Chapter 255 Hidden Mission Trigger
While Adela III and his steward and knights were plotting how to take advantage of Leo's grand event to cause trouble, at Leo's Crescent Manor east of Moses Port, no one, whether the host or the distinguished guests, Odysseus and his sister, was in the mood to think about the welcome party.
Crescent Manor is a castle-style manor built by Leo's family twelve years ago. It is about fifteen kilometers away from the city, backed by mountains and adjacent to Lake Jacob. It covers an area similar to that of a small town. The manor has a large retro-style building complex and a beautiful Southern Empire Sokri-style garden. It has hosted members of the Rhine royal family and ministers of the royal capital. It is one of the most luxurious manors in the territory of Odysseus.
Master Parker would occasionally stay at Crescent Manor for a while in the summer, so he was no stranger to this place. However... this time, he did not call on the servants at the manor to bring his favorite horse for a walk by the lake as usual, nor did he rush around to vent his excess energy. Instead, he was particularly honest... and followed his sister.
It wasn't that he suddenly wanted to cultivate a relationship with Phoenix, who loved to scold people, but because of Mr. Lowell who was beside Phoenix - he couldn't feel at ease without staying with this black-robed supervisor of the Prosperous Church!
"Since you are so scared, why don't you go find a hotel in the city and stop being an eyesore here." Phoenix didn't like his brother running away, but he also didn't want to be so clingy to his adult brother, so he hurriedly chased him away after only half a day.
"How do I know if there are still vampires in the city? The second vampire who ran to Innadri didn't disguise himself as a member of Leo's family." Master Parker argued.
The young men of the Leo family who were sitting in the room all looked particularly embarrassed...
Phoenix didn't bother to pay attention to Parker who was afraid of everything. He put down the teacup and continued to talk to the eldest son of Leo's generation: "Koster, have you never noticed Simpson's abnormality?"
"I'm sorry, Miss Phoenix. Until the news came back... we really didn't know that Simpson had been replaced by a vampire." Coster Leo, the eldest son of this generation of the Leo family, said half sadly and half scared. "Simpson and I grew up together. I really - I really find it hard to believe that my brother was killed by a vampire for some reason, and not only did I know nothing about it, but I also always thought the murderer was my poor brother."
It is impossible for a person whose identity is replaced by a vampire to survive, and even his human skin will not be left behind - human skin contaminated by the vampire's power will turn into ashes after the vampire's death.
Phoenix nodded, but she did not doubt that Coster would cover for the vampire who murdered his cousin... She had also seen "Simpson Leo" when she passed by Moses Port before, and she really did not see any flaws.
Glancing at the dozen or so young men of the Leo family sitting neatly in the room, Phoenix turned to look at the black-robed inspector who was quietly drinking tea: "Mr. Lowell, what do you think...?"
Rowell nodded slightly: "There is not a trace of vampire in this manor. It seems that after the incident was exposed, its companions cleaned up the traces here."
Coster Leo, who was sitting across from Phoenix, immediately changed his expression... What does that mean?! Are there other vampires in Leo's family? ?
Lowell met Koster's gaze and said gently, "Child, while the vampire was pretending to be your cousin, was he particularly close to someone? This person is most likely a stranger from outside, who was brought to you by the vampire claiming to be a new friend, a new servant, or a person of the opposite sex he admired, and he showed a relatively close and trusting relationship with you."
Including Koster, many of the young men of the Leo family who were sitting uneasily on the sofa nearby showed expressions of fear.
"Jones Ford!" Coster said nervously, "A man who claimed to be from the Taqia territory. Two years ago... two and a half years ago, he was brought home by Simpson... no, by that vampire. He said he knew him in the city and hired him as a riding instructor!"
"Most vampire nobles have vampire followers around them." Brother Lowell said, "Is this Jones Ford still in your house?"
"This... has already left." Koster looked a little reluctant. "After hearing the news from Innadri, my father sent away all the people who had been employed by The Simpson."
Brother Lowell couldn't help but shake his head.
He was very familiar with the work style of this family that tried hard to get close to the nobility. It was obvious that after the Simpson scandal, the Leo family did not want any news about the Simpson to be known by outsiders, so it was just routine practice to dismiss the servants, riding teachers and other people who were close to the Simpson in advance or even send them away far away.
With a reasonable excuse to leave Leo's house, the vampire follower would surely change his identity quickly, and it would not be so easy to find this "Jones Ford" again.
Phoenix was not surprised at all that the Leo family would do this, and said, "Mr. Lowell, since this vampire follower has left, does that prove that the Leo family is safe (no vampires)?"
"It's hard to say." Brother Lowell shook his head again and looked at Phoenix. "To truly see through the vampire's disguise, I think we still have to borrow the power of the undead."
Koster, who was sitting opposite the coffee table, was a little dazed, wondering if he had misheard the words of the priest with a strange accent.
Phoenix thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay. Coster, please tell your father that after lunch, call all the people in the manor, remember, all the people, including the gardeners, grooms, and the laborers who do rough , to the fountain square."
Crescent Manor is ostensibly the property of the Leo family, but in reality it is still the property of the Odysseus family. Naturally, Phoenix is not unfamiliar with this place - the so-called white gloves are the same as worldly servants, except that if one performs well enough, he can be treated better than ordinary servants and be more respectable in front of his master.
Coster, who was flattered as a young master outside, had no discomfort with Phoenix's commanding tone and responded respectfully.
