Chapter: Chapter 10: Heh, Stupid System
Chapter 10: Heh, Stupid System
Ms. wandered through Dawn Town, admiring the exotic scenery and people.
The town’s buildings were old, appearing worn and mottled. Similar to Gothic architecture, they were built with red bricks. From a distance, spires dotted the skyline, forming a fiery red ocean against the backdrop of surrounding forests, giving a warm feeling.
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The townspeople were not dense. Occasionally, one could see groups of adventurers, dusty and hurried. There were also women in headscarves walking with children. Peddlers pushed carts filled with fruits and vegetables, selling them everywhere. In dark alleys, drunks who had not yet sobered up kept company with cats and dogs.
Everything here made Ms. feel both novel and excited.
“Beat her to death! Beat her to death!”
“Beat the demi-human bastard to death! Hahaha!”
“Call your brother, bastard!”
…
The children’s shouting and jeering drew Ms.’s attention.
In an inconspicuous alley, a group of children were surrounding a trembling, cowering little girl, kicking and punching her. Some even picked up stones from the ground and threw them at her.
“Hey, don’t bully…”
“What are you doing! Stop it!”
As Ms. was about to stop the children’s cruel act, a roar filled with anger sounded beside her.
She looked up and saw a handsome man with blond, messy hair, exuding an imposing aura even when not angry.
He was burly and tall, with an oppressive aura. He wore a magnificent set of armor, and the human-head-sized golden gemstone on his breastplate alone blinded her.
The man saw Ms., nodded slightly, and then walked toward the little girl curled up in the corner.
The violent children, sensing trouble, had already scattered.
Ms. instinctively cast an Appraisal technique.
[Name: Xiwei Jinshi]
[Identity: Lord of Eagle Territory, Earl]
[Strength: ???]
[Skills: ???]
[Equipment: ???]
[Reputation: ???]
[Threat Level: Nightmare]
“!”
Ms. was shocked!
Look what she discovered!
A Lord of Eagle Territory of that magnitude!
Looking at the “Nightmare” in red-black text on the Threat Level bar, Ms. swore that if the Lord of Eagle Territory’s name hadn’t been displayed in the yellow neutral state, she would have turned and run.
Nightmare! This should be the highest threat level, right? The previous town guards were only normal.
Ms. lowered her head, lost in thought. By the time she came back to her senses, the Lord of Eagle Territory had already left with the little girl.
“Damn it, I forgot to take a screenshot!”
Ms. slapped her forehead, full of regret.
…
On the public channel, a group of players were sharing their experiences and potentially valuable information.
At this moment, a message with a string of “!” burst out.
“Holy crap! Brothers! I ran into the Lord of Eagle Territory!!!!!”
“Holy hell! Really?”
“No way, the Lord of Eagle Territory should be in Winter Fort, tens of thousands of miles away.”
“Does the Western fantasy world also have secret tours?”
“Coordinates, coordinates, give us the coordinates! Based on our factions, the Lord of Eagle Territory should be an enemy, let’s take him down!”
Seeing this message, Ms. curled her lips and typed:
“Are you guys really going to take him down? I can’t even see his info, everything except his name is question marks, and the threat level is Nightmare.”
“Holy hell, this is the real deal!”
“Fat Chicken, do you have a screenshot?”
“No, by the time I came to my senses, he was already gone.”
“Ah, what a shame. I wanted to see the lord’s face, probably as handsome as mine.”
“What do you think the Lord of Eagle Territory is doing in this remote small town?”
“I feel like there’s hidden plot content!”
“He’s not here to welcome us, is he…”
…
At this moment, the person at the center of the players’ heated discussion had already returned to the Town Mayor’s Residence.
Xi Wei had been impatient and went outside to wander, hoping to encounter some players. Unexpectedly, not long after leaving his home, he ran into a group of brats bullying a demi-human little girl.
Thus, as a modern young man with normal values, Xi Wei saved the little girl and coincidentally met Ms.
Xi Wei propped his chin on his hand, reminiscing.
He was quite familiar with Ms.; she was a famous scenery-seeker player in the previous life’s game. These players didn’t like to participate in combat; their fun mainly came from exploring new maps and their related historical and cultural backgrounds.
