Chapter 1077: Chapter 685, Lousy Troll
The next day, good news finally arrived.
Millie had reached the tenth level.
This talented yet mischievous and playful young giant rabbit had finally reached the tenth level.
This made everyone in the city very happy.
Fang Hao was happy to see his little rabbit, who had grown from a timid slave into a potential hero.
The rest of the maids in the territory were happy because, with two people becoming heroes, they could build one more piece of entertainment equipment.
In any case, Millie was about to become a hero.
Inside the hall.
The youthful giant lop-eared rabbit stood with her arms folded across her chest, her little head tilted back, having maintained this posture for over twenty minutes.
Calmly accepting Fang Hao’s praise.
“Alright, Millie, when can you advance to a hero?” Fang Hao looked at Millie.
The latter thought for a moment and said, “The Lion King instructor told me to stabilize for two days and then try to advance.”
Mentioning advancing to a hero, Millie, who had just been a bit proud, started to worry.
Advancing also had a success rate.
No one could guarantee a success on the first try.
Fang Hao nodded, “Okay, then first get used to it for two days. Don’t worry about the trials; just do your best.”
“Oh oh, master is the best.” Millie stepped forward and hugged him, her white lop-eared little head actively nuzzling in further.
He patted her little head.
“Alright, go train!”
“Okay!” Millie hugged him tightly again and scampered out.
She spoke softly with the maids outside for a moment.
Then they all ran towards the training ground.
Watching several figures disappear, Fang Hao also showed a smile.
Races like the Giant Spiders or the Bronze Bull’s Tauren were also having troops advance to hero status.
But this was very different from the growth of the maids.
It wasn’t just the sense of achievement from nurturing maids.
More importantly, it was these maids’ trust; aside from heroes from the Undead whose memories had been altered, these maids were the people he trusted most.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to call them confidantes.
Therefore, their advancement was an enhancement of Fang Hao’s own strength.
It was more delightful to Fang Hao than the advancement of those subordinate races.
…
After breakfast.
The territory gradually became busy.
The maids continued their training, and the funeral Priests also organized a large number of Skeleton soldiers to handle the dragon’s corpse.
Fang Hao had visited the Skeleton area once these past two days.
The entire square had huge wooden frames set up, and on those frames were spread out dragon corpses.
It looked rather like drying bat specimens.
It was a bloody sight and quite frightening.
Fang Hao walked around the territory.
He handled some matters and then returned to the lord’s mansion to contact Ms. Li Rong.
After a brief chat, he directly opened the holographic screen in the hall.
The next moment, Ms. Li Rong, dressed in a magic robe and holding a Magic Wand, along with the purple-skinned ‘Morse,’ stepped out from the holographic screen.
Ms. Li Rong curiously looked around, while Morse bowed and said, “Lord.”
“Thanks for the hard work, Morse. I hope Ms. Li Rong didn’t give you a difficult time!”
Morse had been forcibly recruited by Fang Hao as a hero.
He specifically checked her loyalty.
[Shadow Stabber – Morse, current loyalty 53 points.]
After recruitment, she was sent to protect Li Rong and had not really increased her loyalty since then.
“Ms. Li Rong didn’t make things difficult for me,” Morse immediately replied.
Li Rong is a business elite and is quite good at managing interpersonal relations.
Her relationship with Morse is, in fact, a bit better than between Morse and Fang Hao.
Kind of like best friends.
Hearing what Fang Hao said, Li Rong also gave him a stern look, “What do you mean ‘bullying’? Why do you speak like that?”
She motioned for the two to sit down, and Fang Hao continued, “How have things been in Silver Wing City lately? You haven’t mentioned it.”
Previously, Li Rong used to love chatting with him.
Besides various explicit images, she would also talk about the situation and politics of Silver Wing City.
Recently, she seemed to talk less about it.
Li Rong didn’t answer directly but coughed lightly and straightened a badge on her chest!
“What does that mean?” Fang Hao didn’t recognize it.
He only knew a few official flags.
“I have just been appointed as a mid-level mage by the Magic Association and have gained significant trust within it to monitor the misconduct of mages below my rank,” Li Rong said slowly, but a bragging tone was very evident.
Was she now officially on the staff?
And it seemed like a position with considerable power.
“Wow, congratulations! You must take good care of us in the future,” Fang Hao quickly flattered.
“That depends on whether you understand how to behave properly. Tonight come to my…” Her gaze shifted to Morse and she swallowed the latter half of her sentence.
Li Rong’s promotion was good news for Fang Hao.
The Magic Association held a high position in human territories.
Having someone he knew in such a place was important.
It would make gathering information and handling affairs much easier.
Not continuing with that topic, he asked further, “How is the Federation’s integration of transmigrators progressing?”
“It’s not going smoothly. The church is still endorsing Xu Haide, but you know his reputation. Though it has improved a bit, it’s still so-so,” Li Rong continued after a slight pause, “I’ve heard that the council plans to wait until the internal disputes settle down a bit and then forcefully integrate. I don’t know if that’s true.”
People don’t willingly hand over their destinies to someone else for no reason.
Especially Xu Haide, who has been exposed by the media; nobody really trusts him.
But if the Federation forcibly integrates, they probably plan to deploy the military to coerce the transmigrators.
This kind of job is tough to handle, it could lead to more chaos within the Federation, and might even provoke a surge of bandits and outlaws.
Bandits formed by transmigrators could be much more terrifying than the original inhabitants.
The two exchanged a few words.
They roughly caught up on the situations in Silver Wing City and the Federation.
Fang Hao continued, “What about that map you mentioned? Let me see it!”
While getting the map, Li Rong casually asked, “Why don’t you come over to my place?”
“Do you not know about what happened with Aerygon?”
