Chapter 47 Tianyun City

Although Roland encountered some minor troubles that annoyed him on the way to the Kes Mountains, when he arrived at Tianyun City, a town on the outskirts of the Kes Mountains.

Finally arriving at his destination, he put aside the minor troubles he had encountered, and feeling the fresh breeze, he felt much better.

After settling down in a random hotel, Roland was not in a hurry to dive into the Kes Mountains, but chose to rest for a few days first.

Of course, during the rest time, Roland was also quietly collecting information.

The Kes Mountains, as the largest source of extraordinary resources in the Sinnar region, have always been the focus of the struggle among adventurers and extraordinary people from all over the world over the extraordinary resources produced in the Kes Mountains.

Coupled with the interference of the seven silver families, the attention of the top leaders of the Tower of Truth, and various foreign forces, the ogres, and the moon elves all joined in the fun, the area around the Mountains of Kes was in considerable chaos.

Even the major cities controlled by the Silver Family are not very safe.

In addition to wandering around and eavesdropping, Roland also spent money to purchase basic intelligence from the Adventurer's Association and the Spellcaster's Association.

Sitting on the second floor of the tavern, Roland drank warm wine as if nothing had happened. At the same time, he used magic to enhance his hearing, listening to the noisy sounds in the tavern and extracting valuable information from them.

Although perhaps not a single sentence out of ten spoken by the adventurers drinking in the tavern is useful, it's still a waste of time, and what if you overhear some valuable information?

Based on the intelligence he had collected recently, Roland also had a general understanding of the recent situation in the Kes Mountains.

In addition to the classic fighting and killing between adventurers and various conflicts and contradictions caused by extraordinary resources.

What attracted Roland the most was the presence of retired soldiers.

With the end of the Rose War in the Sinnar region, a large number of soldiers who had been tempered by war retired from the army.

Although many soldiers were transferred to the border of the empire due to their military merits and became the emerging nobles of the Silver Empire, relying on their similar military careers, they formed a new military noble group, the border nobles.

However, only a few can be promoted to nobility. Ordinary retired soldiers who are luckier can return home with some money from the spoils they looted on the battlefield.

However, more retired soldiers still fell into poverty after retirement. In order to survive, they only knew how to fight and kill, and they took up arms again.

Some of them became adventurers, formed militarized adventure groups, and came to the Kes Mountains to seek survival, while others chose to march eastward to the war-torn Donnar.

These adventure groups composed of retired soldiers quickly shook the original interest groups in the Kes Mountains with their war experience and large numbers.

A large number of ordinary adventurers and adventure groups were defeated by them and forced to withdraw from the Kes Mountains. However, although the militarized adventure groups were very good at fighting and killing, they were not very good at developing extraordinary resources and trading in the market.

Therefore, since the military adventure group could not seamlessly replace the ordinary adventure group, a hole appeared in the interest network of the Kes Mountains.

Originally, this problem was not very serious. It could be solved once the military adventure group became familiar with the situation and took over. At most, there would just be some minor fluctuations.

However, when other forces choose to add fuel to the fire in order to gain more benefits, small problems will quickly escalate.

What was originally just a struggle for interests between the emerging military adventure group and the old traditional adventure group has expanded into a major reshuffle of the interest groups in the Kes Mountains, and a new round of interest struggles and redistribution among various forces.

Roland played with the wine glass in his right hand, thinking silently.

In my memory of my previous life, this struggle for interests ultimately ended with mutual compromise among humans.

The Rose War had just ended, and the Kingdom of Inter and the Silver Empire, which were both internally unstable, did not want to have any major conflicts again. The two sides reached a compromise, joined forces with the Moon Elves, suppressed the internal and external forces that tried to make trouble, and redistributed the interests of the Kes Mountains.

However, this will happen two or three years later, which means that the current chaos will continue for at least two years.

It seems that we can't be too arrogant in the Kes Mountains. We have to be careful and not reveal too much, otherwise it would be bad if we are targeted by some force.

Just as Roland was thinking, a woman passed by the table and sat directly next to Roland. The moment she sat down, Hela, who was sitting opposite Roland, stared at her instantly, and Roland also raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head to look over.

This is a very bold female adventurer. She is tall and although she is wearing a cloak, the clothes under the cloak are quite revealing. Except for some private areas, more than 80% of her upper body is exposed.

The corners of her eyes were slightly raised, revealing a hint of charm, and her long brown hair fluttered gently in the breeze.

So poor that you can't even afford a piece of clothing?

Roland glanced at it and thought subconsciously.

However, he quickly reacted, put down his glass, and spoke calmly.

"I don't need any special services, and I don't have any money. Please find someone else."

Adventurers + tavern + scantily clad women. Although Roland had never experienced it, he had heard of it.

After hearing Roland's words, the female adventurer, who had originally been smiling, suddenly froze, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.

However, she quickly hid her dissatisfaction, chuckled charmingly, stretched out her hand and passed it across Roland's face, chuckling.

"Little guy, I'm not that kind of person."

Roland grabbed her hand, looked at her calmly, and said.

"In that case, do I know you?"

The female adventurer said shyly with a look of pain on her face.

"You pinched me."

Roland looked at her expressionlessly. He was not some rookie who had just started out. Given the physical fitness of the adventurer in front of him, and he didn't use any strength, how could it hurt?

So, Roland ignored it and asked calmly.

"If you have something to say, please tell me. If not, please leave."

She looked at Roland with a wronged look on her face.

However, seeing that Roland had no intention of being soft-hearted, she bit her lip and said aggrievedly.

"I'm here to thank you."

"Thank me?"

Roland was a little confused. He looked her up and down, searching his memory for similar people.

Under her expectant gaze, Roland shook his head and said.

"I don't know you. You have the wrong person."

Roland let go of her hand and spoke in a slightly gentler tone.

"Go away and don't disturb us."

(End of this chapter)