381. Chapter 379 – 378 The Commander-in-Chief’s Happy Stick
Chapter 379 378. commander general happy stick
The new 50 players have made Scarlet Castle lively again, and the local residents are no longer surprised by these strange “mountain people”, and no longer have the same feeling of novelty or even occasionally a little annoyed, because these “new arrivals” are just like the warriors before them, always surrounding them and repeatedly asking if they need help, but they are not the only ones. These “newcomers”, just like the warriors before them, would always surround them and ask repeatedly if they needed any help.
One or two of them would be fine, but if fifty of them asked the same question over and over again, even the best-tempered residents of Scarlet Castle would get annoyed.
Especially for those who had experienced the disaster in Cadman City, it would remind them of some of their “unforgettable” past, such as being chased by several people asking if they needed help to find their lost things/lost cats and dogs/lost wives/lost daughters, and other strange and weird questions.
And you can’t get mad.
After all, they do want to help, even though their excited tone of voice and the beatific look on their faces makes it sound like they’re there to make trouble.
However, the more experienced locals know how to make the best use of what they’ve been given, and they take advantage of the opportunity to hand over a variety of errands to the over-excited new players.
For example, cleaning up their new homes and moving things around can be left to the newcomers, who not only do it quickly and well, but can even skip the step of cleaning their old rooms, and in some extreme cases don’t even need to pay them anything.
Because these guys with a sense of smell comparable to that of a bloodhound will always find “treasures” in inexplicable nooks and crannies that the head of the household doesn’t even know about, a brass ring, a brooch or even a pair of worn-out leather gloves are enough to make the new players happy for a long time, because it proves their “character! The new players are happy for a long time, because it proves their “character”.
It is also because of the existence of these locals who are “good at what they do” that these new players have been able to stabilize their desire to contribute to Transylvania.
However, for some other NPCs who have close ties with Lord Murphy and already know the “truth”, the entry of the new players is a “good thing” without compromise.
“Come, come, this is your mission today!”
At the entrance of Sewer No. 7, Ms. Dorothy pointed at the messy Fight Club’s fighting ring and a pile of cleaning tools that had been prepared in advance, and said to the dozen or so small players in front of her, who were staring at everything with wide-eyed curiosity:
“The Blood Rats are holding a big gladiator fight tonight, but our member in charge of cleaning accidentally broke his foot this morning.
He’s probably not going to be able to organize it all before evening arrives, so I need you all to give full use of your courage and wisdom and try to clean this place up to the point where the ferocious gladiators can fight to their hearts’ content.
This is considered a hire, and as such I have prepared a payment for you.”
The eldest sister of the Blood Rats gang played with the eagle-clawed blade in her hand and bristled:
“In the room next to it are some weapons and protective gears that novice gladiators would use, and once you’ve finished your cleaning task, you’ll be able to one of you choose one of them to take with you. If you find anything of value during your cleaning, you may take it away as your own haul.
In addition, the Blood Rats will also include a ticket to tonight’s great joust, so I hope you enjoy the ‘traditional entertainment’ of Transylvania.
Oh, and by the way!
If you guys still don’t have anything serious to do tomorrow, the Blood Rats are more than welcome to come back to the sewers, we always have a lot of work to do here, and we’re always short on people.”
Dorothy’s mouth grinned an odd smile as she spoke appreciatively:
“The land can never have too many men of great fortitude and courage such as yourselves, now, begin your service, Lord Murphy and we are watching you.”
After saying that, Dorothy very dashing a backward jump to catch the shadow vanish disappeared in plain sight, in the disappearance into the shadows and the huge blood wings together to bring the “illusion”, this cool scene and extremely real light and shadow effect let the new players in front of the eyes straight call out to the hell.
Eight of the dozen players were obviously a group, and they had adopted a uniform format for their names like the Tiger Leopard Cavalry and the Soldier Strike Regiment.
