My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 128 - 127: The Baby Ginseng in the Water

Chapter 128: Chapter 127: The Baby Ginseng in the Water

Matthew accompanied Owen Bertram into the city, and he brought along dozens of military officers, a grand procession. Ethereal Devin led his own people and followed at the very end, having a faint feeling that his future position at the Prescott Group might be at the bottom.

Matthew directly went to the most expensive restaurant in the county town. Ethereal Devin felt very lucky, as he couldn’t afford to treat people at this kind of place on his own.

At the entrance of the restaurant, Matthew suddenly thought of Ethereal Devin: "That little flag, what’s his name again..."

Ethereal Devin appeared like a fish leaping out of water: "Here, here, sir, my name is Ethereal Devin, a member of the Devin family."

Finally, Lord Prescott has thought of me. As for the fact that he can’t remember my name, I don’t mind.

Matthew pointed to him: "You know that Commander Bertram has a younger sister, right? Go and invite Miss Tabitha to have dinner with us. Be respectful in your attitude, and be sure to tell her that she can order whatever she wants and as much as she wants. The cost will be covered by me, Lord Prescott."

Ethereal Devin silently turned and left, Lord Prescott didn’t even remember my name, but he knew that Owen Bertram had a younger sister and even knew her preferences very clearly.

There would be no harm without comparison.

Ethereal Devin’s tragedy was that the Devin family and York Gordon, among others, had a biased perception of Owen Bertram’s identity. The Devin family regarded Owen Bertram as a talent worth roping in, but because Owen Bertram was from Extinct Village, his future was considered limited by the Devin family, and his evaluation was not that of top-notch talents.

Cersei Bertram also told Ethereal Devin this, if it wasn’t for the fact that the Devin family didn’t actually value Owen Bertram, how could this job have fallen on Ethereal Devin’s head?

The result was that he also thought Owen Bertram was worth "roping in", reversing the primary and secondary positions between the two parties.

It was easy to invite Tabitha Bertram - in fact, when Owen Bertram left the house, Verna was already waiting eagerly, and when she saw Ethereal Devin, she was especially happy, cheering: "Dinner, bro!"

"Which restaurant are we going to today?"

Ethereal Devin subconsciously covered his own dry purse.

During this meal, the host and guest enjoyed themselves to the fullest, and Ethereal Devin finally dared to eat his fill.

At the end of the meal, Matthew kindly told Owen Bertram, "Commander Bertram, you should rest well for the next few days. There are some documents to exchange between the Prescott Group and the county government office. I will handle them all, so you don’t need to worry."

"Then we’ll go to Quinn Base, which is our territory."

"That little flag, what was his name again ..." He found Ethereal Devin in the crowd. "It’s you. From now on, you’ll follow Commander Bertram and take good care of him. This is your task!"

"Yes," Ethereal Devin responded listlessly.

Matthew efficiently dealt with the related affairs in just one day. In that time, Owen Bertram also completed the upgrade and transformation of the Mechanical Dao Soldiers.

Unfortunately, they were still Mechanical Dao Soldiers - after all, the time was too short, and there was no time to mold the Dao Soldiers into the shape of war beauties.

This was a bit embarrassing. When designing the Mechanical Dao Soldiers, Owen Bertram wanted to pick a female celebrity he liked in his previous life to use as a model, but after thinking about it, the figure that appeared in his mind was still Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow...

Moreover, he remembered that before he came to this world, it was the peak period for celebrities’ house collapses. So the idea of making them look like female celebrities faded somewhat.

After Matthew had dealt with everything, he took the people to Quinn Base directly. Just as they left the city gate, Matthew called Ethereal Devin, "So, where is Quinn Base?"

Ethereal Devin was speechless. Didn’t you promise to establish the Prescott Group at Quinn Base without even knowing where it is?

"Uh... I report to Lord Prescott that if we want to go to Quinn Base, we should exit from the north gate of the city."

Matthew turned his head and looked up: the two characters above the city gate read South Gate!

