Chapter 247 The Mission of the Scout Team, the Dirty Heart (16,000 that Day)

In general, Zong Shen's current third-level city master's mansion is considered to be relatively advanced among the lords.

For example, Jiang Yi reached the second-level territory very early, but the City Lord's Mansion is still a first-level courtyard to this day.

However, the promotion of the lord's mansion can be upgraded by consuming a specified amount of materials and spending a certain amount of construction time in addition to using the lord's mansion upgrade certificate to upgrade directly.

There are a lot of materials needed to upgrade the lord's mansion, the basic construction time is more than three days, and the shape and interior are also different from those upgraded with the lord's mansion upgrade certificate.

The Lord's Mansion upgrade certificate is more like a blueprint that covers a complete building, saving trouble and effort.

After inspecting the new lord's small building, Zong Shen went straight downstairs and left the small courtyard.

Standing at the gate of the small courtyard, he took out a portion of the air-dried beef seized today, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.

The dignified lord, he has no privileges in terms of food. This is also because of the limited conditions. Everyone performs their duties, and no one cooks for him.

Thinking of dinner, he remembered the dinner he ate at Mr. Mars' house before. He was a serious landlord, with cattle, land and mansions, and a cook specially serving him.

This is the life the old man should live!

Speaking of the cook, Zong Shen thought of the dishes that Tie Zhu brought back from Dinan Village when he went to explore the south.

Not only is it delicious, but it also has attribute buffs. Looking back now, that cook was a talent.

Regarding Dinan Village, he never had time to check the situation, so Dinan Village has become an aboriginal force that Zong Shen has not yet touched.

Dinan Village is located in the south of Zongshen's territory, closer to Jiang Yi's.

According to what Jiang Yi said before, the Medina of the Light Chaser Legion has a good relationship with the aborigines in Dinan Village, and should have established a good relationship with the aborigines in the village very early.

Zong Shen now has other more important tasks and can't be distracted to manage Dinan Village, but it is inappropriate to just let it go.

Zong Shen stood at the entrance of the small courtyard, chewing on the air-dried beef while thinking.

Just when he was most engrossed in his thinking, a black shadow suddenly flashed past and came to him. Zong Shen raised his eyebrows and instinctively took a step back.

It wasn't until he saw the face of the visitor that he felt relieved.

"grown ups……"

The comer is Tie Zhu, and since the team has grown, Tie Zhu's presence has become very low.

His position in the territory is also relatively awkward. As a scout warrior, he is not suitable for frontal hard work, but there are not many territories for reconnaissance missions.

As the first territorial citizen with full favorability in the territory, Zong Shen has always had the idea of ​​cultivating him, including in the recent soldier grouping, Zong Shen allocated all the assassin-type fighters to Tie Zhu, Formed a scout team.

In the past two days, the scout team has not had any tasks, but only assists the patrol team in the territory to make up the defense of the territory, so currently, the status of the scout team in the territory is very embarrassing.

Just as embarrassing as Tie Zhu's current situation is, large-scale battles are useless, and small-scale assassinations have no chance. After all, Zong Shen is not like the guy Hideki Mitani, who made his fortune by assassinating lords.

Fortunately, since the start of the Crypt Challenge, all the soldiers will not be idle, and the level of the soldiers has also increased rapidly.

The soldiers under Zong Shen's command are all level 12-14 on average. Senior soldiers like Luna and Colby have even reached level 15 and 6. Even Tie Zhu's level has improved a lot. Level 7 has become level 12 in the past two days.

At least every day, the territory can still be defended, and the crypt monsters can be killed, and the level can be improved, so that it will not fall behind forever.

So Zong Shen was also more curious. Tie Zhu took the initiative to find out what was going on today.

He chewed on the beef jerky, took out another piece and handed it to Tie Zhu.

"Eat, why did you come to me today?"

"Did something happen to the scout team?"

Zong Shen asked with a smile, Tie Zhu raised his head, took the beef jerky, and saluted again.

After a moment of silence, he seemed to organize the language in his mind before speaking seriously.

"Sir, the scout team applies to join the exploration team!"

"We want to fight with you!"

"The scout squad will defend your glory with daggers and lives!"

Tie Zhu came to Zong Shen this time, but he actually applied to fight.

