534 A Brave Warrior Should Pillage (1/2)

Old John was a village chief at the border of the Empire. His life was as common and uneventful as his name. Even the chief post was inherited from his father.

According to his age, he should be living an uneventful life. A young man scrambled back to the village and informed the villagers that there was a group of strange Humans and monsters outside the village.

The Humans looked as though they were captured by the monsters. The kind Old John wouldn't allow his kind to be captured by monsters. Who knew if the Humans were from his village or nearby villages?

Old John gathered all the young lads in the village and armed them with farming tools and fire torches. Most of the wild beasts and monsters were afraid of fire. That was Old John's experience.

During normal times, Old John would teach the young lads how to swing their weapons and defend themselves with fire torches. His efforts were now paying off.

Old John brought the armed lads to Dragonborn and Arthur's location. Old John thought that it was just some wandering beasts. When he saw the Orcs washing their hands in the distant stream, he panicked.

”By the grace of the Sacred Light, what kind of monsters are they? I have never seen such monsters before.”

Old John shook his head as he muttered to himself. Those Orcs looked terrifying.

He had only encountered the distant relatives of Dire Wolves and huge black bears. The Dire Wolves were much larger than normal wolves.

The more terrifying monsters would only appear deep in the mountains or the woods. However, Orcs were more terrifying than wild beasts. The Orcs were huge in size, and their appearance looked strange due to their green skin.

The facial features of an Orc looked similar to Humans. They looked like Humans, but they didn't behave like Humans, and that was terrifying.

Though they looked scary, Old John wasn't frightened. He drummed up his courage and rallied the young lads.

Old John brought the villagers and surrounded the gamers.

When Old John got near the Humans, he discovered that they weren't prisoners of the monsters. They were more like companions.

Old John didn't let down his guard.

A few Humans who had green symbols above their heads walked out of the group. They wore armor that was covered in bloodstains and looked as though they had gone through a battle. Their steps were weary, but their gazes were full of vigor.

The few Humans came before Old John and the villagers. Then, a scary and deformed man walked out and said to the villagers, ”Who is your leader? We mean no harm. I'm Hoodlum from Victoria City. I don't know if you have heard of the city. We fought against Underworld creatures recently and are heroes of the world. The Underworld creatures are standing behind me. Don't be afraid. They aren't bad creatures, and they are with us!”

Hoodlum pointed at Arthur and his companions.

Hoodlum spoke in the Surface World common language, so Arthur didn't understand.

This didn't stop the other gamers of Victoria City from translating. Sylvanas asked TakeASpearHit, ”What did Hoodlum say?”

”He's telling them our intentions and explaining that you're not bad creatures and that we're on the same side.”

BurningChestHair immediately spoke in the Underworld language, saying, ”Why are we on the same side as them? Didn't we obtain the Strange Encounter Mission? Will the rewards be taken by them?”

”Yes, I feel like these NPCs. Nobody will believe the Strange Encounter Mission and the rewards belong to them,” Peasant said worriedly. The gamers of Eternal Kingdom spoke in the Underworld language that the Victorians couldn't understand.

Seeing that the gamers of Eternal Kingdom were chatting in their own language, the Victorians chatted using the Victorian language.

If they were unable to understand each other, they would start to doubt each other. Moreover, the gamers of Victoria City and Eternal Kingdom were already at loggerheads. Someone asked the opposing side why they weren't speaking in Mandarin, and the opposing side returned the question.

The villagers of the Empire didn't have to attack, and the gamers of the two factions were already at each other's throats.

Fortunately, Dragonborn and Arthur came forward to diffuse the situation.

To Old John and the villagers, the Humans and the monsters looked like they were quarreling using different languages. Occasionally, they would use the same language.

There were two Fairies by their side. Though Old John hadn't seen Fairies before, he had seen the pictures and heard about Fairies from other people. Fairies were the steadfast allies of Humans. They appeared in many legends and stories.

Old John and the villagers weren't so guarded against the gamers.

What made Old John let down his guard totally was a meaningful object that Hoodlum took out from his pocket.

It was a highly refined gold piece.