dmims Chapter 153 The Real Demon King's Cadre
Chapter 153 The Real Demon King's Cadre
Chapter 153 The Real Demon King's Cadre
Two weeks later, the results of the Cabbage Battle finally arrived.
On this day, the guild gathered almost all of Axel's adventurers, and the hall was so noisy that it was almost overflowing with people.
They returned after completing their mission; today was the last day of the giant frog hunt.
After so much hard work, we've finally almost wiped them out, but they'll still be around next year at this time of year. It's impossible to completely eradicate these things.
This is good for adventurers, as it provides an inexhaustible source of income and a fixed economic benefit.
At the guild entrance, Shichen saw that there were quite a few people inside, so he and the others waited outside.
"Shichen, how much do you think we'll get in compensation?" Huihui asked excitedly.
She has no idea how many cabbages she fried; the sheer number was unimaginable, and the ground was covered in green. She still remembers it vividly.
Each one costs 10,000 Eris, and she blasted at least several thousand of them. Adding the ones she blasted during the hour, she was sure she could reach a small goal.
The small goal was what Shi Chen taught her back then. Although she didn't know what other meaning it had, she at least understood that it meant one hundred million.
"I don't know either," Shi Chen said with a smile, shaking his head.
At the time, he didn't keep statistics or distinguish between lettuce, which looks similar to cabbage, and that lettuce was only one-tenth the price of cabbage.
In any case, the explosion magic wiped them all out in one fell swoop.
Although the lettuce migrated with the cabbage, the cabbage made up a larger proportion. Regardless of the discrepancy, the reward this time was enough for them to buy a house.
The number of adventurers in the guild kept decreasing, and everyone who left was overjoyed, their faces beaming with the brightest smiles.
"Time, let's go collect our reward!" Huihui couldn't wait any longer.
"Alright, let's go in."
"Hurry up!"
Huihui and the others walked quickly into the guild, none of them calm or composed; making money was just too exciting.
As Shi Chen stepped into the guild, he spotted Chris running towards him. Chris's white hair was so eye-catching, his cool thief outfit was so stylish, and his face was so cute that it was hard not to be drawn to him.
However, she also noticed the time and abruptly stopped running.
"Chris, aren't you coming along?"
"No way!" Chris stuck out her tongue playfully, then turned and left.
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It seems he is still being watched by the other party.
Shi Chen shook his head, walked into the guild, and came to Huihui and the others who were already at the counter.
"Miss Huihui, this is your payment, a total of 45,631,000 Eris."
"Wow, there are so many!"
"Why is there a thousand?" Aqua asked curiously.
"Excuse me, because Miss Huihui also grabbed some lettuce."
"What? There's still lettuce?" Aqua exclaimed in surprise.
"Aqua, what's wrong?" I asked curiously.
"I...I seem to have made a lot of mistakes..."
"Um... Aqua, you didn't confuse cabbage with romaine lettuce, did you?"
"Ugh..." Aqua looked like she was about to cry.
"It is indeed easy to confuse cabbage and romaine lettuce, but I don't think many people do. There are differences between the two," Darkness nodded and said.
"Screech! Screech!" Aqua was really about to cry.
"Um..." Youyou didn't know how to comfort her.
"Brother Shi, what is Western lettuce?" Sato Kazuma asked Shi Chen in confusion.
"Western lettuce is just lettuce, and it looks a lot like cabbage. Moreover, they migrate together with cabbage to unknown places. Although their abilities are similar, their values are completely different," Shichen explained.
"One thousand erys for lettuce?"
"Um."
"I reckon only Aqua could get it wrong," Kazuma Sato remarked.
"Hehe~"
"Shichen, your reward is 56,400,030 Eris." Luna handed the reward to Shichen with a smile.
"Thank you." Shi Chen smiled and accepted the money bag.
The small purse contained tens of millions of coins.
"No, you deserve it all."
"I'll treat you to a meal sometime."
"Really?"
"certainly."
"It's a deal then~"
"No problem." Shi Chen turned and walked towards Hui Hui and the others.
