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Chapter 687 - 56 Territory Task: Battle of Black Wind Mountain_2

Chapter 687: Chapter 56 Territory Task: Battle of Black Wind Mountain_2

"Of course, I can understand,"

"I’m fully aware of what your nation has done; reclaiming villages, building bridges and roads, cultivating farmlands, and pacifying refugees. These actions are indeed grandiose deeds in such chaotic times.

However, to truly bring peace to Luoyang Plain, it is necessary to eliminate the bandits of Black Wind Mountain. Those bandits gather in the forests, raiding homes, kidnapping good people, and colluding with demons and outlaws.

In the past, I too have sent troops to reclaim villages, but in the end, they were taken by the bandits of Black Wind Mountain. If these villains cannot be eradicated, even the best situation will eventually be destroyed.

If your nation can thoroughly uproot the forces of Black Wind Mountain, then in my capacity as City Lord, I will lead Luoyang City to join your nation. How does that sound?"

Wow, so proactive? Xiao Jie could hardly believe it. He originally thought that he would still need to put in considerable effort after public support reached 100%, but he didn’t expect that people would come forward to offer allegiance even before he fully gained public support.

This task involving Black Wind Mountain must be the final test.

"City Lord, are you serious in what you say?"

"Indeed I am. Since the Empire collapsed, the Land of Nine States has become leaderless. We local officials are merely maintaining order and protecting our lands. Now that a king has emerged, it is only natural for us to follow and swear fealty. As long as your nation can prove that it has the valor and strength to support the world, how could I not follow Heaven and respond to the people?"

[System Prompt: A territory quest [Battle of Black Wind Mountain] is triggered. The City Lord of Luoyang City asks you to eradicate the Black Wind Mountain robber forces to prove Dragon Soaring Country has the power and valor to rejuvenate the Human Clan and the strength to protect Luoyang City.]

Quest Objective: Eliminate the Monster Forces "Black Wind Mountain bandits".

Sub-Objectives:

1. Take over Black Wind Mountain’s Ju Yiting.

2. Eliminate the five main leaders of Black Wind Mountain.

3. Destroy the five Bandit Villages of Black Wind Mountain.

Quest Reward: Luoyang City (Ruling Rights).

Note: This quest is a national quest, and the completion and rewards must be achieved in the capacity of a nation.]

Seeing the quest appear, Xiao Jie completely relaxed.

Xiao Jie stood up, clasped his hands in a salute, and said, "In that case, I am willing to take on this heavy responsibility."

The City Lord also clasped his hands and said, "Good, then I shall await the good news here in the City Lord Mansion."

"However, before I depart, I need to inquire about the experts on Black Wind Mountain. Does the City Lord have any knowledge of this?"

"Of course, I do. Let me explain in detail.

There are five Village Chiefs on Black Wind Mountain, each occupying a fort.

The Great Village Chief, Demon Sweeping King Li Gun —— skilled with the steel whip. In his youth, he even practiced Taoist Divine Power, possessing unfathomable techniques and a valor that could stand against thousands alone.

The second Village Chief, Divine Arrow Shadowless Liu Qingyun —— his archery is god-like; never missing a shot. His Shadowless Arrows take lives within a hundred paces as easily as picking something out of a bag. He commands dozens of Divine Archers from Black Wind Mountain, each capable of drawing a strong bow and shooting flying birds. Arrayed in formation, even masters cannot approach them.

The third Village Chief, Little Overlord Zhao Huchen —— His Overlord Spear Skill consists of thirty-six deadly moves; he excels in Horse Battle. His followers include nearly a hundred Elite Riders who move swiftly like the wind in battle.

The fourth Village Chief, Yin Yang Judge Shi Renjie —— Not only is he skilled with the saber, but he can also Control Ghosts and Drive Souls. He understands Yin and Yang and the Heavenly Mandate. His followers include several Divine Weapon wielders, each with their own Abnormal Skill.

The fifth Village Chief, Cloud Guest Wu Tong —— His Qinggong is unmatched, master of high-level Hidden Weapon skills. His followers are all thieves and rogues of the worldly society.

Beneath these five are dozens of minor leaders and over a thousand bandits. Furthermore, that Li Gun has made alliances with demons and outlaws, and many demons obey and serve him."

While listening, Xiao Jie mentally evaluated the strength of Black Wind Mountain’s forces.

Five BOSSes, several dozen Elite Monsters, over a thousand Little Monsters, and a handful of Demon Race units.

The problem is not big.

"Understood. Then I shall take my leave."

"Please do!"

——————

When Xiao Jie left the City Lord Mansion and arrived at the inn, the leaders of the other groups had already arrived. Over twenty people crowded into the inn’s hall, awaiting the results of the contribution points verification.

