Chapter 260 Kane's Version of Arthas (Two in One)
In the front hall of the reconstructed Red Leaf Lord's Mansion, a robber rushed in in a panic.
"Not good, lord boss!"
"Is it the undead?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"Okay, it doesn't seem to be, I see two human knights leading the way..."
Li Shuyi said, "Could it be a special envoy sent by the empire to interfere in the affairs of Hongye City?"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Actually it won't be so fast. I think those two knights may be like Ian and Jericho. Let's go, let's go and see, even if they are enemies, we can handle them. "
There were many Hongyecheng residents standing at the gate of the city, all with curiosity and vigilance, watching a group of people in the distance.
The two leading knights stood side by side, and there was no difference in status. One of the knights with a sturdy stature like an iron tower said loudly, "Is the lord of the Red Leaf Lord there?"
"Maqi is dead, and now I am managing Hongye City!" Bai Xiaowen appeared on the top of the city and said loudly, "I am the lord of Baishi Town, you can call me Dior. Who are you?"
The two knights rode on their horses and came under the city gate.
"We are the knights of the Holy See, you can call me Job, your lord. The one next to me is called Ferdinand," the sturdy knight raised his head and said, "We received news that there was a serious undead riot in Hongye City. On the orders of Prince Nicholas, come to destroy the undead."
Job took out a stone engraved with a mysterious rune: "This is a communication rune, through which you can communicate with Prince Nicholas. Lord Dior, Prince Nicholas has many questions for you."
With a flash of light, large tracts of colored mist emanated from the Communication Runestone. Soon, the colored fog condensed and turned into an illusory image of a person.
This is a young man, handsome, tall, with dazzling blond hair, wearing azure blue knight armor, with a lion pattern cape on the back, and the silver warhammer in his hand has thunder light wandering from time to time, just from the illusory image, you can See how strong he is.
The residents of Hongye City fell to their knees one after another, cheering the name of Prince Nicholas.
"This little white face seems to be much more popular than me. He looks good, and he almost caught up with me." Bai Xiaowen muttered to Li Shuyi.
When the image of the prince appeared, Bai Xiaowen of course had to show due respect,
He walked down the city gate, came out from the city gate, lightly tapped his right fist on his left chest, bent over and followed the greetings that are common in the world of Kane.
"It's an honor to meet you, His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas."
The image of Prince Nicholas nodded and said, "Who are you."
Bai Xiaowen introduced himself.
"Lord of White Rock Town? I remember that White Rock Town is a very small territory. It's hard to believe that you have the strength to conquer the Red Leaf Territory." Prince Nicholas showed an intriguing expression on his face.
Bai Xiaowen said: "His Royal Highness should know that there are many robbers in Baishi Town, and they are all pathetic people who have gone astray. I have collected them separately, so that I have an army with good combat effectiveness. When purifying the red leaf collar, They have done a great job.”
Bai Xiaowen deliberately used the word "purify" instead of "conquer".
"Organize robbers?" Job suddenly asked, "In Baishi Town, there is a black wind robber group that you also organized? Where's their leader, Ian?"
Bai Xiaowen replied, "Ian is dead."
When he heard the news that Ian was killed, Prince Nicholas frowned slightly, while Job and Ferdinand showed unconcealed sadness on their faces, and looked at Bai Xiaowen with a trace of undetectable resentment.
After all, Ian was their comrade-in-arms.
However, Bai Xiaowen was not foolish enough to reveal Ian's true identity. He continued to narrate, passing on the discovery of the clues to the necromantic plague, focusing on the results of the battle. been picked up again.
"That is to say, you have pulled out an important lair of the Necro plague for the empire. Well done," Prince Nicholas nodded, "In addition, I also saw your contribution to the imperial conscription order. Now your subordinates have Bring a good army to the Black Rock Defense Line and fight for the fate of the Empire and mankind."
The spirit world rules prompt message came:
"Heroic side quest step 1: The truth of the plague has been submitted. Evaluation: Excellent."
