Lord of terror

【Yes, more people are coming.Even the well-to-do couple who got food on the first day came again with their children in their arms.The ex-baron was furious. He punished the women for pushing the millstone, drove all the men present together and whipped them.As a result, someone died.So that year, the Barony of Monroe began to spread rumors that the baron and the baroness had turned into monsters, luring men and women into the castle, killing them and eating meat. 】

[This is really a good man who is not rewarded. 】

[And the matter is not over yet, this matter spread too fast and too far back then.Soon, nobles from other territories came to "visit" the baroness couple. At that time, the castle was in chaos for a long time.After that, the baroness and his wife became extremely harsh and cruel to the citizens and servants.As for the food lent out this year... Of course no one has returned a single grain of wheat. 】

The Baronesses aren't really nice people either, but in this case, they're the victims.

[So, in fact, you know that those human natures will not change much in a short period of time.If you help a pregnant woman, will you help the infant? If you help the infant, will you help the child? If you help the child, will you also help the child’s mother, and then the child’s father?Will other people directly regard pregnancy as a means of asking for food, instead of going to work, just doing that kind of thing, only intending to get pregnant?Or if you agree today, they will come to ask for food for the second or third time. Although they are talking about borrowing, they will not think of returning it. 】

Kunz put the book down, and squeezed the space between his eyebrows [If I heard someone say that on Blue Star, I would scold him even if there was social fear.But here I feel compelled to speculate on those people with the deepest malice. 】

This kind of situation is also similar on Blue Star, that is, some poor households during the poverty alleviation period gave their fine seeds to eat, gave them to eat their breeding sheep, and gave them tired work, and finally returned to their impoverished homes crying If I’m poor, I can’t survive, and the country can’t leave me alone.”

[You did nothing wrong, Kunz, you made the most correct choice. ] Steward J's tone is very serious and serious.

Kunz felt that he was in a much better mood.

[Also, even if those people know how to be grateful, after they get the food, it will not be you who are grateful, but Aunt Madeleine.And what you know, can Aunt Madeleine not know?She has experienced more and understands the world better than you, so why does she make things difficult for you?Even if she is really kind-hearted, she can tell her daughter about these things first, and pass them to your ears through a more private channel...]

[She is... testing me? 】

【I'm just raising a question, the conclusion is up to you. 】

Kunz thought for a moment [Aunt Madeleine has been a cook for more than ten years, which is absolutely fat. She will definitely not be a person with only a kind heart but no brains.And... during the disaster, the former baron ordered that strong women also go to the front, but she... was intact. 】

The original owner's mother was dead, and so were many of the maids, but they were definitely not as strong as Aunt Madeleine in memory.It should be said that Aunt Madeleine was the strongest woman.It's not that the person who survived was guilty, Kunz was also the one who survived.But Aunt Madeleine was unscathed, and she took over the cook's errand at the beginning when the Barony of Monroe was restored to calm.Thinking a little deeper, wouldn't she know that Kunz was the baron's illegitimate son?

When the former baron was still alive, he still cared for Kunz to a certain extent. Although the children of the former baron bullied Kunz, Kunz's future was much brighter than that of ordinary servants.

Now that the baron family is dead, who is more qualified to inherit the title?

According to what Kunz has learned recently, illegitimate children in this world are indeed not very visible, but once all the children born in wedlock die due to some accident, the inheritance rights of illegitimate children who are determined to be blood are higher than cousins.

【Aunt Madeleine may have some kindness towards you, but the reward you have given her so far is enough, and you don’t owe anyone else. 】

【Hmm... wait, we don't seem to be talking about Aunt Madeleine, but pregnant...】

[You don't need to worry about these things, remember?You want to save two civilizations. Compared to the entire civilization, not only Aunt Madeleine, but the living people in the entire castle are just insignificant dust.You can do whatever you want.The most difficult initial promotion period has passed, and the benefits brought by "Space Rift" will make the people of Blue Star unable to give up. If you want, hundreds of thousands of players can flood the entire castle today.Then you will be able to get the official cooperation that you have always wanted. They will flatten the cracks in space and you will gain power.When the space crack is completely annihilated and the players retreat, your strength is enough to become a god and protect yourself. 】

[Butler J, you are too impulsive. ] Kunz was taken aback by Steward J's provocative speech [The players in the early stage were all level 0, and one John can kill thousands, even if there are hundreds of thousands of players, they are all free.What's more, once the local natives become overly hostile and treat the player as Devil No. [-], those gods will fight directly, and the players who haven't developed will be cold. 】

Moreover, Kunz still thinks that after the mission is over, the two worlds can still communicate.That requires a solid emotional connection between the two worlds. If everyone in this world wants the player to get out of here, then obviously that won't work.

