In the rebuilt front hall of Hongye Lord's Mansion, a robber rushed in in panic.
"It's not good, boss lord!"
"Is it the undead?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"Okay, that doesn't seem to be the case. I saw that the leaders were two human knights..."
Li Shuyi asked: "Could it be a special envoy sent by the empire to interfere in Hongye City's affairs?"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said: "It stands to reason that it won't be so fast. I think those two knights may be people like Ian and Jericho. Let's go and see. Even if they are enemies, we can deal with them.
"
There were many Hongye City residents standing at the city gate, looking at the group of people in the distance with curiosity and wariness.
The two leading knights stood side by side, with no difference in status. One of the knights, who was as strong as an iron tower, said loudly: "Is the lord of the Red Leaf Territory here?"
"Ma Qi is dead, and now I am managing Hongye City!" Bai Xiaowen appeared on the top of the city and shouted, "I am the lord of Baishi Town, you can call me Dio. Who are you?"
The two knights rode their horses slowly and came to the city gate.
"We are knights of the Holy See. You can call me Job, Your Excellency Lord. The man next to me is called Ferdinand," the sturdy knight raised his head and said, "We received news that a serious undead riot occurred in Hongye City.
On the order of Prince Nicholas, come to destroy the undead."
Job took out a stone engraved with mysterious runes: "This is a communication rune stone, through which you can communicate with the crown prince, Prince Nicholas. Lord Dio, Prince Nicholas has many questions to ask you."
With a flash of light, large tracts of colored mist evaporated from the communication rune stone. Soon, the colored mist condensed and turned into an illusory image of a person.
This is a young man, handsome in appearance, tall in stature, with dazzling blond hair, wearing a blue knight's armor, with a coquettish lion-patterned cloak on his back. The silver warhammer in his hand has lightning flashes from time to time. Just from the illusory image, it can be seen that
See how powerful he is.
The residents of Hongye City fell to their knees one after another, cheering the name of Prince Nicholas.
"This pretty boy seems to be much more popular than me. He's not bad looking either, and he's almost catching up with me." Bai Xiaowen muttered to Li Shuyi.
When the image of the prince appeared, Bai Xiaowen of course had to show due respect. He walked down the city, came out of the city gate, lightly tapped his right fist on his left chest, and bent down to perform a greeting that is universal in the world of Kane.
etiquette.
"It's an honor to meet you, His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas."
The image of Prince Nicholas nodded and said: "Who are you."
Bai Xiaowen introduced himself.
"Lord of White Rock Town? I remember that White Rock Town is a very small territory. It's hard to believe that you have the strength to conquer the Red Leaf Territory." Prince Nicholas showed an intriguing expression on his face.
Bai Xiaowen said: "Your Highness the Prince should know that there are many groups of bandits in Baishi Town, and they are all miserable people who have gone astray. I collected them separately, so that I have an army with good combat effectiveness. When purifying the Red Leaf Territory,
They contributed a lot.”
Bai Xiaowen deliberately used the word "purify" instead of "conquer".
"Reorganize the bandits?" Job suddenly asked, "There is a Black Wind bandit group in White Rock Town, and you have also integrated it? Where is their leader Ian?"
Bai Xiaowen replied: "Ian is dead."
When he heard the news that Ian had been killed, Prince Nicholas frowned slightly, while Job and Ferdinand showed unconcealable sadness on their faces, and there was also a trace of undetectable resentment in their eyes when they looked at Bai Xiaowen.
After all, Ian is their comrade.
However, Bai Xiaowen was not stupid enough to tell Ian's true identity. He continued to narrate, briefly describing the discovery of clues to the undead plague, focusing on the results of the battle. March, Jericho and the Lich Ebizel,
was mentioned once.
"In other words, you removed an important nest of the undead plague for the empire. Well done," Prince Nicholas nodded. "In addition, I also saw your contribution to the empire's recruitment order. Now you have
We have gathered a good army and brought it to the Black Rock Defense Line to fight for the fate of the empire and humanity."
The spirit world rules prompt message came:
"Step 1 of the heroic side mission: The truth about the plague has been completed and submitted. Evaluation: Excellent."
