The name of this mission is "Topographic Mapping: Northwest Mountains" and it is a Bronze-level mapping mission.
There are many such tasks on the task bulletin board, which are a series of tasks.
Those who issue such tasks are usually the officials of the small town, hiring people who are good at surveying and mapping to help them explore the surrounding environment and see if there is anything that needs attention.
Generally speaking, this kind of task is very unpopular among professionals.
Because the terrain surveying and mapping tasks take a very long time, but the rewards are very small. For example, for the task that Xue Hua saw, the reward is only 50 points of combat merit, which does not seem to be much, but compared to the time consumed,
, this kind of reward is simply cheating the big daddy.
Moreover, the requirement of this surveying and mapping task is that starting from Black Point Town, the entire mountain range radiating to the entire northwest region must be included in the surveying and mapping scope. This is very time-consuming, sometimes even taking up to a month.
And the most important thing is that mapping maps requires certain professional knowledge. Although after you accept the task, you can use the task badge to go to the town management office in the center of the town to get a terrain mapping ball to help you complete the task, but how to do it better?
Using this mapping ball, this is not a simple problem.
Therefore, few people generally take on surveying and mapping tasks, so that until now, even the nearby terrain of Black Point Town has not been fully explored.
However, Xue Hua felt that this mission was very good. The group of professionals guarding the mining convoy that the Supervisory King had discovered before was hidden in the unknown mountain range in the northwest. He could just take the opportunity of doing this mission to investigate.
Come on, let’s see what these guys are doing.
Moreover, he has a badge with a surveying and mapping mission on him. If the other party is really a bait arranged by professionals, he will have a reason to say it, so that he will not be treated as a guy with malicious intentions by others.
As for the real exploration of the map, is this kind of thing a problem for the insect swarm?
Long before he entered Black Corner Town, the Monitoring King Insect had already clearly detected the mountain range in the northwest region.
Thinking of this, Xue Hua smiled slightly, took out his merit card and leaned it against the task sequence, and a brass badge appeared in his hand.
After receiving this task, Xue Hua quickly rushed to the management office in the center of the town. He received a fist-sized mapping ball in the slightly weird eyes of the staff, and then left Black Corner Town without stopping, heading northwest.
Rush to the mountainous area.
...
At the same time, on the other side of the mountains in the northwest, two evil covenanters wearing black cloaks were also quickly rushing towards the inside of the mountains.
The two of them ate and slept all the way, not daring to slack off at all. They just wanted to eat the mine convoy that they had obtained as quickly as possible.
For them, time is really running out. The frontline demon king's plan will not be delayed because of their mistakes in the rear. If there is a problem behind them that affects the frontal battle situation, the consequences will be really terrible.
It's not something people like them can afford.
"Horn, do you think we can complete the mission before His Highness the Demon Lord's plan is launched?"
Duke, who was in charge of this side of Black Point Town, asked with some worry.
"It must be completed no matter what. Even if one team is missing, the plan must be launched on time. This is a non-negotiable matter."
Horn answered coldly, never pausing at all.
The failure of Duke's second attempt to plunder the mining convoy was a big blow to their plan. For this plan, they mobilized almost all available resources lurking in the hinterland of the professionals to truly seize the mining convoy.
The Winged Demon troops provided cover and distributed the plunder of the mining convoy around the three towns.
And that's not all.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of the professionals, they almost exhausted all means to create smoke screens and concoct other events to attract attention. For this purpose, they even hooked up with a small tribe of fallen demon clones that had been lurking behind for a long time.
All of this is to cover up their real attempt to rob the mining convoy transporting the lighthouse crystal.
For this plan, they prepared for nearly half a year, and very carefully separated the locations and intervals for plundering the mining convoys. It was not easy to gather the five mining convoys now.
Before His Highness the Demon Lord's plan was about to be launched, they were still full of confidence in the success of their assigned mission. However, this confidence was cast a shadow not long ago due to a failed robbery operation.
Frankly speaking, it's not that they can't accept failure. They have even suffered failures before when they plundered mining convoys in other towns, but it must not be at this time!
Therefore, the leader assigned the most elite winged demon team to Duke in the hope that he could complete the final elements of the plan in one fell swoop.
But the result...
Thinking of the possible consequences of this matter, Horn felt a chill in his heart, and at the same time he wanted to pay less attention to the idiot behind him.
Fortunately, this guy is not stupid enough. It was only the Winged Demons who attacked the convoy. At least he did not expose himself. Otherwise, once the professionals know that a demonic group led by the Evil Contractor has appeared behind them, then
Their mission may be completely over!
Thinking of this, Horn sighed, glanced at the teammate behind him with cold eyes, and mentally labeled him as a "pig teammate who can sell out".
Someone must bear the consequences of failure. If there are five teams, there is a loophole that must be filled.
Since this loophole was created by Duke...then let him fill it with his life!
...
On the front line further north of Black Point Town, a huge fortress made entirely of pitch-black boulders stood on a vast plain with cold winds.
The dark twilight reflected the equally dark outer walls of the fortress, making it look as terrifying as a terrifying beast crawling in the night.
On the high wall outside the fortress, inside a command tent, dim light shone through the narrow space. It was obvious that the people in the tent were not asleep.
A middle-aged man with silver hair and a shaggy beard, wearing a feather cloak of the same color as his hair, sat in front of the desk, holding a stack of letters in his hand and reading silently.
While reading, he rubbed the stubble on his chin with his left index finger, his eyes shining with confusion and clarity.
After a long time, he took out a few letters from the stack of letters in his hand, and took out a stack of parchment paper from the inventory, placed it on the desk, and started to compare with a frown.
While comparing them, the expression on his face began to slowly become colder and colder.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that the silver-haired man suddenly stood up from the table, his expression changed uncertainly, and then his whole body suddenly disappeared directly into the tent!
A gust of biting wind rushed in from outside the tent, and the candle on the table couldn't withstand the damage. It swayed twice and then went out.
Only it knows how many sleepless nights the owner of this desk spent in this small command tent for those letters.
