Chapter 1156 - 616: Boswell, Ingram

At this moment, the goblin sitting on the chair opposite Boswell lifted his head, wearing a gentleman’s hat.

"Aside from the Nord Kingdom, no other kingdom is doing well either."

"Every kingdom has undercurrents surging. It’s just that no one knows when they will erupt, and no one dares to stir them, because doing so will surely get them crushed."

"Everyone is waiting for the right opportunity."

"Reports from Hot Sand and Rust Water are similar."

"The activities of the Elves’ elite eye are becoming more frequent."

"Even the stupid Orcs have sensed something."

"Within human society, the various major churches are also restless, including the Nodanren Sect that believes in the Primordial Human Race of the previous era, eager to restore the glory of the Primordial Human Race."

The goblin with the gentleman’s hat sneered as he spoke.

"Ah! Dear Mentor Kaderi!"

"I didn’t expect that as a Special-level Alchemist, you would also be so concerned about the situation on the continent!"

Boswell stood up, nodded, and exaggeratedly complimented him.

To this, the goblin known as Mentor Kaderi only sneered again and lowered his head once more.

The other goblin merchants were indifferent to his attitude.

Goblin merchants, goblin engineers, and goblin alchemists are all goblins.

But their temperaments and habits are completely different.

The former are cunning, stingy, eloquent, and lustful.

The latter generally have severe academic paranoia.

Just like the high-level engineer Iron Hand Bucklon recruited by Zong Shen.

Seeing Kaderi lower his head, Boswell feigned humility on the surface, but inwardly cursed and also sat down, and the atmosphere around them suddenly cooled.

Boswell turned his head to look at the scenery outside the airship window, pondering about what fun he could find after returning to Thistle Teeth City.

As long as they reach the Commerce Alliance, there will be a teleportation array directly to Thistle Teeth City.

He will have about a week’s vacation time.

Meanwhile, the second batch of goods has been sent to the Thistle Teeth City Commerce Association outpost in Lentax Giant City within the Avalon Kingdom as per his request, expected to arrive in about half a month.

The starting point for the next round of Boswell’s business travels will begin from Lentax Giant City, heading south through the Sarand Sultanate, then along the continent’s western edge heading north, passing through the Kujite Empire and Rodok Kingdom.

Honestly, compared to the southern and western trade routes, he prefers dealing with humans in the central and eastern continents.

The customs of the southern and western kingdoms are more barbaric.

But there’s nothing to be done.

As the leader of traveling merchants, they must adhere to the routes set by the commerce association and company.

Typically, it’s a 5 to 6-year circuit of the continent.

Now he’s just finished the central and eastern trade routes, the next round should take him on the southwestern routes.

He smacked his lips and stopped thinking further.

As a leader of traveling merchants, he counted as middle management among the merchants.

He has no wife but quite a few children.

It doesn’t matter, as he isn’t close to those children.

Boswell only needs to pay a not insignificant maintenance fee to the company regularly.

This maintenance fee is a rule set by the Hot Sand Group’s board of directors.

Otherwise, with his stinginess, he would never pay this money.

Each goblin has its own rules.

To live well, one must follow the rules.

The life of a traveling merchant suits him well, occasionally encountering bandits.

But most of the time, it’s quite peaceful.

God only knows how much wealth those human nobles have accumulated.

When they offer ten times the premium for those engineering weapons, most human nobles didn’t even blink!

Occasionally, he even got invited to banquets by the nobles to have a good meal.

Enjoying considerate service.

However, this didn’t include the fellows from the Sarand Sultanate.

Those humans are freaks, rarely relying on engineering products.

They’re also the most hated kingdom by goblin traveling merchants.

But as a link in the trade route, it’s unavoidable to deal with those living in the Gobi Oasis; the humans of the Sultanate are single-minded; asking a slightly higher price would cause them great embarrassment and anger.

If you run into a bad-tempered prince, you might even get a whipping.

Boswell rolled his eyes and stopped dwelling on those unpleasant things.

The dull airship voyage needed to continue until returning to Thistle Teeth City before he could find any fun.

...

On the straight road outside Lentax Giant City.

Outside the city, a thin white grassland horse was limping forward.

On one side of the horse’s back hung a rack with a Vieille placed on it.

The travel-stained minstrel Ingram Hanover rode on the horse’s back.

His red short coat was stained with black ash, and his yellow hood was long gone.

His curly, light golden hair was as messy as a bird’s nest.

After leaving Zong Shen’s territory, he focused on traveling.

Because the generous reward of 1000 Dinars from Zong Shen meant he didn’t have to sing and perform along the way.

He had enough funds to continue forward.

But the trek of several thousand kilometers was still incredibly arduous.

Along the way, he encountered rampant horse bandits and nocturnal wild beasts.

When passing through the east side of the Witch Feather Forest, he even faced an attack by Harpies.

Fortunately, he arrived safely at Lentax Giant City without injury.

The grassland horse beneath him suffered greatly.

Even though Ingram didn’t push it to full speed.

The average speed was about 20~30 kilometers per hour, requiring him to travel over 10 hours a day.