King from scratch

Diman Karen III, who said so, obviously didn't understand He Xingwen, nor did he understand the kingdom.

When the entire mission team has no other npcs except players, it is enough to prove that it can be abandoned.

As for Nubida?If he would die so easily in the Diman Empire, there must be many people celebrating it.

From the very beginning, this has been a multiple-choice question that only one side can back down.

But Nubida wouldn't be stupid enough to state this here and screw everything up beyond redemption.

Although the king's decision was so direct and relentless, as if the kingdom took the initiative, Nubida would still try his best to deal with it out of respect for his own life.

So, after the meeting was over, Nubida went back to the embassy arranged for them by the empire, and went straight to Anudda.

Anuta was expressionless, and completely gave up the idea of ​​maintaining world peace: "How did the talk go?"

Nubida paused at the door for two seconds, turned his head and glanced at the too quiet embassy: "Where are the players?"

Anuta gestured towards the door, calmly: "Go out."

"No one stopped?"

"Hunting Mountain took it with me."

Nubida suddenly realized, stretched out his hand to close the door and said, "They want to learn about the kingdom through the players."

"I have to say, this is a good idea. After all, I don't think the player race has any loyalty." Anuta repeated the question that didn't get an answer just now: "How did you talk with His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Very good," Nubida said, "at least he came back alive."

Anuta looked at Nubida expressionlessly.

His reaction pleased Nubida, who hummed a little tune and said, "I came to you to contact His Majesty the King to see if there is any way to avoid the intensification of the war."

This sounds like good news, but Anuta's expression didn't change: "Why do you think I can contact His Majesty the King?"

Nubida's expression paused: "I can't find His Majesty's Aether Sea, and I can't contact His Majesty the King through a spiritual link, but can't Ai Zhijin use a communicator to communicate?"

Anuta repeated a certain word in his words: "You have said it all, it is the gold of Ai, His Majesty the king is not the gold of Ai."

Nubida: "So, you mean, we can't get in touch with the king?"

Anuta thought for a few seconds: "If you want to contact the king, you can contact Tuol Jin and ask him to convey a message to the king."

Although it sounded okay, something seemed wrong, and Nubida showed a thoughtful expression.

Anuta continued: "But since His Majesty the King did not mention the contact information, it is obviously because the King does not feel the need to communicate."

This is where Nubida felt that something was wrong: "Yes, in the style of the king, it is impossible for there to be a loophole of forgetting to explain the contact information, unless he never thought about communicating about it from the beginning."

Anudha: "Obviously we feel the same about it. In every beginning, the king saw the end."

"If you can predict the future, you can only see a vague reminder," Nubida felt the same way: "But the king's performance almost seems to be manipulating the future."

"No one can manipulate the future," Anudha said. "Except the king, of course. We never know what miracles he can perform."

Nubida nodded in agreement, pulled the chair closer, and shortened the distance with Anuda: "So, what is Ai Zhijin going to do?"

Anuta looked at him inquiringly.

"I mean, if the Kingdom goes to war with the Empire, what is Aizhijin going to do?"

Anudha said without hesitation, "Aizhijin does not participate in wars."

"That is to stand on the king's side." Nubida concluded: "If you intervene in the war, it may have some influence on the outcome, but if you do not intervene, there will be no accidents."

Anuta glanced at Nubida: "What is the devil going to do?"

"We are on the side of the king," Nubida said without hesitation, "We are the people of the kingdom."

Anuta smiled slightly: "But first, you have to go back alive."

Nubida is very confident in himself: "Do you think this is a problem?"

"I didn't think so before, but I just communicated with Ai Zhijin who is resident in Karen..." Anuda said: "Diman Karen III is very good."

"He has a strong learning and pioneering spirit, carried out political reforms on the basis of the original Diman Empire, and vigorously supported the monks, encouraging innovation and invention."

"Karen has undergone more than 100 renovations in just a dozen years..." Anuta looked out the window: "Karen has become the safest place in the empire."

Nubida followed and looked out of the window: "In this world... no one really wants to be left behind."

His exclamation was very short, and he returned to exaggeration in the next second: "Compared with this, I am more worried about that group of players."

As a demon, Nubida had to admit another thing: the player race was more evil, immoral, stupid, and more dangerous than demons.

Nubida couldn't understand the reason why the king chose to let the players join the mission. It would not be surprising that these guys directly betrayed the kingdom and joined the Diman Empire.