Matthew rubbed his chin, "This Little Flag has no future. Letting him serve Commander Bertram may cause trouble. It’s better to change people as soon as possible."

Ethereal Devin: "..."

The Horizon Bureau’s troops circled half of the city and took a Shichen (2 hours) to reach Quinn Base.

This place was indeed suitable for stationing as it was not far from the county town. Moreover, three official roads converged here, with two rivers nearby.

This place was also the highest point in the surrounding area, offering an open view. Moreover, the base was flat and easy to build on.

The military officers began to set up tents, and the next day manpower would be conscripted at the county level to build the new Prescott Group.

Matthew invited Owen Bertram into his tent and said, "Commander Bertram, there is something I need to tell you."

Owen Bertram nodded, "Please speak, sir."

"The establishment of the Huangshi Hundred Households is, of course, due to the full promotion of revered Lord Gordon, but the bureau also believes that this place indeed needs to have a barracks."

Matthew unfolded a huge map, "This is Mang River. The location of Jaafar County is very critical. Further down is the Lake Mature Region of our Chao Dynasty."

"Our Prescott Group’s most important task is to hold the last gateway and ensure the safety of the Lake Mature Region."

"Our primary task is not to let some messy things drifting down from the upper reaches pass through Jaafar County and enter the Lake Mature Region."

Owen Bertram was puzzled, "Did something else come out of Tongkun Gorge?"

Matthew nooded approvingly, "Commander Bertram is indeed smart. Sigh, in fact, since last year, Tongkun Gorge has been restless."

"According to the old ancestors of the Sixth Great Realm, places like Extinction Domain also have active periods. Once they enter an active period, the danger level will increase greatly at the beginning, and then some evil creatures and spirits will escape from it; and the ones that escape will become more and more powerful."

"Since last year, evil creatures have been escaping from Tongkun Gorge. However, they are not very strong and have been intercepted by the garrison in the upper reaches."

"It’s strange that the evil creatures coming out of the Extinction Domain in Tongkun Gorge didn’t go elsewhere, but all followed the Mang River downstream."

"Starting from the last appearance of the ancient corpse, the evil creatures have been getting more and more powerful. The bureau has constantly strengthened the forces of the garrisons in the upper reaches, so they are the main intercepting forces. Our Huangshi Hundred Households only needs to guard the last door."

Owen Bertram thought to himself: These evil demons... their target might not be the Lake Mature Region, but the Iron Spear Underground Palace, right?

Seeing him deep in thought, Matthew believed he was worried and hurriedly reassured him, "Commander Bertram, don’t worry about our insufficient strength. Before I came, I heard that Old Fisher and a few other predecessors have already reported to the higher-ups and are coming to our Jaafar County Office of the Prescott Group to guard this last line of defense for the empire.

I think they will arrive after a while, and we will follow them, waving our flags and cheering, just offering our support."

Owen Bertram smiled and nodded, "That’s the most secure way."

But this made Owen Bertram a bit embarrassed. He suggested that the Prescott Group’s office be established at Quinn Base because it was very close to both the County Town and the Extinct Village.

But now it seemed that it would be more appropriate for the Jaafar County Office of the Prescott Group to be established along the Riverside.

"Lord Prescott, should we move to the Riverside?"

"No need," Matthew said, "As long as we establish an outpost at a suitable location along the Riverside, that will be enough."

Owen Bertram understood: If they were too close to the Riverside, in case powerful evil demons came down the river, everyone would have to fight for their lives. Staying here allowed for more flexibility. If the outpost reported anything, it would enable his group to hurry over at full speed, but they might still arrive a moment too late, and the evil demons would have already escaped.

Commander Bertram couldn’t help but think of Matthew as a seasoned veteran.

"Lord Prescott, let me be in charge of this outpost," Owen Bertram volunteered.

"Oh, my goodness, how could we trouble Commander Bertram..."

Owen Bertram insisted, "I’m used to the wild, and I don’t feel comfortable in the Prescott Group’s office. Please allow me to go."