“Of course, I know, wasn’t he captured by you? I even bought some comics about you guys; do you want to see them…?”
Fang Hao’s expression froze.
Damn! My lifetime of reputation.
“Focus less on these trivial matters. You’re not getting any younger,” Fang Hao glared at her, explaining, “The situation is a bit chaotic right now, and I try to avoid going to dangerous places.”
“It sounds as if I would harm you,” Li Rong said discontentedly.
“I certainly trust you, but forcing Dordy to compromise on Lyss City entering the Upper Senate means he might hold a grudge.”
“Alright, I understand, I’ll come over if there’s a need in the future just the same.”
Ms. Li Rong spoke as she handed over the Single-page Map.
After integrating with the Book of Lords, Fang Hao displayed the location on the grand map.
The location on the map was somewhat remote.
It was located southeast of Silver Wing City, quite a distance from where he was.
“Is there any intelligence on this location? If it’s just a normal exploration map, I can arrange some troops for you to explore it yourself,” Fang Hao said.
Ms. Li Rong had been developing quite well.
Fang Hao didn’t think she couldn’t even explore a normal map.
“I went there, got driven back, hence why I’m seeking your help to explore,” Ms. Li Rong explained.
Fang Hao understood that Ms. Li Rong had explored it before.
But hadn’t succeeded.
“High-level enemies?”
“A group of Trolls, levels seven and eight, in dense forest terrain. Human soldiers going in would find it difficult to gain any advantage, and besides, the map’s intelligence points to a temple, which definitely harbours higher-level enemies,” Ms. Li Rong continued.
Level seven and eight Trolls were indeed troublesome.
Ms. Li Rong cutting her losses in time was also in line with her character.
“What kind of temple, which deity?”
Within the Human Clan’s domain, there were few temples besides those of the God of Light and the Goddess of Harvest.
“No intelligence!”
Fang Hao nodded, indicating he understood.
A temple in the wilderness was a good find.
Perhaps, they might even uncover something like ‘Divinity’ as a reward.
He glanced at the map and frowned slightly.
“The distance on the map is a bit far.”
“I’ve already occupied a nearby subordinate village where we can head over at any time,” Ms. Li Rong replied with a smile.
Fang Hao realized she had thought ahead about everything.
All that was left was to go there.
Fang Hao nodded, having a transport point made things easier.
“Good, I’ll make arrangements, and then we can head over.”
Fang Hao summoned several heroes from the city.
He briefly delegated the task of guarding.
Although, the possibility of the Dragon Clan causing trouble again was virtually nil, it was still better to be cautious.
Once everything was prepared.
He shared the map with Ms. Li Rong and activated the transport light screen.
Several figures disappeared within the light screen.
…
When they reappeared.
They were in a simple wooden hut.
The hut wasn’t large, with vegetables hanging from wooden beams visible.
It appeared the village wasn’t wealthy.
At the very least, it was far below the current state of Pigmen Village.
“Just an ordinary little village with hardly any villagers; by the way, how did you bring your troops over?” Ms. Li Rong asked curiously.
There were four beings in total, Fang Hao, Anjia, Ms. Li Rong, Morse, and a running Giant Lizard with four legs.
“Don’t worry, you’ll see soon enough. Let’s head over to the place you mentioned first,” Fang Hao replied.
They left the village and headed directly toward the target.
About three hours later.
“We’re almost there.” Ms. Li Rong, sitting in the back, spoke up to give a heads-up.
Fang Hao lightly patted the Giant Lizard’s neck.
The Giant Lizard began to slow down, gradually stopping.
Looking in the direction Ms. Li Rong pointed, there was a dense forest.
Intertwined vines and shrubs about half a person’s height made entering no simple task.
No wonder Ms. Li Rong said the terrain here was challenging.
“This area is desolate and close to the border of the Federation, hardly anyone comes here,” Ms. Li Rong softly explained from the side.
Fang Hao nodded, then asked, “So the temple you mentioned is just beyond the forest?”
“It should be.”
“Only the Trolls you described?”
“I encountered a type of creature known as ‘Decrepit Trolls’ when I brought troops here before. They range from level seven to eight, and their bodies explode upon death, releasing a poisonous gas difficult for living creatures to handle,” Ms. Li Rong continued.
Troll military units.
Judging by the story arc of this region.
The Trolls had once launched a campaign from the Bloody Mountains and almost drove the Orcs and the Human Clan out of this area with their strong bodies.
But then the Trolls got overconfident, killed both a dragon and an Elf princess.
And were pushed back to the Bloody Mountains.
They had recovered some over the years, then were cleared by Fang Hao once.
These remaining Trolls here, although far-fetched, still made some sense.
Fang Hao nodded, extending his hand to summon.
An Owl, composed of thunder attributes, condensed by his side.
Flying deep into the forest.
It rose above the trees, peering down through the gaps in the tree crowns below.
In the forest, there were small gathering spots, one after another.
Creatures similar to Trolls, but uglier, gathered in groups of three to five.
Looking out, there were indeed many of them in the forest.
With Ms. Li Rong’s forces, even if she pulled over all the artillery, it would be tough to deal with these enemies.
Commanding the Thunder Spirit to move a bit closer below.
Then he saw the names of the monsters.
[Decrepit Troll (Level 7)].
The Thunder Spirit dispersed.
Outside the dense forest, Fang Hao dismounted the Giant Lizard.
“How is it?” Ms. Li Rong asked.
“There are quite a few enemies, prepare for battle.”
“Battle? Just the few of us?”
Fang Hao didn’t respond, starting to conjure magic.
In the next second, a gigantic stone door formed out of thin air.
The ‘Gate of the Worlds’ opened, revealing densely packed, neatly arranged Skeleton troops.
“Out!”
Clink clatter!
The sound of bone friction and armor clashing filled the area.