Chapter 5: The Business Empire (5)

The crowd began to be noisy, with the human heroes chanting "Roland" and the dwarven heroes chanting "Yoland", applause and shouts one after another. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Catherine looked at Gu Shiyu with a smile and said admiringly: "I really have you! I see that you will definitely be the commander of our people in the future!"

Gu Shiyu waved his hand and said: "Come on, I won't fight, you will be the commander, I will stay in the company!"

"Oh, oh my God!" the dwarves suddenly shouted. The two looked towards the field, only to see that Yolande was hit in the chin by Roland, staggered back a few steps, plopped, and fell to the sky. Roland jumped up, clasped his hands, and slammed down on Yoland's chest with the weight of his whole body!

If this is hit, Yolande will at least break a few ribs!

Fortunately, Yoland had not been knocked out by the heavy punch, and seeing that Roland's pounce was really fierce, he hurriedly turned over, and was able to dodge Roland's heavy blow, and his elbow was just on Roland's side.

Now it was the human hero's turn to scream loudly! Roland's face turned pale with pain from the elbow blow.

Both sat on the ground gasping for air. Yoland rubbed his chin and spat on it, which was full of blood, while Roland rubbed his ribs, sweating coldly on his forehead.

Roland said admiringly: "You dead dwarf is so good! I almost broke your ribs!"

"You're playing well, too! I'm about to knock your teeth out! How about a drink?"

Roland nodded, "That's a good idea, it's much better than if we continued to fight!" The two stood up with each other's arms and walked out of the arena holding hands.

When people saw that the two enemies had been reconciled, they applauded and praised one after another.

Catherine Chaogu Shiyu smiled slightly: "How about it, the two of us will also fight?"

Gu Shiyu smiled: "Okay, it's a joke, but don't take it seriously." ā€

Catherine took off her upper body armor, leaving only a close-fitting T-shirt, bare flat abdomen and slender waist, the waistcoat line was clearly recognizable, and the heroic posture was too good! She ran into the field, smiled and beckoned to Gu Shiyu.

The crowd went wild, with applause, screams, and whistles. Catherine was still a little hesitant when she saw Gu Shiyu, her hands were raised high, waving up and down. People clapped rhythmically along her arms.

Khan, don't you have to fight?

What can Youland and the others do, they took off Gu Shiyu's clothes in three or two clicks, and then pushed the shirtless Gu Shiyu into the field.

Catherine's feet moved rapidly, gradually approaching Gu Shiyu. Where is this a weak girl, obviously a sturdy heifer!

Gu Shiyu protected his hands in front of him, and observed Catherine up and down, and he had already begun to regret it in his heart! Hey, where should I hit her? Slap her face? No, such a beautiful face, can you bear to hit her? Towering breasts? That place is not for beating, let alone it! Hit her waist? Such a charming little waist, can you fight? This is not good, that is not good, isn't there nowhere to fight? Just thinking about it, Catherine punched him in the face a long time ago, and the Venus in front of him was shaking.

"Oh, oh my God!" erupted in a flood of regret from the crowd. Gu Shiyu shouted, "How can this be fought! Forget it, I surrender!" turned around and fled.

The crowd booed. As soon as Gu Shiyu fled to the edge of the field, he was pushed forward by the people again! There was no choice but to run around the field, and Catherine chased after her.

There are few people who have ever seen such a fight! The boos, laughter, whistles, shouts, and applause could not be stopped.

Gu Shiyu circled around and fled to the front of Youland, but Yulande suddenly stretched out his leg and stumbled and broke it, Gu Shiyu couldn't avoid it, and fell to the ground with a mouth gnawing mud. Catherine immediately pounced, her hands and feet tightly locked Gu Shiyu's throat. Gu Shiyu rolled his eyes, just in time to see Youland's malicious smile, he wanted to scold in his mouth, and it was quite difficult to even breathe, where could he scold?

Your sister's Yoland, when my brother is done fighting, I will clean you up properly! Gu Shiyu struggled to break free of the deadly lock technique, and Catherine flexibly changed her posture with his position, always keeping Gu Shiyu's throat firmly locked. Gu Shiyu's face was blood-red, his brain began to be ischemia, and the strength in his body flew away as if water had been sucked away, and he hurriedly slapped his hands on the ground to admit defeat while he had not fainted.

The crowd booed, applauded, and cheered!

Catherine screamed with excitement and jumped up and reached out to high-five Yolande in celebration. Gu Shiyu sat on the ground in a daze and shouted, "Yoland!"

Like a frightened rabbit, Yolande ran away without a trace. People were smiling and laughing.

Cuthbert walked up with a smile and helped Gu Shiyu up. Gu Shiyu shook his head, oh my God, I didn't expect Catherine's little hooves to be so good, and her head is still dizzy.

When Gu Shiyu receded, two more heroes appeared in the field, and people's screams rang out again.

Roland brought two glasses of wine, handed him one, raised the glass, and said politely, "Good fight!"

Gu Shiyu took the wine glass and said with a wry smile: "Her Royal Highness the princess can really fight!"

Roland looked at Catherine in the crowd and nodded, "Yes, among us human heroes, no one has been able to defeat her so far! ā€

Gu Shiyu was very surprised, and couldn't help but look at Catherine in the crowd, only to see that she and Adridrid were also looking at this side, covering their mouths and snickering.

Roland said in a low voice: "Her Royal Highness the Princess, do we want to solve it?"

Gu Shiyu nodded and said, "You say, how to solve it?"

Roland said: "Rely on strength! Either see who draws the sword first, or see who can become the most powerful hero in the arena!"

Arena?Where is there an arena in the Lost Land? Gu Shiyu knew that he still knew very little about the Lost Land, and when he heard Roland say this, his heart suddenly became arrogant, and he said, "Okay, it's decided!"

The two high-fived as an oath.

In the grove, suddenly a few mysterious people walked over, all with cloaks covering their heads and faces, standing far away from the campfire. Gu Shiyu looked very strange and asked, "Who are those?"

Rowland looked at it and replied, "They are witches, a people who live in the swamps. ā€

Witch?!Gu Shiyu was startled. In medieval Europe, witches were known as women who sold their souls to Satan the Devil, who rode broomsticks, flew around, spread plagues with witchcraft, and were out-and-out bad women. It is said that witch hunting was also popular at the time, and witches were hunted for pleasure. Are the witches like these? But they don't fly with broomsticks, they come step by step, like ordinary people. No matter how you look at it, except that they refuse to show their true colors, they are no different from normal humans.

"They live in swamps, they live with herbs all day long, and they are good at medicine. Fearing that they would use witchcraft, they would not associate with them, or even banish them, so they had to hide in swamps. When these witch heroes were in the guild, they stayed in the library every day and rarely interacted with humans. I don't know how I would suddenly come to your party today. ā€

Gu Shiyu said: "Since they are here, let's go and say hello!"

Gu Shiyu called a few people, brought some rum and food, walked next to the witches together, and invited them to come forward to the party. The witches bowed and walked to the campfire and sat down, still trying to stay away from the crowd.

Early the next morning, Gu Shiyu woke up and found himself sleeping in the Hero Guild. As for how it came about, I don't have any impression at all. He struggled to get up, but his head was heavy as lead.

There was a light breeze blowing beside him, and there was a faint smell of good aroma. Gu Shiyu saw that it was Adrid. Gu Shiyu couldn't help but take a few more breaths and asked, "Ai Meinu, what kind of fragrance is this, why does it smell so good?"

Edrid pursed his lips and smiled: "It's not fragrant, how can your boys' apartment have incense, the smell is almost the same!"

So what kind of incense is this? Could it be the virgin fragrance on Adrid's body? Gu Shiyu wanted to get close to her and smell a few sips, but he was afraid that he would look undignified and blaspheme her, so he had to sigh and lie down, and said, "I only remember drinking in the grove last night, why did I come back here?"

"How did you come? Didn't I and Her Royal Highness the Princess come here with you? You are dead, but you are tired of the two of us. Look at you, you can't drink enough, and you have to fight with others, what is the result......?

"I'm drunk, and Yolander and his gang of dwarves didn't even bother with me?" Gu Shiyu was a little angry.

Eldred pursed his lips and said, "He? Those dwarves are all as drunk as dead pigs, and they can't take care of themselves, so where will they care about you? Last night's last show was a drinking competition between dwarves and humans, everyone was drunk, and there are still a lot of people lying in the woods." Her Royal Highness the Princess said, let you have a good rest today, she will go to the dock first. ā€

"Oh!"

"I brought Her Royal Highness the Princess's words, then you can rest, I'm leaving!"

Gu Shiyu really wanted to keep her. Sure enough, as soon as Adridrid left, the refreshing aroma was gone.

Alas, can't you talk to me for a while? Gu Shiyu slowly got up and staggered into the guild courtyard.

The dwarves in the courtyard had indeed withdrawn, and only the dozen or so monks remained motionless in the king's tomb.

Gu Shiyu walked slowly, and the sun was dazzling. Before I knew it, I had walked to the hole in the tree where the prophet lived. Gu Shiyu was hesitating, should he go in to see the prophet, but the prophet's voice came from the tree hole: "Since you are here, come in and sit down!"

Gu Shiyu had no choice but to walk in, fold his hands together at the prophet, and bow. The prophet tilted his head sideways and said, "Your visit this time is very different from the last time, I can feel that your aura is much stronger, but it is not as strong as I hoped. ā€

Gu Shiyu sat down cross-legged and said, "I want to ask the prophet how I can draw that sword." ā€

"Only if you are strong enough will it be possible to draw that sword. ā€

"I've heard that Coach Giant Thunder is the most powerful hero in the Lost Lands, can't he draw his sword too?"

"Although the giant thunder is powerful, it is not strong enough to draw a sword. There's still a long way to go ahead of you. ā€

Gu Shiyu's heart suddenly cooled half, and he thought for a while and said, "Prophet, I still want to ask about the arena. ā€

"The arena is in Hook Bay, and that's the ultimate test of heroes. In the past ten years, only one person who has successfully passed the ten levels and walked out of the arena alive is Ju Lei. With your current strength, you can pass the fifth level at most. You should go out and cultivate more, you can't just stay in Baulston, that won't improve your abilities in any way. ā€

"Yes, thank you for your guidance. Gu Shiyu hung his head and walked out of the tree hole. The guild mentor saw him, walked over, and said, "Come on, I just wanted to talk to you!Are you ready to receive the Hero Badge?"

"Yes, Mentor!"

"Then come to the guild hall tonight, you and Adela can both graduate. ā€

"Thank you, Mentor! I want to ask you what it takes to be the most powerful hero in the Lost Lands. ā€

"There's nothing to say about this, the only way is to keep cultivating. I know you started a company on the docks, and I've heard that business is not bad, and a lot of human and dwarven heroes have gone to you. But when you start a company, in addition to having more money, you haven't improved your personal cultivation at all.

"Mentor, you must know that war does not only consume manpower, but also consumes a lot of materials. In addition to visible wars, there is another kind of war without gunpowder, and that is currency wars. ā€

The tutor nodded and said, "Your argument about war is indeed novel enough. However, now the trade between various ethnic groups is not very frequent, almost all of them are self-sufficient, you cannot control its economic lifeline, how can you talk about currency wars? Even before the war begins, you go to buy the enemy's grain, steel, and other war materials, but these things are strictly controlled in wartime. All you can do is buy a small part of them, and at most disrupt their market. You besiege an enemy city, the city lacks food, the first to starve to death are the inhabitants of the city, and even if you win in the end, all you get is an empty city. What's the use of that? Do you want to commit genocide against the enemy? It turns out that the genocide has never been completely repeated, no matter how cruel your methods are. ā€

Gu Shiyu said: "I never thought of exterminating a race, and I didn't even think of participating in your war at all. However, I think that strong economic strength is the key factor in determining the outcome of a war, and if you have a stronger economic strength than the enemy, you will have more resources, and you will be invincible in a war of attrition, and you can even end the war as soon as possible. ā€

The mentor paused and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense. Having financial strength can certainly make you stronger. The world you're in may not have the same pattern of war as here. This is a magical continent, a place that admires heroes! Three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, and the decisive factor for victory in war depends on powerful heroes. As long as you are stronger than your enemies, even if your legion is not as strong as the opponent's, you can use your powerful offensive, defensive, and magical skills to quickly defeat your opponents. ā€

Gu Shiyu nodded, only to understand that he had basically misunderstood the way he was fighting on this continent. It seems that in this magical continent, only heroes can be invincible.

Gu Shiyu didn't think about how to save the world, and he didn't feel that he had such an ability, let alone this interest. It is the Americans who think about saving the world every day, and who want to be the savior. All he thinks about is how to survive in this strange land, and then he finds a way to leave this world that does not belong to him. As for why he agreed to Roland's challenge, it was because he had already found himself in love with Catherine, although the shadow of Momiji still lingered in his mind.

Hey, isn't this just a big carrot?

Alas, I don't know what the future path will be, so let's follow your feelings!

After wandering around the guild for a morning, blowing a cool breeze and eating some food, Gu Shiyu's energy improved. Anyway, there's not much to do in the Hero Guild, so let's go to the docks.

When passing through the grove, Gu Shiyu made a special detour to the boxing ring to have a look. There were no more drunks asleep there, and even the garbage on the floor was swept clean. But there are still traces of a few bonfires next to the venue, and the madness of yesterday is still recorded.

On the docks, Cuthbert could be seen in the distance arguing with a guard. Catherine was still under the familiar sun umbrella, looking out to sea in a daze. Gu Shiyu walked over and lay down on the chair next to him. Catherine looked at him and smiled and asked, "Are you awake?"

Gu Shiyu smiled back, nodded, and asked, "What are Lao Ku talking to that guard about?"

Catherine pouted and said, "What else will be good, ask for money!" Mayor Grey sent someone to say that the factory we opened pollutes the surrounding environment, and asks us to pay for environmental treatment. ā€

Gu Shiyu was very angry and said: "What kind of environmental treatment fee, there is no such clause in the contract at all! She collects such a heavy tax from the residents of the town, and she has never seen her build public facilities, do public welfare undertakings, and even half of the school's teaching fund has been deducted by her, and the principal is complaining to me! I want to give it, and I will not give it to her, but to the town's owners' committee. ā€

Catherine said, "Go talk to him with Cuthbert, he won't make much concessions." ā€

Gu Shiyu shouted at Cuthbert: "You want him to tell Madame Grey that if she goes too far, it will be a big deal for us to move out of Ballston Town, and we can afford this loss!"

Cuthbert nodded. Gu Shiyu looked back at Catherine and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"What's the matter, Guzi?"

"Princess, I want to go out to cultivate, I want to leave you for a while, and the affairs of the company will be handed over to you and Yoland. ā€

Catherine's eyes widened and she said, "Why? Is it because I hit you yesterday?"

"No, I...... I told Roland that whoever draws the king's sword first, or whoever becomes the hero of the arena first, will ...... Just ......"

Catherine bit her fingers nervously and listened to what he was saying.

Gu Shiyu saw that Catherine's expectant eyes were looking at him motionlessly, and plucked up the courage to say, "I'll marry you!"

"Really?!Are you willing to go out and practice for me?" Catherine jumped up and looked at Gu Shiyu.

Gu Shiyu nodded. Catherine suddenly leaned down, put her arms around Gu Shiyu's neck, kissed him solidly, and then ran away.

"Don't run, I'm going to tell you that Adela and I can accept the Hero Badge tonight. ā€

Catherine paused for a moment, then ran like a fawn again, and in the distance, she was heard shouting, "I see!"