Chapter 480 - 450: The Rhythm of the Reward Farm
When Ouling fainted, the group of rescued human NPCs outside the city immediately became agitated and started shouting: "The hero has fallen; I must save him! Guards, don’t stop me."
"Let the hero go, let the professionals do it! I am an intermediate beast veterinarian!"
"Without the hero, we would have no freedom. Guards, let me into the city! I haven’t had a drink in so long!"
Damn it! What’s with the big deal and who are these people? Aren’t I the real ’big deal’ in front of you all? Seeing the NPCs looking like they might disperse like a scatter of monkeys with a tree down, our Brother Junxiang immediately stood up to steady the crowd’s spirit: "Everybody calm down. Hero Ouling said he’s very tired and needs a month’s rest. To celebrate our victory, everyone is invited to drink for a month at the tavern and stay in a suite for a month – a whole month of doing nothing. Are you with me?"
But the people seemed not to listen and cried out in unison, "We want to enter the city! We want safety! We want freedom!"
Da Fei frowned and hurriedly said to the guard: "I am the chief officer of this hero, please let us enter the city!"
The guard shook his head and said sternly: "No, the origins of these people are unknown. And those beastman captives cannot be allowed into the city!"
This situation is probably similar to that of fishmen entering the city, right? Da Fei frowned again, "Then please summon your superior to talk!"
The guard coldly replied, "Superiors are not at your beck and call. They have no time for such trivial matters of yours!"
Damn it! How could such a big issue still be considered trivial? It really shows how being away from one’s land diminishes one’s worth; Even dogs don’t spare me a glance here! What to do now? Logically, we should send Ouling to rest in a hotel, but before he fainted, Ouling asked me to arrange for these people. How can I leave without settling them? What will happen once Ouling leaves? There’s a high chance everyone will run away!
That’s correct, there was no system prompt to tell me that these people are also my spoils of war—I am still in the middle of a mission! Even if I can’t enter the city for now, I can’t let them escape! So, there’s no way I’m letting Ouling go rest! Let him lie in the middle of everyone and stay together with everyone!
With a quick thought, Da Fei immediately said to the crowd: "Don’t panic, everyone. Hero Ouling will not leave before we enter the city! I hope you all won’t leave the hero who saved you either!"
Finally, the crowd took the bait: "We want to stay with the hero!"
Da Fei let out a long sigh of relief! That was close; almost lost them! This time, Ouling pulled off such a big feat, surely standing out as a hero. Maybe even a title or a piece of land as a reward is on the cards. By then, these people would become my house servants, and those beastman captives would be slaves. How could I let them escape?
So, after keeping them settled, the next thing to do was to go find the officials! But officials aren’t the type you can see whenever you want, so—Da Fei then set his sights on the huge beastman totem on the ox cart! In the beastman tribe, this is a symbol of spirit, right? Securing this object would surely be seen as a triumphant and prestigious proof of victory. What to do next was obvious—push this cart of goodies to claim the reward and that would certainly lead to meeting the officials!
Da Fei immediately told the guard: "We have destroyed the Beastman Blood Barbarian Tribe, and I want to turn in the totem of the Beastman Tribe!"
The guard then looked at Da Fei with new respect: "Go ahead, drive the cart to the Military Department, find Quartermaster Thomas!"
Humph, it’s as good as done!
At that moment, Da Fei suddenly realized that the entire team chat was silent, and the members of the Bloodrose Guild around keeping watch were also not making a ruckus. Even Little Fang and Little Li following behind him did not say anything—the scene was eerily quiet!
Da Fei couldn’t help but be startled: "What’s going on?"
The team channel then burst out: "Wow! Brother Junxiang, you handled that so smoothly!"
"Indeed, it was quite possible that people might have fled just now! I never thought of keeping Ouling amidst the crowd!"
"Brother Junxiang, are you really a newbie who just played for half a day?"
Damn, so the conversation just now turned into my alt’s personal show! The awesomeness I exuded inadvertently stunned everyone!
Brother Junxiang quickly explained: "Was it? This game is too lifelike, like watching a movie; I just got absorbed into it, I guess dealing with people is somewhat similar to that."
The beauties laughed out loud: "I’m hit, I handle affairs so terribly!"
Caught in a daze for a while, Bloodrose Holy Spear finally recovered and immediately began issuing orders: "Muxue, organize the 2nd perimeter team to form a human wall outside the city, surround all NPCs and make sure they have no chance to escape. Little Zi, immediately organize the 1st perimeter team to go to the tavern market to buy all the food and drinks to comfort the crowd!"
Bloodrose Muxue: "Roger that!"
Bloodrose Ziyun: "Received—oh, should we feed the beastman prisoners of war?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear was taken aback: "This—"
The whole team of beauties laughed: "How would you handle this, Brother Junxiang? Should we feed the beastman prisoners or not?"