"The main mission: Recruiting your army has been completed and submitted. Evaluation: perfect."
Prince Nicholas continued: "The army under your command is enough to serve as the main force of the 17th Infantry Phalanx of the Black Rock Defense Line. Based on this, I grant you the position of commander of the 17th Infantry Phalanx. This is an important force of the Human Alliance.
You must not slack off in your duties. In the war, if you have achieved enough military honors, I will ask His Majesty the King to upgrade your title to be consistent with your military duties."
Bai Xiaowen nodded: "I will prove my loyalty to the empire and people, Your Highness."
He knew very well that the position of "Commander of the Seventeenth Infantry Square" was usually only held by the viscount level, but it was because Bai Xiaowen recruited enough soldiers, more than 10 times more than ordinary baron-level lords, that he made an exception.
Awarded important military positions.
The spirit world rules prompt message sounded: "You have completed the main mission. In the next 9 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes and 31 seconds, you can freely explore and leave the world of Kane's plane at any time in a combat state. The psychic points earned
, equipment and props will not be lost.”
"[Main Mission Step 2: The War in Black Rock] starts."
"Mission goal: Guard the Black Rock Fortress for 10 days until the arrival of imperial reinforcements."
"Task difficulty: s."
"Mission period: 15 days."
After this mission, there is a special reminder: "Countdown to the remnant attack: 9 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes and 31 seconds. Please rush to Black Rock Fortress before the countdown ends. If it expires, the mission will be deemed to have failed."
"If [Main Mission 2: Fire of Black Rock] fails, all the power points, equipment or props you earned during the execution of this main mission will be lost. All the gains you made during [Main Mission 1: Recruiting Your Army] will be lost."
Benefits earned will not be affected."
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi shared reminder information. They looked at each other and could see a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.
What does [Main Mission 2: War at Black Rock] mean?
A full 15 days of extra stay in the world of Kane! It’s almost equivalent to another ticket to the spirit world!
Moreover, the meaning is far greater than a ticket to the spiritual world. The two of them can start from the situation now opened, delve into side tasks, and plan for more benefits.
Many awakened people believe that the stay time (10 days) each time they enter the spiritual world is too short, just like a project has just started and must return due to time constraints. It can only do some short-term small projects and cannot carry out long-term projects.
layout.
Therefore, the value of a ticket that can stay for 15 days is much higher than that of a 10-day ticket, and it must be calculated at least double.
As for Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, being able to stay in Kane's plane world for a full 30 days, how many derivative benefits can it bring to people like Bai Xiaowen who are good at layout? It's really hard to describe. At least from Bai Xiaowen's perspective, give him 10 pictures
He is not willing to exchange tickets to the spirit world below C level for these 30 days.
The extra 15 days of stay were the qualifications that Bai Xiaowen earned himself.
Under normal circumstances, when an awakener completes the main mission 1, the army he recruits can only be a dozen people at most. Even if it exceeds the mission conditions, it cannot be too much. A small team of more than a dozen people is very inconspicuous on the Black Rock Defense Line.
There is no important military position at all, and of course there is no way to get extra stay time.
However, Bai Xiaowen recruited twenty times the number of people and even captured the Red Leaf Territory, which meant that Lord March's original recruitment task was also completed by him - which resulted in him gaining the command of an entire infantry phalanx.
Quan, occupies an important position in the United Human Army.
After calculating the rules of the spirit world, it was determined that the role played by Bai Xiaowen, Dio Skelboom, the lord of Baishi Town, already had an important position affecting the balance of the situation and could not be kicked away casually. Therefore, there was
The opening of main mission 2.
This is also what Bai Xiaowen vaguely inferred when he first entered the world of Kane and came into contact with the main mission 1 - there was a prompt at the time, "The stronger the army you recruit, the higher your status in the human joint army will be."
will be higher.”
If there is no more time to stay, what's the point of reaching a higher status in the human alliance? The rules of the spirit world will not give meaningless tips. That's why Bai Xiaowen spends a lot of time to recruit bandits.
Form an army.
