Chapter 50: Warbands
If Yang Hao and the others can successfully establish a safe point, it will be a great good thing for the NPC caravan and the players.
NPC caravans can reduce the danger, and players can better spawn lone bandits.
Keep in mind that only humanoids drop equipment and coins.
But now these are just castles in the air, and it remains to be said whether Yang Hao and they can complete the task.
Everyone can see the prompts of the system clearly, and they also agree with Yang Hao's decision.
"Brother Hao, let's go, let's go back and call someone." Gale saw that things had taken a turn for the better, and his spirits lifted.
"Wait, Gale, you have another mission. You, Lao Wei, and Brother Axe stay here to detect the enemy's situation, and try to figure out the strength of the gnoll camp. ”
"Oh yes, I have corn, and this is the best job for me." Gale should be the way.
"Xiaoxue, Haiqing, you go to the auction house to buy some spears and consumables for later."
Yang Hao thinks that although the effect of everyone's spear throwing attack was not good before, he can still achieve some results in the next battle, and he must now ensure that the team's combat power reaches the maximum.
"Haicheng, Angry Wind and Hunting Wind, you go to the tavern with me first, the prompt of the system is definitely the key to this mission."
"Okay." The three of them responded in unison.
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White Rock Town Tavern
This is the most exclusive place to consume in White Rock (outside of the aristocratic district), and although it only has the best fruit wine, it is a meeting place for some capable NPCs.
Yang Hao took Cheng Fat Man and pushed open the door of the tavern, and all the drunkards they could see were drunk in broad daylight.
But there are three NPCs who are mavericks, one is a beautiful girl sitting at the bar, she is dressed in green leather armor and carries a longbow, and she looks like a female version of Robin Hood.
There is also a handsome little guy who is talking to a girl, wearing bright silver light armor, carrying a handsome sword at his waist, and the sour taste of the aristocracy comes from the pavement.
The last one was not so conspicuous, it was a bearded uncle, dressed in a commoner's cloth clothes, and although he looked decadent, he still drank so unhurriedly that he looked like an intellectual.
"I'll meet that decadent uncle, and you'll take care of the other two." Yang Hao said.
"Okay, we're on it."
"Yes." Yang Hao nodded, walked directly towards the decadent uncle, pulled out the stool and sat down.
The decadent uncle, who was immersed in his own world, was awakened by Yang Hao's movements, glanced up at Yang Hao, lowered his head again, and continued to drink slowly.
"Uncle, you can't drink this wine." Yang Hao said loudly.
He had heard from a friend that mocking his wine was the quickest way and the easiest way to get into trouble if he wanted to provoke a man who used alcohol to kill his sorrows.
"Hehe, this is already the best wine I can afford right now." Uncle is surprisingly easy to talk to.
"I have the best mead in White Rock Town, uncle, do you have a story?" Yang Hao took out a bottle of mead and said.
"Oh? This is a good wine that only nobles can drink, I didn't expect that I couldn't ask for anything when I was developed, and now I am down-and-out but I sent it to the door by myself, it's ridiculous, ridiculous! Without saying a word, the uncle picked up the bottle and took a sip, then said:
"Little brother, do you really want to listen to my story and not be afraid of getting into trouble?"
"Haha, I've never been the only one who causes trouble, and no trouble dares to mess with me."
"Okay, let's talk about it, I'm really uncomfortable.
My name is Arteman, and I'm a former retainer of the Owen family (Owen is one of the nobles in every village around Whitestone), an engineer with a knack for building buildings and equipment.
Last month Patriarch Owen ordered me to build a stone tower, because the funds were not in place I advanced most of the money myself, unfortunately the tower collapsed, and it happened that Patriarch Owen was under the tower, so he refused to admit the debt and kicked me out of the mansion.
I really didn't expect that! I've been there for them for decades! In the end, it ended up like this!
I... I even think of myself as a member of the family, I am so stupid, how can a nobleman befriend a commoner. ”
In the end, Artiman couldn't control his emotions a little, yelled loudly, and slapped the table.
Yang Hao was about to try to appease Yatimaan, but he suddenly wiped his face with his hand and said solemnly: "Say, if you want to find me, I must first explain that any help I give you will not be free." I need money to travel to the big city, and I'm going to leave this sad place forever. ”
"Hehe, I understand. Let's get down to business, we're going to attack a well-guarded camp of humanoid monsters, what can you do? Yang Hao entered the business mode.
"What is the fence made of?" Artiman asked rhetorically.
"The wooden fence, which looks quite thick, has 3..."
"Stop, I just need to know what it's made of, as long as it's not a whole stone wall, my trebuchet can easily destroy it." Arteman interrupted Yang Haodao.
"You mean trebuchets? How many can you build? "For the medieval cannon like trebuchet, Yang Hao is like thunder, but he has never had the opportunity to see it, so he is now very interested.