On the other side, under the leadership of the hunting guide, the players are excitedly strolling the streets.

"Go to the slave market! I haven't seen what the slave market in this game looks like."

"Can I spend credits here?"

"What are you thinking, do you think this game looks like a unified currency setting? If you want to use credit points, at least you have to wait until the kingdom is unified here."

Hunting Mountain turned his head and looked at the players who were speaking. Although they were often surprised by the special features of the new civilization bordering this world, this new race was too special.

People in the empire look deaf?Could it be expected that they would not hear such loud whispers?

The players who didn't care about the sight of the npc at all were still whispering.

"Can we buy slaves?"

"What are you thinking? Human trafficking is prohibited in the kingdom."

"This is not a kingdom, this is another country, and the Diman Empire does not prohibit human trafficking."

"Damn it, it makes sense!"

The players became excited, and some players patted Lie Shan on the shoulder, leaning closer and asking, "Are there dragons in the slave market?"

Hunting Mountain stared for a few seconds at the race that looked like humans but was actually made of ether.

"Sorry, sorry..." Another player apologized repeatedly, and pulled the player back: "You are stupid, do they look like they can beat dragons?"

"Isn't the difference between humans and beasts lies in knowing how to use tools well?"

"You mean, you think dragons are beasts?"

After a subtle silence, the players avoided the topic and casually argued about the slave race in the slave market.

In a meaningless conversation, Hunting Mountain and his party arrived at the slave market.

The huge arc-shaped stone gate is open, and the exquisite patterns and decorations are like other buildings in the empire, exuding a classical and reserved atmosphere, facing each other from a distance.

The interior of the huge arc-shaped building is not what the players originally imagined. There are different stalls distributed in the hall that is huge enough to accommodate thousands of people.

Most of the booths have only one table and chair, and images of different races float in front of the table. Occasionally, guests will be attracted. After two or three short conversations, the guests get up and follow the attendants that can be seen everywhere in the hall to the passage deep in the hall.

This is the trading process displayed in front of the players. As for the more specific trading procedures, it is obviously not carried out in this hall.

Lie Shan communicated with the guards at the gate and led them into the slave market.

However, some players have noticed that when other people enter the slave market, they will stop and take out a black coin, and then get a pink rose pectoral from the guard.

After entering the slave market, Lie Shan took the players directly to the stall with the largest number of people.

The images floating in front of the booth constantly change the races of the characters, dwarves, humans, orcs... Most of them are orcs of different orc races. There is nothing special about the photos, neither any special actions nor any hints, ordinary ones are more It's like a full-body photo when you're looking for a job.

In fact, they might actually be looking for a job.

After all, in such a short time, players have heard many questions raised by buyers when communicating with sellers.

"How's your teeth? Do you eat a lot? What kind of work do you know? Are you sharp? Can you read? Can you speak a common language?"

After completing the understanding of the basic situation, the two parties started a simple negotiation. After reaching an agreement, the buyer was led by the guards to the depths of the passage.

Many players followed to probe the passage.

"Master Viscount? Why did you come to the hall?" Mag finished the transaction, turned around and saw Hunting Mountain, and asked in surprise.

"I'll take them here to have a look." Lieshan gestured to the players behind him: "This is the Kingdom Mission, His Majesty asked me to take them around Karen."

Mag heard the words, and enthusiastically said to the players: "Dear guests, do you have any products that you are interested in? Do you need me to introduce them to you?"

The players huddled together and discussed in a low voice.

"Are we rich?"

"no?"

"That means, do they pay for us?"

"real or fake?"

Mag, who clearly heard their whispers, looked at Hunting Mountain with some doubts.

Lie Shan said nothing.

The players quickly reached a consensus that someone who was taken advantage of would pay, and continued to ask McGonagall: "Is there a dragon?"

Mag struggled to maintain a smile and shook his head.

The players started asking random questions.

"Are there any mermaids?"

"Are there elves?"

"..."

Seeing that other potential customers bypassed Mag's booth one after another because of the players' problems, he hurriedly tugged on Hunting Mountain's sleeve and said, "It seems that these distinguished guests are not interested in ordinary goods, why don't you take them to the store, Viscount?" Take a look at the box?"

In short, don't shout here, it's fine to scare away customers. In case someone really thinks that there are mermaids and elves here, and the news spreads to the elf kingdom, who will be responsible when the elf army comes?

Lie Shan glanced at the players who were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, and led them deeper into the passage.

