Chapter 29 On the Road

As soon as her decree came out, not only did those young people go east, but even many mercenaries, like sharks smelling blood, gave up their original employment tasks and ran to Dalaoma. Compared with the fixed salary of escorting caravans, war is more interesting. Although the risk is greater, the reward is also greater.

Some caravans even gave up going north and went east with goods - their goods were naturally related to war.

As a result, the caravans going north had a huge gap in escort, and had to hire a large number of newcomers, including Gavin, who had an unknown origin and brought a goblin servant.

Gavin's employer was an independent moon elf merchant named Adri Levi, who had three carriages of his own. In addition to Gavin, he also had a female coachman named Veron Tohar.

In other words, Gavin was hired as a coachman, not as a guard as originally expected. As for the goblin warlock Wick, it was completely a bonus and was not within the scope of employment.

Gavin didn't care much about this. He was mainly going north with the team, and didn't care about the huge difference in salary between the guards and the coachmen.

Besides, it was Vic who was driving the carriage, and he didn't even drive the carriage for half a minute.

Shortly after leaving Tythirburg, they joined a large caravan consisting of 25 carts and eight independent merchants, and drove towards Baldur's Gate along the trade road.

The trade road can be said to be the largest and busiest trade road in Faerun.

It starts from Calimport in Calimshan in the south and goes to Illuskan in the north. It passes through Tythir and Amn, connecting Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, Neverwinter and other famous cities. It can be said that it runs through the entire western coast of Faerun.

On average, they can encounter a roadside inn every two hours, and a small or medium-sized caravan every hour. Even in remote and desolate places such as the Vortex Mountains, the Broken Tooth Mountains and the Cloud Mountains, they did not encounter too much trouble. Monsters and bandits were all gone.

It is possible that they saw that their team was too large and it was inconvenient to attack, so they simply did not show up.

More likely, it was because this trade route was too important. The surrounding countries and cities attached great importance to it and regularly cleaned it up. No monsters or bandits dared to attack it.

Even if Gavin took Vic alone, the risk factor on this trade route was not high.

Joining a caravan also has its advantages. At least it is not easy to get lost.

It can also avoid some unnecessary troubles. At least when passing through those big cities, the merchants in the caravan will take the initiative to deal with the local snakes or merchants, and the situation outside the city of Dalaoma will not occur again.

Another very important point is to get familiar with the merchant team. These merchants who often travel outside are famous for their wide network of contacts. As long as they do well in this caravan, it will not be difficult to find a new employer in the next city. The section from Baldur's Gate to the Rock is the most difficult to walk, and Gavin is preparing for it.

With this in mind, after joining the caravan, Gavin seems to be busier than anyone else.

He rode to the front and explored the road ahead.

He disappeared into the wilderness again. When he came back, there was either a deer or a pile of food roots behind his warhorse. The whole caravan had basically solved the problem of a meal.

He chatted with other merchants in the caravan for a long time, from goods to local customs, from the north to the Weihong Sea.

He discussed combat skills with the guards of the caravan.

He will always be there among the night watchmen.

After three days, everyone from merchants to guards praised Gavin and got along very well. No one hated hardworking people, especially hardworking people who knew the right measure.

His employer, Ms. Adri, was a taciturn person. As long as she didn't delay things, she would ignore Gavin.

Another deep impression Gavin left on the caravan was that he was a typical training maniac.

If he could run fast, he would never jog.

If he could jog, he would never walk.

If he could walk, he would never ride a car or ride a horse.

Even if he was riding in a car or on a horse, he would definitely practice other things, such as squatting and pushing up in the carriage, and practicing gunmanship, archery, swordsmanship, etc. while riding a horse.

He used his actual actions to interpret what it means to make rational use of every minute and every second.

The above are what outsiders can see, and there are also things that outsiders cannot see. Combined with these trainings is the self-hypnosis of the psychic.

Gavin believes that this self-hypnosis is definitely the first magic skill of the psychic in the early stage, at least for him.

Most of the repetitive physical exercises do not conflict with his memory excavation, and they are even complementary.

Because the main consciousness is doing other things, it is not very sensitive to the passage of time. When you finish a task, you find that an hour has passed, and the body has completed more than an hour of average speed running, or thousands of push-ups.

As long as he makes reasonable use of this, in the long run, Gavin will be able to do both magic research and physical exercise without delay, thereby improving his physical fitness. After all, he is not yet an adult, and his body has not yet been fully formed. In his previous life, he was only 1.78 meters tall as an adult, but this was the result of being a slave during the critical development period where there was insufficient food. If he is given enough material in this life, I believe he will be able to make a leap forward.

Gavin did not follow the caravan to Baldur's Gate, but turned off at Naskail City in the north of the Cloud Mountains. With the introduction of the new merchant friends, he joined a caravan departing from here as a traveler. They will follow the Ur and other trade routes, cross the Green Plains, and go to West Gate City on the north bank of Longhu Lake.

The real reason why Gavin chose this road was that he remembered that the hometown of a pastor friend in his previous life was in Green Nest Village in the Green Plains.

At this point in time, she should still be interning in her hometown church, and there may be a chance to get to know her in advance. It would be best if she could join his team. An adventure team without a priest is not a good adventure team.

Although this pastor friend has some minor problems, his character is absolutely reliable. Based on this alone, everything else can be ignored.

...

"Bind!"

A crisp collision sound.

"Sir, Madam... Is there anything... Is there anything... that can... help you..."

The slender figure lying on the altar jumped up and stuttered quickly, his eyes were not fully open yet, his consciousness was half-confused, and there was still a trace of clear liquid at the corner of his mouth that had not been wiped clean.

The only response to the girl was the cold wind outside the window.

"Tie!"

Another crisp collision sound came from the large window not far away. The oak tree outside the window stretched out a small branch, which was swaying gently with the wind, and knocked on the window from time to time, as if to greet the young priest in a naughty way.

"It's you again... messing up again." Anna rubbed her big eyes angrily, "Be careful, I'll saw you down and burn you as firewood next time."

But with her soft voice and chubby face, the deterrent effect was greatly reduced.