"Well, with enough time and materials, I can make it endlessly, but operating a trebuchet is not an easy task, only someone with a certain amount of mechanical knowledge can do it." Arteman explained.
"Well... I know a person, he must be able to. Yang Hao thought of his father, who was addicted to the mechanical world, and things like trebuchets should be a piece of cake for him.
"Then let's talk about the honorarium, for the sake of our mutual trust, I think you should pay me half of the deposit first, a total of 1 gold and 50 silver."
Yang Hao: "..."Huo, it's really expensive."
"Brother Hao, come here." Cheng Fat Man waved at Yang Hao.
Yang Hao nodded to Artiman, and then left to meet with Cheng Fat.
"Brother Hao, we've all asked clearly. The woman's name was Lilian Poison Ivy, and she was an archer, and if she was hired, she would need 5 gold, and she would have to pay first.
The silver-armored warrior was even more outrageous, he even asked for half of the loot. ”
"It's really a lion who opens his mouth, don't need them, that uncle can build trebuchets, and we'll hire him."
Cheng Fat Man and the Fury Wind brothers agreed, if you don't fix the wall, your level 10 warrior will have to be grinded to death.
Yang Hao returned to the wine table, stretched out his right hand and said, "Mr. Yatiman is welcome to join." ”
Arteman held Yang Hao's hand and said, "I'm willing to work for you, boss." ”
After Yang Hao left, the girl named Lilian frowned, as if she was very dissatisfied with Yang Hao's choice, and the hand holding the wine glass was a little heavier, making the old wooden cup moan ugly.
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Walking out of the tavern, Yang Hao asked Cheng Fat Man to lead Arteman to start making trebuchets first.
Himself and the Fury Wind brothers stayed behind to recruit people.
It is not difficult for Yang Hao to gather 20 elite players, in Baishi Town, he has built a group of players by relying on weapon maintenance, you must know that those who can afford to make Yang Hao "enchant" will not be ordinary players.
"God, yes, I'm Yang Hao, I took an interesting task, are you interested? Yes, team missions, the rewards are absolutely huge. Okay, I'll leave you 4 seats. ”
Yang Hao is contacting a group of 4 people who met the goblin boss before, although they failed in the boss battle, but the game level of the 4 of them is good, and the task of fighting monsters with mutual help is going well, and it is also Yang Hao's old customer.
"Yes, yes, it's me...."
….
It didn't take long for 20 elite players from Baishi Town to be gathered by Yang Hao at the west gate of the town.
"Huo, Brother Hao, you have made a big enough scene, so many old friends are here."
It was Lin Tian, who was called "God" by Yang Hao, who spoke, and he was followed by 3 teammates.
Time was running out, and Yang Hao had to complete the task before dark, so he simply explained the content of the task.
Attacking the camp of more than 200 gnolls sounds crazy, but everyone present is not afraid, but excitedly jumps to the end, perhaps this is why they are elite players.
Yang Hao saw that the army's heart was available, so he didn't say any more morale-boosting nonsense, and set off directly to the battlefield.
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"Dad, will you use this thing?" Yang Hao pointed to the trebuchet that had been erected.
"No problem, this is the most basic torsion trebuchet, the principle is very simple, let me shoot two rounds to practice my hands."
There is no man who is not interested in this huge ancient siege weapon, Father Yang rubbed his hands and said excitedly.
"You can take it easy, it's all up to you this time." Yang Hao is still a little uneasy, it is not easy to get recognized by the system.
"Little rabbit, I didn't have you when I repaired the machine, get out of the way." Father Yang didn't expect his son to disbelieve him, and suddenly there was a rush of anger in his heart, ready to show his real skills to open the eyes of this rabbit cub.
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The strange rumbling sound woke the gnoll robbers on the wall from their slumber, the grit scraping his jackal's face and the scorching wind drowsy him.
He struggled to open his sleepy eyes to find the source of the sound, only to see a group of humans from outside the camp slaughtering the patrolling soldiers outside the camp.
Just as he was about to shout about the enemy, he heard a whistling sound overhead, and his companions around him fled as if they were dead.
He looked up at the blue sky, and a stone projectile half a meter in diameter was flying towards him.
"Bump!"
A puff of smoke and dust came out of the wall, and the stone bullets hit the target accurately, and a Gnoll robber was killed by the incident.
"Pretty daddy, smash this turtle shell!" Yang Hao shouted excitedly.
"Brother Hao, the patrol soldiers outside have all shrunk back, what should I do?" Makoto Fat reported.
"Let the guys come back first, and when the wall is smashed by trebuchets, we will rush in."
Players abandon the pursuit of the fleeing gnolls and form a formation in front of two trebuchets.
"Bump, bump!" Continuous stone projectiles were fired at the wall, smashing it out of deep pits and crumbling.