A large group of men and horses returned to White Stone Town.
The citizens of White Stone Town were panicking at first, but when they saw that this team was not bandits, but a convoy of people transporting supplies, their panic faded a lot and was replaced by curiosity. They came forward one after another and watched with great vigor.
Bai Xiaowen stood on top of a pile of wood and gave a speech.
"My people, from today onwards, your miserable lives will never return."
"Look at these people, they used to be members of the Black Wind Bandits, the largest bandit group in town! But now, they have been reformed by me and have become the glorious soldiers of the White Stone Town Construction Legion. Yes, the leader of the Black Wind Bandits, Ian, has been executed. This evil bandit group has become the dust of history! "
"This is only the beginning. Next, we will capture and incorporate more bandits to enrich the White Stone Town Construction Legion. We will build a large number of houses for the homeless refugees and wanderers to live in. We will cultivate more farmland for the farmers who have lost their land to cultivate. We will open up trade routes for more traveling caravans to trade with us in exchange for necessities. "
"I, the Lord of White Stone Town, Dior Kail Bloom, am a man of my word. Any White Stone Town citizen who has no home and has to endure the cold winds of the north can apply to my butler, Harvey, to build a wooden house. "
Among the crowd, the silver miner Anton could not hold back his excitement. He walked over and knelt in front of Bai Xiaowen, "We will always remember your strength and kindness, my Lord!"
Anton originally had a side mission to exterminate the Black Wind Bandits. He did not expect that Bai Xiaowen would rush to the cliff mine and take down the rampant Black Wind Bandits in one fell swoop, although he had refused the mission on the surface.
After receiving Anton's favorability notification, Bai Xiaowen jumped down from the pile of wood and nodded, "Harvey, Anton, the White Stone Silver Mine worker, had his home burned by the Black Wind Bandits recently. Let him be the first family to apply to build a wooden house."
Harvey had already recovered from his shock and replied loudly, "Yes, my Lord. Mr. Anton will definitely have the strongest wooden house in White Stone Town. "
Anton was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He knelt down and kissed Bai Xiaowen's shoes.
With An Dong as an example, the other citizens rushed forward and applied to build wooden houses. For a moment, Harvey was flustered.
"My Lord, we don't have any food and have to endure hunger every day," one of the citizens said boldly. Can you give us the wooden house in exchange for food? "
Kitts glared. "You've received the Lord's grace and you're still not satisfied? Are you bargaining here?"
Bai Xiaowen already had a plan for this. He smiled and raised his hand, saying, "Don't be nervous. There will be wooden houses and food. Any healthy citizen can apply to join the White Stone Town Construction Corps and work in exchange for rations! "
Currently, the five units under the "Construction Army" were all bandits, and their composition was the same. Bai Xiaowen intended to recruit a group of citizens and add them to the Construction Army. This way, he would be more at ease.
In the near future, Bai Xiaowen had already formulated a development plan. That was to use war to support war, incorporate other bandit lairs, and use the seized money to buy food to support the army.
This method was of course not a long-term plan. Once the bandit lairs were swept clean, the White Stone Town territory that lacked continuous income would inevitably fall into a predicament of money and food shortage. However, that was already a matter for many days.
Besides, after Bai Xiaowen recruited a certain number of troops, he intended to go to the Black Rock Defense Line. When the time came to join the Human Race Alliance Army, would there be any need to worry about food? That was non-existent.
After this speech, Bai Xiaowen, the Lord, could be considered to have gained a lot of face in White Stone Town. His Lord page had also changed.
The population column had increased from the original 7 to 183, and the number was still constantly jumping. This meant that the number of citizens who were willing to listen to his orders and be influenced by his influence was increasing.
In the building materials column, the number displayed was 36. This was the wood materials that were dismantled from the Black Wind Bandit camp. After checking, the number of "36" meant that it was enough to build 36 wooden houses.
The food column increased to 783. This was also the food stockpiled from the Black Wind Bandit camp. It was enough to support the Construction Army for a few days. Of course, now was the time to consider the matter of buying food.
