Chapter 191 The Second Battle (Part 2)
When John was still more than a hundred meters away from Westham's camp, he smelled an extremely tempting and impressive aroma.
John, who had only eaten four or five boiled potatoes in nearly twenty hours, suddenly had his entire sensory system active. He inhaled hard through his nose, saliva emerged from his mouth, and even his stomach, which had been sitting quietly in his abdominal cavity, began to contract, reminding John how hungry he was.
John was not the only one who smelled the fragrance. He heard the man on his right with a stubble on his chin swallow hard and make a gurgling sound.
There were so many undead souls so close that these hungry young men dared not express their emotions and could only speed up involuntarily.
When John, whose legs were already starting to swell and sore, and whose speed had become little faster than walking, finally reached the front of Westram's camp, he finally saw the source of the fragrance.
Across the camp wall built with wooden boards and stones, on the open space in the camp, there was a long row of simple stoves made of stones and mud, with large pots on the stoves emitting steam.
“Here it comes, here it comes!”
The men guarding the gate of the camp called in, smiling and waving at John and the others who were staggering: "Come in and have something to eat!"
The young and strong men who had run for more than seven or eight hundred meters in a tense state now had not only little strength left, but also little thinking ability left in their brains. They were gasping for breath, and under the arrangement of these strange men, they entered the camp as docilely as sheep.
The strange men from Westham seemed to have experience in organizing crowds. They were busy but not chaotic, dividing the young and strong men who entered the camp into groups of thirty to fifty people, and took them to sit down in the open space that had been cleared in advance.
As soon as John's butt touched the ground, someone came jogging over with a large bucket and a pile of bowls.
The young men, including John, all had their eyes glued to the big wooden barrel - the closer they were, the more tempting the aroma became. If everyone had run out of energy, few would have been able to stand up after sitting down, and who knows if someone would rush up to grab it.
Soon, John received a glass bowl that was almost the size of his open palm (actually it was a lead-free glass bowl used to make bowl cakes in southern provinces and also used in beauty salons to mix essential oils. The wholesale price at 1688 was 65 cents each). The bowl was filled with half a bowl of soup, a small ball of curly noodles and several vegetable leaves.
"It's indeed fragrant noodles, the kind brought by the Undead Caravan!" The source of this familiar fragrance appeared in John's mind, and he lowered his head and gulped it down into his mouth.
A day ago, the caravan brought by the undead sold this kind of fragrant noodles to the residents of the slums, at two copper coins a bag.
The residents didn’t recognize the strange fonts on the packaging, but the strange noodles tasted really good... When the residents who were willing to buy them cooked the noodles at home, the fragrance could be smelled from seven or eight households away, so the residents gave these strange noodles the nickname of fragrant noodles.
People who have been hungry for a long time cannot overeat, let alone eat greasy food. In addition, it is inconvenient to cook food on the battlefield, so the resettlement meals prepared by the operators for this group of young and strong people are very casual: cook a big pot of instant noodles, add plenty of water, and then add a lot of green leafy vegetables collected from surrounding farmers.
The instant noodles cooked in this way can be described as watery, but as long as there is oil, salt and spices, the lower-class people in this world will not only not be picky, but will also give them a lot of face - when the security team members come to collect the bowls, every young and strong man licks the glass bowl clean.
A bowl of small, surprisingly low-cost big pot noodles calmed people's hearts. Then, literate agents appeared among the young and strong people with registration books, recording their names, leaving their home addresses, and asking about their work intentions...
The Bartles family worked hard to gather so many young and middle-aged men from the lower classes of the local area. How could they be worthy of Adela III's efforts if they didn't take advantage of the situation and make use of them?
These young and strong men have clean family backgrounds (people with backgrounds will not be drafted into the army), are hardworking, and are willing to work with Westham (they took the initiative to enter the enemy camp on the battlefield). They are very adaptable to Westham's needs. The Bartles family is so considerate!
The young and strong men who were forcibly conscripted to join the war never expected that they could be arranged with jobs after being captured (...), not to mention people like John who were already loyal to Westram, and a large number of street workers who did not have stable jobs quickly surrendered.
Even the waiters and workshop workers who originally worked in the South City left their old employers without hesitation when they heard that working for Mr. Rex would give them a starting salary of eight silver coins, free lunch, bonuses for full attendance, two new sets of clothes a year, and no need to pay money to the union.
The fact that they don't have to worry about the union is particularly popular - who would be willing to give 10% of their salary to someone they have no connection with?
When the job fair was held in Westham Camp, the West Gate was extremely lively.
Not long after the elite players occupied the city gate, ordinary players who had completed the task of receiving refugees also rushed up. Thousands of players instantly overwhelmed the city police force, which consisted of only a few hundred people.
