531.Chapter 529: 528 The Phantom Baron’s Expeditionary Regiment was officially formed! Buckle.

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“What is ‘wolf blood’?”

On the way back, Old Qin approached the silent necromancer and asked in a low voice:

“I just heard your great-grandson say that it was the shame of your life, even the shame of your family, you lost that thing?”

“It was a sword.”

The necromancer Baldwin’s voice was no different from before, and he couldn’t hear too obvious emotional fluctuations.

It looked towards the filthy swamp that spread into the sky not far away and said:

“That is the war sword that was given to me by the God of the North Wind when I followed the Heroic King Boris to conquer the Great Wilderness, forged with sacred wolf teeth, wielding the fury of the Wolf God, that is the symbol of the Baldwin family, and one of the ‘Three Divine Artifacts of Nod’.

The remaining two are the ‘White Frost’ scepter currently held by the Wolf Woman and the ‘Winter Canon’ placed in the Great Sanctuary of the North Wind Castle, both from the gift of the God of the North Wind, and are the most legitimate source of dominion over the Great Wilderness for the descendants of the Heroic King Boris.

I remember now the glorious war I followed him to set off in the Great Wilderness, it took us many years to complete that conquest, and one night in the cold winds of the far north, the God of the North Wind himself came to our camp to recognize the rule of the Hero King.

He gave Boris three artifacts, and the Sword of Wolf’s Blood was worn by the King of Heroes and given to me by Boris himself to command his vanguard at the coming of the Second Black Plague.

That black plague was not large in scale, it was just an echo of the first black plague.

Our war went well until we entered the swamp, where I and the heroes of other ethnicities set up camp in what is now commanded as ‘Wolf’s Castle’.

The Supreme Lord of the Silver Dwarves, Oafg, built that mage tower, and I was the first owner of that tower, but unfortunately, at the time, I was so spirited that I didn’t realize that I had come to the end of my life.

By then we had already triumphed.

I let my guard down and strayed into the forks of the swamp while leading my soldiers to chase down the remnants of a group of jackals
What a shame.”

The old necromancer sighed:

“I did not even die on the battlefield, not at the hands of my enemies, I was too arrogant and thus crushed by this swamp, and when I realized that I could no longer break free from its malice, I threw the Wolf’s Blood Sword to my squire demanding that he had to bring the artifact back to Northwind Keep.

What happened after that I do not know.

It seems that my squire also suffered an accident resulting in the loss of the Wolfblood Sword.

That artifact belonging to Su must have been picked up by the routed jackals, alas, I had thought of resting in peace, but now it seems that fate has not been kind to me, and even after my return from the dead, there are still regrettable things waiting for me to accomplish.”

“Sounds like a mythological legend.”

Old Qin commented pungently:

“Whether it’s the process of you obtaining that sword or your homecoming, it’s all filled with a kind of tragedy, but at that time, you should have been very powerful when you talked and laughed with so many heroes, so why are you now so weak that you can be crushed by cannonballs?”

“That’s a question I can’t answer you.”

Old Baldwin shook his head:
“I also don’t know why I, a gold ranked psychic master, would be reduced to such a weak point after hundreds of years of resurrection, maybe it’s because those jackals resurrected them too roughly, or maybe it’s because hundreds of years of covering in swamp mud stains have made my wreckage lose its power, so that they don’t realize that they dug up past heroes out of the muck.

But none of that meant much to me anymore.

I was resurrected in the body of an undead soul, and death changed me permanently, letting my power slip to the bounds of silver, less than even a tenth of what it once was.

But that doesn’t stop me from fulfilling the duties I must fulfill.

I will retrieve the wolf’s blood!

Alas, it seems I have to serve that cunning vampire.”

Saying this, the old necromancer looked back at Old Qin in a way that a human would never be able to do, and it said:
“But perhaps, I have a second option, General of the Otherworld, would you be interested in accepting a fallen veteran as your assistant?”

“Huh?”

Old Qin certainly understood what the necromancer meant, but he blinked and asked in return:
“But I’m not a necromancer, and I have no intention of switching to a backstabber, so in the end, why me? If you serve Governor Murphy, your strength should recover faster, right?”

“Indeed, serving Governor Murphy is the best option at the moment, but I don’t like that vampire.”

Old Baldwin said bluntly:

“He’s not a soldier, he’s more like a lord, as a Nord who has had an audience with the gods, I don’t want to serve a vampire either, you see, death took away my honor, but I retained my dignity.

I once joked with Boris that I would only serve those who had defeated me.

Boris was the first.

You are the second.”

“Wow, I’m so deeply honored.”

Old Qin bristled as he stared at the old necromancer and said:
“But you’re not telling the truth, you’re just bragging about me and trying to change the subject, you see, Lao Luo, although I’m a veteran as well, after I retired from the military I was given a different kind of duty, and I have to know the real reason why, or else there’s no place for you in my squad.”

The necromancer was silent for a moment as it replied:

“First of all, given the current situation, Transylvania and Nordtorf are bound to fight, those stupid military heads will definitely stir up strife, and Wolf Girl is too young, she lacks enough prestige in the army.

