freeallnovels Chapter 17 Let's build a small courtyard first.
Chapter 17 Let's build a small courtyard first.
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Name: Plasterer/Bricklayer (Mutant)
Star count: Two stars
Belongs to: Martial Arts
Unit Role: Craftsman
Loyalty: 80
Skills: [Masonry Skills] Proficient in various masonry techniques, skilled in road paving, house construction and other building work.
Dialogue: Come to Ash
Special ability: Each time a line is spoken, artificial building materials such as cement, lime, and concrete can be automatically obtained.
Description: A skilled bricklayer, a seasoned veteran, but with no martial arts skills whatsoever.
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"This bricklayer is pretty good; he dispenses mortar automatically. Interesting!"
Wang Jue pointed to the pile of bricks next to him and said to the bricklayer, "Bricklayer, you should first build a small courtyard around the automatic apple tree and the simple shack. Use the red bricks made by the lord, and make use of the materials available here."
The plasterer nodded and said, "Bring the plaster!"
He immediately started working.
Wang Jue watched for a while and noticed that as soon as the plasterer shouted his lines, lime, cement, and other materials would automatically appear on his trowel. He could lay foundations and paint walls. He worked like a magician, producing lime and cement with each shout, and building walls very quickly.
Moreover, the wall he built was much more beautiful and sturdy than the one Wang Jue had built by stacking blocks.
In less than five minutes, the plasterer had built a half-wall that was half a person high and two meters long!
"That's fast! If there were two more bricklayers to help the plasterer and mortarman, his wall-building speed would definitely double!"
Wang Jue thought that once he had soul power, he would have to set up an engineering team so that he could make bricks himself and have bricklayers and masons under his command. Then he could build city towers, city walls and the like on his own.
However, there is only one bricklayer right now, and he doesn't make many bricks himself, so it's definitely not possible to build a city wall. It's more practical to build a small courtyard and one or two walls first.
Wang Jue imagined the scene of the construction site in his mind.
A moment later, Wang Jue led Mad Dog King to collect the spoils of war.
Mad Dog King killed quite a few adventurer players who had come ashore; a careful count revealed there were about fifteen.
Because Wang Jue harvested fifteen Yunzhou capsules and fifteen hoes.
In addition, Wang Jue also picked up 320 coins, thirteen packets of hemostatic powder, twelve packets of wound medicine, and a white waxwood spear.
"There were definitely more than fifteen players who came ashore before. Several must have escaped successfully. Tsk tsk, for a while, no adventurer should dare to cause trouble here. However, if I go out to sea to explore the map, it probably won't go smoothly..."
Wang Jue shook his head, abandoning his plan to explore the map, and instead went to repair the fence.
The fence was damaged in several places, obviously by those adventurer players. Fortunately, the fence could be repaired for a fee, and it wasn't expensive; repairing a 10-meter section only cost one dollar.
The fence is just decoration for players and doesn't serve much purpose, but look at how the murlocs behaved during the second attack. They were very disciplined and didn't break the fence at all, only using the gate.
Without this fence, the fishmen might attack from all sides.
Therefore, Wang Juejue still attaches great importance to the fence.
At this very moment, in Beginner Village No. 985, the Wild Vegetable Army has gained fifteen more heroes.
"That damn scarecrow! I swear I'll never forgive him!"
"The scarecrow is awful! It tricked us!"
"Hey bro, is the scarecrow you're talking about Bandehu from Xuanzhou Village?"
"Oh, you knew that too!"
"How could I not know? He's the one who killed me!"
"He killed me too!"
"We were all killed by him! Bandhu's crimes are heinous!"
"Wait a minute, did everyone die in that Xuanzhou Village?"
"yes!"
"I've found my people!"
"Victims, unite! Let's all forage for wild vegetables and take revenge together!"
"Hey, hey, hey, don't steal my wild vegetables!"
The wild vegetables in the starting village #985 can only be gathered on a small hill. Right now, on that hill, Zakara is there, Mahaya is there, and the long-haired female player is there…
Both groups of players who died in Xuanzhou are still here!
A total of 28 people!
They were swearing and making quite a racket, and their conversation revolved around Wang Jue's Xuanzhou Village and Bandehu, seemingly trying to form cliques and alliances.
"Xuanzhou Village?"
A female player who was passing by listened with great interest for a while.
Her name was Montata. She looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair skin, bright eyes, and a pretty face. She had light blue hair. In fact, she was not an adventurer, but a Chaos Lord.
Mengtata's territory is thirty miles north of the 985th starting village. She found the 985th starting village by running around the map, and then went ashore. Because she keeps a low profile, no one knows that she is the Chaos Lord yet.
"That sounds pretty impressive..."
Mengtata brought up her information panel and carefully examined her Lord Talents.
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Lord Talent: [Gate of the Stars], consumes at least ten Soul Power to open a Gate of the Stars in front of you, connecting to your territory. This allows for quick travel between territories and troop deployment. The more Soul Power consumed, the larger the Gate of the Stars becomes, and the longer it lasts. Explore the details yourself.
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"With this divine skill, plus my three-star ancient saber-toothed tiger, I should be able to easily conquer the territories of most Chaos Lords. Nowadays, there's no future in just quietly farming; to get rich, you have to fight and plunder, otherwise, you'll be letting down my two saber-toothed tigers!"
Montata had previously revealed in the chat panel that she had a three-star saber-toothed tiger, but in reality, she now has two.
This is because she ran around the map opening treasure chests and luckily obtained a replication token, which she used to replicate a second saber-toothed tiger.
These two saber-toothed tigers are the reason for Montata's confidence.
