Chapter 293: The Undead Lord Has an Orange Cat
Within a few days, the bizarre battle in the eastern wilderness of Odysseus territory spread rapidly from the Rhine Kingdom and the Nosk Federation to all directions through newspapers, radio stations, current affairs magazines and other channels.
The feud between Count Odysseus and Archduke Lionel had been repeatedly reported by newspapers and radio stations in many places after the Odysseus family publicly declared war. When the result of the battle came out, even though the Odysseus family did not pay for it themselves, it attracted a lot of attention.
So... countless people were shocked and their eyes and jaws dropped.
"The Odysseus family defeated Lionel without a single blow? The Crown Prince of the Principality of Lionel was captured before the war began? Or was it those Tarantan Undead who did it?!"
In a luxurious single-family villa in the inner city of Moses Port, Adela III, who had lost a lot of weight, tightly grasped the newly issued Moses Port Weekly. His bloodshot eyes were almost glued to the front page of the newspaper, staring in disbelief at the report text that still smelled of ink.
"Too absurd, too absurd." The old butler muttered absentmindedly, "It is absurd that the army of such a great principality is so vulnerable."
Horn, the only remaining knight of Adela III, sat silently beside him without saying a word.
Because Miss Phoenix was very low-key, until the Odysseus family officially declared war, III had never found an opportunity to approach the Odysseus children to inform them that "Innadri had bad intentions and that pretty boy was a liar."
This matter almost became a thorn in Adela III's heart. No one knew better how difficult those undead were than Adela III, who had "personally" experienced the feeling of being captured by the undead, and Horn, who had personally fought against the undead.
You can never kill them all, you always have endless energy, and they always appear in the place on the battlefield where you least want to see them - this is the deep impression that will be left on anyone who has fought against the Tarantan Undead.
Even though the master and his servants were very reluctant to admit it...they all knew very well that if the Odysseus family had tried the benefits of hiring the undead, then it was almost certain that the Odysseus family would never turn against the bandit regime that currently occupied Innadri...
This means that it is impossible for the III to get any help from the Odysseus family.
Adela III put down the newspaper tremblingly, his face looking much uglier than that of his old butler and his only dependent knight.
"It's meaningless to stay here." The Third said with trembling lips, "Gould, let Madam sell the property and we will move to the north."
The old butler closed his eyes and responded sadly.
Odysseus, who had been neighbors with the Bartles family for a hundred years, at least still had a little face with the third generation, who was once the master of Innadri. After going to the north where he had no roots, the third generation, who only had the title of "Viscount Bartles", became just like everyone else, no different from those impoverished nobles who had only empty titles.
But what can be done about it - with the Odysseus family getting closer and closer to Innadri's new regime, it will be even more difficult for the Third Generation to make a comeback.
The sad departure of a down-and-out viscount did not attract much attention in Moses Port.
In contrast to the distraught III, the citizens of Port Moses, who had once been terrified to go out on the streets because of the undead running around in the streets, showed great enthusiasm for the news pushed in newspapers and radio stations - the winner was their great lord, and the one who achieved great success was the Tarantan undead who once ran around and had fun under their noses; even though the citizens of Port Moses had no idea where the land that had been occupied by Lionel for thirteen years was, it did not prevent the locals who had little entertainment activities from talking about it with relish.
The only people who had mixed emotions about this matter and couldn't happily discuss it on the streets like ordinary citizens were probably the mercenaries in the city.
"Will those undead come to Moses Port again?" This is the most concerning issue for the mercenaries who make a living in Moses Port.
When it comes to their jobs, no one can help but worry - if these Tarantan undead continue to run to Moses Port, it is obvious that the mercenaries' business will be greatly affected if they can capture the enemy prince in the midst of a large army as easily as taking something out of a bag... Rich employers only like tools that are strong enough to complete the commission beautifully, and no one cares whether the hired person is an undead!