When the white gloves of the great nobles made the Leo family leap from a commoner to a wealthy family far above the middle class, ordinary small nobles had to be polite to their people. Coster, the heir to the white gloves business of the Leo family, certainly would not be confused about his own position.
Phoenix ordered the Leo family to gather all their members to investigate the vampires, and Brother Lowell ordered Wagner to set up the "Undead Summoning Platform".
This "Undead Summoning Platform" carried by twenty militiamen and Wagner was actually a "round table" that Yang Qiu had custom-made at a suburban door and window factory after he received a high-premium "deposit" from Phoenix and returned to Earth.
The tabletop is the size of an Eight Immortals Table, with cold-rolled stainless steel plates welded on the top and bottom. The magic circle for summoning the undead is engraved in the interlayer of the steel plates (the workers thought the person who made the order had a middle school syndrome), and tin-aluminum alloy is poured inside (the same property as the permanent magic circle), and then cut into components that can be assembled.
Yang Qiu got this assembled version of the Undead Summoning Permanent Steel Plate Round Table, threw away the middle piece, used magic to melt the molten iron to make a formation core with a built-in matrix imprint, and then asked the Innadeli State-owned Metallurgical Plant to wrap it with a circle of stainless steel, and that was it.
When he needed to let the undead "run field work" to earn funds for the Mage Tower, he would ask the indigenous tools to take this assembled teleportation array to other places, assemble it , embed the array core into it, and Yang Qiu would then pull the teleportation point into the matrix and open it to the players... It was very stable.
The cost of the "summoning array" paid by Ms. Phoenix is enough to customize thousands of low-cost steel round table summoning arrays. After use, it can be left in the territory of Odysseus. Yang Qiu will definitely not feel any pain in the slightest.
While the teleportation array was being assembled, Yang Qiu, who was squatting in Innadili, immediately searched for a suitable "hidden task triggerer" among the online players.
My elder sister Yang Ying doesn’t like to do regular tasks. After her territory’s reputation was high enough to do the second level, she hasn’t done it on purpose, so I can’t find a reason to send them to her.
The two female players, Gummy and Gala, who are inseparable from Enbuteng, have also been led astray by Yang Ying. Gala was originally quite happy to brush up her territory reputation, but now she goes online every day to find Yang Ying to form a team to kill monsters and open up new land in the wild... It is also difficult to force her to complete the tasks.
As for Miaobishenghua... Qin Guan and Give Me Medicine are both leading the team to kill monsters.
Yang Qiu couldn't help but sigh, "You old players, can you be more powerful and have some self-awareness? Is it fun to not do the missions or gain reputation, and to just mess with the wild monsters of Tarantan every day?"
After going through all the friends and relatives who were not increasing in entropy and writing brilliantly, Yang Qiu finally found a suitable target...
The only business player in the game, a ginger cat, had just taken a batch of goods "wholesale" from Ji Tang to the countryside to clear them out. After exchanging the NPC's currency for player-used game coins, he happily teleported to Inadli City and ran to the free market on St. Joseph Street to visit the player stalls.
This free market... of course it is not a stall for players, but a place where vendors and small merchants from inside and outside the city operate. Every year when caravans come to Innadli, some caravans will set up stalls here to sell their goods.
Because it serves foreign caravans, the Free Market is very large. It is not only a place for players to gather in large groups and a platform for practicing skills, but also a good place to set up stalls...
The free market nowadays is a scene where both citizens and undead coexist: the human stalls are concentrated on the east side, close to the Guancheng River; a small trapezoidal area on the west side close to the road is occupied by the undead. During the peak online period, some teams will wait for people or players who have not found a team will come to set up stalls and compete with each other.
The time now is 11 a.m. in the other world, 6 p.m. on Earth. There is still an hour or so before the peak of players online. There are not many player stalls in the market, only about ten or so.
But for players like Orange Cat Boss who have a keen sense of trade, this time before the online peak is a good time to buy goods - most activities are carried out during the peak period, and people online at this time are either calling for people to form a group or waiting for people to form a group. They are not so obsessed with the price when selling things, and they are willing to make a move almost immediately...
"A hundred coppers for this bunch of spider venom sacs? That's too much, bro. These things are everywhere. You can buy them at the entrance of a spider's nest for much cheaper. Add some magic residues, or I'll lose a lot."
"Brother, the properties of your gauntlet are pretty good. If it were sold two months ago, it would have been sold at this price. But it's a bit of a rip-off to still ask for this price now. Please make it cheaper!"
"A brand new steel blade only costs twenty coppers! You've already had this one repaired several times, it's already too expensive at half the price!"
As a business player, of course you can't just make money from trading with NPCs. It's also normal to trade materials and equipment among the player community... It doesn't matter how much you make, the process of making money itself is an enjoyment.
After collecting a backpack of economical materials and equipment, the orange cat boss was about to visit the remaining players' stalls, when suddenly a few lines of yellow words popped up in the information bar:
"The "Commission from the Odysseus Family" has been triggered."
"Dear member of the Undead Chamber of Commerce, there is a ginger cat. Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has received a commission from the Odysseus family. I wonder if you are willing to take on this important task that is related to the future development of the Chamber of Commerce?"
When the orange cat boss first glanced at the system prompt, he didn't realize what was happening, and continued to carry his delivery backpack to the next player stall.
After walking a few steps, an orange cat froze and suddenly looked down at the information board.
"What the hell?! A hidden mission??"
