"National War?"

Xiao tilted his head: "That's early, right?" You've just taken up your job now, right? ”

"Not a national war? So what's going on? Wutong pointed to Mercenary Street, where there were few pedestrians.

"Uh, this!" Xiaoxiao looked at Xiaoba next to him: "Sister Xiaoba, right?" ”

Hachi nodded: "Boss, you have been staying in the Venane Academy for this time, so I don't know very well, there are so few people in the city because the "Inaugural Tour" held by us before attracted a large number of players, resulting in a population of more than 10 million players, all of whom were attracted to the Forest of Will."

Wutong Khan: "A small place as big as Aoraon Town can accommodate 10,000 people, how can it accommodate tens of millions of people?" Just kidding, right? ”

"Poof!"

Xiao Hachi smiled with his mouth covered his mouth: "It's not to blame you, boss, you have a good idea, bulk transport players to carry out inaugural tasks in the past!" Originally, the inauguration task of Fairhaven City was not normal, and the population of 20 or 30 million players was blocked in the city by a group of barbarians who came out of nowhere and could not find a job, which led to a continuous 'backlog' of the inaugural population."

"Under normal circumstances, in the two or three months that have been blocked, players will go to Auraon Town in batches to complete the inauguration task according to their respective strengths and levels, but now the full backlog has exploded at the same time, forming a 'job tide', of course, this will happen."

"So, now the town of Auraon has been hit by the population of the 'inauguration tide', and has to start expanding, it is said that the official of the Duchy of Adele intends to upgrade the [town] of Auraon to [big town], depending on the situation, it is possible to upgrade all the way to [small town], [big city], to form a new forest city, used to accommodate a large number of players."

Xiao Xiao giggled and interjected: "Sister Lingling saw the opportunity of 'Auraon Development', and cooperated with the manager of Lean Pig to make a lot of money in Auraang's Da Development!" ”

"Oh?" Sycamore is curious, can you make money in this way?

"Yes, the expansion of the town of Aoraon is in urgent need of all kinds of supplies, coupled with the influx of a large number of players, resulting in a shortage of supplies, these are all projects that can make money!"

Hachi said with a smile: "So Sister Zero urgently set up a large number of 'engineering teams' in Fairhaven, recruited a large number of deputy players and production professional players, and went to Oraon to 'pick up the project', while the lean pig manager urgently used all the capital from the [Passage City] side to mobilize a large amount of materials and supplies, transported them to Aoraon, and made a lot of money."

Wutong smiled, these two guys really didn't miss any opportunity to make money, but he wasn't interested in this, he was just curious why Fairhaven was suddenly sparsely populated.

"It's easy! The town of Aoraon is suddenly going to be expanded and upgraded, which will naturally attract a large number of people. Especially after the inauguration of a large number of inaugural groups, the inauguration tasks issued by the martial artists of the Auraon Martial Arts Academy have also changed, no longer as difficult as our previous inaugural tasks, but have been changed to open-ended public tasks, such as clearing the kobold and goblin villages around Auraon Town, and building, collecting, and processing the materials that Aoraon Town currently needs."

Hachi explained: "In order to divert the crowd, even a large number of player teams have been assigned to various villages and farms in the surrounding area to complete all kinds of strange small tasks, including escorting and transporting supplies, exterminating bandits, and oops! In short, the difficulty of the current job search task has been reduced outrageously. Otherwise, the tens of millions of players can't all be crammed into the small town of Auraon, right? ”

Wutong sweated, and he didn't think of a whim idea, which led to such a huge change in the course of the game, for those players, the difficulty of the inaugural task is reduced, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, the task difficulty is low, and the reward is naturally low.

"And there are so few people in Fairhaven City because there have been so many things going on lately, and I really don't know where to start. About three weeks ago, a plague suddenly began to spread in the city, affecting many people, although under the emergency control of Andele's official and the priests of the major temples also poured out, the epidemic was quickly brought under control, and it did not cause any serious problems. ”

Hachi paused: "But this plague has not been completely eliminated, and the root cause of the plague has not been found until now, so with the expansion of Aoraon Town, the official has also taken the initiative to evacuate the people, reduce the population density in Fairhaven City as much as possible, and also implement controls and curfews in the city, so there are not many people who can be seen now, as for the army soldiers and a large number of adventurers and mercenaries you see."

She looked around cautiously, lowered her voice, and said, "There is information that the root cause of this plague is from: ghouls!" ”

"Ghoul fever?"

Sycamore was startled, and didn't know why he thought of the inaugural mission they had gone to [Wailing Wilderness] before: "Could it be the pea them?"