The people's sentiment column had increased to 15. Bai Xiaowen could not help but sigh. The citizens were really easy to satisfy.
The livability suddenly increased to 13, an increase of 10 points. This was enough to show that the Black Wind Bandit group had a large influence on White Stone Town territory.
What did not change was the prosperity, which was still at 5 points. However, when the food trade line was established, there would be caravans coming, and the prosperity would definitely increase.
Bai Xiaowen left Kitts, Bonita, Harvey and the others to maintain order, while he and Li Shuyi entered the Lord's Mansion. The treasure chest for killing Ian and his elite bandits had not been opened yet.
Bai Xiaowen first opened Ian's golden treasure chest.
The battle score was A, and there were a total of 10 golden cards. There were three draws that would not be empty.
However, before he could draw, Bai Xiaowen received a notification:
"You received a special item: Ian's Diary. This item will definitely drop, and it will not enter the loot draw list. "
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes.
"This bandit leader Ian is indeed not an ordinary bandit. There is something else going on."
Bai Xiaowen opened the diary and skimmed through it.
On the title page of the diary, there was a paragraph:
[I, Ian Benedict, swear to be loyal to the Holy Light forever. I will always practice the path of a knight until the end of my life.]
Li Shuyi frowned: "This paragraph … … is really strange. When Ian became a bandit, didn't he feel ashamed looking at this diary every day? "
Bai Xiaowen flipped to the next page.
A lot of the diary was torn, and the remaining pages were records of robbing a certain place on a certain date. However, when he looked at the records, Bai Xiaowen found some suspicious points.
For example, one of the pages was dated Year 982 of the Kane calendar:
[Blackthorn Farm has a huge problem.]
[I ambushed the Blackthorn Farm and detected a batch of pestilence grains. After burning the plague grains, I returned. I did not find the disseminator.]
Another example was the third last page, which was dated Year 983 of the Kane calendar: Year 983 of the Kane calendar.
[Suspected Whitestone Silver Mine.]
[Raided Whitestone Silver Mine. Detected miners. Discovered two guards infected by the Undead Plague.]
[I killed the guards and burned the silver mine. Returned.]
On the next page, there were some scribbles that were heavily crossed out.
The sentence that was crossed out was identified as follows: [I don't know if this is meaningful. I only feel that I am getting further and further away from the Holy Light and the path of a knight.]
At the back, Ian wrote another line of words with all his might:
[Archbishop Arlo can't be wrong. I repent for my suspicions. I will do my best to fulfill the oath of my six compatriots and investigate the source of the Undead Plague.]
[The glory of the Black Edge will always be in my heart.]
After reading the diary, suddenly, a notification from the Spiritual Realm was sent to the two of them.
[Hero Level Side Mission 1: The Truth of the Plague] Activated.
[Mission Objective: Investigate the truth of the Undead Plague and find the true disseminator.]
[Mission Difficulty: B]
[Mission Duration: 10 days]
[Mission Reward: Unknown]
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's expression changed at the same time. A Hero Level Mission! This was the first time they encountered one.
Li Shuyi was confused and asked, "What happened? After reading the diary, I am even more confused. What is the Undead Plague? Is Ian a good person or a bad person? "
Bai Xiaowen sorted out his thoughts and said:
"All my previous questions have basically been answered. In fact, Ian is a knight of the Church of Holy Light. He didn't betray us, but pretended to be a bandit. The purpose is to find out the truth behind this' Plague of the Undead '. "
Li Shuyi frowned. "Why did he pretend to be a bandit?"
Bai Xiaowen speculated, "Maybe it was to facilitate the operation. According to the diary and Anton's previous words, I can deduce that the people and grains infected by the Undead Plague should have a period of incubation. The problem can't be detected, but it can be detected through a certain method … Next, he had to burn the grains and kill the infected. In many people's eyes, he was killing innocent people. It's incomprehensible. "
Li Shuyi understood. "As a knight of the Church of Holy Light, Ian can't search casually, and he can't kill civilians. There are restrictions everywhere. But if he pretends to be a bandit, he won't have such restrictions and won't damage the reputation of the Church of Holy Light. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Yes, there are six other people who changed their identities like him. They should be scattered throughout the Northern Borderline. Their code name is Black Edge. "
"Oh … I killed a good person by mistake." Li Shuyi was a little upset.