The leader’s ID was “Moon Demon Curse Blue”.
Well, just from this big brother’s name, it’s not hard to guess the names of his seven brothers.
Together they formed the “Demon Eight”, and they had already decided to form a guild, and even came up with a name before entering the game, which was “Demon Eight”.
It’s very cool, very nostalgic, very middle-aged, and even a bit childish for kids, but just right for adult middle-aged people.
And you have to admit, without knowing what they are about, just listening to the names would really put you off.
After all, in this world of real gods and many dangerous realms, there are still few people who would so directly associate their names with legendary demons.
Bro, even if it’s a true-cultist this is still a bit too extreme, isn’t it?
“Brothers! Today is the day that our ‘Demon Eight Jiejie Collection’ officially debuts, whether it’s for ourselves or for the whole of Transylvania, it’s very memorable! Therefore I propose, why don’t we also participate in the gladiatorial tournament tonight!”
Curse Blue, the boss of the Eight Jedi Set, was leaning on a broom, and while rather skillfully sweeping the odd blood stain left on the ground, he proposed to the others:
“And by the way, let the other brothers see the results of the ‘secret training’ that the eight of us have prepared in advance for this game offline! I didn’t do 100 squats a day at the gym for nothing! I really think I can hit the ground running in the gladiator arena!”
“Big brother’s right!”
The second member of the Hachijitsu, “Mountain Demon Pogon”, crouched down on the ground and shoveled up the bloodstained hair left behind by the hanging Jackal gladiator, and at the same time, he exclaimed:
“It’s not much fun to just compete, I think we should have an internal competition to see who’s the best, and the one who’s the best will have to take care of the other brothers’ food for the following week.”
“Damn, you guys can eat too much, the cafeteria chef is scared to see you.”
The youngest, “Nishiki, the Devil of Heaven”, spat:
“Don’t make a big deal out of it, I think it’s fine to buy us drinks, we’re all in the same cabin, it’s easy to alienate us.”
“Fine, drinks are fine.”
Boss Curse Blue nodded and said:
“Three days from now we will be able to dock and unload the cargo, by then we will all go ashore together in style, now work! Just wait for our group to shine tonight. Pinch hahahaha!”
As soon as the boss laughed, the other seven guys followed suit and laughed strangely, also striking all sorts of odd poses, which caused the entire gladiatorial arena to be covered in an odd atmosphere, and also caused everyone in the small players around these eight guys to look sideways.
Always feel that these eight guys strange, feel as if crazy, for safety reasons, or away from them a little better.
This scene also fell into the eyes of Dorothy who was hiding in the shadows and secretly observing, the eyes of the Blood Rats gang boss flashed with great doubt, are all the people in the other world so strange?
That’s not right!
His own apprentice Tooth was clearly normal.
So, the strange ones were actually these eight guys, right?
“Maybe we’ll have to ask a few witch hunters to check their sanity before they sign up for the gladiatorial tournament, after all, the gladiators in the Fight Club are all normal as of right now, will putting these guys in there affect the other gladiators’ play?”
Dorothy mulled over the strange things in her head, and then was creeped out, feeling as if she was being affected by these otherworldly guys as well.
Her old self wouldn’t have had these strange thoughts popping into her head out of nowhere.
Never mind.
It’s better not to play with them anymore, lest I become a hopelessly despised fool.
With this in mind, she quietly exited the shadows and spread her wings and traveled along the wide sewers, quickly arriving at the top of the Blood Wyvern Corridor, and then entered the corridor with a dashing glide at the cliffs of the city’s Great Rift Valley.
A low-key “honoring ceremony” was being held here.
The reason why I say “low-key” is because there were not even ten people involved.
But if you look closely, among these ten people, except for Happy Stick and his adjutant, Tiger Leopard Rider Pro, the rest are the top management of Scarlet Fortress and Transylvania’s political system, which can be perfectly described by the phrase “simple but not simple”.