"Shhhh Hush! ”

Xiaohachi and Xiaoxiao both booed nervously, looked around for a while, and after not finding anyone paying attention, Xiaohachi continued: "Boss, you also thought of it, right?" But it's best not to mention this, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be trouble. According to the mercenaries who were recruited for the control mission, their mission was to clean the city of any found ghouls and undead, and many of them could be found every day! ”

Wutong was puzzled for a while: "Is it so serious?" Isn't it already under control? How does it keep coming? I remember there were a lot of temples in Fairhaven, and there were so many clergy there, it didn't make sense to cut down 'that' to the roots, right? ”

"Yes, that's why the controls and curfews are still in place, the operation to completely eradicate the plague has been carried out many times under the auspices of the official and the temple, but it cannot be completely eradicated, even if it is cleaned, it will be spread again in a few days."

Hachi lowered his voice and said, "So now even mentioning those words in the city will be suspicious." The wind is rumoring, the grass and trees are all soldiers."

Wutong was a little weak in a cold sweat, he always felt that this plague had a bit of an unclear relationship with their team, of course, he was not so great that he had the consciousness to run and turn himself in.

A team of enforcer knights galloped over from a distance, and Hachi immediately changed the topic, and after the three of them casually pulled a few gossips, Hachi saw the enforcer knights running away, and then whispered again: "In addition, Xiao San and Pea, who received a reward in the inaugural mission and were recommended to join the reserve of a mysterious institution called "Royal Eye", also came from offline, saying that it was the recent large-scale recruitment of the Adele royal army, boss, do you know the recent conscription?" ”

"Conscription? What is that? Doesn't it mean that there is no war? ”

Wutong has no difference from retreat recently.,The news is very closed.,Even after going offline.,He's a non-professional game novice.,There's no awareness to go to the official community to collect any game information.,Uncle Housekeeper and Lin Linling, the director of the women's professional play team, who have been busy recently.,I don't have much effort to pay attention to him and Xiao Lori, the two guys with a very low sense of existence.

The main thing is that it would be good for the two of them not to make trouble, and no one expected him and Lori to help anything, so no one thought to inform him about the relevant consultations.

This makes Wutong a little depressed, he is also the boss of "Secret Shadow Company", right? How does it feel a bit like an idler who has been abandoned? Although he did have little interest in managing the affairs of the company and the guild.

"There is no clear information that it is a war, but the counties and provinces of the Principality of Ander, as well as the border areas, are indeed much more tense. Therefore, Adele's legions, knights and other institutions are recruiting troops on a large scale, not only aborigines, but even players have been recruited into legions and knights in various places on a large scale, and have been transferred to military towns such as [Oserrent], [Voga Fort], [Vanguard Fort], [Valiant Fortress], [Vigilant Fortress] in the border area, and trained it. ”

Hachi explained: "Otherwise, why do you think a large capital city with a population of three or forty million aborigines and players would seem so bleak? Now the entire Fairhaven City, except for the inner city of Antian, the population density of the outer city of Fairhaven has been reduced to the limit, and there are a total of five million people, barely able to maintain the operation of the city. ”

"In short, the changes in all aspects have led to too many concurrent situations, and it is not clear for a while."

Xiaoxiao suddenly interjected: "The price of goods alone has risen several times!" I heard Boss Pig say that not only Fairhaven, but also [Passage City], [Russeril City], [Galt City], etc., but all kinds of materials such as food, medicine, weapons, equipment, etc., circulating in major cities have been officially controlled and hoarded. The border trade cities such as [Lanteng Town] and [Market Town] on the eastern border have also been ordered to only enter and not leave, and the outflow of materials to the outside world has been completely stopped. ”

"This is armament in a state of war, it looks like something is going to happen." Sycamore thought with a frown.

"That's probably the case."

Xiaoba summed up his surname and said, "Boss, what are your plans now?" Because of these circumstances, all the members of our team have been dispersed, and the only ones who remain in Fairhaven City are me and Xiaoxiao, and Xiaoxiao and Lingyue Shuangxue are also studying at the seminary. ”

Wutong scratched his head: "I don't seem to have anything special to do lately, I will probably go to do some tasks, and level up separately." The three of them chatted a few more words, and Wutong left Mercenary Street and took the carriage to the seminary to find Xiaoxiao, otherwise, he would be alone, and he would feel so lonely.

In the seminary, which is also sparsely populated, Wutong finally found Xiaoxiao and Lingyue Shuangxue, and was surprised to find that after the two of them were officially inaugurated, the profession itself has undergone a huge change!

First of all, the breath, originally before the inauguration, the priest apprentice and the players of other professions were not too obvious in appearance, but after the inauguration, even in a casual state, they exuded a natural and peaceful aura.

Moreover, the holy power that envelops them will automatically render the surrounding environment with their actions, and in this state, the two of them seem to reveal a holy and sacred temperament, which makes people involuntarily produce a feeling of awe and admiration.

muttered a few words to himself, Wutong bent down and picked up the little Lori who opened his hands after seeing him, cheering and rushing over, but he was shrouded in the holy power of the little Lori, a very strange feeling, which made Wutong frown unconsciously, I don't know why, he faintly rejected this breath.

But this kind of discomfort is just a moment, and soon Sycamore will get used to it, and the little fat monkey has been following Little Lori, and Sycamore has not seen it for a long time, and it squeaked excitedly, jumped over the shoulder of Little Lori, and squeaked on Sycamore's head.

