Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

Chapter 400 Black Emperor (literally)
The old count moved his eyes, which seemed brighter than before, and swept his gaze over the people beside the bed, finally landing on the priest.

In fact, there is no need to think too much about many things. As long as you have a tacit understanding, you will be able to understand each other without any hesitation.

So he kept his lips slightly parted.

"Is this the boy who saved me?"

The priest nodded.

"Yes, his name is Crooked Tree. He is such a skilled doctor that he can even remove such a complicated curse."

It can only be said that the earl is a smart man who knows how to deal with things. He forced himself to stand up and let his wife help him up, holding Ji Ming's hand.

"Thank you very much, kind young man, you have saved the peace of this land!"

"It's just a simple task for professionals..."

Ji Ming was about to say something polite, but he realized that there seemed to be something else behind his strange remarks.

You have to understand that the old man looks very calm. He is not the kind of person who likes to talk nonsense and makes crazy rises or falls at every turn.

After a little thought, he simply stated his doubts and questioned his last sentence.

Unexpectedly, the Earl's face darkened and he actually sighed.

"Doctor, I didn't know it at first, but when the curse broke out, I had a flash of inspiration while I was dazed, and I really remembered some things..."

The current situation is like a seesaw. Since some people will be pinned down and unable to move because they miss the opportunity, there will definitely be smart people who will take advantage of the opportunity to rise up and successfully reach a higher stage.

Therefore, for many nobles, the arrival of pioneers is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity. As long as they have strong abilities and good credit, they may even be able to make a fortune from it.

What's more, after entering the central region, the player changed his previous tough stance and not only stopped interfering in the local situation, but also used more gentle means to communicate with local authorities, starting with various win-win business cooperation requests, which can be called a money-giving boy.

Although Earl Hantan is conservative, he is not completely inflexible. He is old and must leave something for his descendants, so naturally he also wants to profit from it.

So when he heard that a group of pioneers had sent envoys to his territory, the first thing he did was to invite them into his castle to show his goodwill.

Who knew, actually...

Half an hour later, when Ji Ming took a bag of money from the old count and left his castle, he still felt the numbness in his heart.

There was once a man who looked like a transport captain and was good at driving a dump truck. He asked a deafening question to the camera of his mobile phone: Are there no good people and bad people everywhere! ?

So since there are nobles like Jueqiao, Fengying and Hantan who have no major faults and can even be considered to have positive images, then naturally, the pioneers will not all be good people.

This is how the unlucky old guy met a group of bastard players. Through remote communication, he gradually fell into their sweet-talking cooperation trap and was deceived into signing an unequal cooperation agreement at their home ground.

Although he saw through the other party's trick at the last moment, so as to prevent his title and land from falling into their hands after his death, he was still killed by them when he was escaped under the protection of his guards.

Well, this wording might be a bit too nice, it should be said that it was a shameless sneak attack!

But since they were nobles, they naturally had family heritage, so the old man relied on the family's life-saving trump card to prevent them from killing him on the spot, and even the curse was temporarily suppressed.

This way he managed to survive and held on for more than three days, until Ji Ming arrived and he was out of danger, instead of letting his death become an unsolved case.

As for that ruthless and arrogant pioneer who used such a vicious curse when he disagreed with someone...

The old man frowned and grimaced as if he had a toothache.

"I actually only met him once, and he was very dark, very dark, very dark..."

After omitting at least ten very dark ones...

"A very dark guy! I've lived for over sixty years and have never seen anyone like this. I only heard that there are some very dark-looking humans on the other side of the desert in Lingxi Kingdom."

"Ah this."

The door to the game is open, and hundreds of thousands of people have been recruited, so it is normal that there will be some black people who are lucky or specially recruited as talents. Maybe they have speed or resistance to falls that exceed the limits of human beings.

But a black wizard who can cast curses... sounds a bit too funny.