Damn it! If the prisoners are well-fed, won’t they think of somehow escaping? You’re obviously teasing me on purpose! No wait, they are using this to test my character! Well, it is indeed a pain, but also my moment to be the center of attention among the beauties. Even Tianhao from the guild doesn’t have the limelight like me right now, and I do have a man’s vanity!
Junxiang cleared his throat and said, "Just give them some water, let those human compatriots feel a sense of superiority!"
The whole group burst into laughter again: "This guy—he’s the real deal!"
Damn! You think I’ll treat prisoners with compassion to show off my noble character? Being seen as a weirdo by beauties is not an honor, okay.
Even the Bloodrose Holy Spear couldn’t help but smile: "Fine, just water then."
Little Fang also laughed through the loudspeaker: "Big bro, the beauties seem to have a good impression of you!"
Of course! Hahaha! It’s definitely awesome hanging out with beauties! A place with a wife and beauties is heaven too!
Now, Junxiang arrived at the Military Department full of pride and met the Quartermaster named Thomas, who, as expected, exclaimed in amazement: "My goodness! Although the Blood Barbarian Beastmen aren’t that strong, dealing such a heavy blow to them isn’t easy. Did you do this?"
Damn! Isn’t that obvious! The achievements of subordinates are the achievements of their superiors, what my Vice Hero does is the same as if I did it, right? Alright! I’m in a plot scene right now, so things don’t work like they usually do in games, we’ve got to consider "real-life interactions." Since this is Ouling’s chance to stand out, I can’t steal his thunder; otherwise, when he wakes up, he might turn against me, and then I wouldn’t have the chance to trick him out of the Divine Artifact he’s hiding.
That’s right, this has also taught me a lesson about looking down on others. Every Epic Hero must be exceptional, either with superhuman abilities, frighteningly high rank, influential connections, or like Ouling, hiding treasures. At the end of the day, an Epic Hero is just badass!
Da Fei shook his head: "It was done single-handedly by my subordinate hero Ouling. He is an extraordinary hero, and he’s currently badly injured, unable to meet with you."
Humph, to speed up Ouling’s rise to fame, I’ll just downplay Bloodrose’s achievements. Surely, they won’t mind such a trivial matter.
Quartermaster Thomas nodded: "I see. General Javier is very interested in his merits, and once he’s healed, bring him over to meet the General."
Look at that, directly getting to meet the top brass of the city’s military, a meteoric rise to the heavens! Even as an alt account, I’m so kickass! Hahaha!
Da Fei hurriedly said: "Yes, sir, but I request to arrange a place for the people Ouling rescued and the Beastman prisoners of war."
Thomas laughed: "How about this, the pioneer farm in the suburb of the city is short on manpower. You set all your people there. The human workers, of course, will enjoy the kingdom’s employment benefits and salary, and as for the Beastmen, let’s use them as laborers. To prevent the Beastmen from escaping, you can station your troops there. There are plenty of wild boars in the area, and you can also help strengthen the farm’s defense. How does that sound?"
Hahaha! Is he suggesting that once Ouling wakes up, this understaffed decrepit farm will be rewarded to him? Well, that’s a reliable reward, at least I’ll be a farm owner. My alt account is so badass, it’s like cheating! Hahaha!
Little Fang also laughed: "Yay! I love farms the most!"
Look at that, the wife loves it, so there’s nothing more to be said! Da Fei hurriedly said, "Thank you for the arrangement, sir!"
Thomas nodded: "I’ll write you a note, and then troops will immediately escort you there! Head out!"
"Yes, sir!"
A farm that requires an army escort to reach? It surely isn’t just about the wild boars. But that’s tomorrow’s problem, not something I need to worry about as I’m ’going to work’. The achievements belong to everyone, and of course, building and defending is everyone’s joint effort. I believe in you—no, our Bloodrose’s strength. Hahaha!
And so, Da Fei reported the current situation to the whole group, and they all cheered: "Is this the rhythm of rewarding us with a farm?"
Little Fang cleverly chimed in: "Sisters, this is the result of everyone’s hard work. If we’re really rewarded with the farm, it will belong to the Guild!"
The entire group laughed: "Your brother didn’t say anything, what does Brother Xiang think?"
Junxiang said smugly: "I’m just playing casually anyway. Whatever my sister says goes!" Hahaha, getting a wife to call sister!
The beauties laughed: "It’s great to have a brother!"
Humph, it’s better to have a sister! If you guys would let go of your prejudices against my main account, I’ll take you all in as sisters and protect you all. Hahaha!
Bloodrose Holy Spear laughed: "Alright, everyone has worked hard tonight, and achieving such brilliant results was unexpected. Let the players from the periphery handle the escort. Everyone, rest up, we’ll meet at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning."
"Roger that!"
"Oh yeah! I’m so tired, finally time to rest!"
And Da Fei finally breathed a long sigh of relief. With the alt account, I’ve set up a nice situation for the wife and little sister, so I won’t need to worry for a few days. Good, I can focus all my energy on the main account now.
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