Chapter 290: Magic Journey 4, there are no useless things, only people who can't use them
"Tang, I'm sorry, I have caused trouble for you." Lu'a felt deeply sorry. He was the one who accepted the devil's contract, but the Mages Guild found evidence of Tang Shidao's "collaboration" and the provision of devil's contract research materials, proving that Tang Shidao was responsible for this disaster.
supporters.
A student who helps summon demons.
Naturally, I will definitely not be able to stay in the Magic Academy.
"It's okay, Lu, I just wanted to take a walk outside. I don't have the funds and I can't stay in the magic academy for long." Tang Shidao shook his head gently.
I thought: If I didn’t leave the notes intentionally, it would be strange if they could find evidence that I assisted you.
This incident was originally a set-up.
I can't follow the real history, because you failed, and I have to help you successfully win the beauty back, otherwise you won't be able to get the only spell. If we don't go on the road together, it will be much more difficult to help you.
"Tang, have you decided where to go?"
"It's up to you. I've been in an orphanage since I was a child. I only know the outside world by reading books." Tang Shidao didn't make up his mind.
joke.
What if the plot is twisted?
The previous mages were all elites, and it is very likely that they will identify you as the 'protagonist'. If they know but fail, it proves that the task is not that simple. It is almost certain that they will go and kidnap the female general Kirana now.
Then if I marry you, this game will be over soon, and there will be no chance of success.
"Do you dare to go to the Boneyard?" Lu'a came up with an unexpected answer.
"Are you sure about this?" Tang Shidao laughed secretly in his heart.
"I have a devil's contract, so I'm not afraid." Lu'a's eyes flashed brightly, and he could see that he had already made a plan. He even said that he had already thought of a way out before he started to destroy the Bei family. He did not give up on Kirana.
Still locking in this life goal.
"As long as you have confidence." Tang Shidao nodded.
I'm not surprised at all by Lu'a's choice.
Bones Border is not a city.
It can even be said that it does not belong to any country. Because this world has magic springs, many races of Warcraft have been produced on the earth. Unlike humans, Warcraft have no order and often invade human society. If a country wants to establish and eliminate
World of Warcraft is a must. Some Warcraft are too powerful or reproduce too quickly, so they can only be driven away first.
The Bone Border Desert is equivalent to the Great Wall in ancient times. It is not a national border, it is the dividing line between humans and monsters.
All country borders.
Unless it borders another country, the border is a dead end.
The word "Bian Bian Huang" refers to the bones of dead people who were thrown directly on the battlefield before it was too late to collect their bodies. "Bian" refers to the border. "Desolate" means that this border line is very 'desolate'. In order to prevent the invasion of monsters, the kingdom's army burned the forest on the border.
Light fills rivers, overthrows mountains, and buries swamps. In short, there must be no hiding place on this border. Even if a mouse comes, you have to see it thousands of meters away.
The White Bone Border must be flat and unobstructed, and the whole thing can be seen at a glance.
Opposite is the Warcraft territory.
It's so dangerous, who else but the military would dare to come?
The answer is... mercenaries!
"Warcraft is the most valuable thing in the world. There is no one. The more powerful the Warcraft is, the more valuable it is. Tang, we want to make a fortune, and the Bone Wasteland is the best place for us. We have been in the Magic Academy for so long, and we have to deal with these beasts like the Bei family.
After a hard fight, I found that without money to support the mage, it is impossible to practice."
"Yes, I understand." Tang Shidao nodded.
Going to the Bone Wasteland is the first choice for the protagonist to counterattack.
Nothing wrong with it at all.
"Don't worry, Tang. I'm not completely unsure. I won't mention the power of the devil, just its resources. You may not know that the abyss has a large amount of iron mother ore, but the devils don't like it. They prefer red copper or fire crystal.
.I plan to make a deal with the devil and trade magic materials with the mercenaries for the iron mother ore."
"Lu, your profit from this kind of transaction won't be very high. It doesn't seem worth it to continue trading with the devil."
"Don, you are very smart. It's great to have you help me. Yes, this matter is not very profitable. But I have to do this, and I need those mercenaries."
"Why not choose the army?"
"Because there is a country behind the army, Tang, they will not listen to me. The mercenaries are different. As long as they are used to my goods, they cannot do without my help, and they also have to help me with certain things.
