According to the only survivor of this group of speculators, they were once a group of mercenaries who relied on receiving commissions from the chamber of commerce. But to say that, in fact, they are actually a very low-end group even in the industry, taking on tasks that are not well-known in the eyes of their peers. Although they claim to be mercenaries, they are actually a group of street runners.
No matter what, they are still quite satisfied with this kind of life that can eat enough and go to the card room to have a leisurely life.
All changes came from a field exploration mission. Logically speaking, this task of exploring unknown areas should not fall into their hands. However, there was no way to make any money and water. Even the mission publisher himself admitted that he did not expect to dig out anything, but just found a group of people to loosen the soil.
As for why not directly release the soil loosening task? The reason is very simple. It was the busy farming season, and basically no one in this industry could make a fuss. If you invite outsiders, the price would be too expensive. Therefore, he could only publish the exploration task and then set the task point under the ground of the wasteland.
There are two ways to pay for exploration tasks. The first is higher, but the person who performs the task must hand over the fallen items from the exploration. Although it is inevitable that some of them will be intercepted by themselves, the big one still belongs to the task publisher. The second method is much cheaper, but the advantage is that mercenaries can distribute their income by themselves, which has the pleasure of opening blind boxes.
Of course, whether it is the first or the second type, once the mercenary suffers casualties, the compensation that should be paid must be paid.
The task manager of the Chamber of Commerce is knowledgeable and knows what is going on when he sees this task commission. Therefore, he did not publish it according to the original text "Mysterious Wilderness Exploration", but wrote the task name as "Abandoned Cultivation Land Exploration".
In the end, the only people who are willing to take on this task are these guys who are not picky about their jobs.
I don’t know if it’s lucky or unfortunate, but they actually dug something in this ordinary farmland. It was a very well-sealed jar. They couldn’t pry it open after prying for a long time. Because the jar itself looked expensive, the few people did not choose to smash it simply and roughly, but put it away first and then slowly plan it after completing the task.
Later they found their friends, and the other party was not a legitimate industry. It is said that he was an appraiser, but his license was revoked because he received benefits and committed perjury on behalf of others. Later, he mainly did some things in selling stolen goods.
The former appraiser told them that the jar was not a real jar, but a monster called Makoto. He had seen such similar artifacts. Someone killed Kappa and used a secret method to preserve the plate above his head.
Due to Kappa's water purification talent, the effect of this plate is equivalent to the weakened version of the unicorn horn, and it also has collection value. Of course, this is also a prohibited item just like the unicorn horn and is only circulated in the black market.
But what is strange is that the containers above all Kappa's heads are not covered, so the tightly-sewn lid on the clay pot and the wax-like object sealed should be made by hand. But no matter what, this is a bit old, and the remaining purifying power of the worm boy on it has almost been lost...
"Just say how much it is worth." The boss of this group of people didn't have time to listen to him. What this former appraiser is best at is speaking with his eloquence and then raising or belittling his value. As an acquaintance, he doesn't like this.
"It depends on whether you want to open it." The former appraiser said mysteriously, "This kind of preservation magic is not something that ordinary people can learn, so the owner of this thing may be a big shot, and the things sealed inside may be of great value. But in the same way, I can't guarantee that there must be something inside. If you open it, there may be nothing, and it may be better to sell it whole and make a lot of money."
"Then I won't open it, will you charge it?" The boss has always been a stable person. In his opinion, it is better to get the money you get in real terms than to bet on unknown things. At least you can eat some good money.
Finally, the boss sold the jar to the former appraiser, took his brothers straight to the local tavern, and drank all night.
The next day, the boss who woke up from a hangover learned about the death of the former appraiser and heard that he had died suddenly at home. As his old friend, the boss attended the funeral a few days later and met his parents who had cut off contact since the former appraiser's license was revoked.
Facing the two gray-haired old men, the boss didn't know what to say, but just silently helped them clean up the relics of the former appraiser, and then he found the jar in it.
Unlike before, the jar has been pried open and it is indeed empty inside, but the boss always feels it will not be that simple, just like the sudden death of the former appraiser.
However, this incident was not the direction of suspense and mystery. In short, according to the memory of the survivor, his boss found the thing that the former appraiser had opened from the jar, which was this treasure map.
After that, the boss seemed to have become a different person and devoted himself to deciphering the treasure map. The group of them also traveled thousands of miles to Maple Leaf County and found a secret realm under the guidance of the treasure map.
At that time, the survivor actually suspected that so many scholars had come here to investigate and could not find any clues. How could they discover a secret realm with just one picture? But wealth can be lost, just as the always cautious boss has become no longer cautious, they were also stunned by the vast amount of treasures in the secret realm.
It has to be said that the brotherhood between these people is still higher than greed. They did not kill each other just to take away the treasures, but they divided the unexpected fortune evenly. However, they were still thinking about the sudden death of the former appraiser. In order to avoid the fact that some forces were staring at the money in the secret, they went their separate ways after taking the money, intending to avoid the limelight and wait for a few years before reuniting.
This separation is a farewell forever.
Among these goods, there were some mysterious handicrafts that attracted the attention of scholars after they were circulated on the market, which finally exposed the incident. When the Scholars Association contacted the group of speculators at the time, it was obvious that only the last living mouth was left.
However, unlike the survivor's opinion that someone secretly coveted the treasure and silenced the truth, the deaths of these people were too evil. At first, they had a happy life because they sold the property, but soon they became quiet and unwilling to see people. Finally, after the neighbors felt something was wrong, the people who arrived found their bodies in the room.
But these people's deaths were very strange. Their faces were still their original appearance, but scales grew on their skin. Among them, the boss who had first changed his temperament was the most. His neck even had gills, and his hands and feet turned flattened into fins. It was more like fish than people.