After thinking for a moment, Mengtata asked the players who were digging for wild vegetables about the location of Xuanzhou Village.
She made up her mind to go to Xuanzhou Village.
If possible, then plunder and take advantage of the situation.
If Xuanzhou Village is very strong, it would be a good opportunity to visit a neighbor and build a relationship with the lord. However, this possibility is probably not high.
A moment later, Mengtata left the 985 beginner village and sailed towards Xuanzhou Village.
By this time, Wang Jue had already repaired the fence and wall.
It cost a total of 8 yuan!
He was preparing for the murloc army's third attack.
The intensity of this third attack is greater than that of the final stage of the prologue battle. The system has given a notification that a three-star hero-level Murloc leader, a two-star hero-level Murloc fighter, and a Murloc warlock will join the expedition, so Wang Jue dares not be careless.
"Two Murlocs are unreliable, and the Mysterious Scarecrow has limited use. We still need the Mad Dog King for battle, but to be on the safe side, I'll mass produce some troops!"
Wang Jue arrived at the simple shack.
He currently has 2623 yuan and 80.5 units of grain, which is a decent amount of resources.
"Don't be stingy when you need to spend money; there's no point in having money now anyway!"
With a thought, Wang Jue brought up the Lord's Shop and, with a few simple operations, purchased 100 units of food.
Food purchases are limited; a maximum of 100 units can be purchased per day.
Wang Jue then recruited 18 old beggars in the simple shack.
Including the old beggar recruited earlier, Wang Jue now has 19 one-star assassin old beggars under his command, as well as two-star craftsmen Gray Knife Bricklayer, two-star hero [Fishman Warrior - Carp Jason], two-star hero [Fishman Villain - Catfish Sika], three-star hero [Green Forest Hero - Mad Dog King], and barely one more [Mysterious Scarecrow - Bandhu].
Total population 24!
Thus, Wang Jue had only 2261 yuan and 0.5 units of food left, and was no longer able to mass-produce troops.
The reason Wang Jue recruited the old beggar instead of the young beggar was that he didn't want cannon fodder.
The young beggar is considered cannon fodder by the system, but the old beggar is not. The old beggar is an assassin who carries a long staff and seems to have higher combat power. If he were sent to the battlefield, his survival rate should be higher than that of the young beggar.
Secondly, recruiting old beggars requires less food.
Wang Jue is currently limited by food availability, so if he recruits beggars, he can only recruit a maximum of nine.
"With 24 soldiers, plus the support of brick walls, and a concentrated defense, victory shouldn't be difficult!"
Thinking of this, Wang Juen bought another batch of clay and silently began to hand-roll red bricks.
The bricklayers were incredibly fast; about an hour later, the wall surrounding the automatic apple tree and the simple hut was finished.
The wall is about two meters high and about 24 centimeters thick, commonly known as the "24 wall". The wall is white. Inside, it is like a small courtyard, about 28 meters in the north-south direction and about 15 meters in the east-west direction, about the size of a basketball court. It used a total of more than 22,000 bricks.
Besides the mysterious scarecrow, Wang Jue and Mad Dog King were all inside the walled area.
Wang Jue didn't let the gray-knife bricklayer leave the door open, thinking to himself that once the battle started, the merman legion would try to scale the wall if they were capable.
"Time is limited. If we can't build a city wall, a perimeter wall will do! Gray Knife Bricklayer, you continue to reinforce the perimeter wall. Everyone else, prepare for battle. I, the lord, am initiating the murloc attack."
Wang Jue was unwilling to wait any longer. With a slight operation on the territory management panel, the system broadcast of the murloc army's third attack sounded.
After waiting for about five more minutes, Wang Jue heard the movement of the merman army, and soon after, there was a loud thumping sound of smashing against the wall.
If you looked down from the sky at this moment, you could see a vast number of giant fishmen surrounding the brick courtyard.
Those giant fishmen had limited intelligence. Unable to find their enemies, they resorted to pounding the walls with their fists, but it was clear that demolishing a wall with bare hands was not an easy task.
On the outskirts of this "Murloc army," to the due south, appeared a three-star hero-level Murloc leader, a two-star hero-level Murloc fighter, and a two-star hero-level Murloc warlock.
The murloc leader wields a trident and is a typical shark-headed murloc.
The merman warrior followed him to his left.
The merman fighter has a fish head, a tall and thin body, and two long, thin legs like frog legs, which seem to give him an outstanding jumping ability.
The Murloc leader is flanked by a Murloc Warlock on his right.
The murloc warlock has a goldfish head, bulging, round eyes, a bloated and fat body, and walks with a swaying gait.
These three merfolk were much taller than ordinary merfolk, and they looked quite imposing walking together, with the merfolk in front making way for them.
In the northwest corner of the territory, there is another active group of people, the mysterious Scarecrow.
The mysterious scarecrow hopped along the edge of the territory; clearly, it was Bandhu who was controlling it at that moment.
"This idiot lord actually built a little courtyard, thinking he'll be safe hiding inside? What a pipe dream! Can I cause him trouble? Damn, I need to be careful; if I get too close and incur the wrath of the murloc army, that won't be fun!"
As Bandhu was muttering to himself, he suddenly saw a small boat floating in the chaotic starry sea outside.
That small boat was none other than Mengtata's Starry Sky Cloud Boat. Mengtata was standing on the cloud boat, having already circled most of Xuanzhou Village. At this moment, she was curiously observing Bandehu.
In fact, Mengtata had already arrived before Wang Jue launched the third attack of the merman army. She had been quietly observing the entire process, from the appearance of the merman army to their landing on land.