I Become a Landlady in the Game World
Chapter 148 - 088: It’s as if Stepping into Another World

Chapter 148: Chapter 088: It’s as if Stepping into Another World

Although Bei Wenkang had mentally prepared himself for Hope Village to be strong, he truly hadn’t envisioned them being this formidable—it was as if they had left his Yuxi Village an entire street behind!

Especially here, not even within their own territory, they had spent such a fortune paving such a road. What then, could the interior of the territory look like?

Bei Wenkang was astonished, and the soldiers who came with him were even more shocked, unable to resist starting a discussion.

"What are the people of Hope Village doing by paving such a long road?"

"And there are road signs. It seems like they are guiding the way."

"If there are any survivors nearby, indeed it would be very easy for them to find this place."

"Moreover, having the energy to do this indicates that their territory must be very affluent."

"..."

After all, they were well aware that both Hope Village and Yuxi Village were established at roughly the same time, and even if there was a difference in days, it couldn’t be by much.

But now, it seemed the progression of developments had diverged significantly.

Thinking this, their gazes towards Bei Wenkang changed.

The disparity between people was just too great.

No wonder he was only willing to bring mercenaries he had hired and the soldiers whose families were still in Yuxi Village this time.

Was he afraid they wouldn’t return if they encountered a powerful territory?

Bei Wenkang noticed these glances and his face darkened.

Was this what he wanted?

He didn’t want this either!

How was he supposed to know how the other side had done it? They started from the same point, yet the others had left them an entire street behind.

Suddenly, he felt like bringing people here was akin to publicly executing themselves.

With this thought, Bei Wenkang still couldn’t help but try to salvage some dignity for himself.

"Maybe it’s just a facade, deceiving survivors. After all, we’ve tricked so many people in our territory; perhaps they’re just making them come here to labor. Don’t be fooled by the superficial glamor."

The others: "..."

As Bei Wenkang spoke, he purposefully glanced at the mercenaries beside him.

The mercenaries at the back went with the flow and directly agreed, "Indeed, Lord is right."

They had been to many cities and small towns, and they didn’t consider such construction significant; they knew that some large cities even built roads to nearby small towns and villages, and so this bit of road really was nothing significant.

But for a village, such an undertaking was indeed ostentatious.

However, since the "employer" didn’t wish to hear otherwise, they naturally wouldn’t speak out.

Bei Wenkang was instantly gratified. Indeed, people who he summoned himself were more considerate.

The next moment, Bei Wenkang spoke up: "Let’s go!"

To behold the true face of Hope Village!

But now he didn’t even know whether to hope that Hope Village was mediocre so they could get some support or if it was better for them to be strong.

His feelings were truly complicated!

And so the group set foot on the well-laid road.

Soon after, they discovered that along the sides of the paved road were several standing pillars.

"These pillars have torches on them! They sold them to our territory before, each for 5 copper coins!"

"Are they for use as streetlights, to light up at night?"

"I’m shocked. I hadn’t thought it could be like this. If it’s like this on the outside, what about inside the territory?"

"It’s really a big spending! That must cost quite a lot of money!"

"Lavish! Truly lavish!"

"..."

Even the mercenaries were dazzled.

For a village, such an arrangement was indeed beyond the norm.

Based on their experiences in Yuxi Village over the past few days, they knew that both territories had only been established just over a month ago.

Given such a short time, Yuxi Village’s development was already not bad.

This Hope Village seemed even better.

Perhaps, Hope Village really was quite strong.

And as they delved deeper, they found that the road even branched off.

At each fork, there was a sign indicating different directions, and looking at the markings, it was clear they were pointing to the territory’s resource locations, and roads had also been paved leading to them.

Faintly, the roars of demon beasts and the sounds of humans battling them came from deep within different paths.

"Kill! Don’t let it escape."

"Old Hou, tie him up quickly."

"Keep shooting, he’s low on health."

"Yeah! We won!"

"..."

The residents of Yuxi Village, overhearing the conversation, couldn’t help but take several glances. A team was hunting, weren’t they? It was no wonder they had hardly seen any demon beasts running amok on their way here.