For Xi Wei, these players were among the few who might not hold strong animosity towards him, as long as he didn’t abduct the Saintess.
Now that the players had entered the town, the plot was likely starting. He didn’t need to wander around anymore and could wait with peace of mind.
“Mmm…”
A soft, sweet hum came.
Xi Wei saw that the little girl he had placed on the velvet bed had woken up.
The girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, covered in dirt, her clothes tattered and unable to cover her properly in some areas. Bruises marred her face and exposed skin, but they couldn’t hide her delicate and cute features.
She had long, slightly curly chestnut hair. Her ears were a pair of brown, furry triangles, shaped like apricot leaves, with a small tuft of fur at the tips, looking larger than cat ears. Behind her was a fluffy tail almost as big as she was.
This must be a squirrel, if he wasn’t mistaken. The tail must feel great to the touch, and her ears were twitching…
No wonder the scumbag lords of his previous life captured demi-human girls everywhere. Who wouldn’t get flustered seeing this?
“Life is becoming more and more predictable.”
Xi Wei couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
The awakened girl was still dazed and disoriented. But soon, she realized her surroundings were unfamiliar. Her eyes were initially filled with surprise and confusion, which quickly turned into helplessness and panic.
When she looked up and noticed Xi Wei, the complex emotions in her eyes were replaced by pure fear.
She stumbled off the bed and knelt on the ground with a thud.
“My lord, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to dirty your bedding. I don’t know how I got here, I’m sorry… Please don’t kill me, Loli.”
Loli’s small body trembled with fear as large tears rolled onto the floor.
She didn’t recognize the noble-looking man in front of her, but her mother had told her that people like him were nobles among humans, important figures.
She usually avoided such nobles, and if she accidentally offended one, she would immediately kneel and beg.
Otherwise, she would die.
Her mother was dead, her father was dead, killed by knights’ spears.
Her brother brought her to Dawn Town, and they were taken in by a farmer. She helped the farmer every day, while her brother worked as a stable hand at the mayor’s house. Although it was hard work every day, at least they were no longer displaced.
She thought life could continue peacefully like this, but just yesterday, her beloved brother also died.
The reason was simply that the fodder for the horses at the mayor’s house was not fresh enough.
Loli clearly remembered the tragic and mangled state of her brother’s body when the farmer brought it back.
According to the farmer, her brother was tied to a galloping horse by the mayor and dragged for over ten miles, literally dragged to death on the ground.
Loli feared death, but she feared humans even more. She was too weak, too weak to have any courage to resist. Even when surrounded by children younger than her, she could only curl up, protect her head, and silently endure the bullying.
…
Do I look that scary?
Xi Wei looked at the trembling demi-human girl and fell into self-doubt. He had always been confident in his appearance.
He reached out to pick up the girl.
However, as soon as his hand was about to touch her, the girl flinched violently and flinched back, contracting her body as much as possible, as if this would magically bring her some sense of security.
Xi Wei awkwardly withdrew his hand.
“Ahem, you should get up first. I saved you, why would I kill you?”
Hearing this, Loli timidly looked up at Xi Wei. Her tear-filled eyes were full of confusion.
“Think carefully. You were being bullied by a bunch of brats. I scared them away and then carried you back.”
Loli recalled that a man did stop the children at the time, and his voice sounded like the one belonging to the adult in front of her. However, she didn’t know what happened next, as she had already fallen unconscious then.
Loli didn’t faint from being hit, though. She fainted from hunger.
“See? Do you remember now? I saved you. If I wanted to kill you, what would be the point of saving you?”
Xi Wei looked at the girl gently, saying with a smile, as if he had just stuck a “I’m a good person” sign on his face.
“Loli remembers. Thank you, noble lord. Loli will repay your kindness.”
The girl was less afraid, but she still didn’t dare to get up from the ground, let alone return to the soft bed.
“Gulp—”
Loli hurriedly covered her stomach in distress and looked down at her toes.
Her face began to flush visibly, with the redness spreading to her entire body.
Xi Wei glanced at Loli’s small stomach thoughtfully and grinned.
…
Ten minutes later.