Passing through the booth and walking through the long passage, the players are presented with separate boxes one by one, with a total of two floors, as quiet as if there is no human voice.

There is a sign hanging outside the box, and the sign is engraved with complex patterns. Although there is no wind passing through the passage, the sign is still shaking slightly, and it casts strange shadows under the light - the players did not notice these details, they Eyes are drawn to the building itself.

Lie Shan led them to continue along the corridor, picked the innermost box, and pushed open the door.

The ether behind the door rippled, and after identifying the identity of the comer, it returned to calm.

From the outside, the size of the box is not that big, but after opening the door, the vast and luxurious interior layout exceeds the size of the box.

At a glance, the smell of money comes to the face along with the aroma that pervades the air.

"Planning is finally a man! I am satisfied!"

"Big scene, big production."

"This fruit is quite delicious, what the hell, it's actually getting ether points."

The players did not regard themselves as outsiders, and naturally spread out in the box, observing, touching, and picking up things they were interested in.

Hunting Mountain is not surprised at all, their disorderly character has been shown clearly enough along the way, in fact, what he is looking forward to now is what worse traits they can show.

The players fumbled around, and someone pressed the switch by mistake.

A huge screen is suspended in the box, and detailed photos and brief introductions pop out.

The players gathered together one after another, and after a simple exploration, they learned how to use ether to interact with the screen without a teacher—in this kind of thing, their comprehension is always surprising.

"Wow~"

As the photos changed, the players made the same voice.

"Can this pass the audit?"

"Shouldn't it be possible?"

"Then I won't go into details."

"Evil feudalism, evil human trafficking."

"But doesn't the country review the content of this game?"

"...Should it be reviewed?"

"Then what we have in front of us is an easter egg that has been planned and hidden through so much painstaking efforts?"

"I actually misunderstood the plan!"

"I didn't expect the planning to bring good people like this!"

"Hurry up, I like this."

Just like Hunting Mountain's expectation, the players showed amazing greed in front of him.

As expected of a race that appeared with demons.

Lieshan looked at this new race calmly, they were full of human weaknesses.

From this point of view, there is no suspense about the possibility of them betraying the kingdom.

Lie Shan felt sorry for the simplicity of the task. He stood up and felt that it was almost time to start a formal conversation with them.

He took a step.

And the players who finally ended the quarrel also reached an agreement on which product to buy at this time.

The player controlling the screen carefully clicked the button to place an order.

An option to confirm the payment popped up on the screen.

A system warning popped up in front of the players.

[It has been detected that you are violating the kingdom's laws. This behavior will cause the relationship between the kingdom and you to enter a state of hatred. Please choose carefully. 】

The players stopped and howled.

"I just said how could the planner suddenly become a man!"

"Garbage planning, garbage games."

"No, is the plan unreasonable? Do you know what it means to do as the Romans do? What is it called to use the laws of the kingdom to control illegal activities that occurred on the territory of the Diman Empire?"

"How dare you use the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of this dynasty, how presumptuous!"

Because of the sudden and abnormal actions of the players, Hunting Mountain stopped.

Although the players talked about it, as if they didn't care about the system warning at all, the action of exiting the order interface was quick enough for people to see their desire to survive.

Lie Shan raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you going to buy it?"

The players scattered again listlessly, groping around in the box, quickly returning to the essence of the player, searching for possible equipment and hidden tasks on the new map.

Some players casually answered Hunting Mountain's question: "The kingdom does not allow human trafficking."

Hunting Mountain: "The Diman Empire does not prohibit this kind of behavior."

The players sighed: "But obviously, we are the subjects of the kingdom." Could the Diman Empire have nothing to do with them?The main reason is that the system does not allow it.

It is a group of existences worse than demons, with no loyalty to the country, no respect for the king, greed, disorder, stupidity, barbarism... But this happens to be the trait that the enemy likes most.

Lie Shan sat on the sofa and said persuasively, "Actually, you can also choose not to be citizens of the kingdom."

The players fumbling around paused in unison and turned to look at this strange npc.

Players look at me and I look at you. I can't tell whether this is the plan to finally change the camp, or they triggered the hidden mission.

Under the eyes of the players, Lieshan continued: "The Diman Empire welcomes all outsiders who turn to the light."

Abandon the darkness and turn to the light... The players continued to make eye contact.

Hunting Mountain waited for a few seconds, and under the expectant eyes of the players, he realized another point—this group of stupid and terrible creatures couldn't understand the implicit hint at all.