When Dorothy arrived, she saw Murphy, as the Governor, handing over the Command Staff, which symbolizes the “Commander of the Southern Transylvanian Defense Line”, to Kudel in front of her eyes in a very solemn manner. The hunting baron also received it with both hands like a knight about to go to war.
“Tris and I need to stay at the Scarlet Fortress and assist Miriam and our hardworking civil servants in promoting the construction of the territory and the gathering of power, the establishment and maintenance of the southern defense line is in your hands.”
Murphy said in a deep voice:
“Maxim will be practicing in the area of the Ghost Baron’s Domain behind your lines, and Knight Valander’s Winged Cavalry recruits will need more training before they can set foot on the battlefield, but Kenport’s appearance and the strange movements in the Tainted Swamps have proved that this Black Calamity is different.
My guess is that the jackals have learned from their previous failures.
They intend to establish their superiority before the battle actually starts, so I can conclude that the process of building your defense line in the south is not expected to go smoothly.”
“I’ve already anticipated that.”
Kudel replied:
“Therefore I have decided that from now until the actual outbreak of the Black Calamity, I will keep guarding the southern defense line to make sure that the Jackals’ footsteps can’t cross the swamp.”
“That’s not enough!”
Murphy shook his head:
“The Filthy Swamp is a strategic location, and always leaving it in a situation where it can be crossed by the Jackals at any time is a hidden danger!
I have decided to mobilize the warriors to go deeper into the swamp once the Transylvanian census operation has come to an end, it may be difficult for us to bring the entire Filthy Swamp under our control before we go to war, but at least we have to make sure that the initiative of the strategy is in our hands.
Therefore, you should not only build trenches and forts after reaching the southern defense line, but also operate an advance position where the warriors can rest and halt.
After that position is ready, I will issue new orders.”
“Uh-huh.”
Kudel didn’t complain about the difficulty of this operation, but simply accepted the order dryly, after which Murphy picked up another special military insignia handed over by Maxim, and signaled with his eyes for the Happy Stick with an excited expression to come forward.
This unlucky or lucky guy just gave his “blood descendant” Melina Corando Le Sombra a “blood supply” this morning, causing him to be very weak.
Even when he walks, he is a bit short of breath and looks like he has overindulged in sex.
But his pale expression couldn’t hide the excitement in his heart, striding to Murphy’s front, he did a military salute, his waist straight as if he had returned to his unforgettable military career.
The past still stubbornly remained in this guy’s body, the past shaped him, and the past will also determine his future.
“My Warrior Happy Stick, for the outstanding performance of you and the team over the past period of time, I have decided to award you the rank of ‘Captain of the Commando Company of the Kadman People’s Army’ after conferring with my General Maxim!
We will give you the authority to form a special unit of ‘Raiders’, currently rated at 300 men, and you will be provided with sufficient armaments and supplies by the Administrative Service and the Kadman People’s Army Logistics Department.
You will be required to assemble your unit before the next large-scale battle, and bring it to a level of organization and training that can withstand a battle.”
Murphy pinned the military insignia in his hand to Happy Stick’s chest by hand, and he received from Maxim a command sword for the Najung Cavalry that he had ordered from Master Broken Blade, handing it to Happy Stick with both hands and admonishing him:
“Your company will be under the control of Commander Kudel for the time being, while training the army you will also need to take up the responsibility of building the southern defense line, where there is enough manpower for you to deploy.
My Warrior!
The safety of the Transylvanian front is in your hands!”
“Ding!”
After Murphy finished speaking, a delightful soft sound signified that an achievement had been lit, and Stick looked down to see that another “Server First” had arrived:
[Hidden Achievement – ‘Server First! The Day the Army Was Founded’ has been lit! Achievement Reward: As the first military unit in the beta tester group to receive a military number, you have the right to freely design the insignia and uniforms for your army in the Scarlet Fortress Administration Office.
“Ding.”