[I'm just describing it, although it's a little exaggerated.And with the increase of players and their active activities, it happens that I can upgrade further.Starting today, I will also include the citizens of Monroe in surveillance. If any of them face life-threatening threats, you will find out. 】

On the left side of Kunz's line of sight, some text appeared:

当前在线玩家：101（+）领民83（+）（15岁以下未成年18）外来者：207

You can click on those (+) directly with your consciousness. Players are not scored according to the first test, the second test, and the third test, but their personal combat effectiveness.Now 90.00% of the players are on the bottom tier, and seven or eight players are on the second tier.

[Can players divide combat type and life type into one? 】

[I'll talk about it later, it's not necessary now. 】

【OK. 】

Before the catastrophe, although the Barony of Monroe was poor and poor, there were still thousands of living people in the entire territory. However, during the catastrophe, the villages in the two knight territories were directly wiped out. During the period of guarding the castle, adult men and women were almost extinct. Before the Keeper of the Light arrived, several Tibetan places in the castle were also discovered by goblins, and in the end only the current fraction remained.

This (+) appears after being clicked by the mind, which is a bit like a four-column list of personnel work assignments in village construction games.

The first and third columns are the job title, and the second and fourth columns are the number of people currently working on that job.

Housekeeper 1 Head Maid 1

Castle cleaners 17 (7) Brickyard movers 16

Roadworker 48 (11)

Those in parentheses are minors who are engaged in this work, or are brought in by their parents to do this errand.

Hunger: 83

Diseased: 83

Tendency to rebel: 0

Absolute Loyalty: 0

Want to leave the Barony of Monroe: 0

There's some more data below, but none of that data is of much use at the moment.

【If this is really a game, there would be no one in my territory long ago. 】This is the data of the crash, reissuing is the correct choice.

[Yes, so this is a reality. It is impossible for "troublemakers" to leave a territory because of hunger, disease, or work fatigue. 】

[Even Irene and Aunt Madeleine are sick? ] Asking the two of them has nothing to do with caring, but these two are the best locals Kunz knows, with the best food and living conditions.

【Yes. 】

Kunz looked at the outsiders. Needless to say, this is the group of the Keepers of the Light. These outsiders are twice as many as the locals. Not to mention the difference in strength, with this number, Kunz feels that the Keepers of the Light are not enough. There is a reason for putting him in the spotlight.

[Why can't outsiders click? 】

【I've opened so many back doors for you, I can't take away your last fun~】

[…] Kunz never found it interesting to say these things that Butler J said, but he also knew how much Butler J was obsessed with them, and it was useless to argue with him [Butler J, after the mission is over , will you leave? 】

[It depends on the situation. If I still need to stay here for support, I will stay. If it is not necessary, I will leave. 】

Saying it is the same as not saying it...

[There are many more outsiders than I thought. 】Although he still can’t tell who those soldiers are, at least he knows the number of them. There are 63 people in total, and Moria and the captain must be added, which is 65. In other words, the various craftsmen who came later will add up to 142 People [They should carry food with them, you said if I asked Moria about the salt, would it be useful? 】

【Maybe? 】The thinking of his host's thinking is still jumping so fast, but as long as he doesn't get entangled in those local aborigines, it's a good thing. Butler J doesn't want his mental state to get worse.

"Moria."

"What's the matter, my lord?"

"We probably don't have much reserves of salt."

"Don't worry, my lord, we have plenty of salt."

"Okay, then I don't have anything to worry about." That is, the later artisans also brought salt, as if... Recently, when cooking deep-sea fish, the bitter taste in the food has indeed become less and less.At first, he thought that the deep-sea fish still filtered coarse salt, but now it seems that Moria should provide the high-grade salt to the deep-sea fish.

Moria's answer was short and direct. Based on Kunz's understanding of his way of speaking, it was a hint that Kunz should stop talking about this issue, and he would not say it.