At the dining table in the Town Mayor’s Residence, Loli was holding a piece of white bread with both hands, gnawing on it. Her small mouth was full, bobbing up and down with her chewing, making her look like a cute little squirrel.
Loli swore she had never eaten such soft and sweet bread. It was like eating clouds from the heavens. In her memory, bread was always hard and dry, only edible with water.
And beef, she hadn’t eaten meat in a very, very long time. The last time she ate meat was probably the last time…
Indeed, the best way to break the ice and bridge the distance was to enjoy delicious food.
Xi Wei didn’t know who came up with this saying, but he agreed with it wholeheartedly at this moment.
He sat elegantly opposite the girl, propping his chin on his hand, watching her cute eating posture. He estimated that the girl had basically let down her guard.
“Noble, noble lord, Loli truly doesn’t know how to repay your kindness.”
Loli said in a choked voice, blushing and trying to swallow the food in her mouth.
“My name isn’t Noble Lord. I am the Earl of Eagle Territory, Xiwei Jinshi. As for how you can repay me, I’m short of a personal maid. If you don’t mind, you can follow me starting today.”
Xi Wei smiled slightly, but the smile looked like a big bad wolf covering its mouth.
He was already planning grandly in his mind.
Winter Fort currently had no maids, so it was a good time to recruit one. He would recruit more later, ideally a whole demi-human maid corps.
Beast-eared girls, for instance, would be quite pleasing to the eye.
Even if he just looked at them without them doing anything, his mood would lighten.
“Ding! Detected that the host’s behavior does not conform to the villain’s behavioral patterns! Please stop immediately, or you will be punished.”
Finally, Xi Wei mused.
If this system didn’t make a sound, he would have suspected it was dead.
“Hey, System Big Brother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t talk nonsense. Although I saved this demi-human girl, it was to cultivate her into my pawn, my death soldier, to backstab the players and the protagonist with righteousness at a crucial moment!”
Xi Wei stated righteously and argued logically, almost convincing himself.
“Ding! Analyzing the feasibility of the host’s behavior… Analysis complete, deemed feasible. Updating host’s villain behavior regulations. Similar situations will no longer result in warnings to the host.”
“Heh, stupid system.”
Xi Wei smiled slightly, indifferent.
He had long understood this system’s fatal weakness, and now he was the one singing.
“Ding! Daily Villain Missions have been updated:
Villain Mission 1: Leave psychological trauma on more than ten players.
Villain Mission 2: Force Loli to give shoulder rubs and warm the bed.
Villain Mission 3: Humiliate the protagonist Ye Hao.
Completing daily missions will earn rewards. Completing multiple missions has a chance to earn critical hit rewards. After claiming rewards for daily missions, new daily missions will be generated irregularly. Please continue to strive, host.”
What the heck are these missions?
Xi Wei was stunned by the announcement and exclaimed the system’s brilliance.
…
While Xi Wei was busy recruiting a personal maid, the players were engaged in a fierce battle with the town guards.
The reason was that the players discovered a slave owner who had seven or eight enslaved demi-humans.
Seeing the mission objective, these lawless players didn’t care about alerting the Dawn Town guards. They immediately swarmed the slave owner, killed him in a few moves, and then tried to escape with the enslaved demi-humans.
Though the town guards usually didn’t do much, their eyes weren’t blind. Furthermore, their highest superior was currently at the Town Mayor’s Residence, so they fought the players with renewed vigor, as if injected with chicken blood.
Honestly, nearly a hundred town guards were indeed a significant challenge for players who were generally level one. They quickly fell into a hard fight.
“Push forward, push forward!”
“Protect the mages! Warriors, hold the line!”
“Hey? Where the hell are you throwing that fireball, it’s burning my butt!”
“Those who died, quickly retrieve your corpses, don’t just stand there watching!”
“Ugh… the graphics in this game are too realistic, can’t they add some censorship?”
…
Just as the players and town guards were locked in a bitter struggle, a loud, hoarse voice suddenly echoed from the edge of the battlefield.
“I am Megil, the Mayor of Dawn Town! You scum who are attempting to attack my Dawn Town, surrender immediately!”
On the edge of the main battlefield, Megil roared and led two teams of over ten town guards into the fray.
This was the last straw for the struggling players.
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