If these undeads, who are so energetic that they can run around the city all night without sleep, are determined to steal jobs, then at least half of the mercenaries living in Moses Port will have to consider moving to another place...
Under tremendous pressure, the mercenaries active in Moses Port had no energy to drink and make trouble. Teams, big and small, were either keeping a close eye on the Crescent Manor or the City Hall in the inner city or the Gold Coin Church in the cathedral district, for fear that a large group of undead would suddenly emerge one day and wipe out the mercenary market in Moses Port.
While the mercenaries in Moses Port were worried about their jobs, Bishop Lowell had already bid farewell to Miss Phoenix and took the Innadri militia on field missions and boarded the ship back to Innadri.
As for the iron disk magic circle for summoning the undead, it was officially handed over to the Odysseus family. Originally, this iron disk summoning circle was bought by Miss Phoenix at a large price. It was handed over to Bishop Lowell for safekeeping only because of the fear that the enemy would discover the secret of the undead's "immortality" during the battle and send a surprise attack.
Of course, through more than a month of contact (in the other world), Miss Phoenix has already clearly understood that the undead are not as easily controlled as the outside world believes... Controlling these undead can indeed often bring surprises, but also a lot of frights.
After careful consideration, Miss Phoenix simply asked her secretary Linda to take the iron plate to the fiefdom granted to the "Undead Knight", and instructed Miss Linda to properly manage the relationship with the Tarantan Undead - this was also her intention from the beginning to decide to award the undead as family knights. Using a small piece of fiefdom to ensure close contact with an extremely powerful alien mercenary group is still a very cost-effective business.
After entrusting the important task of winning over the undead to her trusted confidants, Miss Phoenix wrote earnest letters of thanks to Lord Charlie Rex of Innadri and Lord Black Mage Yang of Tarantan, warmly inviting Innadri to send a delegation to the territory of Odysseus and receive the thank-you gift agreed in advance - an entire inland river transport fleet including maintenance docks and supporting crew members.
Originally, Phoenix only needed to send the fleet to Inadelli and hand it over to Charlie Rex's people, but now she decided to increase the investment and use this matter to strengthen the alliance of mutual assistance between the two sides... In addition to the fleet, she plans to introduce several reliable business partners to Inadelli.
Shortly after Yang Qiu introduced Brother Lowell to Kingsley, he received a heartfelt thank-you letter from Miss Phoenix.
"This little girl is quite good at being a human being."
After reading the letter, Yang Qiu happily called Rex and asked him not to forget to load two ships of "Tarantan specialties" when sending the visiting delegation, so as not to let Phoenix down.
"Ms. Zhao hasn't been active for several days. She has been like a pile of bones. Who should I ask to lead the visiting group?" Rex, who took on the task, was frowning.
"Just have someone take her bones away. She will wake up when necessary." Yang Qiu said with a smile.
The "garbage disposal" business with the Earth plane is still being negotiated. China still has many concerns about handing over nuclear waste to "civilians" for disposal. It is normal that Zhao Zhenzhen has no time to go online.
However, Yang Qiu has already received an email from "Director Lu". The expert who borrowed the email account of "Director Lu" did not say it directly, but only gave a lot of hints, hoping that Yang Qiu could quote a specific price so that the expert group could fight for this business.
Yang Qiu didn't hesitate and asked for millions of tons of steel...
As well as a series of starting facilities for primary industrial countries including cement production lines, fertilizer production lines, pesticide production lines, tractor production lines, mining equipment, metallurgical equipment, etc.
The total amount of materials exceeds tens of billions, and will be settled in batches within ten years (Earth time).
Most people would be dumbfounded by this price, but the person behind the "Director Lu" account was not surprised at all. He even discussed with Yang Qiu for a long time about the deadline for material delivery and the supply of technician accounts...
The biggest reason why the other party was so generous was that Yang Qiu said that he could accept all high-hazard garbage on the earth that was too expensive to handle, including but not limited to nuclear waste, medical waste, etc.
