Most of the missions here were reconnaissance missions. The Benedict family had already drawn a map of the entire territory with flying spells and marked out locations where there might be wild creatures.
Because of the cover of the forest, small wild creature camps were difficult to find from the air, but large camps could not escape aerial reconnaissance.
On the tens of thousands of square kilometers of land in the Benedict Plains, there were hundreds of large wild creature camps.
Of course, there were also other types of missions, such as cleaning up some wild creature camps near the development camp.
What attracted Feng Chou and Shi Duhua's interest was one of the reconnaissance missions. This mission required them to scout and clear a path to the town of the arcane tower from the periphery of the polluted land in the center of the plains.
What attracted Feng Chou was, of course, that this mission could lead to his ultimate goal, and what attracted Shi Duhua was the high reward of this mission.
Unlike Feng Chou, who had decided to choose this mission at first sight, Shi Duhua seemed a little hesitant.
In the mission description, there were terrifying ghouls hidden in the polluted land. Ordinary ghouls were nothing, but what was even more frightening was that there were ghoul commanders among them, which were high undead creatures that were extremely difficult to deal with.
That night, Shi Duhua held a meeting to discuss whether to accept this mission. The reward for this mission was very generous. As long as the mercenary team that accepted the mission could arrive at the central town on the scheduled time, they would be able to get the development rights to a piece of land slightly larger than the knight's domain, worth 30,000 crowns!
It only took half a month to earn such a large sum of money. This was a very rare and lucrative mission in the history of the Sword of Salma mercenary team.
But the mission's rewards were generous, and the danger was equally great.
Shi Duhua was very tempted, but the two senior vice-captains, Potter and Owen, were very opposed. Phil strongly suggested that they accept the mission, and Natasha was also eager to try. The others were divided into several factions and supported each of them.
Just as everyone was arguing, Feng Chou stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "I don't want to interfere with your decision, but the wise Baron gave me some supplies before we set off. I thought you might want to take a look."
Feng Chou stepped forward and put the backpack in his hand on the rough wooden table in front of everyone.
He opened his backpack, revealing a bag full of scrolls.
He casually took out a scroll and said, "This is the 'Holy Flame Strike' spell scroll … This is the 'Undead Hold Spell' scroll … This is the 'Rainbow of Morality' scroll … This is the 'Death Ward' scroll … This is the 'Radiant Holy Light' scroll …"
The mercenaries looked at the pile of scrolls and were shocked.
Shi Duhua asked in surprise, "Did Baron Amborite know something in advance?
Why didn't he warn us beforehand? "
Feng Chou said, "No, Baron's social circle in Casablanca is very narrow. He doesn't know as much as we do, but he used to be a mage apprentice. He knows what an arcana tower that has lost the positive energy pool on the upper level will do. According to Baron, it will create a hell on earth."
"He said that our main enemy in this development will be the undead, so he prepared these scrolls. As for why he didn't tell you in advance, it's because he wasn't sure about this. So he prepared these scrolls in advance and asked me to bring them along."
Shi Duhua frowned and looked at the scrolls. He asked, "What's the price?"
Feng Chou smiled and said, "Of course it's calculated according to the market price outside. It'll be calculated according to how much we use. In the end, it'll be included in the transaction."
Hearing this, the mercenaries sighed in relief. Shi Duhua smiled and said, "Thank Baron Amborite for his generosity on my behalf."
Of course, Feng Chou knew what the mercenaries were afraid of. They were afraid that Feng Chou would use these scrolls to rip them off again, just like what the Benedict Family did.
Shi Duhua looked at the scrolls and asked another question, "Sir, how do we use these scrolls?"
Feng Chou pushed the scrolls to Shi Duhua and said, "Of course, this should be arranged by you. You just need to return the rest to me in the end."
Shi Duhua distributed a portion of the scrolls and returned the remaining two-thirds of the scrolls to Feng Chou. "Alright, this is enough. I don't want to wait until we finally arrive at the town of the Arcane Tower to be told by my brothers that we've used up all the scrolls on the way here." Feng Chou nodded and said, "Alright, this is enough. I don't want to wait until we finally arrive at the town of the Arcane Tower.
Shi Duhua's rare humor caused the mercenaries to laugh.
However, what he said was also true. The total value of this bag of mid-level scrolls was definitely more than 30,000 crowns.
After receiving targeted scrolls, Potter and Owen no longer objected to accepting this mission.
Shi Duhua's confidence was also greatly boosted. He proposed that not only did he want to accept this mission, but he also wanted to accept the most difficult and most rewarding scouting route, which was the route along the river.
Generally speaking, places with water were the places with the most flourishing life. The flourishing life, on the one hand, meant that more undead would be transformed. On the other hand, life was extremely attractive to undead, especially ghouls.
This route was undoubtedly more difficult, but the rewards were also the most generous.
After a heated discussion, Shi Duhua made the final decision and let the curtains fall on the meeting.
In fact, Feng Chou was opposed to this kind of meaningless adventure. To him, as long as they could reach the arcane tower, of course, the safer the better. However, under the current circumstances, he could not say anything again.
The next morning, Shi Duhua went to the hall of the stone castle and accepted the most difficult mission.
After accepting the mission, Salma's team was not in a hurry to set off. They made ample preparations according to their previous experience.
Tents, rations, and water. Every supply had to be carefully prepared. For example, they chose dried, salty meat jerky, and baked dry bread with chopped vegetables. They chose simple and light sheepskin tents for their tents, and chose hammocks for their sleeping equipment. They even bought expensive holy water …
After a day of preparation, the next morning, they hired a fast boat and went straight to the starting point of the mission, which was the north bank where the periphery of the polluted land and the lower reaches of the Benedict River met.
After getting off the boat, the mercenaries started a fire in the woods.
Because there was no ready-made dock, the mercenaries had to wade into the water and get off the boat. They needed to dry their wet pants, shoes, and socks first.
After drying the pants, shoes, and socks, and having a simple lunch, the mercenary group set off towards the Corrupted Forest in the polluted land.
In the periphery of the polluted land, there was a circle of withered forest about a few kilometers wide. The trees here were dead, and animals were rare. It was completely in the state of a life forbidden zone.
However, after passing through this forest belt, Feng Chou found that the plants gradually regained their vitality, but the plants here were obviously different from the ones in the periphery.
The branches and leaves of the trees here were a dark green color that made people uncomfortable. The trees were covered with slippery lichens, which looked a little disgusting. The weeds on the ground were grayish-green, like sick plants, but they were growing very vigorously.
Among the weeds, there were abnormally many spiders, rats, beetles, snakes, and other insects.
Fortunately, these poisonous insects did not pose a threat to the mercenaries wearing enchanted combat boots.
The air in the forest was also full of a rotten, nauseating smell.
The mercenaries saw many sick animals moving in the Corrupted Forest along the way. They were herbivores and carnivores attracted by the lush plants in the Corrupted Forest, as well as the large number of spiders, beetles, and rats.
These animals attracted the animals that fed on them …