Volume 10 Bugs Chapter 15: Niu Baiwan is a good comrade
The Sitvinia Lowlands is located in the southwest of the Falvi Continent. It is a dangerous area dominated by swamps and rainforests. The reason why I say it is "dangerous" is not only because there are many ferocious beasts such as iron-nosed crocodiles and poisonous killer bees, nor is it entirely because there are many ferocious sub-intelligent races such as fork-toothed fishmen or short-tailed lizardmen scattered here, but because it has now become the front line of the war between the Continental Alliance and the Doomsday Empire.
At this time, the most loyal and cruel lackey of the King of the Last World, the Lord of the Evil Spirits who resisted death, the master of the Corrupted, the Great Soul Lich Mackenscar was leading his army of the Corrupted, confronting the Continental Allied Forces led by Admiral Sisos Dolan Font Vincent, the Commander of the Southwest Army of the Falvi Continental Alliance Army and the Duke of the Kingdom of Delanmaya. Although the two sides had not yet engaged in a large-scale direct battle, the tense atmosphere of the war could not be concealed under the seemingly calm undercurrent.
Countless adventurers eager for wealth, honor and power - from the Continental Alliance and the Doomsday Empire - have flooded into this area, hoping to demonstrate their bravery, establish their own achievements, or perhaps just satisfy their tyrannical killing desires. The arrival of these powerful, cunning and unrestrained non-professional soldiers has made this hot and humid ghost place even more dangerous. Every day, hundreds of small-scale frictions and armed conflicts occur here, and mutual spying, provocation, abuse and even murder never stop.
A frontier area full of dangers like this is obviously not a good place to go for a picnic. The Continental Alliance authorities have put forward a very practical suggestion to the hot-blooded heroes who are eager to kill the enemy: cherish life, love life, and rookies below level 50 please don't come to die.
Such an extremely dangerous area is certainly not suitable for a paladin like Niu Baiwan, who is only level 48, to wander alone. The reason why he appeared in this inappropriate place at an inappropriate level at this inappropriate time is entirely due to an obvious stupid reason:
This guy with poor sense of direction is lost again!
I have to say, it's really hard to blame him: for a stupid cow whose cerebellum has atrophied to the point that even with a map he would get lost in a shabby hotel with only two floors and six rooms, and finally had to jump out of the second-floor window, how could you expect him to find the way out of a rain forest full of dense jungles and no sunlight all day long?
When I finally reached the lowlands of Sitvinia after overcoming all the obstacles along the way, my soul power finally accumulated to the point where I could break through the limit of level 49 and reached level 50 in one fell swoop. The "Scarecrow's Chain Mail" that provided higher defense finally came in handy, and I felt that this was just in time.
Niu Baiwan was in a place called "Stone Outpost". It was guarded by human soldiers and orc warriors, with about 20 people on each side. What surprised me was that the commander of the outpost was actually an orc named "Chief Hondos".
You know, I am a fair and upright person, without any racial discrimination or prejudice. I firmly believe that under the light of the Supreme God, all intelligent races in the world are equal. I even have a few half-orc friends who I can talk to, which is enough to prove that I can treat the lives of all intelligent races with an equal and friendly attitude.
But you have to be an adult. Making friends is one thing, but obeying such a leader is another. Among all non-human intelligent races, I don't mind obeying the orders of elven chanters, because they are calm, noble and wise; I also don't mind obeying the orders of a dwarf king, because most of them are old and experienced, and they are as stubborn as a rock; I can even reluctantly obey a high-level deep dwarf or a tauren general, at least dwarves are famous for their meticulous and cautious thinking, and tauren have never lacked the courage to lead the troops.
But...how can you make me obey an orc? These dirty, ugly, stupid, rude green ghosts? How can they...lead humans to fight? Is this a joke ?
I swear by the bald eagle and the blue and white stars and stripes flag flying on the outpost that I really don't mean any racial discrimination. I just think that the orcs are incapable of leading humans, that's all. This is a very objective conclusion, isn't it? What? You ask me why I came to such a conclusion?
Hey, they're green ghosts? Isn't that enough?
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The outpost was not very big, and there were not many people inside. As soon as I walked through the gate, I saw Niu Baiwan, who was kneeling beside Chief Hondos, shaking his big horns and staring at the door eagerly. When he saw me, he jumped up excitedly and waved at me vigorously.
"You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time. I was so anxious..." he shouted excitedly.
"What trouble have you encountered and need my help?" I said directly without any politeness.
"Look at what you said..." Niu Baiwan was a little embarrassed by my question, "... In your eyes, am I so useless that I came to you just to ask for your help?"
