Chapter 57: Black Mountain Pass

At the exit to the north of Forgotten Valley, a fortress stands quietly. The entire fortress is made of black stones, and the height of the city wall reaches a staggering 40 meters, blocking the entire Forgotten Valley in length.

The entire fortress is like an iron wall, blocking the Forgotten Valley tightly. To pass through the Forgotten Valley, one must pass through the Black Mountain Pass.

However, as you approach Heishan Pass, you will find that this fortress is not as powerful as you imagine. In fact, it is more like an old man in the twilight. The protective walls above the fortress have been damaged in multiple places, and the entire exterior of the fortress looks dilapidated, as if it has not been repaired for a long time.

The fact is also that the Vansel family built this fortress to prevent the beasts from the Decapital Swamp from running to the Vansel Principality through the Forgotten Valley. However, this fortress has been established for hundreds of years, and those beasts have only been active in the black soil wasteland and have never been to Forgotten Valley. This has gradually led to the fortress being forgotten. Although there are still some garrisons here, its main purpose is to protect public security.

Although there are no stationed troops here in Black Mountain Pass, no one dares to underestimate its combat effectiveness because there are numerous adventurers and mercenaries here, who are also an immeasurable force.

However, the presence of these people has also made the security here in the Black Mountain Pass very chaotic, and the city defense officers are also very painful, because whether they are adventurers or mercenaries, they are all unruly guys. If they can't handle them, they will draw knives and cut people. Faced with such a group of barbarians, they are not elite city defense troops, and they appear even more powerless.

It is precisely because of this that the Black Mountain Pass eventually evolved into a city defense army, a place jointly managed by several large mercenary groups and merchants. These large mercenary groups and merchants have their own territories and do not invade each other, living in peace.

Of course, in this situation, the Duchy of Versailles cannot expect to receive any taxes here. If they cannot collect taxes, the Duchy will not give them money to repair the city walls. Therefore, gradually, the Black Mountain Pass has become a paradise for mercenaries, adventurers, and even fugitives.

This also reflects the situation in the Black Soil Wilderness from a side perspective. The Black Soil Wilderness is a dead end, so for the Duchy of Versailles, the Black Mountain Pass is the safest border town. There are no enemies around, and it is often surrounded by mountains, where dragons and snakes mix together. If the Black Soil Wasteland were very prosperous, then the Black Mountain Pass would be an important border town because there would be trade exchanges. The Kingdom of Versailles could collect a large amount of taxes, so it would naturally attach importance to this place instead of selectively forgetting it as it is now.

In this situation, the defense situation here at Black Mountain Pass can be imagined. For Green, this is an undefended city.

Of course, he wouldn't swaggering into Black Mountain Pass through the main entrance, otherwise he might be recognized. Green climbed over the city wall and sneaked into Black Mountain Pass.

The commercial development here in Heishan Pass is extremely abnormal, with weapon shops, medicine shops, equipment stores everywhere, taverns, hotels, restaurants everywhere. However, places like those for buying daily necessities are difficult to find here. Apart from the city defense army, there are only a few adventurers or mercenaries in the entire fortress, and there are very few ordinary people.

Of course, these were not what Green was concerned about. He found a relatively remote equipment store and bought five black magic robes, the kind with hats, and a long wooden magic wand. He also bought himself a set of armor, which was very beautiful but not very fancy. The most important thing about this armor was that he had a helmet that could cover Green's face completely.

The magic robe was naturally sold to Zhao Hai. With this magic robe and wand, Zhao Hai could dress up as a black magician. After all, apart from a black magician, no other magician likes to wear this strange and almost whole person wrapped magic robe. After several generations of improvements, the magic robe on the mainland is not only comfortable to wear, but also very beautiful, especially for some female magic mages who wear very gorgeous magic robes that almost catch up with formal attire.

Compared to ordinary wizards, the Black Magician prefers the type of wizard Green bought. This type of magic robe is very thick and has a large hat that can almost cover a person's entire face. Gradually, this type of magic robe has become a symbol of the Black Magician.

The only use of that kind of armor for Green is to cover his face. He wants to dress up as a follower of a magician. It should be noted that on the continent, magicians are a group of people with high status and generally do not lack money. Therefore, although magicians are not afraid of close combat, they still bring some followers. These followers can help the magician in battle, but they may help the magician in normal times.

