That's how life goes.

Lina Inbas had no idea how anxious Fang Zheng was, and she continued flirting with Gao Li and the other two. Fang Zheng was so angry that he cursed the Fire Dragon King and the Hades for being a bunch of idiots, asking why they didn't take action earlier instead of wasting time here... Forget it, there was nothing he could do except to keep waiting.

But this doesn't mean Fang Zheng has nothing to do.

Fang Zheng obtained Roswaal's territory, and naturally obtained Roswaal's troubles, that is - the Monster Forest.

No one knew how many monsters there were in the Monster Forest. In fact, no one dared to go deep into the Monster Forest. Even Roswaal himself was only responsible for staying here and preventing the monsters from escaping from the forest and going deep into the Kingdom of Lugnica to cause damage.

But then again, the fact that the chief mage of the court is in charge shows how dangerous the Warcraft Forest is.

But for Fang Zheng, this is naturally not a problem.

"Welcome, Mr. Fang Zheng."

Seeing Fang Zheng coming to the Adventurer's Guild, the counter lady naturally stood up with a smile and greeted him, then curiously glanced behind Fang Zheng.

"Why didn't I see anyone else today?"

"They are all resting. I came to the guild today for something."

"What's up?"

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, the lady at the counter couldn't help but become curious. When Fang Zheng appeared in the Adventurer's Guild before, he basically picked tasks for the priestesses. Of course, since Fang Zheng himself hadn't registered as an adventurer, he couldn't accept the tasks here. Therefore, Fang Zheng's appearance here alone made the lady at the counter feel a little curious.

"I want to issue a commission, are you willing to accept it?"

"Of course, please come in."

The way customers are treated is naturally different from the way adventurers are treated. After hearing Fang Zheng's question, the lady at the counter immediately invited Fang Zheng into the guest room.

"Excuse me, Mr. Fang Zheng, what do you want to entrust me with?"

"It's simple. I want to commission you to clean up the monsters in the Monster Forest."

"Warcraft Forest..."

Hearing this, the lady at the counter frowned in confusion.

"The Monster Forest... that's the territory of the Kingdom of Lugnica, right?"

"It's mine now."

"Why?!"

Hearing this, the lady at the counter widened her eyes in surprise and stood up quickly.

"Does that mean you are the Lord now?"

"No, you're wrong. I meant that Lugnica gave me the land, not that it was granted to me. From now on, it is my territory and has nothing to do with Lugnica anymore."

“Hey hey hey!?”

At this time, the lady at the counter even screamed. You know, this kind of thing is big news! Why didn't she know about it at all?

But if you think about it carefully, if it is true as Fang Zheng said, Lugnica would definitely not be willing to say too much.

"Can we continue?"

"Of course, but Lord Fang Zheng, the Warcraft Forest is very far away from here. Even taking a carriage will take a long time. I'm afraid most adventurers would not be willing to take on such a mission..."

"I have a way to create a large portal connecting here and the Monster Forest. We can get there instantly."

"Large portal?"

Hearing this, the lady at the counter stood up again in surprise. She knew that Mr. Fang Zheng had great magical powers, but a large portal that could connect over long distances? If this technology were to be revealed, there would be almost no country in the continent that would not want to obtain it!

However, this person only wanted to clean up the Warcraft Forest...

"Any questions?"

"No, no more."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, the lady at the counter hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. Then she...she didn't dare to sit down, lest she jump up again.

"Then, the next step is my request."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out a map. When the lady at the counter saw the map, her eyes widened with curiosity again.

Unlike the hand-drawn maps that the lady at the counter was familiar with, the map in front of her looked like a landscape painting - in simple terms, it was as if someone had painted the entire Warcraft Forest vividly from the sky. Although this also made the lady at the counter quite curious, the many things Fang Zheng had brought out had already made her mentally prepared.

"According to our preliminary investigation, the entire Warcraft Forest is divided into five areas."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng drew a circle on the map.

"These areas are roughly distributed like this. The lowest level of magical beasts inhabit the level one area, while the highest level is in the level five area. Some places still need to be explored manually. In short, I have marked these areas, and the mercenaries can freely choose which area to go to. As for the rewards, they are distributed according to the level. In the level one area, one magical beast is worth ten gold coins, and then ten gold coins are added for each level of the area. In other words, a magical beast in the level five area is worth fifty gold coins. If there are additional rare enemies or gains, we can negotiate for another price."

