Chapter 1,156 Trackers
The tracking team closest to Marquis Farshed and his party.
This team was secretly entrusted by the Mercenary Guild to hunt down the 'escaped slaves'. Even in the photo of the person provided by the employer, the target was clearly dressed in noble attire, and the obvious coat of arms was not covered up. But since the employer insisted that he was a runaway slave, everyone treated him as a runaway slave.
We were able to find such a mercenary team that didn't care about details because the Risa family did not issue commissions through the official channels of the mercenary guild. And to accept such a commission, which is similar to private work, the composition of this team is not all good people.
In short, the hiring party will hire this kind of person, and it is also thinking about how to deal with the other party after the matter is over, and then keep silent and default on the debt. And the hired party is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and is fully aware of his situation. But if they dare to take on this kind of private work in a gray area, they have the strategy and ability to get paid well and escape unscathed.
In any case, this team's quality in tracking people is quite high compared to other teams hired by the employer behind it.
They are the fastest to hoist behind the target. Along the way, all judgments on target selection were accurate. Therefore, the supervisors who came from the employer's family and were sent to follow were very satisfied with the performance of this team.
Especially when he used the forum to report the team's progress to his boss, the praise and news he received made him even more excited. The Grand Duke has issued a reward for the target! If he catches the target and then disposes of this group of people according to the planned plan, then he will keep all the credit and bounty.
It just didn't allow him to be immersed in his delusion for too long. The sudden stop of the team made him wake up from his delusion. I saw the leading old hunter squatting and rubbing the soil and weeds picked up from the ground with his fingers.
"What's wrong?" the supervisor asked. He then looked at another guide, who was using a browser magic stone, and above was a screen about the guide to the secret forest. "Didn't you follow the route suggested in that document? Or did you take the wrong direction and need to reconfirm your position?"
People who often travel outside will understand that maps are not everything. Especially for people who have no sense of direction and can't figure out where they are on the map, even a detailed map is useless. There is no GPS satellite positioning in Midi. That's why the supervisors would wonder whether the person leading the way had led them astray and onto a route other than that recommended by the guide.
"No, it's not our problem. It's the target that has changed direction."
"Oh." The supervisor was not stupid enough to ask how he could tell because he had been washed several times before. Every time, the leading old hunter could prove with facts that he was right in tracking; the supervisors were wrong regardless of their suggestions or criticisms. "If the target changes direction, which route can be taken here?" He asked the team member who opened the map.
Before the employer could ask questions, the man was already looking for information. Wanting to find out which safe route they could take from where they were. But the old hunter judged and said: "There should be no need to look for it. They chose a route that was not recommended in the guide. Finally found it. I thought you would just keep walking stupidly." The last sentence was like a whisper, Speak to those who are not present.
"Oh, old man, do you know where the target is going?" The question was from one of the team members. Everyone in the team had their days of being unruly, but they were still convinced by the old hunter's abilities.
The old hunter asked for the browser magic stone from the person who opened the map. Using the page browsing function neatly, he came to the map and World of Warcraft domain distribution map pages. Shen Yin said: "If they find that the tracker can pursue from the recommended route based on the same information, then they should find a route that is not on the suggested list. A route that they are sure they can pass."
The leader of the team, he came to the old hunter and looked at the same map. According to the idea given by the old hunter, after thinking for a moment, he said: "They can't go back the same way. If they do, they will meet us directly. Is it possible to go around to another road and branch off to a safe route in other areas?" ?”
The captain drew a direction on the map with his finger. If someone really walks like this, it means that he will spend a few more days traversing half of the secret forest before he can get out of the forest. And if they go this way, the best choice is to go back to the original road, if they had not entered the forest, towards the road that the Duke of Kawei would have taken.
However, doing so goes against their intention of using the shortcut in the secret forest to reduce the time it takes to return to the duchy. Therefore, the old hunter did not agree with this judgment. Instead, he drew the route he thought of on the map. "I think it is very likely that they went in this direction. And judging from the traces they left on the ground, they did go in this direction. Unless they turned to other directions later."
Everyone in the team is familiar with the content of the secret forest guide, not to mention that they have the experience of entering the forest several times in order to find rare magic materials entrusted by other employers. So they knew whose territory the route drawn by the old hunter would pass through. Everyone showed surprised expressions, and the captain was even more surprised: "Passing through the territory of the Azure Dragon! Is this possible?"
"That dragon is negotiable, isn't it?" the old hunter said.
As long as you grow up and live in the area near the secret forest or in the imperial capital, you will definitely have heard some nursery rhymes about the green dragon. It's just that someone got a gift from the green dragon, or a magic book, or an indestructible sword, and then became a hero. Therefore, in the perception of many people, the image of this dragon is quite positive.
"Do you believe that? Why do I feel that according to our preparations, the chance of falling into the hands of that dragon is relatively high." The captain asked back. For people living in the gray area, they inherently do not believe in the fairy tale that they can get any powerful gifts from the greedy dragons and then achieve great things.
Dragons are not businessmen. Businessmen at least know how to trade at equal prices, even if their valuation standards are different from ordinary people. The Dragon Clan is something that can only be taken in but cannot be taken out, and greed is the most basic thing. To have an equal dialogue with them, you must first have equal strength. And this point stumps the vast majority of humans. Therefore, most of the people present did not believe that anyone could get anything from Bi Qinglong.
The old hunter said: "No matter whether those nursery rhymes are true or not, at least the dragon is negotiable. Regardless of whether our target has come into contact with the dragon or not, I think the Grand Duke's family can be offered for sale." The reward for that dragon’s help, if the target is really that important to the Grand Duke’s family.”
The words actually involved the identity of the target and what the Grand Duke's family wanted to do. For mercenaries, this is a bit beyond their duties. The old hunter didn't want to offend the Grand Duke's family, so he added: "Or at least, I think we can afford to be able to move freely in the Azure Dragon's territory. This will be of great help to us in tracking our targets, won't it."