"Hello, I am a traveler from afar, and I'm here to find a place to stay. Could you possibly offer some assistance?"

Wang Zhifan realized unexpectedly that he could understand the language of the blonde longbow cavalry ahead, so he took off the Wind Concealing Conical Hat from his head, revealing his true appearance, and responded directly in the Xia Country language.

Just as he anticipated, after he spoke, the blonde freckled young cavalry who was originally aiming his bow at him clearly understood his words. The cavalry quickly shifted the direction of his bow and arrow and then spoke in a language that Wang Zhifan found very strange yet could oddly understand:

"Dear traveler from afar! We apologize sincerely! Our Lion's Eye Camp has recently been overwhelmed by newcomers and has suspended accepting travelers!"

To his surprise, the cavalry straightforwardly refused Wang Zhifan's entry into the camp, despite Wang Zhifan showing his true self with sincere intentions and explaining that he had no ill intent and was only seeking a place to rest.

"Such a pity to encounter this situation."

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan thought quickly, feeling that a bit of cleverness was perhaps needed in this step. He swiftly pulled out a small fabric bag from his trouser pocket, which he had recently gotten, and handed it to the young cavalry ahead.

"Please show some leniency; I have been wandering in the wilderness for quite some time and greatly need a place to rest."

He launched a monetary offensive at the blonde freckled cavalry before him.

But contrary to Wang Zhifan's expectations, the young cavalry did not immediately gleefully accept the bribe. Instead, he shook his head directly and explained:

"Dear guest, it's not that I want to make things difficult for you, but our Lion's Eye Camp has recently encountered some challenges, unable to provide sufficient water and food to visitors, hence the suspension. If you're seeking a good place to rest, you better go to another shelter, perhaps Rogge Town to the north, where you can spend money and enjoy more."

"Rogge Town to the north? May I ask how far is it from here?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhifan immediately asked again, feeling that this young cavalry was a good source for information due to his honesty in not accepting bribes.

"Rogge Town is only half a day's ride from here. However, there is a monster nest along the way, so you'd better go around it."

The golden-haired young cavalry with many freckles on his face said this as he put away his bow and arrow, starting to turn back toward the camp gate.

"Thank you!"

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan didn't continue to say more and rode away on his red deer toward the north as the cavalry directed.

Everything seemed to unfold very smoothly, but what the young cavalry who had just returned to the Lion's Eye Camp gate didn't know was that the person he had just politely sent to the north appeared inside the massive camp he was guarding, nestled among the stone-walled and sturdy wooden fenced camp interior!

"Since I'm passing through here, I must come in to check out the place."

At this moment, Wang Zhifan's figure appeared eerily at an unguarded spot within the Lion's Eye Camp, near a big tent.

He had used the Deceitful Shadow Shoes' stealth skill to penetrate the land and slip past the stone wall swiftly without obstruction. Relying on his strong sensory ability, he chose an empty spot and emerged like a ghost, then utilized the Invisible Deceitful Clothing's abilities to change his attire, boldly walking into and exploring this wild camp, the first NPC gathering place he discovered.

Looking around, he saw that the vast Lion's Eye Camp indeed had a large number of people. Many men and women wearing old linen clothes were working, such as watering crops at the camp's edge in the farmland area, feeding grass to dairy cows in the pen beside the farmland, washing basins of clothes in water channel areas, and driving livestock to grind in nearby mills.

Aside from these living areas in the camp outskirts, closer to the camp center was a small market area, where merchants seemed to negotiate with some relatively well-dressed people at each tent entrance. Behind them, tents showed many open crates and burlap sacks filled with various goods.

Meanwhile, at a core area near the market, a three-story stone tower that stood more than ten meters high, with a flag depicting a golden lion's head hanging atop, was clearly the leader's residence for the Lion's Eye Camp.

"There are several rather strong presences in that stone tower; this is indeed an extraordinary magical world."

Already camouflaged in leather armor and integrated into this camp, Wang Zhifan glanced at the stone tower standing prominent above the cluster, sensing the presence of beings exceeding ordinary human levels inside. Coupled with him earlier seeing a cavalry firing flaming arrows at a corpse at the camp gate, it was clear this world was set in a Western classical fantasy backdrop, possessing strong extraordinary powers.

"Let's first inquire with the merchants selling equipment."

Entering this camp, besides satisfying his curiosity, Wang Zhifan's priority was to find NPCs selling and crafting equipment, having currently locked onto several personnel positions.

He swiftly arrived at a large tent in the camp's central market, coming to a middle-aged Caucasian merchant wearing bright striped clothing, greeting him inquiringly:

"Hello! I need an excellent melee weapon; do you have any recommendations?"

The flamboyantly dressed middle-aged Caucasian merchant first eyed Wang Zhifan's somewhat different appearance before enthusiastically engaging.

"Ah! My friend! You've come to the right place buying weapons! I have all sorts of excellent weapons for you to choose from! Look, this Longsword was specially crafted over a month by the old blacksmith from Rogge Town, its quality absolutely trustworthy! And this Nail Hammer, a premium piece I acquired from a career professional, can deliver a lethal blow to those disgusting wilderness monsters, allowing you to roam the wild unimpeded once purchased!"

As the merchant took out two weapons from the tent behind him to display to Wang Zhifan in front, he kept boasting about how extraordinary they were, unaware that Wang Zhifan noticed precise information about them at the moment, finding them not particularly attractive.

[Refined Longsword (Superior)]

[Crafted meticulously by artisans, blade strength enhanced, affording 20% extra physical defense penetration upon attack.]

[Heavy Strike Nail Hammer (Superior)]

[This hammer deals 30% more damage to demon-type monsters upon attack.]

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