His all-committing attitude and the asking price, which was so low that it shocked even the professionals, made the relevant departments in China extremely anxious... They were wary and suspicious, but also extremely excited.
Anyway, Yang Qiu didn't care how many people lost their hair in the negotiations for this business. He just wanted to wait for those people to finish their struggles and then sit back and wait to accept the aid from the motherland.
After sending Rex away, Yang Qiu left behind Kingsley and Lowell who were trying to find out each other's background, went out to summon the undead horse, and rushed to Westram.
The railway from the town of Westham to the western border of Tarantan has been completed and opened to traffic. The green train, which was given for free by the mining department of Province G and has been repaired for many years, is currently used to deliver supplies and building materials to the prisoner road construction team and let local farmers hitchhike.
Relying on this old green train that runs at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the prisoner road-building team has made rapid progress and has already built the railway into the territory of Tarantan. At this point, the group of Sokri mercenaries that Yang Qiu had forcibly detained from the Sokri merchants can no longer guarantee the safety of the entire road-building team, and the players are needed to work together to clear out the monsters.
While riding the green train to the prisoner road construction team's construction site, Yang Qiu checked the service time of the tool player, calculated the account that needed to be exchanged for the tool player, and paid attention to the orange cat who happily ran to the Odysseus territory to receive the "fiefdom"...
As soon as Miss Linda put together the teleportation array, the orange cat boss hurriedly teleported over. At this moment, he was running around with his arms raised in the small mountain village that Phoenix had given him.
Yang Qiu smiled and shook his head.
There was a player named Orange Cat. Not only was he thoroughly investigated by the expert group, but Yang Qiu himself also investigated him because he often hung out with his elder sister Yang Ying. This player was a second-generation rich man from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Both his parents were good at business, and he himself had set up a chain of stores that provided online and offline services at a young age, and was running it quite well.
He has no criminal record, a clean background, and no major problems with his interpersonal relationships... He doesn't have promiscuous relationships with either man or woman, and he doesn't even have a record of running a red light. Like his parents, he likes to make money and play games, so his background is cleaner than some "children of poor families".
In short, he is a very reassuring young man. Even if the elder sister gets confused one day and falls in love with him, Yang Qiu will be able to control his anger and not block his account.
Well, this is not directed at the orange cat. Yang Qiu is always wary of any male creatures in the game who intend to approach her sister.
"Forget it. After all, he is the first player in the game who has been recognized by the natives through his own strength (luck). Let him do whatever he wants in this village."
After thinking for a while, Yang Qiu decided not to give the orange cat any specific tasks or interfere with his gaming progress.
How well he can manage his one-third acre of land depends on the orange cat himself.
Anyway, even if he performs poorly, he has Phoenix to back him up - that smart young lady who is definitely an excellent consul unless compared with the elites of China. She probably doesn't expect an undead to run her fiefdom well.
Yang Qiu withdrew his mind and closed his eyes to rest.
Not long after Yang Qiu adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the orange cat, in the small mountain village to the west of Moses Port, backed by mountains and facing water, close to Innadeli, the iron disc teleportation array installed in the lord's house (actually a slightly more spacious farmyard) flashed white light.
A player carrying a staff and a woven bag, with a boning knife, a dagger, and even a short bow on his waist, appeared in the teleportation array.
The player with the ID "欧鳇" walked down the iron teleportation array, looked up and looked around. His face, which should have been expressionless, revealed a gloomy aura...
In the small village with only a few dozen households, the orange cat boss ran wildly to the low wooden fence wall, spread his arms, and shouted in a childish way: "Look, Ouyang, this is the kingdom I conquered!"
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There was another flash of white light from the teleportation array behind Ouyang.
Yang Ying, Tang Jia and Jia Luo, the three girls appeared side by side on the iron plate.
"Damn... So this is the relationship between the orange cat and Boss Beluga?" Jialuo gasped.
"Damn, I don't feel anything for this Skeleton being gay. I don't buy this couple." Tang Jia looked disgusted.
