Chapter 65
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"Lanna and the others are back!"
At noon, Lian Yun was happily eating barbecue in the room when he was so scared that his chopsticks almost fell to the ground.
Lina rushed into the room happily, but she didn't expect that she was eating alone.
Being stared at by Lina's suspicious eyes, Lian Yun wiped his hands awkwardly: "Don't you know that Lana is safe? I didn't eat last night and now I'm starving."
Last night, Lana finally remembered that he still had the sound transmission talisman in his hand. In the middle of the night, he sent a message to Lian Yun to say that he had completed the mission safely and was rushing back.
Although she couldn't talk to Lana, the prerequisite for voice transmission was that both parties were conscious. If Lana could send the message, it meant that Lianyun was safe.
She felt relieved and felt hungry the instant she did so. She slept soundly and didn't eat until she woke up at noon.
Lina glanced at Lian Yun's ankles and the abdomen covered by the quilt, but she couldn't bear it and said, "You'd better not get out of bed. Brother Lana will probably be worried if he sees you... I don't know what's going on, the potion doesn't work."
Lina was not talking about the potion prepared by Louis, but Lian Yun's own medicine bottle and blood bottle.
The magic of these two medicines is obvious to all. Even if the veins, blood and flesh are gone, they can be reconstructed. But Lian Yun's is just a superficial wound, why is it taking so long to heal?
Lina didn't know, but Lian Yun had some guesses in his mind.
Perhaps it was because of her maxed-out defense, coupled with all the cheats, that she existed like a bug on this continent.
So once she was injured, it was like a small gap appeared in the airtight wall, and all the wind rushed in through this gap.
Although the incoming wind may not be a big deal, the gap that has been in the wind for a long time is difficult to repair.
"By the way, Brother Lanner not only brought back the caravan, but also brought back eight injured orcs and four sharks."
Lian Yun: “Hmm… hm?”
Finally she got out of bed.
In order to prevent Lana from seeing her lying in bed and getting more worried, Lian Yun and Lina coordinated their statements. When Lana asked them about it, they just said that their ankle was injured.
"grown ups."
Standing downstairs were eight orcs tied in a line and the corpses of four sharks. Only then did Lian Yun see clearly what the thing that attacked him yesterday looked like.
But she only took a glance and quickly looked away.
Even after changing the color, she still couldn't overcome the fear in her heart.
Xiaobai squatted beside him, wagging his short tail like a big dog. Lian Yun stroked him amusedly and said, "Very impressive! You avenged me!"
Xiaobai puffed out his chest, looking proud.
Lian Yun's gaze shifted to Lanna: "Are you hurt?"
Lanner paused, anticipating her question, but didn't lie. "My leg was cut, but it's healed."
Lian Yun frowned slightly when he heard this, walked around him, and as expected, saw that a corner of his cloak on the left was cut.
Lian Yun was shocked.
The cloak has defensive properties, but it was torn, which shows that the opponent was determined to kill him.
Fortunately, he was not seriously injured.
"Take it off and I'll mend it for you."
Anyway, she was resting in the house and had nothing to do.
Lanna was flattered: "No..."
Lian Yun then remembered that the clothes he was wearing underneath were not considered outerwear, so he took off his cloak and stuffed it into his hands, with a normal expression: "Take mine first."
Lanna held Lian Yun's white cloak in his hand, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
He lowered his head, followed Lian Yun's instructions, quickly took off his cloak, and put on hers.
The aura belonging to Lian Yun instantly enveloped him. It was an extremely familiar smell that he had always revered and worshipped while hanging on the high tower.
Lana touched the back of his ear in a daze.
Very hot.
Why?
"You are the bandits who are planning to rob." Lian Yun turned around and faced the eight orcs.
The orcs were tied together. Although they had been beaten into submission along the way, a few of them still held their heads up stubbornly.
She's just a young girl, what can she do to them?
"What ambition." Lian Yun raised his eyebrows. "Since you don't want to be of use to me, I'll just kill them all. The next batch will be more obedient."
"Okay." Lanna drew his sword without saying a word and walked towards them.
Before the orcs could react, they were once again in danger of losing their heads, and they gathered together and retreated repeatedly.