The city defense troops ran very fast. Captain Horn saw that nearly 10,000 young and strong men disappeared without even causing a splash, so he quickly led his men to the north gate. The elite players who were eager to block the gate were not aware of it and failed to keep the people.
But even if the city defense troops escaped, those people on the city walls who were also considered mobile reputation packages had no chance of escaping. When a large group of players overwhelmed the city police, the old rivals Qin Guan and La Hongge led their elite teams into the city gate and climbed onto the city wall.
This group of players rushed up to the city wall, and both the players on this side and the Innadeli high-level players on the opposite side who didn't have time to get down from the city wall and escape, went crazy.
The reason why players are going crazy is that the NPCs on the opposite side are dressed like medieval nobles and European gentlemen from the early twentieth century. There are several plot bosses with names displayed in golden fonts above their heads. Catching one of them can be exchanged for thousands of points of territory reputation.
On the Innadri side, it was because everyone from Adela III to Butler Gould, to the mayor, sheriff, and other high-ranking officials of the city hall had witnessed with their own eyes how the city defense army had quickly left behind these big shots and fled...
"I told you that bastard Horn should be put in jail!"
Adela III roared in impotence and rage while trying to escape to the other side of the city wall, but his overly plump body made it impossible for him to run; soon, the undead staring at the name above his head and drooling rushed towards him frantically...
Half an hour later.
Yang Qiu, who rode an undead horse to show his identity as a black magician, and Charlie Rex and Wagner Pitt, who rode lizard horses, and more than a hundred security guards entered the west city gate openly and upright.
The players have completely controlled the West City Gate. The city police have been stripped down to their underwear (players have discovered that stealing NPC clothing is the cheapest way to get fashion), tied up their hands and feet, and thrown under the city gate. The personal guards of the Bartles family and high-ranking officials of the City Hall have received similar treatment.
The undead who attacked the city at lightning speed... had no intention of welcoming their own lord. When the two "NPC lords" entered the city, the players formed a circle in the market square inside the city gate and watched the fun.
Surrounded by the undead were the "Golden Story BOSS Adela III" who had also been robbed down to his underwear and tied up like a pig with restraints, and... the two gangs of Qin Guan and La Hongge who were fighting each other.
Wagner, who was still marveling at the fact that he had returned to Innadli in this way, suddenly had a lot of question marks on his mind.
"Yang, why are the undead fighting? Isn't the battle over?" Rex asked in surprise.
Yang Qiu said calmly: "Don't be nervous, they are just deciding the ownership of Adela III."
Rex & Wagner: “???”
"The reward for capturing Adela III alive is 3,000 territory reputation points." Yang Qiu said, "The two groups of undead both believe that they are the biggest contributors to the capture of Adela III. When communication cannot resolve the dispute, they decided to use PK to determine who is right and who is wrong. This is a very simple and effective way to solve the problem, isn't it?"
Rex & Wagner: "..."
"Don't worry about them. No matter who wins among them, Adela III will be handed over to you in the end." Yang Qiu rode his horse around the players who were making a fuss, looked around, and raised his left arm towards the intersection of West Street.
At the corner of the street, there was a hotel with closed doors and windows. The attic window was opened, and an agile figure climbed out of the attic, landed lightly on the ground, and trotted towards Yang Qiu.
"Tuttle." Rex nodded in a friendly manner as the other party came closer.
Among the former thieves, Rex did not agree with Hal, but he was always polite to Tuttle Joe and Pansy.
Tuttle nodded to Rex and said to Yang Qiu, "Pansy is waiting for news outside the City Hall, and Hal is on St. Joseph Street."
Yang Qiu was quite satisfied with the execution ability of the three brothers, and immediately ordered: "Rex, you go take over the City Hall, Wagner, you assist Rex. I will go to look after St. Joseph Street."
"Okay." Rex immediately set off with the security team members, and before leaving, he did not forget to pick out the high-ranking officials of the city hall from the pile of prisoners.
After sending Rex away, Yang Qiu quickly issued a looting... uh, anti-pornography and anti-illegal mission to the group of players who came to watch the fun, and asked the players to follow him and repeat what they had done when attacking Westram in several red-light districts on St. Joseph Street.
As soon as the mission was released , more than a thousand players who were watching the fun quickly flocked to Lord Yang, who had been ignored by them for a long time...
It is now ten o'clock in the morning in the other world. There are no good people stranded in the Fireworks Land during this time period. Let the undead sweep the hotel area, tavern area, and club area, and there will be no accidental injuries.
Because Naderi is a big city after all, the gray industry there is even worse than that of Westham in the past; in order to avoid turmoil in the entire city, Yang Qiu cannot just slaughter those fat sheep of the nobles right away, and he does not need to have any scruples in cleaning up the gray industry.