Take the embarrassment off the head,Wutong poked its little round belly very strangely,Make the little monkey squeak and quack,This guy has been following the little Lori,But there is no less delicious food and drink,Why is it not growing at all?

"Boss, what are we going to do now?" Lingyue Shuangxue looked at Wutong with a smile and played with a smile for a while, and walked up and asked gently.

"Uh, don't you have anything to do?" Sycamore scratched his head.

Lingyue Frost Snow shook her head: "The cultivation in the temple has come to an end, according to the bishop, we need to enter the mortal world now"

"Words like this"

Wutong thought for a while: "Then you guys go with me to do something first, and then, let's go to Will Forest to level up, right?" ”

Of course, the two priests have no opinions, and there are several things that Sycamore has to complete at present, one is to go to the headquarters of the Arcane Council to receive the [Beginner Mage] badge, the second is to go to the Royal Anle Palace of Andel to receive the award, and the rest is probably to complete some academy tasks and help the Knights of the Enforcer Sycamore is probably to investigate the plague.

Because these things had already been arranged, it went smoothly, and after receiving a group of old mages at the headquarters of the Arcane Council, Wutong received the following awards from them without examination:

[Beginner Mage] Badge: Magic Damage 1-20, Magic Resist +20, Intelligence +2, Spell Recognition +5. Special: +2 spell level for all schools.

This badge is an extremely special specialty, because Wutong is not a simple mage of a certain school, under the secret promotion of Zemmour's ** master, and under the influence of the potential value shown by Wutong himself, the "Arcane Council", which was praised by the old mage as "the most stingy old man's institution", made this whole school badge for him very generously this time.

And going to the palace to accept the title of nobility surprised Sycamore, because of the talent and potential he showed, the Adele royal family officially granted him the nationality of the Principality of Adele (players are all stateless, but basically with the development of the game, most of them will obtain the nationality of the location. ), and directly crossed the eighteenth rank of second-class nobleman, awarded him the title of [quasi-baron], and further, it is a regular rank of high nobles!

This is equivalent to status, and it has been upgraded to eighteen levels in a row!

Sycamore is equivalent to one step to cross the identity gap that the vast majority of aborigines and players cannot cross in a lifetime, and directly enter the house to become a real nobleman!

Moreover, the [quasi-baron], also known as the [second-class baron], already has the right to own a fief, although it is only a [village-level] fiefdom, but for the vast majority of players at present, it is simply unthinkable.

The main thing is that [the second-class baron], who also has the right to form his own legal private army, is allowed to obtain the allegiance of 20 regular knights, that is, Sycamore can canonize 20 knights on his own!

It's just that these 20 knights do not belong to the official official sequence, and they cannot have any official rights, they can only be recognized within the territory of the Sycamore, and the cost of recruiting these 20 knights will also be borne by the Sycamore himself!

Sounds tempting, doesn't it?

However, Wutong, who is familiar with many books, is no longer as ignorant as before, and he knows the aristocratic system very well, and knows very well that this seemingly generous grant is just a means of "borrowing other people's chickens and laying their own eggs" for the royal family, through this model, they can completely spend a penny, and have a huge military force, because the knights under the command of the nobles also have the obligation to obey the royal orders, once they are called, they cannot refuse to participate in the war.

However, in general, the Adele royal family has invested so much money, mainly because of the potential value of the sycamore, and intends to tie him to the chariot of the Adele royal family and become a part of serving them, so they will make this kind of large-scale "investment".

Because of the recent turmoil, the award of Wutong was simply a ceremony, and he got the title and rights that belonged to him, and the official public award and the queen's reception will have to wait until the situation stabilizes.

As for the fief, Wutong has three options, one is that, like the vast majority of mage nobles, he only enjoys fief qualifications, does not really grant fiefs, and is supported by the Andel royal family.

The second is to choose to be loyal to a certain nobleman and become a member of his power, so that the nobleman will set aside a piece of his own territory as his fief, but this is usually done in private, and the ceremonial officer who bestowed the honor on Sycamore even hinted that Sycamore should not do so, because it may not be long before he may be treated "better".

The third option is that Wutong has carved out a fief on the territory of a non-aristocratic territory by himself, and the surname is similar to "open up wasteland", and even the fief that has been opened up is higher than the first two in terms of taxes and various preferential treatments!

Of course, Wutong chose the first option for the time being, because he didn't want to take refuge with a certain big nobleman and become the other party's lackey.

Second, I don't think I have the ability to open up a territory and raise 20 knights.

There was no such place around Fairhaven for him to open up the wasteland, and if he wanted to open it himself, he had to go further north to the north of the Duchy of Andelle. The Wailing Wilderness, the Broken Whispering Forest, the uninhabited Star Mountains, and the Great Northern Wilderness near the northern coast, so it's better to take a false title and eat a good meal.

(To be continued)