Finally, the orc who was standing at the end and had no way to retreat could no longer endure it: "At least tell me the conditions!"
"Ah," Lian Yun said, as if suddenly realizing something. "Did I forget to tell you? Your attitude must have been so bad that I overlooked the negotiation process."
Lian Yun looked at the eight people calmly: "First, the question that will directly determine whether you stay or go - have you ever killed anyone?"
The eight people looked at each other. Although they had the answer in their hearts, they were not sure what standard the girl meant by "staying or leaving".
Since their leader was dead, they had no choice but to send the most capable of them to reply.
"Just money, no lives." The orc said coldly.
"Normally, we only target weak caravans. Such caravans usually run away when they see us."
Unfortunately, I miscalculated this time.
Lian Yun imagined the two teams meeting and felt like laughing, but he suppressed it. "Very good. I'll give you a chance to mend your ways. Do you want it?"
Reform? They don't think they're wrong!
Seeing that they all had their necks stiff, Lian Yun looked at them quietly, also without saying a word.
“…”
Do they have any other choice?
"What chance..." the man said with a suppressed voice.
Lian Yun's eyebrows curved. "I'll hire you to carry stone for the town, and I'll pay you. Once you've successfully transformed into a normal, good, and well-behaved citizen, you'll enjoy the same benefits as other residents, including medical insurance, pensions, housing subsidies, and so on."
After listening to the girl's words, several orcs became puzzled.
They have been displaced for half their lives and are naturally tired of such a life, but there is no such good opportunity in the world.
...I'm afraid it's just another way of exploiting them.
Wages? I'm afraid I won't even get half a copper coin by then.
The man snorted coldly: "I'm already a prisoner. Whatever you do is up to you."
"You don't believe me?" Lian Yun pretended to be surprised and opened his eyes wide. "If you don't believe me, look at him—"
They subconsciously looked in the direction the girl pointed.
On the side of the street, a tall and strong man with a beard covering half of his face was carrying a large piece of meat and walking towards another street.
The familiar characteristics among their own kind allowed them to recognize at a glance that the other party was also an orc.
Abe felt he was being watched, glanced over here, and grinned.
Several orcs turned around silently.
Really?
They were just orcs from all over the country who came together, and they didn't have a natural respect for their leader.
Anyway, their leader is dead now, and they don’t know where to go. It doesn’t matter what they do, so it’s not a bad idea to do it here.
not to mention……
Several people looked at Lana who was on high alert.
They have to accept it, right?
Seeing the eight orcs' expressions soften slightly, Lian Yun struck while the iron was hot: "We'll provide you with three meals a day, assigned accommodations, and a lunch break. This is just a stage of your transformation. Once you pass this stage, you'll be able to choose other jobs."
Lian Yun gave a wink and their ropes were untied.
The eight orcs gathered together, discussed quietly, and finally nodded with a firm look: "...Okay."
"But we were beaten like this by your men," the orc tilted his neck and pointed at the bruises on his body, "You have to heal us, right?"
Lian Yun looked at Lanna, who stepped forward and explained in a low voice: "When hitting, avoid the vital parts so as not to delay the work."
Orc: ...Do you have a heart?
Lian Yun nodded: "That's good. I'll ask Ai Bei to take you to the pharmacy to get some medicine. The medical expenses will be deducted from your wages."
The orc was surprised: "Didn't you say you had medical insurance?"
"Yes," Lian Yun looked at them strangely, "Only real residents have medical insurance. You are in the renovation stage now, so you don't have it."
"..." The leading orc gritted his teeth and sat aside in frustration. "I give in, but what exactly is in your cargo box?"
As soon as they showed up, they were beaten up, and they still haven't touched the box yet.
"Cargo box?" Lian Yun smiled and waved his hand to have someone open the tall cargo box, only to see that it was full of soil.
The orc's face showed a look of regret: "I got tricked again!"
again?
Lian Yun caught the word: "What do you mean by 'again'?"
"I have reason to suspect that the caravan just now also came from here," the orc gritted his teeth viciously. "A month ago, we robbed a caravan there too. Their chests were filled with dirt, just like yours."
When everyone present heard this, they immediately realized that it was Garin's caravan.