“Since he is qualified to discuss cooperation with you, and he only revealed his true identity at the end, his team should be quite large, right? Is it a group of very dark-looking people?
"No... well, I mean, first of all, there are indeed quite a few very dark people, but most of them look like us... people from the Mainland, and there are also a few who look like you, that is, Oriental people."

"what?"

Ji Ming was completely confused. The dark wizard was actually commanding a group of people.
No, that's a bit too outrageous, even like a weird reverse hell joke!

Seeing that the doctor still had a look of surprise on his face, the embarrassed old man sat up straight and scratched his head.

"Also, I am a noble, so I can see that he is indeed very rich and generous. It can even be said that he is more than just ordinary generous. The way he rewards his subordinates is as if... as if the money is not earned by him?"

So, this is a wealthy, witch-doctor, vicious, black leader...

"Oh, now I remember another crucial point! They all call that very dark guy..."

There is no such word in Yangyue World, so the game system directly outputs it in Chinese pronunciation.

So the old man adjusted his lips and tongue, and uttered the syllables as standardly as possible, seriously and with difficulty, as if he was learning to speak for the first time.

"emperor!"

???

To be honest, that land full of vitality, where all things flourish and which has a special matching mechanism, has produced brilliant civilizations and hardcore ruthless people worthy of the title of "emperor".

Even if ancient Egypt is cut off, there is still the Ethiopian Empire, which has a thousand-year-old heritage, abundant martial virtues, and has gained points against the grain of the previous versions. It managed to defeat a certain shameful power twice, forcing it to return with a heavy defeat and pay compensation.

But there are more people who constantly challenge the lower limits of human beings, who are greedy for money and exploit others to death. After reading their deeds and flipping through the history textbooks, you will even find that these human stars are all friendly.

——Could it be possible that in my little story “The Dispute over the Two Moons”, a benevolent ruler of Tongliao also emerged?

and so……

How come even this kind of beast got into my game? What is the purpose of the game system?
what?
Beasts that surpass human limits can also be considered talents, right?
Although it was agreed that the management would be relaxed during the public beta, when Ji Ming heard that players had done such a thing, he still felt...

Okay, if the authorities can’t do it, then I can do it in my personal capacity, right?
However, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Perhaps the wizard also knew that he was very old, so he did not tell the old earl where his base was. The Cold Pond Territory only gave him a meeting place.

So since he can be so cautious, and now the old earl has been seriously ill for three days, it is estimated that even this place has been abandoned. Maybe his forces have already withdrawn from this noble territory.

"..."

Forget it, I’m just an idiot!
But just when Ji Ming was about to use his personal position to issue a roundabout search mission and dig deep into the ground to ask players to help find their whereabouts, he suddenly heard someone calling his ID.

"Crooked Tree! Are you a crooked tree?"

He turned around and found two young men standing there who looked out of place.

The cheerful young man on the left, who is dressed elegantly and waving at me, has the ID [Cicada Shigure].

The awkward young man on the right, wearing iron armor and carrying two cloth-wrapped long swords on his back, was wearing the [Demon Slayer…

"It's about slaying demons, not fighting demons!"

Hearing his somewhat neurotic shout, Ji Ming:

"Well, I know. There is a big difference between these words. I don't think anyone will misread them."

Now Shan Shangli, who gave himself the ID [Demon Slayer Swordsman], was completely embarrassed.

So, why did Shan Shangli, who clearly stated in the last chapter of the previous volume that he was busy with things in the real world and did not want to enter the game, finally fall in love with it?

In addition to being truly impressed by the phrase "more practical opportunities", the bigger reason was the friend next to him...his surname was Matsui.

Considering that almost all the large companies in that coastal town happened to have these two words in their names, he didn't know why, but he had been overwhelmed by the wealthy life since he was a child.

Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the public beta, after both of them drew the extremely precious game qualifications, they embarked on their own adventure into another world together.

