The next few days of the voyage were very smooth. On the afternoon of the seventh day, the passenger ship arrived at the pier of Modima City.
Modima City was a city larger than Audric City, the capital of Vita Duchy. However, Feng Chou and the mercenaries were not allowed to enter the city. After they disembarked from the ship at the pier, they were settled in a small but large hotel near the pier for the night.
In this hotel, Feng Chou saw mercenaries from other cities. Like the mercenaries in Casaranca, they were recruited from other cities by the Benedict Family.
Early the next morning, nearly two thousand mercenaries gathered at a medium-sized passenger pier in the northeast of Modima City. They boarded four smaller passenger ships and continued to set off toward the east.
The cabins of these passenger ships were even lower and narrower.
Feng Chou and Natasha paid another three hundred crowns and changed from the ordinary cabins below the deck to the first-class cabins above.
The passenger ship entered the mountainous region in the evening.
After entering the mountainous region, the river became turbulent and the ship began to shake. The speed of the ship also decreased significantly.
The passenger ship sailed in the mountainous region for an entire night. When dawn broke the next day, a plain finally appeared in front of Feng Chou's eyes.
After entering the plain, the passenger ship sailed for a few more hours on the river that had become gentle. Finally, after passing through a bend in the river, Feng Chou saw a simple pier.
The pier was actually a straight and neat stone embankment. If it were an ordinary person, they might think that the stone embankment was naturally formed, but Feng Chou could tell at a glance that the embankment was probably created by a mage using a spell.
On the stone wall beside the stone embankment, there were some black alchemy blocks tied to it. They were used to reduce the vibration of the ships that were docked.
The simple pier was less than a hundred meters long and could only accommodate two passenger ships at the same time.
When the first two passenger ships docked, the other two could only wait in the middle of the river.
After the first two passenger ships finished disembarking their passengers, they turned around and sailed downstream. Only then did the other two passenger ships docked and disembark their passengers.
The mercenaries who got off the ship were quickly led away from the dock by servants wearing Benedict's uniform. These mercenaries were divided into mercenary groups and settled into simple wooden row houses in the camp.
These terraced houses were all built from logs that had not even been peeled. The rough wooden walls were plastered with mud, and the roofs were made from finer wooden rafts that were covered with thick grass.
The terraced houses were divided into small rooms that were a dozen square meters in size. Each room could accommodate six people. Every mercenary group was given a common room that served as a kitchen, dining room, and conference room.
For a mercenary on a mission, such a campsite was already considered pretty good. There was a house that could shelter them from the wind and rain, and there were simple beds. After covering them with the sheepskin and blankets that they brought, it was a pretty good nest.
Moreover, from the tall wooden walls around the camp, the watchtowers with ballistas, and the stone towers with alchemy cannons, the safety of this camp was guaranteed. This was more important than anything else.
The Sword of Salma mercenary group was assigned a total of four rooms. Aside from the kitchen and dining room, each room was occupied by six people.
Feng Chou, Shi Douhua, Natasha, and several other leaders of the mercenary group were assigned a room.
After spending some time together, Feng Chou had a more detailed understanding of this mercenary group.
This mercenary group was naturally headed by Shi Douhua, a level ten warrior and level four rogue. He had once received training in a top martial arts school in Casalanca. His teacher was said to be an extremely experienced senior warrior and veteran mercenary.
After finishing his apprenticeship in the martial arts school, Shi Douhua entered the mercenary group that his father was the head of at that time. He started from the bottom of the mercenary group. Three years ago, he took over the mercenary group from his father, and it took him a full 14 years.
It was said that when Shi Douhua took over the mercenary group, no one objected.
Shi Duhua also had two vice-leaders under him. One of them was an old man left behind by Shi Duhua's father. His name was Potter, and he was an old mercenary in his forties. He was a level 9 warrior and a level 4 rogue.
The other deputy head was named Owen, a level ten warrior in his forties. However, this old warrior was a novice in the mercenary group. It was said that this old warrior came from the north and used to serve a viscount for a long time as a civilian knight. A few years ago, his lord lost his territory because of a border conflict, so he naturally lost his job.
For a knight, whether it was a knight or a civilian knight who received an annual pension, if his lord lost his territory during his service, his reputation would be tarnished, and it would be difficult to find a job with other nobles.
So the old knight had to leave his hometown and join the mercenary group in the city to make a living.
Natasha was the niece of this old knight.
It was said that this old knight had tried to accept the basic training of a rogue since a few years ago. Because he was too old, the effect was not very good, but it was said that he was currently a level two rogue.
In addition to these leaders, there was also a young man who lived in the same room with them.
It was said that this young man, who was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, was the strongest person in this group besides the head and the two deputy heads.
This young man was named Phil. He was tall, handsome, and had a pair of aggressive eyes.
He was young, but he was already a level nine warrior and level four rogue. In this mercenary group, his prestige was no less than that of the two deputy heads.
But in fact, Feng Chou knew that in this mercenary group, Natasha was the strongest among the young people … No, perhaps she was the strongest among all the mercenaries.
According to Feng Chou's observation, Phil seemed to be Natasha's pursuer.
Even though the mercenaries didn't have a lot of belongings, it still took them an entire afternoon to settle everything down. The pots they brought were placed on the simple stove in the communal room. The team's chef even made a simple oven out of mud to cook the bread and meat.
Shi Douhua took people to the commercial street around the stone castle to buy some necessary supplies.
There were four terraced houses around the stone castle. These were the places where the Benedict family sold supplies.
Feng Chou went to take a look. The goods were quite complete. There was even a secret shop that sold scrolls and potions, but the price was half as expensive as outside.
"It's really a business family. They didn't forget to make a profit while developing their own territory." Feng Chou could not help but complain.
The hall on the first floor of the stone castle was similar to the mercenary hall.
On the walls around the hall, there were many mission manuals. Behind the desk inside the hall sat the staff of the territory development committee.
Mercenaries could choose the mission they wanted to complete, take the mission manual, and go to the staff to complete the mission acceptance procedures.