Chapter 1 The Strength of the Red Rain Caravan

The Red Rain Caravan was indeed as the female ranger had said—a force to be reckoned with.

While the number of carriages was fewer compared to those caravans boasting thirty or more, these carriages were of a higher grade. They were pulled by two teams of horses, making them faster and able to carry more goods—nearly double that of carriages pulled by a single team, offering 24 times the space of an ordinary player's inventory.

Moreover, due to the higher grade of the carriages, they could hire two more guards than ordinary carriages.

To be able to put together such a caravan at this stage showed the means and strength of these people.

"Guild Leader, although there are a few other caravans, they have to wait until they've gathered enough goods before setting off, which will take at least three or four hours. But this particular caravan doesn't want guards who will leave partway through," Water Rose reported.

While Star-Moon City had many caravans, they weren't always ready to depart.

"We're strong guards that are hard to find even with a lantern. They really have no taste," Cola grumbled. He had just equipped the Azure Flame Holy Shield, further increasing his strength. He was somewhat annoyed that the Red Rain Caravan didn't value him.

Shi Feng glanced at the Red Rain Caravan, which was recruiting guards in the distance.

The Red Rain Caravan had a total of 16 Bronze ranked carriages, each capable of accommodating up to 5 people—two more than ordinary carriages. This meant the Red Rain Caravan could travel with a total of 80 people. After deducting their own personnel, they could only recruit a maximum of 50 guards. Allowing a 6-man team to take up one-eighth of the slots would indeed have a significant impact on their combat power.

At this time, Shi Feng and his team were all wearing black cloaks to conceal their identities. Outsiders couldn't see their faces, let alone their guild.

Otherwise, with Zero Wing's influence in the Star-Moon Kingdom, the Red Rain Caravan would at least show some consideration.

However, Shi Feng didn't want to reveal their whereabouts.

Major guilds all had their own investigation teams that regularly collected information on or tracked the main members of other guilds, using this to probe for information or find opportunities for assassination.

The Zero Wing Guild was now a well-known guild in the Star-Moon Kingdom, naturally attracting attention from many parties. Not to mention that Zero Wing had many enemies, so the attention was even greater. They might come looking for trouble.

Although Shi Feng wasn't afraid of being besieged, if it ruined his plans or revealed the location and method for capturing the rare guild mount, it would be a huge loss. That's why Shi Feng had the whole team hide their identities.

"I'll go and negotiate again," Shi Feng said with a smile, heading towards the female ranger leading the caravan.

"Why are you back again? I already said, our slots are precious. We can't recruit people who quit halfway," said the female ranger named Red Rain.

"We don't need any reward. How about this 1 gold as travel expenses?" Shi Feng took out a shining gold coin from his pocket.

Although the Red Rain Caravan was transporting a lot of goods, they didn't earn much profit. One gold coin was quite a bit for the Red Rain Caravan.

Red Rain's eyes showed some hesitation.

"Although the Solia Great Forest is only half the journey, most of the dangers of the transport route come from the Solia Great Forest. Once you pass the Solia Great Forest, there are basically no more problems. How about we leave the caravan after it passes through the Solia Great Forest?" Shi Feng added.

"This…" Red Rain was clearly tempted.

As Shi Feng said, the real danger on the journey from Star-Moon City to the Black Dragon Empire came from the Solia Great Forest. It was the best place for players to ambush, and it was also the place with the most monster trouble. As long as they passed through the Solia Great Forest, it could be said that this transport mission was basically successful.

"Red Rain, just agree to it. Our Red Rain Caravan is a famous caravan in Star-Moon City. Those robbing players usually avoid us. It would be good to earn some extra money," said a Level 29 youth swordsman. "Even if we really encounter trouble in the second half, you still have me."

Shi Feng used Omniscient Eyes to examine the young swordsman.

The swordsman's displayed name was Mo Wuyu. Most of his equipment was Level 25 Fine-Gold, and he also had a Level 25 Dark-Gold item. In addition, he had Level 30 Secret-Silver equipment. Although this equipment couldn't rank among the top-tier players in the guild, he was at least at the level of the second-tier group in a guild, far stronger than those free players without a guild.

"Mo Wuyu?" When Shi Feng saw this name, he suddenly remembered something about this swordsman.

Mo Wuyu was a famous swordsman in the Star-Moon Kingdom. At his peak, he once reached the top thirty on the Star-Moon Kingdom swordsman rankings. He was known as the Rainless Sword, famous throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom. However, there were too many limitations on the growth of free players. It was already remarkable for a free player like Mo Wuyu to rank among the top thirty swordsmen.

"Okay, I agree to your terms, but we need to sign a contract first," the female ranger Red Rain sighed. She felt she was being too conservative. In any case, they were a well-known caravan in Star-Moon City, and those robber players generally wouldn't antagonize them. Even if they did, their caravan had an expert like Mo Wuyu.

"Alright." Shi Feng had no objections to the contract. It could reassure both parties.

Afterward, Shi Feng and the others signed a contract, paying 1 gold as compensation to accompany the caravan until it left the Solia Great Forest, and then they would leave the caravan.

More than ten minutes later, the Red Rain Caravan recruited enough guards and drove their carriages away from Star-Moon City.

The Bronze ranked carriages were very fast, and in just two hours, they arrived in the Solia Great Forest area along the main road.

The outermost areas of the Solia Great Forest are generally where Level 50 monsters roam. However, because the royal army and imperial army regularly cleared the monsters on both sides of the road, the monsters on both sides of the road didn't dare to easily approach this trade route, which is why players dared to organize their own caravans to travel between the two places.

Moreover, players at the current level, as long as they had equipment that ignored levels, coupled with some defensive attack skills unique to caravans, could basically pose a certain threat to Level 50 monsters. As long as there weren't too many, they could kill them.

However, all the monsters killed during the caravan's transportation wouldn't drop items or experience points, so players couldn't use this to level up and obtain items by killing monsters above their level. Also, the caravan's carriages could only travel on the trade road and couldn't go to other places; otherwise, players wouldn't need to buy mounts anymore.

Just as the Red Rain Caravan entered the Solia Great Forest, a lean and shrewd ranger hidden in a towering tree used Eagle Eye to stare at the Red Rain Caravan.

"Boss, another caravan is coming," the ranger said through the team chat.

"Which caravan is it?" A rough and savage voice came from the other side.

"Judging by the symbol, it's the Red Rain Caravan," the lean ranger licked his lips and said.

"The Red Rain Caravan? Good, the Red Rain Caravan has always relied on Mo Wuyu, that expert, making it difficult for Thousand Miles Kill to attack. The Red Rain Caravan doesn't even give basic toll fees. Today, I'll let that woman from Red Rain know that even with Mo Wuyu, it's useless. Tell me the coordinates."

The lean ranger immediately reported the Red Rain Caravan's coordinates to their boss.

"Hahaha, we're going to make a fortune this time. I heard that the Red Rain Caravan is rolling in money, and they even got a Dark-Gold weapon for Mo Wuyu. This time, it's all going to belong to us Thousand Miles Kill!" The lean ranger looked at the Bronze ranked carriages with greedy eyes.