Another service-wide announcement was sent after the achievement was confirmed:
[As beta tester ‘Onboard Happy Stick’ has acquired the official rank of ‘Captain’, the Gameplay – Rank System is officially open! Players can now go to the Kardman People’s Army Recruitment Office to transfer to the new profession of Soldier and obtain the rank of ‘Reserve Private’.
Tip!
This career system is a commander system similar to the administrative career, its career characteristics do not lie in single combat but emphasize tactical command, the administrative office will evaluate the player’s command and combat ability based on the results of each battle in the player’s military establishment.
After meeting certain victory conditions, the military rank will be promoted!
Tips!
When a player reaches the rank of ‘Second Lieutenant’, he will be able to apply for his own military organization number, which will be treated as a special ‘military guild’ and be under the jurisdiction of both the Adventurer’s Guild and the People’s Army.
Tip!
The military establishment established by the player can recruit a certain number of NPC soldiers according to their rank, but please treat these brave warriors well.
In the event of casualties, their military guilds must give them a pension.]
“Crap crap crap! Brother Rod you’ve fucking opened another career path for us? Counting the previous ‘Secret Hunter’ this is the second one, right?”
As soon as the two service-wide announcements were sent out, Happy Stick’s private chat immediately exploded, with his good friend Brother Woo Meow whining emotionally:
“How come all the good things have been hit by you asshole? You’re getting rich and promoted again, and Lord Murphy even gave you a wife, and all the good things in life have been taken up by you.”
“F*ck, don’t mention the shit about getting a wife again, why don’t you give it a try? I can’t even walk without floating now, that vampire bitch sucked too hard, my blood was all sucked out by her.”
Happy Stick was very serious on the surface, but in the back of his mind he was already happy, and rather Versailles back to Brother Whoop Meow, as for the rest of the private chat he ignored it for now.
Seeing that Lord Murphy was going to discuss strategic strategies with Maxim and Lord Kudel next, Happy Stick and his own adjutant were very sensible and took the initiative to exit outside the room, he let out a long breath and touched the military insignia in front of his chest again, and then twisted his head to say to Tiger Leopard Riding-Pro beside him:
“The higher-ups have given us an establishment of 300 people, there are also fixed supplies every month, this is considered to be eating ‘public food’, the next thing we need to do is to hurry up and recruit people, the 30 people we have now are simply not enough, you pick a few brothers who can speak well to stay in Scarlet Fortress and wait for each new batch of players to join the ranks to recruit You can recruit them.
In addition, those old brothers of ours from all over the world”
“I’m sending out a group message.”
Pro had been given the rank of “Warrant Officer” as well, and the formalization of that status made the man speak as crisply as he had answered to his superiors in the barracks.
He said in a quiet voice:
“I’ve sent out messages in several groups of veterans, and so far I’ve had 200 applications come to me, and I’ve sent them that set of application test questions, so I expect a response soon, but we can’t just recruit veterans.
I mean, other players who are interested in going down that road need to be considered as well.
They are a large base after all.
And as far as Transylvania is concerned, with its leaky environment on all sides, even a pure rookie would be in good shape after coming into the game and fighting a few battles.”
“Well, let’s do as you say, let’s go! Let’s go to the administration office to customize our ‘Cadman Raiders’ uniforms and emblems, that’s going to take some planning.”
Stick happily headed out the door, but Pro scoffed at that, saying:
“Why bother? We have a ready-made design master, can’t we just find Mrs. Water? This kind of thing should be left to the experts.”
“Oh, yes, yes, yes, look for Sister Water, let her design us the coolest and flashiest uniform with a snack, then we’ll go to the blacksmith store to customize our weapons, and after we’re done with that, we’ll make a trip to Andromeda Hills, and let Brother Loyalty equip us with a single weapon that matches our status!
Ha, a special organization needs special equipment, look, the good days of war are coming soon.”
(End of chapter)