After hearing this, they suddenly remembered that Garin's caravan had been gone for a month.
He had said at the beginning that this trip to the new city would take at least ten days and at most a month.
"One month" is the maximum deadline, allowing for a delay of a few days if all goes wrong.
It's been a month now.
They still didn't come back.
Lian Yun rubbed Lina's hair and said, "Don't worry, I will tell the people in Kuoge City to be careful of the people coming and going."
Lina leaned against Lian Yun without saying a word, her eyes filled with worry.
Lian Yun sighed inwardly, looked up and saw Aibei coming over after finishing his task, and hurriedly said, "Aibei, please take them to Louis to see their injuries."
It had been a long time since Abe had seen his own kind, and he saw so many of them at once.
He greeted them somewhat stiffly. The orcs became much more relaxed in their attitude towards their own kind, and Abe gradually became less nervous.
He led the group away, and Lian Yun could see from afar the orcs coming up to him and saying something.
Lian Yun turned around and asked: "Where is your leg injured?"
Lanner paused, bent down and rolled up his trouser legs, revealing the healed scars on his legs.
There is not just one scar, but layers of wounds of varying sizes stacked on top of each other, which is particularly shocking to see.
Lanna quickly lowered his trouser legs and gently changed the subject: "I couldn't get to you in time, sir. I heard that it was Luo who saved you. Fortunately, you are safe."
Speaking of Luo, Lian Yun couldn't help but sigh again: "Yeah, every time I see Luo I think of you, you two really are alike."
Lanna was happy that she would think of him: "It's all over, my lord."
His life now is something he never could have imagined before.
"I need you to take care of Luo more. Maybe you will get along better since you have similar blood." Lian Yun said in a low voice.
Lanna was stunned.
"You know?"
Meeting Lanna's cautious gaze, Lian Yun smiled faintly: "I know you have vampire blood."
Both he and Luo's blood vessels are a light blue color, and they can be easily noticed if you pay close attention.
"grown ups……"
"I don't mean to blame you. I know if I ask you, you will tell me." Lian Yun shook his head.
But she didn't want to do that.
First, she didn't want to pry into other people's past and privacy, and second...
If one day she wanted to know these things, she hoped that she would learn them naturally rather than ordering Lanna to tell her everything as a leader.
"I understand." Lanna raised the corners of his lips and revealed an extremely gentle smile.
Lina was sandwiched between the two of them, brushing off her goosebumps.
Brother Lana always smiles so gently at his sister, which is totally inconsistent with his temperament.
"By the way, I heard you discovered that the newly appeared 'sand fish' are afraid of magic crystals, right?"
Lian Yun nodded.
After waking up, she checked her backpack and found that what she threw out just before she lost consciousness was a magic crystal.
If it weren't for that magic crystal...
Lian Yun pursed his lips and said, "Magic crystals are stones that contain energy, so I tend to think that they are afraid of the energy within them."
Lana listened to her analysis and fell into deep thought. This line of thought was correct, and it could even be extended further...
"Magic." The two looked up and met each other's knowing eyes.
"My ankle isn't healed yet. Go to the classroom and bring Joel with you to try."
Joel knows magic, and it happens to be an attacking type.
Lanna accepted the order: "This thing is a bully, perhaps it needs a bait."
When they see big creatures like Xiaobai and Aibei that look tough to deal with, they will avoid them, but when they see people, they will attack those who look weak.
For example, Lian Yun.
But Lian Yun is injured now and it is inconvenient for him to move.
"I'll go!" Lina raised her hand excitedly, "I can do it!"
Lian Yun nodded in agreement: "You can go, but you must ensure safety."
Lian Yun held the cloak, waved goodbye to Lana and returned to his room.
She held Lanna's cloak in her arms and the sewing box she found from Lanna in her hands.
There is also a very faint fragrance unique to Lanna on the cloak.
Lian Yun picked out the black ball of thread, paused, put it down, picked up the white ball of thread, and nodded.
On the way to the classroom, Lina explained to Lana how Lian Yun subdued Joel.
In fact, Joel is not a bad person by nature, he is just a little arrogant because of his talent. When he finds that there are people better than him, he naturally lowers his head.