After listening to Tie Zhu's words, Zong Shen did not give an answer immediately, but narrowed his eyes and began to think carefully about Tie Zhu's request.

It is a fact that the scout squad is not suitable for frontal attack. Scouts are good at concealment and lethal assassination, but their own defense and HP are not high. In the face of powerful monsters, their assassination is often pale and powerless, far less than the gun and shield warriors. Heavy shield infantry is great.

In terms of comprehensive combat capability alone, even the wolf cavalry can't compare, and it is suitable for tasks such as assassination and reconnaissance performed by the scout team. There is currently no such demand in the territory.

But now that Tie Zhu took the initiative, Zong Shen really needs to arrange some meaningful tasks for the scout team.

Of course, it is still impossible to let them join the sequence of the main battle.

Now Zong Shen has a task that is very suitable for them, which can be handed over to the scout team.

After thinking about it, Zong Shen stopped thinking and raised his head to look at Tie Zhu.

"The mission of the main battle cannot be given to you."

As soon as his words came out, Tie Zhu's expression showed a loss.

"but…"

"I now have a very important task that can be handed over to your scout team to perform."

"This task is also very critical. If it is completed, it will be of great benefit to the development of the territory."

Zong Shen's words changed, and Tie Zhu raised hope again.

Immediately he got down on one knee and bowed his head in a sign of loyalty.

"Sir, please do as you please!"

"The scout team absolutely lives up to its mission!"

Zong Shen saw that Tie Zhu had regained his spirits, and then continued.

"I need you to take the scout team to Dinan Village in the south of the territory."

"That's the village you scouted."

"I will provide you with 10,000 Continental Universal Dinars."

"Your task is very simple. Qiao Zhuang enters the village and pretends to be a businessman to settle in the village."

"Use this money to start building an estate. When necessary, I will allow you to use assassination to clear obstacles. The mission requirements are also very simple, that is, to establish an estate, and at the same time collect information from the village and report it to me, and communicate with the village chief and the people in the village. The main focus is on good relationships, and I will notify you of the follow-up tasks."

"Secondly, when you are in the village, you must pay attention to the situation of other lords, and find out the relationship network of those lords in the village."

"If you find hero-level talents or special talents, try your best to build a good relationship, such as the chef with cooking skills you discovered that time."

"If there is an emergency, you can use the communication crystal to contact me. If the funds are not enough, you can send someone back and ask Mariel for it."

The final result of Zong Shen's thinking was to send Tie Zhu to lead the scout team to Dinan Village for development and operation, laying a solid foundation for Zong Shen's future plans for Dinan Village.

This has three advantages,

One can let the scout team find something worthwhile to do.

Second, it will not be a complete waste of time.

Third, it can be considered a rainy day to prepare in advance.

As Zong Shen spoke, he took out 10,000 Continental General Dinars, placed it in the small wooden barrel that had previously been filled with jerky, and handed it to Tie Zhu's hands.

After learning about the details of the quest and the importance of this quest for the future development of the territory, Tie Zhu swept away the dejection before, and showed a look of eagerness on his face.

He solemnly took over the small wooden barrel containing the funds for this mission, and saluted Zong Shen respectfully.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely gain a firm foothold in Dinan Village."

"If you encounter obstacles..."

As he spoke, his voice was low, and he reached out and gestured around his neck.

Zong Shen nodded with a smile on his face, this kid has mastered the essence and has a future!

"Okay, since you are so eager, let's go tonight."

He waved his hand and said to the excited Tie Zhu.

Tie Zhu paid his respects again, and in a flash, he nimbly ran to the side of the small courtyard to gather the members of the scout team. These assassins all had their own means of sneaking, and their life-saving ability was still very strong.

In addition, Tie Zhu has a communication crystal numbered 4 on his body, which can be contacted in time, so Zong Shen is not worried about this task.

10,000 dinars are just a small amount of money for him, and the scout team has always been on the edge of the territory.

It's better to spend a little money, not only to mobilize the enthusiasm of the scout team, but also to arrange some means, this is a multi-purpose thing.

He now has 86,657 remaining in his Continental Universal Dinar balance.

The storage of money is a kind of metaphysics. Whether it is a territory storage box or a portable storage compartment, money can be withdrawn, which has nothing to do with whether Zong Shen is in the territory or not.