I didn't answer, I just rolled my eyes at him quietly.
"We... haven't seen each other for a long time... I want to talk to you... is that not okay..." Niu Baiwan insisted shamelessly, but his words were hesitant and not loud enough.
I curled my lips, tilted my head, and glanced at the tattered armor and equipment on his body out of the corner of my eye.
"Okay, okay..." Finally, Niu Baiwan fell under my gaze. He said with a sad face and a dejected look, "...Here is a task, my last task at this outpost. I did it three times, and I couldn't finish it alone, so I thought of asking for help..."
"Oh, what mission?" I asked curiously, "Go and take it now, I'll help you complete it."
"Don't be in a hurry..." Niu Baiwan held me down and said cautiously, "...This is an escort mission. It's too difficult. Even for the two of us, it might be hard to complete. I've found a few more people to help. Let's wait here for a while..."
In this world, I am afraid that no one will cherish his life more than me. Although I do not think it is necessary for Niu Baiwan to make such a cautious proposal, I still fully agree with it.
"What's the situation around here? Have you ever fought with people from the empire?" I had nothing to do, so I sat on a stone step and asked Niu Baiwan casually, while measuring his head with my eyes.
Damn it, even if he was just sitting on the ground, his head was still taller than mine. Such a burly figure really made me feel defeated...
Niu Baiwan frowned and said with a lingering fear: "It's too dangerous out here. When I ran here from Silver Shield Castle yesterday, I was killed by the guys from the Empire almost ten times along the way. A few times, I encountered a big fight with more than ten people. If it weren't for the protection of the invincible, I'm afraid there would be more deaths..."
Niu Baiwan's story made me feel a little scared, but I couldn't help but feel lucky. Maybe it was because it was late, I didn't encounter any enemies on the way here - I didn't even see many people from the Continental Alliance. This made my journey very smooth and I didn't encounter any obstacles.
“But…” Niu Baiwan changed the subject and said proudly, “…Although I’ve been killed many times here, I’ve also had many opportunities to kill people. Yesterday on the road, I met a troll tamer with a falcon. He was just level 35, and his name was very arrogant, something like ‘Just Higher Than You’. I rushed up to him without saying a word, picked up a big stone pillar and started beating him up, and killed him in just a few hits. Not only that, I also squatted beside him to guard his body. As soon as he resurrected, I rushed up and smashed him hard. I killed this rookie seven or eight times, and finally killed him offline. I felt so good. Next time if I meet that stupid rookie, I will beat him so hard that even his mother can’t recognize him, hahahaha…”
Before Niu Baiwan finished telling his glorious record of bullying the weak, the dwarf bard Nocturne in B-flat minor appeared at the city gate. As soon as he entered the gate, he looked around as if he was looking for someone. I guess he was also a helper that Niu Baiwan had found.
"Hey, Xiao Qu'er, here you are! Come here!" Niu Baiwan waved his arms and called out loudly. His mountain-like tall figure and even taller name like a tombstone could easily make him stand out from the vast crowd. The dwarf bard saw us without much effort, and immediately fiddled with his two broken legs and walked quickly to us.
Niu Baiwan was very happy with the arrival of the Nocturne in B-flat minor. He leaned over and patted the back of the bard's head enthusiastically - I guess he originally wanted to pat his shoulders, but the huge height difference increased the difficulty of this action - and then wanted to show off to him with great interest:
"Xiao Qu'er, you're finally here. We were just talking about PK. You don't know, I met a rookie yesterday afternoon..."
"We'll talk about other things later..." Niu Baiwan had just begun to speak when he was interrupted by the silver-tongued bard, "...Did you watch the news just now? CCTV had an interview with Ming Giant. It turns out that he is also playing this game."
"Ming Giant?" This unfamiliar name seemed to be well-known to my friends who were involved in the aerospace industry. When Niu Baiwan heard this name, he immediately became excited. "Is he the one who went to the United States to play in the NBA? The No. 1 draft pick? My idol!"
What is NBA? Where is the United States? Who is this famous person called "Ming Giant"? It sounds like this should be a matter of another dimension. I suppressed my curiosity and closed my mouth wisely without asking any more questions.
"Who else could it be other than him?" The bard's eyes sparkled with admiration, "I never missed a single game of his. He is the pride of Chinese basketball. What a pity..." Nocturne's face darkened, "...he is from the Empire..."
I thought he was such an admired national hero, but it turned out he was an enemy. I hesitated, not knowing whether I should remind my dwarf friend to be firm in his beliefs and to take the right political stance.
"People from the Empire?" Niu Baiwan also looked disappointed. "What race? What occupation?"