"Feng, the score I reported shouldn’t be a problem, right?" Dragon Control tentatively asked, his tone clearly a bit guilty. He was commanding a General Affairs Team today, and though they were doing miscellaneous tasks, he surprisingly reported quite a number of merit points."

There were as many as three instances of making major contributions worth +30 points each.

Xiao Jie knew inside out that there definitely was some water in that report. What kind of merit could there be in building roads and bridges? To say they had hard labor was more like it.

Xiao Jie indifferently said, "Don’t ask me about that. I can’t possibly calculate all that data myself. Of course, the expert group has the final say on this matter. After all, I’m just a vice president."

Xiao Jie was not about to take on unnecessary responsibilities. Checking the legitimacy of the scores and merits could be quite an offending job, as there were bound to be overreported achievements. If any discrepancies were found and pointed out, it would be awkward for both parties involved.

Luckily, Xiao Jie was not the club president, so he could naturally pass the buck. After all, the results came from the club’s calculations, and even if there were any issues, they could not be blamed on him.

The expert group was really efficient, and it wasn’t long before they had finished the calculations and sent down the settlement proposal.

Xiao Jie opened the settlement proposal, reading and reviewing it: "Based on the reports of merits and points submitted by various teams, here are the handling suggestions...

General Affairs Group One, you have three violations, with three merits that are not as reported.

General Affairs Group Two, you have five violations, with too many extra points added.

General Affairs Third Group, for goodness’ sake, could you be any more acceptable? There are eight excessive entries. Killing a Little Monster gets you 30 points? Who’s the leader of General Affairs Third Group? Deduct 50 points, and all the excessively added points need to be deducted as well.

Second Assault Team, huh, it turns out that the points were undercounted..."

Hidden Dragon Do Not Use really is an upright person. Other teams all added more points to their members, with the only issue being whether too many or too few points were added. Only the count for the Second Assault Team was dead accurate, and upon verification, two members’ contributions were actually understated—they were worth Medium Merit, but were counted as minor merit.

Following the expert group’s opinion, additional points were then added.

The two Peacekeeping Groups didn’t really have deviations since their task was to recruit refugees, and there was hardly any room to overreport points. At most, they recruited a few more refugees and got an extra five to ten points.

"All right, everyone’s scores are settled, and those who want to see can check in the group files.

Today’s operation was very smooth; all eight villages were recovered. However, the spoils gained from attacking the villages will not be distributed publicly. After all, assaulting is a risky task, and those who were part of the assault teams should receive more rewards.

Thus, these spoils will be distributed by the two assault teams themselves.

The points earned by the General Affairs Teams and the Peacekeeping Groups can be exchanged for silver, or they can choose to buy official positions. Soon, a batch of village chiefs and Civilian Soldier Captain positions will come up, and those are all cushy jobs.

Of course, you can also spend points to ask your team to help you advance your profession."

Xiao Jie explained the reward scheme once again, and then started auctioning off the spoils with the members of Assault Group One.

The harvest from the four villages today was quite good, especially the last Spirit Skull, which dropped a Magic Artifact and a Skill Book. Unfortunately, both were related to the Ghost Curse Series, which he wasn’t interested in.

The rest of the loot was also good, with the Mountain Demon even dropping a fair amount of top-quality ore.

However, he wasn’t too bothered about it and just spent 80 points to bid for the "Sorcery: Grey Wolf Transformation" book.

"Right, Ye Luo, how did it go with White Cloud Temple?"

Before leaving Bixia Village, he specifically asked Ye Luo to take the assassin group to White Cloud Temple to investigate, to see if they could enter and perhaps find something good.

"We can’t get in. White Cloud Temple is shrouded in clouds and fog, which seems to be some kind of Daoist Skill barrier. We tried to enter but ended up getting lost in the fog and barely made it back out."

"Hmm, then let’s not bother with it for now. Our current primary task is—to attack Black Wind Village. The City Lord has already made a pact with me that if we take down Black Wind Mountain, Luoyang Town will join Dragon Soaring Country, and then we’ll have a real piece of territory."

Although many villages have been taken down, they are scattered everywhere, and each village is very small, not yet sufficient as a base for a great undertaking.

A city is necessary.

"We’ll take action tomorrow to attack Black Wind Mountain. I will personally lead this battle.

Considering the large number of enemies, with just the bosses there being five, it’s indeed quite risky, and everyone should be mentally prepared."

Although that’s what he said, Xiao Jie wasn’t really worried. Of course, there were dangers, but those were only for ordinary players. The group around him had even slain dragons; what were mountain bandits, if not a matter of minutes?

Not to mention he could transform into Jiao Long and go berserk with his strength.

Of course, considering the nature of the game, they still needed to exhibit the attitude of a lion fighting a rabbit.

All 300 players will be participating in the battle.