Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1011: Shopping Mall Iron Rules

Twilight slowly crawled across the woodland and stood in the afterglow of dusk. Fares looked at Rick and said, "What do you think?"

Rick sighed. "Well-trained. From what I can tell, the Bucks in Sardinia aren't as efficient as they are. How did Lord Alan create such an army …" He and Fares were just in charge of site selection. But the campsite and the sawn wood and the fire were all taken care of by the guards Edward had pulled from Dawn Castle.

The soldiers chosen by the Mountain King, Inch Flame, and the regular infantry battalion worked together with tacit understanding and a clear division of labour. It didn't take long for a perfect temporary camp to be built. The two of them had only seen this kind of efficiency in the regular army of the empire, but they had never seen any of the leading private troops so well trained. In a small way, the strength of Allen's army could be seen from the fact that a guard was still like this.

If it was purely in terms of combat strength, it would probably already be comparable to the empire's regular army. Among them, those warriors from the Mountain King were the ones who exerted their power when cutting wood, causing Fares to be even more impressed. The captain of the mercenary group secretly estimated that just the Mountain King's group of warriors would probably be comparable to the Berserk Bear Army of the Gray-Backed Bear Armored Army. Within the Bear Armored Army, the Bear Army was the elite of the legion. The strategic task they were responsible for was to break through formations. That was not a simple task.

At this time, the guards had already begun to make food by fire and prepare dinner. Fares pulled Larrick, and the two of them were about to help. Suddenly, Fares stopped and turned to look at the forest behind the camp. Rick was a little slower than him before he could sense the aura of a vicious beast in that direction. Rick saw that the sun was about to set. The setting sun shone brightly on the west side of the forest line. However, the light in the dense forest behind the camp was terrifyingly dim, forming a strong contrast.

In the darkness, the aura of a ferocious beast faintly penetrated through, as if a terrifying ferocious creature would emerge from the forest at any moment. Fares gestured for Rick to be on guard. Suddenly, a figure emerged from that direction. It was Alan.

Alan seemed to be dragging something in his hand, and it was only a moment later that Fares could see it clearly. Behind him was a mountain boar the size of a calf. The big guy didn't move at all. It looked like he was dead, but the aura on his body hadn't completely dissipated. It could be seen how ferocious this thing was when it was alive. Young Abel walked beside Alan, his face full of excitement. Seeing the youth from the camp rushing over, he kept shouting from afar, "There's wild boar meat to eat tonight!"

After returning to the camp, Alan handed over the wild boar to Fares and the soldiers to deal with. The big wild boar was quickly skinned off by them. Rick took out his saber and sword and unhooved the wild boar skillfully. The most fleshy pig was washed by warriors from a nearby stream. Fares wiped the salt off the wild boar's body. In the end, the soldier set up the wild boar and roasted the whole pig on the fire.

Alan washed his hands and walked to Lucy's circle, sitting on a withered tree trunk, looking like he was waiting for food. Edward walked over and sat beside him. "The harvest in the Land of Darkness this time is quite good. When we get to Sardinia, Shawn and the others will go to the local Chamber of Commerce to see if they can open the joint. If it goes well, we can take down Sardinia, the node of the trade route."

After the bandits gathered that day, Alan stayed on the Evil Tooth Barrier for three days. One was to wait for Garden to repair the armor, and the other was to give the pirate leaders time to think about it carefully. Two days later, Garden first sent over the completed Eternal Guardian. As Garden said, due to the limitations of materials and workmanship, the armor could not be fully repaired. Of course, its performance was not as good as before, but since the damaged part was only the chest part, the defensive performance of the other parts of the armor did not change. The Eternal Guardian could also be equipped with personal equipment, so he wasn't afraid that someone would see through the damage to his chest at a glance. Apart from the discount on his defense, Garden's skills were pretty good. His technique was well-behaved, but with a strong military style, it was practical.

So Alan asked Gulus to choose a group of clever young men who were eager to learn and handed them over to Garden, so that he could nurture a group of craftsmen and apprentices first. Although there was a weapons workshop at Dawn Castle, the number of people there was still limited. Moreover, the team in charge of Lin Si was mainly developing firearms, cannons, and even war chariots that were currently under development. Allen still lacked a team of craftsmen who specialized in cold weapons and equipment, so Garden could not have replenished it better.

He even planned to let Garden leave the Land of Darkness and walk around in the future to see if he could recruit a group of former imperial army workshop craftsmen to strengthen this troop.

Then, the day before he left, the leader of the pirates began to express his stance to him. In the end, more than half of the pirates made a preliminary agreement with Alan. If Allen could reach the capital smoothly and open up this north-south trade route, then the pirates would fully support Allen and do as he commanded. As for the leaders who were still hesitant and waiter in the end, Allen did not make things difficult for them. However, he had a ruler in his heart that had long since separated these people. At that time, if these people wanted to join after seeing the good situation, they would have to pay a higher price than they did now.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and there was no such thing as a deal. These people didn't want to take any risks, and if they wanted to join after the trade route was opened, the threshold that Allen gave them wouldn't be as simple as it was now.

'"There are quite a few chambers of commerce in Sardinia, and there are even a few large merchant groups. Furthermore, the relationship behind these merchant groups is probably complicated. We have offended a lot of influential figures this time. Just a dark place has offended a general and a certain lord. From my point of view, Shawn's and the others' activities in Sardinia will probably not go so smoothly." Alan bent down and folded a new blade of grass. He put it in his mouth and chewed it lightly. A burst of grass fragrance spread out in his mouth.

"That's normal," Edward said calmly. "But don't forget, even the emperor can't control everyone, so even if there's a consortium fighting against us, Shawn and the others won't necessarily lose some of their allies. Didn't you hear that in the marketplace, there are only eternal interests and no eternal enemies?"

Ellen had naturally heard of this shopping mall's iron rules. In fact, he had a natural attitude towards Sardinia and the others. It was great that Shawn could win the support of the Chamber of Commerce in Sardinia, but if he couldn't, it wouldn't be a loss. As for this trade route node, just because it couldn't be opened now didn't mean that it couldn't be opened in the future. A viscount's influence on Sardinia was limited, but a count, especially a count of strength, was completely different. Moreover, after arriving in the imperial capital, he still had the support of the Second Prince, so he pushed down heavily, not worrying about the Chamber of Commerce in Sardinia obeying him.

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