Rhodes took the vampire onto another carriage approved by the Silver Seal Merchant Group.
There are two rows of seats on the left and right sides of the carriage, but the space is not spacious and is obviously only prepared for a small number of people.
After entering the carriage from the side, Rhodes sat down on the seat in the carriage.
Looking at some of the decorations inside the carriage and the windows that could be opened on both sides, Rhodes realized that this carriage was originally prepared to transport passengers.
Rhodes guessed that due to the generous rewards for transporting passengers, the Silver Seal Merchant Group itself will choose to bring some passengers, but not too many. Once the number of passengers becomes too large, things beyond the control of the Silver Seal Merchant Group will happen.
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For carrying passengers, it is definitely cheaper to form a large business group. Passengers who want to go to the City of Lament have already left with the previous large business group. This led to the fact that until two days before departure, the Silver Seal
None of the business groups found any passengers.
This is why, at the beginning, User did not directly reject Rhodes as a traveler because of his status as a necromancer, but instead negotiated travel expenses with Rhodes.
At first, User wanted to use verbal suppression to make Rhodes pay the high travel expenses. But through his own observation, Rhodes discovered the real goods he was transporting, so User had to waive Rhodes' travel expenses as a
Rhodes’ hush money.
After determining that what the Silver Seal Merchant Group was really transporting was the Soul Crystal, Rhodes only proposed to become a passenger and did not take this opportunity to extort a sum of money from the Merchant Group. He also had his own considerations.
As Rhodes said, he is a traveler following the business group, and he must be taken care of by the business group along the way.
The Silver Seal Merchant Group is willing to hide this information from Rhodes and not charge any travel expenses to Rhodes and his party, which is a sign of weakness. If Rhodes really wants to push the envelope, the Merchant Group is not a vegetarian.
Along the way, Rhodes could not always guard against retaliation from the business group. With a few senior professionals, plus a spell caster, with reasonable arrangements, it might not be impossible to kill Rhodes and the vampire.
Just like the current situation, although the business group cannot get travel expenses from Rhodes, they will not forcibly kill Rhodes, whose strength is unknown, and increase losses to themselves. Rhodes can also follow the business group to Diya, forget it.
The above is for everyone to get what they need.
"Dead Soul Crystal..."
Sitting in the carriage, Rhodes recalled the previous situation, took out the Soul Crystal from the space ring, checked it, and handed it to the vampire next to him.
The vampire immediately felt like he had found a treasure. After taking it, he held the crystal of the dead soul tightly in his hand and kept it close to his body.
The undead crystal releases death energy all the time. This death energy can help the necromancer transform undead creatures, and can also help undead creatures advance.
Therefore, in Diya, soul crystals are very popular among necromancers, but in other places they can only be used as jewelry decorations, and the price is much lower than in Diya.
According to Rhodes' feeling, the vampire's advancement in the previous tomb was probably triggered by this dead soul crystal.
At this time, since he had planned to follow the business group to the City of Screams, Rhodes did not know how long it would take along the way. He gave the Dead Soul Crystal to the vampire in the hope that he could improve his strength by absorbing the energy of death. After the advancement is interrupted, the vampire cannot advance again for a short period of time, but it can rely on the death energy released by the Revenant Crystal to maintain its strength at the peak of the third level, waiting for the next opportunity to advance.
At this time, the sky outside the carriage had completely darkened.
Watching the vampire calmly absorbing the energy emitted by the Dead Soul Crystal, Rhodes himself had some plans.
Rhodes did not choose to meditate. Rhodes' mana has reached the upper limit corresponding to the knowledge attribute. Regular meditation cannot have any effect except accelerating the recovery of mana.
At this time, the only thing that can improve Rhodes' strength is deep meditation.
However, the conditions required to enter deep meditation are harsh, and besides, Rhodes himself has some ideas.
Since coming to this world, Rhodes has been fighting continuously, leaving no time to rest. Even if he has a little free time, he is preparing for the next battle. The only way to rest is to meditate.
Until now, Rhodes has never slept once. Through meditation, even though the physical fatigue can be recovered, the mental sleepiness caused by the battle cannot be eliminated.
In this state, Rhodes did not think that he could successfully enter a state of deep meditation. His past life experience taught him that instead of meditating in vain, it is better to spend time adjusting his state to the best, and then try deep meditation.
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Therefore, Rhodes chose to adjust his mental state through sleep.
Since the space inside the carriage was not spacious, Rhodes could not lie down with his whole body. He could only sit on the seat, cross his hands, lean against the wooden board at the back of the carriage, close his eyes, and begin to try to fall asleep.
As for whether the Silver Seal Merchant Group will take this opportunity to surround him, Rhodes is not worried.
The business group with a large number of dead soul crystals will be more cautious than Rhodes thought, fearing that an abnormal move will attract the attention of other forces. They will surround and kill tourists in the station. Is there anything more outrageous than this?
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A long time.
Perhaps due to the vigilance in his subconscious mind, even when he fell asleep, Rhodes could not completely fall into a deep sleep, but remained semi-awake.
The noisy sounds around him and the vibrations coming from under his feet made Rhodes wake up from his sleep in time. The vampire seemed to feel nothing and was still absorbing the energy emitted by the dead soul crystal. p>
In an instant, Rhodes opened a gap in the window on the side and looked outside.
The sky was still dark, showing a dark blue light. The entire business group was already ready, and a large number of carriages gathered around, preparing to move in one direction.
"Are you awake?"
As if aware of the movement in the carriage, a hoarse voice came from the front of the carriage.
Rhodes pushed open the window and looked forward. It was the thief he saw yesterday, sitting in front of the carriage he was sitting on, whipping the horses in front of him with a whip.
"You should feel honored. The business group changed the departure time for you."
After specifically confessing this matter to Rhodes, the thief said nothing and just drove the carriage ahead.
Rhodes said nothing more, closed the window again, and sat back in the carriage.
Rhodes understood what the thief meant. Since he was not sure whether the information would be leaked, after a night of preparation, the business group decided to set off one day early and set off early today.
The sky had just begun to light up when the business group formed a long queue, leaving the Freelance Chamber of Commerce's premises and heading towards the entrance of the town.
At this time, under the dark blue sky, several people dressed in black robes were staring at the caravan going away, indicating that this journey would not be peaceful.