Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 454 Harlem is forced into a corner
Harlem is very strong, but he is not a good manager, otherwise he would not be "bullied" by people in his own group.

If he hadn't been overly lenient towards his own people, those adventurer teams wouldn't have gone so far.

However, in an adventure group, strength is the most important thing, and no adventurer can accept having a leader who is not strong enough.

Most adventurers live just for their reputation. Even if they are hunted down to death for committing all kinds of evil, it is better than being incompetent.

Moreover, the relationship between the adventure groups has always been one of unity and hostility... Although they can unite against the outside world and stand shoulder to shoulder in front of the nobles and the temple and swear to fight to the death, they will never show mercy when dealing with competitors.

At most, we can leave them a way out when the opponent has given up, but in a confrontation, we can definitely kill them.

All this requires a team leader who can lead the team members to withstand all pressure and even stand at the forefront.

Anyway, under normal circumstances, the adventure groups are scattered in various city areas in the form of small teams to carry out tasks, so there is actually no need for a leader who is too good at managing the adventure group.

Things like this that require the team leader to come forward and formulate a strategy only happen once every few decades, and most adventure teams can still accept this result.

In fact, they are more reluctant to have a leader who is too powerful... Adventurers have too low a status, and people with all kinds of abilities naturally want a lot, and it is easy for them to lead the adventure team to participate in political events that they should not be involved in.

No matter how powerful an adventure group is, they rarely act as a whole, unless it is an open activity like mining for resources like the Great Iceberg, and all adventure groups can participate without any prerequisites.

If it was in a noble territory, no matter how difficult the mission was, they would at most send out a squadron of 24 people... If more manpower was needed, they would basically just choose to give up the mission.

Nine times out of ten, it's some noble who's trying to cause trouble.

Over the years, adventurers have long understood that the glory and other things talked about by the nobles are all temptations in the gutter and are never intended to be realized.

However, every once in a while, some apparently smart guys would lead their people into a dead end.

The nobles and the temples looked down on their ugly faces fighting for money, but every adventurer knew that making money was never a shameful thing.

It is truly shameful to have no money to support your family and to have to watch your loved ones die in poverty one by one. It is even more shameful to be unable to support yourself and to have to live a barely surviving life!

The North is actually considered a country where the adventure groups are relatively weak... If it is weaker, it should not be called a country, but the location of the main temple.

After all, the most recent national war happened within a hundred years, and the neighboring countries are no pushovers. The North still attaches great importance to the construction of the national army and logistical support.

Therefore, talented people are actually more willing to join the national army, followed by the knightly orders of the territorial nobles. Adventure groups, where you have to fight hard from the very beginning, are not what most people pursue.

But there are always idiots.

The most terrifying thing in this world is idiots who have power but dare to abuse it.

Even if the problem can be resolved afterwards, the people who were hurt by such idiots will never be forgiven.

In Leon's small adventure group, most of the people have their own reasons and are unwilling to accept the situation.

Therefore, even though Leon is already a foregone conclusion that he will be the future king, Hamilton’s current mood is not very good.

Although some people may want to return home in glory and vent their anger.

But more people feel suffocated when they think about the possibility of bringing a little benefit to the family.

Therefore, unlike other kings who are preparing to ascend the throne, Leon is now most busy with how to arrange these subordinates who would rather live in the dark all their lives.

It's impossible not to take them with me.

Just as Valera said, Hamilton's affairs are indeed worthy of study by adventurers.

If the king really allowed an open adventuring group to exist under his command, the Northern Kingdom would surely become a paradise for adventurers.

Not only the nobles who will inevitably follow suit, but even the traditionalists can no longer openly despise adventurers as they did in the past.

Just like, they once had to change their attitude towards merchants...the existence of the Lord of Wealth changed everything.

The nobles no longer dared to simply throw a servant who knew how to do math in the castle to deal with the managers of their chambers of commerce as they did in the past.

In the past, people who did business for the nobles actually only needed to be cashiers and accountants.

Whatever they wanted, any merchant could only sell it to him at the price he set.

But after the Lord of Wealth appeared, the person who could be the manager of this Chamber of Commerce had to at least be an aide to the nobles... If giving orders didn't work, they had to learn the business methods of the merchants.

From then on, the merchants successfully established themselves. Although they still showed a certain respect to the nobles, they were wealthy and powerful enough to secretly control everything in the noble territories... It's not that they didn't have the ability to do so before, but they just didn't dare to.