Once I collapse, they won't be able to find channels like me in a short time. When I accumulate to a certain level, I can also hire some people to slowly grow."
Tang Shidao was speechless upon hearing this.
There's nothing wrong with that.
With a demon as a backer, there is no problem in terms of safety. Using goods to tie up customers is the same as "user stickiness" in modern times. Lu'a himself is very talented, he has a goal in life, and he is determined to make progress.
No surprises.
Tang Shidao and Lv'a were on their way to the White Bone Desert, and things unfolded slowly and smoothly just as Lv'a had imagined.
There are also some small frictions.
However, mages are still very capable of solving problems.
Tang Shidao felt that Lu'a's success was not only due to his careful planning, smart mind, and the support of the devil behind him, but more importantly, his identity: a magician!
In this world, magicians have their own aura of high power. Even if every mercenary knows that Lu'a is the 'bad guy' who made a deal with the devil, it doesn't matter to them when they see the iron mother ore. Beside the Bones
Looking for a living here, is there any difference between good and bad people?
When the claws of the monster tear open your chest, when the teeth of the monster bite your bones, will it first ask you whether you are a good person or a bad person?
No, it won't.
What can protect your life is not your identity as a good person, but your iron mother's armor or iron mother's shield.
Lu'a poured iron mother ore from the hands of the abyss demon, and the golden-horned demon also obtained a large amount of magic materials from humans. The two benefited, and the cooperation naturally became closer. However, Tang Shidao felt that... the plot was too slow.
It took two or three months for Lv Ah to finally gain a foothold.
Seeing Lu'a working hard on calculations and taking time to practice summoning spells, Tang Shidao secretly apologized: It's not that you don't work hard, it's that I can't follow your true life path. After all, you failed in real history.
the next day.
Tang Shidao played the role of a nerd and invited the leader of the most famous local mercenary group.
"Master Lu'a, I don't know why you invited us here."
"Everyone, my friend Tang wants to talk to you about something. I'm sorry to excuse you all. I'll invite you to the Red Moon Tavern later." Although Lu'a is a mage, he has now let go of himself to be a slippery businessman.
"Well, okay, I'll give you face. Tang, please tell me if you have anything to do." Everyone said impatiently.
Tang Shidao didn't mind either.
After all, it feels like these people are just a bunch of data.
Open the book.
Tang Shidao read slowly: "The Mad Wolf Mercenary Group was established 16 years ago, and has carried out 284 missions and suffered 605 casualties, with an average of about 2 deaths per mission."
"What do you mean?" A tall man in a wolf-head helmet stood up, his broad-bladed sword already unsheathed.
Tang Shidao continued: "The War Bull Mercenary Group was established 23 years ago and only does large-scale missions. 422 people died in 67 missions, with an average of about 5 people each time."
"..." The muscular man in the bull helmet said nothing, only touching the knife.
"The Blood Tiger Mercenary Group has been established for 5 years. It has carried out 52 missions and killed 374 people. An average of about 7 people died each time."
"..." A one-eyed man clenched his fist.
"Iron Thorn Mercenary, founded 64 years ago, is the oldest mercenary group in the country..."
"On average, 3 people die each time. I've done the math. Boy, what exactly do you want to say?" an old mercenary with a gray beard said bitterly.
Tang Shidao ignored it.
Slowly.
One by one, they read the data of all the mercenary groups present, completely ignoring everyone's anger, and finally said: "The above are the casualty figures of the major local mercenary groups, recorded as of yesterday. I believe most of you have
You know your own business, but you may not have paid attention to the other set of numbers."
Everyone listened quietly.
If this little guy can't tell something serious, even Lu'a's friend will hit him.
Tang Shidao flipped through the book again: "I counted your records and found a set of interesting figures. Whenever the 'sentinels' of the mercenary group come back alive, the number of casualties in the mercenary group is only 30% on average. On the contrary, if the sentry dies
Now, the casualties of the mercenary group are several times that of usual."
"Do you think it's our first day as a mercenary? Who doesn't know the importance of sentinels?" Some regiment leaders roared angrily.
"What's even more interesting is that the proportion of death mercenaries is... 6% for mages, with the lowest mortality rate. Then there are 23% gunmen, 31% shield guards, 37% assassins, 48% melee warriors, and the highest is sentry, Gundam
87% rate.”