It is entirely because the lord system has its own set of money storage rules.

That's fine though, because it's obviously a very handy feature.

As soon as Tie Zhu was sent away, Zong Shen stretched his back, and yawned in his mouth before he let it out.

Mariel came again, with a book tucked around her waist, she seemed to have something to report to Zong Shen.

"My lord, I want to report today's situation to you."

After these two days of training, the greenness on her face has faded a lot, and she is still experienced and diligent in her work, but she still has a long way to go to become a mature logistics officer.

Zong Shen nodded and threw the last half of the air-dried beef into his mouth.

"My lord, I sold four rounds of iron ore in the market today. I consumed a total of 9,600 iron ore in exchange for 12,000 wood, 7,000 hemp, and 5,000 stone."

"In addition, 100 ml of Luna Spring, 1,300 pieces of wood, and 130 pieces of air-dried beef were consumed in exchange for 10 elementary water runes, 6 elementary fire runes, an intermediate canteen blueprint, and one peculiar item..."

Mariel reported to Zong Shen that she had gained something in the trading market today.

But at the end of the report, she began to hesitate, as if she had some concerns.

"What strange item, take it out and let me see it."

Zong Shen didn't say much, just showed a curious expression.

Mariel flipped her hand and took out a strange object.

This thing is bigger than a normal fist, and the surface is covered by a layer of sticky black substance, which looks a little disgusting.

The black matter on the surface was still slowly wriggling, and it turned out to be like a living thing.

At first glance, Zong Shen was almost taken aback.

Mariel bought something back?

He was even more puzzled in his heart, stared directly, and checked its properties.

【Dirty Heart (Unknown)】

[Quality: Unknown]

[The ancient mysterious heart reveals the contradictory atmosphere of sacred and evil. Its surface is polluted and wrapped by evil substances, and no one knows the internal situation]

(The heart of a powerful Spirit of Light is wrapped in it, but it is not easy to remove this layer of evil, unless you can get the epic holy water prayed by the Archbishop of Light in the Temple of the Holy Nation, or Other epic purification items, after removing the evil scale, you can obtain the power of incarnation of the Holy Light through this heart)

After reading the prompt, Zong Shen already knew what this thing was.

This is similar to the Devil's Heart, belonging to the heart of an ancient Spirit of Light, except that this heart has been banned and tainted by a substance called Evil Stain.

Zong Shen stretched out his hand to take this dirty heart, and asked Mariel with a slight smile.

"Why do you buy this thing for no reason?"

"I'm afraid no one pays attention to this kind of thing in the market."

He asked curiously, although Mariel knew that she had merged with the devil's heart.

But this kind of thing, unless you have a strategy like Zong Shen, you can know the hidden secrets.

Others won't buy it at all. In the system's information, this thing is an unknown item whose specific function is unknown.

Buying such unknown items requires taking risks. Zong Shen has seen some unknown items in the market before, and 99% of them are basically garbage, some of which come from different dimensions in the war 10,000 years ago. Items, all of which will be marked as unknown, are actually useless at all.

Only those who can see the details like Zong Shen can tell whether the unknown item has a function.

Ordinary lords can't get rid of the evil stain on the surface even if they get this dirty heart, and they can't learn anything useful from it, so they choose to put it up for sale.

In fact, there are a lot of unknown items listed for sale in the market, and they are basically put up for sale for this reason. It is better to hang up the market to see if there is any pick-up man.

Hearing Zong Shen's question, Mariel thought for a while, then shook her head honestly.

"It was a very impulsive purchase."

"I just feel that this dirty heart may be useful to you."

"But it's actually not very expensive."

Mariel said with a serious look.

There are daily updates and occasional complaints. I really didn’t expect that under so many chapters every day, the average bookings would not drop but rise, which shows that the brothers are really powerful!

When it is reasonable to say, unless there is a recommendation, the average booking will be slightly reduced.

Unexpectedly, the average booking has also increased against the trend!

Now there are only more than 100 orders away from the boutique!

Good brother, show loyalty, it's really powerful, everyone!

In addition, there will be another chapter at 12 o'clock tonight. As for the other chapter, it should also be released, but it should be released later. You can watch it tomorrow morning. I will review it again and make fewer typos.