Yesterday, he was dragged out for a drink. In the end, he had to find a taxi to send Officer Zhang back. In the end, he couldn't return home until midnight. It sounded like a troublesome matter, but when Li Huailin woke up in the morning, he found that his mood was a lot better. At least, he had almost forgotten about yesterday's matter.
"Okay, go online and get to work. There's still that pet fight quest today. I don't know if I can do it." Li Huailin was now far away in the north. He didn't know if he could participate. However, today was also the day that the 280% buff would expire. Calculating the time, it should end around five in the afternoon. In other words, he could start leveling tonight.
"The nearby wilderness is full of high-level monsters whose levels can't be seen. Leveling shouldn't be a problem." Li Huailin thought. "According to the situation where I can level up after dying ten times, leveling up to level 30 should be quite fast. Now that I'm level 18, I have 36% more experience. That means I'll be level 30 after dying 117 times. It doesn't sound like a lot."
It was around 8 in the morning. Li Huailin put on his helmet and went online. As a result, he received a system notification just as he went online.
System Notification: Gentle reminder to players. The pet fight quest will start in 4 hours 14 minutes 35 seconds. This account is eligible to participate. When the time comes, all participating players will be teleported to the main hall of Pet Home Island. Please ensure that you are online at the time. Otherwise, it will be considered as you forfeit the quest. The system will remind players once every hour.
"Teleport!" Seeing this keyword, Li Huailin relaxed a little. He didn't know how to participate in this quest. So it was teleportation. Then there was no problem. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make it in time if he had to report there.
Calculating the time, the quest would start at 12 noon. If there were no accidents, Li Huailin should be online. Moreover, Li Huailin couldn't do anything in the morning. The buff time hadn't ended, so it shouldn't affect him.
"Third Elder, Third Elder …" Just as he was thinking, a member of the Bandit group shouted and ran over to Li Huailin.
Li Huailin didn't realize it at first, but he immediately realized that this "Third Master" was referring to him. The Nasser Bandits had a total of two vice-captains, but everyone generally referred to Gurem as the second-in-command and Marvin as the third-in-command. Now that Li Huailin had taken over Marvin's position, everyone naturally began to call him the third-in-command.
"What are you doing?" Li Huailin asked.
"Boss is calling you for a meeting." The bandit who came over was probably still drunk, so he spoke with a lisp.
It sounded like a very serious matter, but the location of the meeting was actually in the camp's bar. As soon as Li Huailin entered the room, he saw Gilbert, Ghrem, and Vanessa discussing in low voices around a table. Their expressions didn't look good.
"Good morning, everyone," Li Huailin said casually.
"You're here, Huailin," Gilbert said with a smile. "I was just about to start talking. You're not late."
Li Huailin walked to the table. There was a map on the table. It looked quite detailed, and it didn't look like it was drawn by hand. It looked a little strange.
"What's the meeting about?" Li Huailin asked.
"I received some bad news this morning," Gilbert said with a serious expression. Gilbert's expression turned solemn. "The lord of this place, Count Balian, seems to be mobilizing his troops to attack us. Timus' men have already investigated the situation of the troops and reported to us this morning."
"Timus' men reported to us? Why? "Vanessa asked curiously.
"What's Timus?" Li Huailin asked.
"Oh, I see." Gilbert also knew that Li Huailin had just joined and didn't know much about the situation, so he took the initiative to explain. "The Timus Bandits are also a bandit group nearby. They're about the same size as us, and we usually have some conflicts."
"They always steal our business, and their leader stinks," Vanessa said with a frown. She seemed to have a lot of complaints about Gilbert.
"Merlin is actually a good guy," Gilbert said with a smile. Gilbert chuckled. "No one has a good life in this place. Usually, he fights with us for the sake of his team members. In fact, he can be considered a good team leader."
"Hmm …" Vanessa nodded. "But I just don't like it."
"Hehe." Gilbert laughed, then explained to Li Huailin, "Their leader is called Merlin. He's an old friend of mine."
"When will Count Ballion's troops attack?" Li Huailin asked.
"Not so soon. Whether they can find us is also a problem," Gilbert said with a smile. Gilbert chuckled. "However, there are still quite a lot of them. According to Molin's information, there are at least 500 of them, more than all the bandit groups in the vicinity combined. Moreover, they're regular troops, well-equipped and well-trained. If a fight really breaks out, they'll be more than enough to wipe us out."
"So Merlin and the others are starting to pay attention," Vanessa said. "If we want to find them, we have to find their camp first."
"Where is their camp?" Li Huailin asked.
"This way." Gilbert pointed at the map and said, "It's here. We're here now, and this is York City. That means that if they start searching from here, the first place they'll find is Merlin's camp."
"What's the east side of here?" Li Huailin suddenly realized that the east side of the map was marked with a red shadow, and there were two lines drawn in the middle. Usually, this was the mark of a country's border.
"The east side is the border of the orcs." For some reason, Gilbert's expression changed when he mentioned the orcs. "The west side is the elven territory."
"This is the border between the three countries?" Li Huailin had just found out where he was. "Why doesn't it look like there are any troops stationed in York City, which is the border between the three countries?"
"It's precisely because it's the border that there aren't any troops stationed there. Now that you humans are fighting the Demons with all your might, you don't want to fight the orcs at all, so you've retreated your troops from the border. The orcs, on the other hand, are targeting the elves and have retreated their troops. Both sides have a tacit understanding, "Vanessa said. Vanessa said. As she was an elf, she sounded a little weird when she said that.
"I see …" Li Huailin nodded. "That's not good news."
"What do you mean?" Gilbert asked.
"Since you said that you withdrew your troops because of the ceasefire, wouldn't the orcs react when the humans sent another five hundred soldiers here? Or should I say, the orcs know about this?"
"It seems like there's no use for us to run." Gilbert immediately understood what Li Huailin meant. "The orcs will definitely station their troops at the border. If we try to run there, the orcs will definitely catch us. The situation is bad …"
"So we're going to be wiped out?" Li Huailin asked.
"Merlin asked me to talk to him tonight. I think with his ability, he should be able to tell how serious the situation is. I think he wants to ally with us," Gilbert suddenly said.
"Ally? I hate that stinky uncle, "Vanessa said, wrinkling her nose.
"Don't cause trouble, Vanessa," Gurem said.
"Anyway, let's make preparations first. Vanessa, how's our resource reserve?" Gilbert asked.
"Food can last for more than half a month, but we don't have that much alcohol. We'll run out in five days. There's no problem with firewood and clothes. We've always prepared a lot, so we should be able to survive the winter, "Vanessa, who was in charge of resource management, immediately reported.
"Let's stock up a little more. We robbed a lot of gold yesterday. Let's exchange it with the nearby villages. Also, send a few unfamiliar people to Moke City to buy some. Be careful not to be followed. Everyone, be careful," Gilbert said.
"Okay, I know what to do." Vanessa nodded.
"Gurem, call a few more whistles and expand the range of scouting. Information is very important," Gilbert said to Gurem.
"Okay, don't worry. I'll make the arrangements," Gurem said.
"As for Huailin … Hmm … You should understand the situation in our camp first. Otherwise, it won't be easy to assign missions …" Gilbert said after some thought.
"I have something to do in the afternoon. I should be back tonight," Li Huailin said.
"Okay, that's all for now. Merlin will send someone to contact us for a meeting at night. The three of you will come with me," Gilbert said.
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