Early the next morning, Denise brought Old Pete to the lord's house again and found Leo. Leo took out the map he had drawn last night and waved it: "Five gold coins." Looking at the scribbled map in front of her, Denise was disappointed. In her mind, a map is one of the classic props for adventurers. It should be an old, dusty parchment scroll full of mystery. Even several extremely dangerous areas and the lairs of powerful monsters were marked, and the shape of a giant dragon was drawn in the corners. Instead of a piece of straw paper with a few wavy lines and triangles drawn on it! And the ink is not dry yet! Instead, old Pete, who had been silent, took the map from Leo, looked at it carefully, and then nodded to Denise. Denise had no intention of bargaining. She took out five shiny gold soles and handed them to Leo, glaring at him and warning him, "You better not be lying to me. I'm an experienced adventurer!" Leo appeared serious and made solemn promises, but he was actually grinning in his heart.
Your rich adventure experience comes from the lyrics of bards and adventure novels, right? In the following days, there was no movement from the small adventure group. When Leo had some free time, he would go over and see Denise, either sitting on a rock on the riverbank, reading a book in the sun, or fishing with Old Pete. Sometimes she would go into the Riverbend to walk around, accompany Old Pete to buy food, watch the villagers build houses, or tease the children and kobold cubs in the village. Denise was surprisingly fond of this human-shaped puppy and really wanted to buy one to keep. But when the embarrassed Olivia showed her the hideous appearance of the kobold blacksmith, Denise immediately gave up her desire to buy. It really is an outing. Looking at her calm appearance, she has the temperament of a literary young woman rather than an adventurer, just like an inexperienced college student, with clear stupidity and a yearning for adventure in her eyes. However, several of her adventuring companions often disappeared, perhaps going to the other side of the river to survey the terrain and verify the maps they provided. But it is also possible that they just play casually, then end the game and go home. A few days later, just when Leo thought he had made no money as a tour guide, Denise came to him again. "There is indeed nothing wrong with your map, but the area is a bit small and not detailed enough." Denise pointed out the flaws of the map in a very professional tone, "So we still need a guide. Are you sure you are the best guide here?" "This is a must, absolutely worth the money!" Leo boasted. "That's good. My previous proposal is still valid. I can hire you as a guide at the price of one gold coin per day, and pay a deposit of five gold coins in advance. When this adventure is over and you return here, I will pay the remaining balance. However, this deal requires your lord to be the guarantor." "OK!" "Then get ready. We'll set off tomorrow morning." Regardless of whether Denise's words were her own thoughts or taught by her companions, Leo had no objection as long as he could get paid. Even if this adventure group hadn't shown up, Leo was prepared to conduct some reconnaissance on the north shore. Although Bjorn led a group of wild hunters and was active in the forests at the foot of the mountains in the north, constantly delivering new news from the wilderness, it was not as accurate as what he saw with his own eyes.
The wild people have been isolated from the outside world for a long time, and the imperial language is difficult to understand. Rio is a foreigner who migrated from thousands of miles away, so there are certain errors in communicating with the wild people here. He didn't want to be confused by the language barrier like he had with Fraser last time. Two ogres, how could she think of that! The next morning, Leo put on the full set of armor that he had taken from Lawrence's armed followers. He appeared in front of the adventure group's small camp, fully armed with an exquisite leather-lined chain mail shirt, steel shoulder pads, iron gloves and a steel helmet, a round shield and a yew longbow on his back, and a steel sword and quiver slung over his shoulder. When the territory had a surplus of iron, Leo asked Valeri to inlay his double-layer wooden round shield with a circle of iron bars and rivets, which greatly improved the defensive strength of the round shield. The only advantage of the infantry round shield imitated by Uliyan before was that it was thick. The quality was far inferior to the real imperial regular infantry round wooden shield. In the absence of iron materials and mature craftsmanship, the militia round shield was actually a pot cover made of several thick wooden boards. It is fine for resisting arrows and sword attacks, but once it is hit hard by blunt objects, it will easily fall apart and shatter. After being inlaid with iron rings and rivets, it can withstand several more blows even from the heavy hammer of the boar warrior. As the saying goes, clothes define the person. Leo was tall and strong, almost the body shape of an adult Northerner. However, due to his age and slightly childish face, most strangers would mistake him for a teenager. Wearing this armor, you look like an elite warrior, which immediately gives you a sense of security. At least a group of women in the village had already stared at Leo with their eyes shining, unable to move. This set of weapons and equipment weighs about seventy or eighty pounds, almost as much as the equipment of a heavily armored elite infantryman. Leo was full of brute strength, but he didn't find it difficult to move at all. His movements were just like an ordinary person wearing an extra bulletproof vest. But then he discovered that the leader of this adventure group, Hawkins, was even more outrageous. He was wearing a standard knight's heavy plate armor! The heavy plate armor in this world is actually made of steel plates, not thin iron sheets. It is just like Iron Man’s battle suit. Hawkins, the leader of the Firefly Adventure Group, is a handsome and elegant middle-aged man. He holds a masked knight helmet in one hand, gives a kind smile to Leo who comes to report, and extends his hand to introduce himself. "My name is Hawkins, Knight of the Imperial Banner, and leader of the Firefly Adventure Group." The Banner Knight is a noble rank in the Orlantis Empire and also a military title. Junior pioneer knights like Uliyan are called Corner Flag Knights because the family flag he owns is triangular. If his feudal lord, Count Fruilov, initiated a call to arms and formed a legion, Ulyanovich would not need to fly his own flag on a large-scale battlefield after leading his men to respond to the call. After all, a low-level knight only has one or two knight attendants, a dozen professional soldiers, and dozens of conscripts. At most, he has no more than a hundred people. One more person carrying the flag means one less person fighting. So he and his soldiers would be assigned to a square flag knight and form a military unit with other corner flag knights, similar to the concept that the centurion does not raise the flag, but the thousand-man commander raises the flag. Ulyan's old boss, Rigolav Petukhov, was an Imperial Banner Knight. If the orcs approach Isenbol one day, Ulian will most likely return to Rigolav's command.