There is no doubt that he should stay, especially since he is a good teacher who loves talents.
Half of the facilities in the classroom have been replaced.
Lian Yun was attacked last night, and everyone realized that a new monster had appeared in the desert. No one could sleep at night, so Gary simply got everyone to work overnight and made several desks.
"The practical magic I learned from Teacher Rock can be of help." Joel noticed Lanner looking around and explained with a smile.
He planned to integrate into Bubu Town and was no longer as afraid of Lanna as before.
The walls of the classroom were painted bright white, and Joel used magic to polish the floor to make it very smooth.
The tables are arranged to form a circle.
A circular podium with a gap was in the center, and several dark brown wooden desks, polished to a bright finish, were arranged in a circle around the podium.
The classroom is large, making it convenient for performing magic.
The walls on both sides will be broken through during the lunch break.
These days, everyone in the town is as busy as possible.
Lana brought Xiaobai, Lina and Joel to the edge of the town.
Even though Lina had a heavy magic crystal in her pocket, she was still a little nervous. "If it doesn't react to the magic crystal later, you must save me!"
"Don't worry, it will happen." Lanna comforted him.
Xiaobai wagged his short tail with a confident look on his face.
Lina took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"I'm going!" Lina encouraged herself and walked quickly out of the town.
The wind and sand blew towards her. Lina turned around and looked at the few people nervously, then looked at the sand surface.
“…No response.”
"Wait a little longer..."
Lanner held his sword, ready to charge at any moment. Xiaobai prepared to lunge forward, while Joel held his staff, ready to attack.
Five minutes passed...
Lina rubbed her face, which was a little painful from the wind and sand, and sighed faintly: "Am I not cute enough? Why don't you come and eat me?"
Lanna also frowned slightly: "Maybe we should go a little further?"
As he spoke, he took a step forward. Just as he took the first step, the sand under his feet suddenly sank!
The target turned out to be him!
Lanna reacted quickly, poking his sword hard into the sand pit where a small whirlpool had just formed, then jumped out of the sand pit and returned to the boundaries of the town.
Lina screamed, immediately took out the magic crystal from her pocket, and threw it into the sand pit with all her strength.
Sure enough, just as the magic crystal sank into the sand pit, a sand fish that was almost integrated with the sand jumped out from it, revealing its ferocious teeth and biting the thing that fell into the sand pit.
Then a twisted wail of pain was let out.
"It works!" Lina said in surprise, and quickly threw out another magic crystal.
But this time the shark didn't bite it and it disappeared into the sand pit.
Something seemed to be leaving the vortex, and the sand around the sand pit also flowed down, gradually filling the sand pit.
Xiaobai squeaked as he was about to move, but was restrained by Lana again.
"The magic crystal is effective, but the magic has not been tested yet." Lanna said.
He stepped out of the protective area again, deliberately walking a little further than before.
After a while, he felt the gravel under his feet shaking, and immediately raised his head and nodded to Joel.
Joel gripped his wand tightly and stared at the sand.
Three seconds later, a shark broke out of the ground and rushed straight towards Lanna with a desperate momentum.
Joel quickly chanted a spell and waved his wand towards the shark. A beam of light flew out from the tip of the wand and hit the shark's back.
The moment it was hit, it let out the same howling sound as before.
Once again falling into the desert, its escape speed began to slow down extremely.
Finally, Xiaobai no longer had to endure it. He pounced forward in three or two steps, dived into the sand and picked up the sand fish.
The dying shark was thrown onto the cobblestone pavement of the town, struggling feebly in its last moments.
Lina saw a burn mark on its left side and immediately thought of the battle that Lian Yun had described to her last night. She immediately pointed it out and said, "This is the fish that attacked my sister yesterday!"
Joel stroked his chin, thinking: "Are you sure? Maybe it was burned by the magic crystal you just threw."
Lina shook her head, very sure: "Sister analyzed it yesterday. The first time she threw the magic crystal, it scared the other party away. It tried to bite people with its sharp teeth, but failed."
"Sister was able to defeat it the second time because its attack method was the same as the one it used to attack Brother Lanner the second time."
Joel nodded in sudden realization: "It's all rampage."