"However, before the official appointment is made, I need to verify one thing," Prince Nicholas called, "Ferdinand."
"Okay, Your Highness."
Next to Job, another knight named Ferdinand took out a monocle and put it on, then looked at Bai Xiaowen carefully.
"Lord Dio is not an undead and has not been infected by the plague."
That monocle is the Holy Light plague detector.
Job looked relieved. Prince Nicholas nodded: "Very good."
However, when Ferdinand turned his attention to other people, especially the residents of Red Leaf City, he frowned.
"Wait a minute. Your Highness... Although Lord Dio and his guards have not been infected by the plague, the other residents of Red Leaf City have the virus lurking in their bodies... There is no healthy person left."
"What?" Knight Job exclaimed, and then looked at the residents of Red Leaf City with pity in his eyes.
Bai Xiaowen felt a little bad: "What's wrong?"
The image of Prince Nicholas waved his arms.
"Clear them all. Leave this work to Lord Dio and his guards. Job, Ferdinand, you are responsible for supervising the execution. Do not allow any infected person in Red Leaf City to escape."
"Yes, Your Highness." Both Job and Ferdinand sighed, "Lord Dio, give me the order."
"Wait, what's going on?" Bai Xiaowen was stunned.
This inexplicably familiar image...
In another time and space, wouldn't there be this kind of plot in a game? The civilians infected by the plague, the prince who followed the way of the Holy Light since childhood, and Stratholme's butcher knife...
Could it be that Prince Nicholas is Kane's version of "Alsace"?
"Didn't you hear His Highness the Prince's order? Get rid of all the civilians infected with the undead plague. They have no hope!" Job's voice was loud, without any concern that there were many Hongye City residents around him.
Ferdinand: "Your Excellency, please carry out the prince's order as soon as possible!"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said unambiguously: "I refuse."
"You refuse my order?" Prince Nicholas frowned, with a look of displeasure on his face, "You have to think carefully! This is my decision!"
"The duty of the military is to protect the people. If the order I receive is to swing a knife at unarmed civilians, I will never accept it." Bai Xiaowen appropriately brushed off his image of justice, and the surrounding Hongye City residents who were in a state of panic,
The eyes looking at Bai Xiaowen were full of hope.
Prince Nicholas was not angry. Job and Ferdinand were not surprised by Bai Xiaowen's words.
This is because the values of the Plantagenet Dynasty are like this. The knight's creed emphasizes kindness and cannot bully the weak. If Bai Xiaowen readily agreed to Prince Nicholas' order to massacre the city, these three people would have to consider whether Bai Xiaowen was born cold-blooded.
"Your Excellency, believe me, His Highness the Prince's order is cold, but it is the wisest decision!" Job persuaded, "Red Leaf City is not the first town infected by the undead plague. There was another one before.
In a similar town, His Royal Highness did not make up his mind to massacre the city, which eventually led to the city being filled with undead, and it cost the empire a lot to eliminate them all."
"Yes, when His Royal Highness the Prince issued this order, it was more painful than you imagined. But as a leader, he cannot show his pain. Lord Dio, if you can't bear to do it, or are unwilling to bear this infamy,
If so, just let us come."
When Bai Xiaowen saw that the play was almost done, he opened his mouth and told the truth.
"I understand how terrifying the undead plague is, but killing alone will not solve the problem. We must find a way to find an antidote to the undead plague! I believe there must be some way to save these innocent people."
"Do you have any idea?" Prince Nicholas stared at Bai Xiaowen with his sharp eyes.
"In fact, one of my scholars is currently researching the antidote to the undead plague." Bai Xiaowen said.
"I don't know how many scholars in the Holy Light Holy See are trying to study the undead plague. Even Archbishop Arlo is at a loss. I don't think your scholar can do what so many scholars can't do."
"But, I have to give it a try," Bai Xiaowen said. "Your Highness, I will not report to the Black Rock Defense Line for the time being. My guards will control Hongye City and keep the severely infected patients in solitary confinement. Once they become undead,
The tendency should be eliminated immediately to ensure that there will not be a city full of undead."