placed in the caravan described to the giant merchants what he saw and heard, the blazing protective fire, the huge underground city stronghold, the safe surrounding environment, and the cleared area of at least hundreds of thousands of square meters.< /p>
Of course, the focus of the description is the shrewd, beautiful and capable commander's assistant Molly.
This convinced the giant businessmen that the development mission of Fanxing Town was very likely to succeed.
They keenly sensed business opportunities.
Therefore, the giant businessman further contacted Molly through spiritual crow messengers and psychic communication, hoping to deepen cooperation.
When things have reached this point, Rhodes has completely confirmed that there are no changes in the businessmen of this world.
Even if they are in such a dark world, even if they face such a severe living environment, their essence has not changed at all.
"In this case, things will be much easier to handle."
Rhodes showed a successful smile.
"Molly, tell them that if they want to cooperate further, they can lend me five million silver cords first and pay them back in one year at a 50% interest rate."
Molly's eyes were uncertain, and although her face was serious, her hands clenching the corners of her clothes showed her inner uneasiness and confusion. She asked softly: "Will they agree to such a large amount of money?"
The corners of Rhode's mouth rose, outlining a look that was one part evil, one part flamboyant, three parts casual, and one part confident.
"I will."
"Can we afford to pay back 7.5 million silver cords in one year?"
"It's still affordable, believe me."
Molly was silent, and after a moment she whispered: "Rod, you seem to be a little different."
Rhodes shook his head slightly and stood up. The day's battle was about to begin again. This was also the most joyful harvest moment.
No amount of soul is too much.
"Molly, this is how I am. I just wandered around in a strange environment for too long and returned to familiar territory."
Opening the door, the light of the guardian fire itself poured in, giving his smile a hazy golden color.
"Don't worry, Molly, our good days are really coming."
He walked out of the door and jumped down from the hole in the outer wall.
Noisy sounds came from below. Although the giant well in the underground city was very deep, the enthusiastic sounds were still clearly audible.
Everyone happily welcomes the new day's battle, as if it were an outing.
After a while, the sound of rumbling footsteps was heard, and they were running along the stairs towards the outside of the giant well.
The few people who couldn't wait flew upward along the wall, accompanied by the scoldings of captains O'Hara and Conder.
After a while, the dungeon returned to calm.
In the dim room, Molly suddenly showed a smile, and her serious expression melted like ice.
"Perhaps, good times are really coming."
She stood up, her tall figure fully demonstrating the charm of the black silk stockings.
"Thank you, Rod."
Molly chuckled and walked out of the room.
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The communication with the giant businessman was much smoother than expected.
Maihara, the leader of the giant businessman, personally conducted an expensive instant psychic communication with her, and the cost of the communication was paid by the giant businessman.
In the end, the giant merchants agreed to pay off the loan of five million silver cords in one lump sum, but required that all supplies in Fanxing Town must be purchased at the giant merchants' gathering, and all captured trophies must be sold through them.
Rhodes did not fully agree with this point and attached a condition.
If it is obviously inconsistent with the market price, they have the right to sell it to another person.
To this end, he mortgaged his house in the uptown area to a wealthy businessman.
Although it cannot be sold in theory, the giants do not care about this.
The giant merchant was very efficient. The next day, the box containing five million silver cords was delivered directly to the dungeon base.
A new female representative signed a special psychic contract with Rhodes.
The second step of cooperation between the two parties has been officially reached.
With such a large amount of money, not only do they no longer have to worry about weekly wages and supplies, they can also further hire more logistics personnel to quickly transform this area sunk in darkness into a place suitable for human habitation.
Environment.
You know, due to lack of manpower, the dungeon has only cleared less than one-tenth of the area so far.
Areas that have been in the dark for too long will inevitably become smelly of corruption and pollution.
If you live without purification, it is equivalent to walking into the black fog without any protection.
Purifying an area is a very tedious task. It requires the use of a variety of purification agents to carefully clean away the pollution hidden in walls, floors, and cracks.
Trorian has survived to this day, and this work has become quite mature. It does not require powerful psychic powers, but only requires patience, care, and enough purification potions.
There are only two logistics personnel in Rhodes' team doing this. They are already foaming at the mouth, vomiting and having diarrhea, their hands and feet are twitching from exhaustion, and they have not yet finished purifying the fully occupied underground city stronghold, let alone the outside.
A large area has been cleared.
Molly hired 3,000 support staff at one go and escorted them here under the escort of Maihara's wealthy businessmen.
It is worth mentioning that the escort fee is also paid on collect.
The weekly salary of non-fire bearers is not high, usually around 50 silver cords. Although Fanxing Town Underground City is far away from the royal city and located in the dark world, Rhodes' promise of free food and accommodation is very attractive to them. p>
At that time, as soon as the employment notice for the giant businessman in Maihara came out, the door was almost bursting open, and the crowds came in and crowded several nearby streets.
From morning to evening, the crowd did not decrease by half, but became more and more numerous.
As evening passed, the firelight dimmed, and the suppressed black mist did not drive away the crowd. The Xiacheng District Government Affairs Office had to send people with copper lamps to guard around the recruitment office to protect their safety.
For the sake of their good cooperative relationship, the giant businessmen carefully selected 3,000 people, let them board large mechanical vehicles, follow the opened roads, pass through the outer defense circle, the City of Stars, and finally reach the underground of Fanxing Town.
City stronghold.
Just the successful arrival made these three thousand people cheer. Nothing can make people feel warmer than the light of fire in the endless darkness.
The giant well structure of the underground city also made them feel extremely safe.
People living in a dark world always have a natural affinity for fire and walls.
Here, they met Rhodes, the most dazzling new star in the legend this year, and many residents knew his name.
His youthful appearance made many people kneel down and cry. There is a law that has been circulating in Trolian that the younger the star is, the more dazzling he will be in the future.
The last rising star at such a young age is now the first knight, Alan, the hero in the hearts of countless people.
The more strong people appear, the more peaceful they can live in this world. This is the simple wish of all Trorian residents.
Rhodes was a little confused by this scene. Three thousand people knelt in a crowd, making him very embarrassed.
Fortunately, Molly helped him out. She informed them in detail about the rules of the dungeon and their daily work, and asked two logistics staff to take them away and arrange their accommodation.
With the participation of these three thousand people, the purification work is finally on the right track.
The plan has successfully taken the first step, but Rhodes still needs to determine the details for the next few steps.
After another day of collecting monsters, Rhodes returned to the dungeon, ate the not-so-delicious canned black beef, had a brief chat with his brothers and sisters, then returned to his room and entered a dreamland.