There were many demon beasts around Yuxi Village, and even though teams went out every day to hunt, their numbers were still plentiful.

Last time when it snowed, they thought the cold weather would keep the demon beasts away, but as soon as the people from Hope Village left, that very night, demon beasts attacked the territory.

Only then did they realize that their safety might have been due to the people from Hope Village clearing them out.

With this thought, a touch of envy could be seen in the eyes of the group.

After walking a bit further, they caught sight of the territory’s city walls.

Seeing them, Bei Wenkang took a deep breath of relief.

The people who came before had not lied.

With that, Bei Wenkang felt that upgrading his own territory’s Primary City Wall was quite worth it.

At least in terms of defense, he had an advantage over Hope Village.

And as they got closer to the city walls, they saw several figures crouched on top.

They had already noticed their approach, eyes following their every move.

What caught their attention were the huge devices next to these figures, clearly large weapons, the tips of their giant arrows reflecting a keen edge.

In the moment they saw these, each person’s heart skipped a beat.

If that large weapon were to be fired at them, could they dodge it?

The mercenaries were the most sensitive, their bodies tensing up involuntarily at the sight, as they felt the threat posed by that weapon.

Amidst the tension of the group, they had arrived at the city gate.

There stood a few soldiers guarding it.

Among them were two Bull-men.

The mercenaries were taken aback at the sight of beastmen.

They had heard of beastmen in the territory, but they had never imagined that beastmen would lower themselves to guard the walls for a human territory, or that humans would trust beastmen to do so.

"Where are you from?" Feng Lezhi, who was on duty guarding the gate that day, asked directly.

Although there were now over a thousand people in the territory, and he didn’t recognize many of them, he was familiar with most of the larger groups and their leaders. He didn’t recognize the leader of this group at all, not to mention there were several faces among them that were clearly different from theirs. They were probably like Bayer and the rest, only one side was the undead, and the other was human.

"We’re here to trade from Yuxi Village, I am the Lord of Yuxi Village," Bei Wenkang stated his identity plainly. The people from Hope Village who came the other day were aware of his identity, so he saw no need to hide it.

All he was thinking about now was to hurry and finish shopping and then return to Yuxi Village to face the possible Territory War at any moment.

He could only hope that his territory’s relative weakness would not draw attention too quickly.

Indeed, whether it was the rankings on the Stan Continent or within the Blue Star Territory, he didn’t stand out much.

Normally, the round trip would take two days; who could have foreseen...

Hearing that the other party was the Lord of Yuxi Village, Feng Lezhi was momentarily surprised but then simply said, "If you’re here to trade, feel free, and you can just pay the visitor’s fee when you’re ready. If you need to stay the night, you can go to our territory’s Tavern, which provides lodging."

"...What about your Lord?" Bei Wenkang couldn’t help but speak up, not even concerned about the mention of the Tavern.

He was the Lord of Yuxi Village! Coming to Hope Village, he didn’t need a welcome party, but at least they should offer some hospitality! Instead, he was dismissed so lightly.

Feng Lezhi smiled and replied straightforwardly, "Don’t know where he is?"

Not only did he not know, but he also didn’t even know if such a person existed, or who they might be!

In any case, his answer was not a mistake.

Bei Wenkang’s face darkened at this response.

Then, Feng Lezhi continued, "Whether our Lord is here or not, it will not affect your shopping experience in Hope Village. We welcome you, and all our shops will be open for you."

He knew the other stalls would definitely not limit purchases, but he was not sure about the official ones.

He was not lying about this either.

Hearing this, Bei Wenkang’s expression softened a bit. Then, without saying much more, he led his men into the territory. Time was of the essence; shopping came first.

Quickly, they stepped through the city gate.

The moment they entered, they naturally received a message from the system.

Visitor: 10 copper coins / day

Resident: 10 silver coins / permanent.

Seeing that the fees in Hope Village were indeed this low, the soldiers from Yuxi Village showed surprise on their faces.

It was true, truly that low!

And once they entered the territory, that was when they were truly shocked.

It was as if they had stepped into another world.