Chapter 612 - 577: About to Become a Barbarian City
The Flying now opens the Space Gate; a large group of Cave People, Ogres, and Minotaurs is flowing out one after the other. For a moment, the consultants waiting at the dock are stunned!
The Cultural Consultant rushes forward and asks: "Lord City Lord, these are all Barbarian Tribes from the Underground World, do you intend to accept them into the city?"
Da Fei laughs: "Of course, as long as we have such a group of cheap labor in our city, we can at least reduce the cost of construction labor."
The Cultural Consultant anxiously says: "But Lord City Lord, so many Alien Races already make up 1/4 of our city’s total population. Ordinary Flower Demons, being level 0 troops and citizens, do not contribute any city score. Now, our city’s population is almost entirely composed of these Underground People. Our city has completely turned into a city of barbarism, the cultural comparison score will be unimaginably negative. This will result in no one from the Kingdom wanting to settle in our city, not to mention attracting high-level talents!"
Da Fei frowns and says: "Cultivate! We build our own academy and cultivate Flower Demon talents ourselves. Flower Demons as talents will provide scores, and we’ll rely on Flower Demon talents to raise the city’s cultural score!"
The Cultural Consultant is suddenly speechless: "This... this will take such a long time..."
Da Fei feels a tightness in his heart. Given the growth rate of Flower Demons, this is not just a long process, it’s completely unreliable! But no matter, worst comes to worst, I’ll just follow the path of the Beastman Race, completely give up on the cultural score, and take the route of strong military and prosperous trade.
Elena steps forward and says: "Advisor, let’s isolate them to minimize their impact on the city score. As Underground Races, let them live in the sewers."
Minotaur Hero Gerna immediately adds: "Boss is right, it’s best to have sewers like a maze!"
Damn it! Da Fei finally sees through this Minotaur. Surrenders the most actively, and his flattery is the loudest! This Minotaur indeed, just like the Cave People, truly deserves the title of the most famous slave bearers in the Underground World; such ingrained servility!
Cave People are enslaved because they are naturally cowardly and weak, and dare not rebel against the strong. Minotaurs are enslaved because they have simple minds with no opinions and are too lazy to think for themselves; without someone leading them, they wouldn’t even know what to do! It seems that a Minotaur that knows how to play to the wind and flatter like Gerna must be a top intellectual among the Minotaur Race.
Elena continues: "Our next goal is to excavate a spacious hall in the sewers to serve as a Mercenary Tavern—I suppose that wouldn’t be a problem, Ogg?"
The ogling Ogre Ogg immediately snaps back to attention: "No problem!"
Elena nods and extends her hand: "Hand it over!"
Ogg mutters: "What?"
Gerna immediately kicks the big fat guy: "Give whatever the boss asks for!"
Ogg mutters: "What does the boss want?"
Cave Person Shakert says darkly: "Ogg, you’re too stupid. If it weren’t for the fact that I can’t beat you, I’d never let you be the leader."
Elena impatiently says: "The blueprint for the Mercenary Tavern!"
Then Ogg makes an ’oh’ sound and pulls out a twinkling blueprint.
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Elena has obtained the "Wandering Mercenary Tavern Building Blueprint"!
—Wandering Mercenary Tavern Building Blueprint: Owning this blueprint allows for the construction of the system function building Wandering Mercenary Tavern anywhere. Construction within a player’s territory will give +10 points to city safety score, +10 to the city prosperity score, and +1 to the city garrison’s Morale. There is a chance that unidentified Wandering Heroes or Wandering Warriors will appear in the Tavern after construction.
Da Fei is shocked and his eyes widen! A golden blueprint! Damn it, it turns out players can also build system function buildings! The only difference between a player-built tavern and a system-built one is that the building is not invincible, but as long as there are blueprints, you can rebuild if it’s destroyed—there’s no difference with being invincible! Is such a high-end building considered a Miracle Building? Of course not!
Da Fei hurriedly opens up Elena’s inventory to check the blueprint’s specific attributes, but a line of big red letters blocks his view—"Hero’s personal item, cannot be accessed."
Damn it! Da Fei closes the inventory, chuckles, and says: "Alright, let’s organize the workers to dig deeper into the sewers right away!"
Cave Person Shakert immediately says: "Boss, Lord City Lord, please leave this task to our Cave People Race. When it comes to digging, our efficiency is unmatched by these surface races."
Elena nods with satisfaction, then turns to Da Fei with a smile: "Lord City Lord, this project is not just about digging and building a tavern, but also constructing underground dwellings for everyone; it’s quite a significant engineering expense. So, please, Lord City Lord—"
Da Fei waves his hand grandly and laughs: "Money? That’s a small matter!"
Elena nods in satisfaction, then says to all the Underground Heroes: "From now on, our company is established. As the first batch of employees and founders, everyone must work hard!"
The heroes reply in unison: "Yes, Boss!"
Anlicia laughs: "Miss Elena, starting a company in the Elf Kingdom has rules—it requires registration! Only then will the company be recognized by the Kingdom and be able to receive commissions from all over."
Elena is taken aback: "There’s such a rule?"
