I Become a Landlady in the Game World
Chapter 142 - 084: Encounter and Collision

Chapter 142: Chapter 084: Encounter and Collision

Elf Kingdom.

"The Human Territory has suddenly gained thousands of small territories; where did they all come from?"

"Have they dispersed their people?"

"No way, they wouldn’t do something that stupid."

"Should we investigate it?"

"No need, when the time comes, we’ll let the villages below challenge these new territories and then we’ll know the situation."

"Yes."

Beastman Kingdom.

"This Human Clan Kingdom, so many territories have popped up all of a sudden, are they trying to use this to slow down their defeat?"

"Haha, it’s just a dying struggle, and isn’t this a good thing? When we attack them later on, having a few more looting spots is good. The stuff from human territories is good, and the humans are useful too."

"Right, and the newly established territories are easier to deal with."

"Still, we should look for some Level 1 territories, Level 2 territories; there’s nothing good in Level 0 territories."

Dwarf Kingdom.

"The territory of the Human Clan Kingdom has increased by so much?"

"It has increased, but it’s of no use anyway."

"It just shows their tenacity. Under the siege of our races, they’ve managed to hold on for so long."

"They brought it upon themselves. The former Human Clan Kingdom was a hegemon that did so many evil deeds to our races; now it’s just payback time."

"When the time comes, we’ll capture more slaves to toil for us."

...

Many races noticed this, but for them, humans had long ceased to be the beings they once looked up to.

After their surprise, they quickly pushed it to the back of their minds.

By contrast, the Human Clan Kingdom took this much more seriously.

Human Clan Kingdom, the largest city of San Sebastian.

This place can be called the center of the Human Clan Kingdom, controlled by the Royal Family, the Steian family.

Initially, the Steian family was able to control all of the Human Territories, but as time passed, the relationship with other territories gradually grew distant. Now, the so-called Human Clan Kingdom has long existed in name only, as each territory has already become autonomous.

But in critical times, they would still center around San Sebastian and present a united front.

This was typically the case when facing other races.

Also, due to San Sebastian’s historical glory, they retained a core piece of knowledge: the status of newly increased territories in Stan Continent.

Nevertheless, the lords of other territories could also get a rough idea from the territory rankings.

But today, an unexpected event occurred.

The officials specifically tasked with guarding the large map of Stan Continent were slacking off at work as usual, when, in an unguarded moment, they suddenly noticed that the map section belonging to the Human Clan Kingdom had more territories than before.

One of them stared at the territories for quite a while before he couldn’t help exclaiming, "Aren’t there more territories on the map?"

"How... possible?" Another official followed the gaze, and when he saw it, he was stunned, stuttering as he spoke.

It was something that simply shouldn’t happen, yet it did.

Especially since these weren’t just a few additions; thousands had appeared, instantly filling up the previously vacant sections of the Human Clan Kingdom.

"Let’s go report this!" The first official who noticed it spoke hastily.

Moments later, the Lord of San Sebastian, who was also the current King of the Royal Family, Amelia, had already brought people to the scene. Her gaze moved continuously over the newly added territories, her eyes full of disbelief.

It was also mentioned that Level 3 villages and Level 2 villages had appeared, with even more Level 1 and Level 0 villages.

What did this mean? It meant that these villages didn’t just appear on the Stan Continent in a day or two.

Thinking this, King Amelia’s expression became a few shades graver, "Are you sure they appeared this morning?"

"Certain!" both officials affirmed.

Although they liked to slack off, they would still check everything before leaving each day.

After all, no job was better than this, and they didn’t want to lose their positions.

"How could this be?" Amelia still couldn’t help muttering.

The appearance of these territories was too eerie.

Forget it, she wasn’t able to control the other territories anyway; these small territories weren’t worth paying attention to!

From another perspective, the emergence of these territories was indeed beneficial to the Human Clan Kingdom.

Other races’ territories loved to challenge the territories of the Human Clan Kingdom. With the addition of these new territories, the likelihood of the existing territories of the Human Clan Kingdom being challenged would decrease, which was essentially a preservation of their existing influence.