Lanna frowned, his expression serious: "Second time?"
Wasn’t it only that time that your ankle was pulled?
Lina realized that she had said the wrong thing and covered her mouth tightly.
Under Lanna's stern gaze, Lina lowered her head in frustration: "That was the second time my sister was hit in the abdomen by a shark. My sister didn't let me tell you because she was afraid you would worry."
Lanna lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in them.
Lina looked at him with her eyes wide open and her lower lip bitten, wanting to say something comforting, but she saw Lanner quietly raise the sword in his hand and stab it into the body of the shark on the ground, ending its life.
"Magic crystals, magic, and physical suppression like Xiaobai are all useful. Let's go back and report to the adults." Lana dragged the shark's body back.
The two men and the rat looked at each other and hurried to catch up.
Passing by farmland on the way, it was said that Mary used fertilizer made from flower petals on the wheat, and it grew a lot taller overnight.
She listened for a while while Lian Yun and Meili were talking. It was said that it was some "spring wheat" that grew very fast.
With the use of fertilizer, it is estimated that the harvest will be ready in less than a month.
Lina felt much better when she saw the green scene. Then she looked at Lana who was walking forward silently in front of her, and she trotted a few steps to catch up with him.
"Brother Lanna, are you angry? Because my sister and I kept it a secret from you."
Lanna turned his head slightly to glance at the cautious Lina and slowed down his pace: "No."
Lanna said in a low voice: "I am angry with myself for not being able to protect you, sir."
"Sister didn't let me tell you because she was afraid you would blame yourself," Lina pouted and muttered, "We all know that you are dedicated to protecting your sister. This time it's because you couldn't be with your sister, not because you don't have the ability."
How could he not know?
But he still felt depressed, and it seemed that it was not because of his own ability, but because...
The adult is injured.
As long as he knew this, he couldn't be happy at all.
Lana whispered his thoughts, and Lina's eyebrows curved: "So that's how it is."
"Sister is feeling much better now, but she said that because of her status, even though she took several bottles of potion, she didn't recover that quickly." Lina winked at him. "If Brother Lanner is unhappy, Sister will be unhappy too if she knows."
"Okay, I understand." Lana pondered for a while and nodded.
After they came back, they gathered the shark's body together. Lana and Lina went upstairs to report the situation to Lian Yun.
As soon as they entered the room, they saw Gary and Abe sitting around the bed, one of them holding a blueprint in his hand, and the other talking about something excitedly.
Seeing them come back, Aibei stood up excitedly: "You're back just in time. We were studying how to build the mission hall!"
Lana touched the crystal fixed on his waist and said, "Isn't there already an elf to guide the mission?"
Lian Yun sat on the bed, put down the stack of blueprints Grisel had given her, and shook her head. "The elves can only guide everyone in their profession-related tasks, and these tasks don't earn you money, and there's no extra reward. Although they help with leveling up, everyone still needs to eat and live."
"So I thought about it and decided to build a mission hall."
It not only provides an opportunity for those who have not reached level 5 and have a career to upgrade and make money, but also provides an opportunity for those who have not yet determined a career and are still striving for their ideals.
"Our task hall will customize tasks for everyone who wants to take them, or in other words, let them decide for themselves which tasks are valuable and then bring them to the task hall for judgment. The hall staff will distribute rewards and remuneration based on the level and degree of the task." Lian Yun said.
Lanner nodded in agreement after hearing this. "I didn't think it through. This way, if new people come to town, they can still earn money by completing quests before becoming residents."
It can be considered as a consideration for the interests of a wider range of people.
"It's just that the implementation may require more work." Lian Yun also pointed out the disadvantages.
But it doesn't matter.
Just now, when she was idle and daydreaming, she suddenly realized that there were no reminders for the previous tasks. She opened the task panel and found that the task of "Crowded Houses" had been updated to a new stage.
[Side Quest: Crowded Houses (Part 2) (In Progress): Congratulations, Lord, on finding your own professional agent! It seems your town has reached a new level of development! Once half the residents have their own professions, you'll definitely need more elves~]
Completion Progress: 12/15
[Quest Reward: Larger Sunflower Seed x 1]
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