Chapter 261 Leading Advantage
Phoenix was a very thorough and thoughtful person. On the way with several cars of undead, she asked Leo's driver to go to the Lower Moses Port City Hall and invited the mayor and the sheriff to get on Leo's extended luxury gas-powered car.
The pneumatic vehicle and three caravans drove to the front of the Night Watch Building. As the undead jumped down from the caravans, the mayor and the sheriff, whose faces were pale and whose legs were trembling slightly, supported each other and got off the pneumatic vehicle.
Seeing Bishop Cromwell and the haggard-looking captain of the Night Watch, the two men hurried to the side of the bishop as if they had seen a life-saving straw - if they were not afraid of embarrassment, they might have grabbed the bishop's priest robe and refused to let go.
The Tarantan undead who got off the caravan did not consider themselves outsiders at all. Some of them stood on the street and pointed at the "exotic" buildings and shouted, some pointed curiously at the bishop who was wearing "high-end equipment", and some walked past Bishop Cromwell and others without hesitation and went into the Night Watch Building.
Bishop Cromwell & Captain of the Night Watch: "..."
This group of undead didn't seem to be very aggressive, but they didn't seem very likable either... Their overly casual attitude and unbridled noise made them almost like an annoying tour group.
Bishop Cromwell was thinking this in his mind, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Phoenix get out of the car with the help of his secretary. He quickly straightened his robe and prepared to go forward to greet him.
He had just taken two steps when a group of undead appeared from the side, pointing at him arrogantly and stretching out their dirty bone claws, which were covered with khaki patina from the years, to touch his priest robe.
Cromwell: “???”
Before Cromwell could get angry, Phoenix, who had just gotten out of the car, saluted him respectfully with a smile: "Good day, Bishop Cromwell."
"Good day, Phoenix." Cromwell smiled kindly, shook off the dirty hands of the undead calmly, and asked with concern, "Has the matter of Leo's family been resolved?"
"Thank you for your concern. It has been resolved." Phoenix said regretfully, "It is a sad thing. I hope Leo's family can get over it as soon as possible."
Phoenix looked down on the actions of the Leo family, but this did not prevent her from protecting the reputation of the Leo family - after all, the Leo family was part of the Odysseus family, and if the Leo family's reputation was damaged, it would not benefit the Odysseus family in any way.
Bishop Cromwell understood immediately that the young lady wanted to let the matter of Leo 's family go, so he casually said a few words of blessing to Leo's family to avoid the matter, and politely invited Phoenix into the prepared "Night Watch Hall".
Phoenix still has some status in the eyes of the players. She starts to "follow the plot" with Cromwell, the "new priest NPC", and the players stop harassing His Eminence the Bishop.
But it is unlikely to make players learn to observe etiquette... When a group of NPCs enter the hall to talk, the players jump around in the hall like curious babies, touching and looking here and there, curious about everything.
The captain of the Night Watch was startled when he noticed some undead crawling into the corridor. He looked at Phoenix nervously, hoping that she could stop the undead from doing so.
...Unfortunately, Phoenix already knew that the curiosity of these undead could not be stopped, and did not respond to the expectations of the Night Watch Captain.
Not long after, from deep in the corridor leading to the interior of the building, there were screams of frightened people and the sound of hurried footsteps fleeing.
The undead moving around in the hall and on the street outside the door attracted their attention, and another group of undead ran into the corridor.
After a while, the captain of the night watch heard louder shouts and more intense movements...
The captain of the Night Watch turned his head stiffly and looked at Phoenix.
Phoenix remained unmoved, still chatting and laughing with the Bishop about the task arrangements for the undead...
The mayor, the sheriff, and the officials at the Night Watch headquarters were also very calm, and they all smiled in a friendly manner.
The captain of the night watch sat there for a while, feeling anxious and restless. He could not bear it any longer, so he stood up silently and strode into the corridor.
At the other end of the corridor is the rest room for the night watchmen, a very spacious room with a billiard area, a bar area and a leisure area, where one can relax and enjoy tobacco and read magazines.
The current time is 3:30 in the afternoon (the time in the other world). There are not many people in the lounge, only a few. They were all frightened by the large group of undead that suddenly broke in. They retreated behind the counter in the bar area and nervously confronted the undead unilaterally.
It was called a one-sided confrontation... because the undead were obviously more interested in the rest room than the night watchmen whose leisure space was disturbed, and they continued to run around the room, looking around like they did in the hall outside.
The captain of the Night Watch breathed a sigh of relief, but then veins popped out on his forehead - do you undead think you are tourists? ? Do you think this is a tourist attraction? !
With the bishop's guidance as his confidence, the captain of the Night Watch stepped forward without hesitation and drove out the undead.
He was ready to fight when he drove away the undead, but he didn't expect the undead to be so obedient. When they found out that they were not allowed to stay here, they really walked out obediently...
"I was able to walk around the castle just now. The NPCs here are really stingy."
"Forget it, let's wait until we finish the story and do the mission."
When there are tasks ahead, players will also behave themselves.
Phoenix lent the undead that he had "hired" at a high price to Moses Port to perform exorcisms. One reason was to ensure the normal operation of Moses Port and to prevent the finances of Moses Port from being affected. After all, at least half of the tax revenue of the Odysseus family came from Moses Port.
Secondly, it was to find a legitimate excuse for her behavior of "hiring" the undead to the territory of Odysseus - before officially launching a military offensive, she did not want the outside world to associate these Tarantan undead with mercenaries.