Although I don’t see those stupid people, I don’t want to go against the kingdom that Boris has built up, so I can’t serve Governor Murphy.

Secondly, I’m curious about you ‘otherworldly devils’.

I used to be a spell caster, and I have knowledge of otherworldly creatures, but you guys are very different! Your forms and the way you act transcend all definitions of otherworldly creatures that I know of.

I wish to come into contact with you to know more mysteries, it is a curiosity that belongs to a psychic.

In the end, you are going to fight the Jackals, and I am going to reclaim my lost dignity from the Jackals, it is all that remains of me after I have risen from the dead.

I can’t do it alone, I need awesome help.

And you are by far the most powerful otherworldly devil leader I could find, the other lesser devils just have courage, but you are different! You smell of iron and blood. You’re a true warrior and commander.

If I don’t work with you, who else can I work with?”

“Emmmm, makes sense.”

Old Qin rubbed his chin and glanced at necromancer Baldwin again.

He said:

“So I’m going to transfer a coffin carrier now?”

“I can teach you, although I didn’t know anything about necromancy in my lifetime, I have gained a bit of experience thanks to serving those jackal dog thieves over the past few years.”

The necromancer waved his hand and said:

“You don’t need to become a coffin carrier, that profession doesn’t match your fighting style, you just need to become a summoner, just like your Governor Murphy. But instead of claiming power from the astral realm, you will step into the majesty of the Underworld and become a proper Undead Summoner.

The profession is different from both necromancers and backstabbers, but I will teach you.”

“You’re going to teach me ways to control you and turn you into my summon?”

Old Qin said with wide eyes:
“This is the first time I’ve seen this kind of cocooning tactic of yours, and I’m starting to feel like you should really have gone crazy.”

Old Baldwin didn’t answer, but only shrugged his shoulders in a very humane manner.

He grasped the arithmetic pearl he had been given, and after a few minutes of clumsy maneuvering, with a ding, a hidden quest titled “Search for Wolf’s Blood” was triggered in Old Qin’s character interface. Baldwin was a gold-ranked psychic, although there may be some water, although death has taken away most of the power, but it does not lack of wisdom, in the blood vulture corridor of the period of time also be Bella taught, it knows how to deal with these “otherworldly demons”.

Old Qin stared at this hidden quest that had been sent to him on his own initiative.

This quest had three tags, [Extremely Difficult], [Epic Drama], and [Nordoff Kingdom Mainline], and it could only be shared with 25 people, which was the standard number of raiders.

“Ah, a headache.”

Old man Qin really didn’t expect that he, a retired old cadre, could actually encounter such a bizarre story in this bizarre game, but he didn’t reject it but chose to accept it.

In the words of those little dolls on the forums, if you encounter a mission and don’t take it, are you still a qualified player?
Moreover, Old Qin wasn’t the only one who took it on his own, he knew the truth that good things should be shared, so a dozen or so seconds later, the little players who were discussing joining Madame Adele’s Phantom Expedition at the back of the room let out a burst of exclamations of surprise.

Obviously, they had also seen the epic quest that Old Qin had shared with them.

“Crap! Master Qin is awesome! This is the first time I’ve seen this kind of quest with the [Epic Drama] tag, I’ll have to rush to the forums and water a post!”

“Looking for one of the legendary Three Divine Artifacts of the Nordoff Kingdom? And it’s related to the general’s family of the Winter Wolf Legion, that guy is a royal relative? Oh my, this mission is really powerful! It’s worthy of being Master Qin, casually doing things we wouldn’t even dare to think about.”

“Why don’t you guys think about how to get 25 people together when you have time to kiss ass!”

“Hey, small matter, three-legged toad is not easy to find, three-legged small players are many, Master Qin, wait for me to go to the forums to make a call, get together 25 people is not a piece of cake? I’m not going to be able to get a lot more than that, but I’m going to be able to get a lot more than that!
I’m not sure if you’re a good player, but I’m sure you’re a good player.”

“As long as you obey the command! Don’t come if you don’t obey, bringing a few of you dogs is enough for me to live ten years less, and then a bunch of disobedient little dolls I’m probably going to go crazy.”

“Alright, I’ll go recruit!”
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“Ms. Adele, the recruitment of warriors you requested has already been issued, and the people of the foreign countries have signed up very enthusiastically, even if they only need warriors of the Black Iron rank according to your request, they are already overcrowded now. I have to say, your popularity among them is really frighteningly high.

Even if we didn’t prepare too many rewards, these guys are willing to follow you.”

In the small conference hall in the Blood Vulture Cloister that belonged exclusively to the Phantom Shadow Intelligence Bureau, “Sewer Sister/Blood Rat Gang Boss” Dorothy was holding a notebook and reporting to her superior in a decent manner like a decent person:

“I gave the guys a specific time, the selection process will open tonight, and your expedition will be ready to go by midnight tomorrow at the latest.”