"In the interview, he said that he was tall, so he chose the troll, the tallest race, because it matched his image. He has quite a few accounts, including rogue, warrior, etc. The most annoying thing is that Ming Giant has a ranger account, which just changed its job to a tamer yesterday afternoon and ran to the Sithvinia Lowlands to catch a falcon pet. As a result, a tauren who was almost level 50 ran out and killed him. Killing him once would be fine, but this bastard actually did such a shameless thing as guarding the corpse and killing the newcomers. He killed him seven or eight times in a row, and finally killed Ming Giant directly offline for training..."
Huh? Troll Tamer? Tauren? Falcon? Guarding corpses? Killing offline... Why do these things sound so familiar?
I glanced at Niu Baiwan secretly and found that he seemed to be sweating.
It's strange, why is he so nervous?
"What's his account name? Can we meet?" Niu Baiwan asked nervously.
"Are you stupid? I want to protect my privacy, how can you tell it out loud?" Nocturne in B flat minor rolled her eyes at him disdainfully.
"Yeah, that's such a pity..." Niu Baiwan said "what a pity", but he looked like he was rejoicing about something.
"But..." Nocturne rolled his eyes and whispered mysteriously, "...Ming Juren's former classmates at the sports school revealed that when he played online games, he always liked to come up with names like 'Just Better Than You', 'Just More Handsome Than You', 'Just Taller Than You' and so on. I don't know if it's true or not..."
"No way..." Niu Baiwan was shocked by the words of the dwarf ranger and couldn't help shouting. As soon as he shouted, he immediately felt the potential danger of doing so, and immediately pretended to be indignant, "...I mean, there are such online names everywhere, and you can find a lot of them at random. Who knows which one it is..."
Then, the Minotaur Paladin quickly changed the subject and said harshly: "... He even dared to kill the Ming Giant's trumpet. Such a rotten person is fucking rubbish!"
"To describe him as trash is to insult trash!" Even so, Nocturne still felt that he hadn't cursed enough. "I just saw on the forum that this tasteless guy has caused public outrage, and everyone is looking for him to settle accounts. The players who know the news have already agreed that whoever finds this guy will post his account on the forum, making him a rat crossing the street, and we will kill him every time we see him, until he deletes his account!"
Is this necessary? It's just killing an enemy. This is obviously a great achievement, why did it cause so much trouble? What kind of guy is that "Ming Giant"? How can he have such a great influence? Even the people of the enemy country want to avenge him.
I really can’t figure it out…
At this time, Niu Baiwan's face was red and white, and his nose, eyebrows and other organs were tangled together . It looked as if he had a large bubble of "refined coptis chinensis bitter alkali concentrated juice" in his mouth, unable to swallow it or spit it out. He had to echo along:
"This is the way to teach such a classless person a lesson! He is a disgrace to us minotaurs! If I catch him, I will guard his body a hundred times before I take his last name!"
Seeing Niu Baiwan so excited, Yequ also said viciously: "This cowardly guy, the trumpet that killed Ming Giant, is actually guarding the corpse of the rookie. If I run into him, I will turn him into a castrated bull with one knife. What do you think, isn't this a good idea? Hahahaha..."
After saying this, the dwarf bard laughed loudly, as if he was proud of himself for coming up with such a wonderful punishment method, and patted Niu Baiwan's calf generously. Unexpectedly, Niu Baiwan's calf became weak and he staggered after being patted.
"...Good idea...What a brilliant idea..." Niu Baiwan smiled awkwardly and said to me. I found that when he was talking, the roots of his thighs were subconsciously clamped tightly together.
"Oh, right..." At this time, Nocturne suddenly remembered something, "...what did you want to tell me just now?"
"In fact, Niu Baiwan met a rookie yesterday, and the situation was similar to what you said..." I was about to say "a bit similar", but Niu Baiwan grabbed my neck and threw me behind him, and quickly added:
"...It has nothing to do with what you said!" Looking from behind, Niu Baiwan's neck was also covered with sweat.
"I just saw a newbie who just turned level 30 and ran to this place. As a result, he attracted a lot of monsters and died several times. It was so miserable. Later, I couldn't bear it, so I helped him clear the monsters, and then escorted him away..." At this point, our Tauren Paladin friend had a look of compassion on his face.
"Hey, Niu Baiwan, why didn't you tell me about this just now?" Really, I thought you were going to tell him about your brave act of slaughtering the empire's running dogs.
"That's what I was just about to say!" What's strange is that Niu Baiwan looks a little hysterical.
The Nocturne in B flat minor was also deeply moved, and immediately stood on tiptoe to shake Niu Baiwan's hand with deep admiration:
"Niu Baiwan is a good comrade..."
