Chapter 46
After Ye Bai said this, Dennis was speechless. After all, the Wildebeest Transport Team was a direct affiliate of the Merchant Guild, and the mercenaries were only temporary employment partners with them.
Moreover, as the platform, the Merchant Guild will also extract part of the commissions of these mercenaries, and many mercenaries have long been dissatisfied with the Merchant Guild.
Now, regarding Ye Bai's behavior, Dennis couldn't say that she was poaching people from the Merchant Guild.
"That would be great."
In the end, not all mercenaries set out. Only four of them wanted to earn more and accepted Dennis's employment. The other six mercenaries chose to stay in Baiye Village to familiarize themselves with the environment of the territory and learn more about the lord Ye Bai.
After sending Dennis away, Blaise reminded Ye Bai, "Sir, he's in a hurry to go back because he wants to capture that group of wildebeests."
"I know, don't worry, our village will have its own wildebeest soon." Ye Bai said with a smile.
Blaise was slightly stunned, then showed a look of surprise. Was this also part of the lord's plan?
Wildebeests are very fast, and their strength and endurance are among the best among land riding units. They have balanced abilities and can be trained not only for transportation but also as war horses. They are mounts only found in big cities.
Ye Bai had long considered the herd of wild wildebeests that appeared near the territory as a sure thing, so there was no way he would let the merchant guild take advantage of them.
After assigning new residences to the mercenaries and Dilina in the village, Ye Bai finally had time to come to the Tree of Creation.
Touching the tree trunk, detailed information about Baiye Village appeared in her mind.
【White Night Village】
Lord: White Night
Current population: 68
Population attraction: 20% basic attraction + 22% environmental attraction + 15% title added value
Buildings: Compost Plant x1, 62 Houses, Blacksmith Shop x1, Warehouse x2, Cellar x2, Well x4, Market x1, Tailor Shop x1, Smelter x1, Sawmill x1, Smokehouse x1, Herb Shop x1
Health: 85
Health: 85
Happiness: 75
There are 30 refugees in total in the third batch. Together with the 10 mercenaries who have just joined, the territory population has reached 60. Together with the professional buildings, there are 4 more. At this time, the conditions for upgrading the territory to a level 2 territory have actually been met.
However, Ye Bai did not upgrade directly, but prepared to start the subsequent territory construction.
Tomorrow is the 30th day since the construction of the territory. The fourth batch of refugees will be arriving soon. According to the current population attraction, 50 people will be no problem. By then, it will be enough to directly upgrade to the population conditions of the level 3 territory. If other construction conditions are met, it can be directly upgraded to two levels.
Of course, after two consecutive upgrades, the number of monster attacks that the territory can attract that night is also the sum of the two upgrades.
Ye Bai was not panicked about this. First, she still had a few powerful magic scrolls on her. Secondly, she had come all the way from Melo City and cleared the crocodile pond in the process of opening up the trade route. To a certain extent, she had already solved the problem of powerful monsters in one direction. It was even very likely that the crocodile pond was the most powerful monster nest near Baiye Village.
The basic rule of territory upgrade is to attract surrounding monster groups to attack, and the next time there may be only two or three big cats and small cats.
But one thing is certain: the wildebeest herd will definitely come.
Dennis's return trip alone would take at least two game days, and organizing a capture team to go to the grassland would take at least three or four days to go back and forth. This time is definitely enough for Ye Bai to upgrade his territory.
Afterwards, Ye Bai opened the long-missed [Territory Development] page, and the familiar technology tree appeared before his eyes.
During the time Ye Bai was away, the territory had naturally accumulated 4 points of productivity. Adding the 8 points of productivity gained from the newly opened trade route, there were now a total of 12 points of productivity for Ye Bai to "squander", which was quite surplus.
However, she did not choose too many technologies this time. She only spent 2 points of productivity to choose the new technology branches [Basic Defense Construction] and [Animal Husbandry] technology added to the level 2 territory. The [Brewing] technology required by the tavern will only appear in the level 2 territory.
[Basic Defense Construction] Unlocks the [Wooden Thorn Fence] building; Unlocks the [Arrow Tower I] building.
[Animal Husbandry] Villagers master basic breeding skills; unlock [Pasture] buildings; unlock [Feed Factory] buildings.
After unlocking these two technologies, Ye Bai immediately began planning the construction, marking out a square area with a double-layer wooden thorn fence from the northeast to the northwest of the territory.
In addition to the square blank land in the northeast area, this area also has a rectangular area in the shape of a corridor connecting to the northwest area, which is the location where they entered the city with Ye Bai's caravan. If wildebeests attack, they will come from this direction based on the straight-line distance.
After the trade route was opened, the area outside the trade route was still foggy on Ye Bai's map view, but a roughly straight and slightly curved trade route had appeared.
The terrain around the trade route is slightly "lit up", so Ye Bai can easily find the grassland where the wildebeests are, and then judge which direction they will come from if the territory is upgraded.
Afterwards, Ye Bai planned two arrow towers on the left and right of the dirt road.
In this way, a wildebeest trap is ready.