“Well, tomorrow then.”

Adele, who was going through the hidden information of the various parts of the Scarlet Fortress and pulling threads from it to find certain intelligence, said without lifting her head:
“I will personally lead them through the swamp and search for the ‘Valley of the Shadow’, Dana will go with me as my adjutant, you stay in Scarlet Fort to gather your men, once I send back the message, you must rush to my location and accept that territory as fast as you can.

There are at least 3000 half-elves like me there.

They all have Shadow Elf blood and are very good at stealthy operations, they are the most needed candidates under the command of Spectral Intelligence, once their recruitment is in place, we will no longer be troubled by a lack of manpower.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Dorothy recorded this order, but this cunning Blood Rat Gang leader was in no hurry to leave, she looked around and asked in a small voice:

“Ma’am, I have a question I don’t know if I should ask.”

“You said that as my heir, you have certain privileges.”

Adele closed up the information brief in her hand.

She looked up at Dorothy and waited for the other woman’s question.

As the current hand of the Phantom Intelligence Bureau that specialized in the field of intelligence gathering, Dorothy was clearly the most capable cadre under Adele’s command, and under Adele’s gaze, Dorothy carefully said:
“Why did you suddenly decide to launch such an operation? I am not questioning your decision, ma’am.

I’m just curious, your original plan for the Phantom Intelligence Bureau was supposed to be a small and sophisticated organization, positioned as a functional minor force of the Blood Vulture Clan, but this time, after you returned from Batasin City, your mind seems to have changed in some way.

I can sense that the adjustments you have made in the past few days are clearly intended to expand the size of the Psi Intelligence Bureau, and judging by your gesture of taking 3,000 half-elves into consideration in a single breath, I have reason to believe that the Psi Intelligence Bureau you have planned will become one of the largest organizations in Transylvania.

Of course, this would do no harm to Governor Murphy’s rule, and the Administrative Office is not standing in the way of your expansion, and it is clear that the Scarlet Consul would like you to bring more intelligence to the Administrators as well.

But I just don’t understand.
Why?
What made you switch your mindset almost overnight and embrace a brand new future so proactively.

With all due respect, ma’am.

The old you was very.. Well, very Buddhist!
Those foreigners have coined words that really fit the person you once were, like a boat, going with the flow, just doing what you had to do but not really caring much about what the future held for you.”

Faced with Dorothy’s inquiry, Adele did not answer immediately.

She just interlocked her hands and propped up her chin, after pondering for a moment, she looked at Dorothy and said:

“Do you find this change hard to accept? Do you think my change in planning is good or bad?”

“Then of course it’s good as hell!”

Dorothy broke into a big smile as she spoke with heartfelt appreciation:

“I do hope that the bigger and stronger our organization gets, the better!
Although the number of people does not represent strength much less deterrence, yet an organization with a small number of people cannot break through.

I can see a bright future for the Phantom Bureau, as long as we survive the Black Plague, we’ll be able to soar! Maybe we can become a powerful organization like the Royal Intelligence Service of the North or the King’s Eye of the Goldenrod Kingdom.

We can even be on par with the Thieves’ Guild.

Frankly speaking, your plan has realized my long-cherished dream, and I respect and love you even more.

But I still want to know why .”

Saying this, Sewer One glanced at Mrs. Adele’s very low open neckline, and she braced herself to lower her voice again and said:

“Is it because of the Lord Governor?”

Adele looked slyly at Dorothy, and after a few seconds she said:

“Am I stupid in your eyes? Why is it that each and every one of you can capture my thoughts so easily?”

“Ha, that’s because women in love are always different, I’ve seen that a lot before.”

Dorothy knew she had guessed right.

She grinned and said:
“Your reactions in front of others are still perfect, but the way you gesture when you’re with the Lord Governor, that feeling can be discerned by anyone who isn’t blind.

It’s not a bad thing, Mistress, don’t feel ashamed of it.

An organization that walks in darkness like ours is bound to rely on the patronage of the strong to live in peace, and there is nothing wrong with your choice, in fact it is a very smart strategy.

But you will need some higher wisdom to give you a head start in this competition.

For example, pull up your collar, even a woman like me who has never been in love knows that such a hint is too obvious and childish, and will only make you look too blunt and devoid of substance, and a man like Lord Murphy will not like this kind of ‘delicacy’ that comes to his doorstep.

Men like to do something challenging!
My excellent apprentice Tooth, for example, has no interest in those simple treasure chests, he likes to challenge himself.

Considering that Lord Murphy has many similarities with the foreigners, and therefore you should learn to draw strength from the outside, my advice to you is that you should perhaps go to Lady Water’s store and talk to her a bit, and ask her for advice.

That perfect woman among the gentiles is definitely a ‘master’ in this field!
For example, your pair of shoes .
That unique pair of shoes provided to you by Mrs. Water, haven’t you noticed? You always attract a lot of men’s eyes whenever you wear them.

Well, I shouldn’t say any more.

Please allow me to leave, ma’am.”

Ps:

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(End of chapter)