Mercenaries and Adventurers

"Those damned old drunks." Zhao Ji said as he walked in the overgrown grass.

He was fed beer just now, at least it was beer, Zhao Ji was just a little dizzy, he found a place to urinate, and he was refreshed.

After leaving the city gate, Zhao Ji walked towards the south of the town. It was still in the morning, and the gate of the city was bustling with farmers and children running around, as well as a caravan from a certain chamber of commerce in the city.

After avoiding them, Zhao Ji walked along the path stepped by the townspeople. Looking along the path covered with weeds, there are neat farmlands on the far left. This vast field is all the property of the local baron. The beans being cultivated in the field have not yet produced pods, and they are growing vigorously. Farmers are clearing excess weeds from the fields. On the right side of the line of sight is a sparse forest. From Zhao Ji's angle, he can see two huge water outlets under the city wall in the south of the city. This is a new discovery.

Zhao Ji hadn't been out of the city much in the past few months, after all, it wasn't necessary. There is everything in the city, and you have to work every day to pay back the money. Before, it was hard to pay back the money owed to the chamber of commerce, but now Jamula has not paid back the money.

But these are not problems anymore. With the gamble just now, the money in Zhao Ji's pocket will increase a lot rapidly. After all, for him now, one silver coin is quite a lot.

In the gamble just now, Zhao Ji heard what other people said. Although he has never seen such a slime monster, he has seen the envelope of the slime monster in the chamber of commerce. It is a thin translucent thing with a lot of The strong waterproof effect is mainly laid on the roof of the house. A layer of slime monster's envelope is laid under the tiles on the roof, which can be more effective in waterproofing. However, Zhao Ji heard from people in the chamber of commerce that when the slime monster's envelope was not treated, it was not only not waterproof, but also highly permeable.

At that time, he inferred from this that the slime monster should live in a humid place. The trade union guy didn't deny it at the time, but said that he didn't want to hunt the slime monster, it stinks to death.

Maybe the swamp smells bad, Zhao Ji thought.

Zhao Ji walked along the border of the farmland in the south of the town. The farmers working in the fields stopped their work when they saw him and kept looking at him without speaking.

Unable to stand being stared at, Zhao Ji walked into the forest. The soil inside the forest is very soft and slightly sticky. The wooden-soled cloth shoes on Zhao Ji's feet were covered with mud all at once. This is not acceptable. These shoes were given to him by the chamber of commerce, because when he first arrived here, he had no shoes on his feet, and the chamber of commerce gave him a gift a pair. After all, his body is no longer that of a child. Only children from poor families run around barefoot on the streets, and even beggars have their feet bound in rags.

Zhao Ji took off the shoes on his feet, rubbed off the sticky soil with his hands, and wrapped them in his arms.

Going forward, within a few steps, the soil under your feet turned into muddy water, the wild grasses also turned into some water-loving ferns, the woods became more sparse, and the trunks and roots were covered with moss. Dragonflies buzzed around, and flies and mosquitoes circled around Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was so annoyed by mosquitoes and flies that he waved his hands to drive them away.

Although this place is not far from the farmland next to it, at most no more than 100 meters away, it should be considered a swamp. After all, the mud under his feet has sunk to Zhao Ji's ankle. It's a bit dangerous.

Looking around, Zhao Ji saw that the swamp was peaceful, and there were calls of wild ducks in the distance. The swamp was full of low plants that Zhao Ji didn't know, and all kinds of strange flowers bloomed. Faintly, Zhao Jineng smelled a foul smell, which was the smell of feces, more like the smell of leftovers that had been retting for half a month mixed with it, anyway, it was a bit throat-sucking and made him feel nauseous.

Here comes the problem, Zhao Ji didn't see the flood of slime monsters that others said. Didn't find any of them, or is it because the other people's information was inaccurate? Impossible, after all, they are locals who have lived here for generations, so it is impossible to make a mistake here.

Zhao Ji was a little puzzled, this is the swamp in the south of the city, that's right. In the south direction of the city, there is no mistake. Zhao Ji can see the southern city wall of Kendall City here, as well as the wind direction chickens of the rich families standing tall on the roofs of the houses in the southern city wall. Swamp, that's right, there is a swamp under Zhao Ji's feet, no problem, it's not that he doesn't know what a swamp is like.

But the problem is, what about slime monsters. Where did the slime monster go, and it was never seen. Judging from the envelopes of the processed slime monsters in the Chamber of Commerce, the slime monsters are not too big or small, at least as big as a washbasin, and there are even bigger ones. But there is nothing of similar size here.

It seems that we still have to think about it in the long run. After retreating first, Zhao Ji turned around and returned to the way he came. He had to go back and inquire, to find out what was going on. He originally thought that this matter would be settled in one day, but he also borrowed a dagger from the tavern and a rope from the carpenter's shop, but they didn't come in handy.

Go back and ask for clarification, and I will solve it in the afternoon.