Kunz couldn't believe that Moria didn't realize what Kunz wanted to know, that modern salt might just be a perfectly normal condiment.But in this world, salt is an important strategic material.

Kunz didn't want the other party's salt, but the salt he brought himself, why would he give it to an outsider?But even if he has been using table salt separately, or has always stated that Kunz wants to use old salt, and even let deep-sea fish cook separately, he is not as uncomfortable as he is now.

This is not a question of whether to give him salt or not, this is... Moria always said that he hoped that he would grow into a qualified lord, but in essence, he just gave him something to do and let him stop thinking about it. They were just fooling him.

"Salt is just a small problem, you don't need to worry about it." Moria probably realized that his refusal just now was exaggerated, "The soldiers will buy it."

"Well, I just remembered it suddenly. After all, when I saw it last time, I thought there was not much salt. Food without taste is not good."

Before today, Kunz had already trusted Moria very much.There was even a slight gesture of surpassing the captain, but at this moment, Moria and John were neck and neck.

Once doubt arises, it will be infinitely magnified. If the other party really has doubts, then those doubts will also be highlighted.For example, from these books, he did learn a lot from them, but the books Moria gave him were more like "jokes", all kinds of exaggeration and absurdity.But Moria will explain each book very seriously, telling about some famous battles and the lives of some people.

In the past, Kunz thought that this was probably the style of this world, and this is a magical world after all, so maybe the exaggeration he thought was the truth.But at this moment, he felt that it should not be.

Kunz vaguely saw the shadow of the old scholar from Moria.When they taught Kunz, they all concealed and biased.The old scholar hoped that Kunz would become a loyal servant with a clear identity, so he always reprimanded and punished him in front of the barons and young masters, and kept telling him what a great gift it was to have the opportunity to receive education.

What about Moria?He constantly praised Kunz, and through the teaching of books, Kunz was full of exaggerated and false perceptions of the outside world.By the way, there is also John. Kunz always thought that these two people were not compatible, but they are the right-hand man of the captain, right?[-]% of John's background is not low, maybe he is irritable and irritable, but he really can't maintain the most basic self-cultivation when facing a child?

A red face and a white face?

However, Kunz felt that he was thinking too much. Is it necessary?He is just a child with a reputation in vain. After letting him inherit the title of baron, even if he is left alone, so what?

But even though Kunz felt that he was thinking too much, he still felt anxious about being isolated. If Moria was a player, he would probably be able to receive notifications from Kunz that his friendliness had dropped significantly by now.

The rest of the day's reading time, Kunz read but didn't think about it, he felt a mess.

But his recent acting skills have really improved a lot, Moria didn't notice the difference, at least he didn't think Moria didn't notice it.

Until dinner time, seeing the sumptuous meal prepared by the deep-sea fish, Kunz served the meal on the North Tower as usual. The moment he stepped into the captain's room, Kunz found that he had actually relaxed—if he followed his plan Thinking, the captain is the ultimate behind-the-scenes instigator, but...

From the beginning, the captain's attitude towards him has not changed.He saved him, but that was saving him. From the beginning, the captain was proud, but he often thought wildly.The last time he was hit, it was because he had made up too much.It was a bit sad at the beginning, but now I can only watch it from a distance.

"Captain, what can I do for you?" Kunz asked as he put down his food, ready for another blow.His heart was so tense that it seemed to pop out of his chest, and based on his knowledge of the captain, the captain would tell him the correct answer.

The captain just sat at the dining table. Although his eyes were covered by his hair, Kunz also knew that his eyes must be fixed on the big basket.After Kunz asked the question, he probably didn't react, and was silent for a while, knowing that he realized that if he didn't answer, Kunz would not take the food out of the big basket: "Be good Baron Monroe. "

"For you, how can you be a good Baron Monrofi?" Kunz felt that today he must be so courageous that he must have been so courageous that threatening the captain with food once was not enough, and he even dared to threaten the captain a second time.

The captain probably felt the same way. He raised his head. Even with his weed-like blond hair, Kunz was still staring at him and made his back chill. At that time, the captain said: "Living in your land, don't leave. And don't drive us away because of others' instigation."

"!" Damn it!

Otherwise, Moria has been saying that the lord has absolute control over all people and things in the territory.He only said half of what he said. He didn't expect that absolute control included this?However, isn't it possible for demons, robbers and the like to run rampant in his land?