"Main quest: Recruit your army has been submitted. Evaluation: perfect."
Prince Nicholas continued: "The army under your command is sufficient to serve as the main force of the seventeenth infantry phalanx of the Black Rock Defense Line. Based on this, I grant you the post of commander of the seventeenth infantry phalanx. This is an important army of the human coalition army. You must not be slack in your position. In the war, if you have established enough military service, I will ask His Majesty the King to upgrade your title to suit your military position."
Bai Xiaowen nodded: "I will prove my loyalty to the empire and the people, His Royal Highness."
He knew very well that the position of "Commander of the Seventeenth Infantry Phalanx" was generally held only by the viscount level, but it was because Bai Xiaowen recruited enough soldiers, more than 10 times that of the ordinary baron level lords, that this was an exception. Awarded important military posts.
The prompt message of the rules of the spiritual world sounded: "You have completed the main task. For the next 9 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes and 31 seconds, you can explore freely, and leave the world of Kane's plane at any time in the battle state. The obtained power points , equipment and props will not be lost.”
"[Step 2 of the main mission: Black Rock's War] is on."
"Mission Objective: Defend Black Rock Fortress for 10 days until the arrival of Imperial reinforcements."
"Mission difficulty: S."
"Mission period: 15 days."
After this quest, there is a special prompt: "Countdown to the attack of the remnants: 9 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes and 31 seconds. Please rush to the Black Rock Fortress before the countdown ends. If the deadline is over, the mission will be considered a failure."
"If [Main Quest 2: Black Rock's War] fails, all the power points, equipment or props you gained during the execution of this main quest will be lost. All the power points, equipment or props you gained during the execution of this main quest will be lost. Earnings will not be affected.”
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi shared the prompt information. They looked at each other and could see a trace of excitement in each other's eyes.
What does [Main Quest 2: Battle of Black Rock] mean?
A full 15 days of extra time on the plane of Kane! It is almost equivalent to another spiritual world ticket!
Moreover, the meaning is far greater than a ticket to the spiritual world. The two can start from the situation that is now open, dig deep into the side quests, and plan more benefits.
Many Awakened people think that each time they enter the spiritual world (10 days) is too short, just like a project has just started and must return due to time constraints, and can only do some short-term small projects, not long-term. layout.
Therefore, a ticket that can stay for 15 days is much more valuable than a ticket for 10 days, at least doubled to calculate.
And Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, who can stay in the Kane plane world for a full 30 days, for a person like Bai Xiaowen who is good at layout, how many derivative benefits can they have? It is indescribable. At least from Bai Xiaowen's point of view, he was unwilling to give him 10 Spirit World tickets below C rank in exchange for these 30 days.
The additional 15 days of stay is still the qualification that Bai Xiaowen has won by himself.
Under normal circumstances, when the Awakened completes Main Quest 1, the recruited army is at most a dozen people, and even if the mission conditions are exceeded, it is impossible to exceed too many. And a small team of more than a dozen people is very inconspicuous in the Black Rock defense line, and they can't get important military positions at all, and of course there is no way to get extra stay time.
Bai Xiaowen, on the other hand, recruited twenty times the number of people, and even captured the Red Leaf Collar, which means that the recruitment task that Lord March originally shouldered was also completed by him - which led him to obtain the command of an entire infantry phalanx. It has an important position in the human coalition army.
After calculating the rules of the spiritual world, it was determined that the role played by Bai Xiaowen, Dio Skellboom, the lord of Baishi Town, already had an important position affecting the balance of the situation and could not be kicked away casually. Therefore, the main task 2 was opened.
This is also what Bai Xiaowen vaguely thought of when he first entered the world of Kane's plane and came into contact with the main quest 1 - there was a hint at that time, "The stronger the army you recruit, the more powerful you are in the Terran Coalition Army. will be higher."
If there is no more stay time, what's the point of blending into a higher status in the Human Race Allied Army? The rules of the spirit world do not give meaningless hints. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen will spend a lot of time to recruit robbers to form an army.