In addition, she naturally also intends to win the support of the church... Count Odysseus is still hesitating between her and her elder brother. Before her father makes up his mind, she will naturally do everything possible to increase her bargaining chips.
It was impossible for a shrewd man like Bishop Cromwell to fail to see through Phoenix's intentions, and he readily assured that the diocese of Moses Port would be grateful for Phoenix's attention and so on... Anyway, Phoenix had the halo of "Count Odysseus' most trusted daughter", so it wouldn't lose anything to support her.
Besides, even if Phoenix failed in the competition for the succession, it would not have much impact on him as the diocesan bishop - the local nobles could not influence the appointment of the diocesan bishop.
The two sides reached a consensus through interaction, and for the players, the lengthy "plot" was finally over.
When Phoenix signaled Bishop Cromwell to take out the event files that needed to be entrusted to the undead, Yang Qiu, who was squatting in Innadri as a stay-at-home, updated the task progress on the player's side in a timely manner.
The orange cat boss who was in the team like a salted fish saw the system prompt and uttered "Oh my God!" and hurriedly shared it with the two think tanks in the team.
When Miaobishenghua and Entropybutzeng learned about the progress of the tasks in this update, they couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh my God"...
"Completing two exorcist missions issued by the night watchman of Moses Port unlocks the Moses Port map and side story? Others can also form a group to go to the main city (Innaderi City) to talk to Lao Yang to open a teleportation point, and come here to snatch the mission from us?!" Qin Guan cursed at the time after hearing the retelling, "Are you sick? We came all the way here to do the world view breakthrough mission, but we are actually helping others open up new land?"
"That's right. We don't need anyone else to come. We can just open two groups in our blood alliance and call some individual players. Can't we finish the mission in Moses Port?" Give Me Medicine said angrily.
No one has any objection to distributing the benefits to individual players, but if Brother Lahong gets any advantage, everyone will be unhappy.
"There's nothing we can do. It's said to be a world view breakthrough mission, so it's hard to monopolize it." Miaobishenghua said painfully, "Just like the mission you and Xiaoxue ran last time, we worked hard to open the mining area as a monster spawning point, but can't anyone go there?"
"At least we can complete the two exorcist missions first, which is a leading advantage." En Buzeng analyzed calmly, "Don't rush to hand in the second mission after we finish it. First notify the Blood Alliance to quickly call on the individual players to form a team. Then we can pull a few more teams over to take over the mission first, and continue to maintain the leading advantage."
Entropy does not increase. Before I joined the Blood Alliance, I didn’t think the competition between Blood Alliance members was interesting. After I joined the Blood Alliance, I fought with opposing players in the popular monster spawning spot, the Poison Mist Swamp, from time to time, and gradually I became part of the Blood Alliance party. To put it bluntly, the competition among player groups in camps and gangs (guilds) is also a way to increase the confrontational nature of the game.
At present, the two players' blood alliances are competing for the highly efficient monster spawning point in the Poison Mist Swamp, which is full of elite monsters and small bosses, and the top-quality auction items released by the professional mentor... The "Book of the Dead" that Qin Guan got in the first two auctions often creates advantages for his side in the wild team battles between the two sides.
The best auction is only a few days away, and both sides are working hard to save game coins. The super lucrative and delicious Exorcist mission has a great impact!
Bishop Cromwell reservedly ordered his men to bring out the prepared event files, and the players rushed forward, carefully selecting the tasks with the highest payouts...
There are only two priority opportunities, so you must never give the most lucrative mission to the enemy!
The undead were so serious about flipping through the incident files that the locals of Moses Port, who were seeing this scene for the first time, were stunned.
"Phoenix, can these undead understand common language?" Cromwell asked Phoenix in surprise.
"Yes, Bishop." Phoenix smiled. "In fact, these Tarantan ghosts have even more shocking talents. They also understand painting and music."
Bishop Cromwell & others: “???”
"That... black magician Yang, not only has a unique style of doing things, but even his undead are quite amazing." Cromwell gave a reluctant compliment.
The Nightmare Butcher has never been to the territory of Odysseus, but there have been many rumors about him in the territory of Odysseus... Decades ago, a bounty notice for the Nightmare Butcher was posted on the streets of Odysseus.
In any case, Cromwell couldn't live with the Nightmare Butcher like his old rival Lee Gene. If this guy came to Moses Port, Cromwell would definitely move out overnight.
A ghost suddenly made a "KABAKA" sound and excitedly raised a red-covered book.
Bishop Cromwell, the captain of the night watch and the officials all jumped when they saw the red-leather book it was holding.
Unresolved incidents related to disasters will be covered in red.
When asking a folk exorcist to step on a landmine, the officials of the Night Watch will remove the cover... otherwise no folk exorcist would be stupid enough to accept a commission related to the disaster.
Considering that these undead were brought by Phoenix after all, the Night's Watch did not try to remove the cover. However, seeing that the undead were the first to pick out the red-covered book, the three people from the church still felt nervous.
As the dead spirits enthusiastically passed around the red-covered file, Bishop Cromwell was a little unsure whether the dead spirits would protest against them for mixing the disaster into the commission...
The calculation for the commission of the disaster incident was not easy, and the total number of undead coins exchanged by Phoenix was not too many. Bishop Cromwell could only take 200 gold coins of undead coins as compensation, and added the evil magic staff seized by the Night's Watch when they captured the gangsters - the undead should be able to accept this kind of black magic staff, right?
"Oh my god! A reward of 40,000 copper coins! And a high-level staff! Is this mission reward real?!"
"This is it! Don't choose any more, just this one! Take this mission quickly!!"
