The three players hurriedly left the shop, while Wesker, Leena and Anna stood there gazing at them with a smiling face.
"Why do you have to play with those children's hearts?" Leena asked, smiling as she already knew what plans Wesker had for them. In fact, most of the people in Border Town acted according to Wesker's plan.
And Wesker gave a sideways glance to Leena before speaking,
"It's necessary. While you may not know it, this whole thing will have a huge impact in the future. I am just laying the foundation of everything. We are only going to get busier and busier with time."
Anna, who was cleaning up the dishes, answered,
"Even if they are immortal and can do any work, you give them. I think they are far too weak to do anything. Some of them are even arrogant and immature."
Both Leena and Wesker observed Anna for a moment before smiling at each other as they shook their heads.
"Sometimes I forget she is just 13," Wesker spoke and Leena nodded.
"What?" Anna was confused by what they were saying, though Wesker changed the topic by answering,
"While they are weak now. They are going to grow rapidly. Both in quality and quantity."
"How much are we talking about?" Leena asked in a curious manner, while Wesker smiled before saying,
"Let's just keep quiet about that. Just believe in me."
Though she didn't like the suspense, Leena didn't pry any further before she went out to open the shop again. It's been a busy day, and it wasn't looking like it's gonna get any lighter.
As for Anna,
"I have done the dishes. I will be going out to play a little."
Wesker then took one more look at the 3 players he gave the task to before observing the rest of the crowd outside the shop.
"34 players outside. 3 that I sent to the forest. As for the others," he checked the [Maps!] as he was looking through the forest and the city.
He found 19 players in the Adventurer's guild's exam room trying to get their Adventurer's ID card. 5 of the players were sightseeing and 9 more in the forest area trying to kill a bunch of slimes.
After giving a bit of thought, he then opened the backdoor and moved towards the Adventurer's guild of Border Town.
And as soon as he entered the guild, the guards bowed to him.
"Good evening, Sir."
"Good evening, Sir."
Some players that were waiting for their turn looked at Wesker with curiosity before he entered the upper floors of the city, where only the VIPs were allowed.
"Hey, who was he?" one of the players asked curiously.
"I don't know. Looks like a bigshot," another answered before a chain of murmur started.
As for Wesker, he moved up towards the guild-master's room. And entering the room before a double knock, he found that the guild-master was curiously looking at the players as well.
"Are things going as planned?" Wesker asked, and the guild-master nodded before answering.
"Yes, Duke Wesker. We have given out only forest related quests and even the residents are giving similar quests to the players. As for the other thing you have asked, those had been readied a week ago."
Wesker sighed as he nodded at the guild-master with a thankful gaze.
"But there was something else that we wanted you to look at. While it is not so important, I thought we should mention it just in case," the guild-master spoke as he was thinking deeply about something.
"?" Wesker waited for him to continue as he spoke.
"As you already know, there are many people who want to meet the Duke of Border Town, and on the other hand, there are many people who want to meet Mr. Wesker."
"Now, among those people, we have brushed off most of the unimportant ones, but even then there are about half a dozen people that we couldn't ignore. So, what I was getting at was, would it be possible for Duke Wesker to see them?"
I looked at him for a few moments before asking,
"May I know who these people are?"
The guild-master nodded before providing a short list of 5 people and presenting it in front of me.
Mr. Abbott Gimmons, Duke of Raviet Town.
Ms Elaine Sirva, Countess of Hearthbrow Town.
Pope Waganor, Head Pope of St. Raphael's Church.
Christian Avan, S-Class Adventurer.
Wrest Delgado, Travelling Merchant.
While I could have ignored this list without a second thought, I paused as I read all the names a few times. It wasn't important right now. Those names, their status are honestly of little to no use to me…
But then again… It's a different thing when the players are in consideration. Especially after the first official release, when the entire Aurelian Empire would be available for them to explore.
At that point, they would first venture into the nearby cities and explore the vastness of the game.
If I could get better control of a couple of nearby cities, the merchant network etc, then I guess it would save me a bit of a hassle that I might encounter later.
"All right. Schedule them for a meeting 5 days from today. I would like to meet them all at once," I said with a clear decision, making the guild-master nod at me as he gestured to his assistant.
Standing up, Wesker then shook hands with the guild-master, thanked him for his duties and then moved out of the hall. His next target was the Duke's mansion, where Risa was.
Meanwhile, the 5 players who were roaming the city had reached the duke's hall and were standing outside to take a look at the beautiful building.
"What do you think this place is?" One of the players, De.Y, spoke as he looked at the white marvelous building across the gate.
"Seems like a manor to me? Or perhaps the house of the richest man in the town?" Another one, JoMama, spoke as he observed the entire thing, analyzing with the limited knowledge he had.
"Do you think we can buy it?" A girl, Miss.Cal, added.
" Buy it?" Her friend, Iamcute, was confused hearing this.
"Well, the game is pretty realistic. Maybe not know, but in the future, updates?" And the 5th one, Maria, added her own thought as she looked at that hall.
"The city hall isn't really up for sale. You will need to become the duke, if you want to have it," and a new voice, apart from those five, came from a distance, making them all turn around.
It was of an NPC, a guy wearing a black coat over a white shirt and black pants. He had messy hair with little defining features, except for that noticeable mark on the back of his right hand.
"An event?" Jomama spoke in an excited voice, while the others also smiled with the same thought.
"Seems like you guys are interested in seeing the Duke's Hall. Wanna take a tour of it?" That NPC asked in a kind manner, while the players nodded rapidly. They loved sightseeing, and the thought of being able to see such a building from inside made them ecstatic.
"Shit! His Level!" De. Y, finally noticed the main thing, making others look and gasp at that guy.
[?? Lvl. ???]
"So. What are you waiting for? Come in," Wesker spoke as they all came out of their stupor.
"Perhaps this is a rare quest or something?" Iamcute spoke nonchalantly, making other's eyes lit up, before they agreed with her thought.
And then the 5 of them moved inside the manor premise, sheepishly walking behind Wesker.