Chapter 68: Chapter 69: Internal Testing (Part 3)


    Facing the never-ending noise from the yers, Mezsh stepped forward and raised his bloody Great Sword.


    “Silence!”


    But the yers seemed to rebel even more, bing even noisier, with all kinds of cheeky remarks emerging one after another.


    “I’m hyped, hubby.”


    “No male waifu, let me at it.”


    “Why is a red-skinned NPC so arrogant? Sooner orter, we’ll take you down.”


    “That gear looks awesome, is it avable in the store?”


    “He’s so cocky, I love it.”


    Mezsh felt his scalp tingle but he had to force himself to keep speaking.


    “Warriors from unknown spaces, I am the steward of Barto City under themand of the Red Dragon, a Tiefling Warrior. You can call me Mezsh. By my master’s order, I havee to wee you.”


    “However, neither Barto City nor the entire Ashen Nest wees idlers. You need to prove your value to me.”


    “As you can see, Barto City is newly built, everything is waiting for development. I hope you can contribute your strength…”


    Mezsh tried to be as stirring as possible, but most yers were not paying attention except for those extremely into the story.


    “That gear looks kinda nice, feels like at least a mini-boss level.”


    Mantou instinctively pulled up his panel and threw out a scout.


    [Loading data…]


    [Loadingplete!]


    [Based on your own strength, you can observe the following information.]


    [Oathbreaker Sword, Mezsh]


    Faction: [Ashen Nest – Barto City]


    Basic Ability: ???


    Challenge Level: ???


    Favorability: -5 (Mild Dislike)


    “ording to official data, information only fails to show when the Challenge Level difference is five levels apart from the yer’s level. Is this Newbie Vige NPC that strong?”


    “Wait, why did favorability turn negative?”


    He looked up, only to see the Tiefling eyeing him with a glimmer of danger in his eyes, clearly aware of his spying.


    “Damn, can scouting even be detected?”


    Dejectedly, Mantou put away his panel and stood at attention, obediently listening to him speak.


    Mezsh swept his gaze over the crowd with a warning look, then continued, “You can ept tasks. Barto City will give you corresponding rewards.”


    “Everyone, please wait a moment.”


    His tone suddenly paused.


    “Captain, we found it,” Damacus reporteding forward.


    Several strong Tiefling Guards carried a new corpse full of arrows out of the cave and ced it next to the original one—the same “Swashbuckler.”


    Only this time, he didn’t even have time to say his lines before dying.


    Mezsh already knew from Cassius that yers would revive, and he also knew that yer revivals were limited.


    In “Erezer,” yers could only revive once every ten minutes, each time with an experience penalty based on their current level, and they only had three revival opportunities per day. After the third death, they could only hang out on the forum.


    “Damn, is this NPC that smart?”


    “Camping at the respawn point!”


    “The AI from the developers is just messing with our minds.”


    “Good, Rogue Beast has messed with many people’s minds. He previously brought the final boss to our main city and got it destroyed in another game. He deserves to be messed with so hard his will breaks.”


    “Instant fan conversion.”


    “Seeing a yer getting camped at the gate makes me furious; seeing it’s Rogue Beast, I’m overjoyed.”


    “I guess there are still good NPCs in the world…”


    Finally, Mezsh’s face showed a chillingly kind smile.


    “Everyone, please be silent.”


    “This is just a small warning.”


    This time, as soon as he spoke, the yers suddenly fell silent, like a group of primary school students caught by the ss teacher.


    After all, no one wanted to be camped at the gate without even having a chance to develop. Next to the arrow-pierced corpse of “Swashbuckler,” Mezsh’s words carried extra weight.


    Mezsh started introducing various information ording to the instructions of the Red Dragon.


    “The cksmith sells weapons and armor, the market has food and water for sale, the tavern sells drinks and you can stay on the second floor. You can ept quests from the bulletin board in the square and collect rewards at the Adventurers’ Guild in Barto City…”


    ording to Mezsh’s description, the yers roughly understood the situation in Barto City.


    And after the tasks were released, corresponding task data appeared on the yers’ panels, including building city walls, constructing houses, going out hunting, and hunting hostile monsters.


    The system allocated experience based on the difficulty and consumption of tasks, while Faction Contribution Points were managed by Kai Xu, the faction leader.


    But most of these tasks were life-oriented,monly known as “brick-moving,” with fewer opportunities for the familiar monster-hunting and leveling up—after all, Stormy Ridge was almost contracted by Ashen Nest, leaving only the monsters in the mountains and forests to find.


    “So many tasks…”


    “This task [Hunt Savage Boars] rewards a set of standard City Guard Army equipment. Watch me get a perfect start.”@@novelbin@@


    “This is real body data, you probably can’t even beat a chicken.”


    “You can’t beat a chicken.”


    “Why are there brick-moving tasks…”


    Having just entered the game, the yers were very interested in these diverse tasks, to the point that they even ignored “Swashbuckler” being carried up again.


    Three corpses lined up neatly in a row.


    As if silently telling the fate of this troublemaker.


    Although Barto City had begun to take shape with some city elements, it had only developed for five years, with sparse poption and thin foundation, and the buildings were still very simplistic.


    And the most crucial problem was theck ofbor force. The assistance from Ashen Nest somewhat alleviated this issue, but it was not an immediate solution.


    With the addition of hundreds of yers, the various aspects of Barto City could rapidly develop, especially since they had a workforce unafraid of death and tireless.


    The yers had thus begun their exploration.


    “Damn, why is there an Ogre in this tavern! Can’t they see it?”


    “No, bro, don’t hit me. I’m a good human!”


    “That big-nosed Goblin is part of the patrol team? I thought it was a monster.”


    “The Wyvern understands humannguage.”


    “Ogres, Goblins, Wyverns and that… uh, Tiefling. I feel like our Newbie Vige doesn’t seem like a proper faction.”


    “The dragon statue in the center of the square looks pretty cool. He seems to be our boss.”


    “Wait, aren’t we born in the boss’sir?”


    “…”


    Standing high, Mezsh quietly watched these “Starfallen” taking on tasks everywhere, lost in thought.


    Their appearance had brought much chaos to Barto City, but also a vitality full of infinite possibilities. Although Mezsh often found them hard to deal with, he clearly recognized this.


    “I begin to understand the master’s words, ‘Lure with benefits, coerce with threats’.”


    This Tiefling Holy Warrior thought.


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