Chapter 44, "Fat Mountain" Mandu
This town, called "Stone Town", is the intended capital of the Lizardman Kingdom that will be established in the future. It is located in the north-central part of Longtou Island, about thirty miles from Longtou Island's most important port, Longjiao Port, which is exactly a day's journey for regular infantry. In this world, this distance belongs to the "zone of full control", which is very safe and reliable.
To the south of this town is a large expanse of wilderness, which has not many trees and is fairly flat. It has been developed into farmland, but in the past, due to backward agriculture, it has always relied on the weather for harvest. It wasn't until Yunelo took possession of the area, that he mixed the three crops of pasture, beans and cassava, changing them in turn, and applying proper fertilization, so that this otherwise infertile land soon produced a large amount of foodβsince the harvest last autumn, the number of civilians who had come to him had increased greatly, greatly increasing his power, and making the surrounding forces more wary of him.
What Yunero and they were fighting for in this war was a little further south, with a large plain as the center of a small town called "Tarun".
That plain is not only fertile and rich in products, but more importantly, it occupies the northern hub of Longtou Island, as long as it occupies that area and stationes a large cavalry there, several important farmlands on Longtou Island are within its attack range, enough to threaten all directions.
It is precisely because of this that those forces that did not have a very good relationship will unite and fight this battle with Yunero.
These details are not what Yunero told the panda. As soon as he returned, he received an urgent notice to go to the port to meet a cargo ship carrying weapons, armor, and metal. Lana, the military advisor, and Skye, the sharpshooter, both went with him, leaving only his old friend, his college classmate Mandu.
Mandu's game ID is "Roshan Demon King", and this tall and skinny guy is actually a big fat man in reality, with the nickname "Fat Mountain". He was originally a member of the Homecoming Faction, and he wasn't interested in the adventures of this world or anything. However, because of his personal relationship, he was still moved by Yunero's words, and left the warm comfort of the castle and came to the hot and humid southern island to serve as a priest and instructor in Yunero's lizardman kingdom.
He is a very special kind of "archetypal priest" - a god who does not have a clear belief in it, but who gains divine power by praying to the world itself. The core of the power of the typical pastor lies in the "divine realm" they have chosen. Mandu's realm of divine power is "Combat" and "Healing", with the former allowing him to cast spells steadily even in the heat of battle, and the latter allowing him to skillfully cast healing spells.
This combination is the most common of the typical priests, and his current job is to raise a group of lizardman priests like him.
"This job is not easy to do!" When introducing the situation to the panda, Mangdu babbled many times, the content was similar, all complaining about the poor living conditions here, complaining about the low level of education of the lizard people, and complaining about the troublesome politics...... All in all: Earth is too dangerous, I want to go back to Mars.
But complaining is complaining, when a few lizardmen were injured in labor and were sent here, he immediately ran to treat them, and did not show the slightest impatience or fear of hardship.
It was only when the wounded were initially healed and sent to recuperate that he ran to the panda and complained to the panda endlessly.
After a few times, the panda also saw that this person was actually quite easy to get along with - he didn't really mean to be lazy at all, he just wanted to complain.
"Are you 'honest,' Mandu?" he asked with a smile as Mandu complained again.
Mandu jumped up as if he had been trampled by a thousand turtles, and shouted, "How is it possible! Only a woman can be tsundere! I am really unhappy!"
"But I don't see if you mean to pick and choose. β
"I have been friends with the dragon head for more than ten years, he wants to make a career, I don't help him, what else can I do?" Mandu sighed and shook his head, "What does it say in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"?
"But you're three brothers, aren't you? I remember Skye was also your classmate, and his nickname was ...... 'Prince', right?"
"That's right, we're just as good as Taoyuanβ"
"Stop, stop! That's an unlucky metaphor!"
"What's unlucky? The dragon head is the oldest, and he is Liu Bei. Skye is second, he is Guan Yu. I'm just going to be a Zhang Fei so-so......"
Panda sighed: "I remember that Zhang Fei is Lolita, and his wife is almost twenty years younger than him. β
Mandu paused: "It's so enviable!"
"Dude, you're such a real person. β
"Thanks, honesty is one of my few virtues. β
"Are you so 'honest' that you're not afraid of being struck by thunder?"
"It's okay, you can't die anyway. β
Although one of these two is a priest and the other is a paladin, they are both priests in the final analysis. As a master who has fully mastered the divine power with his own efforts, although healing is not his specialty, he can actually make a cameo appearance as a priest when necessary - well, at least stronger than those ten-level junior priests, although his spell list is far less comprehensive than those priests, but the core strengthening, healing, and exorcism, he can also do it.
What they're dealing with at the moment is a whole bunch of cursed things. They were all trophies from the recent defeat of a force by the lizardmen, and on each and every one of them, there was a black gas that could be seen almost with the naked eye, which was the embodiment of the power of the curse.
"What the hell is that organization for?" Panda asked curiously, "Demon sacrifice?" Otherwise, I can't think of anyone with so many cursed items. β
"They are not as high-end as the Demon Sacrifice. "They are tomb robbers. β
The panda was slightly stunned, and asked curiously: "Southern faction or northern faction?
"Tomb robbing in this world seems to be a school of thought β digging up and moving it all. Mandu pouted, "Simple and crude, without even the slightest sense of beauty of a technician!
The panda was taken aback: "You killed their whole family?"
"We're not going to do that!" Mandu explained, "and they rely on a huge altar and continuous sacrifices to keep resisting the power of the curse." In the last battle, the dragon head made a big jump, jumped nearly twenty meters, and an axe knocked down the altar. As a result, all of them let out a terrifying scream, and almost instantly they were all dead. β
The panda was so frightened that he almost jumped up: "Then these bad things, you still dare to take them with you?
Mandu looked at him with the eyes of a fool: "You can get a lot of experience points by purifying them, what a pity to burn them!"
Only then did the panda come back to his senses, laugh dryly, and sit down to purify together.
"How long do these things need to be purified? It takes half a day to purify one, it's too slow!"
"It's better than staying in the castle and sweeping the floor or something to gain experience. β
β...... Haven't you considered praying or exercising to gain experience points?"
"Too much trouble, too lazy. β
The panda frowned: "Then you purify these things, so you won't be too troublesome?"
"It's purified, and you can use it for the soldiers. We're just starting out, and we're going to have to work hard to build up resources. β
Seeing Mandu talking casually and working seriously, the panda smiled.
"You're a good friend indeed!"
"You still need to say it!"