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Chapter 417: The Outsiders
Chapter 417: The Outsiders
September 25, 2017
Xianyang, inside an inn.
This inn was once a thriving business, but after the WuXian tribes' rebellion, the owner fled, leaving the inn abandoned. It has now become a temporary shelter for a group of outsiders.
There were over twenty outsiders who had followed Lu HaiKong, most of them men, with a small number of women.
Currently, these wanderers had gathered, discussing their next move.
In truth, these outsiders were wanderers who were not originally part of the same group. They had intended to take advantage of Lu HaiKong's convenient transportation to complete some quests, but unexpectedly, Lu HaiKong recognized some of them. As a result, Lu HaiKong had singled out all the outsiders from his thirty thousand-strong army.
At this moment, they had been set aside by Lu HaiKong, and no one knew what his intentions were. These outsiders felt a sense of unease.
"Sigh, if only we had come on our own, we could have hunted down some outsiders. Now, we don't even know what he thinks of us. What if he believes we have some ulterior motive?" one of the outsiders said.
"Why don't we just run away? I don't think he's watching us. We can just slip away unnoticed," another suggested.
As the discussion heated up, one of the outsiders suddenly coughed, startling the others. They quickly regained their composure and stopped talking, putting on a well-behaved act.
Almost simultaneously, Lu HaiKong pushed open the inn's door and walked in.
Everyone in the room reacted with feigned surprise, then stood up to greet Lu HaiKong.
"There's no need for formalities. I have come here with a matter that I'd like to discuss with you all," Lu HaiKong said. His words caused everyone to tense up, and no one dared to interrupt as they listened attentively to what he had to say.
"I know why you all came here, and it's for the same reason as me—the WuXian rebellion quest. Our quests are theoretically compatible for cooperation, but I'm not sure if you're interested in working together on this one?"
Lu HaiKong was well aware of the outsiders' quests, which were different from his own.
Their quests involved hunting down WuHuan and XianBei tribespeople. For each member of the WuXian tribes they killed, they would receive different amounts of merit points based on the target's identity. These merit points could be exchanged for various rewards from the system. When Lu HaiKong saw the exchange table, he had to admit that the rewards were quite 'generous,' so much so that he didn't even want to look at it again.
It was only after seeing these outsiders' quests that Lu HaiKong realized he had unknowingly become a wealthy man. This was why he proposed cooperation at this moment.
"How do you wish to cooperate?" one of the outsiders sitting in the corner asked.
Lu HaiKong raised his eyes and noticed that the speaker seemed to be a scholar, his slender build standing out among the more robust male outsiders.
Lu HaiKong also caught a whiff of something unusual about this person. He sensed that the man before him was not ordinary, and what confirmed this was the man with a longsword by his side.
According to Lu HaiKong's identification spell, the man's strength was only a little over sixty, but with Lu HaiKong's keen eye, he could tell that the man's strength was definitely not that low. Moreover, the man was not a longsword user; the longsword was likely a decoy weapon to mislead others, and his true weapon of choice should be a lance.
All these signs indicated that the two men before him were not ordinary. However, Lu HaiKong had no time to pay attention to their unusualness. At this moment, the man's act of offering assistance pleased Lu HaiKong.
"This inn can serve as your base of operations. You can use it as a resting place after hunting down members of the WuXian tribes. I, Lu, am offering this to you without any compensation."
"Additionally, I hope that when I need it, you will post quests at the inn. Of course, if I'm posting quests, I will provide corresponding rewards."
"I understand. It's like in games and anime, where you post quests, pay us, and we complete them, right?" asked a short boy with a glint in his eyes.
He was probably a patient of chuunibyou, showing great interest in Lu HaiKong's proposal.
"Exactly! That's what I mean! I will regularly post quests here, such as gathering citizens, collecting intelligence, and infiltrating the enemy's rear. You can freely accept these quests, and after completion, I will pay you the quest rewards. In other words, it's a fair transaction. You take risks and act, while I pay with money or item supplies. What do you think?"
"It's not a fresh idea, but it's worth a try," said an outsider who seemed to have no distinguishing features.
Lu HaiKong glanced at the speaker with a sidelong look, a glint flashing in his eyes, then he turned his gaze back to the other outsiders.
Everyone carefully considered the proposal. Since the quests were freely available to accept, and there were no apparent drawbacks for them, they all agreed.
Chapter end
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