Afterwards, Ye Bai did not build a ranch immediately, because the wildebeests were of too high a level and needed a higher-level [high-end ranch] to be kept in the ranch. Instead, she planned a [feed yard] in a location in the agricultural area.
The territory now has unprecedentedly rich human resources. As soon as Ye Bai completed the plan, villagers immediately went to build it.
After finishing all this work, Ye Bai looked back at the territory attribute page. Compared to before he left, the territory's health and happiness had declined. This was an inevitable result of the population increase. Remembering that Carrie had hesitated to speak before, she opened the territory population page.
Sure enough, three exclamation marks appeared among the working villagers.
With the previous experience, Ye Bai certainly knew that this was a sign of the emergence of a special talent, and he couldn't help but smile.
However, Ye Bai's smile soon stopped, because one of the people named Felix had two exclamation marks. Looking at this person's personal status, she frowned immediately, knowing where the problem Carly mentioned was. The status behind Felix read "Infected with the epidemic - undergoing treatment."
Seeing this situation, Ye Bai immediately rushed to the village herbal medicine house.
As soon as he walked outside the herbal medicine shop, Ye Bai smelled a strong herbal scent.
"Crack—"
The door of the herbal medicine room happened to open at this time, and Lucy came out with a pot of herbs.
"Lord, you're back! I just heard the news!" Lucy immediately smiled happily when she saw Ye Bai.
Ever since Ye Bai built the herbal medicine shop and assigned Lucy to this position which was very suitable for her, the favorability of this talented person who had his special skills utilized and cultivated towards Ye Bai has been increasing rapidly.
Then, before Ye Bai could say anything, Lucy suddenly thought of something, her face changed, she took a step back, and distanced herself from Ye Bai.
"Sir, please don't come near. I have a patient here..."
"There's an epidemic, right?" Ye Bai spoke before Lucy could finish her words.
Lucy nodded. "Yes, so you'd better not get close. During this period, if the villagers have other illnesses, I will give them herbs to take when they go back to prevent the disease from spreading to the whole village."
"You did a great job." Upon hearing this, Ye Bai looked at Lucy with appreciation.
This sense of prevention is worthy of her being a high-level talent that she focuses on cultivating. It is estimated that he will soon become a professional herbalist.
"Hehe, this is what a herbalist should do." Lucy smiled shyly.
But the next moment, Ye Bai did not leave, but continued to walk into the herbal medicine shop.
Lucy was stunned and immediately shouted, "Sir...what are you doing?"
"It's okay, I'll be fine. I'm a divine blood person." Ye Bai gave Lucy a reassuring look and said, "I'll go check on the situation."
Yes, players (those with divine blood) are special in the universe. Unless they are hit by damaging skills such as [Plague Ray] and [Touch of the Swamp], players will not be infected by the various diseases that normally circulate among NPCs.
Of course, if the lord thinks he will not be infected and ignores the plague in his territory, he will soon be taught a lesson by the massive deaths and riots of the villagers.
Lucy nodded after hearing this: "Well, Felix is also a poor child."
Then, Lucy put on a special mask and entered the herbal medicine room with Ye Bai.
As the territory's doctor, Lucy's disease resistance is relatively higher than that of ordinary villagers, but she still needs to take precautions.
The two came to the only bed in the inner room.
A red-faced, red-haired boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old was lying on the bed with a wet towel covering his forehead. He seemed to have a high fever.
Hearing some noise while dazed, the young man opened his golden eyes and looked at the two people in front of the window.
"Sister Lucy..."
He moved his dry lips. With Lucy's appearance, there seemed to be a sense of relief, which made Felix's previously frown relax a little.
It looked like psychological comfort, but Ye Bai next to her could see clearly that this was the effect of Lucy's talent, 'Healing Light II'.
"Felix, are you feeling better? Look, the lord has come to see you. You must get better soon."
"Lord, Lord..."
Felix looked dazedly at another figure next to Lucy. With a high fever, he could no longer clearly see the face of the lord that Lucy's sister often mentioned. He could only see a vague outline of a human figure cast by the light coming in from outside the house.
"Sleep, Felix, you'll get well soon."
Ye Bai spoke to comfort the young man, but in fact, after an appraisal, the information she obtained surprised her.
Character: Felix
Identity: Villager of Baiye Village, Descendant of the Sun
Level: 1
Occupation: None
Physical strength: 22/100
Food: 50/100
Drinking water: 50/100
entertainment:-/-
Luxury goods: -/-
Personal hobbies: -/-
Loyalty: 70/100
Satisfaction: 100/100
Talents: Burning Blood, Fire Affinity III
Felix's identity as the "Son of the Sun" is unique among the villagers of Baiye Village.
Coupled with the two talents of Burning Blood and Flame Affinity III, Ye Bai seriously suspected that this guy had escaped from the [Furnace] of a Chaos Main City.
[The Crucible] Another way to put it is the laboratory in the Chaos School. The Chaos School studies flesh and blood technology. As long as there are strange blood races in the world, they are basically related to the Chaos School.
The appearance of Felix is not just a special talent, he is an "easter egg" among special talents, the kind that comes with its own personal mission.
Ye Bai was a little overwhelmed. How could this person complete the task in time? She only had three spots available!
The second update is coming~