Chapter 1: It Looks Like We're Bankrupt (Part I)
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Under the onslaught of the shadow waves, demons and undead began to wreak havoc on the land, but it was the greed of ambition that eventually caused the collapse of the ancient empire. The once glorious empire has fallen into war for various reasons, and now it's your turn, warriors take up the sword in their hands for the empire! For glory! Advance!
This is the language of dog blood, which is the words that Chen Kai heard when he re-entered the game world four days later in reality, of course, the white-bearded old man who spoke was one of the main reasons why Chen Kai felt that the other party's words were bloody, and the other reason was because after the white-bearded old man finished speaking, he was slapped out by a folding stool that fell from the sky. Then there was no then, because after the white-bearded old man was slapped out of the folding stool, Chen Kai entered the game directly, and never saw the old man again, or even the old man's voice, "Domestic violence is wrong." "Didn't hear it either.
Slowly opening his heavy eyes, his nose breathed a smell like corpse embalming, to put it bluntly, a smell similar to formalin. This aura was transmitted to Chen Kai's mind faster by the gloomy environment, and the various states of the body were also transmitted. After the resurrection, all kinds of injuries were recovered, and there was only the body, fighting spirit, and magic power.
In these four days, Chen Kai did not stay at home and did nothing, on the contrary, he had been restoring, and as for the restoration, it was naturally the depression caused by the loss of a city worth hundreds of millions. Of course, more often than not, it was to understand the inside story of Prime Minister Capello's failure to send reinforcements, and the reason why the drow in the north did not come to help from the beginning to the end.
In fact, just as Chen Kai heard from the old man with the white beard after entering the game world, the ancient empire collapsed. The former Grand Duke of the Empire could not resist the temptation to become Emperor in the end, and rebelled on the eve of the Necromantic King's attack on the town of Burkna. The Grand Duke, who established the Kingdom of Saint Laurent after the rebellion and considered himself king, let the reinforcements that were originally going to be sent to the town of Berkna turn around directly, and then in the process of countering the rebellion, the legendary powerhouse of the Necromantic King who should have been able to fight was dragged alive, and even fell one.
The fall of any Legendary can cause an earthquake, with dire consequences for both the Empire itself and the region where he fell. Of course, Chen Kai did not know the outcome of that battle, because the battle was still going on so far, and the battle of Burkner, or the battle of Hugodi, was completely over. After losing his main city. The southern castle also eventually fell. Most of the huge force retreated to Altinis, and under Su Wan's command, there was no choice to fight hard with the undead who were chasing over.
Most of the inhabitants and troops of the town of Burkna are now residents of Altinis, and Arno and Drake have joined Altinis's guards. The Great Druid Cenarius relied on the gigantic tree, or rather the giant statue of the goddess of nature on the tree, to fend off the Necromantic King's attacks. The hundred-meter-tall wooden idol was driven by the great druid's natural magic to directly crush the army of the undead chasing the troops of Burkna Town, and the terrifying idol was covered with a rich and incomparable force of nature, and this power full of life breath directly suppressed the breath of the undead at the moment it appeared. Countless thorns spread across most of the canyon in less than a minute, directly trapping tens of thousands of undead.
Although perhaps the Grand Druid would not be able to kill the Undead King directly, or even necessarily be an opponent of the other side. But as long as Altinis is on his home turf, the Necromantic King will definitely not take advantage of it. In the end, the king of the Death Knight was blocked north of the Great Rift Valley, and did not chase Su Wan and them to the south. It can be said that the action of this great druid made Su Wan and the others breathe a great sigh of relief, but the subsequent situation made Su Wan feel caught off guard.
Because of the defeat and loss of the territory, Chen Kai's title of lord was directly deprived, although he was not deprived of his title, but with the title of baron, he naturally could not support a huge army without a territory. As a result, the original Berkner Town troops were all disbanded, because Su Wan had no money to pay their salaries. Although Drake still swore allegiance to Chen Kai, the former lord. But Su Wan couldn't let him be displaced again because of Chen Kai. At Suwan's request, Drake joined Altinis's city guard and became the guardian of the southern exit of the Great Rift Valley.
Also a defender is Arno, although Alyssa still follows Su Wan, but Arno stays in Altinis. Here he meets a minotaur from the Orc Empire, the real Mogaure Minotaur. As a member of the Temple of Nature, this minotaur druid is no less ranked, second only to the Grand Druid Senarius. This druid, called Almomos, can be said to inherit the essence of the caster's class otaku attributes, and if it weren't for Arno's wandering around Altinis and happened to meet the minotaur druid who came out for dinner, he probably wouldn't have met him for the next few months. Because this minotaur can sleep for months after a single meal, he constantly meditates to communicate with the natural spirits in the giant tree and strengthen his natural powers.
The minotaur didn't know much about his kind in the underworld. But after seeing Arnault, he still greeted the other party very warmly, hoping that Arno could go to Mogaore. However, Arno, who was not familiar with the surface world, did not know the way to Mogore, and the minotaur druid had no intention of leaving Altinis, and Arno was not alone with a large group to take care of, so in the end he stayed in the city of giant trees and became another guardian.