Although adventurers appeared early, it was too late for them to really become a force to be reckoned with.

After finally finding his own way to survive, he encountered the disaster of the fall of the gods.

Without a strong support that can force the nobles to give in, the adventurers will inevitably remain a loose group.

At most, they could huddle together when it rained heavily, but at other times, they would mind their own business. His Majesty, the future king of the North, was their best chance.

Harlin sighed: "If I can't steal it, things will be difficult!"

He had never thought of attacking Qingfeng Valley blatantly.

The brain is not fed to the ice dog.

Harlin originally estimated that there must be a few people among his people with strange minds who would try to enter Qingfeng Valley to observe the environment and see if they could find something... This is a nice way of saying it.

In every adventure group, there are some guys with dirty hands and feet.

It’s not that they can’t make money, they just like the feeling of getting something for nothing and the heartbroken screams of the lost owner.

Especially, he loved to attack the nobles.

Anyway, these guys entered Qingfeng Valley as individuals. If they were caught doing something they shouldn't, they would just pay the ransom and then be kicked out of the group. His captain would just apologize and give them compensation and that would be it.

These are their usual tactics.

Ordinary noble territories would not be too harsh on these professionals... They were well aware of the solidarity of adventurers and would never easily kill them.

However, this approach has a prerequisite, which is that the adventure group itself can no longer have any demand for that territory.

The nobles are also very vindictive.

What's the point of the methods Harlin originally considered, given that most of the people in his adventure group have permission to enter Qingfeng Valley?

He stretched his neck and asked his staff: "Do you think Qingfeng Ling can be nice to others?"

The aide raised his head expressionlessly: "You will definitely be implicated as well, don't even think about it.

Baron Lori actually doesn't care much about the affairs of Qingfeng Valley. As long as Valeera and Charles are not in danger, that's enough.

You have also seen Valeera's behavior. Do you think that what you say to her is just a few people acting on their own initiative...will she be willing to believe it?"

"That's not just thinking about what she can do for the future of the territory..." Harlin was getting more and more out of breath as he spoke.

"Damn it!" He stood up angrily, "Can't we make this money?"

"If this is just a matter of money," the staff sighed, "then we can still endure it for the future. It's not like we have reached the point where we have to die together if we don't make any more money.

The Church of Wealth and the Church of Earth are all eyeing it, and the Church of Dark Night also wants it... Those women can even kill a turtle, why are they joining in on this fun!

It is impossible for our adventure group to offend so many churches at the same time... They have already spoken, and it is fine to choose one of them to trade with, but if we refuse all of them, it will be our fault.

We can't let this matter ruin the adventure group's foundation over the years."

A large adventure group must have bases in many cities, including those in other countries.

That was the place they had built with great effort over several lifetimes, and it was also the retreat for their adventure group. No one wanted to lose it just like that.

However, the Lord of Qingfeng Territory is a very troublesome person, so it is best not to offend him too much.

The very least you can do is not be harsh to Valeela.

But that woman will definitely do something bad to them.

Harlin put his hand on his waist and gritted his teeth fiercely: "If there is really no other way, I will go to Louis. That guy has always been cunning. Maybe he can think of a better way."

He just couldn't believe that if his own adventure team was like this, Louis would be an exception!

The staff thought about it and nodded: "What we are most afraid of is that everyone else goes but we don't?

If other adventure groups are also afraid to do so, then... it seems there is no need to worry too much!
Captain, when you get there, just observe first, and don't reveal your true intentions as soon as you open your mouth!
Talk less and wait for them to finish speaking first, okay?
When Louis sees you, he will understand what you are going to do. You don't have to pretend. Just say whatever you want to say, but don't look like you are desperate for help!

Remember that you are going there to seek opinions!
Just listen! "
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With the earnest instructions of his own staff, Harlin left the small ice valley with a few leaps... The adventure group got some news more or less, and it was best not to go into the valley to talk about secrets on the big iceberg.

But we have to be on guard against the eyes above the clouds, so we might as well find a small ice valley to set up our tent.

These small ice valleys are basically changing every day.

Even though the huge iceberg is a cold place that has been frozen for hundreds of thousands of years, it is impossible for even the ice on the surface to not melt at all.

Areas that melt in the midday sun will quickly freeze solid the following night.

If it does not melt for three or four days in a row, a new small ice valley will be formed.

(End of this chapter)