Bai Xiaowen smiled bitterly and shook his head. "During the battle, who would know if he was a good person? For the sake of the Church of Holy Light's reputation, he definitely wouldn't reveal his true identity. He would only go down the dark path. "
"Then … this Hero Level Side Mission, should we accept it?" Li Shuyi asked.
"If we accept the mission, we should be able to draw the item that Ian used to detect the Undead Plague from the treasure chest." Bai Xiaowen thought for a while. "Accept it. There's no reason not to do a Hero Level Side Mission. Plus, this is a continuous mission, so the rewards are usually better."
After the two of them accepted the Truth of the Plague mission, they began to draw the loot cards. Just as Bai Xiaowen had predicted, the first item was the [Plague Detector]. It was a monocle, and the frame of the monocle glowed faintly.
[Plague Detector: Special Item. Within 60 seconds after activation, you can see people or things infected by the Undead Plague. After each use, you need to pray for 10 minutes to recharge. You can only recharge it once per day. Current number of uses: 0/1]
"This item has a lot of limitations. It can only be used for 60 seconds after 10 minutes of charging, and it can only be recharged once per day … No wonder Ian couldn't make any progress after months of hard work." Bai Xiaowen shook his head and tried to recharge it.
"You don't have the faith of the Holy Light. Unable to recharge."
"Damn, I need a special interface …" Bai Xiaowen complained. "Luckily, I tricked a trainee knight. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to complete this mission."
Next, there were two more chances to draw cards from Ian's treasure chest. Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi decided to draw one each.
Li Shuyi drew first and turned the card around. It was a necklace with a high-end golden glow.
[Arbiter's Determination (Bound upon pickup)]
[Grade: Hero (Gold)]
[Equipment Position: Neck]
[Equipment Requirement: 15 Base Constitution]
[Attribute: Constitution + 3]
[Additional Skill: Protection: Summon the Holy Light and form a shield of light around your body. Lasts for 30 seconds. The shield absorbs 2 of your Constitution. Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[Durability Description: Every knight of the Black Spear Arbiter has an unparalleled firm belief.]
"A superb necklace," Bai Xiaowen commented and gave Li Shuyi a thumbs up.
Some Gold equipment added attribute points, while others added skills. Generally speaking, Gold equipment that added about 5 points of attribute points was considered superb.
Of course, Li Shuyi's Levitation Necklace did not add any attribute points, but it had a very practical life-saving skill. It was also a superb piece of equipment.
This necklace, Arbiter's Determination, not only added 3 points of Constitution, but it also had a practical shield skill! Although the 24-hour cooldown was a little long, it was still a superb piece of equipment. It was even more valuable than the Levitation Necklace.
Li Shuyi smiled sweetly. "I already have a necklace. You can have this necklace … Your dog collar is so ugly. Hurry up and change it."
Bai Xiaowen smiled as he put on the Arbiter's Determination necklace. His Constitution had reached 20 points, which was comparable to a Level-3 tank-type profession. Moreover, he had a 40-point shield skill.
Bai Xiaowen selected the card for the last draw.
"You have received a special item: Oath of Shattering."
Li Shuyi took a look and suddenly exclaimed, "A party creation item!"
[Oath of Shattering: Allows the Awakened to establish a temporary party to explore the Spirit Realm together. The party cannot exceed (2) members. The Awakened's level cannot exceed (6). After one exploration of the Spirit Realm, the party will automatically disband. This item will disappear after use.]
"It's just a temporary party creation item. The level restriction is Level-6. It's not bad." Bai Xiaowen quickly judged the value of this item. "In order to maximize the profit, it should save the Psionic Points needed for two Level-6 Heroes to form a party … 48,000 points. Of course, under normal circumstances, there won't be such a huge profit. For the two of us, using it at Level-6 can save about 36000 Psionic Points. "
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