PFC Chapter 172 Black Rock Cliff
Chapter 172 Black Rock Cliff
Without the threat of enemies, the rest of the journey was smooth sailing, and with the boatman's quick pace, they soon reached their destination.
"arrive."
Upon arriving at the entrance to Black Rock Cliff, the boat and vehicle suddenly stopped. Everyone disembarked, and they were left to walk the rest of the way on their own, as the path ahead was extremely dangerous, and even experienced boatmen dared not venture in.
"Thanks, brother!"
The moment the boat stopped, the boatman expressed his gratitude to Lin Tian. If it weren't for Lin Tian, he would have lost his possessions and his life.
Lin Tian pushed away the money bag offered by the boatman and got off the carriage alone. The heavily armored knight got off with him. Feeling the gaze directed at him, Lin Tian simply raised his hand to indicate that the other party wanted to thank him, but there was no need.
Leaving the somewhat uneasy gaze of the heavily armored knight, Lin Tian began to survey his surroundings.
At the entrance to Blackrock Cliff, there is a rest stop, jointly established by the Black Scorpion Family and the Emerald Family. Here, maps of Blackrock Cliff, as well as some food and water, are sold.
The boatmen who come here will also stay here until the Obsidian Festival is completely over. Then they will take the remaining survivors back to Dork Town.
At this moment, dozens of boats and carriages have been parked inside and outside the station, and the number of people inside the station is no less than one hundred.
Aside from the staff here, almost everyone who arrives here now is going to Black Rock Cliff. It's unknown how many of these hundred-plus people will survive.
The majority of the crowd belonged to the Black Scorpion family, making up about 40%. They made no attempt to conceal their actions, and given their numbers and the status of the owner, they had nothing to fear.
Besides them, there was another group that was more clearly clustered together. They made up about 30% of the group. If Lin Tian was not mistaken, they should be from the Emerald Family, another owner of the inn.
Aside from these two groups, the remaining groups are individual people like Lin Tian and his group. Most of them have also chosen to band together, but these are all small, scattered groups.
During this time, some people extended invitations to Lin Tian, but he refused them all. He didn't come here to make money. If he acted with them, his plans would be difficult to implement, which was not what Lin Tian wanted to see.
It was getting late, so most people chose to rest where they were. Since there was no accommodation at the inn, people mostly stayed in tents.
Lin Tian looked around, as if searching for something.
"Want to come together?"
A deep, resonant voice rang out, and Lin Tian knew who it was without even turning around.
Dude, you're not actually gay, are you?
Lin Tian turned around helplessly, looked at Knight who was scratching his head with a silly grin, and asked somewhat speechlessly:
"What exactly do you want?"
"I just noticed you didn't have a tent... um... we just bought one, and I was thinking if you don't mind... or maybe I could buy you one, since you just saved us... and we still have some money on hand..."
Looking at Dopp, who was covering his face, and Knight, who was hanging his head, Lin Tian silently gave his assessment in his mind.
A nice guy.
"No need, I have somewhere to go. You don't need to keep dwelling on the boat issue. I only intervened because I was on the boat myself."
After saying that, Lin Tian ignored them and turned to leave, leaving Knight and Dopp staring at each other in disbelief.
"The thank-you gift plan has failed."
"I already told you that other people don't want to talk to you."
"But...my uncle taught me from a young age that I should..."
"Stop! I've heard you say that a hundred times already."
The two were talking, one sentence at a time, when this scene was witnessed by a man wearing a black scorpion mask. Seeing Knight and the other standing there unharmed, his eyes behind the mask were filled with disbelief.
"How can it be......"
"how come......"
Just as he was muttering to himself, White Scorpion suddenly walked over and looked at him with a questioning gaze.
"what happened?"
"........"
"nothing."
Black Scorpion ultimately did not reveal that he had sent people to hunt down Knight. He had a premonition that if he did, he would inevitably be lectured by White Scorpion.
"If there's nothing else, you can go now. We have a short meeting later."
Black Scorpion glanced at Knight one last time. They couldn't make a move inside the inn. If they wanted to continue dealing with him, they would have to do it in the valley.
You wait... it won't be long.
..................
After wandering around the post station for a while, Lin Tian finally spotted a marked tent in a relatively secluded spot. Without hesitation, he lifted the tent flap and went inside.
The tent was completely empty, without a single person in sight. Lin Tian raised an eyebrow slightly at this, but he didn't leave. Instead, he casually sat down inside the tent.
After a while, it seemed that someone else came to the tent, but they did not go in immediately. Instead, they stood in front of the tent for a while, as if they had also discovered that there were people inside.
Wow~
The tent flap was lifted, and two figures dressed in black robes walked in. The two men were startled when they saw Lin Tian.
"Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty?"
Two exclamations rang out, both sounding somewhat surprised.
“I saw the marks you left; you arrived before me.”
"Yes, we hijacked a boat and made it travel at full speed, so we arrived a little earlier than you."
Two men in black robes slowly stepped forward. They both removed their hats, revealing themselves to be a bald middle-aged man and an ugly old man, respectively.
Lin Tian nodded in response to their answer. After gesturing for them to sit down, Lin Tian asked about the progress of their plan.
"I have a pretty good understanding of it."
"If nothing unexpected happens, they should set off together tomorrow, with about thirty or forty people in total, mostly superhumans."
"That being said, they are generally not very strong. No more than ten of them can pose a threat to me. Apart from these, the rest are basically just grunts."
Lin Tian nodded slightly. The opponent's strength was not beyond his control, so he was relieved. He just needed to wait for tomorrow to arrive.
"The Black Scorpion King's Tomb...?"