Matthew remembered what York Gordon had mentioned before leaving: Commander Bertram liked peace and quiet, and of course, he wouldn’t enjoy the hustle and bustle of the Prescott Group’s office.

"Well... alright then, I’ll leave it to Commander Bertram."

The next day, 500 laborers conscripted by the county arrived, led by the newly appointed Scholar Constable. Matthew allocated 200 of them to Owen Bertram to build the outpost along the Riverside.

Although the Scholar Constable had no idea that it was all thanks to Owen Bertram’s good fortune that he was promoted to this position, the two men were like friends reunited after a long time, and the Scholar Constable was somewhat nostalgic.

Moreover, he marveled at how Owen Bertram was able to walk out of Extinct Village and become such an "important person" in the Horizon Bureau. Life is truly full of surprises, and he was secretly happy for Owen.

Matthew had a total of 70 subordinates. Nowadays, the Horizon Bureau was severely short of personnel, so for a member of the Prescott Group to have 70 subordinates was already quite good, mainly because the other two revered Lords also desperately crammed people in.

He allocated another ten people, together with Ethereal Devin’s subordinates, and gave them all to Owen Bertram to take with him.

Initially, he wanted to round up a total of fifty people for Commander Bertram, but then he thought of how the commander liked peace and quiet, and after some consideration, decided that twenty people would be just right.

Owen Bertram said goodbye to him and went to the Riverside.

In the end, Owen Bertram chose a small hill upstream of Extinct Village to build the outpost.

He couldn’t be too far from the village, nor too close to the Ghost Zone. The Ghost Zone was downstream of the village, so this current location was just right.

Owen Bertram found an opportunity to put Little Loach into the water to look for food while he instructed the military officers to work together with the laborers to complete the outpost as soon as possible.

The laborers were grateful, feeling that Commander Bertram was a kind official.

Before, the military officers would only watch the laborers work and never help with carrying rocks. They thought that was a joke.

With the help of twenty cultivators, the progress was significantly accelerated. Although this was the fallow season of late autumn and early winter, the conscripted laborers not only received no compensation but also had to bring their own provisions. The more days they worked, the less likely their household food supplies would be enough.

...

Little Loach entered the water and headed straight downstream to Yukou Town.

Halfway there, its mouth started watering, and so it hunted a Tier-2 Demon Beast, a Six-Eyed Electric Eel, on the way. However, it felt like chewing wax and didn’t satisfy its craving!

Little Loach rushed to the underwater cave it had been to before in one breath, sneaking up to the entrance like a stealthy leopard hunting on the grassland. Sniffing first, it was overjoyed to find that the thing had indeed returned.

I’ll block the entrance this time and see where you can run!

Little Loach coiled its massive body around the entrance and shot two of its whiskers into the cave.

Inside the cave, chaos ensued, and the thing suddenly disappeared!

Huh?!

Little Loach was puzzled, where did it go? I clearly blocked the entrance, so how did it escape? As it frantically searched, a black shadow emerged from the silt at the bottom of the river several dozen feet away.

There it is! Little Loach immediately chased it, but the black shadow fled at an incredibly fast pace.

It can travel through the earth!

It had traveled directly out of the cave. However, it appeared that its earth-traveling divine powers were not very advanced, and it could only travel a limited distance.

Little Loach fiercely pursued from behind, determined not to let it escape again. This time it saw clearly that the creature was very odd-looking, somewhat like a baby ginseng, but with a lower half not made of roots but rather translucent tentacles like a jellyfish. The tentacles were of varying lengths, and with a gentle flick, it could quickly dart through the water.

Its upper half also wasn’t made of branches and leaves but vivid coral twigs with a fruit in the shape of a talisman hanging in the middle.

Little Loach drooled even more: A fruit that naturally condenses into the shape of a talisman... for a moment, Little Loach couldn’t recall what exactly such an odd fruit should be called, but it felt that it must be delicious!

Remembering the taste of the strange plants it had eaten before, Little Loach became even more determined to chase it down.