Anlicia laughed and said, "Of course, if we don’t register, it would become like one of those thief guilds in the wild. It’s still operable, but wouldn’t be recognized by the Kingdom, and won’t earn any public credit. However, Miss Elena, please rest assured, leave the registration to me!"
Elena exclaimed happily, "That’s wonderful, thank you Miss Deputy City Lord!"
Anlicia smiled and said, "Then, Miss Elena, please give the company a name."
Without hesitation, Elena said, "The Shadow Mercenary Labor Export Company!"
Damn! This naming talent is second only to Brother! Da Fei couldn’t help but slap the table in amazement: "What a great name!"
Speaking of which, Da Fei’s Vice Hero wives are starting companies, and it seems that before this, Anlicia had already invested early in a beekeeping industry on Fire Dragon Island. Damn, what’s Brother’s is the wives’, and what’s the wives’ is still the wives’, how could Brother possibly cope? Maybe Brother also needs to develop a few more industries.
Well, the tavern that Brother is setting up in the Dwarf Capital should be about ready to launch too.
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Now Anlicia had called the administrative consultant over to take care of the company registration, and Elena was organizing Shakert to get the tools at the construction site, while Selvia, who had just received her salary, was gleefully commanding all the Flower Demons in the city to charge the Magic Charging Crystals. Tachiusu, who was visiting Radiant City for the first time, was flying around the city with great interest.
As for, the Ogre, Minotaur, Kobold, Lizardman, and other heroes present, their first task was to man the walls of Radiant City. The commission was unknown, probably the first stint was a promotional offering of the company’s opening—volunteer work. Come to think of it, Da Fei didn’t know anything about the attribute skills of these Wandering Heroes; perhaps this was the so-called secret of mercenaries.
The busiest person at the moment, undoubtedly, was the population consultant, who, holding his nose, was registering the names of the Cave People, whose bodies emitted a strange smell, increasing the city’s population one by one. The problem was most of these Cave People didn’t have names. Out of frustration, the population consultant began to name them himself—"Cave Person 0031," "Cave Person 0032," ... "Cave Person 0101!"
This talent for naming had already surpassed Brother by several realms! Da Fei sighed in admiration and couldn’t help but feel that talent was hard to come by.
The cultural consultant, however, stood beside the population consultant with a bitter face, and Da Fei empathized with him. As a result, Da Fei went up to console him, "That noble living in the school, is she making any moves to teach?"
The cultural consultant’s face stretched longer with bitterness: "Lord, her bodyguard won’t let me get close, I haven’t had a chance to talk to her at all."
Oh my goodness, Da Fei was inwardly shattered. Was the Prince giving him a headache? If Brother talked to her, would the bodyguards give face? If they were wary because Brother is a man, would it be convenient for Brother’s wives to approach and talk to her? Of course, the most crucial point was that the Mermaid Saint seemed to have written back on the harp, which was necessary to advance the quest, so that should be allowed, right?
But normally, Brother should only qualify to talk to her after he’s successfully completed the third stage mission of reviving the Dragon Cavalry Chamber of Commerce, right? Regardless, he must try if he meets her.
While pondering this, suddenly the cultural consultant exclaimed, "Lord City Lord, that noble has appeared!"
Da Fei hurriedly looked towards the school and indeed, accompanied by a group of black-clad bodyguards, that Black Priest had appeared again.
One of the bodyguards urged in haste, "Miss, these are all lowly Alien Races, there’s nothing to see, please return!"
Another bodyguard said, "Indeed, Miss worked hard today and should rest."
The Priest said displeasedly, "I am an Alien Race, is there something wrong with Alien Races?"
The bodyguards, flustered, whispered urgently and waved their hands: "Miss must not..."
Da Fei’s eyelid twitched, opportunity! So he motioned to Selvia on the ship, while awaiting respectfully with the cultural consultant alongside the path she was walking.
With no choice, the bodyguards could only follow the Priest forward. Da Fei said nothing and bowed as a greeting to start.
The Sea God Priest smiled and said, "Lord City Lord, it seems new guests have arrived in your city."
Oh yeah, she’s initiating the conversation with Brother! Does having a few more Alien Races create a sense of identity for her, an Alien Race herself? Da Fei’s mind raced and immediately said, "Not guests; from today onward, they are also part of the city, they are the city’s owners too. My apologies for any impropriety."
The Priest smiled and replied, "Does Lord City Lord not care about others’ opinions?"
Da Fei shook his head continuously, "I am a pragmatist; races might differ in strength, but not in standing. As long as each race can contribute to the city with their unique strengths, seeking welfare for everyone and happiness for all, that is the noble race."
Humph, the underlying message from Brother is, it’s time for you to contribute to Brother with your special talents. Start teaching!
Da Fei’s words indeed please the Priest, who clapped her hands and laughed, "What a pragmatic City Lord you are."
Just then, Selvia also arrived at the scene. Just in time! Present the harp!
However, the Priest’s gaze fell on the Sea Soul Staff in Selvia’s hand, her brow furrowing, "Lord City Lord, may I have a look at this staff?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets; your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)