"That's a lot of money."

After listening to Fang Zheng's story, the lady at the counter also became serious. The Monster Forest was famous all over the world, and there were more than tens of thousands of monsters in it. Even if it was calculated at the lowest price of ten gold coins per monster, it was still an astronomical figure. Now the lady at the counter was glad that she didn't sit down, otherwise she would have stood up again out of shock.

"Money is not a problem, and problems that can be solved with money are not a problem either."

Although there is no FBI in this world, Fang Zheng has already set his sights on Lugnica.

It would be a waste if the money in the treasury is not spent, right?

Anyway, gold coins have no anti-counterfeiting marks or numbers.

"Then I'll leave it to you next."

After Fang Zheng's commission was released to the Adventurer's Guild, it immediately caused an uproar. Since Fang Zheng provided a long-distance teleportation magic circle, the adventurers could go out to work early in the morning and then go home to drink and eat meat at night. Therefore, many adventurers accepted the commission, not only the adventurers here, but even the adventurers nearby came here to try to get a piece of the pie.

After all, the rewards were so generous that even if they only killed monsters in the lowest level area, they could still make a lot of money. For those new adventurer teams, this was the best time to get a big event and update their equipment.

At the beginning, it was mainly newcomers and low-level adventurers who joined and were responsible for clearing the outer areas of the forest. After the outer low-level monster areas were basically safe, the powerful adventurer teams began to take action, going deep into the forest and hunting monsters based on their own abilities.

"I never thought you would solve the problem of the Monster Forest this way."

Standing in front of the window, looking at the noisy adventurers in the distance, Beatrice's expression was extremely complicated.

"I thought you would do it yourself."

"Of course I can. With just one sword, I can easily destroy the entire forest. Then what?"

Fang Zheng threw a grape into his mouth and curled his lips.

"If the entire forest is destroyed, how many years will it take to replant it, and how much money will it cost?"

"But now I think you haven't spent less money."

"It doesn't matter. Money is meant to be spent."

Not to mention that it’s not your own money that you’re spending.

"Boom boom boom."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Ram and Rem walked in.

"Master Fang Zheng, Master Crusch Karsten of the Karsten family requests to see you."

"Crouch? Who is that?"

Fang Zheng was stunned when he heard this unfamiliar name, while Beatrice snorted.

"That's the eldest daughter of the Karlsten family. The Karlsten family is a noble family of the Kingdom of Lugnica and is very prestigious. That eldest daughter is not someone you can easily mess with."

Having said that, Beatrice turned around and went back to the library.

"It seems you have something else to do, so Betty will leave."

"Take a rest, please."

Fang Zheng waved at Beatrice's back, yawned, and then looked at Ram and Rem.

"Okay, please invite the eldest lady of the Karsten family in."

Not long after, Fang Zheng saw the young lady named Crusch Karsten. She had long green hair and wore a men's uniform. She looked very heroic. She had a long sword on her waist and a very serious expression on her face. One could tell at a glance that she was definitely a very stern person.

"Nice to meet you, hello, Mr. Fang Zheng."

After seeing Fang Zheng, Crusch also bowed solemnly.

"I am Crusch Karsten of the Karsten family. I am here to visit you for an important matter."

"I think so. I don't have much to do with the Kingdom of Lugnica... What do you want to talk to me about? Please keep it short if possible."

"That's right."

In response to Fang Zheng, Crusch did not refuse and directly stated his purpose.

"I heard that you are hiring adventurers to clean up the Monster Forest?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Of course not..."

Crusch shook his head.

"But I also heard that you used a mysterious method to detect the locations of all the monsters in the Monster Forest?"

"Pretty much... so what?"

"I hope you can use this method to help me find a magical beast."

"That's no problem... Is it from the Monster Forest?"

"No."

In response to Fang Zheng's question, Crusch shook his head.

"This monster's whereabouts are erratic, but it is a great enemy of mankind. To be honest, we have always hoped to kill this monster, but we can't find its whereabouts no matter what..."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng became somewhat interested.

"What's the name of that monster?"

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Crusch swallowed his saliva, then raised his head and looked at Fang Zheng.

"White Whale."