"Our power comes from God, from the order guarded by God. The lord is the node of countless orders on the earth. Once rejected by the lord, our power will be greatly reduced." The captain explained to Kunz slowly, and then He tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, "Can I eat it?"

"Yes, yes." Kunz still had a lot of doubts in his head, but he knew that he really couldn't make further progress, and honestly began to arrange the plate.

The captain brought over the honey-roasted chicken, and Kunz was sure that he was not a fan filter. The action of the captain tearing off the chicken legs and holding the chicken legs to eat was really beautiful.

"We are the Guardians of the Light who were expelled, and only you, an ignorant fool, can accept us in the entire Shelf Empire." He paused, "No, it's not too stupid to be able to detect something is wrong. "

"I……"

"Your little things are noisy. You need someone to control them. I'll give you my hands. Are we even?"

"Crap..." What's the deal?Kunz's head turned a little slower before he realized that the captain probably said that he was deceived, "What if I wasn't found?"

Kunz's courage today is really, really big.Did the captain know that he was being tricked?

"If you didn't find it, you didn't find it? For a fool, I have allowed you to sleep under my feet." After eating the chicken legs, chicken wings and chicken neck of the honey-roasted chicken, the captain left only a head and a skeleton. The chicken pushed back, and he headed straight for the little basket stuffed with berry cookies.

"..." He didn't feel uncomfortable when he was said that, but felt guilty instead.Kunz felt that he was hopeless: Did I subconsciously think that sleeping under the captain's feet was a huge advantage? _(:з」∠)_

"Little guy, you have been a baron for almost two years, are you ready to receive visitors?"

"Visitor?"

Kunz wanted more answers, but the captain got a linen handkerchief from somewhere, wrapped the cookies in it, and returned to his window sill.He ate the cookies piece by piece, looking relaxed and comfortable, which meant he refused to talk anymore.

Kunz settled down and began to eat honestly.

[Still a little sad? 】

[Some things cannot be let go so quickly. 】

【You will be sad because you have them all in your heart.Now it’s time to pour out some of the people inside. I don’t understand why you trust others so easily when you clearly experienced the ugliness of human nature when you were in Blue Star.Also build your heart door thicker, which is good for your future. 】

Including Aunt Madeleine and Irene, even if these two people were forgotten by Kunz for a year, they were not really forgotten, but during that year, Kunz was not sure whether he had the ability to protect his life-he was too busy to take care of himself Do you want to mark the people you care about, because you want everyone to die together?It might as well be forgotten, at least the mother and daughter are local aborigines, they understand this world better than him, a person who crossed halfway, and are better at living here.

But after giving Aunt Madeleine a better life, that aunt hit Kunz on the head with a mallet, making the past beautiful beyond recognition.

【……Thanks.I don't trust anyone so easily, of course, I know I'm not qualified, and I don't have time to be so hypocritical.I will build that door thicker. 】

[The captain is inside? 】

【…】(￢_￢) There is no answer, only a 45-degree squinted look with guilt.

But Butler J didn't say much?Does this mean that the captain can indeed be trusted, or is Butler J waiting for him to be unlucky again?Kunz chose to trust.

At the same time, several player teams are moving towards the target location.

Qiqi, Feishang Yunhai, Tang Baobao, Shenbao Wushuang, and Kikoki are five people. Two big guys with one test and three second tests formed a team.

Qiqi was in front, beating the grass with a wooden stick as she walked.As a pure energy life, Geji Geji is not afraid of the bite of snakes and insects. Except for a very few poisons that can even be infected by magic, they can almost be said to be immune to poisons, but some small beasts lurking in the grass are quite troublesome.Moreover, catching some prey can also exchange for more experience.

Flying to the Sea of ​​Clouds is at the end, and from time to time it makes (probably) strange noises that can scare away wild animals.After all, they didn't come to hunt, and safety along the way was the ultimate goal.

The other three are in the middle, always on guard.

Including Dahe, there are a total of 28 old players, so they are the only team with all old players.However, their team is not bad for being the only team of pure old players, and it is currently the fastest progressing.There are only more than 200 meters left from the place where the goblin totem was planted.

The author has something to say: Kunz: ε=(?ο｀*))) Alas, a bit blue and thin.

Captain: →_→Go, there is a corner over there, let’s use it as a mushroom