"..." The group leaders were silent.
A general mission requires walking through the Bone Border and entering the territory of Warcraft. The sentinel is the most important 'eye'.
Therefore, sentry detectives are also the most dangerous.
For the sentinel who was at the forefront, being able to survive for five rounds already gave him face.
"Boy, you asked us to come here, didn't you want to deliberately laugh at us?" the most senior leader of the Iron Thorns said coldly, half of the steel sword in his hand was drawn out.
"Of course not, I'm not that free." Tang Shidao took out a glass bottle with a red poisonous bee in it: "It is one of the creatures in the abyss, and its name is a blood-sucking poisonous bee. There are many such things in the abyss,
It's very annoying, and worst of all, it has no combat or medicinal value."
A group of mercenaries listened quietly, knowing that this was just the beginning.
"In addition to being harmful and useless, the venom of blood-sucking bees is also very annoying. According to experiments, people who have been sucked by blood-sucking bees many times will be severely poisoned, with weak limbs, general weakness, and visual hallucinations in their eyes."
Tang Shidao said this and took out a map of the surrounding area, then waved three thin children in, and said: "They are all my experimenters, and they have been feeding the children of poisonous bees."
Some of the mercenaries couldn't bear it, while others didn't care.
Tang Shidao continued to explain: "No matter what you think in your heart, it doesn't matter. Frankly speaking, I just want to help these children. There are too many mercenaries in the Bone Border Wasteland, and there are too many women in the flesh business. The children here will starve to death in a month."
Dozens. So... I just mentioned that the eyes of poisoned people will have hallucinations, so first, you come and tell me what you saw."
Signal to the first child.
The child was timid and did not dare to step forward. Tang Shidao took out a piece of bread. He immediately rushed forward to take it and stuffed it into his clothes. He said softly: "I saw a group of wolves, a group of wolves with horns, and a group of wild dogs.
, a wild dog with many thorns on its back. And... there are many woods around, with white trees that look a bit like metal."
The mercenary captains were stunned when they heard this.
Tang Shidao pointed to the map: "I said it's Silver Pine Forest. Do you have any objection? Okay, tell me, how many horned wolves are there?"
"Probably... there are about 40 to 60 of them. I didn't see them clearly."
"Well, what about you, what did you see?" Tang Shidao asked someone else.
"I saw a big group of blue deer. The total number was 156. They were very quiet. I counted them four times and they were correct. There were also six big black snakes with white spots in the grass nearby. They were very big.
, bigger than me." The second little girl was much calmer.
Tang Shidao pointed to a place on the map, and all the mercenaries nodded in unison, their eyes showing enthusiasm.
It doesn't matter what the third child says.
This is the result!
Vampire bees can suck blood, poison, and cause visual hallucinations in people...but this vision is the Vampire Bee's own vision.
This is the Sentinel!
The mercenaries understood why Tang could help the children here.
Vampire wasps are very harmful. Those who are poisoned will have weak limbs and general weakness, so mercenaries will definitely not do it. On the contrary, it is much easier to 'feed' vampire bees with these children, just give them a full meal. Even if they are sucked blood
If there are too many, you can make up for it with some good meat and vegetables.
"Are they flexible?" the mercenary captains asked anxiously.
"They can fly, which is at least ten times better than human sentries. And there are so many of them that it would not be a pity even if eight out of ten of them die. Commanders, please calculate for yourselves, how many orphans can you raise with the money of raising one sentry?
"Tang Shidao said calmly.
"How to control it?"
"Use the scent of the queen bee. Just hire a few mages and you can easily build a huge sentinel army."
"Thank you, Don, these things are the best weapon for us."
"I'm just doing business."
In just a few words, a big deal was completed. Lua was very shocked, but at the same time he felt normal. After all, the mercenary group is no better than the army and cannot afford to raise Thunderbirds or Wind Eagles. Vampire wasps, orphans, both
They were originally the most inconspicuous and useless things, but now they have become the most important intelligence agents of the mercenary group.
Think about it deeply.
Maybe there are no useless things in the world, only people who don’t know how to use them.
Lua is very happy.
With the help of a good friend like Tang, my wish may be fulfilled faster.