When Chen Kai left the gloomy Hades Temple, his location was under the towering giant tree of Altinis. Just as he had seen it when he first came to the giant tree city a long time ago, the darkness of the underground world shone under the green light. It's just that the underground world under the Altinis giant tree will not really be the same as the incomparably deep underground world, at least Chen Kai has walked to the bottom of this tree hole. Of course, now Chen Kai is also at the bottom of the tree hole, and the Dead Soul Alley is the most common name for players living in Altinis. Because most of the players who come out of here are basically players who are resurrected after hanging up.
Waited a little at the gate of the temple of Hades. The other resurrected people slowly joined Chen Kai. Both Xu Fei and Su Xinghe were deprived of their former lordship status like Chen Kai, which means that they have now changed from landed lords to unemployed vagrants. Not only Chen Kai, but several of their lords who died in battle were deprived of their territories. Even Su Wan and the others who did not die in battle also lost their territory, of course, this may be a punishment of the system for recovering costs in disguise. After all, Chen Kai and they don't have to pay a bounty for mission failure for the players who hung up in the battle in Burkner Town, it can be a task bounty worth tens of millions of gold coins, and this bounty is all borne by the Hansting Empire, if this does not take back Chen Kai's territory, it would be strange.
However, for Chen Kai, it is undoubtedly a good thing to be liberated from the position of lord. At least he doesn't have to worry about paying taxes and deducting more money. The only bad thing is that Xu Fei and they have lost a fixed research room, and they have also lost a place where they can obtain magic materials at any time. Although the town of Burkna is not rich in resources, at least there are a lot of low-grade magic metals to use.
"Alright! Let's calculate how much money you still have? Staying at Altinis's inn, everyone was gathered again, but now there was no smile on everyone's faces. Because everyone's hearts are extremely solemn, looking at their shriveled pockets, it is estimated that no one will be in the mood to eat or laugh.
After more than ten minutes, the faces of the people staying in the room began to become more and more ugly, even Guan Yu began to frown at this moment, it is estimated that only the two little guys sleeping in the pet space can still sleep and snore without heart at the moment.
“…… A very unfortunate news for everyone! We are undoubtedly bankrupt! "Count the only 1o7 gold coins, 15 silver coins, and 71 bronze coins in hand. Chen Kai said a piece of news that everyone had expected, but when they finally knew, they couldn't help but sigh.
"At least you can stay for a few days and eat a few big meals!" This may be the only thought that everyone sitting in the seat can be happy at the moment, and of course Alyssa, who is staying by the fire, must not know what bankruptcy means. Although it wasn't the first time she had stayed in a hotel, it was the first time she had lived in a treehouse in a large tree.
"Alright! Let's get ready to find some tasks to do! After all, we still have to eat, we have to fix our equipment, and we have to continue to survive in the game! Chen Kai patted the table and said slowly, but he knew very well that it was basically impossible to improve the state of bankruptcy in a short period of time. Because Altinis's current tasks are basically related to the undead in the north, and at this moment, in Chen Kai's state, there is no doubt that they want to find trouble with those undead in the north to find death. The gold coins on his body were not enough to even repair the equipment, and Chen Kai's double-headed lion armor could only be kept in a metal cabinet now, so as not to be completely shattered. Even Seram, the dwarven king, couldn't come up with enough materials to help Chen Kai repair this armor at the moment, and Chen Kai couldn't even take out one thousandth of the money needed to repair the armor.
There are other people who are also facing this situation, whether it is Su Xinghe or Guan Yu, the equipment on their bodies is in a state of great destruction. The weapons and equipment they can take out now are still reluctantly scraped together by Su Wan after sorting out the leftover equipment of the black-armored cavalry, as for Chen Kai, who is more than three meters tall, he is simply wearing a shabby cloth robe and leather pants, dressed as an uncivilized barbarian farmer.
As a seventh-order player, they are mixed up to such a miserable point, Chen Kai and they are estimated to be a part of the scorpion poop poison. No matter how poor the seventh-order player is, there will be thousands of gold coins pressed to the bottom of the box. But Chen Kai didn't even have a single Mithril coin on them. Poverty has fallen to this part, and the impact of this defeat in the war on them can be seen.
Of course, although Chen Kai said that he asked everyone to prepare for a task, they still have a very important task to complete, that is, they have to fill their stomachs first. Whether it was Chen Kai, Guan Yu, or Su Xinghe, they had just been resurrected, and their stomachs were empty and sour. It's just that after eating, Chen Kai and the others knew that if they continued to eat in the hotel with an open stomach like this, the money in their hands would not be enough for their two days' living expenses, because they had eaten nearly thirty gold coins in this meal.