Facts have proved that Matsui's financial resources are indeed strong, and the Yamagami family's martial arts are also genuine.

After spending a month, he successfully led his sponsor to become a level 30 god who could bark freely in the player community, and paid off the debt of "I bought you a helmet, and you took me to show off and fly."

To celebrate, Matsui said, "If you want to go on an adventure, go where no one has been before!" and they came to Hantan Territory, which had just opened today.

As a result, as soon as he entered the city, the sharp-eyed Matsui saw an "old acquaintance" who definitely didn't know him, but as long as he knew him, it would be enough.

As for the two people who could enter the [Difficult Map: Heart of Glow] that was only accessible to players at level 30, it was obvious that they were both tough players. Ji Ming, who valued talent, walked over.

"It's me, what's wrong?"

Then I discovered that this [Cicada Shigure] was even more of a social phobic than myself. While frantically reciting his bizarre deeds of beating goblins with a shovel during the closed beta, I pulled him to take a photo.

"Brother Wai Shu, you are my idol, can you teach me how to take pictures of people?"

In just three minutes, Ji Ming's memory of them changed from [Cicada Shigure] and [Demon Slayer Swordsman] to Matsui-kun and Yamagami-kun, whose status must be different, but at least his surnames were remembered.

So much so that Ji Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this guy is rich, good at acting, and good-looking. In real life, he must be a Tokyo-style protagonist-level dog.

It's just a pity for Shan Shang. He has low emotional intelligence and can't join in the conversation at all. Because of his weird dress, passers-by treat him like a monkey.

And as expected of a chaebol's son, Matsui was clearly talking about interesting things in the game, but with a small turn, it became...

"Wai Shujun is an old player who has been playing "Two Moons' Struggle" since the closed beta. He must have found the clues to the hidden mission by now, right?"

Although his hint was certainly not so explicit, Ji Ming, who was a thousand-year-old fox and could also write an article in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, still understood what he meant.

However, the truth was not revealed directly, but a Tai Chi swing was used instead.

"Actually, I'm a newcomer too, so I can only say that I have a little inspiration. As for you guys, are you here to explore the way for other people in the guild?"

"But we haven't joined any guild at all."

Matsui patted Shan Shang's shoulder and laughed.

"It's mainly because of him. He calls himself a ninja and dresses like a samurai. If he acknowledges the master, he will definitely be doomed to be a concubine with his looks, right?"

This Japanese version of the joke took Ji Ming a lot of effort to control his facial expression without hypnotizing them.

…Never mind. I might have to fight a lot of players by then, so two helpers are never too many.

Ji Ming then displayed the [Shadow of the Cold Pond] mission, indicating that he had successfully eliminated the vicious curse on the Count and completed the first half of this hidden mission.

"Oh, you want us to investigate the clues and find the criminal gang that harmed the Count? Isn't that a detective game?"

"If we find the criminal gang, we must defeat them. And since they dare to attack the Earl, they must be very powerful!"

Matsui likes to play games, and Yamagami likes to kill villains, so naturally they joined Jiming's temporary team.

According to the clues given by the Earl, the first place they went to was naturally the meeting place, which was of little significance, but it would not hurt to take a look.

However, because the players were not allowed to come to Hantan Territory a week ago, even if the dark wizard later met the earl in person, he had to meet with him in other noble territories some distance to the south.

Therefore, the meeting point controlled remotely by them was actually a hotel in an ordinary town in the southern part of Hantan.

Moreover, during the previous contacts, the dark wizards had not yet fallen out with each other, so the intelligent Earl naturally sent people to investigate privately.

But the final result was helpless. This greedy local boss had a pure money transaction with the pioneers. He only cared about taking the money and didn't know anything...

! ?

Ji Ming didn't believe it, so he joined forces with two other people to launch a special military operation. They rushed into the hotel, arrested the fat boss, dragged him to the wine cellar and gave him a good beating.

(End of this chapter)