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Chapter 167: Hiring and Going to the Nest of Destiny
The officer was a professional named Wang Tao, an intermediate professional knight, level 42. He pointed to the sign on the wall beside him and introduced enthusiastically:
"We have the bravest soldiers here, and we can hire them to fight for you for a small price."

"I believe in the bravery of the warriors."

Chu Cheng nodded and his eyes fell on the sign.

标准5人小队，1名25级精英队长，4名20级普通士兵，雇佣价50银/1天，买断15金。

标准10人小队，1名30级精英队长，1名25级精英副队长，8名20级普通士兵，雇佣价150银/1天，买断30金。

Standard 20-man team, 1 level 30.
Elite 10-man team, 1 level 35.
Elite 20-man team, 1 level 35.
Elite 50-man team, 1 level 40.
"This price"

Chu Cheng rubbed his chin and looked at Fang Xi:

"I think we need to hire an elite 10-man team. The normal templates die too easily."

Fang Xi nodded and said:
"can."

Chu Cheng turned around and said to the officer:
"Buy out an elite 10-man team."

“A wise choice!”

The officer raised his thumb and said:
“10人精英小队，包含1名35级精英队长，2名30级精英副队长，7名25级精英士兵，买断费用100金。”

"You come with me."

Then he led them into the military camp behind the castle and introduced them as they walked:

"After you buy out these soldiers, they will be yours. They will come with standard weapons and equipment, but you can spend your own money to buy them better weapons and equipment. In addition, if you think they are brave in combat and worth training, you can prepare professional certificates for them and convert them to professionals."

He patted his chest and said with a smile:

"I was also an ordinary soldier at first. Because of my bravery in battle, I was granted by the Lord to become a professional. I serve the Lord and am stationed here."

Chu Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked in great surprise:
"Can you directly switch to a professional? What profession can you switch to? Are there any restrictions?"

"Generally speaking, you can only switch to some basic professions, such as melee shield warrior, weapon warrior, knight, archer, etc. You cannot switch to magic or hero professions."

"In addition, only elite soldiers can change their jobs, and their level will drop by 50% after the job change. A level 30 warrior will become a level 15 professional after the job change. An excellent warrior, that is, a horror template, will have an additional +5 levels. A lord template job change will not drop levels."

"Our Lord has standard professional certificates here. If you are interested, you can come and buy them at any time."

"Well, I'll talk to you after I finish this mission."

This suggestion is of no use at the moment.

Perhaps one day I will have the opportunity to come across a very valuable territory and consider occupying it and building my own territory and army, but it will never be now.

Building a territory and training thousands or even tens of thousands of troops to garrison there would require an untold amount of material and human resources, at least tens of thousands of gold. He was extremely poor now and could not do it at all.

Wang Tao led them through the city gate to the military camp behind the castle. Seeing many soldiers training, Wang Tao went forward and chatted with the supervisor of the military camp for a while. Soon a team was led over and lined up in three rows in front of them.

"Here are three elite teams, you can choose one from them."

Chu Cheng took a glance and found that the three were not much different, all of them were the standard configuration of three shields, three guns and four bows.

"This is it."

I didn't look at it carefully and just picked one at random.

Then, the head of the military camp gave them a lecture, and finally handed him a military token. The military token represented the control over the team, but it was only control, and standard combat orders could be issued.

The payment was 100 gold, and the total money Chu Cheng and Fang Xi had was less than 20 gold.

Next, he spent a few gold coins to buy a large amount of food as supplies for the soldiers, and finally spent another 10 gold coins to buy a moonlight lantern, and the team set off.

Fang Xi holds a moonlight lantern in her hand, and the light illuminates the surroundings, which can resist the erosion of the ubiquitous shadow power in the twisted ghost realm.

However, when he bought it, the merchant reminded him that this thing had limited power and could only be used in the shallow layer of the realm. If he entered the depths of the twisted realm, the moonlight would be covered by the power of the shadow and become ineffective. If he did not escape in advance by then, the consequences would be unpredictable.

If you want to be safer, you can buy a more powerful fluorescent lantern.

Not only could it illuminate farther, it was also more powerful, but it cost 50 gold each and he couldn't afford it.

After making preparations, the team left the castle and entered the twisted realm.

Ten elite soldiers, the captain and two deputy captains are tanks, two tanks are in the front, two guns and four bows are on the left and right, and one tank and one gun are behind, in a standard marching formation.

The twelve-member team walked in the twisted dark area, surrounded by thick inky black air, which twisted wildly around the circular light, making people feel frightened like countless monsters.

If an ordinary person walked here, he would be scared to death.

These soldiers have been living with darkness for a long time and have killed countless monsters from the Netherworld. They are no longer surprised and have no feelings about it.

The journey was unexpectedly safe. Although the surroundings were eerie and quiet, we didn't encounter any monsters along the way.

The team was moving much faster than the caravan and after traveling for more than seven hours, a huge silhouette appeared in front of them.

Half an hour later, the scene before their eyes suddenly became bright. They had passed through the darkness and arrived at another fragment of the realm.

Stepping onto the desolate land, I was surrounded by dry and twisted trees, shrouded in a faint gray mist, and the earth was lifeless.

This fragment of the realm has been attacked by monsters from the Netherworld. All the creatures inside have been destroyed. The twisted power of the Netherworld has invaded, and the entire fragment of the realm has been slowly becoming Netherworld-like.

This fragment of the Netherworld has been assimilated by the Twisted Netherworld, and Netherworld creatures can enter it without restriction and survive for a long time.

"Everyone be careful, it's not safe here."

The team stopped here for half an hour, ate some dry food and then continued on their journey.

The team crossed the desolate land and when they entered the center of the boundary fragment, they saw a huge ruin in front of them, which looked like an abandoned town.

Chu Cheng climbed to a high place and looked out for a while, then shook his head and said:
"Let's take a detour. There are shadow monsters inside."

It looks like there are quite a lot of them, probably a gathering place for some shadow race.

"Go to the right."

When I observed just now, I saw that the terrain on the right was relatively flat.

He bypassed the ruins of the town from a distance and was not discovered by the shadow monsters in the town. He left the fragment of the realm safely and entered the twisted dark realm again.

However, less than ten minutes after entering the Twisted Netherworld, Chu Cheng suddenly looked in a certain direction alertly, listened carefully, stretched out his hand and shouted:
"Stop."

He frowned and hesitated for a moment, then suddenly opened the attribute panel, his eyes fell on perception, and added 30 free attribute points to it.

(End of this chapter)