Chapter 129: Chapter 126: My Heart is Being Stolen Away! Chapter 129: Chapter 126: My Heart is Being Stolen Away! The azure ocean, vast waves, the silver-white Flying leading a huge merchant fleet through the waves. On the deck of the Flying, Selvia in her snow-white priestly garb sat before a white grand piano, joyously playing the festive tune “Dance of the Golden Snake”, with the sunshine casting a dazzling brilliance upon her golden hair. Beside the piano, Catherine in a fiery-red evening gown lifted her violin to accompany the piece with a festive flourish, as the clamorous music reverberated between the heavens and the sea.
Just as Da Fei was wondering why the music was so out of sync with the atmosphere, the sky suddenly turned a fiery red, and a numerous shower of meteors smashed down with a cacophony of thunderous explosions, instantly plunging the entire world into darkness!
—Ahhhhhh!!! Da Fei screamed out loud, suddenly sitting up!
The New Year’s sunlight shone on Da Fei’s face, and the sounds of firecrackers, horns, gongs, and drums filled the air from outside his window; it turned out to be a dream! Da Fei took a deep breath of relief and wiped the sweat from his back. So, it’s almost New Year’s? Da Fei shook his head helplessly and slowly got up to go to the toilet—Holy crap! I must get to my computer! These few hours I slept until dawn, three days must have passed in the game, right? Who knows what happened in those three days, that dream just now scared the life out of me!
Da Fei hurriedly stuffed bread into his mouth while frantically putting on his helmet to log into the game.
Then a flash of light in front of his eyes, and the sound of Crossbow Cannons immediately filled his ears! A flood of system messages swamped the screen! Something big indeed happened! A fight has broken out! Da Fei was so shocked he nearly choked!
—System Prompt: Your troops have successfully repaired a Flower Demon barracks.
—System Prompt: One Forest Goddess has joined your forces.
—System Prompt: Your Deputy Officer Catherine has recruited 20 Flower Demons for free from a wilderness barracks.
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Deputy Officer Selvia has leveled up to 26!
—System Prompt: Your troops have successfully repaired a Flower Demon barracks.
—System Prompt: One Forest Goddess has joined your forces.
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Deputy Officer Selvia has leveled up to 28!
Da Fei quickly calmed himself, took a glance at the system messages, and was again stunned! So, while I was away, they were fighting on their own! Holy crap, my Flower Demons have grown to 400, and I’ve gathered 20 Forest Goddesses!! That’s like a dozen taken down! So does that mean the current gunfire is also part of the fight? This is like an online bot, right? Haha! Wahahaha!
Worthy of being an Epic Hero as a Deputy Officer, their intelligence and learning abilities are far beyond imagination! In open beta, when the Lord Player logs off, they usually assign the most capable Vice Hero to act as Deputy City Lord to defend the city, but NPC deputies are very conservative in defense, just holding out, even if the hero is a fiery-tempered Beastman Deputy City Lord, they rarely take the initiative to strike.
Of course, holding out is correct to protect the interests of Lord Players. In the game, the difficulty of siege warfare is quite high—taking a city might not be possible even with 10 to 1 losses, because during a defense, heroes are not limited by tactical positions, and all the mixed 0-level troops can be pulled up on the city walls. Hold out for a day, and the barracks in the city produce more troops for recruitment to continue the battle. That’s why during open beta the type of troop buildings were so valuable because Lord Players loved to increase the variety of troops in their cities and ensure their city’s defenses.
But in this case, they’ve actually taken the offensive!
Da Fei, excited, dashed out of the Captain’s cabin, and indeed, swarms of insects were toppling down, falling into the pond to dissolve into mist. Rows of Crossbow Cannons fired at the insect nests, and blood gushed like fountains!
Seeing Da Fei appear, Catherine chuckled as she approached, “Captain, you’re awake!”
Now that’s the life, that’s the thrill! Da Fei burst into a loud guffaw, patting his beloved vice hero’s fragrant shoulder: “Good! You’ve all done very well!”
Catherine said with a smile, “It’s all thanks to Lady Anwen’s tactical arrangements. Now we only need 150 Flower Demons and 50 Druids to attack an insect nest. As our troops continue to grow, we can take turns resting and fighting, basically achieving non-stop round-the-clock attacks! The further we go, the faster we’ll be able to fight!”
Oh, so it’s all thanks to the old lady! And here I was thinking Catherine had gotten so advanced? Maybe she really is that advanced? Enough said! Da Fei continued to encourage, “Good job!”
With a volley of Crossbow Arrows thundering out, the insect nest erupted into terrible screams, and the familiar System Prompt flooded the screen once again.
And with that screen refresh, Da Fei saw the latest system message.
— System Prompt: Deirdre has completed the first stage of ‘Hero’s Road’, becoming a Trial Hero, and the second stage ‘Immortal Road’ has begun.
— Task Hint: Please note! Deirdre has become a hero and acquired an independent identity, leaving your forces. Please maintain a good relationship with her, otherwise, Deirdre may be employed by other players involved in the ‘Hero’s Road’ quest. Currently, you have a 73% favorability with Deirdre. If the share of favorability falls below 50%, Deirdre may not join your faction.
— Deirdre: The mysterious Banshee on the Hero’s Road.
— Level 0 Trial Hero, specialty Banshee Leader, Attack 17, Defense 13…
Staring at the sudden burst of information, Da Fei was so shocked his balls nearly exploded!
What the heck! Can other players also receive this quest? The cooked duck I thought I had can actually fly away? Damn! Even wives can run off! And this isn’t the first time someone’s snatched her away, right? Everyone understands what a Banshee is like!
Damn it! Time waits for no one, Da Fei immediately said to Catherine: “I’ll leave this place to you, I’m diving into the Demon Camp!”
Catherine nodded, “Captain, take care on your journey!”
Right, Selvia is also about to hit level 30, with several Skill Points saved up, nothing much to say, level up Meditation Skill to Master Level, and learn Quirky Magic, the sub-skill that randomly reduces Mana consumption.
Then, Da Fei immediately transformed into Spiderman, and hurried off with two Charming Emperors. My sweetheart, I’ll let you see how big our child has gotten. Would you run away with someone else?
Come on, I want to see who has the guts to steal my sweetheart, I’ll destroy you bastard!
Da Fei hastily opened the forum to see what happened overnight, and was once again dumbstruck!
“Thanks to Dragon Slayer Guild for giving me level 6 troops! Thanks to National War for giving me a chance to stand out!” “Dragon Slayer Guild is hiring, players who participated in the Wisdom Ancient Tree campaign are given priority” “Buying a large number of level 6 Abyss Lords!” “Tycoons, gather round! Buy up all the Abyss Lords from the foreigners!”
What the hell! Abyss Lords? Am I seeing this right? Have Abyss Lords become as common as cabbages in the streets? What on earth happened tonight? (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is the greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)