Thinking of this, King Amelia’s expression relaxed.

Seeing the change in his expression, an official beside him said, "Should we send someone to confer honors?"

There are several thousand of them! It would take quite a lot of people, wouldn’t it?

King Amelia glanced at the map and directly said, "There’s no need for Level 0 and Level 1 villages, but for those Level 2 and Level 3 villages, send someone to confer honors. While you’re at it, have them inquire about these territories, who their lords are, and what forces they belong to. However, extend a friendly hand first."

Although he tended to think that these territories were not the doing of other forces, he wanted to be prepared just in case. If they were, he could prepare; if they were not, he could try to win them over, and even derive some benefits from them. Sometimes, by challenging a territory of the Human Race early, other races’ territories would not be able to challenge it any longer.

"Yes," the official agreed promptly.

As soon as King Amelia left, the official immediately arranged for people to prepare.

As for the other human territories, they did not have a ’Golden Finger’ like the Royal Family did, but they also noticed the change in the number of territories and began to pay attention. They were well aware that these new territories were indeed of some importance to the human territories, so many lords started offering rewards for information about the new territories right inside their own territories.

Consequently, Task Halls and Mercenary Centers everywhere began to move upon catching wind of this. To them, sometimes new territories meant entirely new markets.

Meanwhile, in Sorrel Town.

An employee looking at the posted tasks for the territories couldn’t help but remember the mercenary they had encountered a while back.

"Do you remember? Last time, a mercenary said he was summoned to another territory and then met people he knew from before, but when we checked, there were no such territories."

"I remember, he was so sure of himself then."

"We thought he was daydreaming, but now suddenly there are so many new territories. Could it be what he said was true?"

"Do you remember which territory he mentioned?"

"One was called Hope Village, and the other was Yuxi... Village?"

"Let’s look it up."

The two of them immediately began to search.

Before long, they found Hope Village.

"There really is a Hope Village! Level 2 village, and its ranking is quite high."

"Yuxi Village is there, too."

"It seems that mercenary really was summoned."

"Does that mean, there really is a building in Hope Village that can summon the undead?"

As they spoke, the two exchanged glances and their eyes lit up.

This information was valuable!

"Let’s go, we need to report this to the lord."

"I’ll have someone find that mercenary; he’s been to the new territory and knows more about it."

The two set off immediately.

But moments later, they received news that Ellis, the mercenary who had approached them that day, had bought a large amount of supplies in the morning and left Sorrel Town with his team.

And Ellis, whom they were talking about, had already set off for Yuxi Village, guided by the map which showed only the location of Yuxi Village. They planned to go there first and inquire about the location of Hope Village before making a detour.

On the road, the rest of them were somewhat in a daze.

"I can’t believe what you said was true," one of the mercenaries said incredulously.

At the time when they found no such place, they truly thought Ellis was dreaming.

But this morning, so many territories had suddenly appeared, including those he had mentioned.

Now, they believed him and that was why they were following him here.

"I always knew it was true; I just didn’t expect to finally see it come to fruition!" Ellis said with a smile on his face.

"But is that place any good?" one of the mercenaries asked with some concern. Captain Bayle had been dead for a long time and had become undead; would he still be the same captain they knew?

"I trust the captain. If he asked me to find him, it means he knows we’re better off in that place than in Sorrel Town," Ellis stated confidently. Captain Bayle wouldn’t lie to him, and when he was in Yuxi Village, he had heard discussions about Hope Village.

"I trust Captain Bayle too. Life was only good when he led us. After he was gone, our days became much harder, and many brothers left our team..." It was then that they realized how important a good leader was. Although life now wasn’t terribly hard, they still missed those carefree days.

"So we have to find the captain. If you feel that life with him is not as good as now, then you can come back!" Ellis reassured them.

Hearing this, no one said anything more.

The whole team, filled with hope, pressed on.

**

Thus, Blue Star Territory burst into the local forces’ field of vision with an unstoppable offensive.

Sooner or later, there would be an encounter and a collision.