The group was comforting Aqua, since she had received less than 100,000 Eris.
It sounds like a lot, but it's just a fraction of what most people get.
"Aqua, why are you still crying?" Toki asked helplessly.
"Waaaaah~ I earned the least, I'm so ashamed!" Aqua said, squirming on the table.
"What's this? We're a team, what's ours is yours."
"Wrong? Really?"
"I'm not kidding you, don't you think?"
"Yes, yes, what's ours is yours."
"Yes, Aqua, don't be sad."
"You..." Aqua looked at everyone with emotion, "You've all been so kind to me, why don't you join the Axis Cult? I will bestow my blessings upon you."
"Then forget it." Huihui was the first to refuse.
"Why is this happening! Why won't you join?!"
"Hehe..." Everyone laughed awkwardly.
"Alright, stop repaying kindness with enmity. Let's go back and get some rest today. We'll look for a place to live tomorrow."
"Time, even you say that..."
The next day, Shichen and Huihui had breakfast and then went to the guild.
Looking at houses on your own isn't very useful; you need to find someone familiar with the town, otherwise you won't even know which houses are worth buying.
Luna is the best choice.
However, when I arrived at the guild, the atmosphere was a bit tense.
"Have you heard? Recently, one of the Demon King's officers seems to have taken over an ancient city. The castle is located just outside the town, a little up the hill."
"Really?"
"I know about this too, but I don't know what the Demon King's army officers are doing here."
"Who cares, as long as they don't attack our newbie village."
"That's right, it has nothing to do with us."
"Time, did you hear that? The Demon King's army's officers are here!" Aqua was extremely excited.
Why are you so agitated?
"Let's go and defeat it; the reward might be substantial."
"Idiot, do you think we can beat it?"
"Huh? You can't beat Shi Chen?"
"I can beat him, so that's all that matters, right?"
"No rush, let's buy the house first."
"That's true."
When Shi Chen arrived at Luna's counter, he noticed that the faces of the several counter staff members looked rather serious.
"Luna".
"Time? What brings you here?" Luna immediately smiled.
"I've come to see you about something."
"Really? Well... oh, I'm sorry, it seems I can't help you for the time being."
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"You might not know the exact time, but a suspected high-ranking officer from the Demon King's army has arrived. Influenced by this officer, the weaker monsters in the vicinity have all gone into hiding, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of quests..."
"So there really are officers from the Demon King's army?"
"It's not certain, but it's very likely. However, the country will send a knightly order from the capital to come here next month to subdue this cadre, and until then, everyone will be unable to go out to work."
"I see..."
"Wait! Shouldn't you be even more free then?" Huihui suddenly interrupted.
"Nonsense." Shi Chen slapped her on the head.
"what?"
"Everyone's out of work, so Luna and the others definitely need to help them find jobs, otherwise the adventurers will starve!"
"Huh? So adventurers are this pitiful?"
"You're only just finding out? And you're an adventurer too!"
"So what do we do next? Should we give up on buying the house?"
"We can only wait..."
A sudden announcement rang out, followed by a broadcast: "Urgent Notice! Urgent Notice! Attention all adventurers! Please prepare yourselves for battle and assemble at the town's main gate immediately!"
"Urgent notice! Urgent notice! All...."
Following the announcement of the second emergency broadcast, which resounded throughout the town and was repeated over and over, the men and all the adventurers gathered at the city gate without saying a word. But when they arrived at the city gate, everyone held their breath.
Everyone was stunned by the terrifying monster in front of them. In front of the monster, they could only stand there with their throats dry, not daring to say a word.
It was a knight clad in jet-black armor, but headless; its head was held to the left of its body, and its name was almost self-evident.
Headless Horseman!
It is a monster that declares death in half and brings despair.
After the righteous knight transformed into an immortal, he gained a vast array of unique abilities that far surpassed those of his physical body in life.
Under the watchful eyes of all the adventurers, the headless knight presented his head, completely covered by his helmet, to his companions, and then the head emitted a muffled sound.
"I am a high-ranking officer in the Demon King's army..."