Chapter 22: The Thoughts of the Village Chief
The Wolf King's skin was quickly peeled off, the butcher's craft was good, and he really played at a super level tonight. There is hardly much meat and oil attached to this wolf skin, which will be much more convenient for subsequent processing in the future.
Turning this hides into marketable fur requires some unique craftsmanship. Of course, the traversers do not know this kind of craft, although many of them have "leather-making" skills, but without some practice, the skills cannot be truly activated.
It's like when Panda first played the game, his major fighting skill was actually swordsmanship, or double swords. But he hasn't really activated his swordsmanship skills so far—because he trusts his fists and feet over the years he's earned over the years to gain more power and accuracy than relying on skill effects to increase power and accuracy.
There are also traversers who do not have relevant skills, but they can use the skills they have cultivated in reality to exert an effect that is no less than that of skills.
Let's say, the negotiation skills of the Valkyrie.
In the game, she knows how to scream, roar, command, and other skills, but she will never negotiate. But in reality, she is a working woman, and she often talks business and contracts with others, and her negotiation level is very good. So even if you don't have this skill, everyone is willing to let her be in charge of the specific negotiation work.
As for the others, it's just a matter of onlookers.
The object of the Valkyrie's negotiation is, of course, the village chief Kalipra XIII, and the content of the conversation is about everyone's rewards.
The wolves that had plagued the village for a long time had been completely annihilated, and the village chief of Kalipura was in a good mood and always had a smile on his face. This smile is different from before, it is no longer a polite or perfunctory smile, but a sincere smile from the heart.
He didn't dwell on anything, and readily agreed to the Valkyrie's full request: accept the follow-up travelers to come to the village to resupply, provide convenience for everyone, and most importantly, help everyone prepare a piece of land to build a guild station.
The traversers have decided to make the village of Kalipura a port of communication between them and the outside world, and in that case, they should have an embassy-like residence here. The station doesn't need to be too big, but it must be minimally decent and not look shabby. Otherwise, if anyone were to visit them in the future, would they really be received at the hotel, or would they take the other to the castle at the risk of revealing secrets?
There are too many secrets in their castle, and if nothing else, the race of the traversers is a big problem. Among them are a mess of various races, and the most exaggerated one even has a black dragon. Although the unlucky black dragon "Bubble Seed Bath" is probably because she is still young, she sleeps all day long, and it is rare to wake up once in a few days, but no matter what, she is always a dragon, and she is an evil black dragon!
If outsiders see such a black dragon sleeping behind the castle warehouse, I'm afraid that a dragon slayer will come over in a few days......
So whether it's for the sake of face or safety, the traversers need to have a station in the village of Kalipura, a station that can be used to fool people.
To be honest, for this condition, neither the president Sanyu nor the captain Panda is optimistic. In their opinion, this is simply the feeling of building a military base in someone else's house, and if they were the village head, it would be impossible to agree to it anyway.
But the village chief of Kalipura obviously didn't think so, and not only did he readily agree, but after a little hesitation, he tentatively asked if everyone would be interested in recruiting soldiers in the village.
Hearing this inquiry, everyone was stunned, and even the panda, who had always been calm, was almost ruined, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you kidding?"
"How can you be joking! I'm serious!" the village chief said suspiciously, and then as if he had thought of something, he smiled a little awkwardly, "I know that these young people in our village are not very good and not strong enough...... But I promise, they are all good guys who are obedient and willing to endure hardships! As long as you take some time to train, they can at least help you, if not become masters like you!"
The pandas frowned, feeling that there seemed to be a big difference in each other's ways of thinking. It's like some mobile gamers who lamented after spending a lot of money before they couldn't draw the card they wanted - we couldn't reach a consensus.
Although the results are satisfying, they always feel weird!
"I remember that this village belonged to ...... Count Tara Khan, right?" Sleepless picked up the conversation and said, "Are you sure he'll allow us to recruit soldiers here?"
"Count Tara Khan...... I haven't seen his subordinates appear except when the taxes were collected!" the village chief snorted angrily and said, "We used to be doing well, but I don't know how such a ghost lord came out. Comes every year to collect taxes...... This is the border, and there is not much to produce except food and firewood. Because the land is not fertile, and the grain production is not high, it is not easy to pay his taxes. ”
He paused, then continued to complain: "Supposedly, if you collect our taxes, you should protect us." But apart from the collection of taxes once a year in the fall, his soldiers never showed up again. I went to report the wolf pack near our village more than half a year ago, but I didn't even get into the castle, and one of the guards sent me away, and I haven't heard back from it until now!"
It was evident that he had a lot of grievances against the Earl of Tarakhan.
"Even so, it's not good to bypass the lord and recruit troops in his territory......" Sleepless said in a deep groan.
"Lord Eric, you are also a nobleman, and you are also a nobleman of the royal capital, why can't you recruit a few guards in the village?" the village chief smiled slyly, "Even if it is Lord Earl, he can't prohibit this kind of thing." ”
Sleepless smiled, and everyone laughed too.
And so the matter was settled.
Subsequently, the village chief of Kalipura also presented two gifts to the traversers.
One was a gray belt of animal skin, said to have been the trophy of his ancestors when they were adventurers. People who wear this belt will have extra help when settling accounts.
The other is a gold-plated pendant, left by a passing goddess priest a few years ago, which is said to allow people who know magic to gain insight and learn to bestow luck on others.
Of course, the traversers know these two things. The belt is called "Calipura's Calculation", and its effect is to increase business ability, even if you don't have the relevant skills, as long as you have it equipped, you can use the "bargain" command in the shop, of course, the success rate is another matter. The pendant is called "Lucky Blessing", which can only be equipped by the priests, and equipping it can not only increase some charm, but also obtain a low-level spell exclusive to the Lady Luck Church, "Weak Luck".
"In the game, Karipura's calculations are to be purchased only by brushing up the village chief's favorability, and the lucky blessing is to be obtained by brushing up the reputation of the village. I didn't think we could get it so easily. Back at the hotel, Sleepless looked at the two pieces of equipment on the table, and couldn't help but sigh a little, "When I first played the game, if I was a novice, it would take me about ten days to come to the village every day to complete the daily tasks in order to gain enough favorability and prestige. Unexpectedly, after the game became a reality, it only took us one night. ”