So on the mainland, if you see a wizard accompanied by a group of warriors dressed like iron cans, you don't have to feel surprised at all. Those warriors are the followers of the wizard.

This time, Green is going to dress up as a warrior who follows the magician, only then can he stay by Zhao Hai's side all the time without being suspected.

After buying these things, Green also bought some things for mercenaries, including a mercenary backpack. Mercenary backpacks are the standard equipment for every mercenary and adventurer, as they spend most of their time traveling in the wilderness. Therefore, they will prepare corresponding items for themselves according to different tasks, including food, supplies, or loot, which also need to be stored in a place. Therefore, this type of mercenary backpack has emerged.

The main purpose of Green buying this thing is to prevent people from discovering the secrets of Zhao Hai's space, which is why he did it. Their destination this time is not Heishan Pass. Heishan Pass is just a place they pass by, and no one will care about them here because the people here don't care about anything else except themselves. In addition, the Vansel family doesn't have much power here, so Green is not worried.

But if they had gone elsewhere, it wouldn't have been so smooth. The Vansel family still has good control over their territory, but of course, Black Mountain Pass is an exception.

Greene also wanted to buy more things, but he really didn't have any money in his hands now. Although selling the carrots would make him rich, don't forget that their carrots haven't been sold yet, so he had to buy some necessities and leave Black Mountain Pass.

However, Green is now not wearing his flashy silver armor, but rather a plain adventurer's cloth suit, which makes him appear unremarkable. There are hundreds or thousands of adventurers coming in and out of Blackhill every day, and who would pay attention to him.

Green, although out of the Black Mountain Pass, still carefully observed his surroundings before slowly walking towards the mountains. To be honest, he now has a bit of a sense of caution.

Greene circled around the mountain several times, and after confirming that he was not being followed, he finally arrived at the place where he had marked. Before he could do anything, the entrance to the space appeared. Greene flashed into the space, and the entrance disappeared, everything returned to calm.

Zhao Hai has been paying attention to the situation outside the space, so when Green appeared, he noticed it. Don't forget, he can see within a hundred meters outside.

As soon as Zhao Hai saw the big backpack in Green's hand, he couldn't help but be stunned because the appearance of this backpack was too similar to the kind of hiking bag on Earth in his past life. Apart from the different materials, less exquisite workmanship, and no use of zippers, everything else was really like that kind of hiking bag.

Zhao Hai pointed to the big backpack in confusion and said, "Grandpa Green, why did you buy this thing? We don't even need it

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Green smiled and said, "Of course we don't need this thing, but with it, we can conceal the existence of space. After all, space preparation is rare on the mainland

Zhao Hai immediately understood what Green meant. He nodded and said, "Yes, I almost forgot about it

Zhao Hai nodded and proceeded with the magic wand and backpack. The wand was made of unknown wood and was very light. Zhao Hai felt that what he was holding was not a piece of wood, but rather a bamboo pole.

However, Zhao Hai did not study this magic wand, but instead entered the thatched hut with his backpack. The clothes Zhao Hai initially wore were some aristocratic clothes prepared for him by Green and his team. The aristocratic clothes here were very luxurious, but also very inconvenient. Although his lower body was not the kind of tight pants that Zhao Hai saw on the earth in the Western Middle Ages, the pants were also very inconvenient. In the end, Zhao Hai simply stopped wearing those aristocratic clothes. Now he has a lot of things to do every day, and wearing such clothes can only affect his movements.

Merlin also knew this, so she didn't object either. When Green came back and saw that Zhao Hai was not wearing aristocratic clothes, she originally wanted to oppose it. However, seeing that Zhao Hai had to do so many things, wearing such clothes was indeed inconvenient. Even so, he was not someone who didn't know how to be flexible.

The clothes Zhao Hai is currently wearing are a set of Green's samurai uniform, but it has been made smaller by Merlin. Zhao Hai is not as tall as Green, but fortunately Green is not very strong, so there is no need to change too much. This type of samurai uniform is naturally made very loose and easy to move for the convenience of warriors' battles, which Zhao Hai likes very much.

(End of this chapter)