"However, before the official appointment is issued, I need to verify one thing," Prince Nicholas called out, "Ferdinand."
"Okay, Your Royal Highness."
Beside Job, another knight named Ferdinand took out a monocle and put it on, then carefully looked at Bai Xiaowen.
"Lord Dior is not an undead, not infected by the plague."
That monocle is the Holy Light Plague Detector.
Job looked relieved. Prince Nicholas nodded: "Very good."
However, when Ferdinand turned his attention to other people, especially the residents of Hongye City, he frowned.
"Wait a minute. His Royal Highness... Although Lord Dior and his guards have not been infected by the plague, the other residents of Hongye City have viruses lurking in their bodies... There is no healthy person left."
"What?" The knight Job exclaimed, and then looked at the residents of Hongye City with pity in his eyes.
Bai Xiaowen felt a little bad: "What's wrong?"
The image of Prince Nicholas waved his arms.
"Clear all. This work is left to Lord Dior and his guards to complete. Job, Ferdinand, you are responsible for supervising the implementation, and no one of the infected people in Hongye City can escape."
"As ordered, Your Royal Highness." Both Job and Ferdinand sighed, "Lord Dior, give your order."
"Wait, what's going on?" Bai Xiaowen was stunned.
This inexplicably familiar image...
In another time and space, isn't there such a plot in a game? Civilians infected by the plague, princes who followed the way of the Holy Light since childhood, and Stratholme's butcher's knife...
Could it be that Prince Nicholas is Kane's version of "Alsace"?
"Didn't you hear His Royal Highness's order to remove all civilians infected with the necromantic plague, they have no hope!" Job's voice was loud, and he didn't care that there were many residents of Hongye City around.
Ferdinand: "Your Excellency, please execute the prince's order as soon as possible!"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said unequivocally, "I refuse."
"You refuse my order?" Prince Nicholas frowned, with an unhappy look on his face, "You have to think about it! This is my decision!"
"The duty of the army is to protect the people. If the order I received is to swing a knife at the unarmed civilians, I will never accept it." Bai Xiaowen appropriately brushed a wave of images of justice, and the residents of Hongye City who were in a state of panic, Looking at Bai Xiaowen, his eyes were full of hope.
Prince Nicholas was not angry. And Job and Ferdinand were not surprised by Bai Xiaowen's words.
Because the values of the Plantagenet Dynasty are like this, the creed of knights is about kindness and not bullying. If Bai Xiaowen happily agreed to Prince Nicholas's massacre order, the three of them would have to consider whether Bai Xiaowen was born cold-blooded.
"Lord Lord, believe me, although His Royal Highness's order is cruel, it is the wisest decision!" Job persuaded, "Red Leaf City is not the first town to be infected by the plague of undead, there is another one before. In a similar town, His Royal Highness did not make up his mind to slaughter the city, and eventually the whole city was full of undead, and it cost the empire a great price to destroy all of them."
"Yes, when His Royal Highness issued this order, it was more painful than you imagined. It's just that as a leader, it is impossible for him to show his pain. Lord Dior, if you can't bear to do it, or don't want to bear this infamy If so, let us come."
Seeing that the play was almost done, Bai Xiaowen opened his mouth and told the truth.
"I understand the horror of the necromantic plague, but ignorant killing will not solve the problem. We must find a way to find the antidote to the necromantic plague! I believe there must be some way to rescue these innocent people."
"You have a solution?" Prince Nicholas stared at Bai Xiaowen with sharp eyes.
"In fact, one of my learned scholars is conducting research on the antidote to the necromantic plague." Bai Xiaowen said.
"The Holy Light Holy See doesn't know how many scholars are trying to study the necromantic plague. Even Archbishop Arlo is helpless. I don't think that the learned scholar under your command can do things that so many scholars can't do."
"However, I always have to give it a try," Bai Xiaowen said, "His Royal Highness, I will not report to the Black Rock Defense Line for the time being. My guards will control Hongye City and detain severely infected patients. Tendency, remove it immediately, to ensure that there will be no consequences of the city's undead."