Looking at the thirty gold coins that were taken away by the innkeeper, Xu Fei, who was in charge of the money, looked as ugly as being constipated. Because after this meal, the gold in their pockets became even less. Not even a hundred gold coins. Therefore, the well-fed crowd had no intention of continuing to chat. They began to leave their rooms looking for ways to make money, at least enough to travel out of Altinis. Although Altinis has Cenarius, the great druid. But Chen Kai and the others still felt that it was not safe enough to stay here. Of course, before leaving Altinis, Chen Kai still has a very headache to deal with, that is, Alyssa, who has been following Su Wan? Copper rings.
There was no doubt that this beautiful minotaur girl intended to continue to follow Chen Kai, even if the minotaur druid invited her to go to Mogaolei, she directly chose to refuse. It's just that Chen Kai still hopes that the other party can leave, it's not that Chen Kai doesn't like the other party, to be honest, it's impossible for this beautiful minotaur girl Chen Kai to have no idea in his heart. After all, everyone has a love for beauty. If Chen Kai insisted on saying behind his conscience that he was not moved by Alyssa's beauty, it was purely talking nonsense with his eyes open. But the same Chen Kai knew that it was impossible for him to be with the other party, not to mention his identity as a player, Su Wan's relationship alone was enough to make him stay away from Alyssa. He didn't think that Su Wan would be generous enough to let him find a junior in the game, that would be a matter of being directly firewooded.
It's just that looking at Alyssa, who was following Su Wan with tears in her eyes like a puppy about to be abandoned, Chen Kai really didn't know what to say. He must not directly say that he will let Alyssa go just because Arno is leaving, because if he says this, then the relationship between him and Arno will instantly turn into hatred, and after losing the territory, he will offend a Minotaur Sacred Domain powerhouse, unless Chen Kai doesn't want to mix in the game. But at the same time, she looked at Su Wan in front of Alyssa. Chen Kai has an even more headache, although the relationship between the two is already considered lovers, they are about to register a marriage proposal and have a wedding wine, but in the game, because of Alyssa, a junior who cannot be regarded as a junior, the relationship between the two has become very weird.
"That..."Chen Kai looked at Su Wan and Alyssa and wanted to say something, but before the words could be spoken, Su Wan was directly suffocated back by a word.
"Don't think of any bad ideas! Alyssa follow me! Su Wan broke up all Chen Kai's thoughts with a word, and then directly dragged Alyssa out of the room. In fact, Su Wan knew Chen Kai's thoughts very well, but she was not a stupid person who didn't understand anything. She was well aware of the team's predicament and the value of Alyssa's minotaur shaman's sacrifice. The two shamanic spells of the Spirit of Madness and the Spirit of Soothing alone were enough to make Su Wan wake up and keep Alyssa in the team, even if the other party had been eyeing her boyfriend, but as long as she was by the other party's side, Alyssa wouldn't want to snatch Chen Kai away from Su Wan. If Alyssa is also there, then their relationship with Arno can continue to be maintained and will not gradually become estranged.
Looking at Su Wan slamming the door and coming out, Chen Kai sighed softly. He is not a fool, he knows that Su Wan wants to keep Alyssa's thoughts, after all, the profession of shaman sacrifice is of great help to adventure activities, but Alyssa is an aboriginal after all, which will make them have to think more about Alyssa's safety in some adventure activities. While the team's combat effectiveness has improved, some hidden dangers have also been buried.
However, since Su Wan had made up her mind to leave Alyssa behind. Then Chen Kai didn't want to talk more, so as not to cause the opposite effect of some of his words. Eventually, he lowered his head and stepped out of the inn room towards the streets of Altinis. As he was leaving, he glanced at the statue of the goddess of nature, who was still leaning against the tree pole, and the huge statue was still the same as when they first came to Altinis, the only difference was that the hazy natural light on the statue became thicker.
After leaving the room, Chen Kai quickly walked through the lobby of the hotel and walked to the street, the giant tree of Altinis is huge, but not all the houses are built on the giant tree, and there are many outbuildings on the ground. For example, the inn that Chen Kai and his family are renting now, called the House of Green, is located in the southwest of Altinis, where the wide roots of the trees spread.
Compared to the territory that once belonged to him, Altinis will always be a city shrouded in greenery. The moment you step out of the hotel. The first thing that catches your eye is a large patch of green. And, of course, a thick, brownish-black root. When Chen Kai turned his head, there was a sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and a familiar shout sounded at the same time.
"Your Lord!" Look at the former black-armored cavalry on a war horse and now the emerald green guard cavalry. Chen Kai showed a bitter smile on his face. Because once this cavalry belonged to his troops, but now he could not even defend their homeland.
"I'm not a lord anymore! Hemmer! Looking at the cavalry that jumped off his horse, Chen Kai waved his hand and signaled the other party to stop calling himself a lord. Looking at Chen Kai's shabby cloth robe and the decadent look on his face, the cavalry captain named Haimo also slowly lowered his head. He didn't continue to greet Chen Kai, but turned around and rode his war horse and chose to leave. He didn't say a word to Chen Kai from beginning to end, and Chen Kai only sighed slightly and continued to walk towards Altinis's Adventurer's Guild. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )