Old John was the village chief of a small village on the border of the empire. His life was as ordinary as his name, without any ups and downs. He even inherited the position of village chief from his father.
Originally, according to his age, he would spend his whole life in an ordinary life without any interruption, until a young man ran back crawling and told everyone that a group of weird humans appeared outside the village.
, and some monsters.
It looked as if the humans were captured by those monsters. Of course, the kind old John would not let these monsters capture his own kind, and who knew if any of these humans were from nearby villages or from the same village?
Old John immediately gathered all the young people in the village and asked them to bring weapons, farm tools and all the torches they could find. As long as they were wild beasts or monsters, most of them would be afraid of fire. This was Old John's long journey.
The experience accumulated in a lifetime.
In normal times, Old John would tell those young people how to wield weapons and use torches to protect themselves during battles. Now all the usual efforts can be used in actual combat.
Old John led the young men who picked up weapons and torches and quickly moved in the direction of Arthur and Zhuge Mao. At first, the old man thought they were just ordinary monsters wandering around, but
When he led the villagers to where Arthur was and saw the beastman washing his hands in the distant stream, Old John suddenly became uneasy.
"Holy light, what kind of monster is that? I have never seen such a monster in my life."
Old John shook his head as he said to himself. The appearance of those beastmen was indeed a bit too scary for an old man.
The monsters he had seen before were at most similar to dire wolves. They were not a type of dire wolf. They were just relatives of dire wolves. They were larger than ordinary wolves, or they were giant black bears.
That's all. The more terrifying monsters will not appear here, but in deeper mountain cols or deep forests. However, the beastmen are much more terrifying than those beasts. Not only are they huge in height, but they also look...
It looks very weird because it is covered in green skin.
Not only that, judging from the facial features and appearance of these beastmen, they still have many similarities with humans. The more you think about humans but not human beings, the more terrifying and terrifying they become.
Although he felt very scary, Old John was not frightened. He even had the courage to encourage the young people around him.
Just like that, Old John led the villagers and surrounded the players in a mighty manner.
And when he got close enough, the old man discovered that the humans were not captured by the monsters, but more like the humans and the monsters were together.
Even so, Lao Yuan Huan did not relax at all.
Soon, a few humans came out of the crowd. They had green characters on their heads and wore armor and equipment, but they were stained with blood. They looked like they had just experienced a battle. Although their steps looked tired, they
His eyes were shining brightly.
The number of those humans was not very large. They walked up to Old John and the villagers. One of them, a terrifying man with a deformed spine, came out and said to the villagers:
"Which of you is the leader? We have no objection when we come here. I am Ah Fei from the Free City of Victoria. I don't know if you have heard of this place. We just resisted the monsters in the underground world not long ago. They are from this world."
Hero, ah, by the way, the monsters I'm talking about are the ones behind me. But you don't have to be nervous and afraid, they are not bad guys, they are standing with us!"
As Fei spoke, he pointed at Arthur and the others behind him.
Because A Fei spoke the common language of the ground world, Arthur and the others could not understand what A Fei was saying.
But this did not prevent other Victoria players from helping with translation. Sylvanas asked Ou Chi spear:
"What is Fei talking about?"
"Explain why we are here, and explain that you are not bad people and are standing with us."
As soon as Ou Chimai finished speaking, the burning chest hair beside him quickly said in the common language of the underground world:
"Why are we standing with them? It's obviously the adventure mission we received, right? If they say that, will the reward become theirs?"
"Yes, when you say that, I feel like these NPCs are really similar. After listening to their words, no one will think that these adventure missions are theirs, and the rewards will be given to them."
Choe He also said worriedly. The players in several dungeons all spoke in the common language of the underground world. The players in Victoria couldn't understand them at all, and they didn't know what they were discussing.
Seeing the players in the Eternal Kingdom chatting in the language of the underworld, the players in Victoria also started chatting in the language of Victoria.
Once things like language cannot communicate with each other, it will become the object of suspicion. Originally, players from the two camps had friction with each other. Some people asked the other party on the spot why they didn't speak in Chinese, and of course they used the same words here.
Fight back.
Even before the villagers of the empire took action, the players between the two camps were already at war with each other.
Fortunately, Zhu Genbao and Arthur stepped forward in time to maintain order.
To the villagers of Old John, all this seemed like humans and these monsters quarreling with each other, using different languages, and occasionally using the same language.
In addition, there are two goblins following them. Although Old John has never really seen a goblin, he has heard and seen it from others and from some pictures. Goblins, this race is human.
Once a solid ally, they often appear in various legends and stories.
It can be said that by now, the wariness of Old John and the villagers towards these sudden players has been reduced to the lowest level.
But what really made Old John completely let down his guard was a very meaningful thing that A Fei took out from his pocket.
A nugget of gold of very high purity.
"Ah, guests from afar, we didn't know you were coming to greet you in advance. I'm really sorry. Don't worry, we will definitely find the most beautiful girl for you in the village, not I mean the biggest house.
The best food ever…”
Old John was talking nonstop over there, and the villagers nearby quickly reminded him:
"The village chief collects money first, collects money first."
After the villagers whispered and kindly reminded him, Old John reacted immediately. He quickly and quietly collected the gold nugget in front of him, and then shouted to the villagers behind him:
"Get out of the way, everyone. He is our good partner, not our enemy."
After what Old John said, the villagers behind him quickly moved out of the way.
Zhu Genbao and the others were very tired at this time and needed to find a place to go offline quickly.
The time they have been online in the past few days has far exceeded the previous time. Because of the tasks in this area, most players do not dare to go offline casually.
And now that they have finally found the village, it means that they are safe and have basic guarantees. They may be able to develop in the village later, and there may be other adventure missions. The most important thing is that they can finally know where they are.
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Old John was in a good mood at first.
I originally thought that monsters were coming to attack the city, and I led the villagers to prepare to defend my home to the death. Unexpectedly, when I walked in, I saw that they were coming to give me money. After accepting a very pure gold nugget, Old John
The players welcomed them into their village and treated them warmly. They killed an old sow that night and made a whole pig feast. Not only that, they even reluctantly killed the old hen that laid eggs at home and cooked it.
I had a meal of chicken soup, which made some progress for the players who did not have a good meal yesterday. However, the players in the Victoria Free City had a great time, while the players in the Eternal Kingdom Dungeon just went to the field to grab a handful of soil, and then had a good meal.
After a lot of cooking, they didn't even look at the delicious food.
But there’s nothing surprising about this. In such a big world, there are always some weird creatures that eat weird things.
But this was not the biggest headache for Old John. What happened after the 24th made Old John feel a little pain in his head.
The players who were welcomed into the village by Old John and the villagers behaved very friendly and normal at first, but their subsequent behavior made Old John feel weird. For example, when he was sleeping at home at night, he suddenly heard
There was a crackling sound outside.
It was as if someone had used violent means to break open the door of his room, and then walked unscrupulously in the hall. Old John got up all of a sudden, and his old classmate showed a horrified expression next to him.
Old John reached out and touched the stick on the side, then made a quiet gesture to his wife, and then pointed to the room on the side, asking his wife to hide in it.
Old John carefully went out alone. When he walked to the door of the room, he saw that the lights in the living room had been lit up. Are thieves so unscrupulous now? Old John didn't think it was any relatives coming over.
Well, because in this village, Old John did not have any relatives who could enter and leave his house at will.
When Old John walked out of the bedroom, he was surprised to see two beastmen and two humans rummaging through boxes in the living room.
They all have green characters on their heads. If Old John knew Chinese, he would be able to tell that the Chinese name is:
Hoe, burning chest hair, eating spears and leopard heads.
The four of them were not surprised at all when they saw Old John. Youou stood up and said to Old John politely:
"Hello village chief, we are not here to steal anything. As warriors who save the world, we are here to see if there is anything we can use. You also know that our adventures are very thrilling and sometimes we will get hurt.
, it would be best if there were bandages, weapons, etc."
"You, what did you say?"
Old John didn't seem to hear what the other party was saying. In fact, Old John understood every word the other party said, but when the leader combined, he couldn't understand it at all. This is something a person with a normal mind would say.
You go to other people's houses to find props for adventure. Besides farm tools, seeds, and other messy things, what else can you, an old villager, have?
Chuhe tried to speak again, but was pushed to the side by the leopard-headed Lingchong beside him, and the leopard-headed Lingchong complained to Chuhe in a low voice:
"What kind of thing are you talking about? You've been playing it for so long and you don't even know the sense of immersion? Let's talk about it."
After Leopard Head Lingchong finished speaking, he looked at Old John in front of him, and then he said politely:
"I'm sorry, village chief, we didn't enter your house intentionally. We just saw that your house was unlocked and the door was open when we were at the door, so we thought if we could come in as guests and take a look at you.
After looking around at the decoration of my home, I think it’s pretty good. By the way, do you want to sell the things over there?”
Leopard Head Lingchong can only refer to a huge backpack in the corner of the house, which is what Old John uses when going out. Sometimes, as the village chief, Old John needs to go with the young man to a nearby town to find adventurers.
Deal with the nearby beasts or monsters to prevent those beasts and monsters from attacking the villagers. The journey is long, and even with a carriage, it will take several days. At this time, you need to bring enough luggage and dry food. A huge backpack is necessary
of.
For players, in addition to those fashions and equipment, backpacks with huge capacity are also very attractive. Although such backpacks can also be bought in towns, they are generally rare and the prices are also very high.
It's not very cheap, but if you buy it directly from the villagers in the village, it might be very cheap.
But after Leopard Head Lingchong finished speaking, the burning chest hair on the side said to him in Chinese:
"Wow, don't say that. We might need to pay for things that we could get for free because of what you said."
"In this game, you generally can't rummage around. It's already very wrong when we come in. I said it outside, you don't listen to me."
Leopard Head Lingchong also spoke in Chinese to the burning chest hair.
"As braves, why can't we rummage through the boxes? This is not in line with the rules of braves. I'm going to the forum to complain to the producer."
Choe He smiled and said that if he could make an expression, he would like to make a funny expression, because he did not really want to complain when he said these things, but just joking.
Although Old John couldn't understand what they were talking about, looking at their smiling faces, he always felt that they were planning something bad. Old John's mood suddenly became tense. It seemed that it was better not to offend them.
Well, since they are so rich, then just sell them this bag, Old John still thought, and then he stretched out a finger.
"10 copper coins will do."
Ou Chimai and Leopard Head Lingchong were stunned for a moment after hearing what Old John said, and then shouted loudly:
"Fuck, that backpacker in Duke of York is really a profiteer!"