Hunting Mountain: "Are you willing to become the people of the Diman Empire? To fight for the glory of His Majesty the Emperor?"

The players were shocked and huddled together, whispering in front of Lie Shan.

"Is this a change of faction? This is definitely a change of faction. Didn't you say that the Kingdom and the Diman Empire are going to fight? Are these two factions?"

"I'm a bit hypocritical, why didn't the system jump to the task notification?"

"Is it because the npc didn't say enough details?"

"Isn't that detailed enough? People are asking if they want to."

"That's why he didn't really want us to join at all."

The players came to a conclusion in a few words, turned their heads to look at Lieshan vigilantly, and a certain player acted as a spokesperson to have a conversation with Lieshan.

"What exactly do you want?" the player asked vigilantly, "Are you sincerely wanting us to join the Diman Empire? Or do you have other plans?"

Another player interjected: "If you have another picture, you can just say it."

No matter what you want to do, you should send a serious mission.

Hunting Mountain, who really didn't really want players to join, was a little uncomfortable with this kind of overly frank dialogue.

But logically, who would want to accept a group of existences worse than demons?Is it just to make them betray the empire again?

Hunting Mountain paused for a few minutes, wandering between intimidation and temptation, both of which can easily achieve their goals given the player's race's weakness and bad personality.

But no matter how you think about it, threatening players is superfluous, after all, they don't want to refuse at all.

Hunting Mountain ended his thinking, and as they wished, he went straight to the point: "The empire is very interested in new civilizations, and I hope to get some relevant information from you."

"Relevant information?" The players were disappointed: "It's not a change of faction."

Another player then asked, "What is the relevant information?"

See, they didn't hesitate at all, so calm that it didn't feel like a betrayal.

Lie Shan sat up straight: "The ethnic composition of the kingdom, the character traits of the king, the internal map..."

Following the words of Hunting Mountain, the system notification was long overdue and appeared in front of the players.

[System warning: Under any circumstances, selling the kingdom’s interests, intelligence, and related behaviors to the enemy is equivalent to betraying the kingdom, and you will be expelled from the kingdom. The reputation of the kingdom will always be locked in a state of hatred. After killing the traitor, you can receive rich rewards at the npc game. 】

With the complete system notification emerging, Lie Shan also finished his last words: "All information related to the kingdom, such as the map and the distribution of military forces."

The players glanced at Hunting Mountain, then at the system notification, and whispered together again.

"Is this faction locked?"

"Why don't someone give it a try? Maybe this is the correct way to switch camps?"

"If you change the camp, the hatred of the other side is definitely worth filling up. I think this design is normal. Anyway, after changing the camp, you can directly open a new map."

Some players were persuaded.

"I'll try."

The intrepid player took the first step.

The player with the three characters "Ye Ye Ye" walked up to Hunting Mountain, and said excitedly and expectantly: "The kingdom's racial composition is mainly composed of npc... Oh, no, humans and us..." He thought about it After thinking about it, he corrected: "Oh, there are also dwarves and demons."

Lie Shan: "How many people are there?"

"How many people..." This question is a bit too difficult for players, Ye Yeye thought for a long time, and said vaguely: "Two or three thousand?"

The players on the sidelines couldn't help it, and said in a hurry: "It's only a thousand."

"No, the number of players in His Majesty's closed beta is already 1600, plus npcs, dwarves, and 117 teams, why should there be more than 2000?"

Lieshan paused for two seconds, and confirmed with the player: "There are more than 2000 people in total?"

Although it is known that this is a new civilization, it does take a certain amount of courage for this number of people to dare to call themselves a kingdom.

For example, the total number of Diman Empire troops: 48, not counting the reserves and other parts that can be reorganized at any time.

And the total number of people in the kingdom is only 2000...

The huge gap in the strength of the two countries is enough to make people arrogant, but Lieshan did not show this, as if this is not a country that the empire can directly conquer, and continued to obtain information about the kingdom from the players.

"There are two cities in the kingdom, and the school is under construction," Ye Yeye said, "Oh, by the way, the kingdom just opened to traffic from the outside not long ago, and the speed is very fast."

It's just opened to traffic...it's really a small, remote country.

Lie Shan, who knew nothing about what the player said "the speed is so fast", felt such emotion, and sincerely outlined a remote, backward, ignorant and weak kingdom based on the player's answer.